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In 1974, Thorsness ran for the United States senate in South Dakota, but lost the general election to George McGovern.
Thorsness died on May 2, 2017 in St. Augustine, Florida from leukemia at the age of 85.
Moray Watson
Moray Watson (25 June 1928 – 2 May 2017) was an English actor. His career began in 1953. He retired in 2014. He appeared in several movies, including "Operation Crossbow" and "The Grass Is Greener". He was known for his roles as Col. Arthur Maiford in "The Darling Buds of May" (1991–1993) and George Frobisher in "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978–1992).
Watson was born in Sunningdale, Berkshire. He studied at Eton College and at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1955, he married Pamela Marmont. They had two children. Marmont died in 1999. Watson died on 2 May 2017 at a hospital in London, England from pneumonia at the age of 88.
Eugene V. Lux
Eugene Victor "Gene" Lux (August 16, 1926 – June 21, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 35th Legislative District and then the 11th Legislative District from 1973 through 1988.
Lux was also appointed to two brief tenures in the Washington State Senate in the 35th and 11th legislative districts in 1973 and 1988, respectively. He lost his re-election bid to the Washington Senate in 1988 to Colonel Leo K. Thorsness.
Lux was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He worked as a self-employed building contractor. Lux died on June 21, 2019 at his Seattle home at the age of 92.
Saint Lawrence Seaway
The Saint Lawrence Seaway is a navigable waterway in North America. It is long and allows marine vessels to go from the Atlantic Ocean to all of the Great Lakes. Most of it is in Canada, but a small part of it is in the United States. It gets its name from the Saint Lawrence River, the river which goes from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Before the Seaway was built, there was no way for boats and ships to get around the rapids and dams on the Saint Lawrence River. Big ships could not pass Niagara Falls, the waterfalls on the Niagara River between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. In the early 20th century, the governments of both Canada and the U.S. saw that the cities near the Great Lakes could grow and become an important part of the economy of both countries. There were people in both countries who did not want the Seaway to be built, but the project went ahead.
In 1954, construction began on a system of canals from Montreal in the east to Port Colborne in the west. It included 15 locks where the water level changes, and several places where electricity could be made from the flow of water. The project also involved making the Welland Canal bigger so that large ships can pass through it.
The Seaway was completed in 1959 at a cost of C$470 million. Today, thousands of vessels use it every year, from small recreational boats to huge ocean liners. About 40 to 50 million tonnes of cargo are moved on these ships and they go to all parts of the world including Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It has been an important part of the economic growth of cities like Toronto, Hamilton, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Chicago. There are plans to make the Seaway even wider so that container ships as big as those that travel through the Panama Canal can use it.
Ernest E. West
Ernest Edison "Ernie" West (September 2, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was a United States Army soldier. He was a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart, for his actions in the Korean War.
West was born on September 2, 1931, in Russell, Kentucky. He was drafted from Wurtland in 1950.
After his unit was ambushed near Sataeri on that day, he ran through heavy fire to rescue his wounded commander, Capt. George Gividen. As he was pulling the man to safety, three hostile soldiers attacked. West shielded the commander with his body and killed the attackers with his rifle, suffering a wound which resulted in the loss of his eye in the process.
Despite this injury, he remained on the field and assisted in the evacuation of other wounded men, at one point killing three more hostile soldiers. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor just over a year later, on January 29, 1954 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
West died on May 1, 2021 in Greenup County, Kentucky at the age of 89.
Howard V. Lee
Lieutenant Colonel Howard Vincent Lee (August 1, 1933 – March 23, 2019) was a United States Marine Corps officer. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in August 1966 during the Vietnam War. He was promoted in July 1972 to lieutenant colonel and retired in 1975 from the Marine Corps. Lee studied at Pace College.
On October 25, 1967, Major Lee was presented the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon Johnson in a ceremony at the White House.
Lee died on March 23, 2019 in Virginia, at the age of 85.
Arthur J. Jackson
Captain Arthur J. Jackson (October 18, 1924 – June 14, 2017) was a United States Marine. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions on Peleliu during World War II.
PFC Jackson single-handedly destroyed 12 enemy pillboxes and killed 50 enemy soldiers.
On September 30, 1961, while serving at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Jackson fatally shot Rubén López Sabariego, a Cuban worker at Guantanamo, and unsuccessfully attempted to hide his body in a shallow grave.
Wilburn K. Ross
Wilburn Kirby Ross (May 12, 1922 – May 9, 2017) was a retired United States Army soldier. He is a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
Robert E. Simanek
Robert Ernest Simanek (born April 26, 1930) is a former United States Marine. He is a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War.
The Medal of Honor was presented to him by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a White House ceremony on October 27, 1953. He was the 36th Marine to receive the medal in the Korean War.
In addition to the Medal of Honor, he was also awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal with two bronze service stars, the United Nations Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.
Duane E. Dewey
Duane Edgar Dewey (born November 16, 1931) is a former American combat Marine. He received the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions on April 16, 1952 during the Korean War. Although wounded by an enemy grenade, he fell on another exploding grenade with his own body to save the life of a corpsman and the other Marines around him.
Charles Kettles
Charles S. Kettles (January 9, 1930 – January 21, 2019) was a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel. He was a Medal of Honor recipient for his services in the United States Army. Kettles received the Medal of Honor on July 18, 2016, nearly 50 years after his actions while serving as a flight commander assigned to 176th Aviation Company (Airmobile) (Light), 14th Combat Aviation Battalion, Americal Division.
Kettles died on January 21, 2019 in Ypsilanti, Michigan at the age of 89.
Bennie G. Adkins
Bennie G. Adkins (February 1, 1934 – April 17, 2020) was a United States Army soldier. He was a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for actions in March 1966 during the Vietnam War.
From March 9-12, 1966 Adkins distinguished himself during a 38-hour close-combat battle against North Vietnamese Army forces during the Battle of A Shau. At the time of the cited action, Adkins was a sergeant first class serving as an Intelligence Sergeant with Detachment A-102, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces.
In March 2020 Adkins was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Opelika, Alabama. He died on April 17, 2020 from the virus, at the age of 86.
Robert J. Modrzejewski
Robert Joseph Modrzejewski (born July 3, 1934) is a retired United States Marine Corps officer. He was awarded the United States’ highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his servies in Vietnam. In a White House ceremony on March 12, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the Medal of Honor to two Marines for their actions in Vietnam — Major Modrzejeski and Second Lieutenant John J. McGinty, III.
Wesley L. Fox
Wesley Lee Fox (September 30, 1931 – November 24, 2017) was a retired United States Marine Corps colonel with 43 years of service. Fox received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, and was thought to be one of the Marine Corps' legendary heroes.
Fox was born in Herndon, Virginia. He studied at Warren County High School. He married Dotti Fox in the 1950s.
Beginning in September 1967, Fox served in the Vietnam War for 13 months as an executive officer of a South Vietnamese Marine Battalion. In November 1968, he was reassigned to Vietnam as the company commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines until May 1969.
On February 22, 1969, during Operation Dewey Canyon in Quang Tri Province, he was wounded twice. He was wounded the first time in the shoulder when his company was attacked by a large enemy force. A first lieutenant at the time, Fox then personally neutralized one enemy emplacement and directed his company to destroy others. After his company's executive officer was mortally wounded, he continued to direct the company's actions, ordering air strikes and coordinating the advance until the enemy retreated; Fox, the only officer left in his company that was capable of resisting the enemy, was wounded again in the final assault, but refused medical attention while he reorganized his troops and prepared the wounded for evacuation.
For his heroic actions that day he was presented the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon on March 2, 1971.
Fox retired from the Marine Corps as a full colonel in September 1993 at the mandatory age of 62. Fox has written a book about his experiences in the military, "Marine Rifleman: Forty-Three Years in the Corps" (), and was featured on the 2003 PBS program "American Valor".
Fox died in Blacksburg, Virginia in the evening of November 24, 2017 at the age of 86.
Roger Donlon
Roger Hugh Charles Donlon (born January 30, 1934) is a former United States Army officer. He is the first person to receive the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, as well as the first member of the U.S. Army Special Forces so honored.
Patrick Henry Brady
Beatrice Mintz
Beatrice Mintz (born January 24, 1921) is an American embryologist who has helped to the understanding of genetic modification, cellular differentiation and cancer, particularly melanoma.
Mintz was a pioneer of genetic engineering techniques, and was among the first scientists to generate both chimeric and transgenic mammals.
Mintz was born on January 24, 1921 in New York City. She studied at New York University and at the University of Iowa.
In 1996 she shared the inaugural March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology with Ralph L. Brinster for their work in developing transgenic mice. Much of her career has been spent at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia where, in 2002, she was named to the Jack Schultz Chair in Basic Science. Mintz is a member of both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Ágnes Keleti
Ágnes Keleti (born Ágnes Klein, 9 January 1921 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-Israeli retired artistic gymnast and coach.
While representing Hungary in the Summer Olympics, she won 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, and is thought to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. Keleti holds more Olympic medals than any other individual with Israeli citizenship, and more Olympic medals than any other Jew, except Mark Spitz. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1957, Keleti immigrated to Israel, where she currently resides.
Edgar Morin
Edgar Morin (; born Edgar Nahoum on 8 July 1921) is a French philosopher and sociologist. He has been known for his work on complexity and "complex thought," and for his scholarly contributions to such diverse fields as media studies, politics, sociology, visual anthropology, ecology, education, and systems biology.
Morin holds degrees in history, economics, and law. Though less well known in the United States due to the limited of English translations of his over 60 books, Morin is renowned in the French-speaking world, Europe, and Latin America.
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam () is an upcoming Tamil-language action-thriller film written and directed by Vignesh Shivan and produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja.
The film is produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja's Studio Green along with Suriya's 2D Entertainment and music by Anirudh, with whom he collaborated for "Naanum Rowdy Dhaan" (2015). Production began on 1 November 2016.
Samaira Sandhu
Samaira Sandhu is a former beauty queen, actress and an author. She debuted in the Tamil film "Dhayam" which was released on March 24, 2017.
Samaira was born in Punjab, India and lived her life in Chandigarh. She was completed B.Tech and MBA and worked for some time in a multinational company as a software engineer. She was an active participant of theater and sports during college and school. In 2015, she turned her profession from a software engineer in to a beauty queen and then an actor.
Samaira wrote her first novel "Heaven in a Hell" in 2015.
Samaira Sandhu is the brand ambassador of two NGOs, Chandigarh Round Table (CRT) and Handicapped Children and Women Association (HCWA).
Dhayam
Dhayam is a Indian Tamil movie written and directed by Kannan Rangaswamy. The film was theatrical released on 24th March 2017. A. R. S. Sunder is the producer of the movie. Music composed by Sathish Selvam and cinematography by A. Packiaraj.
The entire movie was shot inside a single room, the film stars Santhosh Prathap, Jayakumar, Samaira Sandhu, Shyam Krishnan and Aira Agarval are in leading roles.
Daliah Lavi
Daliah Lavi (Daliah Lewinbuk, ; 12 October 1942 – 3 May 2017) was an Israeli actress, singer, and model.
Lavi's movie appearances include Vincente Minnelli's "Two Weeks in Another Town" (1962), Mario Bava's gothic classic "La Frusta e il corpo", or "The Whip and the Body" (1963), the role of The Girl in "Lord Jim" and the first Matt Helm movie, "The Silencers" (1966), opposite Dean Martin. However, her best-known role is probably as 'The Detainer/007' in "Casino Royale" (1967).
Lavi died on 3 May 2017 in Asheville, North Carolina at the age of 74.
Victor Lanoux
Victor Lanoux (18 June 1936 – 4 May 2017) was a French actor. He was best known to English speaking audiences for his role as Ludovic in "Cousin, Cousine".
In 1961, Lanoux met Pierre Richard who was looking for someone to partner his cabaret act. They worked together for a number of years, including a season at the Bobino and a tour of "Le Gorille".
Lanoux died in Royan, France on 4 May 2017 from complications of a stroke at the age of 80.
Roy Gater
Roy Gater (22 June 1940 – 2 May 2017) was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Crewe Alexandra, Weymouth, Dorchester Town and Christchurch. He made 412 league and cup appearances in a 13-year career in the Football League.
Heinz Kessler
Heinz Kessler or Heinz Keßler (26 January 1920 – 2 May 2017) was a former East German communist politician, military officer and a convicted felon. He is known for his role in political repression in East Germany prior to the communist regime's downfall in 1989.
In East Germany, he held the rank of "Armeegeneral" in the National People's Army ("Nationale Volksarmee") and was Minister of Defense of the GDR, a member of the "Politbüro" of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), and a deputy of the GDR's "Volkskammer" (parliament).
Convicted for his role in the crimes of the communist regime, he was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison after German reunification, and served his sentence in Hakenfelde Prison. He was released from prison in 1998 after serving only five years.
Kessler was expelled from the Party of Democratic Socialism in 1990. In 2009, he joined the German Communist Party (DKP). He was a DKP candidate in the Berlin state election, 2011. Kessler died 2 May 2017 at the age of 97.
Medical cannabis
Medical marijuana, aka medical cannabis, is cannabis and cannabinoids that are given by doctors to their patients. The use of marijuana as a medicine has not been tested much because it can be difficult to get enough of it to test and because of other governmental regulations.
Medical cannabis can help with nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy. It can improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS. It can reduce chronic pain and muscle spasms.
Short-term use makes it more likely that there will be side effects. Common side effects include feeling tired, dizziness and hallucinations. Long-term effects of marijuana are not clear. Concerns include memory problems, risk of addiction and children taking it by accident.
The "Cannabis" plant has been used as medicine for thousands of years in many cultures. Its current use is controversial.
Medical marijuana can be given in different ways. They include vaporizing, smoking dried buds, eating foods that have cannabis in them, taking capsules or using lozenges.
Recreational use of marijuana is illegal in most parts of the world. The medical use of cannabis is legal in some countries, including the Czech Republic, Canada, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany. Australia is working to pass a law that will allow the use of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes. In the United States, federal law says all use of marijuana is illegal. But more than 30 states and the District of Columbia no longer arrest people for having medical marijuana, as long as they follow a state's medical marijuana rules.
Antonov Serial Production Plant
Antonov is an aircraft manufacturer. It is based in Kiev, Ukraine. It makes some of the largest aircraft in history. The Antonov 225 cargo plane is long. Its wingspan is . It has six engines. It is longer than the Airbus A380. This plane is only used for cargo though. It is longer than the Spruce Goose but the Spruce Goose's wingspan is longer. Antonov also makes passenger planes like the An-148 and the An-140. Antonov was established on May 31, 1946.
Oranjestad, Aruba
Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba. Oranjestad is on the southern coast near the western end of the island country.
The city is named after the first King William I of the Netherlands. Oranjestad means "Orange Town" and one of the king's titles was Prince of Orange.
Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Oskar Stuhr born 18 April 1947) is a Polish movie director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. Stuhr has directed eight movie since 1994 and he has appeared in tens of polish movies. He is the best known as actor from a movie "Seksmisja" (1983).
Stuhr was born in Kraków, Poland.
Timo Mäkinen
Timo Mäkinen (18 March 1938 – 4 May 2017) was a Finnish racecar driver. He was one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He was most famous for his hat-tricks of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally, both were won in 1973. He was born in Helsinki.
Mäkinen died in Helsinki on 4 May 2017 from myelodysplastic syndrome at the age of 79.
Ronna Romney McDaniel
Ronna Romney McDaniel (born January 19, 1973) is an American politician. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is the current chairwoman of the Republican National Committee since January 19, 2017. She is the former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party. A third generation politician, McDaniel is the granddaughter of George W. Romney and the niece of Mitt Romney.
McDaniel and her husband, Patrick McDaniel, have two children. They live in Northville, Michigan.
On October 2, 2020, the Republican National Committee said McDaniel had tested positive for COVID-19 on September 30. She had been staying at her home in Michigan since September 26 after one of her relatives tested positive.
American Health Care Act of 2017
The American Health Care Act of 2017 (H.R. 1628), referred to by the acronym AHCA and nicknamed variously as Trumpcare, Ryancare, Republicare, and pejoratively Obamacare-Lite, is a United States Congress bill to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act "Obamacare" (ACA). It is based on a plan first publicly released by House Republicans on March 6, 2017, and the first part of what is a 3-phase plan to repeal the act.
Consideration of the bill was postponed on March 24, 2017, after it failed to gain enough House Republican support to pass it. Towards the end of April 2017, Republicans began trying to revive the bill with the MacArthur Amendment, named after Representative Tom MacArthur of New Jersey.
On May 4, 2017, the United States House of Representatives voted in favor of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and passing the American Health Care Act with a narrow vote of 217 to 213, sending the bill to the Senate for a full majority vote.
Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi may refer to:
DWIN-TV
DWIN-TV is an commercial TV station owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studio and transmitter is located at ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, Brgy. Lara, San Fernando, Pampanga. It can be seen also in some parts of Metro Manila and Antipolo City via weak signal.
Izzue Islam
Muhammad Izzul Islam bin Mazlan, better known as Izzue Islam (born 2 June 1990) is a Malaysian singer, musician and actor.
He hails from Kota Bharu, Kelantan. His artistic career began with acting and later singing by joining a group under the auspices of the CREW Studios the Forteen.
He first became known after winning the award for "best actor Film Festival Malaysia-25" and "New Hero Awards Greatest blockbuster movies are 2". His name is increasing when given the responsibility of undertaking the lead role in the drama My Wife Actually, here it is!
He has set up his household along with his Manager, Awin Nurin on 2 June 2013. The Group also performed the song ' Nowseeheart Me Please Love ' during the event.
DZBB
DZBB (pronounced DZ-double-B; 594 kHz AM), branded as GMA Super Radyo DZBB 594 is a news talk radio station. It is owned by RGMA Network, Inc.. Its studios is located at the GMA Network Center, EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, while its transmitter is located at Barangay Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan.
Découvertes Gallimard
(English-language edition: "The Search for Ancient Egypt") was published on 21 November 1986, which is written by the French Egyptologist Jean Vercoutter.
The birth of this collection was based on an idea by Pierre Marchand, then directed by Élisabeth de Farcy. There are 588 volumes plus more than 150 books of spin-offs in this collection, each book focuses on a particular topic, such as history and archaeology, culture and society, art and aesthetics, science and technology, a biography of a famous person, or memories of places, etc. The whole collection covers almost everything of human knowledge. The A6 paper size (125 × 178 mm) is used for these pocket books and printed on thick and glossy coated paper, with a lot of full colour illustrations extracted from heritage resources to decorate the informational texts. Each book has a “Documents” section, more detailed documentary information and historical records are provided here, as well as the sources of all illustrations for those who want to learn further.
The "Découvertes" collection has been translated into more than 20 languages and sold over 20 million copies worldwide as of 1999. The English edition of "Découvertes Gallimard" is published by Harry N. Abrams in United States under the title Abrams Discoveries series, and in United Kingdom it is published by Thames & Hudson called New Horizons series.
Huddersfield Giants
The Huddersfield Giants are a Rugby League team based at the John Smiths Stadium in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
They currently play in the Superleague.
The clubs most famous player is Eorl Crabtree.
Star network
Bus network
A bus network is an arrangement in a local area network (LAN) in which each node (workstation or other device) is connected to a main cable or link called the bus.
A bus network is simple and reliable. If one node fails to operate, all the rest can still communicate with each other. For a major disruption to take place, the bus itself must be broken somewhere. Bus networks are easy to expand. Additional nodes can be added anywhere along the bus.
There are several limitations to the bus network topology. The length of the bus is limited by cable loss. A bus network may not work well if the nodes are located at scattered points that do not lie near a common.
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth is the large city in the Eastern Cape. Port Elizabeth is also pronounced P.E. The very own place which is near to is Cape Town. PE is one of South Africa's well know Xhosa City in the Cape Colony. Since February 2021, the name of Gqeberha, from the Xhosa name of the township of Walmer, has been formalized by the South African government to designate the city of Port Elizabeth.
The history of South Africa Eastern Cape, tells that the Dutch rule came and made racism in Port Elizabeth, which moved across Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola.
The National Statue Assembled by Ruan Swartz was made in early 1847, when it was The Bulls Kraal ("Indlalofa YeBulu") which has mads P.E very different and notable worldwide business men and women to make a living of it.
Since February 2021, the name of Gqeberha, from the Xhosa name of the township of Walmer, has been formalized by the South African government to designate the city of Port Elizabeth.
Former Xhosa president of South Africa Nelson Mandela who stopped the attack in 1965 to 1984, when he was released for the equality he had made for Africa and black Americans. The known Southern African city which had its own strikes Port Elizabeth has notable people, like actors, actresses, political and political peopls, singers and many more current events.
Täsch
Täsch is a municipality in the district Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is about 5 km north of Zermatt. The local language is Swiss German.
Törbel
Törbel (Walliser German: "Terbil") is a municipality of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The highest point in the peak of the Augstbordhorns at .
Arable land
Arable land (from Latin "arabilis", "able to be plowed") is land capable of being plowed and used to grow crops. In Britain, it was looked at differently from land that could be used as pasture for raising animals but not for farmland.
Visperterminen
Visperterminen (Walser German: "Tärbinu") is a municipality of the district Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Zeneggen
Bandaranaike International Airport
Bandaranaike International airport ( ; IATA: CMB, ICAO: VCBI) is the main international airport serving Sri Lanka. It is named after former Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike. It is in a suburb of Negombo, 22 miles (35 km) north of the capital, Colombo. It is administered by Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. It is the hub of SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, and Cinnamon Air, the domestic carrier.
Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It is directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston. As of July 1, 2016, the estimated population of Chelsea was 39,699.
Chelsea is a diverse working-class community. It has a lot of industrial activity. It is one of only three Massaschusetts cities in which most of the people are Hispanic or Latino. (The other two are Lawrence and Holyoke.)
Chelsea was named after a neighborhood in London, England.
R. Lee Wrights
Roger Lee Wrights (June 8, 1958 – May 4, 2017) was an American politician and political activist. He was the founder, editor, and publisher of the online libertarian newsletter "Liberty For All".
Wrights was the National Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, serving several different times in that role. Wrights was an unsuccessful contender for the 2012 presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party, finishing as first runner-up to the eventual nominee Gary Johnson. He was briefly a candidate for Governor of Texas in 2014.
Wrights died on May 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas from multiple organ failure caused by cardiac arrest, at the age of 58.
Buhe (politician)
Buhe or Bu He (; March 1926-May 5, 2017), also known as Yun Shuguang, was a Chinese politician. The eldest son of the powerful Inner Mongolia leader Ulanhu. Buhe served as Chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region between 1982 and 1993. Between 1993 and 2003 he was Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.
Buhe was a member of the 12th and the 13th Central Committees of the CPC. He died on 5 May 2017 at age of 91.
Benny Elon
Binyamin "Benny" Elon (, November 10, 1954 in Jerusalem – May 5, 2017 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician.
Elon served as a Member of Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. From 2001 through 2002 and again from 2003 to 2004, Elon served as Israel's Minister of Tourism in the First and Second Sharon cabinet.
Elon lived in Beit El, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, for twenty years. He was married to author and journalist Emuna Elon. They have six children.
His father, Menachem Elon, was the former Deputy Chief Justice of Israel. His brother, Rabbi Mordechai Elon, is a well-known and controversial figure in the Religious Zionist Movement.
In February 2006, Elon was diagnosed with throat cancer. He was treated but it was never cured, and he was forced retire due to health problems because of it in 2008. After eleven years, he died from the condition at the age of 62.
Almir Guineto
Almir de Souza Serra (12 July 1946 – 5 May 2017), better known by his stage name Almir Guineto, was a Brazilian sambista, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He worked in the genres of samba and pagode. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.
Guineto died on 5 May 2017 in Rio de Janeiro from complications of chronic kidney disease and diabetes, aged 70.
Ali Haroun
Ali Haroun (; born 8 February 1927) is an Algerian politician. He was a member of the High Council of State from 14 January 1992 to 30 January 1994.
Haroun was born in Bir Mourad Raïs, Algeria. He is of Sunni Islam faith.
Corinne Erhel
Corinne Erhel (3 February 1967 – 5 May 2017) was a French politician. Erhel joined the Socialist Party. In 1997, she became assistant parliamentarian for Alain Gouriou, deputy mayor of Lannion. She was a member of the National Assemby from 2007 to 2017, where she represented the Côtes-d'Armor department. She was born in Quimper, Finistère.
Erhel died at the age of 50 on 5 May 2017 of a heart attack while she was giving a speech in Plouisy, Côtes d'Armor at a meeting in support of Emmanuel Macron for the 2017 French presidential election.
Adolph Kiefer
Adolph Gustav Kiefer (27 June 1918 – 5 May 2017) was an American former competition swimmer. He was the oldest living American Olympic champion and last Olympic champion of Berlin. He was also a former world record-holder. Kiefer was also an inventor and innovator of new products related to aquatics competition. He was the first man in the world to swim 100-yard backstroke in under one minute.
Kiefer was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin.
In the 1960s, he worked with Mayor Richard J. Daley to build swimming-pools across the inner city of Chicago, providing the facilities needed for thousands of children to learn to swim.
Kiefer died on 5 May 2017 at his home in Wadsworth, Illinois at the age of 98.
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953 – 5 May 2017) was a political and military figure in Mauritania. He served as the transitional military leader of Mauritania following a "coup d'état" in August 2005 until 19 April 2007, when he gave up his power to an elected government.
Vall died on 5 May 2017 from a heart attack in Nouakchott at the age of 64.
Paddy Hopkirk
Patrick Barron "Paddy" Hopkirk (born 14 April 1933) is a former rally driver from Northern Ireland. In 1965, he won a "Coupe d'Argent" at the Alpine Rally.
In 1968, he finished second at the second edition of the Rally de Portugal. The following year, he finished second of the Circuit of Ireland, then 4th at the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally with teammates Tom Nash and Neville Johnston on a Triumph 2.5 PI. In 1977, with co-driver Taylor Mike, he took part once again in a revived edition of the London-Sydney Marathon, the Singapore Airlines London to Sydney Rally, this time driving a Citroën CX 2400, taking 3rd place overall in front
Hopkirk was born in Belfast and studied at Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare from 1945–1949 before attending Trinity College, Dublin until 1953.
Hopkirk was awarded the MBE Honour in the 2016 New Year's Honours list.
Rex White
Rex White (born August 17, 1929) is a retired auto racer and NASCAR champion. White was one of the drivers who competed for the original Ford racing team.
White was born and raised in Taylorsville, North Carolina.
White began racing in 1956, grabbing fourteen top-ten finishes. After a part-time run in 1957, White won twice in 1958. His most notable year came in 1960, when he won six races, and the NASCAR Grand National (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) championship. When he retired in 1964, he had acquired 73 career victories. Throughout most of White's NASCAR career, he drove General Motors brand cars, typically painted gold and white, sporting the number "4" on the side.
After he retired, White was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Hall of Fame in 1974, and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.
In January 2015 White was selected as an inductee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. At the time, White was NASCAR's ""oldest living champion at 85 years of age"".
Bill Lucas (athlete)
William Ernest "Bill" Lucas DFC (16 January 1917 – 24 March 2018) was a British former long-distance runner. He was born in London. Lucas competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Lucas is known as the oldest living Olympian. He served as a bomber pilot with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.
Lucas turned 100 in January 2017. He died in Cowfold, West Sussex on 24 March 2018 at the age of 101.
John Shifflett
John M Shifflett (March 22, 1953 – April 27, 2017) was an American Jazz musician, player of the Double bass and also an arranger, composer, and educator, with his last teaching job at San Jose State University.
John Shifflett was born in Dubuque, Iowa. He graduated in 1976 from Iowa State University. Later, while at the University of Iowa, John was it's big band and it's jazz combo bass player, appearing at festivals such as the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festivals in April 1979 and in March 1980.
Dog bite prevention
Dog bite prevention is what can be done to stop dogs from biting. This takes work to educate people on what they can do to stop a dog from biting. People can get serious injuries or even die from dog bites. About 16,000–39,000 persons come near dogs and other animals that have rabies each year. These people receive immunizations to prevent or treat a rabies infection. Up to 800,000 Americans are treated for dog bites each year. Half of these are children. Young children get bitten by their family dog. Very old people are more likely to be bit than younger adults.
About 4.5 million people in the US get bit by dogs each year. One out of five bites become infected. Dog bites are painful.
dog bites can cause injuries or even death.
If you know how to stop an dog from biting you will not be injured or die. Babies and children get bit more often than others. Small children can be bit if they walk toward or play with a dog. They should be watched by adults. Those children who are five-years-old to age nine are the most likely to be bit by a dog. Children need medical care for their bites more than adults. Men get bitten more than women. Over half of dog bites happen at home with dogs that are pets. If a home has many dogs then it is more likely that the people living in the home will be bitten. If there are two or more dogs in a home, the people in that home are fives more likely to be bitten.
When a dog is friendly it still may bite. If a dog wags its tail people think the dog is friendly. When a dog wags its tail it can be afraid, ready to fight, or angry. Dogs can wag their tail and then bite a person.
Government and other organizations have published information that can help stop a dog from biting. They say:
People may know if the dog has already been seen growling, snapping or biting. This may be a dangerous dog and bite people. Dogs can show if they are going to bite because of how they stand and act. People can learn how to see how the dog looks and act. People can learn the body language of dogs and know when the dog might bite. If the dog is snarling, has a wrinkled nose, eyes that are black, and fur that stands up, the dog is dangerous and might bite.
Just because a dog walks toward another dog or a person doesn't mean that it will bite. A dog is less likely to bite if more caution is practiced by the person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published materials so that children and others can know how they should act around a dog. Acting in a safe way will reduce the chance of a bite:
Even if you are attacked by a dog, you can protect yourself.
Find a doctor:
Training a dog makes it less dangerous. Children can learn how to not get bitten by a dog.
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Julius Youngner
Julius S. Youngner (24 October 1920 – 27 April 2017) was an American Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Medicine and Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at University of Pittsburgh responsible for advances necessary for development of a vaccine for poliomyelitis and the first intranasal equine influenza vaccine.
Agnes Giebel
Agnes Giebel (10 August 1921 – 24 April 2017) was a German classical soprano. She was born in Heerlen, the Netherlands. She studied at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and made her first public appearance as a singer in 1947. Her career lasted until the 1990s during which she established a wide-ranging discography. Giebel's career was based on the works of music such as cantatas, oratorios, passions, and masses and was thought to be one of the greatest Bach singers of her generation.
Giebel died on 24 April 2017 in Cologne, Germany at the age of 95.
K. S. Chandrasekharan
Komaravolu S. Chandrashekhar (21 November 1920 – 13 April 2017) was an Indian-Swiss professor at ETH Zurich. He was a founding faculty member of School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). He was known for his work in number theory and summability and was given numerous awards including Padma Shri, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, Ramanujan Medal, and Honorary fellow of TIFR.
Edwin Sherin
Edwin Sherin (January 15, 1930 – May 4, 2017) was an American-Canadian theatre and television director and producer. He has directed many episodes of the television drama "Law & Order", as well as directing for the stage, mainly on Broadway, including "The Great White Hope", which starred Alexander in both the theater and movie versions.
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Andelfingen, Switzerland
Andelfingen is the capital of the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Bachenbülach
Bulge may refer to:
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Leila Seth
Leila Seth (October 20, 1930 – May 5, 2016) was an Indian judge. She was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and she became the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court on August 5, 1991. She retired from the court on October 20, 1992. Seth was born in Lucknow, British India.
Seth died on May 5, 2017 at her home in Noida, India from cardio-respiratory arrest at the age of 86.
2012 French presidential election
The 2012 French presidential election was a presidential election in France that took place on 22 April 2012 and 5–6 May 2012. The incumbent president, Nicolas Sarkozy, ran for a second term.
The main candidates were Nicolas Sarkozy from the Union for a Popular Movement, François Hollande from the Socialist Party, Marine Le Pen from the National Front, Jean-Luc Mélenchon from the Left Front, François Bayrou from the Democratic Movement, Eva Joly from The Greens, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan from Debout la France, Philippe Poutou from the New Anticapitalist Party, Nathalie Arthaud from Lutte Ouvrière and Jacques Cheminade from Solidarity and Progress.
On 22 April 2012, François Hollande won 29% of the vote with Nicolas Sarkozy winning 27%. Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which Hollande later won with 52% of the vote.
National Rally (France)
The National Rally (French: "Rassemblement national" or RN) is a political party in France. It used to be called the National Front until 2018.
The party was founded on 5 October 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen. The party was first called the National Front for French Unity ("Front national pour l'unité française"). Their most successful performance in the legislative elections was in 1997, where they received 14.9% of the vote in the 1st round and 5.7% in the 2nd round. Recently, they won the 2014 European Parliament election with 24.85% of the vote.
In the presidential elections, the National Front has only had two candidates advance to the second round, Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2002 and his daughter Marine Le Pen in 2017. Jean-Marie Le Pen heavily lost the second round, as he only received 17.8% of the vote; Marine Le Pen also lost the second round, only receiving 33.9% of the vote.
Jean-Marie Le Pen was leader of the party from 1972 until 2011. In 2011, the party voted to make Marine Le Pen leader. She wanted to soften the party's image. Marine Le Pen expelled her father from the party in 2015 after he made some controversial statements. On 24 April 2017, a day after the first round of the 2017 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen stepped down from her position. Steeve Briois is now the temporary leader.
The party is patriotic. The party is very Eurosceptic (meaning they are against the European Union) and wants to limit immigration. Marine Le Pen supports letting the government control health, education, transportation, banking and energy.
2007 French presidential election
The 2007 French presidential election was a presidential election in France that took place on 21–22 April and 5–6 May 2007. The incumbent president, Jacques Chirac, decided not to run for a third term.
The main candidates were Arlette Laguiller from Lutte Ouvrière, Nicolas Sarkozy from the Union for a Popular Movement, Ségolène Royal from the Socialist Party, François Bayrou from the Union for French Democracy, Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front, Olivier Besancenot from the Revolutionary Communist League, Philippe de Villiers from the Movement for France, Marie-George Buffet from the French Communist Party, Dominique Voynet from the The Greens, José Bové, Frédéric Nihous from Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition and Gérard Schivardi from the Workers' Party.
On 22 April 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy won 31.2% of the vote and Ségolène Royal winning 25.9% of the vote. Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which Nicolas Sarkozy later won with 53.1% of the vote.
Sophie Howard
Sophie Louise Howard (born 17 September 1993) is a football defender who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim of Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga. Since 2017, she has been a member of the senior Scotland national team.
Howard played twice for the Germany women's national under-20 football team in 2012. She was named in Germany's squad for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan, but did not get to play in any matches. In 2016 she was called into a training camp for England's new "Next Gen" team. She said: "Although I was born and brought up in Germany it’s always been my ambition to play for England, and hopefully I’ve now taken my first step."
In March 2017 she was called up into the Scotland national team. The Scots had three injured defenders and were allowed to pick Howard because her grandfather is Scottish. She made her senior international debut on 11 April 2017, as a 64th-minute substitute in a 5–0 friendly defeat by Belgium in Leuven.
Anubias afzelii
Anubias afzelii is a plant in the Araceae family. It was first described for science in 1857 by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott. That description was based on material collected in Sierra Leone by Adam Afzelius. Schott named the species after him. The genus "Anubias" was described at the same time. Only "A. afzellii" belonged to it. This is therefore the type species of the genus. "A. afzelii" was the first species of this genus known to science.
The plant is found in West Africa: Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Mali.
The plant's leave blades are elongated (long and thin) and leathery. They can be up to long and wide. The leaf stems are generally shorter than the blade. The leaves are set on a creeping and rooting rhizome. It is thick. The spathe is long (sometimes up to 9 cm long). It has a long peduncle. The spadix is long (sometimes up to 12 cm long). It is a little bit longer than the spathe. Therefore, the tip of the spadix sticks a little bit out of the spathe. The upper part of the spadix is covered with male flowers. Their 5-6 stamens are fused. The anthers (also called thecae) are on the sides. The lower part of the spadix is covered with female flowers. These are reduced to the ovary and stigma.
The plant grows in wet, shady places. It flowers from the end of March to July. It fruits from April to September. The plant grows above water, but can sometimes be completely under water.
This plant grows best when only partly under water and when not crowded by other plants. It is most suited for the paludarium. It can also be used in larger aquariums, where it grows very slowly. It does not need much light. It prefers a temperature range of 22-26 °C. It can be propagated by dividing the rhizome. Propagation by seed is also easy.
Bauma
Bauma is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2015 the former municipality of Sternenberg merged into the municipality of Bauma.
Bauma, Sternenberg, Saland, Dillhaus, Dürstelen, Neuthal, Wolfensberg, Wellenau, Lipperschwändi and Schindlet.
Steven Holcomb
Steven Holcomb (April 14, 1980 – May 6, 2017) was an American bobsledder. She competed from 1998 until his death in 2017. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, he won the 4-man bobsled event for the United States, its first gold medal in that event since 1948. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished sixth in the four-man event and 14th in the two-man event.
Holcomb attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
Holcomb was found dead in his room at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, on May 6, 2017. He was 37. A preliminary report from the local coroner said that Holcomb died in his sleep from a possible case of pulmonary congestion, with further tests still waiting.
Milites
Milites is the Latin word for "soldiers". In Ancient Rome the milites were the foot soldiers of the Roman army. There were many different types and ranks of milites in the Roman army
In the early Middle Ages the word "milites" was used to describe free men using weapons. Later, the term applied to soldiers on horseback, then to the social class of knights, and finally to the nobility in general. The Knights Templar were known as "Milites Templi".
C. Jackson Grayson
C. Jackson "Jack" Grayson, Jr. (October 8, 1923 – May 4, 2017) was an American businessman and writer. He was the chairman of APQC, dean of two business schools, head of the U.S. Price Commission (1971), a farmer, newspaper reporter and FBI agent. In 1977 he founded APQC as a private sector, non-profit organization.
Grayson was the United States Chair of the Price Commission from 1971 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. In that position, Grayson oversaw price controls. Grayson gained exposure to productivity issues and how they related to product pricing. Grayson went on to found the American Productivity and Quality Center in 1977 where he now resides as chairman and oversees the organization's public education improvement initiatives.
Amancio Escapa Aparicio
Amancio Escapa Aparicio (30 March 1938 – 5 May 2017) was an Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in León, Spain. Escapa Aparici was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as titular bishop of Cenae and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo from 1996 until 2016.
Aparicio died on 5 May 2017 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic at the age of 79.
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