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Winterthur

Winterthur (; ; Latin language: Vitudurum, locally often called: Winti) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It is the sixth-largest city in Switzerland. About 138,000 people lived there in 2015.

Economy
Sulzer AG, Swiss industrial engineering, is headquartered in Winterthur.

Twin towns – sister cities
Winterthur is twinned with:
  Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
  La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
  Pilsen, Czech Republic
  Hall in Tirol, Austria

Gallery

References

Other websites

  Official Webpage of Winterthur 
  Official Webpage Economic Development Region of Winterthur
  Tourismusbüro Winterthur
  Musikkollegium Winterthur
  Homepage of Winterthur's city Orchestra
 Official Webpage Open Doors
Zell, Zürich

Zell is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is in the upper Töss Valley.

Villages
Garten, Kollbrunn, Lettenberg, Rämismühle, Rikon, Schoren, Zell, Oberlangenhard and Unterlangenhard

Gallery

References

Other websites

 Official website of Zell 

Municipalities of Zürich
Rikon im Tösstal

Rikon is a village in the municipality of Zell in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Villages in Zürich
Kollbrunn

Kollbrunn is a village in the municipality of Zell in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Villages in Zürich
Zollikon

Zollikon is a municipality in the district Meilen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

References

Other websites

 Official Website 

Cities in Switzerland
Municipalities of Zürich
Zollikerberg

Zollikerberg is a village in the municipality of Zollikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Villages in Zürich
Zumikon

Zumikon is a municipality of the district of Meilen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is in the Pfannenstiel region.

References

Other websites

 Official website of Zumikon 

Municipalities of Zürich
Aussersihl

Aussersihl is a quarter in district 4 of the Swiss city of Zürich. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. It was then incorporated into Zürich.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Enge

Enge is a quarter in district 2 in the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. It was then incorporated into Zürich.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Hirslanden

Hirslanden is a quarter in district 7 in the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. It was then incorporated into Zürich.

It is located on the western side of the Adlisberg.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Fluntern

Fluntern is a quarter in district 7 in the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. It was then incorporated into Zürich.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Duque de Caxias

Duque de Caxias is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro of southeastern Brazil. About 900,000 people live there. It has an area of .

Cities in Rio de Janeiro (state)
Zell

Zell may refer to the following:

Places
There are several places named "Zell", mainly in German-speaking countries.

Austria
Zell am See, in Salzburg state
Zell am Ziller, in Tyrol
Zell, Carinthia, in Carinthia
in Upper Austria:
Bad Zell
Zell am Moos
Zell an der Pram
Zell am Pettenfirst

Germany
Zell im Fichtelgebirge in the district of Hof, Bavaria, formerly Zell, Upper Franconia
Zell am Harmersbach, in Baden-Württemberg
Zell unter Aichelberg, in Baden-Württemberg
Zell was the former name of St. Ulrich im Schwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg
Zell im Wiesental, in Baden-Württemberg
Zell am Main, in the district of Würzburg, Bavaria
Zell, Upper Palatinate, in the district of Cham, Bavaria
Zell (Mosel), in Rhineland-Palatinate
Zell, an Ortsteil of Bad König

Italy
 loc. Zell di Cognola, locality in the city of Trento

Switzerland
Zell, Lucerne
Zell, Zurich

United States
 Zell, Missouri

People
Christian Zell, German harpsichord maker of the 18th century
Matthäus Zell, Lutheran theologian and reformer
Sam Zell, American business person
Zell Miller, American politician

Other
ZELL, ZEL, ZLL, or ZLTO, Zero Length Launch System for aircraft
Kópavogur

Kópavogur is a city in southwest Iceland. As of 2015, 33,205 people lived there. The mayor of Kópavogur is 
Ármann Kristinn Ólafsson.

Other websites

 Official Website 

Cities in Iceland
Municipalities of Iceland
1948 establishments in Europe
1940s establishments in Iceland
Wolfsberg, Carinthia

Wolfsberg () is a town in the state of Carinthia, Austria. It is the capital of the Wolfsberg District. About 30,000 people lived there in 2016.

References

Other websites

 Official Website 

Settlements in Carinthia (state)
Amherst, Ohio

Amherst () is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. According to the 2010 census, 12,021 people lived there. Amherst is located  south of Lake Erie.
According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of .  (or 99.16%) is land and  (or 0.84%) is water.

References 

Cities in Ohio
Graveley, Cambridgeshire

Graveley is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom.

References

Other websites

 Village website  

Villages in Cambridgeshire
Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire
Bourbach-le-Bas

Bourbach-le-Bas is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Brian Street

Brian Vincent Street (24 October 1943 – 21 June 2017) was an British professor of language education at King's College London and visiting professor at the Graduate School of Education in University of Pennsylvania. During his career, he mainly worked on literacy in both theoretical and applied perspectives. He was perhaps best known for his book Literacy in Theory and Practice (1984).

Street died on 21 June 2017 in Hove, England, aged 73.

References

1943 births
2017 deaths
British educators
Writers from Sussex
Claude Fagedet

Claude Fagedet (30 March 1928 – 26 June 2017) was a French photographer. He took many photographs of Occitanie, including his birthplace of Narbonne and the chalets in Gruissan. He also took photographs on his many trips abroad. 

Fagedet was awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France.

Fagedet died in Narbonne, France on 26 June 2017, aged 89.

References

1928 births
2017 deaths
Photographers
French artists
Better Talk Now

{{Infobox named horse
| horsename = Better Talk Now
| image = 
| caption = 
| sire = Talkin Man
| grandsire = With Approval
| dam = Bendita
| damsire =  Baldski
| sex = Gelding
| foaled = 
| country = United States 
| colour = Dark Bay
| breeder = Wimborne Farm, Inc.
| owner = Bushwood Racing Partners LLC
| trainer = H. Graham Motion
| record = 51: 14-8-5 
| earnings =  $4,356,664
| race =   Knickerbocker Handicap (2003)Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap (2004)Fort Marcy Handicap (2005)United Nations Handicap (2005)Man o' War Stakes (2005)Dixie Stakes (2006)Sky Classic Stakes (2006)Manhattan Handicap (2007)

Breeders' Cup wins:Breeders' Cup Turf (2004)
| awards= 
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|death_date=}}Better Talk Now''' (February 25, 1999 – June 27, 2017) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2004. His racing career stretched over nine seasons, during which he won 14 races from 51 starts with earnings of over $4.3 million.

In 2017, he underwent colic surgery at New Bolton on June and then underwent a second surgery June 15. He was euthanized late June 27 at New Bolton Center, part of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, due to complications from the colic surgery.

References

1999 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from surgical complications
Deaths by euthanasia
Thoroughbred racehorses
Toytown (horse)

Toytown (1992 – 27 June 2017) was a retired British event horse owned and formerly ridden by Zara Phillips.

Toytown was a chestnut gelding born in 1992, standing at 17hh and with particularly distinctive markings including a white blaze and white spots. Toytown and Phillips competed together at the highest level of the sport until the horse's retirement in 2011, after accruing 1,421 British Eventing points in his career.

References

1992 births
2017 deaths
Racehorses
Individual animals
Maurice Hinchey

Maurice Dunlea Hinchey (October 27, 1938 – November 22, 2017) was an American politician. He was a former U.S. Representative from New York. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He retired at the end of his term in January 2013 after twenty years in Congress.

Career
A New York City native who moved to the Hudson Valley where he attended high school and  college, Hinchey had previously represented part of the area in the New York State Assembly since 1974. 

As chair of that body's Environmental Conservation Committee, he took the lead in bringing environmental issues to the fore, particularly when he held hearings on the problems created by toxic waste disposal in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls. In his later years in Congress he vehemently opposed hydraulic fracturing to exploit the natural gas resources of the Marcellus Shale. 

Throughout his career he was considered a political progressive for his liberal stands on other issues.

Health
On April 22, 2011, Hinchey's office announced that he was being treated for a curable form of colon cancer. His doctors said that they expect a full recovery. 

Shortly after being treated for the colon cancer, Hinchey began experiencing symptoms of frontotemporal dementia, a diagnosis that his family did not make public until 2017. He died from the disease on November 22, 2017 at his home in Saugerties, New York at the age of 79.

References

Other websites
 

1938 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from frontotemporal dementia
Disease-related deaths in New York
Cancer survivors
American progressives
United States representatives from New York
US Democratic Party politicians
Politicians from New York City
John Higgins (footballer)

John Wilson Higgins (27 January 1930 – June 28, 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a defender. He was born in Kilmarnock.

Career
Higgins began his football career with Edinburgh club Hibernian. He played for Hibs in the 1955–56 European Cup, as part of the first British club to enter European competition. Higgins then played for St Mirren for two seasons between 1957 and 1959. He was part of the St Mirren squad when they won the 1958–59 Scottish Cup, but he missed the final after contracting a viral infection. Higgins then played in the Football League for Swindon Town between 1959 and 1961.

Death
Higgins died in crossgate nursing home on 28 June 2017, aged 87, after battling Alzheimer's disease.

References

Other websites
John Higgins, Neil Brown
Fitbastats.com

1930 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Scottish footballers
Eric Lindros

Eric Bryan Lindros ( born February 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. He refused to play for the Nordiques and was eventually traded to the Philadelphia Flyers.

During his Ontario Hockey League career, Lindros' team won the Memorial Cup in 1990. Lindros received the Red Tilson Trophy as the Most Outstanding Player in the OHL. He was also named the CHL Player of the Year. In 2016 he was added to the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2017 Lindros was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

International play

Played for Canada in:
1990 World Junior Championships (gold medal)
1991 World Junior Championships (gold medal)
1991 Canada Cup (championship)
1992 World Junior Championships
1992 Winter Olympics (silver medal)
1993 World Championships
1996 World Cup of Hockey
1998 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics (gold medal)

References

1973 births
Living people
Dallas Stars players
Hart Memorial Trophy winners
Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Ice hockey people from Ontario
New York Rangers players
Philadelphia Flyers players
Toronto Maple Leafs players
Canadian Olympic gold medalists
Canadian Olympic silver medalists
Ontario Hockey League players
Memorial Cup winners
Ice hockey centres
Iveco Daily

The Iveco Daily is a series of vans and minibuses produced by Iveco in six generations since 1978.

Gallery 

Front wheel drive vehicles
Buses
Vans
Arrondissements of the Doubs department

There are 3 arrondissements in the Doubs department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs).  The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

The arrondissements are further divided into cantons and communes.

The arrondissements of the Doubs department are:

History
Since its creation, the Doubs department has had few changes:
 1790 : six districts: Besançon, Baume-les-Dames, Saint-Hippolyte, Pontarlier, Quingey and Ornans; Besançon was the capital.
 1800 : the six districts were changed into four arrondissements: Besançon, Baume-les-Dames, Pontarlier and Saint-Hippolyte.
 1816 : the subprefecture of Saint-Hippolyte is moved to Montbéliard.
 1926 : the arrondissement of Baume-les-Dames was eliminated.

Related pages
 List of arrondissements of France

References
Lamar Hunt Jr.

Lamar Hunt Jr. (born October 20, 1956) is owner of a North American ECHL professional hockey team. He purchased sole ownership of the Missouri Mavericks in January 2015. He later changed their name to the Kansas City Mavericks in June 2017. Team ownership is part of his family legacy as he is also the son of Lamar Hunt, who founded the American Football League and the Kansas City Chiefs NFL team. Recently Forbes named the Hunt family #16 on Americans richest families list, worth $13.7 Billion dollars.

Hunt graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1979. Then he played flute for the Kansas City Symphony for nine seasons. Today he serves on the board of the Kansas City Symphony.

As a founder of Loretto Companies, Lamar Hunt Jr. has distinct ventures in real estate, sports, and his charitable giving. Under Loretto Commercial, Hunt Jr. works to develop commercial projects that thrive and are sustainable in order to add to the quality of life in Kansas City. The Loretto Foundation helps to build strong families and encourage spiritual growth by focusing on Catholic schools and charities in the Kansas City area. Loretto Sports Ventures is closely tied to hockey with his overall goal of growing the youth game of ice hockey by bringing the highest level of youth hockey to the Kansas City metro.

References

Other websites 
 Kansas City Mavericks Bio
 Loretto Companies

1956 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Dallas, Texas
Ice hockey people
Broye-Vully (district)

Broye-Vully District () is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The capital is the town of Payerne.

Municipalities

2008 establishments in Switzerland
Districts of Vaud
Super Mario Odyssey

Super Mario Odyssey is a Nintendo Switch 3D platform video game released on October 27, 2017. It is a part of the Super Mario series. It received a lot of positive ratings, being one of the highest rated games of all time. It sold 20 million copies as of December 31, 2020.

Story 
Bowser and the Broodals, a group of rabbits, kidnap Princess Peach and Tiara, and take them to Bowser's airship. Mario comes to rescue Peach, but he fails, being launched towards the Cap Kingdom. However, his hat stayed on the ship, and Bowser steps on it, and it flew to the back of the ship and it ripped. 

But a hat named Cappy grabs a piece, and he flies to Mario to team up with him. Cappy uses the piece to look like Mario's old cap. The two go and collect Power Moons, and in the Cascade Kingdom, they find a ship, named Odyssey, making it work with Power Moons. The two climb aboard and chase Bowser, as they travel to various kingdoms. They fight bosses along the way and collect Power Moons to reach more areas. 

They meet up with Bowser on The Moon in a cathedral, and Mario fights with him. Mario wins, but the battlefield breaks. Mario "captures" Bowser, using Cappy, allowing Mario to take over Bowser. Peach and Tiara jump on Bowser's shoulder, and escape the cavern. Bowser goes to propose to Peach again, and so does Mario. Peach rejects them both and gets on the Odyssey with Tiara and Cappy. Mario rushes to the Odyssey in time, leaving Bowser on the Moon.

Awards

References

3D platform games
Mario platform games
2017 video games
Nintendo Switch games
Gros-de-Vaud (district)

Gros-de-Vaud District () is a district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The capital is the town of Echallens.

2008 establishments in Switzerland
Districts of Vaud
Bondo, Switzerland

Bondo () is a former municipality of the district Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Bregaglia.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Hottingen (Zürich)

Hottingen is a quarter in district 7 in Zürich. Until 1893 it was municipality on its own. It was then incorporated into Zürich.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Appeal to nature

An appeal to nature is an argument that says a thing is good because it is 'natural', or bad because it is 'unnatural'. It can be a bad argument for two reasons. First, not everyone agrees on what is "natural" or "unnatural". For example, eating meat is natural to some people and unnatural to others. Second, even if something is clearly natural or unnatural, that alone does not mean that the thing is good or bad. For example, many "natural" plants and animals are poisonous, but unnatural things like medicine and vaccines can be helpful against diseases.

Examples
Some popular examples of the appeal to nature can be found on labels and advertisements for food, clothing, and health products. Labels may use the phrase "all-natural", to suggest that products are environmentally friendly and/or safe. However, a "natural" product may not be safe, environmentally friendly, or effective.

References

Philosophy
Martin Schumacher

Martin Schumacher (born June 28, 1950)  is a German statistician.

Life and work

Martin Schumacher graduated from the University of Dortmund in mathematics and statistics in 1974. He stayed in Dortmund and earned his PhD in 1977. Between 1975 and 1979 and 1983 and 1986 he worked for Siegfried Schach. In between, he spent the years 1979-1983 at the University of Heidelberg and worked for Herbert Immich. There he became a professor in 1982, working on the analysis of survival time. In 1984 he worked as a guest professor at the University of Washington in Seattle (USA). After returning to Dortmund he was offered a position at the University Medical Center Freiburg. He became the head of an institute from April 1986 until his retirement in May 2017.

A focus of Martin Schumacher was the training and mentorship of young researchers. The book "Methodik Klinischer Studien" (Methodology of Clinical Trials) by Schumacher and Schulgen is the first book on this topic in German and the standard textbook in Germany.

Martin Schumacher is the author or co-author of over 250 scientific publications. He helped more than 20 people to get their PhD.

Publications 

 Methodik klinischer Studien: Methodische Grundlagen der Planung, Durchführung und Auswertung. Martin Schumacher, Gabi Schulgen, Springer 2008.
 Competing Risks and Multistate Models with R. Jan Beyersmann, Arthur Allignol, Martin Schumacher, Springer 2012.

Honors

 Bradford Hill Memorial Lecture (2012) 
 Honorary member of the German Chapter of the International Biometrical Society (2014) 
 Honorary member of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (2015) 
 Honorary Life Member of the International Biometric Society (2018)

References

Other websites
 Institute webpage
 Martin Schumacher on the Mathematics Genealogy Project

1950 births
German mathematicians
Living people
Statisticians
Wickliffe, Ohio

Wickliffe is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,750 at the 2010 census.

Cities in Ohio
Medina County, Texas

Medina County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 46,006 people lived there. The county seat is Hondo.

Texas counties
Bendern

Bendern is a village of Liechtenstein. It is in the municipality of Gamprin.

Other websites

Villages in Liechtenstein
Malbun

Malbun is a ski-resort village in the eastern exclave of the municipality of Triesenberg, in Liechtenstein.

Gallery 

Villages in Liechtenstein
Ski areas and resorts
Rottweil

Rottweil () is the oldest town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has nearly 25,000 inhabitants as of 2015.

The Rottweiler dog breed is named after this town.

In 2015, the company ThyssenKrupp started to build a 807-foot (246 m) tower for $45 million in Rottweil. The tower was completed in 2017. It was the tallest elevator test tower in the world when it was finished.

Twin towns – sister cities
Rottweil is twinned with:
 L'Aquila, Italy
 Brugg, Switzerland
 Hyères, France
 Imst, Austria

References

Other websites
Bourbach-le-Haut

Bourbach-le-Haut is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Aalsmeer

Aalsmeer is a municipality in North Holland in the Netherlands. In 2019, 31,728 people lived there.

Aalsmeer bloemenmarkt is a place that sells, auctions, and delivers flowers. The most popular type of flower is the Dutch national flower, the tulip.

Other websites

Settlements in North Holland
Municipalities of North Holland
Rossenges

Rossenges is a municipality of the district of Broye-Vully of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Other websites

 Official website of Rossenges 

Municipalities of Vaud
Bouxwiller, Haut-Rhin

Bouxwiller is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Optare Solo

The Optare Solo is a low-floor single decker bus made by Optare in 2 generations since 1978 and it has different lengths.

Slimline
A narrow version called the "Slimline" was launched in 2004

SE
A short version called the "SE" was launched in 2006

SE
An Electric version called the "EV" was launched in 2009

SR
A second generation version called the "SR" was launched in 2007 and replaced the first generation Solo

Hybrid
A First and Second diesel-electric hybrid Solo was also launched.

Gallery 

Buses
Optare MetroRider

The Optare MetroRider is a step-entrance midibus that was built by Optare between 1989 and 2000.

Electric version
An electric version of the MetroRider was produced in 1993.

Natural gas version

A natural gas version was also produced in 1995 and it was powered by a Compressed natural gas engine.

Related pages 
 List of bus models

References

Buses
Midibus

A midibus is a minibus which is larger than a minibus but smaller than a single decker bus. The midibus is most common in the United Kingdom. Bus companies have found them more economical.

Models

Autosan Sancity 9 LE
Autosan Sancity 10LF - (Low floor integral)
Albion Nimbus - from 1955–65
Bedford VAS - From 1961-87
Bedford JJL - an early unsuccessful attempt at a purpose built midibus 1975-81
Bristol SU - 1960-6
Chance Coach/Optima Opus
Daewoo BS090 Royal-Midi
Dennis Domino
Dennis Dart (chassis)
Dennis/Transbus/Alexander Dennis Dart SLF (chassis)
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart - also manufactured and marketed in North America by New Flyer Industries as the New Flyer MiDi
ElDorado EZ Rider II MAX/BRT
FAP A-402
Grande West Vicinity
Hino Melpha
Hino Rainbow
Heuliez GX117
Heuliez GX127
Hyundai Aero Town
Hyundai Global 900
Hyundai GreenCity
Ikarus 405
Ikarus E91
Ikarbus ik-107
Irisbus Citelis 10
Isuzu Erga Mio
Isuzu Gala Mio
Isuzu Journey-K
Isuzu Novo
Isuzu Turquoise
Kravtex Credo EN9,5
Leyland Swift
MAN 10.xxx HOCL/MAN 11.xxx HOCL (chassis)
MAN 12.xxx HOCL/MAN 12.xxx HOCL-NL (chassis)
MAN 13.xxx HOCL (chassis)
MAN 14.xxx HOCL/MAN 14.xxx HOCL-NL (chassis)
MAN Lion's City M
MAZ-206
MAZ-256
MCW Metrorider
Marshall Minibus
Mercedes-Benz O520 Cito
Mercedes-Benz O530K (Citaro K)
Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Midi MJ/MK/Aero Midi-S
New Flyer Industries D30LF / 35LF
Neoplan Centroliner
Nissan Diesel Space Runner JP
Nissan Diesel Space Runner RM
Nissan Diesel RB80 (chassis)
Optare Excel
Optare MetroRider
Optare Solo
Optare Solo SR
Optare Versa
Otokar Navigo/Sultan
PAZ-3237
PAZ-4230
Scania OmniTown
SOR CN 8.5
Temsa Prestij
VDL SB120
VDL SB180
 Volkswagen Volksbus
Volvo B6/B6LE (chassis)
Volvo B6BLE (chassis)
Wright StreetLite
Ashok Leyland Jan Bus Midi

Related pages

 List of bus models

Buses
Alexander Dennis Enviro200

The Alexander Dennis Enviro200 (previously known as TransBus Enviro200) is a single decker low-floor midibus. It was built by Alexander Dennis in three generations starting in 2003. The bus was first built by TransBus International until the company was sold to Alexander Dennis.

First generation (2003–2007)
The first generation  TransBus Enviro200 was launched in 2003.

Second generation (2006–2015)
The second generation Enviro200 was launched in August 2006.

Third generation (2015–present)
The third generation Enviro200, known as the Enviro200 MMC (short for Major Model Change), was launched in May 2015.

Gallery 

Buses
Norro Wilson

Norris Wilson (April 4, 1938 – June 8, 2017) was an American country music singer-songwriter, producer, and member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Wilson wrote or co-wrote numerous hit songs during more than 40 years in the industry, including songs for David Houston, Jean Shepard, Charlie Rich, Charley Pride, George Jones, and Tammy Wynette, among many others. He also produced or co-produced songs for dozens of artists, including Joe Stampley, Margo Smith, Sara Evans, Kenny Chesney, and Shania Twain.

Earlier in his career, Wilson also charted ten singles on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs chart. The biggest of his three Top 40 hits was "Do It to Someone You Love," which reached No. 20 in 1970.

He died on June 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee from heart failure, aged 79.

References

Grammy Award winners
1938 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
Country musicians from Kentucky
American singer-songwriters
Singers from Kentucky
Writers from Kentucky
Betty Metcalf

Elizabeth Metcalf (August 28, 1921 – June 23, 2017) was an American optometrist and former politician in the state of Florida. Metcalf was born in New Jersey and moved to Florida 1962. She served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1982 to 1988 for district 114. She is a member of the Democratic Party. 

Metcalf died on 23 June 2017 from vascular dementia in Miami, Florida, aged 95.

References

1921 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from vascular dementia
Disease-related deaths in Florida
Politicians from New Jersey
Politicians from Florida
Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al Rajhi (Arabic سليمان بن عبد العزيز الراجحي, born 1924) is a Saudi Arabian business figure and billionaire. As of 2011, his wealth was estimated by Forbes to be $7.7 billion, making him the 120th richest person in the world.

He received the 2012 King Faisal International Prize for dedicating half his fortune to charity, starting an Islamic bank, supporting charity work and implementing effective national projects.

References

Other websites
 Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi 
 Profile: Sulaiman Abdul Aziz al-Rajhi 
 Sulaiman Al Rajhi University

1924 births
Living people
Saudi Arabian businesspeople
Billionaires
Alexander Dennis Enviro400

The Alexander Dennis Enviro400 is a double-decker low-floor bus built by Alexander Dennis. There have been three generations since 2005.

First generation (2005–2010)

The Enviro400 was built in 2005, The chassis could be built on the East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne, Optare Olympus and Scania N-series (N230UD and N280UD) bodies.

One Enviro400 was built on the Volvo B7TL chassis before Volvo B7TL was replaced by the Volvo B9TL, on which more examples of the Enviro400 were bodied.

Second generation (2008–2018)
The second generation Enviro400 was launched in 2008. It had white LED daytime running lights underneath the headlights at the front, new front bumpers and  the emergency exit door was in a different place.

Third generation (2014–present)
The third generation Enviro400 (known as the Enviro400 MMC) was launched in May 2014.

It had new front and rear lights, new front and rear bumpers, new windscreen and a new interior.

E400H
A diesel-electric hybrid version, called the Enviro400H, was launched in October 2015.

E400H City
A hybrid version, called the Enviro400H City, was launched in October 2015. It is aimed at the London market, and is visually similar to the New Routemaster and Enviro200 MMC. The Enviro400H City is only sold as a hybrid in London to compete with the New Routemaster.

References

Buses
Vinod Chohan

Vinod Chandrasinh Chohan (1 May 1949 – 12 June 2017)  was a Tanzanian-born accelerator specialist and engineer. He was a Senior Staff Member at CERN for nearly 40 years.

He held a leading position at CERN's Antiproton Accumulator, a machine that was part of the infrastructure connected to the UA1 and UA2 experiments, where the W and Z bosons where discovered in 1983. Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer received the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery. Chohan worked closely with the latter on the Antiproton Accumulator.

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Montbéliard

Montbéliard is a French commune. It is in the north of the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about  from the border with Switzerland and is a subprefecture in the department. It is also the capital of the arrrondissement of Montbéliard.

Montbéliard is the second commune of the department by its population, after Besançon, prefecture of the department.

Geography
The city of Montbéliard is in the northeast of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, in the northern part of the Doubs department.

The commune of Montbéliard has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

Two rivers flow through the commune:
 the Allaine river that is a right tributary of the Doubs river; and
 the Lizaine, a tributary of the Allaine.

The confluence of the two rivers is in the city of Montbéliard.

The city of Montbéliard is surrounded by the communes:

Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for Montbéliard is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype Cfb.

Population
The inhabitants of Montbéliard are known, in French, as Montbéliardais (women: Montbéliardaises).

With a population of 25,521, Montbéliard has a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Evolution of the population in Montbéliard

Administration 
Montbéliard is a subprefecture of the Doubs department, the capital of the arrondissement of Montbéliard and the administrative centre () of the canton Montbéliard formed by 4 communes, including Montbéliard, with 30,173 inhabitants (2014).

It is part of the intercommunality Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération.

Twinned and partner towns 
Montbéliard is twinned with:

  Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
  Ludwigsburg, Germany

Places of interest
Some interesting places in Montbéliard are:
 The Château de Montbéliard, the castle of the Dukes of Württemberg.
 Saint-Martin Protestant Temple.
 The Saint-Maimbœuf church.

Gallery

Related pages
 Arrondissement of Montbéliard
 Communes of the Doubs department

References

Other websites

 Ville de Montbéliard official website 
 Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération website 

Subprefectures in France
Communes in Doubs
Jack Ong

Jack Ong (November 6, 1940 – June 13, 2017) was an American actor, writer, activist and marketing professional. He was born in Mesa, Arizona. He was known for his roles in Next (2007) and Akeelah the Bee (2005). He also appeared in Cold Case, ER, Friends, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The Bernie Mac Show, Still Standing, Dharma & Greg, Touched by an Angel, V.I.P., Chicago Hope, The Simpsons and Beverly Hills, 90210.

Ong died from complications of brain cancer in California on June 13, 2017 at the age of 76.

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 HaingNgorFoundation.org

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Peter L. Berger

Peter Ludwig Berger (March 17, 1929 – June 27, 2017) was an Austrian-born American sociologist. He was known for his work in the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, study of modernization, and theoretical work to sociological theory. 

Berger was best known for his book, co-authored with Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (New York, 1966), which is thought to be one of the most influential texts in the sociology of knowledge, and played a central role in the development of social constructionism.

Career
In addition to this book, some of the other books that Berger has written include: Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective (1963); A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural (1969); and The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Social Theory of Religion (1967). 

Berger has spent most of his career teaching at The New School for Social Research, Rutgers University, and Boston University. Before retiring, Berger had been at Boston University since 1981 and was the director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture.

More reading
 Hein, David. "Christianity and Honor." The Living Church, August 18, 2013, pp. 8–10. [analysis and application of Berger's "On the Obsolescence of the Concept of Honor" (1970)]
 James D. Hunter, Stephen C. Ainley. Making Sense of Modern Times: Peter L. Berger and the Vision of Interpretive Sociology
 Robert Wuthnow. Cultural Analysis: The Work of Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jurgen Habermas

References

Other websites

 Peter Berger's blog
 

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Cochlear implant

A cochlear implant (CI) is an electronic device that is inserted by surgery into a part of the ear called cochlea. Persons who are having difficulty in hearing or are completely deaf use the device to help them hear better. Not all parts of the cochlear implants are inside the ear. They have a microphone and some electronics that are usually placed behind the ear. These electronics send signals to the device implanted in the ear to make hearing possible.

Most cochlear implants have the following parts. They are divided into external parts which can be seen outside and internal parts which are implanted:

External

 one or more microphones that pick up sound from the environment
 a speech processor which separates sounds from noise
 a transmitter that sends power and the processed sound signals across the skin to the internal device by electromagnetic induction,

Internal

 a receiver/stimulator, which receives signals from the speech processor and turns them into electric impulses.
 an electrode inserted in the cochlea

Implanting the device requires proper care and skill. The person on which the device will be implanted will be anesthetized. There are risks, a person may experience mastoiditis or otitis media, the facial nerve or chorda tympani maybe damaged and the implanted device could shift. Wound infections may also occur. After the implant, people may become dizzy and have problems balancing for a few months.

The total cost of a cochlear implant in the United States was about $100,000 in 2017. Health insurance sometimes pays for all or part of the cost of cochlear implants. The national health insurance schemes in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Spain, and Israel pay fully for the costs of cochlear implants. The Ministry of Health in New Zealand pays the for the new cochlear implant depending on the cause of deafness.

Bionics
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Mali national football team

The Mali national football team (French: Équipe du Mali de football) is the national association football team of Mali.

The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but they have participated in the Africa Cup of Nations 10 times.

The Malian team was suspended by FIFA on 17 March 2017.

References

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Tout sur le football Malien
Mali  at FIFA.com
Mali Football

African national football teams
Order of the Federal Republic

Nigerian National Honours are decorations awarded to Nigerians and friends of Nigeria every year. They were instituted by the National Honors Act No. 5 of 1964, during the First Nigerian Republic, to honour Nigerians who have made the nation better.

Honours 
The Nigerian National Honours from the most important to the least important are:

 Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR)
 Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON)
 Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR)
 Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON)
 Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR)
 Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)
 Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR)
 Member of the Order of the Niger (MON)

The GCFR and GCON are usually awarded to former occupants of the office of President of Nigeria and Vice President respectively of including former military heads of state of Nigeria and Chiefs of General Staff. The GCON is also usually awarded in honor to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the President of the Nigerian Senate during their first year in office, while the CON is customarily bestowed on Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Other websites
 Nigeria National Merit Award - Presidency of Nigeria. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
 Worlds awards
 "Nigeria: National Honours Awards 2010 and 2011," Economic Confidential. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

Orders, decorations, and medals
Nigerian culture
Federal subjects of Russia

The subjects of the Russian Federation (Russian: субъекты Российской Федерации subekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) are the main administrative divisions in Russia. Since 18 March 2014, Russia is made up of 85 federal subjects. They are grouped into eight Federal Districts.

The federal subjects are divided into oblasts, republics, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities and autonomous oblasts. Republics are generally independent, each having its own constitution and legislature. They are meant to be home to a certain ethnic minority. The republics can also set their own official language.

Types

Each federal subject belongs to one of the following types:

List

a.  The largest city is also listed when it is different from the capital/administrative center.

b.  According to Article 13 of the Charter of Leningrad Oblast, the governing bodies of the oblast are located in the city of St. Petersburg. However, St. Petersburg is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast.

c.  According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the governing bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast.

d.  Not recognized internationally as a part of Russia.

e.  In February 2000, the former code of 20 for the Chechen Republic was cancelled and replaced with code 95. License plate production was suspended due to the Chechen Wars, causing numerous issues, which in turn forced the region to use a new code.

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Anthony Young (baseball)

Anthony Wayne Young (January 19, 1966 – June 27, 2017) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. He was best known for having lost 27 consecutive games in which he had a decision, setting an MLB record.

Young died in Houston, Texas from brain cancer on June 27, 2017, aged 51.

References

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 BaseballLibrary.com

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Ana Brnabić

Ana Brnabić (; born 28 September 1975) is a Serbian politician. She has been the Prime Minister of Serbia since 29 June 2017. She became the first woman and first openly gay person to hold the office. 

She was previously the Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government of Serbia from 11 August 2016 until 29 June 2017, under Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić and Acting Prime Minister Ivica Dačić.  

After Vučić was inaugurated as the President of Serbia on 31 May 2017, he proposed Brnabić as his successor in June. Her government was voted into office on 29 June 2017 by a majority of 157 out of 250 Members of the National Assembly of Serbia. 

Brnabić is the fifth openly LGBT head of government in Europe and the world (following Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Elio Di Rupo, Xavier Bettel and Leo Varadkar), the first openly LGBT head of government in Eastern Europe and the second female LGBT head of government overall.

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Xavier Bettel

Xavier Bettel (born 3 March 1973) is a Luxembourgian politician and lawyer. He is the 24th Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 4 December 2013 after replacing Jean-Claude Juncker. He has served as Mayor of Luxembourg City, member of the Chamber of Deputies and member of the Luxembourg City communal council. Bettel is a member of the Democratic Party.

Bettel is openly gay. He is one of three openly gay world leaders in office, the others being Leo Varadkar, the prime minister of Ireland; and Ana Brnabić, the Prime Minister of Serbia.

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Wally O'Connell

Wally O'Connell OAM (6 April 1923 – 28 June 2017) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He was a five-eighth for the Australian national team. He played in ten Tests between 1948 and 1951 as captain on one occasion. Wally's younger brother Barry also played first grade football for Easts and Manly. He was born in Paddington, New South Wales.

O'Connell died on 28 June 2017 at the age of 94.

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John Monckton

John James Monckton (28 October 1937 – 29 June 2017) was an Australian backstroke swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 100-metre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.  Although he set multiple world records, he never won an Olympic gold medal. He was born in Armidale, New South Wales.

Monckton was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1999.

Monckton died in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales on 29 June 2017 at the age of 79.

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Louis Nicollin

Louis Nicollin (29 June 1943 – 29 June 2017) was a French entrepreneur and director of the Nicollin Company, which specializes in the collection and reprocessing of household and industrial waste. Nicollin notably served as chairman of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, a football team, from 1974 to his death. He was born in Valence, France.

Nicollin was known in the world of French football for his explosive temperament, which caused many verbal blunders and outbursts.

Nicollin died on his 74th birthday on 29 June 2017 of a heart attack in Nîmes, France.

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Fibroin

Fibroin is a type of protein that does not dissolve. It is present in silk created by spiders, the larvae of Bombyx mori, other moth genera, and many other insects.

Proteins
Syens

Syens is a municipality of the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Other websites

 Official website of Syens 

Municipalities of Vaud
Oberstrass

Oberstrass is a quarter in the district 6 in Zürich. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. Then it became part of Zürich.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Riesbach

Riesbach is a district in the city of Zürich in Switzerland. It is District number 8.

History
The district has these quarters: Seefeld, Mühlebach and Weinegg. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. Then it was added to Zürich.

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Unterstrass

Unterstrass is a quarter in the district 6 in Zürich. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. Then it became part of Zürich.

The quarter has a population 19,921 and an area of 

Former municipalities of Zürich
Wollishofen

Wollishofen is a quarter in the city of Zürich in Switzerland. It is District number 2. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. It was then incorporated into Zürich.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Wipkingen

Wipkingen is a quarter in district 10 in Zürich. Until 1893 it was a municipality on its own. Then it became part of Zürich.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Marriage proposal

A marriage proposal is when one person in a relationship asks the other person to marry them. If the other person agrees, this marks the start of the couple's engagement. A person in an engaged couple is called "fiance" (male) or "fiancee" (female).

In Western culture, it is traditional for the person proposing to be down on one bent knee. A traditional proposal might be worded "Will you marry me?" 

In many cultures, it is traditional for a man to ask a woman's father for permission to marry her. The father could say no if he thought the man was not right for his daughter, or if he didn't want him as a son-in-law. In the West today, it is more common for a couple to decide between themselves and then announce their decision to their parents. Instead of asking for permission, the couple may ask for the parents' approval or their blessing.

In the United States, about 5% of proposals are performed by women.

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Oberwinterthur

Oberwinterthur is a district in the city of Winterthur in Switzerland. It is District number 2.

The district has these quarters: Talacker, Guggenbühl, Zinzikon, Reutlingen, Stadel, Grüze, Hegmatten and Hegi.

Until 1922 it was a municipality on its own. Then it became part of Winterthur.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Winterthur
Seen (Winterthur)

Seen is a district in the city of Winterthur in Switzerland. It is District number 3.

The district has these quarters: Waser, Büelwiesen, Waldegg, Ganzenbühl, Sonnenberg, Ricketwil, Oberseen, Gotzenwil, Eidberg, Iberg and Sennhof.

Until 1922 it was a municipality on its own. Then it became part of Winterthur.

Former municipalities of Zürich
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Töss (Winterthur)

Töss is a district in the city of Winterthur in Switzerland. It is District number 4.

The district has these quarters: Schlosstal, Dättnau, Eichliacker and Rossberg.

Until 1922 it was a municipality on its own. Then it became part of Winterthur.

It is named after the river Töss which flows through the district.

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Igualada

Igualada is a municipality of the province of Barcelona in  Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Anoia river.

The city is  west from the city of Barcelona. It is  west from the famous Montserrat mountain.

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Veltheim (Winterthur)

Veltheim is a district in the city of Winterthur in Switzerland. It is District number 5.

The district has these quarters: Rosenberg and Blumenau.

Until 1922 it was a municipality on its own. Then it became part of Winterthur.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Winterthur
Wülflingen

Wülflingen is a district in the city of Winterthur in Switzerland. It is District number 6.

The district has these quarters:  Weinberg, Oberfeld, Lindenplatz, Niederfeld, Neuburg, Hardau, Härti and Taggenberg.

Until 1922 it was a municipality on its own. Then it became part of Winterthur.

Former municipalities of Zürich
Mattenbach

Mattenbach is a district in the city of Winterthur in Switzerland.

The district has these quarters: Deutweg, Gutschick and Endliker.

Districts of Switzerland