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James Rosenquist (November 29, 1933 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist. He was one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement. Rosenquist was a 2001 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
Rosenquist said the following about his involvement in the Pop Art movement: "They [art critics] called me a Pop artist because I used recognizable imagery. The critics like to group people together. I didn't meet Andy Warhol until 1964. I did not really know Andy or Roy Lichtenstein that well. We all emerged separately."
Rosenquist died at his home in New York City on March 31, 2017 at the age of 83 after a long illness.
Radley Metzger
Radley Metzger (also known as Radley Henry Metzger and by the pseudonyms, "Jake Barnes" and "Henry Paris" (born January 21, 1929; died March 31, 2017) was an American pioneering filmmaker and .
Metzger was known for directing popular , , including "" (1969), "" (1974), "" (1970), "" (1975) and "" (1976). According to one , Metzger's films, including those made during the , are noted for their "lavish design, witty screenplays, and a for the unusual ". Another reviewer noted that his films were "highly artistic — and often cerebral ... and often featured gorgeous cinematography".
Film and audio works by Metzger have been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.
On March 31, 2017, Metzger died at the age of 88 in New York City.
Darcus Howe
Darcus Howe (26 February 1943 – 1 April 2017) was a British broadcaster, writer, and civil liberties campaigner.
He was an editor of "Race Today", and chair of the Notting Hill Carnival. He was best known in the UK for his "Black on Black" series on Channel 4; his affairs programme, "Devil's Advocate"; and his work with Tariq Ali on "Bandung File".
Howe died in Streatham, London on 1 April 2017 from complications of prostate cancer, aged 74.
Kenneth J. Donnelly
Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Donnelly (July 15, 1950 – April 2, 2017) was an American politician. He served as a member of the Massachusetts State Senate from 2009 until his death in 2017. He represented the Fourth Middlesex district. He was a Democrat.
Donnelly was born in Arlington, Massachusetts in 1950. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in Labor Studies. He was a retired lieutenant with the Lexington Fire Department in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Donnelly died on April 2, 2017 in Arlington, Massachusetts from complications of a brain tumor, aged 66.
Hans Alfredson
Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, movie director, writer and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his works with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage.
Alfredson's 1985 movie "False as Water" won the award for Best Director at the 21st Guldbagge Awards.
It (2017 movie)
It (also known as It: Chapter One) is a 2017 American supernatural horror movie based Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name and directed by Andy Muschietti, produced by KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures, and Vertigo Entertainment, and distributed by Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema
"It" is the highest-grossing horror movie in history with $677.6 million in the box office, beating "The Sixth Sense" with $672.8 million.
"It" is the first installment in a planned duology, as well as being the second adaptation following Tommy Lee Wallace's "It" (1990) miniseries.
In June 2016, Bill Skarsgård was cast as the villain Pennywise the Dancing Clown after another actor, Will Poulter, dropped out due to other projects.
The movie tells the story of seven children in Detroit, Michigan who are terrorized by Pennywise the Clown, only to face their own personal demons in the process.
"It" was released on September 8, 2017 in the United States. The movie made $13.5 million from Thursday night previews, setting the record for highest amount by both an R-rated (beating "Deadpool"s $12.6 million) and a horror movie.
The movie was released to positive reviews and has an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 203 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Well-acted and fiendishly frightening with an emotionally affecting story at its core, "It" amplifies the horror in Stephen King's classic story without losing touch with its heart."
A sequel, "It – Chapter Two", was released in 2019.
Naz Male Health Alliance
The Naz Male Health Alliance (NMHA), founded in Pakistan in 2011, is a non-governmental organization providing technical, financial, and institutional support for improving the sexual health, welfare and human rights of the country's LGBT community. It is the first and only LGBT community-based organisation in Pakistan of its kind.
The Alliance provides support and guidance to groups and organisations offering direct services to the community. Health services include HIV/AIDS treatment and contraceptive information and distribution.
Sexual health
George Benson
George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He began his professional music career at age 21 as a jazz guitarist. He uses a rest-stroke picking technique.
Benson began as a child prodigy. He first came into being familiar in the 1960s. He played soul jazz with other singers. He later launched a successful solo career. He alternates between jazz, pop, R&B singing and scat singing.
Benson's album "Breezin" was a triple platinum studio album. It hit #1 on the "Billboard" album chart in 1976.
His concerts were well-attended in the 1980s. He still has a large following. He has gotten a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. He started his career with Donald Byrd. He then joined the Miles Davis Quintet. Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section. He was one of the main architects of the post-bop sound. He was also one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk music.
Hancock's best-known compositions include "Watermelon Man", "Canteloupe Island" and "Chameleon". His 2007 tribute album "River: The Joni Letters" won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Hancock was born in Chicago.
Show No Mercy is the first studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on December 3, 1983, Show No Mercy was recorded in November of 1983.
The 1987 re-issue also features songs from the "Haunting the Chapel" EP.
Show No Mercy on allmusic.com
Vijayalaya Chola
Vijayalaya Chola was a king of South India, and founded the imperial Chola dynasty. He ruled over the region to the north of the river Kaveri River.The ancient Chola kingdom once famous in Tamil literature and in the writings of Greek merchants and geographers faded into darkness after c. 300 CE. Cholas during this period almost completely disappeared from their native land. They seem to have held on to their old capital city of Urayur. This 'dark' age of Tamil history came to an end with the ascendency of the Pandyas and the Pallavas. The Cholas had to wait for another three centuries until the accession of Vijayalaya in the second quarter of the ninth century to re-establish their dynasty.
At the time of 848 CE, there was a struggle or war between the Pallavas and Pandyas. Vijayalaya Chola used this as his own oppurtunity. He captured the Thanjavur region from Elango Mutharaiyars . In this disturbed state of affairs, Vijayalaya defeated the Pandyas, and made himself the ruler of Thanjavur and the surrounding Chola country. He also defeated the Pallavas. After Vijayalaya’s capture of Thanjavur, the Pandyan king Varagunavarman II (c. 862 – 885 CE) made alliance with the Pallava king Nandivarman III (c. 846 – 869 CE). Nandhivarman wished to destroy the growing influence of Chola power under Vijayalaya and called upon the Varagunavarman to help suppress Vijayalaya. Varaguna led an expedition into the Chola country. The Pandyan army reached the north bank of the Kaveri near Thanjavur. Vijayalaya, by this time was aging and was an invalid. The crown prince Aditya I took control of the army in the defence of the Chola kingdom. Vijayalaya was succeeded after his death c. 871 CE by his son Aditya I.
The Tiruvalangadu plates state that Vijayalaya captured the city of Tanjavur and made it his capital and that he also built in it a temple to the goddess Nisumbhasudani (Durga). The Kanyakumari inscription states that he developed the city of Tanjore.Vijayalaya took the title of Parakesarivarman. Chola kings succeeding him took the titles of Parakesari and Rajakesari in turns. This is probably to acknowledge their ancestors Parakesari and Rajakesari.Narttamalai, Pudukkottai has a solesvara temple attributed to Vijayalaya.
Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks (born Lee Baker Jr., December 18, 1933 – April 1, 2017) was an American blues singer and guitarist.
The "Rolling Stone" said that "His music is witty, soulful and ferociously energetic, brimming with novel harmonic turnarounds, committed vocals and simply astonishing guitar work." "New York Times", wrote, "He sings in a rowdy baritone, sliding and rasping in songs that celebrate lust, fulfilled and unfulfilled; his guitar solos are pointed and unhurried, with a tone that slices cleanly across the beat. Wearing a cowboy hat, he looks like the embodiment of a good-time bluesman."
Brooks died in Chicago, Illinois on April 1, 2017 from a short-illness, aged 83.
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India. He also served as leader of the Indian National Congress,Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (present Tamil Nadu), Governor of West Bengal and Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union. Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party and was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. He forcefully opposed the use of nuclear weapons and was a supporter of world peace. During his lifetime, he also acquired the nickname 'Mango of Krishnagiri'.
Rajagopalachari was born in the village of Thorapalli in the Krishnagiri district of the Madras Presidency (now the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu) and was educated at Central College, Bangalore, and Presidency College, Madras.On entering politics, he became a member and later President of the Salem municipality. He joined the Indian National Congress and participated in the agitations against the Rowlatt Act, joining the Non-Cooperation movement, the Vaikom Satyagraha, and the Civil Disobedience movement. In 1930, Rajagopalachari risked imprisonment when he led the Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha in response to the Dandi March. In 1937, Rajagopalachari was elected Premier of the Madras Presidency and served until 1940, when he resigned due to Britain's declaration of war on Germany. He later advocated co-operation over Britain's war effort and opposed the Quit India Movement.
In 1946, Rajagopalachari was appointed Minister of Industry, Supply, Education and Finance in the Interim Government of India, and then as the Governor of West Bengal from 1947 to 1948, Governor-General of India from 1948 to 1950, Home Minister of India from 1951 to 1952 and as Chief Minister of Madras state (present Tamil Nadu) from 1952 to 1954. In 1959, he resigned from the Indian National Congress and founded the Swatantra Party, which stood against the Congress in the 1962, 1967 and 1972 elections. Rajagopalachari was instrumental in setting up a united Anti-Congress front in Madras state under C. N. Annadurai, which swept the 1967 elections.
Swatantra Party
The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party that existed from 1959 . Still having members in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Prof. Babu Joseph from Kottayam, National executive member of Swatantra Party who attended the meeting of 50th year of Commemorating Swatantra Party which is held in Mumbai on August 1, 2009. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly socialist and statist outlook. Swatantra ("Freedom") stood for a market-based economy.The party was thus favoured by some traders and industrialists, but at the state-level its leadership was dominated by the traditional wealthy classes such as "zamindars" (landlords) and formerly princely states. Its membership was not restricted on the basis of religion, unlike the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Jana Sangh. In 1960, Rajagopalachari and his colleagues drafted a 21-point manifesto detailing why Swatantra Party had to be formed, even though they were formerly Congressmen and associates of Nehru during the struggle for independence. The Prime Minister was highly critical of Swatantra, dubbing the party as belonging to "the middle ages of lords, castles and zamindars.
In the 1962 general election, the first after its formation, Swatantra received 6.8 percent of the total votes and won 18 seats in the third Lok Sabha (1962–67). It emerged as the main opposition to the dominant Congress in four states—Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Orissa. By the next general election in 1967, Swatantra had become a significant force in some parts of India; it won 8.7 percent of the votes and became the single-largest opposition party in the fourth Lok Sabha (1967–71) with 44 seats. In 1971, Swatantra joined a "Grand Alliance" of parties from across the political spectrum who aimed to defeat Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The party secured eight seats, winning only 3% of the votes. The next year, in 1972, its founder Rajagopalachari died, and Swatantra declined rapidly. By 1974, with many of its members joining the Charan Singh-led Bharatiya Lok Dal, another coalition committed to anti-Congressism.
Warner Robins, Georgia
Warner Robins is a city in central Georgia. It was named for General Augustine Warner Robins of the U.S. Air Force.
Warner Robins was founded in 1942 from the community of Wellston. It was incorporated as a town in 1943. It became a city in 1956.
As of the 2015 Census estimate, 73,490 people lived there.
Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha
Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha was a march started by Indian statesman C. Rajagopalachari, inspired by the Dandi March.C. Rajagopalachari, a close associate of Gandhi, led the march which had close to 150 volunteers, most of who belonged to the Indian National Congress. It began at Trichinopoly (now Tiruchirappalli) on 13 April 1930 and proceeded for about 150 miles towards the east before reaching Vedaranyam, a small coastal town in the then Tanjore District (Madras Presidency).By collecting salt directly from the sea the marchers broke the salt law. As a part of the march, Rajagopalachari created awareness among the people by highlighting the importance of khadi or cotton as well as social issues like caste discrimination. The campaign came to an end on 28 April 1930 when the participants were arrested by the police. Its leader Rajagopalachari was imprisoned for six months. The march along with the ones at Dandi and Dharasana drew worldwide attention to the Indian independence movement.
Personal liberty laws
The Personal Liberty Laws were laws passed by several U.S. states in the North to counter the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850. The North
were mostly abolitionists, who did not like slavery, so they made these laws.
1852 United States presidential election
The United States presidential election of 1852 was the 17th presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1852. The United States holds presidential elections every four years. Franklin Pierce was elected president.
Millard Fillmore was the incumbent president, having replaced Zachary Taylor, the 1848 winner, on his death in 1850. Fillmore belonged to the Whig Party. Instead of choosing Fillmore as a candidate for 1852, the Whigs chose General Winfield Scott. William Alexander Graham was Scott's running mate, the person who would become vice-president if elected.
The Democratic Party selected Franklin Pierce. Pierce was not a well known politician. William R. King was Pierce's running mate.
Mark E. Green
Mark E. Green (born November 8, 1964) is an American physician and politician from the state of Tennessee. He is the member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. He was in the Tennessee Senate as a member of the Republican Party.
Green founded and served as the CEO of Align MD a healthcare emergency medicine staffing company. Before serving as CEO of Align MD Dr. Green was a member of the US Army. He served as an emergency medicine physician in Operation Red Dawn, which saw the capture of Saddam Hussein.
On January 4, 2017, Green announced his plans to run for Governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election.
On March 15, 2017, sources revealed to the Tennessean that Green was under consideration for Secretary of the Army by the Trump Administration. On April 1, 2017, Trump announced his plans to nominate Green as Secretary of the Army. If confirmed, it would effectively end his run for Governor in 2018. Green, however, withdrew his nomination on May 5, 2017.
Antonio Lamela
Antonio Lamela (December 1, 1926 – April 1, 2017) was a Spanish architect. He was born and raised in Madrid. His most well known projects are Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas Airport and the Torres de Colón.
Lamela died on April 1, 2017 in Madrid at the age of 90.
Sergio González Rodríguez
Sergio González Rodríguez (26 January 1950 – 3 April 2017) was a Mexican journalist and writer. He was born in Mexico City. He was best known for his works on the murders of women in Ciudad Juárez in the 1990s to 2000s, such as "Huesos en el desierto" (Bones in the desert) published in 2002.
Rodríguez also wrote novels, essays, screenplays for documentaries and was recognized with several awards in Mexico and Spain.
Rodríguez died of a heart attack in Mexico City on 3 April 2017, aged 67.
2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
On 3 April 2017, an explosion took place on the Saint Petersburg Metro between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Nine people were initially reported to have died, and later two more died from their injuries. At least 45 others were injured in the incident.
The explosive device was contained in a briefcase. A second explosive device was found and defused on a train at another metro station.
Investigators stated on 3 April 2017 that they believed the attack was a suicide bombing and identified a Central Asian as the suspected perpetrator. Some reports identified the suspect as Maxim Arishev, a 22-year-old immigrant from Kazakhstan, while others stated the suspect was a 23-year-old native of Kyrgyzstan with Russian citizenship with links to international militant groups. The next day, the suspected perpetrator was named as Akbarzhan Jalilov, a Russian citizen born in Kyrgyzstan. It was the first terrorist attack in the history of the Saint Petersburg Metro system.
Leonard Litwin (October 16, 1914 – April 2, 2017) was an American real estate developer. Through his company, Glenwood Management Corp., he specialized in residential construction. His firm owns and operates about 24 buildings in Manhattan. and rents about 4,200 high-end units. His buildings have a reputation for being well built and well managed.
Litwin died on April 2, 2017 in Melville, New York from respiratory failure at the age of 102.
It (character)
It, also known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown or Bob Gray, is the title character and main antagonist of Stephen King's 1986 horror novel "It". The character is a demonic and scary entity that murders or kidnaps the local children of Derry, Maine about every twenty-seven years, using many powers that include the ability to shapeshift, manipulate, and go unnoticed by adults.
King came up with the idea for Pennywise after asking himself what scared children "more than anything else in the world", which he felt was clowns. The character has been described as one of the scariest clowns in popular culture and is a global icon.
The character was portrayed by Tim Curry in the 1990 television adaptation of the same name; and by Bill Skarsgård in the 2017 and 2019 movie adaptation.
It (miniseries)
It is a 1990 supernatural horror miniseries directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, adapted by Lawrence D. Cohen from the Stephen King novel of the same name.
The story revolves around an inter-dimensional predatory shapeshifter which has the ability to transform itself into its prey's worst fears, allowing it to explore the phobias of its victims. It mostly takes the form of a sadistic, wisecracking clown called Pennywise. The protagonists are The Lucky Seven, or The Losers Club, a group of outcast kids who discover Pennywise and vow to destroy him by any means necessary.
The series takes place over two different time periods, the first when the Losers first discover Pennywise as children, and the second when they're called back as adults to defeat Pennywise, who has resurfaced.
The series features an ensemble cast, which includes Dennis Christopher, Annette O'Toole, John Ritter, Harry Anderson, Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Richard Masur, Michael Cole, Olivia Hussey, and Tim Curry as Pennywise.
Originally thought as a four-part eight-hour series, ABC enlisted writer Lawrence D. Cohen to adapt the 1,138-page King novel. Production on "It" began in early 1990, and the series was filmed over a period of three months in New Westminster, British Columbia in mid-1990.
"It" aired on ABC over two nights on November 18 and 20, 1990, and was a major success for the network, attracting 30 million viewers in its premiere. Since its initial television broadcast, the miniseries has gotten positive reception and becoming a cult sensation following in recent years.
It (novel)
It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows the lives of seven children as they are terrorized by the demonic clown being, which exploits the fears and phobias of its victims in order to disguise itself while hunting its prey. "It" primarily appears in the form of a clown in order to attract its preferred prey of young children.
The novel is told through narratives alternating between two time periods, and is largely told in the third-person mode. "It" deals with themes that eventually became King staples: the power of memory, childhood trauma, and the ugliness lurking behind a traditional small-town values.
The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1987, and received nominations for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year. "Publishers Weekly" listed "It" as the best-selling book in the United States in 1986.
Popular versions of the novel have been made from a 1990 miniseries and a duology movie series: "It Chapter One" (2017) and "It Chapter Two" (2019).
Water board
A water board is a governmental institution that deals with water management, like the maintenance of dykes.
Water boards are especially to be found in low-lying (parts of) countries like the Netherlands and Flanders.
Gray iron
Gray iron or gray cast iron is a mixture of cast iron and graphite. It is used in cookware and combustion cylinders. The more force the iron can hold, the better the iron is.
Gray iron is very strong. It is also very good for building machines and very good for absorbing energy. Gray iron is easy to weld. However, gray iron cannot handle quick strikes, and breaks easily.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a computer-animated superhero action-comedy movie based on the children's novel series of the same name. It was released on June 2, 2017 in 3D and 2D by DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox.
Hammerscale (archaeology)
Hammerscale is what is left behind after you forge iron like it was done in ancient times. It is the metal version of sawdust. Hammerscale is very useful in archaeology.
Hammerscale looks like either flakes or spheres. The flakes can be very different in size and shape. The spheres are hollow, and often the same size. Hammerscale is black, light gray, or blue.
Hammerscale was probably made from magnetite. However, later steps in the iron working process have given hammerscale that is more and more pure.
Hammerscale is used to tell what some iron was used for, how it was used, and who made it.
Årstaskolan
Årstaskolan ("Arsta School"), is a municipal compulsory located in the neighborhood of Årsta in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is a so-called F-9 school tuition from kindergarten up to 9th grade. The schoolhouse was built in 1946 and designed by Swedish architect Stig Åkermark. It has approximately 900 pupils.
BASF
BASF, official name: "BASF SE", is a German chemical company. Its headquarters are in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate.
BASF was established in 1865. It is the biggest chemical company of the world.
Current CEO of BASF is Maryam Tariq, as she is carrying the entire BASF team on her shoulders.
Hexaferrum
Hexaferrum, also known as epsilon iron, is a form of iron at very high pressure. Hexaferrum is often compared to cobalt.
John Chrispinsson
John Knut Chrispinsson (13 December 1956 – 3 April 2017) was a Swedish journalist and television presenter. He worked mostly in TV and radio with news programs and historical programs.
Chrispinsson also wrote several book on Swedish history.
Chrispinsson died in Stockholm on 3 April 2017 from a heart attack complicated by borrelia, aged 60.
Rochechouart
Rochechouart () is a "commune" in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west central France. It is a subprefecture of the Haute-Vienne department. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of the same name.
Rochechouart is in the western part of the Haute-Vienne department, along the valley of the Grêne river. The confluence of the Grêne with the Vayres river is to the south of the town. Another river, the Gorre, forms the northeastern border of the "commune".
The city of Rochechouart is at about west of Limoges, the largest town and capital of the department, from Bordeaux and from Paris.
The "commune" of Rochechouart is surrounded by the "communes":
The climate of Rochechouart, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Rochechouart are known, in French, as "Rochechouartais" (women: "Rochechouartaises").
With a population of 3,798, Rochechouart has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Rochechouart
Rochechouart is a subprefecture of the Haute-Vienne department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Rochechouart and the administrative centre () of the canton of Rochechouart, with 17,479 inhabitants .
It is part of the intercommunality "Porte Océane du Limousin" ().
Rochechouart is twinned with:
Giovanni Sartori
Giovanni Sartori (; 13 May 1924 – 4 April 2017) was an Italian political scientist specialized in the study of democracy and comparative politics. He was also a journalist who wrote for "Corriere della Sera".
Sartori died in Florence, Italy on 4 April 2017 from throat cancer, aged 92.
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (or Brexit Secretary) was a United Kingdom Cabinet post. The holder of this office was in charge of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
The office was held by David Davis from July 2016 until July 2018. Following Davis' resignation, Dominic Raab was appointed Brexit Secretary. When Raab resigned in November 2018, Stephen Barclay was appointed as Secretary of State.
The position was created in 2016 by the new Prime Minister Theresa May after the UK voted to leave the European Union.
The position was abolished on 31 January 2020.
William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the first to make rock and roll music popular in the 1950s with his band Bill Haley & His Comets. He sold 25 million records worldwide with hits such as "Rock Around the Clock" (1954), "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (1954) and "See You Later, Alligator" (1956).
Haley was born in Highland Park, Michigan. At the age of four, he had operation on his inner-ear, which cut an optic nerve, making him blind in his left eye.
He died of a heart attack caused by alcoholism on February 9, 1981 aged 55.
The following recording by Bill Haley was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.
International Women's Media Foundation
The International Women's Media Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization to strengthen the participation of women working as journalists in every part of the world. They offer training, awards programs, and legal advice to women journalists. They have members in more than 100 countries.
The IWMF was started in 1990 to increase freedom of speech by supporting women working in the media. Their objectives are to build a network of women to share ideas, to give women the skills to become leaders, to help women expand their careers, and to honor bravery and courage with the Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Awards. The foundation sponsors several events and financial aid funds, including advanced training and grants, to assist and promote women in journalism.
In 2013, the International Women’s Media Foundation studied women journalists. They found that two-thirds of women journalists in the world have experienced harassment or abuse in their work. Most of them do not report these problems because they are afraid. They also publish safety and security recommendations for women journalists.
Mabel Cáceres
Mabel Cáceres or Mabel Cáceres Calderón is a Peruvian journalist, and the founder and editor-in-chief of El Búho (The Owl). She received the 2016 Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation.
In 1999, Cáceres was the director of a local TV channel owned by a university, when the government of Peru’s president Fujimori suspended the channel for a year. Cáceres, along with a group of intellectuals, journalists, and friends, started El Búho as a weekly newspaper.
Mabel Cáceres studied journalism, communication, and related programs at the Catholic University of Santa María in Arequipa, Peru from 1984 to 1990. In 1997, she received a master's degree in Communication and Media Studies from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, Peru.
In 1989 Cáceres went to work for "Correo" newspaper. In 1991 she worked with the newspaper "Arequipa al Día". From 1992 to 1999 she was the general director of the Proyecto TV UNSA at the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín. From 2006 to 2011 she was the director of the political-cultural television program "Contrastes" on Channel 53, TV MUNDO, in Arequipa. In 2000 she became the director of "El Búho" in Arequipa, in partnership with the poet Alonso Ruiz Rosas and writer Ody Gonzales. Together they started El Búho as a weekly newspaper.
Cáceres has been sued for defamation 16 times, and has won all the lawsuits. Some of the editors received sentences, but they were overturned by the Supreme Court. The Press and Society Institute (IPYS) provides for El Búho's legal defense because it considers that the complaints against the weekly are an attack on freedom of the press and democracy.
Money was always a problem. Because the magazine is often critical of the local mining company, Cerro Verde, as well as the regional government, they do not put ads in the magazine. In 2001 El Búho stopped publication for a month because they could not pay the bills. A grant from an international agency kept them going until 2011, when they had to cut back from weekly to a magazine format. El Búho TV was broadcast on the Viva TV channel in Arequipa, until pressures from politicians and advertisers took it off the air. Today the program continues on a YouTube channel.
Ralph Archbold
Ralph Archbold (January 17, 1942 – March 25, 2017) was an American actor and impersonator. He was a Philadelphia-area speaker who was best known for his impersonation of U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. He began his Franklin impersonation career in 1973.
Archbold has appeared as Franklin for every President of the United States at the White House from Gerald Ford through Barack Obama. He was appointed by George W. Bush to a 15-member commission to oversee the celebration of Franklin's 300th birthday.
Archbold was born in Dearborn, Michigan. In 2008, he married Linda Wilde who was a known Betsy Ross impersonator in Philadelphia. Archbold died on March 25, 2017 in Philadelphia from complications of congestive heart failure, aged 75.
Roy Sievers
Roy Edward Sievers (November 18, 1926 – April 3, 2017) was an American professional baseball player.
Sievers was signed by the St. Louis Browns as a free agent in 1947. Sievers debuted in the major leagues on April 21, 1949. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman/left fielder. From through , Sievers played for the St. Louis Browns (1949–53), the original Washington Senators (1954–59), Chicago White Sox (1960–61), Philadelphia Phillies (1962–64), and finally the new Senators (1964–65). He batted and threw right-handed.
Sievers won the American League Rookie of the Year and "TSN" Rookie of the Year awards in 1949, batting .306 with 16 home runs and 75 RBI.
Sievers was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died in Spanish Lake, Missouri on April 3, 2017, aged 90.
Samir Farid
Samir Farid () (December 1, 1943 – April 4, 2017) was an Egyptian writer, movie critic, journalist and movie historian. He was born in Cairo, Egypt. He authored and translated over 60 books since 1966 on Egyptian, Arab and World cinema. He was the consultant for Cinema affairs in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (2001-2016).
He was a member of jury in International film festivals since 1972. (Among them Oberhausen Film Festival 1978, DOC Leipzig Film festival 1984, Annecy International Animated Film Festival 1998, Torino Film Festival 2001, Controcorrente (Upstream section) of Venice Film Festival 2003, Thessaloniki Film Festival 2003 and Taormina Film Festival 2010.)
He also was the Head of The Cairo International Film Festival 2014.
Farid died on April 4, 2017 in Cairo from a long-illness at the age of 73.
George Brady
George Brady, O.Ont (February 9, 1928 – January 11, 2019) was a Canadian businessman and Holocaust survivor of Jewish-Czech descent.
He was a survivor of both Theresienstadt (Terezin) and Auschwitz (Oswiecim, Poland). After World War II, he became a Canadian businessman and was awarded the Order of Ontario.
Benjamin B. Ferencz
Benjamin Berell Ferencz (born March 11, 1920) is a Romanian-born American lawyer of Hungarian-Jewish descent. He was an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and the Chief Prosecutor for the United States Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, one of the twelve military trials held by the U.S. authorities at Nuremberg, Germany.
Later, he became an advocate of the establishment of an international rule of law and of an International Criminal Court. From 1985 to 1996, he was Adjunct Professor of International Law at Pace University.
Ferencz was interviewed by Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes about his role at the Nuremberg Trials. He was 99-years-old at the time of the television interview.
Bat-Sheva Dagan
Bat-Sheva Dagan () (born September 8, 1925) is a Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor, educator, author, and speaker. She was born in Łódź, Poland.
She was incarcerated in a ghetto in Radom with her parents and two sisters in 1940. After her parents and a sister were deported and murdered in Treblinka in August 1942, she escaped to Germany, but was discovered, imprisoned, and deported to Auschwitz in May 1943. After spending 20 months in Auschwitz, she survived two death marches and was liberated by British troops in May 1945. She was the only survivor of her family.
Dagan and her husband settled in Israel, where she taught kindergarten and later obtained degrees in educational counseling and psychology. She went on to author books, poems, and songs for children and young adults on Holocaust themes, and developed psychological and pedagogical methods for teaching the Holocaust to children. She is thought a pioneer in children's Holocaust education.
In 2008 Dagan was named Woman of the Year in Education by Yad Vashem for her works to Holocaust teaching for children. She was also named an Outstanding Member of the City of Holon. In 2012 she was honored as one of the torch lighters at ceremonies marking Yom HaShoah.
AKM
Embraer S.A. is a Brazilian company that produces all kinds of aircraft, both civil and military.
Its headquarters are in São José dos Campos.
Riviera, Ticino
Riviera is a new municipality of the district Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Cresciano, Iragna, Lodrino and Osogna merged into the new municipality of Riviera.
Miège
Miège is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Mollens, Valais
Mollens is a former municipality of the district Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Mollens, Chermignon, Montana and Randogne merged into the new municipality of Crans-Montana.
Montana, Switzerland
Montana is a former municipality of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
It was one of the six municipalities that form the ski resort Crans-Montana (together with Icogne, Lens, Randogne, Mollens and Chermignon).
On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Montana, Chermignon, Mollens and Randogne merged into the new municipality of Crans-Montana.
Randogne
Randogne was a municipality, in the new municipality of Crans-Montana and the district Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais.
Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana is a municipality of the district Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Crans-Montana is a ski resort that was created through the fusion of the two centers of Crans and Montana and belonged to six municipalities (Chermignon, Lens, Icogne, Mollens, Montana and Randogne), four of which merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana.
Hippolyta
Hippolyta (, "Hippolyte") was one of the queens of the Amazons in Greek mythology. She was a fierce warrior. She was mostly famous for her magical girdle (or war belt in other accounts), given to her by her father, Ares, the god of war. The hero Heracles, for his Ninth Labor, had to get her girdle, bring it back to the city of Mycenae, and give it to Admete, daughter of King Eurystheus, as a gift.
Singapore Art Museum (also known as SAM to most Singaporeans) is the first museum in Singapore. It was opened in 1996.
The museum showcases contemporary art from Singapore, Southeast Asia (SEA), and Asia.
Before it was a museum, it was a boys' school.
Chelsea Brown
Chelsea Brown (December 6, 1942 – March 27, 2017) was an American-Australian actress and comedian. She appeared as a regular performer in comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". She was also known for her roles in the soap operas "Number 96" (in 1977), and "E Street" (in 1990–1991).
Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was married to Vic Rooney until her death in 2017. Brown died on March 27, 2017 from pneumonia caused by dementia in Chicago, aged 74.
Michel Arrivé
Michel Arrivé (7 December 1936 – 3 April 2017) was a French novelist, short story writer, linguist and academic. He was a Professor of Linguistics and Semiotics at Paris Nanterre University from 1983 to 2006. He authored several novels and short stories.
Arrivé died on 3 April 2017 in Saint-Cloud, France at the age of 80.
Ilkka Sinisalo
Ilkka Antero Jouko Sinisalo (July 10, 1958 – April 5, 2017) was a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was born in Valkeakoski, Finland.
Sinisalo played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota North Stars and Los Angeles Kings. Later he was a scout for the Flyers.
Sinisalo died in Helsinki, Finland from prostate cancer on April 5, 2017, aged 58.
Brian Matthew
Brian Matthew (17 September 1928 – 8 April 2017) was an English broadcaster. He worked for the BBC from 1954 until his retirement 2017. He began presenting "Sounds of the 60s" in 1990, often employing the same vocabulary and the same measured delivery he had used in previous years.
On 27 January 2017, the BBC announced that he would not return to the programme because of ill health.
At the time of his retirement, Matthew was the oldest active DJ in Britain.
Matthew was born on 17 September 1928 in Coventry, Warwickshire. He studied at Bablake School. In 1951, he married Pamela Wickington. They had one son: Christopher.
In January 2017, Matthew collapsed at his home and was hospitalized in critical condition. Matthew was reported to have died on 4 April 2017, but a BBC statement later explained this was a mistake, but remains "critically ill". Matthew later died on 8 April 2017 at the age of 88.
Pedro Salvatori
Pedro Salvatori (November 22, 1933 – March 24, 2017) was an Argentine politician. He was a member of the Neuquén People's Movement, a regional party based in his home Neuquén Province. He served as the Governor of Neuquén Province from 1987 to 1991, as well as the de facto Governor of Neuquén briefly from 1972 to 1973 during the military rule.
Salvatori died of respiratory failure at a hospital in Neuquén on March 24, 2017, at the age of 83.
Gravity (Sara Bareilles song)
"Gravity" is a song performed by Sara Bareilles, released the third single from her major-label debut album "Little Voice" (2007).
Written by Bareilles, the track was produced by Eric Rosse. Its music video was released on February 3, 2009. Bareilles said she wrote the song after her "first real heartbreak", and was hoping the ballad would help others in similar situations.
The song was originally on her first album "Careful Confessions", but was later included on "Little Voice".
High-valent iron
High-valent iron is a compound with an oxidation state bigger than 3, more than 6 bonds, and a coordination number of 6 or less. High-valent iron is not hypervalent.
Ferrate was the first high-valent iron ion ever made.
Iron filings
Iron filings are tiny rods of iron. They are often used to show the effects of magnetic fields. Since iron is magnetic, the filings become small bar magnets. Each filing attracts other filings, so the filings eventually look like the magnetic field the original magnet has.
Iron filings are made accidentally when working iron. Iron filings’ only uses are to teach magnetic fields, and to be eaten for people who need iron.
Iron in folklore
Iron has an important role in folklore.
Cold Iron means weapons. Later, it came to mean horseshoes & fences.
In Tibet, iron from meteors is precious. Tibetan gods used weapons made from meteoric iron. Because Tibet is so high, Tibet had many meteors fall.
North Jutlandic Island
North Jutlandic Island (Danish: "Nørrejyske Ø" or "Vendsyssel-Thy") is the second-largest island of Denmark.
About 297,000 people were living on this island in 2014.
It has an area of 4,685 km².
North Jutlandic Island lies on the south coast of the Skagerrak. It is the most northern part of Denmark, and is commonly regarded as part of Jutland.
Lolland
Lolland is the fourth-largest island of Denmark.
About 63,000 people were living on this island in 2013.
It has an area of 1,243 km².
Lolland lies in the very south of Denmark, and near Germany in the Baltic Sea.
Sam Gagner
Paul O'Neill
Paul O'Neill (February 23, 1956 – April 5, 2017) was an American music composer, lyricist, producer, and songwriter.
O'Neill's death was announced in a brief note posted on the Trans-Siberian Orchestra website on April 5, 2017, which cited chronic illness.
Arthur Bisguier
Arthur Bernard Bisguier (October 8, 1929–April 5, 2017) was an American chess Grandmaster, chess promoter, and writer.
Bisguier was born in New York City. He studied at Bronx High School of Science.
Bisguier has won two U.S. Junior Championships (1948, 1949), three U.S. Open Chess Championship titles (1950, 1956, 1959), and the 1954 United States Chess Championship title. He played for the United States in five chess Olympiads. He also played in two Interzonal tournaments (1955, 1962).
On March 18, 2005, the United States Chess Federation (USCF) proclaimed him "Dean of American Chess".
Bisguier has been a regular contributor to "Chess Life" magazine. In 2003 he wrote a book on his best games from 1945–60 titled "The Art of Bisguier".
Bisguier died on April 5, 2017 in Framingham, Massachusetts from respiratory failure, aged 87.
Molybdenum disulfide
Molybdenum disulfide is an inorganic compound. It is made of molybdenum and sulfur. The chemical formula is .
It is used as a dry lubricant.
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is a city in the Collin and Denton counties in Texas. It is in the area of Dallas-Fort Worth. The city is 25 miles north of Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Heteronormativity
Heteronormativity is the belief that everyone is heterosexual by nature, and every other form of human sexuality is not as good as heterosexuality, or even an illness that needs to be fixed. In a heteronormative system, there are two strict genders, men and women, and everyone must behave according to their gender role in society. A heteronormative view of the world believes that a person's sex decides their sexuality, gender identity and gender roles.
Homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism could not exist without heteronormativity.
According to queer theory, societies force heteronormativity on people it does not fit, such as LGBT people, queer people, and intersex people.
Michael Warner made the word "heteronormativity" popular in 1991 in one of the first books on queer theory. It came from Gayle Rubin's idea of the "sex/gender system" and Adrienne Rich's idea of "compulsory heterosexuality." According to Samuel A. Chambers, heteronormativity shows what societies expect, demand, and allow when they consider relations between men and women to be the only normal ones.
People who argue against heteronormativity include Cathy J. Cohen, Michael Warner, and Lauren Berlant. They argue that it holds down those who do not fit it, marks them as outsiders, keeps them out of society, and makes it hard for them to express themselves. Heteronormative policies and institutions strengthen the belief that people are heterosexual and that there are only two genders and sexes by nature. They argue that heteronormative culture gives an unfair advantage to heterosexual people (this is called heterosexism). It causes members of society to keep LGBT people out of work, school, and the greater society, sometimes using the law.
According to the cultural anthropologist Gayle Rubin, heteronormativity ranks sexual practices from "good sex" to "bad sex." This "sex hierarchy" ranks sex between two married heterosexual people for the purpose of creating a child as "good," and ranks people and acts that fall short of this standard lower until they become "bad sex." Gay couples who are married are somewhere in the middle. Gay people who have sex with many partners are also in the middle, but below gay married couples. Patrick McCreery, a lecturer at New York University, believes this is the reason why gay people are attacked for doing things that straight people also do, such as watching pornography or practicing BDSM.
McCreery says that this "sex hierarchy" also exists in the workplace. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people are more likely to be kept out of work the lower they fall. Transgender people fall especially low in the hierarchy and face the most obvious discrimination. This leaves many LGBT people without jobs. People can be fired for being LGBT, or they can never be offered a job for the same reason. In 1991 the restaurant Cracker Barrel in the United States made the news when it fired a lesbian worker. There was no law against this, and there is still no law against it in most of the country.
Intersex babies can be born with neither a penis nor a vagina. Doctors and parents often force intersex children to have surgery to make them look more like most men and women. Usually they are healthy without this and it is not necessary. Most intersex children are not allowed to decide if they want this surgery. This is not because there is anything wrong with their bodies. Rather, parents are often afraid that their children will be judged. In other words, doctors and parents force them to have surgery for social reasons, not biological ones.
Heterosexism