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.
Home-shopping doyenne Jeanne Bice, known for her QVC show and Quacker Factory clothing line, died on Friday at age 71. STORY HIGHLIGHTS. 1  Sweater queen and home-shopping doyenne Jeanne Bice died on Friday at age 71.  Bice was known for the Quacker Factory clothing line and her QVC show.