Documents. 1  Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World: guidelines for natural disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation. 2  Report of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 18â22 January 2005 in PDF format. 3  Timetable for Kobe conference in PDF format.
Bessie Blount, was a physical therapist who worked with soldiers injured in W.W.II. Her war service inspired her to patent a device, in 1951, that allowed amputees to feed themselves.
Leo Gerstenzang (June 3, 1892 â 1 October, 1973) was Polish born American who in 1923 invented the cotton swab or Q-Tips. His product, which he named Baby Gays, went on to become one of the most widely-sold brand names, where Q as in Q-tip stood for quality.