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Violet Brown (née Mosse; 10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017) was a Jamaican supercentenarian who at the time of her death, at the age of , was the oldest verified living person in the world from the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017 until her death in September 2017.

She was also the first verified supercentenarian from Jamaica and the oldest verified Jamaican person ever.

Her date of birth was variously reported as 4 March 1900, 10 March 1900, and 15 March 1900. However, it was officially recognised as 10 March 1900 by the Guinness World Records.

Brown was born when Jamaica was a part of the British Empire and was the last living former subject of Queen Victoria.

Brown died on 15 September 2017 at a hospital in Montego Bay, Saint James Parish, Jamaica of heart failure caused by dehydration at the age of 117.

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Violet Mosse Foundation, a nonprofit support organisation for contributing to the well-being of all elderly persons. This foundation was founded by Violet Brown's relatives and named after Violet Brown.

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Prince William Sound is a body of water in the Gulf of Alaska.  A sound is a small body of water that comes in from the ocean.  Prince William Sound is on the south side of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its biggest port is Valdez, at the south end of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Other towns on the sound include Cordova and Whittier.

James Cook went in Prince William Sound in 1778.  He named it Sandwich Sound, after the Earl of Sandwich. The Sound's name was changed in the same year.  It was then named after George III's third son Prince William Henry.  Prince William was then 13 years old.  He was in the Royal Navy.

Most of the land near Prince William Sound is part of the Chugach National Forest. Chugach is the second largest U.S. National Forest.  Prince William Sound is ringed by the Chugach Mountains.  These mountains are steep.  The coast is complex. It has many islands and fjords.  It also has some glaciers.

In 1964, a tsunami hit the sound.  It was caused by the Good Friday earthquake.  It killed many people in the town of Chenega.  It destroyed the town of Valdez.

In 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground.  It caused a large oil spill, which damaged the environment. It killed around 250,000 seabirds, nearly 3,000 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles and up to 22 killer whales.

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D. Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (6 November 1949 – 14 February 2017) was an Infante of Portugal. He was a member of the former Portuguese Royal Family as the youngest son of Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, and Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza. Infante Henrique was fifth in the line of succession to the former Portuguese throne. His elder brother, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, is head of the House of Braganza, which ruled Portugal until 1910.

Henrique died on 14 February 2017 in Lisbon, aged 67.

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William Anthony Kirsopp "Tony" Lake (born April 2, 1939) is an American politician, author, academic, and former American diplomat, Foreign Service Officer, and political advisor.

Lake is the executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). He has been a foreign policy advisor to many Democratic U.S. presidents and presidential candidates. He served as National Security Advisor under U.S. President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. Lake is known as being one of the individuals who developed the policy that led to the resolution of the Bosnian War.

He also held the chair of Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C.

Lake converted from Christianity to Judaism.

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 An article about Lake's conversion to Judaism, and how he went from being Bill Clinton's National Security Advisor to a supporter of Barack Obama.
 Lake's Georgetown Homepage
 Source Watch entry for Anthony Lake 
 National Security Archive on Nixon's consideration of use of nuclear weapons in Viet Nam and Anthony Lake's role
 A blog post on the "Rubin Lake Incident" in Guam
 UN Biography Anthony Lake
 

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Peter Simonischek (born 6 August 1946) is an Austrian movie and stage actor. He has appeared in more than sixty movies since 1980.

Simonischek is known for his role as Winfried Conradi/Toni Erdmann in the 2016 movie Toni Erdmann. He won the European Film Award for Best Actor and was nominated for a London Critics Circle Film Awards for Best Actor and a Toronto Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actor.

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William Bruce Mageean Lansbury (12 January 1930 – 13 February 2017) was an English-American television producer. His career lasted over 30 years, starting from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was known for producing many famous television shows such as The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible, Knight Rider and Murder, She Wrote.

Early life
Lansbury was born in London. He was the grandson of former Labour Party leader George Lansbury. He was the younger brother of actress Angela Lansbury. He became a citizen of the United States in 1954.

Career
His career began in 1953, but became frequent in the 1960s. He retired officially in 1996, but returned to write a screenplay for a TV movie about Murder, She Wrote in 2003.

Lansbury served as producer of 69 episodes of The Wild Wild West, from 1966-69, and 38 episodes of Mission: Impossible, from 1969-1972. Lansbury served as producer of Wonder Woman, Knight Rider and executive producer for the science fiction series The Fantastic Journey. 

His name appears in the closing credits of The Brady Bunch, Happy Days and The Odd Couple as "Vice President of Creative Affairs" for Paramount Television.

Lansbury served as producer of 88 episodes of Murder, She Wrote, starring his sister, Angela. He was also a writer for 15 episodes of the show.

Death
Lansbury died on 13 February 2017 at his home in La Quinta, California from complications of Alzheimer's disease, aged 87.

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Paul Norton "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (born September 29, 1927) is an American politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing California from 1967 to 1983. He ran on an anti-war platform for the Republican nomination for President in 1972 but was defeated by incumbent President Richard Nixon.

In April 2007, McCloskey switched his affiliation to the Democratic Party. He is a decorated United States Marine Corps veteran of combat during the Korean War, being awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, and two awards of the Purple Heart.

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Jennifer Sarah "Jenny" Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American, actress, voice actress and author. 

She is best known for her role as Donna Stern in Obvious Child, as well as being the co-creator of the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On short movies and children's book series. 

She is also known for her season as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2010 and for her appearances in shows such as House of Lies, Married, Parks and Recreation, Bob's Burgers, Hello Ladies, Kroll Show, and Girls and Star vs. the forces of evil as Pony Head.

In 2017, she voiced Harley Quinn in The Lego Batman Movie.

Slate was born in Milton, Massachusetts. She studied at Milton Academy and Columbia University. In 2012, Slate married Dean Fleischer-Camp. They divorced in 2016. In 2021, she married Ben Shattuck.

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The Aoi Festival or Aoi Matsuri (葵祭)  is one of Kyoto's most three famous festivals.  The other two are  the Gion Festival and Jidai Matsuri. The Aoi Festival takes place on May 15 each year. The main attraction of the festival is a large parade in Kyoto. Over 500 people dress in the aristocratic style of the Heian Period (794-1185) for the parade. They walk from the Imperial Palace to the Kamo Shrines. Aoi is Japanese for "Hollyhock" The festival is named after the Hollyhock leaves that are worn by the people in the parade.

History

The Aoi Matsuri began in the 7th century. This was before Kyoto was made the national capital in 794.  Its exact origins are not known. It is likely that natural disasters were happening, These were believed to be caused by the deities of the Kamo Shrines. After the Emperor made offerings to the gods, the disasters ended and a tradition was begun. The festival's official name is Kamo Matsuri because of the shrines.

The festival grew in popularity. During the Heian Period, when people used the word festival, they meant the Aoi Matsuri. In modern time, the parade shows the high regard the festival have. There are people riding horses, large bouquets of flowers, decorated carts pulled by oxen, and many women in kimono with the year's Saiō.

Saiō
The Saiō was a young female member of the imperial family. She was the high priestess of the Kamo Shrines. During festivals, the Saio performed rituals at the shrines. In modern times, an unmarried woman from Kyoto is chosen each year to be Saio. She must go through purification ceremonies before the festival. She is taken through the procession on a palanquin.

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Stećak (Стећак, ; plural: Stećci, Стећци, ) are monumental tombstones made in medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

The Stecci are relared to the Vlachs who lived in the Dinaric Alps of Herzegovina since the Middle Ages. Most of the Stecci were created after the X century and until the Turk invasion of the Balkans. According to the scholar Wenzel the Stecci are the clear evidence of the existence of a romance territory in the area between Italy and Romania, that now has disappeared.

Data

The tombstones are mostly in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a smaller amount in the border area of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. About 60,000 are found within the territory of the  modern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The rest of 10,000 are found in what are today Croatia (4,400), Montenegro (3,500), and Serbia (4,100). The stećak are at more than 3,300 odd sites with over 90% in poor condition.

Related pages
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Cebotarev Andrej. Review of Stećaks (Standing Tombstones) and Migrations of the Vlasi (Autochthonous Population) in Dalmatia and Southwestern Bosnia in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Croatian Institute of History. Zagreb, 1996

History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Vernayaz is a municipality in the district Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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Vérossaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Villages
Aussays, Bassays, La Doey and Vésenau

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Josef Augusta (24 November 1946 – 16 February 2017) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach. He won a silver medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. He later was head coach of Czech national hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. He was the father of Patrik Augusta. He was born in Havlíčkův Brod.

Augusta died from pancreatic cancer on 16 February 2017 in Jihlava, at the age of 70.

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Rene Alexander "Alex" Acosta (born January 16, 1969) is an American attorney. Acosta was the 27th United States Secretary of Labor serving from April 28, 2017 until July 19, 2019. He was the dean of the Florida International University College of Law from 2009 through 2017. He is Republican. On February 16, 2017, he was announced as President Donald Trump's nominee for the United States Secretary of Labor.

On February 16, 2017, after the withdrawal of Andrew Puzder's nomination, President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to serve as United States Secretary of Labor. He resigned on July 19, 2019 due to his connections to the Jeffrey Epstein and his plea deal.

Early life
Acosta was born in Miami, Florida. His parents are Cuban immigrants. He studied at Harvard College and Harvard Law School earning both a B.S. and J.D. degree.

Law career
Acosta was appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Labor Relations Board and later served in that administration as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

United States Secretary of Labor (since 2017)
After the unsuccessful nomination of Andrew Puzder to be United States Secretary of Labor, President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to fill the position on February 16, 2017.

On April 27, 2017, Acosta was confirmed by the U. S. Senate by a 60–38 vote. Acosta announced on July 12, 2019 his resignation effective July 19, following criticism of his role in the Jeffrey Epstein sex traffic case.

Personal life
Acosta is married to Jan Elizabeth Williams. They both live in McLean, Virginia and have two daughters, Delia and Rosalia.

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Cipriano Chemello (19 July 1945 – 14 February 2017) was an Italian cyclist. he won the Olympic bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in team pursuit with Lorenzo Bosisio, Giorgio Morbiato and Luigi Roncaglia. He was born in Crespano del Grappa, Veneto.

Chemello died on 14 February 2017 in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, at the age of 71.

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Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche (26 October 1939 – 14 February 2017) was a Tibetan-American Buddhist lama. He was born in Lhasa, China. Gelek was a nephew of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He was tutored by many of the same masters who tutored the current (14th) Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

He was the founder and president of Jewel Heart, "a spiritual, cultural, and humanitarian organization that translates the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism into contemporary life".

Rinpoche died in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 14 February 2017 from heart failure caused by open-heart surgery, aged 77.

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[http://appinoproductions.com/americanrimpoche/#.WCqCVdyREo8 American Rimpoche]  documentary film about the life of Gelek Rimpoche

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John Garman "J. G." Hertzler Jr. (born March 18, 1950) is an American actor, author, screenwriter, politician and activist. He is best known in the Star Trek community for his role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) as the Klingon General (and later Chancellor) Martok.

Hertzler was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was raised in St. Joe, Missouri and in El Paso, Texas. Hertzler studied at Bucknell University, at the University of Maryland, and at American University. He is a Democrat. He has one child.

In November 2013, Hertzler was elected as a board member of the Ulysses, New York town council. He was elected as an official council member in 2016. He supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election.

On June 8, 2017, Hertzler announced his candidacy as a U.S. House Representative for New York's 23rd congressional district in the 2018 elections. As part of his campaign appearances, he plans to act "in the persona of Mark Twain", to present his ideas "through the brilliant humorist for all ages".  He stated that this was a tribute both to Twain, who resided once in Elmira, and to actor Hal Holbrook, who had portrayed Twain on stage for more than six decades.

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Nicole Bass-Fuchs (August 10, 1964 – February 17, 2017) was an American bodybuilder, actress, professional wrestler and manager. She worked for companies such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, Xtreme Pro Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance. She made many appearances as a guest on The Howard Stern Show. She was a member of Stern's Wack Pack.

Bass was born in Queens, New York. She married Richard "Bob" Fuchs in 1985. Fuchs died in 2013.

Bass was taken to the hospital in New York City after having a stroke in February 2017. She was said to be brain dead on February 16, 2017 after having a heart attack. Her life support was removed on February 17, dying at the age of 52.

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Loren Wiseman (March 7, 1951 – February 15, 2017) was an American wargame and role-playing game designer, game developer and editor. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois. Wiseman co-founded Game Designers' Workshop with Frank Chadwick, Rich Banner, and Marc Miller on June 22, 1973. 

Wiseman received the Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Adventure for Twilight: 2000 Going Home. He was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in 2003. He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of clubs in Flying Buffalo's 2010 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck.

Wiseman died on February 15, 2017 in Normal, Illinois from heart failure at the age of 65.

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Siegfried Herrmann (7 November 1932 – 14 February 2017) was a German long-distance runner. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne) and the 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo). He was the men's 3000 m world record holder from 5 August to 27 August 1965. He was an athletics coach from 1976 until 2000. He was born in Unterschönau, Thuringia.

Herrmann died on 14 February 2017 in Erfurt, Thuringia, at the age of 84.

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Vijayakanth is a Tamil actor and politician. (born 25 August 1952)  He was the Leader of the Opposition of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. Before becoming a politician, he was a film actor in Tamil cinema from 1979 to 2010. He is the founder of  Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and served as a Member of Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Rishivandiyam.

Vijayakanth filmography

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A microburst is a downdraft that moves in a way opposite to a tornado. It is found in thunder storms. And it can be dangerous to an aircraft.

Natural events
Hendrik Magdalenus "Dick" Bruna (23 August 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a Dutch writer, illustrator and graphic designer. He wrote and illustrated over 200 children's books. He was best known for his creating the character Miffy (). His last book, Queen Miffy, was published in 2007. He was born in Utrecht.

Bruna died on 16 February 2017 in Utrecht, at the age of 89.

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Börge Lennart Hellström (25 September 1957 – 17 February 2017) was a Swedish writer. He was an ex-criminal. He was best known as a founding member of the organisation Kriminellas revansch i samhället (KRIS). The organisation aims to fight crime and give support to former criminals. He was also one half of the writing duo Roslund & Hellström. With journalist Anders Roslund, he published seven books between 2004 and 2016.

Hellström lived in Värmdö Municipality. He died from cancer on 17 February 2017, at the age of 59.

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"Kiss It Better" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna.  It was released on March 31, 2016, as the third single from her eighth studio album, Anti.  The song is a pop rock and R&B power ballad about wanting to make up with a lover.

The song managed to reach number 62 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 46 on the UK Singles Chart.  Even though the song charted lowly in the US, it was still certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales and streams of over one million copies there.  It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song at the 59th Annual award ceremony in 2017.

Music video 
The music video for the "Kiss It Better" was released on March 31, 2016.  The video was shot in black and white and shows Rihanna in various angles, at some points nude.  Different silks are used throughout the video.

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Egbert Roelof "Ep" Wieldraaijer (31 March 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Wieldraaijer served in the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1974. Subsequently he served in the European Parliament from 1973 to 1974.

After being an alderman of Almelo from 1974 to 1978, he served a ten-year term as mayor of Avereest (Overijssel).

Wieldraaijer was born in Borne (Overijssel) and died in Enschede (same province), aged 89.

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  Bio at Parlement.com

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Job Johannes "Joop" Gouweleeuw (5 September 1940 – 29 January 2017) was a Dutch judoka. He competed in 93 kg event at the 1965 and 1966 European Judo Championships. He won a silver medal in 1965 and gold medal in 1966. He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was born in Delft, South Holland.

Gouweleeuw died on 29 January 2017 in Delft, at the age of 76.

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Djelloul Khatib (8 October 1936 – 6 February 2017) was an Algerian independence activist and politician. During the Algerian War, he tried to make the National Liberation Army more professional. After the ending of the war, he became involved in politics. He served as the governor of Batna, Constantine and Oran. He was also the Algerian Ambassador to Spain and Argentina. He was born in Algiers.

Khatib died on 6 February 2017, at the age of 80.

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Veyrier is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It borders France. About 11,000 people were living in Veyrier in 2015.

The municipality includes the localities of Pinchat, Vessy and Sierne.

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IndyCar on Sky was the branding used for telecasts of IndyCar races produced by Sky Sports, and televised on Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports Xtra (later renamed as Sky Sports 4) in the United Kingdom.

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A lineman (American English) or linesman (British English, not to be confused with linesman (soccer)), is a trained tradesman who builds and maintains power distribution and telephone networks and their infrastructure, such as supporting poles and pylons.

The word lineman/linesman refers to those who work in generally outdoor installation and maintenance jobs. Those who install and maintain electrical wiring inside buildings are electricians.

Electricity
Thomas "Tom" Regan (November 28, 1938 – February 17, 2017) was an American philosopher and writer. He was best known for his animal rights activism. He wrote the non-fiction book The Case for Animal Rights (1983). He also made the term "subjects-of-a-life" popular. He taught philosophy at North Carolina State University (NCSU) from 1967 to 2001.

Regan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was married to Nancy Tirk. He had two children, Bryan and Karen.

Regan died from pneumonia on February 17, 2017 in Rockingham, North Carolina, at the age of 78.

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A Linesman in the game of Soccer, is a member of staff on the pitch who works with the Referee to ensure the smooth running of the game.  Usually there are 2 linesmen, one on either side of the pitch.  Their job is to indicate to the Referee that a ball has gone out of play, either over the sideline or through the corner of the side they're monitoring, or to indicate that a player is offside during the course of play.  In the event that for whatever reason, the referee is unable to continue controlling the game, either through illness or injury, one of the linesmen may be called on to take charge as a substitute. and they can also take the referee place if there is any problems. 

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Cycloneuralia is a group of ecdysozoan animals. "Cycloneuralia" means "brain around pharynx".

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Luke M. Griswold (1837 – 1892) was a sailor in the U.S Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor, the highest honor of the U.S. military.

Biography 

Luke M. Griswold was born in 1837 in Massachusetts.  He joined the U.S. Navy from Springfield, Massachusetts, and served on the ship U.S.S. Rhode Island.  He died in 1892.

On December 30, 1862, the ship U.S.S. Monitor went down in a storm near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The U.S.S. Rhode Island rescued the crew.  After the rescue, Griswold's small boat was lost during the storm.  The crew members spent many hours at sea before being picked up.

Griswold's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

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Omar Abdel-Rahman (, ‘Umar ‘Abdu r-Raḥman; 3 May 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Egyptian Muslim leader. He was blind, and nicknamed "The Blind Sheikh". He served a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center, in Butner, North Carolina, United States. He was a resident of New York City. He and nine others were convicted of planning a terrorist attack. His arrest grew from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing investigations. 

Abdel-Rahman was born in al-Gamalia, Dakahlia Governorate. He lost his eyesight when he less than a year old. He had at least ten children.

Abdel-Rahman died on 18 February 2017 at Butner, at the age of 78. He died from problems caused by diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Related pages
 1993 World Trade Center bombing
 Lynne Stewart

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Pyruvic acid is the simplest of the keto acids, with a carboxylic acid and a ketone functional group. Pyruvate, the conjugate base, is an important part of several metabolic chemical reactions.  Pyruvate is an important chemical compound in biochemistry.

Pyruvic acid can be made from glucose through glycolysis. One molecule of glucose breaks down into two molecules of pyruvate. These are then used to give more energy to living animals, plants and microorganisms. It is then changed back to carbohydrates (such as glucose) by a metabolic chemical reaction named gluconeogenesis, or to fatty acids through a similar reaction. It can also be used to make the amino acid alanine and can be converted into ethanol or lactic acid by fermentation.

Pyruvic acid gives energy to cells through the citric acid cycle, when oxygen is present (aerobic respiration), and also makes lactate when oxygen is lacking (fermentation).

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Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian movie director and screenwriter. He was best known for his Spaghetti Western movies. He was also known as William Redfield. He was born in Naples.

Squitieri died on 18 February 2017 in Rome, at the age of 78.

Filmography

Io e Dio (1969)
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971)
Camorra (1972)
I guappi (1974)
The Climber (1975)
Il prefetto di ferro (1977)
Corleone (1978)
L'arma (1978)
Savage Breed (1980)
Claretta (1984)
The Repenter (1985)
Naso di cane (1986) (TV miniseries)
The Third Solution (1988)
Gli invisibili (1988)
Atto di dolore (1990)
Il colore dell'odio (1990)
Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
L'avvocato de Gregorio (2003)
Father (2011)

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Clyde Stubblefield (April 18, 1943 – February 18, 2017) was an American funk drummer. He began his career around the 1960s. He best known for his work with James Brown. His recordings with James Brown include the singles "Cold Sweat", "There Was a Time", "I Got The Feelin'", "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud", "Ain't It Funky Now", "Mother Popcorn", "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" and the album Sex Machine. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Stubblefield died from kidney failure on February 18, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin. He was 73.

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Theodore J. "Ted" Lowi (July 9, 1931 – February 17, 2017) was an American political scientist. He was the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions teaching in the Government Department at Cornell University. His area of research was the American government and public policy. He was the president of the International Political Science Association from 1997 to 2000.

Lowi was born in Gadsden, Alabama. He was married to Angele until her death in 2015. They had two children, Anna and Jason.

Lowi died on February 17, 2017 in Ithaca, New York, at the age of 85.

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Williams Street Studios is an animation company. It is owned by Cartoon Network and  Turner Broadcasting System. They create television programmes for Adult Swim. 

From 1994 to 1998 the company was called Ghost Planet Industries. Ghost Planet is the home of Space Ghost, who is a fictional character in an Adult Swim programme.

Williams Street Studios is located in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Daniel Joseph "Dan" Vickerman (4 June 1979 – 18 February 2017) was an Australian professional rugby union player. He played 63 times for the national team, the Wallabies, between 2002 and 2011. He also played for the New South Wales Waratahs and the Brumbies. He retired in 2012.

Vickerman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He moved to Australia in the 1990s. He was married and had two children.

Vickerman died on the night of 18 February 2017 in Sydney, at the age of 37. His death was said to be a suicide.

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Luigi Canepa (January 15, 1849 – May 12, 1914) was an Italian opera composer. He is best known for his 1879 opera, Riccardo III. He was born and died in Sassari, Sardinia.

Biography
His father Francesco and her mother Angela Solari, of Genoese origin, soon discovered his musical talent, addressing it to study the flute at age eight and enrolling him to 10 years at the Milan Conservatory, where he remained until autumn 1861. The 'year later was enrolled as a student for a fee at the Conservatory of Naples directed by Saverio Mercadante where he reached excellent results, only fifteen years old, he won a competition for a place in the class of counterpoint and composition.

The October 14, 1867 fled from the conservatory to fight alongside of Garibaldi in the campaign for the liberation of Rome but was wounded and taken prisoner. On November 5, he returned to the Conservatory of Naples and shortly after he moved to Milan where he continued his musical studies.

In 1871 he composed his first opera, "Davide Rizio", libretto by Enrico Costa, countryman and cousin of Canepa. The opera in three acts, based on the life of David Rizzio and Mary Stuart, was performed for the first time at the Teatro Carcano in November of the following year and then bought by the publisher Lucca, who took her on stage in many Italian cities and Barcelona.

In 1874 he composed "I Pezzenti" with libretto by Fulvio Fulgonio which was staged at La Scala in September of that year and then in several European theaters.

Canepa was establishing itself more and more, and his third opera, "Riccardo III", composed to a libretto by Fulvio Fulgonio and staged for the first time in 1879, received unanimous praise from critics and other celebrated composers, like Giuseppe Verdi and Amilcare Ponchielli.

A serious illness interrupted his career and forced him to retreat to his native city, where he devoted himself to music criticism and teaching. In 1891 he ran for municipal elections is supported by young intellectuals who had recently founded La Nuova Sardegna is the unitary list of Republicans and moderate and, elected with broad suffrage, held for years the city councilor activities.

Improving his health returned to composing but his celebrity was now gone. In this period he wrote a Mass, a funeral march for Giuseppe Garibaldi and funeral elegy for Nino Bixio, performed in Genoa arrival of his ashes.

He ended his career as a composer with the operetta tragicomic "Amsicora", composed to a libretto by Salvatore Scano and staged at the Teatro Verdi in Sassari in April 1903.

To him they are named the Conservatory of Music of Sassari, the town band, a street of the same city and the Chorale Luigi Canepa, the oldest choral institution of Sardinia.

He is buried, along with his mother and his son Aldo Canepa, in the Monumental Cemetery of Sassari.

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Ready Set Learn was a preschool block that aired on TLC from December 26, 1992, and Discovery Kids from December 26, 1992.

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From the Birmingham, Alabama jail (also known as the Jefferson County jail), where he was imprisioned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against racial segregation, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in longhand the copyrighted letter which was reproduced at this link. It was his response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South. Dr. King, who was born in 1929: did his undergraduate work at Morehouse College; attended the racially integrated Cromer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, one of six black pupils among a hundred students and the president of his class; and won a fellowship to Boston University for his Ph.D.

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The Nintendo Switch (originally called NX in development) is a video game console created by Nintendo. It is the successor of the Wii U and was first released on March 3, 2017.

The Switch is a hybrid console, which means that the player can either connect it to a television or use it by itself as a handheld gaming device. It uses controllers called Joy-Con(s), which attach to both sides of the console when it is in handheld mode. They are attached to a grip when in television mode. The user plays the games by using the Joy-Con. The Joy-Con also have HD Rumble. There is an infrared sensor on the bottom of the right Joy-Con that acts like the sensors in the Nintendo Wii. The Nintendo Switch received critical acclaim.

There are more than 1000 games that work on the Nintendo Switch, including The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Just Dance 2017, Super Mario Odyssey, Kirby Star Allies, and Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Reception 
The Switch became the fastest-selling console, outselling the Wii U in only nine months. In May 2020, it was announced that the Nintendo Switch had sold over 55 million consoles since its release. As of November 2020, the Switch is the second best-selling Nintendo home console, only behind the Wii, with over 66 million consoles sold. On 6 May 2021, Nintendo Switch sold more units than Nintendo 3DS, with 84.59 million units. However, a thing that can happen with the Joy-Con is something called joystick drift. This is when a joystick is broken, and the joystick "moves" on its own, without someone touching it. One of the main causes of this is dirt. Dirt can get into a controller (such as a Joy-Con) and get under the stick, which causes joystick drift.

Accessories 
The Nintendo Switch has several accessories. Nintendo Labo is a cardboard set of accessories for the Switch. Ring Fit Adventure includes a circular piece of rubber called a Ring-Con, and a leg strap. Similar to the Wii, the Switch also has a wheel shaped holder for the Joy-Con.

Nintendo Switch Lite 

A version called the Nintendo Switch Lite was released on September 20, 2019. It costs less and is smaller than a normal Nintendo Switch, but can not connect to a television like the normal Nintendo Switch and does not have detachable Joy-Con. Some games require an additional Joy-Con to play them.

Nintendo Switch OLED model 

A Switch version that has a 7 inch OLED display, improved speakers, a larger and more adjustable stand, 64 GB of internal storage and a dock that includes a LAN cable port was announced by Nintendo on July 6, 2021. It was released on October 8, 2021 with a price of $349.99 (£309.99).

Hardware
The LCD model of Nintendo Switch has an 1.02 GHz quad-core CPU, 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash storage. The OLED model has same CPU and amount of RAM, but with 64 GB of storage.

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The Nephrozoa (Eubilateria) are a major taxon of bilaterian animals consisting of the deuterostomes and protostomes. It is the living sister clade of the xenacoelomorphs.

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Paul Nguyěn Van Hoá (20 July 1931 – 14 February 2017) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop.

Nguyên Van Hòa became a priest in 1959. He served as of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang from 1975 to 2009.

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The four son of Horus are a group of gods who protects the dead soul. There appear as canopic jars with each a different head. The first god is Imsety, he appears with a human head, the second god is Duamutef, he appears with a jackal head, the third god is Hapi, he appears with a baboon head, the final god is Qebehsenuef, he appears with a falcon head. They are used as canopic jars.

Egyptian gods and goddesses
Norma Leah McCorvey (née Nelson; September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was an American activist. She was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. Later, McCorvey's views on abortion changed greatly because she became a Roman Catholic activist in the pro-life movement.

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Peter Skellern (14 March 1947 – 17 February 2017) was an English singer-songwriter and pianist. He was born in Bury, Lancashire. Skellern's first song to become a hit was "You're a Lady" in 1972. The record featured a choral group called the Congregation, who had already had a top ten hit with the song "Softly Whispering I Love You". and number 50 in the United States Billboard Hot 100. 

Although he only had two more hit singles in the next six years, Peter Skellern had a successful musical career, recording many albums and writing music and songs for television and films. These included theme songs for TV series such as Billy Liar (1973),  Me and My Girl (1984) and Flying Lady (1987). He later began a double act with another pianist and singer, Richard Stilgoe, and they toured the country and made three albums before Skellern retired from performing in 2001.

In October 2016, when it was known that he was going to die, he was ordained as a priest of the Church of England. He had been given special permission by the Archbishop of Canterbury because it was something he had always wanted to do. Skellern died on 17 February 2017 from a brain tumour, aged 69.

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Warren Frost (June 5, 1925 – February 17, 2017) was an American actor.

His work was mainly in the theatre, but he worked in movies and television since his career began in 1958. He was known for television roles on Matlock, The Larry Sanders Show, and Seinfeld. He was mainly known for his role as Doctor Hayward on Twin Peaks, a series co-created by his son Mark Frost.

He has also appeared in TV movies, such as Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) and The Stand (1994).

Frost died at his home in Middlebury, Vermont, on February 17, 2017, following a long illness at the age of 91.

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Jørgen Kieler (23 August 1919 – 19 February 2017) was a Danish physician. He was known for his participation in resistance activities under the Nazi German occupation of Denmark in the early 1940s during World War II. 

Together with his sister, Elsebet Kieler, he published Frit Denmark (), an illegal newspaper. 

As a member of the Holger Danske resistance group, he helped hundreds of Danish Jews to escape to Sweden and avoid extermination.

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Altamas Kabir (19 July 1948 – 19 February 2017) was an Indian lawyer and judge. He served as the 39th Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of India from 29 September 2012 through 18 July 2013. He was born and raised in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Kabir died of kidney disease in Kolkata on 19 February 2017, aged 68.

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John Roger Shankly Hynd (2 February 1942 – 18 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a centre half. 

He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before moving to the Football League. 

He played nearly 300 League games for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City. For a short time, he served as manager of Motherwell before leaving professional football to work as a PE teacher. He was the nephew of Bill Shankly.

In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame. Hynd died in February 2017, aged 75.

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Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an American historian, journalist, author, educator, filmmaker, screenwriter, documentarian, and movie critic. He was a critic for Time magazine from 1965–2010. He has also written for Life magazine and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. He worked for Truthdig until his death in 2017.

Schickel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has also taught at Yale University and University of Southern California's School of Film and Television. Schickel died on February 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, California from complication of a stroke, aged 84.

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 1989 audio interview with Richard Schickel at Wired for Books.org  by Don Swaim

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Martin Schulz (born 20 December 1955) is a German Social Democratic (SPD) politician. He was the President of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2017. From March 2017 to February 2018, he served as the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party.

Political career
Before to his Presidency of the European Parliament, he was the leader of its Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group. Elected as European Parliament President in 2012, Schulz was re-elected on 1 July 2014. On 17 January 2017, he was succeeded by Antonio Tajani of the EPP.

German chancellorship nomination
In November 2016, he announced he would not seek a third term, but instead would stand in 2017 as the SPD candidate for the German Chancellorship. In January 2017, Schultz became the official SDP candidate for the German Chancellorship. He lost the election to Angela Merkel.

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Alejandro Víctor Washington Atchugarry Bonomi (31 July 1952 – 19 February 2017) was an Uruguayan lawyer and politician.

He served as Minister of Economics and Finance during the 2002 Uruguay banking crisis. It was a widely acknowledged role in the solution of Uruguay's worst economic moment in a century.

Atchugarry died of an aneurysm in Montevideo on 19 February 2017, aged 64.

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