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Rush River, Wisconsin

Rush River is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of 2010 the population was 560.

References 

Towns in Wisconsin
St. Joseph, Wisconsin

St. Joseph is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of 2010 the population was 4,095.

References 

Towns in Wisconsin
Manfred Kaiser

Manfred "Manni" Kaiser (7 January 1929 – 15 February 2017) was a German footballer. He played as a a midfielder. He played for Wismut Gera, Wismut Aue and the East Germany national team. He was born in Zeitz.

Kaiser died on 15 February 2017 in Lindau, at the age of 88.

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1929 births
2017 deaths
East German sportspeople
German footballers
Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt
Helen Sharman

Dr. Helen Patricia Sharman OBE FRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist. She became the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1993.

She worked as a research and development technologist for GEC in London and later as a chemist for Mars Incorporated dealing with nice properties of chocolate.

Sharman was born in Grenoside, Sheffield.

References

1963 births
Living people
British chemists
Astronauts
People from Sheffield
Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre

Azerbaijan State Russian Samed Vurgun Drama Theatre (, ), is a drama theatre in Baku, Azerbaijan performing plays in the Russian language. The plays of the theatre are mainly from Russian literature, and the rest are plays from Azerbaijani and European  writers. The theatre was founded in 1937 and in 1956 was renamed after the Azerbaijani poet Samed Vurgun. The theatre show plays not just for adults, but for children too.

References

Other websites
Official website 

Theatres in Baku
1937 establishments
20th-century establishments in Azerbaijan
Saudia Flight 163

Saudia Flight 163 was a scheduled passenger flight from Karachi to Jeddah, via Riyadh. On August 19, 1980 the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar with 287 passengers and 14 crew members on-board, caught fire seven minutes after take-off. Although the plane made an emergency landing at Riyadh International Airport, all 301 people on-board died of smoke inhalation, with the aircraft later destroyed by the fire.

Aviation disasters in the 1980s
1980
20th century in Saudi Arabia
1980s in Asia
Violet Brown

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.

References

Other websites
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.

1900 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
Jamaican people
Supercentenarians
Prince William Sound

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.

References 

Geography of Alaska
Bodies of water of the United States
Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra

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.

References

1949 births
2017 deaths
Portuguese royalty
Anthony Lake

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.

References

Other websites

 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
 

1939 births
Living people
American diplomats
Converts to Judaism
Harvard University alumni
Jewish American academics
Jewish American politicians
Jewish American writers
Politicians from New York City
Princeton University alumni
United Nations officials
United States National Security Advisors
US Democratic Party politicians
Writers from New York City
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
Educators from New York City
Stuart McLean

Andrew Stuart McLean, OC (April 19, 1948 – February 15, 2017) was a Canadian radio broadcaster, humorist, monologist, and author. He was best known as the host of the CBC Radio program The Vinyl Cafe. 

He was often called as a "story-telling comic". He had written many serious stories. He was known for his voice and his ability to change his popular stories to make them different on every show.

McLean was diagnosed with melanoma in November 2015. He died on February 15, 2017 from the disease in Toronto, aged 68.

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1948 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from melanoma
Cancer deaths in Ontario
Canadian radio personalities
Canadian comedians
Writers from Quebec
Peter Simonischek

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.

References

Other websites

1946 births
Living people
Austrian movie actors
Austrian stage actors
Bruce Lansbury

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.

References

Other websites

1930 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Disease-related deaths in California
Naturalized citizens of the United States
American screenwriters
American television producers
American television writers
English screenwriters
English television writers
English television producers
Writers from London
Pete McCloskey

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.

References

1927 births
Living people
United States representatives from California
US Democratic Party politicians
1972 United States presidential candidates
Jenny Slate

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.

References

Other websites

 

1982 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Comedians from Massachusetts
American children's writers
Actors from Massachusetts
Writers from Massachusetts
People from Milton, Massachusetts
Grant Hackett

Grant George Hackett  (born 9 May 1980) is a former Australian swimmer. He is best known for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He retired after the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Hackett was born in Southport of the Gold Coast, Queensland. He was married to singer Candice Alley from 2007 to 2013. The couple have twin children, born in 2009.

References

Other websites

 
 Grant Hackett  at Sports-Reference.com

1980 births
Living people
Australian Olympic gold medalists
Australian Olympic silver medalists
Australian swimmers
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Order of Australia
Sportspeople from Queensland
Aoi festival

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.

Festivals in Asia
Kyoto
May events
7th-century establishments in Japan
Pointer aliasing (computer programming)

Pointer aliasing is where two or more pointers reference the same memory location. It can cause issues with optimizing compilers.

Computer programming
Computer science
Stećak

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
 Aromanian language

References

Bibliography
 
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
World Heritage Sites in Europe
Alderman

An alderman is a politician in local government. Together with the mayor aldermen govern municipalities, they are the local executive power.

Aldermen are usually chosen by the people of a municipality or by the municipal council.

Related pages
 Councillor
 Deputy mayor
 Ealdorman

 
Government occupations
Deputy mayor

A deputy mayor is a politician who governs the local government, together with the mayor. They can be considered as the executive local power.

Related pages 
 Alderman

 
Government occupations
Vernayaz

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

References

Other websites

 Official Website 

Municipalities of Valais
Vérossaz

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

Villages
Aussays, Bassays, La Doey and Vésenau

References

Other websites

 Official Website 

Municipalities of Valais
Šibovi (Kotor Varoš)

Šibovi  (Шибови) is a settlement in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, Kotor Varoš Municipality.

According the data on Census Year of 1991, in this poulated place leaved 671 cititens.

Population

Related pages
Kotor Varoš

References

Settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hot stick

A Hot stick is a tool used by Utility Workers (known as Linemen or Linesmen) dealing with high voltage electricity.  It is an insulated pole made usually from Fiberglass, measuring anywhere from 5ft-10ft, up to about 40ft in length.  It can have different tools attached to the end of it, making it possible to do everything from tightening bolts and nuts, through to testing voltage or removing and replacing fuses.

Hot sticks are usually used when the installation being worked on is live, or "hot".  Most electrical work on High Voltage networks is done whilst the power is still active, making equipment like this a very important piece for safety purposes.  Working "hot" saves electricity users from being disconnected while routine maintenance is taking place.

Safety
Source region

Source Region in meteorology is a region where air masses get their specific humidity and temperature. A source region could be land or water.  It is called maritime and continental air masses if the air masses sit over water and land, respectively.

References

Meteorology
Josef Augusta (ice hockey)

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.

References

1946 births
2017 deaths
Ice hockey coaches
Czech ice hockey players
Czechoslovak ice hockey players
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Disease-related deaths in the Czech Republic
Olympic silver medalists
Alexander Acosta

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.

References

Other websites
Official biography  from the Florida International University College of Law
Assistant Attorney General R. Alexander Acosta

1969 births
Living people
United States Secretaries of Labor
Lawyers from Miami, Florida
Educators from Miami, Florida
Politicians from Miami, Florida
US Republican Party politicians
Cipriano Chemello

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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1945 births
2017 deaths
Italian cyclists
Italian Olympians
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Veneto
Michael Cole (public relations)

Michael Cole is a former BBC journalist. He was their Royal Correspondent. After leaving the BBC, he worked as Director of Public affairs for Harrods. He was also spokesman for Harrod's owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

Cole began his career in newspapers. He then worked in television. He worked for the BBC from 1968 to 1988.

In 1973, the BBC sent him to Israel. His job there was to report on the Yom Kippur War.

After leaving the BBC he started to work for Harrods. He left Harrods in 1998. He left to take early retirement. He was then 55 years old. 

He is now chair of his own company. It is called Michael Cole & Company Limited. It is a public relations and broadcasting company.

He has also written for the East Anglian Daily Times newspaper. He has appeared as a panellist on Have I Got News for You.

References 

1943 births
Living people
English journalists
BBC newsreaders and journalists
Antisuppressor

Antisuppressor is a mutation with the response against suppression effects of nonsense suppression or suppression chemicals.

In 1976, Rieger, Michaelis, and Green have been stated:

See  also 
 Suppressor gene
 Gene expression
 Nonsense suppression

References 

Genetics
Gelek Rimpoche

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.

References

Other websites

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

1939 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
Deaths from surgical complications
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Tibetan Buddhist lamas
American Buddhists
People from Ann Arbor, Michigan
J. G. Hertzler

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.

References

Other websites

 

1950 births
Living people
Actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
Actors from Missouri
Actors from New York
American animal rights activists
American environmentalists
American movie actors
American political activists
American screenwriters
American television actors
American voice actors
Actors from El Paso, Texas
People from Savannah, Georgia
Politicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
Politicians from Missouri
Politicians from New York
Politicians from Texas
US Democratic Party politicians
People from Ithaca, New York
Writers from Georgia (U.S. state)
Writers from Missouri
Writers from New York
Writers from Texas
Nicole Bass

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.

References

Other websites
 
 

1964 births
2017 deaths
Actors from Queens
American movie actors
American professional wrestlers
American television actors
Cardiovascular disease deaths in New York City
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Deaths from stroke
Bodybuilders
Sportspeople from Queens
Loren Wiseman

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.

References

1951 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
Cardiovascular disease deaths in Illinois
American editors
Video game designers
People from Bloomington, Illinois
Yellowjacket

The yellowjacket (or yellow jacket) is a wasp from the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. In some English-speaking countries, they are called wasps. Most are black and yellow. Some are black and white.

Yellowjackets are sometimes confused with bees because they have rather similar colouring. Yellowjackets have a stinger with a small barb. They may sting repeatedly.

The diet of an adult yellowjacket is usually sugars and carbohydrates. They are important predators of other insects because they feed their larvae (grubs) with chewed-up insects.

They are native to North America and parts of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

References

Wasps
Jannis Kounellis

Jannis Kounellis (; 24 March 1937 – 16 February 2017) was a Greek-Italian contemporary artist. He was a painter and sculptor. He moved to Rome in 1956. He was best known for his work during the Arte Povera movement in the 1960s. He had art exhibitions in cities including Rome, London, New York City, Athens, Herning and Berlin. He was born in Piraeus.

Kounellis died on 16 February 2017 in Rome, at the age of 80.

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

References

1936 births
2017 deaths
Greek people
Italian sculptors
Italian painters
Public utility

A Public utility (often called a "utility") is an organization which manages and looks after the equipment and facilities used to provide a service. Often, they also use that equipment and facilities to provide the same service. Public utilities can be small groups based in a local community or large businesses owned by a government.

The word "utilities" can also mean the services provided by these companies. Examples are things like Gas, Water, Sewerage, Electricity, Television, and Telephone services.  Cellphone and Internet services are also being included more often in this definition.

Business
Economics
Public services
Siegfried Herrmann

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.

References

1932 births
2017 deaths
Coaches
German Olympians
German sportspeople
Male athletes
Sportspeople from Thuringia
Ban Bong River

Khlong Ban Bong is a river in the middle of Thailand. It empties into the Pa Sak River.

Rivers of Thailand
Unreachable code

Unreachable code is a section of code in a program that can never be executed. 

Having unreachable code is bad because it wastes space on the disk, memory, and CPU cache.

Luckily, many modern compilers alert the programmer with a warning or error whenever it detects unreachable code.

Example 
    void beepForever() {
      while (true) {
          System.out.println("Beep!");
      }
      System.out.println(":'(");
  }
  

In this example, ":'(" will never be printed because the loop never exits.
 
 Computer programming

References
Vijayakanth

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

Reference

Indian politicians
Pan Am Flight 759

Pan Am Flight 759 was a domestic flight from Miami to San Diego with stopovers at New Orleans and Las Vegas, the plane was operated by a Boeing 727 with 145 people on-board. On July 9, 1982 the plane as forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff, and crashed into a suburb of Kenner. All 145 peole on-board the plane along with eight more on the ground died in the crash.
Microburst

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
Michael Novak

Michael Novak (September 9, 1933 – February 17, 2017) was an American Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat. He wrote more than forty books on the philosophy and theology of culture. He was known for his book The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982). In 1994, he was awarded the Templeton Prize for  Progress in Religion. He mostly wrote books and articles about capitalism, religion, and the politics of democratization. 

Novak was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He was married to Karen Laub-Novak. He had three children.

Novak died from complications of colon cancer on February 17, 2017 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 83.

References

1933 births
2017 deaths
American diplomats
American journalists
American political writers
American philosophers
American Roman Catholics
American theologians
Cancer deaths in Washington, D.C.
Deaths from colorectal cancer
Writers from Pennsylvania
Politicians from Pennsylvania
People from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Dick Bruna

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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Dutch children's writers
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European hornet

The European hornet (Vespa crabro) is a large eusocial wasp in Europe. It is the only true hornet in North America. European hornets are usually known as pests by humans who come in contact with them.

They are known for making nests out of plant material and other fibers to create paper nests.

This species stings in response to being stepped on or grabbed. However, they usually avoid conflict. They are also defensive of their hive. They are sometimes aggressive around food sources.

European hornets eat large insects, mostly wasps and large bees.

Care should be taken, because the hornets may sting without warning. The pain from the sting may persist for a few days with swelling.

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Wasps
Börge Hellström

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 (Rihanna song)

"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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Ep Wieldraaijer

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

1927 births
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Aldermen of the Netherlands
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MEPs for the Netherlands
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Joop Gouweleeuw

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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1940 births
2017 deaths
Judoka
People from Delft
Sportspeople from South Holland
Djelloul Khatib

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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Activists
Algerian politicians
African diplomats
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Veyrier

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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Municipalities of Geneva
Cities in Switzerland
Krinau

Krinau was a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

In 2013 Krinau became a part of the municipality of Wattwil.

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Former municipalities of St. Gallen
NASCAR on Sky

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.

Sky Indycar broadcasts

Races covered by Sky

Broadcasts

NASCAR
2007 television series debuts
2012 television series endings
Lineman (technician)

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
Tom Regan

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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20th-century American philosophers
21st-century American philosophers
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American animal rights activists
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Disease-related deaths in North Carolina
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Erland Kops

Erland Kops (14 January 2017 – 17 February 2017) was a Danish badminton player. He was one of the best players of the sport. He was best known for winning eleven titles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, between 1958 and 1969. He also played 44 national matches for Denmark from 1957 to 1972. He was added to the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997. He was born in Copenhagen.

Kops died on 17 February 2017, at the age of 80.

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1937 births
2017 deaths
Badminton players
Sportspeople from Copenhagen
Motte Aldeberg

The Motte Aldeberg ist a Motte. It is called often only Alde Berg. The location is in the Helpensteiner Bachtal between the town subdivisions Arsbeck and Rödgen of Wegberg in the Heinsberg Rural District in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Is the biggest and best preserved Motte in Europe and is located between the rivers Meuse and Rhine.
Linesman (soccer)

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. 

Association football
Panarthropoda

The Panarthropoda are a clade of ecdysozoans that consist of Dinocaridida, "Lobopodia", Onychophora, and Tactopoda. Most members of this group have claws and legs, and a segmented body.

Groups of phyla
Chembarambakkam Lake

Chembarambakkam Lake is a lake located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is about 40km from Chennai. It is one of the two reservoirs from where water is taken to Chennai City for supply. The Adyar River starts at Chembarambakkam Lake. The lake can hold 3645 million cubic feet of water.

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Lakes of Tamil Nadu
Chennai district
Puzhal Lake

Puzhal Lake also known as Red Hills lake is located in  Red Hills, Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the two reservoirs from where the drinking water is drawn for Chennai city. The other reservoir is Chembarambakkam Lake. The full capacity of the lake is 3300 million cubic feet.

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Lakes of Tamil Nadu
Chennai district
Cycloneuralia

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

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Animals
Kodaikanal Lake

Kodaikanal Lake is a man-made lake in the city of Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. In 1863, Sir Vere Henry Levinge wanted to build the lake. This lake is a famous tourist spot in Kodaikanal.

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Lakes of Tamil Nadu
Luke M. Griswold

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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People from Massachusetts
Omar Abdel-Rahman

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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2017 deaths
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Deaths from diabetes
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Muslim terrorists
Ivan Koloff

Ivan Koloff (born Oreal Perras; August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was also called "The Russian Bear". He was best known for once holding the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. He wrestled between 1961 and 1994. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Koloff died from liver cancer on February 18, 2017 in Winterville, North Carolina. He was 74.

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1942 births
2017 deaths
Canadian professional wrestlers
Cancer deaths in North Carolina
Deaths from liver cancer
Sportspeople from Montreal
Lawrence F. Snowden

Lawrence Fontaine Snowden (April 14, 1921 – February 18, 2017) was an American lieutenant general. He was in the United States Marine Corps. He began serving in 1942 and retired in 1979.  He was involved in World War II, the Vietnam War and the Korean War. Commands he held include Chief of Staff, United States Forces Japan (from 1972 to 1975) and Chief of Staff, Headquarters Marine Corps (from 1977 to 1979). He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Snowden died on February 18, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida. He was 95.

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American generals
American military personnel of the Korean War
American military personnel of the Vietnam War
American military personnel of World War II
Military people from Virginia
United States Marine Corps personnel
People from Charlottesville, Virginia
Pyruvic acid

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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Cellular respiration
Metabolism
Pasquale Squitieri

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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1938 births
2017 deaths
Italian movie directors
People from Naples
Clyde Stubblefield

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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2017 deaths
African American musicians
American funk musicians
American drummers
Deaths from renal failure
Disease-related deaths in Wisconsin
Musicians from Wisconsin
People from Chattanooga, Tennessee
People from Madison, Wisconsin
Alan Aldridge

Alan Aldridge (1 June 1943 – 17 February 2017) was a British artist, graphic designer and illustrator. He was well known for his art works for musicians and bands such as The Who, The Beatles and Elton John. He also drew the cover art for the science fiction novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966) by Harry Harrison. 

Aldridge was born in London. He had eight children, including Lily Aldridge.

Aldridge lived in Los Angeles, California, United States. He died on 17 February 2017, at the age of 73.

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1943 births
2017 deaths
Artists from London
British illustrators