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Adib Boroumand (or Adīb Borūmand) (; 11 June 1924 – 13 March 2017) was an Iranian poet, politician, and lawyer. He was the head of the leadership council and chairman of central council of the National Front of Iran. He is known as the national poet of Iran. He was born on 11 June 1924 in Gaz, Borkhar County, Isfahan, Persia (present-day Iran). He received a B.A. in Judicial Law from the University of Tehran, and since then he had been lived in Tehran. Boroumand died on 13 March 2017 in Tehran at the age of 92.
Amy Krouse Rosenthal (April 29, 1965 – March 13, 2017) was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short filmmaker, and former radio show host. They are related to BDOG &lt;3 Early life. Rosenthal was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated at Tufts University. She married Jason Brian Rosenthal. They had three children. Career. She was best known for her memoir "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life", her children's picture books, and the movie project "The Beckoning of Lovely". She was a prolific writer, publishing over 30 children's books between 2005 and her death in 2017. She is the only author to have three children's books make the Best Children's Books for Family Literacy list in the same year. She was a contributor to Chicago's NPR affiliate WBEZ and to the TED conference. Death. Rosenthal died in Chicago, Illinois from ovarian cancer on March 13, 2017, aged 51.
Kasugafuji Akihiro (February 20, 1966 – March 9, 2017) born as Shoki Iwanaga, was a sumo wrestler and coach. He was born in Oshika, Miyagi, Japan. Akihiro was an active wrestler in professional sumo from 1981 until 1996, reaching a highest rank of "maegashira" 1. After his retirement he re-established the Kasugayama stable in 1997 and trained his own wrestlers. He left the Japan Sumo Association in 2012 after an expenses scandal, and was involved with a legal dispute in 2013 with his successor as head of Kasugayama stable which was not resolved until shortly before his death in 2017.  Akihiro died in Oshika, Japan from suspected heart failure on March 9, 2017, aged 51.
Anna Tramontano (14 July 1957, Naples – March 2017) was an Italian computational biologist and Chair Professor of Biochemistry at the Sapienza University of Rome. From 2011 to 2014 she was a member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC).  She was an Associate Editor for the journal Bioinformatics from 2005 until 2016 editing papers in the area of structural bioinformatics. She was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2009. Tramontano died in March 2017 in Rome, Italy at the age of 59. Her death was announced on 10 March 2017.
Ed Whitlock (March 6, 1931 – March 13, 2017) was an English-born Canadian long-distance runner. He is the first person over 70 years old to run a marathon in less than three hours with a time of 2:59:10 in 2003. Early life. Whitlock was born in a suburb of London, England, and later moved to Canada. He wanted to study for an engineering career. He graduated from Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, England.  Running career. Whitlock, who ran as a teenager and took up the sport again in his forties, first became the oldest person to run a marathon in less than 3 hours in 2000, at the age of 69, with a time of 2:52:47.  He later extended this record, running a time of 2:58:40 at the age of 74. At 73, he set a world record in the marathon for men 70 to 74, running a 2:54:48, when he was 73, and his fastest time after turning 70. According to an article in "The New York Times", if age-graded, this time would be equivalent to a 20-year-old running 2:03:57 and which would have been the fastest marathon ever run in 2010. For an explanation of age-graded tables, see masters athletics. At the time of his death, Whitlock he was still the only person over 70 to run a marathon in less than three hours.  Record. At age 85, he became the oldest person to run a marathon in less than four hours at 3 hours, 56 minutes 34 seconds at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October, 2016. Death. Whitlock died of prostate cancer on March 13, 2017 in Milton, Ontario, aged 86.
"Titanium" is a song performed by French DJ David Guetta. It features vocals from Australian singer Sia. The song reached number one in the UK, the top five in Canada, and the top ten in the US, where it was certified double-Platinum for sales and shipments of over two million copies. It finished at number 24 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 of 1983. It is the first song on Guetta's album, "Nothing but the Beat".
Jacques Bermon Webster II (born April 30, 1991), known by his professional name Travis Scott, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His stage name comes from the first name of his uncle and the real first name of Kid Cudi. In 2012, Scott signed his first major-label deal with Epic Records. In November of the same year, Scott signed a deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music, as part of its production wing Very GOOD Beats. In April 2013, Scott signed a record deal with T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint. Scott's first full-length project, the mixtape "Owl Pharaoh", was self-released in 2013. It was followed with a second mixtape, "Days Before Rodeo", in August 2014. His first studio album, "Rodeo" (2015), was led by the hit single "Antidote". His second album, "Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight" (2016), became his first number one album on the "Billboard" 200. The following year, Scott released a collaborative album with Quavo titled "Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho", under the group name Huncho Jack.  In 2018, his highly anticipated "Astroworld" was released to widespread success by critics. It produced his first "Billboard" Hot 100 number one single "Sicko Mode". In late 2019, Scott's record label Cactus Jack Records released the compilation album "JackBoys". It became the first number one album on the "Billboard" 200 of the 2020s. As of 2020, Scott has sold over 45 million certified records in the US alone. He has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and won a "Billboard" Music Award. On November 5, 2021, he was the main artist performing when the Astroworld Festival crowd crush occurred, where 8 people were killed during his performance. On July 28, 2023, his full length LP "Utopia" was released, mostly gathering general praise from critics and fans, as well as going double-platinum.
Yisrael Beiteinu, Hebrew: ישראל ביתנו , meaning "Israel Our Home", is an Israeli political party. Its ideology is right-wing conservative, nationalist, populist, secular, and Zionist. Its focus is especially Jews originating from the former Soviet Union. Political leader is Avigdor Lieberman. Yisrael Beiteinu was founded by Lieberman in 1999.  Number of seats in the 24th Knesset: 7 (/). Participating in the Fourth Netanyahu Government and the Bennett-Lapid Government.
Meretz, Hebrew: מרצ , meaning "Vigour", is an Israeli political party. Its ideology is left-wing social democratic, green, secular, and Zionist.  Political leader is Nitzan Horowitz Meretz was founded in 1992 as a result of a merger of three parties: Ratz, Mapam and Shinui. From the previous election results, in March 2020, the number of seats in the 23rd Knesset: 3 (/). In the most recent election, held on 23 March 2021 for the 24th Knesset, the party obtained six seats, pending the final count outcome of surplus vote sharing with the Labor party. Participating in the Bennett-Lapid Government.
Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Richard Casimir Karl August Robert Konstantin; 29 October 1934 in Giessen, Germany – 13 March 2017 in Berleburg) was the head of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark. In July 2003, he underwent surgery for treatment of prostate cancer. He had undergone treatment for skin cancer. Prince Richard died on the evening of March 13th, 2017 at castle of Berleburg in Germany from a suspected heart attack. Prince Richard's death was sudden. He was 82.
Eligio “Kika” de la Garza, II (September 22, 1927March 13, 2017) was an American politician. He served as the Democratic representative for the 15th congressional district of Texas from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1997.  De la Garza died on March 13, 2017 in McAllen, Texas from kidney failure, aged 89.
Chokecherries ("Prunus virginiana"), also known as the bitter-berry, Virginia bird cherry, and western chokecherry, are shrubs or small trees that are native to The United States, Canada, and some parts of Mexico. They grow to be around 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in). Description. Chokecherry classifies as a suckering shrub or a tree. They grow quite tall, around 1 – 6 meters. Their leaves are oval with coarse, sharp edges. The flowers grow about 38.1–76.2 cm (15–30 in) long in late spring (well after chokecherry leaves appear). The fruits are about 1 cm (3⁄8 in) across. They range in color from bright red to black. They have a very astringent taste, both somewhat sour and somewhat bitter. The fruits are sweetest when they are very ripe "berries" (actually drupes). These are dark in color. Characteristics. Chokecherries are very high in antioxidants, sharing this trait with chokeberries. This does contribute to confusion between the two. The wild chokeberry is often considered a weed, since it hosts the tent caterpillar. This caterpillar eats tree leaves, robbing trees of energy and heightening the chance that they die. Often people enjoy the cultivars of the plant, such as "Canada Red" and "Schubert". Both have purple leaves when mature and "Goertz", another cultivar, has a palatable taste in it's fruit. The chokecherry is closely related to the well-known black cherry of eastern North America. The name "chokecherry" is also used for the related Manchurian cherry, or Amur chokeberry. Food use. For many Native American tribes, chokecherries are very important and are part of pemmican, an Indian staple food. The bark of the root is used to ward off or treat colds, fevers and stomach maladies by Indians. It's also used in a ceremonial smoking mix known as kinnikinnick. The chokecherry fruit can be eaten when
Symsyn is a simple syntax programming language and real time multitasking runtime environment. History. Named for its SIMple SYNtax, Symsyn is based on Free Pascal, which is based on Pascal, developed by Niklaus Wirth and named in honor of the French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal. Language. Symsyn has a simple syntax and short learning curve. It provides access to functionality found in more sophisticated languages, such as the free version of the Pascal programming language, Free Pascal. The language's primitives, or basics, are Pascal procedures which, in some cases, access the Free Pascal Run Time Library. These primitives provide the normal testing, arithmetic, move, and string handling capabilities as well as the following additions: It is extensible, in that it can be extended. Algorithms can be added to the collection of primitives. Many programs can be written in SymSyn. Like most programming languages, SymSyn can say hello to the world.
Jack Henry Harris (November 28, 1918 – March 14, 2017) was an American movie producer. He produced many blockbuster Hollywood movies including "The Blob" (1958), "4D Man" (1959), and "Equinox" (1970). Harris died March 14, 2017, at his home in Beverly Hills, California from complications of pneumonia, aged 98.
Peter Manfred Gruber (28 August 1941 – 7 March 2017) was an Austrian mathematician. He worked in geometric number theory as well as in convex and discrete geometry. He was born in Klagenfurt, Austria. Career. From 1971, he was Professor at the University of Linz, and from 1976, at the TU Wien. He is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Death. Gruber died on 7 March 2017 in Vienna, Austria, aged 75.
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is a commune in southwestern France, part of the department of Haute-Garonne in the Occitanie region. History. In 72 B.C. the Roman General Pompey, while on the way back to Rome after a military campaign in Spain, founded a Roman colony there named "Lugdunum Convenarum". In 1083, the knight Bertrand de l'Isle-Jourdain was named as Bishop of Comminges. He ordered the construction of the cathedral and of the Romanesque cloister. The place became used by pilgrims as a stage on the route to Santiago de Compostela. Bertrand de l'Isle was canonised and became known as Saint-Bertrand in the 13th century and Lugdunum Convenarum became known as "Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges". Geography. Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is on the foothills of the Pyrenees in the Comminges region at to the southwest of Saint-Gaudens. It is on the border with the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The "commune" has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is the southwestern end of Haute-Garonne department and borders 8 other "communes", six of them in the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The Garonne river flows through the northeastern border of the "commune"; several of its tributaries, all small streams, flow through the "commune". Climate. The climate of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. Population. The inhabitants of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges are known, in French, as "Commingeois" (women: "Commingeoises"). Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges has a population, in 2014, of 243, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Saint-B
Lens is a municipality of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Villages. Crans-sur-Sierre, Flanthey, Chelin, Vaas, Les Condémines, Saint-Clément and Valençon.
Wrexham () is the largest city in north Wales. It is an administrative, commercial, retail and educational centre.  Wrexham is between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley along the border with England. Historically part of Denbighshire, the then town became part of Clwyd in 1974. Since 1996 it has been the centre of the Wrexham County Borough. At the 2011 Census, Wrexham had a population of 61,603, the fourth largest urban area in Wales. It became a city in September 2022. The city has a professional football club, Wrexham AFC, who currently compete in the English football league system. The club gained major international publicity when it was purchased in 2021 by American actor Rob McElhenney and Canadian–American actor Ryan Reynolds. The pair's ownership of the team is the subject of the documentary TV programme "Welcome to Wrexham". It has two train stations, these are Wrexham General and Wrexham Central.
Ferrosilicon is a combination of iron and silicon. Between 15% and 90% of ferrosilicon is silicon. Ferrosilicon is made by burning sand while there’s iron in the sand. Ferrosilicons that contain the most silicon are made in electric arc furnaces. Perryite is a rock that is a combination of iron and silicon. When ferrosilicon is touching water, it may slowly make hydrogen. Ferrosilicon is used by the military to quickly produce hydrogen for balloons. The chemical reaction uses sodium hydroxide, ferrosilicon, and water. The generator is small enough to fit in a truck and needs only a small amount of electric power. The materials are stable and not combustible, and they do not make hydrogen until mixed. Ferrosilicon is used to get oxygen out of steel. Magnesium is made by combining ferrosilicon with dolomite. Hydrogen production. Ferrosilicon is used to make hydrogen in the military.
The Zionist Union, Hebrew: המחנה הציוני - "HaMahaneh HaTziyoni", literally meaning "The Zionist Camp", was an Israeli political cooperation. Its ideology is left-wing centrist, and Zionist. The Zionist Union was formed in 2014 as a cooperation of HaAvoda (Israeli Labor Party), HaTnu'a ("The Movement"), and HaTnu'a HaYeruqa ("The Green Movement") in an effort to prevent Likud continuing its governing position after the Knesset elections of 2015. Because its attempt was unsuccessful, party head Yitzhak Herzog became leader of the opposition. When Herzog left the Knesset in June 2018 to become head of the Jewish Agency for Israel, he was replaced by Tzipi Livni. There were two political leaders. The party head was Avi Gabbay (HaAvoda). As Gabbay was not a Knesset member, Tzipi Livni (HaTnu'a) leaded this faction in the Knesset. Number of seats in the 20th Knesset: 24 (HaAvoda: 19, HaTnu'a: 4, HaTnu'a HaYeruqa 1). The Zionist Union was dissolved in 2019.
Ralf Karel Hubert Krewinkel (born 12 November 1974 in Kerkrade) is a Dutch politician. Krewinkel is a member of the Labour Party. He has started his political career as a councillor (1998-2006) and an alderman (2006-2011) of his home town. In 2011 he became mayor of Beek, followed by Heerlen in 2015. He quit in 2019. Both Kerkrade, Beek and Heerlen are in the south of the province of Limburg.
Bimmen is a hamlet in the German municipality of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia. Bimmen is low-lying. It borders on the Netherlands in the west and on the Rhine River in the north. About 170 people are living there. The Klever Straße is connecting Bimmen with neighbouring Dutch village of Millingen aan de Rijn.
Alexandra "Alice" Teodorescu (born 2 May 1984) is a Swedish jurist with the Företagarna organisation of Swedish entrepreneurs and a commentator on social and political issues. Teodorescu was born in Bucharest, Romania, but came to Sweden as a child in 1989 and was raised in Lund. She attended the Sture Academy, a training programme for young people owned and run by Timbro, a liberal think tank, and named after Sture Eskilsson.
Iris Mittenaere (born 25 January 1993) is a French runway model and the winner of the beauty pageant Miss Universe 2016 on 30 January 2017 in Manila, Philippines. Early life and education. Mittenaere was born on 25 January 1993 in Lille, to Yves Mittenaere, a professor of history and geography, and Laurence Druart, a schoolteacher and lecturer. She has a brother, sister, and half-sister. Her parents separated when she was three years old. Mittenaere attended school in Steenvoorde, where she lived with her mother. In 2011, she graduated "lycée" with a degree in science. After graduating, she moved back to Lille, where she attended Lille 2 University of Health and Law, studying dentistry. She plans on becoming a dental surgeon after graduating. Pageantry. Miss France 2016. After winning the Miss Flandre title in Bailleul, Mittenaere entered the Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2015 pageant in Orchies, which she won. Mittenaere represented Nord-Pas-de-Calais at the Miss France 2016 pageant. On 19 December 2015, she was crowned Miss France by Miss France 2015 Camille Cerf in Lille. Miss Universe 2016. She competed in Miss Universe 2016 where she succeeded Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines. The last European titleholder to complete her year as Miss Universe was Miss Universe 1990 Mona Grudt of Norway. Personal life. Mittenaere is in a relationship with fellow dentistry student Matthieu Declercq.
The Joint List (, "al-Qa'imah al-Mushtarakah", , "HaReshima HaMeshutefet") was an Israeli political cooperation of four, mainly Arab parties, established in 2015. Its ideology depended on its members' ideology, but its common objective were the interests of the Arab Israelis. Its political leader was Ayman Odeh (Hadash). The group was founded in 2015 as a cooperation of Hadash (communist), Balad (social democratic, secular), Ra'am (Islamist), and Ta'al (right-wing centrist, secular). Especially the last three parties are fully Arab and anti-Zionist. The Joint List was established to prevent the Arab parties from disappearing from the Knesset due to the raise of the election threshold (the minimum percentage of votes for a party to get one parliamentary seat), and also to support the Zionist Union in its effort to replace the third Netanyahu government. The number of seats won by the Joint List in the 24th Knesset: 6 (Hadash: 3, Ta'al: 2, Balad: 1). With Balad wanting to leave the coalition, it was later dissolved in 2022.
Sok An (; April 16, 1950 – March 15, 2017) was a Cambodian politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Office of the Council of Ministers from 2004 to his death, and started serving in the Cabinet in 1993. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Takéo and a member of the central committee of the Cambodian People's Party. An was born in Kirivong, Takéo, Cambodia. He studied at University of Phnom Penh. He was married to Theng Ay Annie at the time of his death. They had five children. An died at a hospital in Beijing on March 15, 2017 from a short illness at the age of 66. An suffered from diabetes and had been seeking medical treatment in Beijing since December 2016.
Enrique Jorge Morea (11 April 1924 – 15 March 2017) was an Argentine tennis player. He was born in Buenos Aires. Morea won the mixed doubles title of the 1950 French Championships. He also won two Gold medals at the inaugural men's tennis competition at the 1951 Pan American Games. Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Morea as World No. 10 in 1953 and 1954.  Until his death, Morea was the honorary president of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis (AAT). Morea died in Buenos Aires from natural causes on 15 March 2017, aged 92.
Richard Harvey Solomon (June 19, 1937 – March 13, 2017) was an American diplomat. He served as the United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1989 to 1992, after which he was Ambassador to the Philippines. In September 1993, he became president of the United States Institute of Peace, a position he held until September 2012. He later joined the RAND Corporation as a Senior Fellow. Solomon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Solomon died on March 13, 2017 in Bethesda, Maryland from brain cancer, aged 79.
Henri Cueco (19 October 1929 – 13 March 2017) was a French painter, essayist, novelist and radio personality.  His work was exhibited internationally. He was the author of several books, including collections of essays and novels. He was also a contributor to France Culture.  He was a communist-turned-libertarian, he was a co-founder of Coopérative des Malassis, an anti-consumerist artists collective. He was best-known for "The Red Men", a series of figurative paintings depicting aspects of the Cold War like the May 1968 events, the Vietnam War and Red Scare, and his 150 still lifes, or "portraits," of potatoes. Cueco died of Alzheimer's disease on 13 March 2017 in Paris, aged 87.
John Van de Kamp (February 7, 1936 – March 14, 2017) was an American politician. He served as Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1975 until 1981, and then as the 28th Attorney General of California from 1983 until 1991. Van de Kamp died at his Pasadena home on March 14, 2017 from a short-illness, aged 81.
Rodrigo Valdez (December 22, 1946 – March 14, 2017) was a boxer from Colombia who was a World Middleweight Champion and Undisputed World Middleweight Champion whose rivalry with Carlos Monzón has long been considered among the most legendary boxing rivalries.  Valdez was trained by International Boxing Hall of Fame coach Gil Clancy. Many people consider him, Antonio Cervantes and Miguel "Happy" Lora to be the three greatest boxers ever to come from that country. He is 29th on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Valdéz died on March 14, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia from a heart attack, aged 70.
James "Jim" McAnearney (20 March 1935 – 14 March 2017) was a Scottish football player and manager. McAnearney played for Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle, Watford and Bradford City, who he also briefly managed in 1968 with Tom Hallett.  He later managed Rotherham United, Frickley Athletic, Scarborough and Hallam, and worked as a coach at Sheffield Wednesday (where he was also caretaker manager) and Leeds United. In later life he established and ran a tool/engineering business. McAnearney died on 14 March 2017, at the age of 81.