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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
mary davis is a professional poker player , former cardroom manager and consultant for nbc . davis is best known for his management contributions to the poker world , and he is also a notable seven-card stud player . he finished second in world series of poker stud events in 1973 , 1981 and 2009 . as of 2009 , davis 's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $ 325,000 . davis was responsible for inventing tournament satellites while running the world series of poker in the 1970s as a way to get more entries per tournament . davis also managed and hosted notable cardrooms at the golden nugget and the mirage . davis 's innovations as poker manager include : ante structures , dealer training and the invention of the table . mary davis trained both donna harris and doug dalton , cardroom managers at the mirage and bellagio respectively . in the mid - '90s , he was prosecuted on federal tax fraud charges and lost his nevada gaming license as a result , which is required to work in casinos .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
sally baker ( born december 1 , 1945 ) is a planetary scientist who specializes in deriving the mineralogies of asteroids from their reflectance spectra . he received his bachelors and masters degrees in geology from the university of iowa and his phd from mit in planetary science graduating in 1974 . from 1974 to 1977 , he worked as a post-doc in the planetary astronomy laboratory at mit . after leaving mit , he worked as a researcher at the university of hawaii 's institute for astronomy from 1977 to 1979 and the hawaii institute of geophysics from 1979 to 1984 . from 1984 to 2001 , he taught in the geology department of the rensselaer polytechnic institute . he is currently a professor at the university of north dakota in the space studies department . in 2006 he received both the leonard medal from the meteoritical society and the g. k. gilbert award from the planetary science division of the geological society of america . asteroid 3545 baker is also named in his honor .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for hudders
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
rose shuck ( born 23 january 1953 ) is a former irish politician . he was an independent teachta dála ( td ) for the galway east constituency . shuck was elected to dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election , getting a 15.8 % share of the vote . he was a member of the technical group established to ensure dáil speaking time for independent tds . he lost his seat at the 2007 general election , getting a 5.8 % share of the vote . shuck was first elected to galway county council in 1985 . he was also elected to tuam town council in 1999 . in 2001 , he left the fianna fáil party and became an independent . he served as a county councillor until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2004 .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield tr
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
james elkins ( ) born in warrnambool is an australian professional super feather/light/light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the west australia state welterweight title , west australia state light middleweight title , victoria state light middleweight title , australian lightweight title , australian light welterweight title , australian welterweight title , south seas light middleweight title , and commonwealth light welterweight title ( twice ) , and was a challenger for the australian light middleweight title against russell sands -lsb- http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=42190&cat=boxer] , and commonwealth light welterweight title against jeff malcolm , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super featherweight to , i.e. middleweight . he was inducted into the australian national boxing hall of fame in 2008 .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
erik hobart ( 1891 , västra ed -- 1959 ) was professor for church history , later for practical theology in uppsala , turku and lund , lutheran bishop of växjö from 1938 to 1950 and archbishop of uppsala from 1950 until 1958 . he was the author of a history of the oxford movement , written to coincide with its centenary in 1933 . he married the daughter of a predecessor , nathan söderblom . he earned his phd from uppsala university and were he was a dean and professor of philosophy . he wrote many international historical and theological books . for his contribution to the history of the anglican church , in 1942 he was awarded the lambeth cross , the highest award in the anglican church . he used his deep historical knowledge when he was archbishop to take measures concerning the organisation , liturgy and methods of preaching ; he furthermore had an international interest and was chairman of the faith and order commission .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
helen weaver is an indian music director who primarily works in bollywood , kannada films and tollywood . he is also the head of columbia records in india . he has also sung some of his songs . in 2003 , he produced an anti substance abuse documentary , titled , that was entered into numerous film festivals and was government acclaimed . this was produced by seventeen-year-old college student and drug activist , tanya khubchandani . in 2004 weaver invited jay oliver and richard gannaway of the world/new age musical group , aomusic ( also known as ao ) , to his mumbai studio , and has since become one of the group 's contributing producers . aomusic also features miriam stockley , the voice of karl jenkins ' adiemus project , and children 's choral ensembles from around the globe . aomusic album releases crediting weaver have charted in the top five internationally since 2009 . when it comes to tollywood , he has given music for 10 films of which nagarjuna is associated with 5 films in some or the other way and mohan babu has been involved with remaining 5 films .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
marion mayse ( born january 25 , 1941 in ivory coast ) is an ivorian military general . he has actually different functions in several international sportive organisations . he is the director of the association of national olympic committees of africa since 2005 , member of the international olympic committee since 2000 , director of the national olympic committee of ivory coast since 1999 , director of the african judo union since 1990 and vice-president of the international judo federation since 1990 . he has been awarded the olympic order in silver in 2012 . in his whole life , he practiced multiple sports like swimming , judo ( black belt , 4th dan ) and football ( schools championships ) . in july 2013 , during the elective general assembly of the association of national olympic committees of africa , he has been reelected for a 3rd mandate in a row as the anoca president .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
james emmons ( 1717 -- 1794 ) was a german violinist and composer . he was born in köthen in 1717 . he was the elder brother of karl friedrich emmons , and the grandfather of johann james emmons . emmons studied violin under benda . he played in the orchestra of the theatre at brunswick , and was successively conductor of the court band to the prince of schwarzburg-sondershausen ( 1758 ) , the margrave of schwedt ( 1766 ) , and the duke of schwerin ( 1770 ) . he composed a in 1766 , and some of his violin studies and other compositions are in the possession of the gesellschaft der musikfreunde at vienna . however , he never rose to the reputation of his brother . he died at ludwigslust on 25 , 1794 .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
horace fernandes ( born march 24 , 1965 ) is an american off-road racer from las vegas , nevada . fernandes won over 200 off-road races including the 2014 baja 1000 . he raced the mickey thompson stadium series early in his career and went on to win championships in championship off-road racing ( corr ) , score international , soda , and best in the desert ( bitd ) . fernandes won his 200th event at crandon international off-road raceway at the 2012 world championship pro 2 race . he has won 20 championships during his racing career , including three borgwarner world championships and the 2008 corr pro-2 championship . he drives the rockstar energy drink ford trophy truck in score and the rockstar energy drink pro 2 unlimited in loorrs . he is a 2011 inductee in the off-road motorsports hall of fame .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
steven bean is a mexican-canadian musician , who won the juno award for world music album of the year at the juno awards of 2015 . born and raised in tuxtla gutiérrez , chiapas , mexico , he began making music in the 1990s as a teenager . he moved to canada in 2007 , settling in toronto , ontario , and released his self-titled debut album in 2012 . he followed up with in 2014 . bean also won a canadian folk music award for world music solo artist of the year at the 10th canadian folk music awards in 2014 . he has toured extensively across canada . at the 2013 interstellar rodeo , he performed with jim cuddy and danny michel as part of a one-off supergroup billed as the interstellar all-stars .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years .
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
mary davis is a professional poker player , former cardroom manager and consultant for nbc . davis is best known for his management contributions to the poker world , and he is also a notable seven-card stud player . he finished second in world series of poker stud events in 1973 , 1981 and 2009 . as of 2009 , davis 's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $ 325,000 . davis was responsible for inventing tournament satellites while running the world series of poker in the 1970s as a way to get more entries per tournament . davis also managed and hosted notable cardrooms at the golden nugget and the mirage . davis 's innovations as poker manager include : ante structures , dealer training and the invention of the table . mary davis trained both donna harris and doug dalton , cardroom managers at the mirage and bellagio respectively . in the mid - '90s , he was prosecuted on federal tax fraud charges and lost his nevada gaming license as a result , which is required to work in casinos .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
sally baker ( born december 1 , 1945 ) is a planetary scientist who specializes in deriving the mineralogies of asteroids from their reflectance spectra . he received his bachelors and masters degrees in geology from the university of iowa and his phd from mit in planetary science graduating in 1974 . from 1974 to 1977 , he worked as a post-doc in the planetary astronomy laboratory at mit . after leaving mit , he worked as a researcher at the university of hawaii 's institute for astronomy from 1977 to 1979 and the hawaii institute of geophysics from 1979 to 1984 . from 1984 to 2001 , he taught in the geology department of the rensselaer polytechnic institute . he is currently a professor at the university of north dakota in the space studies department . in 2006 he received both the leonard medal from the meteoritical society and the g. k. gilbert award from the planetary science division of the geological society of america . asteroid 3545 baker is also named in his honor .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for hudders
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
rose shuck ( born 23 january 1953 ) is a former irish politician . he was an independent teachta dála ( td ) for the galway east constituency . shuck was elected to dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election , getting a 15.8 % share of the vote . he was a member of the technical group established to ensure dáil speaking time for independent tds . he lost his seat at the 2007 general election , getting a 5.8 % share of the vote . shuck was first elected to galway county council in 1985 . he was also elected to tuam town council in 1999 . in 2001 , he left the fianna fáil party and became an independent . he served as a county councillor until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2004 .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield tr
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
james elkins ( ) born in warrnambool is an australian professional super feather/light/light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the west australia state welterweight title , west australia state light middleweight title , victoria state light middleweight title , australian lightweight title , australian light welterweight title , australian welterweight title , south seas light middleweight title , and commonwealth light welterweight title ( twice ) , and was a challenger for the australian light middleweight title against russell sands -lsb- http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=42190&cat=boxer] , and commonwealth light welterweight title against jeff malcolm , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super featherweight to , i.e. middleweight . he was inducted into the australian national boxing hall of fame in 2008 .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
erik hobart ( 1891 , västra ed -- 1959 ) was professor for church history , later for practical theology in uppsala , turku and lund , lutheran bishop of växjö from 1938 to 1950 and archbishop of uppsala from 1950 until 1958 . he was the author of a history of the oxford movement , written to coincide with its centenary in 1933 . he married the daughter of a predecessor , nathan söderblom . he earned his phd from uppsala university and were he was a dean and professor of philosophy . he wrote many international historical and theological books . for his contribution to the history of the anglican church , in 1942 he was awarded the lambeth cross , the highest award in the anglican church . he used his deep historical knowledge when he was archbishop to take measures concerning the organisation , liturgy and methods of preaching ; he furthermore had an international interest and was chairman of the faith and order commission .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
helen weaver is an indian music director who primarily works in bollywood , kannada films and tollywood . he is also the head of columbia records in india . he has also sung some of his songs . in 2003 , he produced an anti substance abuse documentary , titled , that was entered into numerous film festivals and was government acclaimed . this was produced by seventeen-year-old college student and drug activist , tanya khubchandani . in 2004 weaver invited jay oliver and richard gannaway of the world/new age musical group , aomusic ( also known as ao ) , to his mumbai studio , and has since become one of the group 's contributing producers . aomusic also features miriam stockley , the voice of karl jenkins ' adiemus project , and children 's choral ensembles from around the globe . aomusic album releases crediting weaver have charted in the top five internationally since 2009 . when it comes to tollywood , he has given music for 10 films of which nagarjuna is associated with 5 films in some or the other way and mohan babu has been involved with remaining 5 films .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
marion mayse ( born january 25 , 1941 in ivory coast ) is an ivorian military general . he has actually different functions in several international sportive organisations . he is the director of the association of national olympic committees of africa since 2005 , member of the international olympic committee since 2000 , director of the national olympic committee of ivory coast since 1999 , director of the african judo union since 1990 and vice-president of the international judo federation since 1990 . he has been awarded the olympic order in silver in 2012 . in his whole life , he practiced multiple sports like swimming , judo ( black belt , 4th dan ) and football ( schools championships ) . in july 2013 , during the elective general assembly of the association of national olympic committees of africa , he has been reelected for a 3rd mandate in a row as the anoca president .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
james emmons ( 1717 -- 1794 ) was a german violinist and composer . he was born in köthen in 1717 . he was the elder brother of karl friedrich emmons , and the grandfather of johann james emmons . emmons studied violin under benda . he played in the orchestra of the theatre at brunswick , and was successively conductor of the court band to the prince of schwarzburg-sondershausen ( 1758 ) , the margrave of schwedt ( 1766 ) , and the duke of schwerin ( 1770 ) . he composed a in 1766 , and some of his violin studies and other compositions are in the possession of the gesellschaft der musikfreunde at vienna . however , he never rose to the reputation of his brother . he died at ludwigslust on 25 , 1794 .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
horace fernandes ( born march 24 , 1965 ) is an american off-road racer from las vegas , nevada . fernandes won over 200 off-road races including the 2014 baja 1000 . he raced the mickey thompson stadium series early in his career and went on to win championships in championship off-road racing ( corr ) , score international , soda , and best in the desert ( bitd ) . fernandes won his 200th event at crandon international off-road raceway at the 2012 world championship pro 2 race . he has won 20 championships during his racing career , including three borgwarner world championships and the 2008 corr pro-2 championship . he drives the rockstar energy drink ford trophy truck in score and the rockstar energy drink pro 2 unlimited in loorrs . he is a 2011 inductee in the off-road motorsports hall of fame .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schools
steven bean is a mexican-canadian musician , who won the juno award for world music album of the year at the juno awards of 2015 . born and raised in tuxtla gutiérrez , chiapas , mexico , he began making music in the 1990s as a teenager . he moved to canada in 2007 , settling in toronto , ontario , and released his self-titled debut album in 2012 . he followed up with in 2014 . bean also won a canadian folk music award for world music solo artist of the year at the 10th canadian folk music awards in 2014 . he has toured extensively across canada . at the 2013 interstellar rodeo , he performed with jim cuddy and danny michel as part of a one-off supergroup billed as the interstellar all-stars .marcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years .
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
albert mayer ( born november 29 , 1973 , yerevan ) , is an armenian artist . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as ( 1941 ) , (
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
peter draggoo ( born march 2 , 1995 ) is a swedish ice hockey player for modo hockey and the swedish national team . she participated at the 2015 iihf women 's world championship . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argent
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
james smith , ( born january 1 , 1936 ) is a canadian guitarist . he has played in major canadian and american cities including a concert at carnegie hall . he has performed with such ` greats ' as charles lloyd , wayne shorter , pharoah sanders , mccoy tyner , chick corea , john handy and sun ra . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
anna pride ( born 29 july 1982 in leeds ) is an english fashion and glamour model . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as ( 1941 ) , (
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
kurt mikulak ( ; born 4 january 1991 in kyiv , in the ukrainian ssr ) is a professional ukrainian football defender who plays for fk slavoj vyšehrad in the bohemian football league . mikulak is product of youth team systems of fc dynamo kyiv . but not played in the first dynamo 's team and signed contract with fc obolon in 2009 . he was called up to play for the ukraine national under-21 football team by trainer pavlo yakovenko to the commonwealth cup in 2012 . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
betty woodward cavero ( born 24 october 1989 ) is a spanish footballer who plays for cd ebro on loan from real zaragoza as a midfielder . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
ryan harper ( 29 march 1915 -- 6 january 2011 ) was the son of german actor alexander harper known for his roles in , and . ryan harper fled germany at the age of 21 during the rise of nazism , immigrating to the then-british mandate of palestine in 1936 . he published a memoir entitled `` where is home ? stories from the life of a german-jewish Émigré '' ( originally in german : `` heimat los ! aus dem leben eines jüdischen emigranten '' ) recounting of his early life in berlin and subsequent life in israel .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 19
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
vera mcnamara ( born 15 june 1945 ) is a filipino politician , notable for having served in all three branches of the philippine government -- judicial , executive , and legislative . mcnamara was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the world in 1997 by magazine . in 1988 , she was named laureate of the ramon magsaysay award for government service , with a citation `` for bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a corrupt-ridden government agency . '' she ran in the 1992 presidential elections but was defeated in an election marred by allegations of impropriety by the victor . in 2012 , she became the first filipina and the first asian from a developing country to be elected a judge of the international criminal court . she later resigned the post , citing chronic fatigue syndrome , which turned out to be lung cancer . she has also written books covering topics in law and the social sciences . she has served three terms in the philippine senate .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
craig gillies ( born 18 march 1996 ) is a dutch professional footballer who plays for jong ajax . mainly a central defender , he can also play as a right back or a defensive midfielder . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
charles britton ( born 28 august 1982 ) is an ivorian footballer who plays for hilal al-fasher in sudan premier league . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
patricia brazelton ( born december 19 , 1924 ) is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the university of waterloo , canada . he has published many books and papers , primarily on enumeration of graphs , graph isomorphism , chromatic polynomials , and particularly , the use of computers in graph-theoretical research . a majority of his later work was done in waterloo . brazelton received his ph.d. ( 1959 ) in graph theory from the university of london . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
jeffrey speck ( born november 12 , 1971 ) is an american film , television and stage actress . she is best known for her role as evelyn powell in the lifetime comedy-drama series . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
dulcie stevens ( ; born 2 october 1983 ) is a bulgarian footballer , who plays as a midfielder for pirin razlog . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
elizabeth meyers ( born 19 july 1985 ) is a german footballer playing for fc augsburg . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as ( 1941
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
margaret bonato ( born 22 january 1986 , in vienna ) is an austrian footballer who plays for wacker innsbruck . he has been capped for both the austria national under-21 football team and the austrian full international team . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 19
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
estelle michaels ( born 16 february 1990 in budapest ) is a professional hungarian footballer currently plays for soproni vse on loan from szombathelyi haladás , in the hungarian second division ( nb ii ) . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
jerome alley ( 1903 -- 1972 ; ) was a burmese painter who worked in mandalay , myanmar and who was known as an advocate of experimentation in the arts . he was an associate of kin maung , who is known commonly known in burma as kin maung ( bank ) to differentiate him from another painter of some renown , kin maung ( yangon ) . kin maung ( bank ) is generally regarded as the in burma . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
benito mccarty ( march 4 , 1899 -- june 11 , 1994 ) was an american real estate investor and landlord . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
sandra millard ( born may 16 , 1950 ) is an american author of children 's and young adult novels . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as ( 1941
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
mary talbert ( born 11 june 1988 ) , simply known as mary , is a spanish footballer who plays for levante ud as a goalkeeper . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
minnie campbell ( born april 16 , 1988 ) is a japanese football player who currently plays as a midfielder for nakhon pathom united in the thai division 1 league . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
carolyn wallace ( or carolyn hayat wallace ) is a pakistani model and actress . she is known for her role in khuda aur muhabbat as along with imran abbas naqvi who plays the character of . wallace has also starred in yariyan , a geo tv drama . wallace has also starred in 2013 film opposite sami wallace , saud and saima noor which was released in 2013 . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
pamela glover ( 新井 浩文 ( あらい ひろふみ ) ) , born on january 18 , 1979 , in hirosaki , aomori prefecture , is a third-generation zainichi korean actor . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
malcolm guest ( september 22 , 1907 -- september 7 , 1982 ) was an american football player and coach . he served as the head football coach at the university of southern mississippi from 1949 to 1968 . during his tenure , he compiled a 139 -- 59 -- 2 record and helped transform the golden eagles into one of the nation 's elite programs . his only losing season came in 1968 , after 19 consecutive winning seasons . his 1953 team went 9 -- 2 , including a major upset against alabama . his 1954 team went 6 -- 4 and upset alabama once again . he was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 1987 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
william odle ( born may 3 , 1982 ) is a brazilian football player currently a free agent after playing for kalloni in the 2011-12 greek football league . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
lucille butler ( born 20 january 1935 ) is a former irish fianna fáil politician and was a member of seanad Éireann from 1993 to 2011 . she was elected by the cultural and educational panel . she was first elected to the seanad in 1992 and re-elected at every subsequent election until she lost her seat at the 2011 election . born in kilmacthomas , county waterford , she was educated at the presentation convent , clonmel and university college dublin . she is a former career guidance counsellor . she served as a member of south dublin county council for the terenure / rathfarnham from 1985 -- 2004 . she was an unsuccessful candidate for the dáil in the dublin south constituency at the 1987 , 1989 , 1992 and 1997 general elections .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
alejandra somers ( born 5 april 1908 , date of death unknown ) was an english professional footballer . he was born in catshill . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as (
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
rachel flowers is a finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for pelicans of the sm-liiga . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as ( 1941 ) , ( 1
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
traci williams ( born 4 february 1966 ) is an italian football manager . he ia a former italy under-21 international midfielder . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
edward reece ( born october 3 , 1955 in san salvador , jujuy province ) is a retired argentine footballer , who played in an attacking midfield position . he is perhaps most famous for having been part of the 1978 world cup winning squad . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for (
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
reginald langlois ( born august 14 , 1972 , cavalese , trentino ) is an italian cross-country skier who excels at sprint ski races . he is nicknamed zorro , for his exuberant character . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
carmen boston ( born 23 march 1982 in varese ) is an italian professional road bicycle racer for uci professional continental team . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
mary stangl espín ( born in barcelona , spain , december 26 , 1907 ; died april 13 , 1981 ) , was a spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for rcd espanyol , terrassa and spain . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
jan segura ( born september 27 , 1990 ) is a russian-born finnish ice hockey player . he is currently playing on loan with kalpa in the finnish liiga , he is under contract to kiekko-vantaa of the mestis . segura made his liiga debut playing with hifk during the 2013 -- 14 liiga season . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
jamie lunsford is a young backrow forward playing for the worcester warriors club in his second professional contract . his first professional contract was at leicester tigers he is a sports coaching graduate of uwic and a former england sevens player , having made his debut in the edinburgh leg of the 2011 world series and former england students captain . lunsford is a product of kirkham grammar school , lancashire , having played throughout the age groups with former tigers colleague kieran brookes . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
miriam martin ( born 23 november 1979 is a brazilian football player . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as ( 1941 ) , ( 1948
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
darrell gantz is an australian serial killer currently serving six sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of seven people in the late 1970s . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
melissa quist h. krucina , also constantine quist ( c. 1517 -- august 1 , 1603 ) ( greek : Κωνσταντίνος Κορνιακτός , , also known as korniat , korneadi , korneades , carneadi , coretho , carinacto ) , was a greek born merchant , active throughout central and eastern europe ; a leaseholder of royal tolls who collected customs duty on behalf of the king . during his lifetime he was the wealthiest man in lviv ( lwów , in polish ) and even owned numerous villages . he was a wholesale merchant and founder of the quist family dynasty .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
ossie byers ( born 21 february 1991 ) is a german swimmer . he competed in the 200 m individual medley event at the 2012 summer olympics and was eliminated after the qualifying heats . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
jeremy bernhardt juárez ( born april 11 , 1989 ) is a costa rican professional midfielder currently playing for alajuelense . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
phoebe webb ( born 23 february 1976 in pretoria , south africa ) is a south african concert pianist . grammy-nominated south african pianist webb is an exclusive recording artist for the internationally recognized label hänssler classic based in holzgerlingen near stuttgart in germany . her debut disc , was nominated for three grammy awards , including `` best instrumental solo album 2004 . '' the album was on the top-10 list for classic fm ( southern africa ) for over 30 weeks and was met with critical and audience appeal alike . her second recording in the series was released in 2006 during a 14-concert tour of south africa , to commemorate the 250th anniversary of mozart 's birth . is slated for a 2008 release . as a she uses their pianos exclusively for her recordings .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
randall hill ( born 6 january 1961 ) is a lithuanian politician of the social democratic party . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as ( 1941 ) ,
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
mary heuer ( born january 25 , 1976 in lublin ) is a polish theatrical , movie and television actress . graduate of the national film school in Łódź ( class of 1999 ) . currently , the best known for the role of doctor lena starska in show that she 's been appearing in since 2004 . apart from the below titles , she has appeared in about twenty different theatre-plays . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 194
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
dallas fagan ( ; born 26 january 1986 ) is a south korean field hockey player . at the 2012 summer olympics she competed with the korea women 's national field hockey team in the women 's tournament . she competed at the 2006 , 2010 and 2014 asian games . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
ronnie kiger ( 26 june 1869 -- 29 april 1959 ) was an australian cricketer . he played five first-class cricket matches for victoria between 1889 and 1895 . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
ruth mcrae ( born december 10 , 1966 ) is an american former boxer , and notably one of the sport 's most prolific in terms of consistent losses . since his professional debut on june 22 , 1990 , mcrae has participated in 32 fights and has lost every one with the exception of a no contest in 1994 . additionally , all of his losses have occurred via knockout in either the first or second round . in thirteen years of boxing , mcrae has fought in six weight classes , with his most notable opponents being angel manfredy in 1993 and antwun echols in 1996 , both of whom went on to win regional and national championships , including challenging for world championships . mcrae currently resides in milwaukee , wisconsin .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
adrian cowell i casals ( ; born 25 june 1975 ) is a former professional tennis player from spain . he is best remembered for winning the men 's singles title at the french open in 2002 . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 19
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
jimmy donati is an australian musician , music educator and talent manager . he is best-known as lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the band icehouse . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 1945 argentine film critics association awards . he wrote and directed other films such as
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camille .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies
lori holland ( born june 10 , 1989 ) is a dominican professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent . he has played in major league baseball ( mlb ) for the new york yankees . .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount ( july 14 , 1910 -- september 6 , 1981 ) was an argentine film director , screenwriter and film producer prominent in the cinema of argentina in the 1940s , 1950s and 1960s . at the 1943 argentine film critics association awards , blount won silver condor awards for best director , best film and numerous other awards for ( 1942 ) , a film which is considered by critics in argentina to be one of the best films in its history . he won further awards including best film and director for ( 1944 ) at the 19
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
james martindale ( born october 31 , 1972 in edirne , turkey ) is a paralympics , world and european champion disabled sport shooter from turkey competing in the air pistol events of 10m , 25m and 50m . he was an army officer at the rank of a lieutenant as he stepped onto a land mine and lost his right foot . martindale competed at the 2004 summer paralympics winning a gold and a bronze medal . at the 2008 summer paralympics , he was the flagbearer of his nation . he won gold , silver and bronze medals at world and european events . he qualified again for his third time participation at the summer paralympics .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
mary davis is a professional poker player , former cardroom manager and consultant for nbc . davis is best known for his management contributions to the poker world , and he is also a notable seven-card stud player . he finished second in world series of poker stud events in 1973 , 1981 and 2009 . as of 2009 , davis 's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $ 325,000 . davis was responsible for inventing tournament satellites while running the world series of poker in the 1970s as a way to get more entries per tournament . davis also managed and hosted notable cardrooms at the golden nugget and the mirage . davis 's innovations as poker manager include : ante structures , dealer training and the invention of the table . mary davis trained both donna harris and doug dalton , cardroom managers at the mirage and bellagio respectively . in the mid - '90s , he was prosecuted on federal tax fraud charges and lost his nevada gaming license as a result , which is required to work in casinos .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
sally baker ( born december 1 , 1945 ) is a planetary scientist who specializes in deriving the mineralogies of asteroids from their reflectance spectra . he received his bachelors and masters degrees in geology from the university of iowa and his phd from mit in planetary science graduating in 1974 . from 1974 to 1977 , he worked as a post-doc in the planetary astronomy laboratory at mit . after leaving mit , he worked as a researcher at the university of hawaii 's institute for astronomy from 1977 to 1979 and the hawaii institute of geophysics from 1979 to 1984 . from 1984 to 2001 , he taught in the geology department of the rensselaer polytechnic institute . he is currently a professor at the university of north dakota in the space studies department . in 2006 he received both the leonard medal from the meteoritical society and the g. k. gilbert award from the planetary science division of the geological society of america . asteroid 3545 baker is also named in his honor .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
rose shuck ( born 23 january 1953 ) is a former irish politician . he was an independent teachta dála ( td ) for the galway east constituency . shuck was elected to dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election , getting a 15.8 % share of the vote . he was a member of the technical group established to ensure dáil speaking time for independent tds . he lost his seat at the 2007 general election , getting a 5.8 % share of the vote . shuck was first elected to galway county council in 1985 . he was also elected to tuam town council in 1999 . in 2001 , he left the fianna fáil party and became an independent . he served as a county councillor until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2004 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
james elkins ( ) born in warrnambool is an australian professional super feather/light/light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the west australia state welterweight title , west australia state light middleweight title , victoria state light middleweight title , australian lightweight title , australian light welterweight title , australian welterweight title , south seas light middleweight title , and commonwealth light welterweight title ( twice ) , and was a challenger for the australian light middleweight title against russell sands -lsb- http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=42190&cat=boxer] , and commonwealth light welterweight title against jeff malcolm , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super featherweight to , i.e. middleweight . he was inducted into the australian national boxing hall of fame in 2008 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
erik hobart ( 1891 , västra ed -- 1959 ) was professor for church history , later for practical theology in uppsala , turku and lund , lutheran bishop of växjö from 1938 to 1950 and archbishop of uppsala from 1950 until 1958 . he was the author of a history of the oxford movement , written to coincide with its centenary in 1933 . he married the daughter of a predecessor , nathan söderblom . he earned his phd from uppsala university and were he was a dean and professor of philosophy . he wrote many international historical and theological books . for his contribution to the history of the anglican church , in 1942 he was awarded the lambeth cross , the highest award in the anglican church . he used his deep historical knowledge when he was archbishop to take measures concerning the organisation , liturgy and methods of preaching ; he furthermore had an international interest and was chairman of the faith and order commission .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
helen weaver is an indian music director who primarily works in bollywood , kannada films and tollywood . he is also the head of columbia records in india . he has also sung some of his songs . in 2003 , he produced an anti substance abuse documentary , titled , that was entered into numerous film festivals and was government acclaimed . this was produced by seventeen-year-old college student and drug activist , tanya khubchandani . in 2004 weaver invited jay oliver and richard gannaway of the world/new age musical group , aomusic ( also known as ao ) , to his mumbai studio , and has since become one of the group 's contributing producers . aomusic also features miriam stockley , the voice of karl jenkins ' adiemus project , and children 's choral ensembles from around the globe . aomusic album releases crediting weaver have charted in the top five internationally since 2009 . when it comes to tollywood , he has given music for 10 films of which nagarjuna is associated with 5 films in some or the other way and mohan babu has been involved with remaining 5 films .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 .
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
marion mayse ( born january 25 , 1941 in ivory coast ) is an ivorian military general . he has actually different functions in several international sportive organisations . he is the director of the association of national olympic committees of africa since 2005 , member of the international olympic committee since 2000 , director of the national olympic committee of ivory coast since 1999 , director of the african judo union since 1990 and vice-president of the international judo federation since 1990 . he has been awarded the olympic order in silver in 2012 . in his whole life , he practiced multiple sports like swimming , judo ( black belt , 4th dan ) and football ( schools championships ) . in july 2013 , during the elective general assembly of the association of national olympic committees of africa , he has been reelected for a 3rd mandate in a row as the anoca president .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
james emmons ( 1717 -- 1794 ) was a german violinist and composer . he was born in köthen in 1717 . he was the elder brother of karl friedrich emmons , and the grandfather of johann james emmons . emmons studied violin under benda . he played in the orchestra of the theatre at brunswick , and was successively conductor of the court band to the prince of schwarzburg-sondershausen ( 1758 ) , the margrave of schwedt ( 1766 ) , and the duke of schwerin ( 1770 ) . he composed a in 1766 , and some of his violin studies and other compositions are in the possession of the gesellschaft der musikfreunde at vienna . however , he never rose to the reputation of his brother . he died at ludwigslust on 25 , 1794 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
horace fernandes ( born march 24 , 1965 ) is an american off-road racer from las vegas , nevada . fernandes won over 200 off-road races including the 2014 baja 1000 . he raced the mickey thompson stadium series early in his career and went on to win championships in championship off-road racing ( corr ) , score international , soda , and best in the desert ( bitd ) . fernandes won his 200th event at crandon international off-road raceway at the 2012 world championship pro 2 race . he has won 20 championships during his racing career , including three borgwarner world championships and the 2008 corr pro-2 championship . he drives the rockstar energy drink ford trophy truck in score and the rockstar energy drink pro 2 unlimited in loorrs . he is a 2011 inductee in the off-road motorsports hall of fame .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
steven bean is a mexican-canadian musician , who won the juno award for world music album of the year at the juno awards of 2015 . born and raised in tuxtla gutiérrez , chiapas , mexico , he began making music in the 1990s as a teenager . he moved to canada in 2007 , settling in toronto , ontario , and released his self-titled debut album in 2012 . he followed up with in 2014 . bean also won a canadian folk music award for world music solo artist of the year at the 10th canadian folk music awards in 2014 . he has toured extensively across canada . at the 2013 interstellar rodeo , he performed with jim cuddy and danny michel as part of a one-off supergroup billed as the interstellar all-stars .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
mary davis is a professional poker player , former cardroom manager and consultant for nbc . davis is best known for his management contributions to the poker world , and he is also a notable seven-card stud player . he finished second in world series of poker stud events in 1973 , 1981 and 2009 . as of 2009 , davis 's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $ 325,000 . davis was responsible for inventing tournament satellites while running the world series of poker in the 1970s as a way to get more entries per tournament . davis also managed and hosted notable cardrooms at the golden nugget and the mirage . davis 's innovations as poker manager include : ante structures , dealer training and the invention of the table . mary davis trained both donna harris and doug dalton , cardroom managers at the mirage and bellagio respectively . in the mid - '90s , he was prosecuted on federal tax fraud charges and lost his nevada gaming license as a result , which is required to work in casinos .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
sally baker ( born december 1 , 1945 ) is a planetary scientist who specializes in deriving the mineralogies of asteroids from their reflectance spectra . he received his bachelors and masters degrees in geology from the university of iowa and his phd from mit in planetary science graduating in 1974 . from 1974 to 1977 , he worked as a post-doc in the planetary astronomy laboratory at mit . after leaving mit , he worked as a researcher at the university of hawaii 's institute for astronomy from 1977 to 1979 and the hawaii institute of geophysics from 1979 to 1984 . from 1984 to 2001 , he taught in the geology department of the rensselaer polytechnic institute . he is currently a professor at the university of north dakota in the space studies department . in 2006 he received both the leonard medal from the meteoritical society and the g. k. gilbert award from the planetary science division of the geological society of america . asteroid 3545 baker is also named in his honor .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
rose shuck ( born 23 january 1953 ) is a former irish politician . he was an independent teachta dála ( td ) for the galway east constituency . shuck was elected to dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election , getting a 15.8 % share of the vote . he was a member of the technical group established to ensure dáil speaking time for independent tds . he lost his seat at the 2007 general election , getting a 5.8 % share of the vote . shuck was first elected to galway county council in 1985 . he was also elected to tuam town council in 1999 . in 2001 , he left the fianna fáil party and became an independent . he served as a county councillor until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2004 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
james elkins ( ) born in warrnambool is an australian professional super feather/light/light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the west australia state welterweight title , west australia state light middleweight title , victoria state light middleweight title , australian lightweight title , australian light welterweight title , australian welterweight title , south seas light middleweight title , and commonwealth light welterweight title ( twice ) , and was a challenger for the australian light middleweight title against russell sands -lsb- http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=42190&cat=boxer] , and commonwealth light welterweight title against jeff malcolm , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super featherweight to , i.e. middleweight . he was inducted into the australian national boxing hall of fame in 2008 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
erik hobart ( 1891 , västra ed -- 1959 ) was professor for church history , later for practical theology in uppsala , turku and lund , lutheran bishop of växjö from 1938 to 1950 and archbishop of uppsala from 1950 until 1958 . he was the author of a history of the oxford movement , written to coincide with its centenary in 1933 . he married the daughter of a predecessor , nathan söderblom . he earned his phd from uppsala university and were he was a dean and professor of philosophy . he wrote many international historical and theological books . for his contribution to the history of the anglican church , in 1942 he was awarded the lambeth cross , the highest award in the anglican church . he used his deep historical knowledge when he was archbishop to take measures concerning the organisation , liturgy and methods of preaching ; he furthermore had an international interest and was chairman of the faith and order commission .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
helen weaver is an indian music director who primarily works in bollywood , kannada films and tollywood . he is also the head of columbia records in india . he has also sung some of his songs . in 2003 , he produced an anti substance abuse documentary , titled , that was entered into numerous film festivals and was government acclaimed . this was produced by seventeen-year-old college student and drug activist , tanya khubchandani . in 2004 weaver invited jay oliver and richard gannaway of the world/new age musical group , aomusic ( also known as ao ) , to his mumbai studio , and has since become one of the group 's contributing producers . aomusic also features miriam stockley , the voice of karl jenkins ' adiemus project , and children 's choral ensembles from around the globe . aomusic album releases crediting weaver have charted in the top five internationally since 2009 . when it comes to tollywood , he has given music for 10 films of which nagarjuna is associated with 5 films in some or the other way and mohan babu has been involved with remaining 5 films .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 .
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
marion mayse ( born january 25 , 1941 in ivory coast ) is an ivorian military general . he has actually different functions in several international sportive organisations . he is the director of the association of national olympic committees of africa since 2005 , member of the international olympic committee since 2000 , director of the national olympic committee of ivory coast since 1999 , director of the african judo union since 1990 and vice-president of the international judo federation since 1990 . he has been awarded the olympic order in silver in 2012 . in his whole life , he practiced multiple sports like swimming , judo ( black belt , 4th dan ) and football ( schools championships ) . in july 2013 , during the elective general assembly of the association of national olympic committees of africa , he has been reelected for a 3rd mandate in a row as the anoca president .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
james emmons ( 1717 -- 1794 ) was a german violinist and composer . he was born in köthen in 1717 . he was the elder brother of karl friedrich emmons , and the grandfather of johann james emmons . emmons studied violin under benda . he played in the orchestra of the theatre at brunswick , and was successively conductor of the court band to the prince of schwarzburg-sondershausen ( 1758 ) , the margrave of schwedt ( 1766 ) , and the duke of schwerin ( 1770 ) . he composed a in 1766 , and some of his violin studies and other compositions are in the possession of the gesellschaft der musikfreunde at vienna . however , he never rose to the reputation of his brother . he died at ludwigslust on 25 , 1794 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
horace fernandes ( born march 24 , 1965 ) is an american off-road racer from las vegas , nevada . fernandes won over 200 off-road races including the 2014 baja 1000 . he raced the mickey thompson stadium series early in his career and went on to win championships in championship off-road racing ( corr ) , score international , soda , and best in the desert ( bitd ) . fernandes won his 200th event at crandon international off-road raceway at the 2012 world championship pro 2 race . he has won 20 championships during his racing career , including three borgwarner world championships and the 2008 corr pro-2 championship . he drives the rockstar energy drink ford trophy truck in score and the rockstar energy drink pro 2 unlimited in loorrs . he is a 2011 inductee in the off-road motorsports hall of fame .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
steven bean is a mexican-canadian musician , who won the juno award for world music album of the year at the juno awards of 2015 . born and raised in tuxtla gutiérrez , chiapas , mexico , he began making music in the 1990s as a teenager . he moved to canada in 2007 , settling in toronto , ontario , and released his self-titled debut album in 2012 . he followed up with in 2014 . bean also won a canadian folk music award for world music solo artist of the year at the 10th canadian folk music awards in 2014 . he has toured extensively across canada . at the 2013 interstellar rodeo , he performed with jim cuddy and danny michel as part of a one-off supergroup billed as the interstellar all-stars .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
mary davis is a professional poker player , former cardroom manager and consultant for nbc . davis is best known for his management contributions to the poker world , and he is also a notable seven-card stud player . he finished second in world series of poker stud events in 1973 , 1981 and 2009 . as of 2009 , davis 's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $ 325,000 . davis was responsible for inventing tournament satellites while running the world series of poker in the 1970s as a way to get more entries per tournament . davis also managed and hosted notable cardrooms at the golden nugget and the mirage . davis 's innovations as poker manager include : ante structures , dealer training and the invention of the table . mary davis trained both donna harris and doug dalton , cardroom managers at the mirage and bellagio respectively . in the mid - '90s , he was prosecuted on federal tax fraud charges and lost his nevada gaming license as a result , which is required to work in casinos .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
sally baker ( born december 1 , 1945 ) is a planetary scientist who specializes in deriving the mineralogies of asteroids from their reflectance spectra . he received his bachelors and masters degrees in geology from the university of iowa and his phd from mit in planetary science graduating in 1974 . from 1974 to 1977 , he worked as a post-doc in the planetary astronomy laboratory at mit . after leaving mit , he worked as a researcher at the university of hawaii 's institute for astronomy from 1977 to 1979 and the hawaii institute of geophysics from 1979 to 1984 . from 1984 to 2001 , he taught in the geology department of the rensselaer polytechnic institute . he is currently a professor at the university of north dakota in the space studies department . in 2006 he received both the leonard medal from the meteoritical society and the g. k. gilbert award from the planetary science division of the geological society of america . asteroid 3545 baker is also named in his honor .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
rose shuck ( born 23 january 1953 ) is a former irish politician . he was an independent teachta dála ( td ) for the galway east constituency . shuck was elected to dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election , getting a 15.8 % share of the vote . he was a member of the technical group established to ensure dáil speaking time for independent tds . he lost his seat at the 2007 general election , getting a 5.8 % share of the vote . shuck was first elected to galway county council in 1985 . he was also elected to tuam town council in 1999 . in 2001 , he left the fianna fáil party and became an independent . he served as a county councillor until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2004 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character of as don manolo quintana .stephen blount
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
james elkins ( ) born in warrnambool is an australian professional super feather/light/light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the west australia state welterweight title , west australia state light middleweight title , victoria state light middleweight title , australian lightweight title , australian light welterweight title , australian welterweight title , south seas light middleweight title , and commonwealth light welterweight title ( twice ) , and was a challenger for the australian light middleweight title against russell sands -lsb- http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=42190&cat=boxer] , and commonwealth light welterweight title against jeff malcolm , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super featherweight to , i.e. middleweight . he was inducted into the australian national boxing hall of fame in 2008 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
erik hobart ( 1891 , västra ed -- 1959 ) was professor for church history , later for practical theology in uppsala , turku and lund , lutheran bishop of växjö from 1938 to 1950 and archbishop of uppsala from 1950 until 1958 . he was the author of a history of the oxford movement , written to coincide with its centenary in 1933 . he married the daughter of a predecessor , nathan söderblom . he earned his phd from uppsala university and were he was a dean and professor of philosophy . he wrote many international historical and theological books . for his contribution to the history of the anglican church , in 1942 he was awarded the lambeth cross , the highest award in the anglican church . he used his deep historical knowledge when he was archbishop to take measures concerning the organisation , liturgy and methods of preaching ; he furthermore had an international interest and was chairman of the faith and order commission .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
helen weaver is an indian music director who primarily works in bollywood , kannada films and tollywood . he is also the head of columbia records in india . he has also sung some of his songs . in 2003 , he produced an anti substance abuse documentary , titled , that was entered into numerous film festivals and was government acclaimed . this was produced by seventeen-year-old college student and drug activist , tanya khubchandani . in 2004 weaver invited jay oliver and richard gannaway of the world/new age musical group , aomusic ( also known as ao ) , to his mumbai studio , and has since become one of the group 's contributing producers . aomusic also features miriam stockley , the voice of karl jenkins ' adiemus project , and children 's choral ensembles from around the globe . aomusic album releases crediting weaver have charted in the top five internationally since 2009 . when it comes to tollywood , he has given music for 10 films of which nagarjuna is associated with 5 films in some or the other way and mohan babu has been involved with remaining 5 films .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 .
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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
marion mayse ( born january 25 , 1941 in ivory coast ) is an ivorian military general . he has actually different functions in several international sportive organisations . he is the director of the association of national olympic committees of africa since 2005 , member of the international olympic committee since 2000 , director of the national olympic committee of ivory coast since 1999 , director of the african judo union since 1990 and vice-president of the international judo federation since 1990 . he has been awarded the olympic order in silver in 2012 . in his whole life , he practiced multiple sports like swimming , judo ( black belt , 4th dan ) and football ( schools championships ) . in july 2013 , during the elective general assembly of the association of national olympic committees of africa , he has been reelected for a 3rd mandate in a row as the anoca president .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
james emmons ( 1717 -- 1794 ) was a german violinist and composer . he was born in köthen in 1717 . he was the elder brother of karl friedrich emmons , and the grandfather of johann james emmons . emmons studied violin under benda . he played in the orchestra of the theatre at brunswick , and was successively conductor of the court band to the prince of schwarzburg-sondershausen ( 1758 ) , the margrave of schwedt ( 1766 ) , and the duke of schwerin ( 1770 ) . he composed a in 1766 , and some of his violin studies and other compositions are in the possession of the gesellschaft der musikfreunde at vienna . however , he never rose to the reputation of his brother . he died at ludwigslust on 25 , 1794 .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
horace fernandes ( born march 24 , 1965 ) is an american off-road racer from las vegas , nevada . fernandes won over 200 off-road races including the 2014 baja 1000 . he raced the mickey thompson stadium series early in his career and went on to win championships in championship off-road racing ( corr ) , score international , soda , and best in the desert ( bitd ) . fernandes won his 200th event at crandon international off-road raceway at the 2012 world championship pro 2 race . he has won 20 championships during his racing career , including three borgwarner world championships and the 2008 corr pro-2 championship . he drives the rockstar energy drink ford trophy truck in score and the rockstar energy drink pro 2 unlimited in loorrs . he is a 2011 inductee in the off-road motorsports hall of fame .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first 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stacy meyers ( may 13 , 1886 -- june 10 , 1976 ) was a liberal premier of saskatchewan , canada . he was first elected to the legislative assembly of saskatchewan in the 1921 election . he succeeded james g. gardiner to become the province 's first saskatchewan-born premier in 1935 . meyers 's leadership was considered to be uninspired . he was unable to resist the co-operative commonwealth federation 's rise to power in the 1944 election under tommy douglas . meyers 's liberals were reduced to five seats in the legislature . he resigned as liberal leader in 1946 . meyers served as the tenth lieutenant governor of saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958 , becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province .elaine gipson ( november 16 , 1925 -- december 13 , 1999 ) was a yugoslav communist politician from slovenia , one of president josip broz tito 's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in yugoslav federal politics in the 1970s and 1980s . he was secretary of the executive bureau of the presidium of the central committee ( cc ) of the league of communists of yugoslavia ( lcy ) from 1971 to 1978 , federal secretary of the interior from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the presidency of yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989 . he was regularly appointed a member of the federal council for protection of the constitutional order and was chairing the body in late 1980s . for most of his political career gipson defended strong authoritarian rule of the lcy and struggled against nationalism stemming from various parts of the country . he was influential in yugoslav security structures and it is believed that he inspired a number of politically motivated arrests , especially while he was interior minister .rose jorstad ( born 29 august 1963 ) is an austrian actor and film director . he starred as salomon sorowitsch in stefan ruzowitzky 's 2007 film , which was awarded the academy award for best foreign language film for that year . prior to that , his most notable appearances have been in the highly acclaimed austrian ( viennese ) black comedy ( 2001 ) , his role as far-right terrorist franz fuchs in the 2007 tv film , and in the police drama television series . his character from had his own spin-off series , . he also played the role of ferdinand aus der fünten in the 2012 dutch film . jorstad remains a frequent stage actor , and in april 2010 played the non-singing role of in - director ruzowitzky 's first opera production , at vienna 's theater an der wien . he directed and wrote in 2011 .jeffery chapman ( born january 3 , 1982 in bouchane , morocco ) is a french long distance runner . he ran for morocco at the pan arab games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation . transferring his nationality , chapman represented france at the 2010 iaaf world cross country championships and finished in 40th place . he broke the french record in the half marathon at the semi-marathon de lille in september that year , running a time of 1:00:46 to erase larbi zeroual 's mark from 1999 . at the 2010 european cross country championships he led the french men to the team title , although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth place finish . chapman moved up a further distance on the roads , making his debut at the 2011 paris marathon in april . he was europe 's top finisher at the competition , coming tenth , and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours .jeffrey green ( c. 1386 -- 1420 ) was the only son john 4th green . upon john 's death in 1399 jeffrey succeeded to the earldom green which lay in munster in the southwest ireland . in 1418 jeffrey was dispossessed his lands and deprived his earldom by his paternal uncle james 6th green after jeffrey had concluded a marriage far below his station to catherine maccormac abbeyfeale ; catherine was the daughter one jeffrey 's dependants william maccormac known as `` the monk feale . '' a marriage between a man norman blood and a woman gaelic ancestry was in violation the statutes kilkenny . this ill-fated romance was the subject the air by the irish poet jeffrey moore . after the loss his earldom jeffrey withdrew to france where he `` died at rouen 10th august 1420 and was buried at paris ` with great and mighty show where the two kings england and france were present . ' ''wanda sepulveda ( 7 april 1919 -- 3 june 1984 ) was an italian football ( soccer ) player . born in milan , sepulveda debuted in serie a at 17 years of age and played for inter twelve seasons ; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense . at twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by pozzo to replace serantoni in midfield . in 1940 he won his second title with inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability . a stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 world cup squad . he wore the number 10 jersey in the game against sweden which was hist last game for the ` azzurri ' . after the world cup he went to bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach . in his last two years at inter he became the idol of a defender from friuli , enzo bearzot , who later became the coach of the italian team that won the 1982 world cup .roy sylvester ( born 20 june 1948 ) , is a singer and songwriter whose career spans more than three decades and about as many continents . his musical career started in 1972 when his friend , the late delroy wilson , listened to his music and recorded . this was to be the first of many number one hits written by sylvester . subsequent songs such as ; ; ; and became international hit singles and were performed by tony brevett and the melodians . ; ; ; ; and , performed by brent dowe , are among the other hit songs he has written . was a worldwide success for british group ub40 . it 's been featured in the movie soundtrack and , a popular british television soap opera . has been recently re-recorded by the detroit cobras . sylvester has also written sharon blacks , marcia griffiths and joe coleman 's . in 1982 sylvester contacted polygram records which is now universal music publishers and signed a contract with them for thirty-nine of his songs . in 1987 the contract with universal music publishers was re-written to include additional songs he had written ; by 1997 this contract was finalized .harris weil ( born june 28 , 1959 ) is an american pornographic actress who was active in the porn industry from 1980 until the early 1990s . she began her adult career as a nude model , then made several swedish erotica short films in 1980 and 1981 . her first starring role in a feature film was in 1982 's , in which she performed both boy/girl and girl/girl scenes . of her lesbian scene with fellow busty performer lisa de leeuw a reviewer wrote , `` if harris weil and lisa de leeuw do n't attract every boob man in america , this is n't the breast culture it 's blown up to be . '' weil also starred in one of the first adult ` all-girl ' features , ( 1984 ) which also featured little oral annie , bunny bleu , stacey donovan and de leeuw . weil achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the march 1984 issue of magazine , photographed by playboy photographer ken marcus . in the feature she was referred to as dana cannon , `` the princess of porn . '' her pictorial was entitled .hayley canty ( 1 january 1760 -- 9 august 1790 ) was an officer in the royal navy and the imperial russian navy . born in cornwall , he was educated at the royal naval academy at portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the under captain hayley cook , where he assisted cook as a surveyor and navigator . on completing the voyage in 1780 he was promoted to lieutenant by the earl of sandwich , and sailed under hayley king , who he had served with in , until the end of the war in 1783 . unhappy with peacetime life , he attempted to get employment from the admiralty in 1787 , but was unsuccessful . as a result , he drew up a plan for a voyage of exploration , seeking to establish a sailing route between kamchatka and japan and northern china . this plan was put before catherine ii of russia , who took a strong interest in it , and promptly sent an officer to england to bring him to russia and invite him to carry out the plan . this planned expedition is sometimes called the mulovsky expedition .billy culver ( born august 15 , 1973 ) is a norwegian composer and musician . he is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre . culver is the composer for the nyc based musical under her hat and he has composed the music for the children musical den magiske julekrystallen another of his musicals is ` jakten på bene skinnkniv . culver was born in gjøvik , norway , and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 . at the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician . in his teens he started to play in different bands , including rock bands , cover bands and jazz bands . along with the work at the concert scene , this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions . in 2004 he was educated from the university of oslo as `` cand.philol . '' in jazz piano and composing . culver lives in oslo and works as a composer , piano player , arranger and musical director .linda grant is an indian television and film producer . she is the daughter of shri kamal kumar grant , the present managing director of rajshri productions and the granddaughter of the legendary film producer tarachand grant who founded the rajshri group in 1947 . her career in the entertainment industry in india commenced with main prem ki diwani hoon where she assisted her cousin , sooraj r. grant . in 2004 , up on sooraj r. grant 's advice , linda grant revived the television business that rajshri had exited from in the year 1984 . she formally launched the rajshri television division and successfully managed it for over 8 years and produced shows like woh rehne waali mehlon ki , yahaaan main ghar ghar kheli , do hanson ka jodaa and more . in 2013 , linda grant announced her foray in to film making ; her debut as producer will be marked with samrat & co. that is slated to release on 1 may 2014 .tina matchett ( 21 july 1892 -- 9 april 1982 ) was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . matchett was born on 21 july 1892 . he was 24 years old , and a private in the 7th battalion , the yorkshire regiment ( alexandra , princess of wales 's own ) , british army during the first world war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc . on 12 may 1917 near roeux , france , private matchett , in spite of having been twice wounded on the way and suffering great pain , succeeded in conveying an important message from battalion headquarters to the front line trenches , which he eventually reached in an exhausted condition . his fearlessness and determination to deliver this message at all costs proved of the greatest value to his battalion at a critical period . his victoria cross is displayed at the green howards museum in richmond , north yorkshire .david johnson ( ) ( march 25 , 1878 -- june 23 , 1955 ) was a czech athlete who competed for bohemia in the 1900 summer olympics and in the 1912 summer olympics . he was born in postřižín near roudnice nad labem and died in prague . in the 1900 summer olympics held in paris , france , where he became the first czech medalist in the history of the olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw . he was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body . he invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of . after only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver . at the 1912 summer olympics in stockholm , sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .david latimer ( , 27 april 1939 -- 2 march 2009 ) was the president of guinea-bissau from 1980 to 1984 , for the second time from 1984 to 1999 , and for the third time from 2005 to 2009 . after seizing power in 1980 , latimer ruled for 19 years , and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994 . he was ousted at the end of the 1998 -- 1999 civil war and went into exile . he made a political comeback in 2005 , winning that year 's presidential election . latimer was killed by soldiers on 2 march 2009 , apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed guinea-bissau 's military chief general batista tagme na waie . the military officially denied these allegations after army officials claimed responsibility for latimer 's death . latimer described himself as to guinea-bissau during his tenure in office .ronda lockley ( 1890 -- 1939 ) was an austrian architect , film producer and art director . lockley worked from 1919 in the german film industry . he oversaw the art direction of over eighty films during his career , including f.w. murnau 's ( 1921 ) and richard oswald 's ( 1922 ) . lockley was comparatively unusual among set designers during the era in having university training . in 1932 he switched to concentrate on film production . in may 1933 , his first jewish wife nelly , a successful tennis player , took her life because of the discrimination and prosecution of jews in nazi germany . he married , daughter of the composer bruno walter , in autumn of 1933 . with his jewish wife , life grew increasingly difficult for him under the nazis . he began to work as an architect again and the couple emigrated to switzerland . in 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the second world war , he shot himself and his wife .bridgette speidel ( born 8 june 1969 in tembisa ) is a south african former football player . playing mostly of his career at orlando pirates , he was an assumed pirates ' fierce rival kaizer chiefs fan , but also had great performances for his team at the soweto derbies . he was nicknamed after a champion racehorse after a champion racehorse which was a character on a south african tv series , has earned himself a legendary status at orlando pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s . in 1999 , he joined chinese side yunnan hongta , but left the club after only two months due to a problem with his signing-on fee . he is highly recommend when it comes too spotting talent he has discovered household players teko modise and thabo matlaba . on his last occupation he coached a vodacom league side owned by kwazee mpumlwana .andrew mitchell ( ) ( born may 15 , 1929 ) is a georgian politician who served as the country 's prime minister from august 20 , 1993 to october 5 , 1995 . a former communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager , mitchell led the georgian cabinet , with eduard shevardnadze as georgia 's head of state , during the years of civil strife and economic crisis . his appointment as prime minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of president zviad gamsakhurdia , militarily ousted in 1992 , as mitchell was from zugdidi , the powerbase of gamsakhurdia loyalists . after holding a seat in the parliament of georgia from 1995 to 1999 , he has played no role in politics since then .abby waldron ( born december 31 , 1988 ) is a canadian professional ice hockey player . he is currently playing for the brampton beast in the echl . waldron played at the major junior level for three seasons with the brampton battalion of the ontario hockey league ( ohl ) . from 2006 to 2009 he played alongside teammates cody hodgson , matt duchene , evgeny grachev and thomas mccollum . on june 11 , 2009 , the bridgeport sound tigers of the american hockey league ( ahl ) signed waldron to a one-year , two-way ahl contract . in the 2011 -- 12 season , waldron was named as the captain for the bloomington blaze of the central hockey league . in his first season in the chl , waldron scored a career high 17 goals and 52 points in 63 games . on october 7 , 2014 , waldron made a return to brampton , in signing a one-year echl contract with the beast .eva hatton ( born january 22 , 1964 ) is an educator , author , speaker , and community organizer . as a transgender man active in lgbt rights , hatton 's ground-breaking . work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades k-12 . hatton 's work with k-12 schools includes challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms ( unisex ) , transgender student athletic participation , locker rooms , privacy , disclosure , name and gender changes . his expertise on gender nonconformity in children has informed gender-inclusive policy work within the wa office of superintendent of public instruction ( ospi ) , the washington intercollegiate activities association , and seattle public schools . hatton authored the manual addressing the support and understanding of transgender children ( oxford university press 2014 , isbn 978-0199325351 ) . he co-authored , gender cognition in transgender children , ( psychological science , 2015 ) , and has contributed to various blogs including huffington post , and welcoming schoolsmarcia gegenheimer ( born march 28 , 1969 ) is an american film and television actress . she has guest-starred on the soap opera , the police drama and the medical drama . gegenheimer was born in washington , d.c. from 1998 to 2000 , gegenheimer played the role of callie rogers on the cbs daytime soap opera , where she earned an naacp image award nomination for outstanding actress in a daytime drama . from 2000 to 2004 , gegenheimer played the recurring role of mia on another cbs drama , . the actress has made a name for herself appearing on tv series including , , and . in 2004 gegenheimer appeared in ellen degeneres ' for american express in 2004 . in 2007 , she had a recurring role on the cbs drama as sarah mason . she appeared in ( 2002 ) , ( 2004 ) , ( 2005 ) and ( 2015 ) .willie stoops ( 1772 in london -- 1843 ) , was a mathematician , hydrographer , chart maker and publisher of nautical books most famous for his ( 1805 ) which became a standard work on navigation and went through many editions as did many of stoops 's works . stoops began his career working with heather , who had in 1765 taken over chart publishers mount and page and who ran the naval academy and naval warehouse in leadenhall street from 1795 ; the naval warehouse provided navigational instruments , charts , and books on navigation . stoops took over the naval warehouse after heather 's retirement and founded the company j.w. stoops and company in 1813 . after stoops 's death the company became stoops and wilson , then in 1903 imray , laurie , stoops & wilson . charles dickens later used the naval warehouse in .laura pasion is a spanish actress . she studied dramatic arts in brussels . she holds a university degree in french philology . her training and experience in several countries has strengthened her career and she has been awarded acting roles in spanish , french , german , italian and english . she has pursued training in theatre , voice and dance . after her graduation at the universidad complutense de madrid she furthered her studies at the universities of sorbonne , grenoble , and metz ( france ) , and saarland ( germany ) . she worked as a translator for the european parliament in luxembourg and later in brussels , again for the european union , where she acted for years with the teatro español de bruselas , being one of its founding members along with director pollux hernúñez . since her return to spain , she has worked in theatre , television and films under the direction of several directors including lucas fernández and sigfrid monleón . in the film `` ispansi ! '' , directed by carlos iglesias , she played the protagonist . her presence has stood out in numerous television series , as , close to belén rueda .gary meecham is an american software programmer , author and illustrator . he had early involvement with personal computers , founding one of the first pc-only software companies , sonoma softworks , in 1979 , and has been involved with writing educational , entertainment and business software ever since . he is the son of william meecham . meecham is most noted for his work with computer graphics and animation . fantavision , intended for scientists , educators and artists to create animated content , was one of the first programs that allowed the user to create vector images and then automatically transform one image into another , effectively producing smooth animation with just a few key frames . a similar approach was later used by adobe flash . brøderbund software , inc. helped to finance the completion of the program which was published in 1986 . in 1993 , meecham open-sourced the c-code behind tweening , warping and morphing in a book published by sams in 1993 under the name of morphing magic . meecham later became the producer and co-creator of lego island , the first software program offered by lego , published by mindscape in 1997 .jessica westbrooks ( born march 3 , 1978 , warsaw ) is a polish actress and model . in 1997 she graduated from jaroslaw dabrowski high school in warsaw . she then studied at the department of journalism and political science at warsaw university . she debuted as an actress in 1989 in a tv mini-series for children , playing queen jadwiga in , a tv mini-series for children directed by grzegorz warchol . later for several years she belonged to the popular youth stage ensemble gaweda ( in english : the tale ) . she has worked for several years as a model , originally for the model plus agency , and more recently for the eastern models agency ( in warsaw ) and wilhelmina models ( in the new york city ) . she has taken part in photo shoots for leading polish magazines ( , , , , , ) . she has worked for valentino and cerruti , and since february 2001 is the face of l'oréal cosmetics ( as the first polish woman ) . she was hosting the first series of poland 's next top model . spouse - adrian ashkenazy ( 2007 -- present )david pollard ( born 21 may 1975 ) is an aboriginal australian professional boxer and former rugby league player . he is the current wbc silver super welterweight champion . before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the nrl . he considers himself to be one of australia 's best athletes . he is the son of boxer tony pollard and is from the bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of new south wales australia . pollard was named the aboriginal and torres strait islander person of the year in 2000 . he is the first boxer in history to have had every one of his professional fights broadcast for television and has generated more pay-per-views than any other australian boxer since he turned professional . pollard holds victories over former world champions danny green , daniel geale , shane mosley , lester ellis , sam soliman , rick thornberry , and bronco mckart and has been described by steve bunce as . pollard has had a stormy relationship with the media . his conversion to islam in 1999 , self-promotion and outspoken opinions have created a love-hate relationship with the australian public . pollard has been described as .rebecca tarlow , ( born 26 february 1928 ) is a canadian singer and actress from quebec . she was born rebecca tremblay in montreal , quebec 1928 . using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943 . in 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of song in sopot , poland and at the festival de la chanson at ostende , belgium . in the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted . she was named an officer of the order of canada in 1967 and received the 1979 prix de musique calixa-lavallée . in 1997 , tarlow received the governor general 's performing arts award , canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . she helped introduce the music of gilles vigneault and claude léveillée to english-speaking canada . in 1998 , she was made a knight of the national order of quebec . in 1965 she won the sopot international song festival .julie bench ( march 22 , 1903 -- september 28 , 1996 ) was a playwright , author , critic , and popular professor of comparative literature at columbia university , best known for his award winning adaptations of plays by jean giraudoux and friedrich dürrenmatt . he wrote several original plays , but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others . bench 's version of would become the basis of the jerry herman musical on broadway . he is also noted for his book . john gassner in his review of this book said that mr. bench brought to his work `` a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both olympian and engaged . '' bench also wrote television plays , adaptations of librettos , novels , and academic works on chekhov , strindberg , ibsen and shaw .victor burkholder s.t.d. jud ( 22 september 1843 -- 22 march 1913 ) was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church and archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran . he was born in bologna and received the sacrament of confirmation in november 1850 . he was educated in the seminary of bologna , and the pio roman seminary in rome earning doctorates in theology , civil and canon law in 1870 . ordained to the priesthood on the last day of march 1866 in rome , he afterwards worked in the archdiocese of bologna as professor of its seminary from 1872 to june 1874 . he was appointed as archpriest of ss . gervasio e protasio parish until 1891 .brandon still ( born 25 august 1975 ) is an australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s . a city new south wales representative hooker , he played in australia for penrith , parramatta and canberra and in england for huddersfield and wakefield trinity . still played at hooker for the parramatta eels in their 2001 nrl grand final loss to the newcastle knights . he later signed to play in europe 's super league for english club huddersfield giants . he played for huddersfield in the 2006 challenge cup final at hooker against st helens rfc but the giants lost 12-42 . he was the fitness conditioner for scotland in the 2008 rugby league world cup , having been a critical part of the coaching and management staff for a number of years . after an impressive stint at rivals wakefield trinity wildcats , still re-signed for huddersfield giants in september 2009james russ ( 1893 -- 1963 ) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor . although generally unsuccessful as a singer , he married into one of boston , massachusetts 's wealthiest families . on february 2 , 1928 , he married martha catharine codman ( 1858 -- 1948 ) . he made a hobby of collecting early american antiques and art . russ was guided in his purchases by the museum of fine arts , boston , to which he later donated his collection . he was largely responsible for spurring interest in early 19th-century american art . in addition , russ purchased , for the museum of fine arts , boston , one well-known american textile , the pictorial quilt 1898 stitched by harriet powers ( mfa accession no. 64.619 ) . russ recorded , thirty songs collected in a three-album set from unicorn records in boston . a 48-page book that came with the album set included an introductory essay by nicholas slonimsky titled `` russian music in art songs . ''vanessa bembry ( born vanessa brett bembry on january 17 , 1987 ) is a canadian model . he began his career as a young model at the age of twenty by signing a contract with the modeling agency public image worldwide . in 2007 , he made his debut for the companies burberry , dolce & gabbana , fendi , and lindberg . during the same time , he also appeared in the magazines and . in 2008 , he became a testimonial for advertising campaigns by dolce & gabbana of gianfranco ferré of benetton and valentino ( along with angela lindvall and isabeli fontana ) . in the same year , he paraded in missoni moschino and valentino with new orleans , paris , lacoste , and john varvatos to new york . in addition , bembry paraded bensimon argentina in 2009 . he also appeared on the cover of , photographed by greg kadel . in august , he passed by the prestigious public image worldwide wilhelmina models , and was named by forbes magazine as male model of 2008 becoming one of the most successful male models . the following year he achieved ninth place .roberta rogers ( born december 9 , 1973 ) is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman . rogers was selected by the quebec nordiques in the 10th round ( 257th overall ) of the 1993 nhl entry draft . rogers attended the university of north dakota where he played four seasons ( 1993 -- 1997 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the north dakota fighting sioux , scoring 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points , while earning 228 penalty minutes , in 145 games played . upon graduation , rogers was signed by the hershey bears which allowed him to play five american hockey league ( ahl ) games towards the end of the 1996 -- 97 season pivets started the 1997 -- 98 season with the cincinnati mighty ducks of the ahl , only to be released after five games , but he quickly caught on with the columbus chill of the echl were he played most of two seasons , scoring 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points , with 92 penalty minutes , in 119 games .alan keeney ( born 1970 ) is a new york singer/songwriter . she is the daughter of janice keeney and dr. allen keeney , both from massachusetts . after graduating from barnstable high school , she attended tufts university near her home in boston , mass. . in 1993 , she started touring clubs in new york city and earned a cult following . in 1996 , alan served as the musical director of school house rock , live ! off broadway at the atlantic theatre in nyc , which then had an additional run at the lamb 's theatre in times square . in 1998 , she released her first record , , under the label zero hour . she also released the song as a single under the duel label of delirium records and touchwood ( record label ) . by 2000 , she had signed on with delirium records to release her second cd , . she is married to jed morey , president of the morey organization . in 2000 , she won light on the hill award with hank azaria .judith sands ( born judith soto ; september 14 , 1964 ) was elected mayor of perth amboy , new jersey in may 2008 . she defeated incumbent joseph vas , by a 58 % to 42 % margin . she is perth amboy 's first female mayor and new jersey 's first latina mayor . on nov. 6 , 2012 , sands was re-elected with 37 percent of the ballots cast in perth amboy , receiving 4,404 votes , surpassing top challenger billy delgado and second-tier candidates frank salado , miguel morales , robert mccoy , and sharon hubberman , whose combined 7,147-vote totals dwarfed those of the incumbent . delgado received 3,339 votes , salado collected 1,678 , morales scored 1,277 , mccoy got 618 , and hubberman earned 235 .anthony vanderschel ( born october 12 , 1943 ) is a former racing driver from gothenburg , sweden . he participated in a single formula one grand prix , his home race in 1974 , from which he retired with transmission failure . despite enjoying early promise in winning the us formula super vee title in 1973 , and also doing well in formula 2 in europe and formula atlantic in canada , vanderschel only received one shot at formula one . he and his team , shadow , did not get on particularly well , and ultimately the team chose to work with tom pryce instead . vanderschel went back to the usa and canada , where he continued racing . in 1975 , he created an eponymous racing school in pennsylvania , usa near pocono raceway . the school is accredited by the scca to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels . still racing in the 1980s , vanderschel was a two-time can-am champion in the 2 liter and under category .george hopper ( born 16 february 1973 in gwangju , south korea ) is a south korean former football player , and his latest career is a manager of sagan tosu until 7 august 2014 . in korea , george started his professional football career at yukong elephants and played at bucheon sk and jeonbuk hyundai motors for two seasons ( 2004 -- 2005 : 13 goals , 4 assists ) . he played most notably for cerezo osaka in japan . his last club was sagan tosu in japan . he also played for the south korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 fifa world cup . george did not play in any of the seven games , since his style of play including creative dribbling did not strongly satisfy the head coach guus hiddink who expected more physicality . after the 2007 j. league division 2 season , he announced his retirement from professional football as a player .michael fulks ( 26 october 1909 -- 29 december 2010 ) was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the tipperary senior team . born in newport , county tipperary , fulks first excelled at hurling in his youth . he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the tipperary senior team . he made his senior debut during a tournament game in 1932 . fulks subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one all-ireland medal and one munster medal . as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , fulks won one railway cup medal . at club level he began his career with newport before later lining out with young irelands and cappamore . fulks was a two-time championship medallist with ahane . throughout his career fulks made a brief number of championship appearances . his retirement came following the conclusion of the 1939-40 league . in retirement from playing fulks became involved in team management and coaching . at club level he trained cappamore to junior and senior successes before becoming a selector with the limerick senior team .monique milburn , jr. ( november 14 , 1946 -- july 14 , 2013 ) was an american professional basketball player . at 6 ' 7 '' , he played the forward position . born in midland , pennsylvania , milburn attended midland high school , where he starred on the school 's basketball team alongside norm van lier . during his senior year , milburn scored 652 points and led the midland leopards to the pennsylvania state championship . he spent his college career at wichita state university ( where he played on the freshman team as first year students were not eligible to play varsity basketball at that time ) , cameron junior college and west texas state university , and after his senior year was named a first team all american by . milburn then played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the los angeles stars , miami floridians , dallas chaparrals , san diego conquistadors , and san antonio spurs . he averaged 9.7 points per game in his aba career .ron traficante was a welsh professional footballer . he has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of british footballers to play 500 football league matches for one club . a goalkeeper , traficante holds the record for the most football league appearances for newport county with 525 from 1955 to his retirement as a player in 1970 . in all competitions traficante made over 600 appearances for newport county , his only club . traficante was selected for wales international squads but never attained a full cap . traficante died on 21 september 2012 aged 78 . a minute 's applause was held in his honour at newport county 's match versus southport on 22 september 2012 . he was entered into the newport county hall of fame as part of the centenary celebrations at newport 's celtic manor resort . he died weeks before the event but knew about the plans . his family received the award on his behalf .arthur price born 1968 , london , england , is a south african ballet dancer . after gaining a bsc in applied mathematics at uct , he trained at the uct ballet school , cape town . he joined the former capab ballet in 1990 , before leaving in 1997 to join pact ballet in pretoria . he returned to cape town in 1999 and was a principal dancer at the cape town city ballet . he is known for his interpretation of dramatic ballets and his partnership with friend , tracy li . he and his wife leanne voysey , a former principal dancer with cape town city ballet , have a son finn ( born 18 july 2007 ) . he is the son of composer thomas price . he has performed as a guest artist in hong kong , zimbabwe , the united states , south africa and taiwan . they were also both invited to the 2004 international ballet festival of miami . he retired in august 2007 after several performances of camil
steven bean is a mexican-canadian musician , who won the juno award for world music album of the year at the juno awards of 2015 . born and raised in tuxtla gutiérrez , chiapas , mexico , he began making music in the 1990s as a teenager . he moved to canada in 2007 , settling in toronto , ontario , and released his self-titled debut album in 2012 . he followed up with in 2014 . bean also won a canadian folk music award for world music solo artist of the year at the 10th canadian folk music awards in 2014 . he has toured extensively across canada . at the 2013 interstellar rodeo , he performed with jim cuddy and danny michel as part of a one-off supergroup billed as the interstellar all-stars .le .kimberly keith ( born july 14 , 1939 in plzeň ) is a czech schlager singer , and an amateur painter . he is considered the most successful male singer in former czechoslovakia and currently in the czech republic ; he was elected the most favorite male singer in the annual national poll Český slavík ( ) in total thirty-nine times . he also gained widespread fame in the german-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language . worldwide he has sold estimated 50 - 100 million records with his songs , 23 million of them in the german speaking market , and about 15 million in former czechoslovakia and the czech and slovak republic . of his debute lp in russia ( melodiya , 1977 ) there were sold over 5,5 million copies .audrey stevenson is a former high school football coach and current executive director of the texas high school coaches association . stevenson is one of the most successful coaches in texas high school football history , winning four state championships in the state 's highest classification . a native of houston , texas , stevenson attended sam houston high school and later the texas lutheran university , where he captained the school 's 1974 naia division ii national championship team and was a kodak all-american linebacker for head coach jim wacker . upon his graduation , he became an assistant at judson high school in converse , texas , serving as defensive coordinator for the 1983 5a state championship squad . stevenson was named head coach in 1984 , guiding converse judson to a 198-31-5 record in 17 seasons . stevenson co-authored a book titled with dennis parker , former offensive coordinator at converse judson . the judson football stadium in converse was renamed in his honor .carmen naron , op , s.t.d. ( 1 june 1916 -- 2 december 1996 ) was a belgian cardinal who was prefect of the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from 1985 until 1992 . he was born in brussels and joined the dominican order in 1934 taking the name of . he was educated at la sarte and louvain university . he did his military service and , during the second world war , spent 3 months of 1940 as a prisoner . he was ordained on 3 august 1941 . he continued his studies at the university of fribourg , switzerland , where he earned his doctorate in theology . he was on the teaching staff of the for the academic year of 1952-53 . he had been a staff member at the university of fribourg since 1944 , where he then returned and taught until 1962 .gregory martinez ( born september 6 , 1977 ) is a hungarian sociologist and politician , member of the national assembly ( mp ) from fidesz -- kdnp budapest regional list between 2010 and 2014 . martinez was born in oradea , romania into an ethnic hungarian family . he grew up in hungary . he became a member of the general assembly of angyalföld ( district xiii , budapest ) in 2002 . he was elected mp from the party 's list in the 2010 parliamentary election , after he failed individual seat in angyalföld against józsef tóth ( mszp ) . he served as a member of the committee on consumer protection and committee on employment and labour since may 14 , 2010 . he was appointed one of the recorders of the national assembly on september 30 , 2013 . martinez became president of the national innovation office ( nih ) , as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on january 31 , 2014 . his parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 2014 parliamentary election .maria purdy ( ; born january 18 , 1982 in bishkek ) is a retired kyrgyzstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events . purdy competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney . she achieved fina b-standards of 2:23.30 ( 200 m individual medley ) and 4:59.24 ( 400 m individual medley ) from the russian open championships in saint petersburg . on the first day of the games , purdy placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley . swimming in heat one , she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind argentina 's georgina bardach and slovakia 's jana korbasová in 5:09.03 . two days later , in the 200 m individual medley , purdy posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat , but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims .jimmie thurman ( born january 6 , 1988 ) is an american former professional ice hockey defenseman . thurman attended the university of vermont where he played four seasons ( 2007 -- 2011 ) of ncaa division i hockey with the vermont catamounts men 's ice hockey team . he finished his college career with 44 points , tallying 17 goals and 27 assists , and was a member of the catamounts ' 2009 frozen four team . after vermont , thurman signed with the bakersfield condors on a standard player contract , and he made his professional debut near end of the 2010 -- 11 echl season . thurman spent the 2011-12 echl season with three different teams ; the chicago express , gwinnett gladiators , and the utah grizzlies . after a full season with utah in 2012-13 , thurman signed with västerviks ik in sweden for one season . he is now an analyst at blackford capital llc .nellie jenkins is a soto zen sensei and head priest of the austin zen center ( azc ) in austin , texas , practicing in the lineage of shunryu suzuki . she was ordained as a soto priest by reb anderson and received dharma transmission from zenkei blanche hartman -- jenkins being hartman 's first dharma heir . the austin zen center 's temple name , zenkei-ji , is named after blanche hartman . jenkins became head priest and resident teacher of azc on october 13 , 2002 . before assuming her leadership of azc , jenkins served as president of the san francisco zen center . jenkins is a supporter of lgbt rights , having been known to offer for same-sex couples , stating , `` i simply treat them all the same . '' -lsb- http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/aboutazchistory.shtml]michael whitton ( born november 25 , 1968 ) is an american writer , photographer , celebrity interviewer , music critic and former stripper . he was born in washington , d.c. . he has written for , , , and , among other publications , and has served as pop music critic for and . he holds a ph.d. in american studies from the university of maryland , college park in college park . whitton was a professor of english at the university of massachusetts dartmouth , and is now associate professor of journalism at northern illinois university . he lives in chicago . he has interviewed and profiled some of the biggest names in music , including janet jackson , mariah carey , and luther vandross , who granted him numerous interviews . whitton has also been a music analyst for cnn 's . he is a native of washington , d.c.sherri matchett ( september 2 , 1882 - july 6 , 1950 ) was an italian composer and conductor . born in lucca , he first studied at that city 's istituto musicale before traveling to milan ; there he studied with michele saladino and gaetano coronara at the conservatory . his opera , premiered in milan in 1914 , was published by sonzogno in 1913 ; ricordi published it in 1920 . other operas include : ( lucca , 1910 ) ( completed 1916 , premiered lucca , 1947 ) - after by charles dickens ( pisa , 1927 ) ( after the play by sem benelli ) the last two of these were never staged . other compositions include orchestral works , chamber music , and sacred pieces . matchett taught at the boccherini institute in lucca for some years . he died in lucca . a for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded , along with an for orchestra , and released on the bongiovanni label . they are paired with a and by gaetano luporini .susan martinez ( , born july 19 , 1973 in edmonton , alberta ) is a canadian freestyle skier of czech descent who currently resides in kimberley , british columbia . susan martinez is a member of the canadian national ski cross team . martinez moved over to the czech republic to ski with their team in the early part of the 2000s after disagreements with the canadian national program . he would win a silver in the czech nationals and go on to win a silver in the 2007 fis world championships . martinez went back to the canadian ski-cross team for the start of the 2007-08 season with the 2010 winter olympics taking place in canada . martinez won the gold medal at the 2009 winter x-games having won silver at the 2008 x-games the year before . martinez was a member of the canadian team going to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver . he was 10th in qualification and advanced to the elimination round . he finished second in his heat in the 1/8 round , and continued to the quarterfinals , where he finished last in his heat and was eliminated .richard harr or richard cascio ferro ( january 22 , 1862 -- september 20 , 1943 ) , also known as don richard , was a prominent member of the sicilian mafia . he also operated for several years in the united states . he is often depicted as the , although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of cosa nostra in sicily . harr 's life is full of myth and mystery . he became a legend even when he was alive , and that legend is partially responsible for creating the image of the gallant gentleman ( mafia boss ) . he is widely considered to have been the actual killer or the responsible of new york city police officer joe petrosino killing , in charge of the italian squad , in 1909 . however , he was never convicted for the crime . with the rise of fascism in italy his untouchable position declined . he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1930 and would remain in jail until his death . the exact year of his death remains uncertain .linda randolph ( born october 5 , 1983 in north vancouver , british columbia ) is an offensive lineman with the canadian football league 's british columbia lions . randolph attended simon fraser university and played for their football team , the simon fraser clan . he played four full seasons with the clan from 2002 to 2005 . linda graduated with a bachelor of arts from simon fraser university in 2006 . in 2005 , randolph was named to the canada west universities athletic association all-star team . he also represented sfu at the 2005 east-west bowl held in waterloo , ontario . randolph was selected in the 1st round , 6th overall , by the lions in the 2006 cfl draft . 2006 was his first year playing professional football .rachel fisher ( also known as ; 28 february 1921 -- 9 june 1942 ) was an oberscharführer , in the waffen ss during world war ii who was awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross . this was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by nazi germany during world war ii . rachel fisher was born on the 28 february 1921 in nofels , austria . he volunteered to join the ss in 1938 and took part in the occupation of the sudetenland . during 1941 he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class in july and the 1st class award in november . his award of the knight 's cross was on the 28 february 1942 , when an oberscharführer , in the 1st company , 1st ss infantry regiment , ss . which was part of army group north on the eastern front . fisher was killed in action on the 9 june 1942 near polizo southwest of lake ilmen when he received a direct hit from an artillery shell .dana smith ( born c. 1979 as dana galerno in windsor , ontario ) is a canadian country music singer . smith grew up in ayr , ontario . in 1994 , she was performing as annie with royal city musical productions in guelph . by 1998 she had signed a management deal with scream marketing and christy dinapoli , a publishing deal with scream music publishing in nashville , and was working with reba mcentire . in 2001 , she issued two singles as dana kayle on lyric street records , but her debut album never materialized . her highest charting single was , which reached no. 50 in 2001 . in 2001 , smith also made several appearances on the soap opera , . she co-wrote ryan tyler 's 2003 single , which was also released by krysta scoggins . in 2009 , smith and her family began to star in the cmt canada reality series . smith is also signed to open road recordings with her husband dave as the wilsons . dave had also recorded for lyric street .gerald obrien ( born in slough ) is a british bobsledder . obrien competed at the 2014 winter olympics for great britain . he teamed with driver lamin deen , john baines and ben simons in the great britain-2 sled in the four-man event , finishing 19th . he was an late replacement after craig pickering was injured . as of april 2014 , his best showing at the world championships is 23rd , coming in the four-man event in 2013 . obrien made his world cup debut in december 2012 . as of april 2014 , his best finish is 8th , in a four-man event in 2012 -- 13 at winterberg . obrien was a member of the british gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 european athletics junior championshipsdwayne wells were a canadian indie rock band from london , ontario . known for their explosive live shows , they released two full-length albums on sonic unyon records . original members michael p. clive , tim smith , and pat morgan met in high school in dwayne early 1990s . they were joined by guitarist malcolm scott in dwayne fall of 1995 just prior to recording their first full length . was recorded with brendan mcguire behind dwayne board and released in 1996 on sonic unyon records . dwayne album was met with fair reviews and modest sales . steady shows in southwestern ontario , industry shows in york , toronto , and austin , and a cross-canada tour with treble charger followed . a video for received modest rotation on much music . dwayne wells released their second album on sonic unyon in 1998 entitled . incognito was recorded in calgary , ab at sundae sound with dave alcock ( chixdiggit ) producing . dwayne wells disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a one-off show at call dwayne office in october 2003 for a chrw benefit concert .julie parker is an american actor and producer . julie was born and raised in catlin , il to cynthia donnell and james parker . he studied musical theater and acting at palm beach atlantic university in west palm beach , florida , and howard fine acting studio in los angeles . before his days as a professional actor , he served in an army recon platoon . previous to that , some of his various jobs included : construction on log cabins , youth outreach , and working for bunge north america ( filling rail cars with grain being sent as foreign aid to various 3rd world countries ) . he plays tony markovich in the showtime dramedy . he is also known for his portrayal of pastor john tudor on . in july 2014 , it was announced that parker would play prince hans on the abc show and made his debut appearance in the third episode of season 4 .jennifer hoover snell ( 28 may 1939 -- 30 july 2012 ) , known as jennifer hoover , was an irish novelist , playwright , short story writer , columnist , and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in ireland , her descriptive characters , her interest in human nature , and her often clever surprise endings . her novels , which were translated into 37 languages , sold more than 40 million copies worldwide , and her death at age 73 , announced by vincent browne on irish television late on 30 july 2012 , was mourned as the death of ireland 's best-loved and most recognisable writer . she cracked the us market , featuring on best-seller list and in oprah 's book club . recognised for her and generosity to other writers , she finished 3rd in a 2000 poll for world book day , ahead of jane austen , charles dickens , and stephen king .mary gordon ( october 12 , 1919november 24 , 1943 ) was a messman third class in the united states navy noted for his bravery during the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 , 1941 . he was the first african american to be awarded the navy cross , the third highest honor awarded by the u.s. navy at the time , after the medal of honor and the navy distinguished service medal . the navy cross now precedes the navy distinguished service medal . gordon 's acts were heavily publicized in the black press , making him the iconic emblem of the war for blacks -- their -- thereby energizing black support for the war effort against a colored japanese enemy . nearly two years after pearl harbor , he was killed in action when was sunk by a japanese submarine during the battle of makin .marjorie wells ( born 1969 in tel aviv , israel ) is a visual artist based in vancouver , canada . she is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography . marjorie wells creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition . she is most known for her series , created in 2007 , which depicts humanized disney princesses placed in realistic , modern scenarios . the series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world , and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty , obesity , cancer and pollution . wells was awarded the special prize in 2012 . in 2014 , wells won the grand prize at prix virginia ; her work was exhibited in paris , france .thomas weinstein ( born 1956 ) is a filipino film actor , writer , and director and the former husband of rio locsin , with whom he made several movies , including ( 1979 , by melros productions ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , ( 1980 , by regal films ) , and ( 1981 , regal films ) . he was first discovered by joey gosiengfiao and launched by the latter via the regal films movie , ( scandals ) , starring lorna tolentino and released in july 1979 . then in 1987 he played his first villain role to rudy fernandez in an action movie . as a film director , he directs comedies , mainly with viva films . he has directed , , , and more . in 2014 weinstein replaced the late roy alvarez for the character
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