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Washiqur Rahman (Bengali: ওয়াশিকুর রহমান বাবু) (c. 1988 - March 30, 2015) was a Bangladeshi blogger. He was hacked to death by two men with meat cleavers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after he wrote blog posts critical of Islam. Washiqur Rahman, also spelled Oyasiqur Rhaman, was part of the 2013 Shabag movement, which called for the death penalty for Islamists for war crimes during the 1971 war for independence from Pakistan.  Rahman used the pen name Kucchit Hasher Channa, or Ugly Duckling. Two students from an Islamic school were arrested by police. The two said they didn't know about Rahman's writing and they didn't know anything about blogs. Someone told them to kill Rahman as a religious duty. One of the attackers traveled from Chittagong and stayed overnight at a mosque. The other attacker was from an Islamic school in Dhaka. Rahman had a page on Facebook that said "I am Avijit", meaning he was a supporter of Avijit Roy, a Bangladeshi-American blogger who was killed a month earlier.  On July 20, 2016, a Dhaka court indicted five people for the killing. Police believed they were members of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team.  Other websites. On Facebook
Faisal Arefin Dipan (Bengali: ফয়সাল আরেফিন দীপন)(c. 1972 - 31 October 2015) was a Bangladeshi book publisher of the Jagriti Prokashoni publishing house. He was hacked to death inside his house in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. Deepan was a secular book publisher who printed writing that discussed topics like atheism and sexual orientation. He had received death threats from religious extremists. He published books by Bangladeshi-American writer and blogger Avijit Roy who was the four secular bloggers killed in Bangladesh the same year. Dipan's father said his company had published Avajit Roy's 2014 book, Biswasher Virus (The Virus of Faith). An hour earlier, another publisher and two writers were attacked, but they survived. A local al-Qaeda group said they were responsible for the attack. Ahmed Rahim Tutal, a secular publisher, was attacked in his office at the Shudhdhoswar publishing house. International reaction. British politicians condemned the murder. British bishop Declan Lang, the chair of the international affairs department of the British bishops' conference, said that the Roman Catholic community in England and Wales should "speak out when people are imprisoned, tortured or killed on account of their atheism." Eric Adriaans, the National Executive Director of Centre For Inquiry Canada said that Canada should offer asylum to people targeted by religious extremists. The International Publishers Association honored Deepan at their annual conference and called on the United Nations to do more about freedom of expression in Bangladesh. Tutul sent a message to the conference, saying: "If Jagriti Faisal Abedin Deepan were alive today, he would play an important role in this conference. But because he published free-thinking books, Islamist fundamentalists killed him. I urge all my publisher friends to continue to publish the works of free thinkers. I believe this is the best reply to the fundamentalists. By increasing the number of people that free-thinking books can reach, we'll be able to weaken fundamentalism in Bangladesh." Tutal also called for freedom for Bangladeshi writer and publisher, Shamsuzzoha Manik. Manik was arrested under a Bangladeshi law that prohibits criticism of religion. Manik is 73 years old and published a titled "Islam Bitorko" ("Debate on Islam").
Lawrence Joseph Hogan (September 30, 1928 – April 20, 2017) was an American Republican U.S. Representative. He was the father of the former Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan. Hogan represented the 5th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975. Hogan did not run for re-election in 1974 and was unsuccessful that year in his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He became county executive for Prince George's County, Maryland, in 1978 and served until 1982. Hogan suffered a stroke and died on April 20, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland, aged 88.
Yvonne Monlaur (15 December 1939 – 18 April 2017) was a retired French movie actress who was active in the late 1950s and 1960s. She was best known for her roles in the Hammer horror movies. She was born in Pau, France.  In 1960, she also starred in the Hammer horror movie "The Brides of Dracula" alongside Peter Cushing and Freda Jackson and in "The Terror of the Tongs" (1961) with Christopher Lee.  Monlaur died on April 18, 2017 in Paris, aged 77.
Ugochuku Ehiogu (; 3 November 1972 – 21 April 2017) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre back from 1989 to 2009. He was the coach of the Tottenham Hotspur U23 team until his death in April 2017. He played in the Premier League with Aston Villa and Middlesbrough. He also played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United and Sheffield United, as well as a spell in the Scottish Premier League with Rangers. Ehiogu won two Football League Cups, with Aston Villa in 1996 and then with Middlesbrough in 2004. Ehiogu was an England international, with a record of 4 caps and 1 goal. In 1993, playing for the England under-21 team, he became the first black player to captain an England team in a competitive match. In 2012, he came out of brief retirement by signing for non-league side Wembley to participate in the club's FA Cup games alongside other retired veteran players. Ehiogu died on 21 April 2017 after suffering a cardiac arrest at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground in London, aged 44. "Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Ehiogu goal." Honours. Aston Villa Middlesbrough Individual
Germaine Mason (20 January 1983 – 20 April 2017) was a Jamaican-born track and field athlete who competed in high jump. In 2006, he started representing Great Britain. As a British athlete, he won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Career. Mason was really good at high jump. He won silver and bronze medals at the World Junior Championships in 2000 and 2002. His first big win as a senior athlete was at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where he won a gold medal by jumping 2.34 meters high.  In 2004 and 2005, he jumped a bit lower, but he still won a bronze medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Mason could compete for Great Britain because his father was born in London. His mother convinced him to switch and compete for Britain in 2006. At the Beijing Olympics on 19 August 2008, Mason won a silver medal for Great Britain. He jumped 2.34 meters high, which was the same as his personal best. Only one person, Russia's Andrey Silnov, jumped higher at 2.36 meters. Death. Mason died in a motorbike accident on 20 April 2017 when he was 34 years old. He was riding his motorbike after a party and crashed. His funeral was at the Hagley Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston, Jamaica. His friend, famous runner Usain Bolt, was there and even helped dig Mason's grave.
Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska (June 20, 1930 – April 20, 2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. She was known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium. She was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland from 1965 to 1990 and a visiting professor at University of California, Los Angeles in 1984. She was born in Falenty, Poland. Abakanowicz died on April 20, 2017 in Warsaw at the age of 86.
Jay Woodson Dickey, Jr. (December 14, 1939 – April 20, 2017) was an American politician. He was a former U.S. Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas. He served in Congress from 1993 to 2001.  Both the Dickey Amendment (1996), which blocks CDC funds to be used for injury prevention research that might advocate or promote gun control, and the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (1995), which prohibits federal funds to be spent on research that involves the destruction of a human embryo, are named for him.  After the 2012 Aurora shooting, former congressman Dickey said that he regrets his role in blocking the CDC from researching gun violence. Dickey died on April 20, 2017 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, aged 77.
Marjorie Celeste "Marge" Champion (née Belcher; September 2, 1919 – October 21, 2020) was an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography in 1975. Career. At a young age she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated movies. Snow White was modeled after Champion for the 1937 animated classic "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Later she performed as an actress and dancer in movie musicals, and in 1957 had a TV show based on song and dance. Champion has also done creative choreography for liturgy, and served as a dialogue and movement coach for the 1978 TV miniseries, "The Awakening Land", set in the late 18th century in the Ohio Valley. Together as a dance team, the Champions performed in MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s, including "Show Boat" (1951) and "Everything I Have Is Yours" (1952). MGM wanted the couple to remake Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies, but only one, "Lovely to Look At" (1952), a remake of "Roberta" (1935), was completed. Death. Champion turned 100 in September 2019. She died on October 21, 2020 in Los Angeles at the age of 101.
Hadash, Hebrew: חד"ש , meaning "New", a Hebrew acronym of "HaHazit HaDemokratit LeShalom uLeShivion", Hebrew: החזית הדמוקרטית לשלום ולשוויון , the Arab version: "al-Jabhah ad-Dimuqrāṭiyyah lis-Salām wa'l-Musāwah", Arab: الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلام والمساواة , (shortened Arab: الجبهة , also meaning "New"), both meaning "The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality", is an Israeli political party.  Its ideology is communist.  Political leader is Ayman Odeh. Hadash was founded in 1977 as a merger of the communist party of Rakah, Black Panthers and others. Its supporters are mainly (secular, Christian) Israeli Arabs and some far-left Israeli Jews. Number of seats in the 24th Knesset: 3 (-2). Hadash is cooperating with Balad and Ta'al as HaReshima HaMeshutefet (Hebrew) or al-Qa'imah al-Mushtarakah (Arab) (both meaning "The Joint List"). Together they have 6 seats.
DZBB-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the GMA network. It is owned and operated by the network's namesake corporate parent alongside GTV flagship DWDB-TV (channel 27). Both stations share studios at the GMA Network Center, EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, while DZBB-TV's hybrid analog and digital transmitting facilities are located at the GMA Tower of Power, Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City (sharing facilities with sister stations GTV 27 and Barangay LS 97.1) and PBCom Tower, 6795 Ayala Avenue, corner V.A. Rufino Street, Makati. Digital channels. DZBB-TV's digital signal operates on UHF channel 15 (479.143 MHz) and broadcasts on the following subchannels:
David Ray Wilkerson (May 19, 1931 in Hammond, Indiana – April 27, 2011 in Cuney, Texas) was an American pastor, evangelist, and author. Although not officially linked to a any denomination, Wilkerson can be considered a Pentecostal in teachings and practice. Wilkerson was a pastor in Pennsylvania. Around 1960 he started a ministry in New York City to help and evangelize teenagers, who were involved in drugs and crime. In 1960, he founded for that reason the Christian relief organization Teen Challenge. With the Sherrills he wrote a book about his experiences called "The Cross and the Switchblade" (1962). Some years later, in 1967, he founded Youth Crusades, again aimed at teenagers but this time to prevent them from the bad things mentioned above.  In 1971, he founded again a Christian organization, World Challenge, to evangelize worldwide. In 1987, he erected the Times Square Church, an independent and very succesful church in Manhattan, New York City. Wilkerson wrote several Christian books, like the already mentioned "The Cross and the Switchblade" (1962) and the very impressive "The Vision" (1974). Last book and its successor ("The Vision and Beyond", 2003) are dealing with divine prophecies about severe misconduct, problems and disasters the world is facing in the future (and already partly happening); he also revealed that the so-called "Number of the Beast" (Antichrist) will be composed of a combination of three times six numbers. He also wrote about other divine prophecies such as riots and arsons cities in the United States (especially New York City) but also worldwide are going to endure in the future because of their sinful behavior, and countries going bankrupt causing shopping and money problems worldwide. David Wilkerson died as a result of a car accident in eastern Texas in 2011, aged nearly 80.
DYSS-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Metro Cebu, Philippines, serving as the Visayas flagship of the GMA network. It is owned and operated by the network's namesake corporate parent alongside GTV outlet DYLS-TV (channel 27). Both stations share studios at the GMA Skyview Complex, Nivel Hills, Apas, Cebu City, while DYSS-TV's hybrid analog and digital transmitting facility is located atop Mt. Busay, Brgy. Bonbon. GMA Cebu local programmings. As of April 20, 2020, DYSS-TV currently produces around 9 hours and 30 minutes of local programming. However, the station does not produce nor distribute local contents to its coverage area on weekend (although the station aired local advertising), with exceptions of The Word of God Network; which airing every Sundays, and major events held in the city covered by GMA Regional TV. During Paschal Triduum of the Holy Week annually, DYSS-TV closed down its regional operations, when it report to a direct satellite station of DZBB-TV in Metro Manila broadcasting the national programming schedule. Digital television. Digital channels. DYSS-TV's digital signal operates on UHF channel 26 (545.143 MHz) and broadcasts on the following subchannels: Rebroadcasters. DYSS-TV's programming is relayed to the following stations across the Central Visayas, and most of the Eastern Visayas.
Veyras was a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, the former municipalities of Miège, Venthône and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.
Andrews County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 18,610 people lived there. The county seat is Andrews. History. Andrews County was made in 1910. Geography. Andrews County has a total area of 1,501 square miles. People. In 2020, the county had 18,610 people living there.
Angelina County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 86,395 people lived there. The county seat is Lufkin. History. Angelina County was made in 1846. Geography. Angelina County has a total area of 865 square miles.
Anansas County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 23,830 people lived there. The county seat is Rockport.
Archer County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 8,560 people lived there. The county seat is Archer City.
Jaak Panksepp (June 5, 1943 – April 17, 2017) was an Estonian-born American neuroscientist, a psychobiologist, the Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, and Emeritus Professor of the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. He was born in Tartu, Estonia. Panksepp created the term 'affective neuroscience', the name for the field that studies the neural mechanisms of emotion. He was known in the popular press for his research on laughter in non-human animals. Panksepp died on April 17, 2017 from cancer at his home in Bowling Green, Ohio at the age of 73.
Delbert Lee "Cigar" Daisey (March 6, 1928 – April 19, 2017), known as "Cigar" Daisey, was an American waterfowl wood carver and decoy maker. He was born in Chincoteague, Virginia. He lived at the Refuge Waterfowl Museum. His decoy carvings are recognized for both their artistic value and functionality as working pieces for waterfowl hunting.  His works include black ducks, mallards, redheads, ruddys and red-breasted mergansers and often crafted in drake (male) and hen (female) pairs.  He had carved about 1900 ducks in total and he generally used cork or wood as his medium. He carved his first duck out of balsa wood in 1940 at his father's wood shop.  The Smithsonian has his works in their collection. He earned his nickname in 1945 while leaving cigar butts to taunt game wardens while poaching ducks on Assateague Island. Later in life, Daisey was an avid conservationist. Daisey died on April 19, 2017 in Chincoteague, Virginia, aged 89.
Attilio Nicora (March 16, 1937 – April 22, 2017) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Verona Emeritus, and President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. He served as President of the four-person Executive Board of the Vatican's Financial Information Authority (FIA) from January 2011 until January 2014. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Nicora Pontifical Legate for the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. After being a cardinal-deacon for ten years, he was promoted to cardinal-priest by Pope Francis on 12 June 2014. Nicora died on April 22, 2017 in Milan, Italy, aged 80.
Witold Pyrkosz (24 December 1926 – 22 April 2017) was a Polish actor. He was born in Krasnystaw, Poland. He was best known as Lucjan Mostowiak in Polish TV series "M jak miłość", as Pyzdra in "Janosik", as Wichura in "Czterej pancerni i pies" and as Balcerek in "Alternatywy 4". In 1974, Pyrkosz was decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit and in 1984, with the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. In 2009, he received the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. Pyrkosz died on 22 April 2017 in Warsaw from complications of Alzheimer's disease, aged 90.
A ramjet is a type of jet engine which uses the forward motion of the engine to produce thrust. Ramjets are most often attached to aircraft, and require that the aircraft is moving above the speed of sound (Mach 1). They are different from turbojets ("normal" aircraft engines) because they do not have any moving parts which compress the air. Instead, they use a shock cone to compress the air. The ramjet gets its name from this fact; it "rams" the air hard enough to compress it to a combustible pressure. Parts of a Ramjet. Ramjets are made up of 4 main sections. Inlet. The first section is called the inlet. The purpose of the inlet is to capture air and compress it. Compression is required in order to burn the fuel correctly. The compression comes from a process called a shock wave. Shock waves only occur when the aircraft is moving at or above Mach 1. For this reason, ramjets are more efficient if moving around Mach 2 or 3.  Diffuser. The second part of the ramjet is called the diffuser. Air that comes through the inlet is moving very fast, which makes it very hard to burn fuel. The job of the diffuser is to slow the flow down in an efficient way. By the time the air has passed all the way through the inlet, it is traveling slower than Mach 1. This is important for the diffuser to work properly. The diffuser is essentially just a pipe that increases in area as you move along it. Because the flow moving slower than Mach 1, the increasing area causes the air to slow down. Combustion chamber. The third part of the ramjet is the combustor, also called the combustion chamber. The combustor is where the fuel is introduced to the air, and then burns. Burning fuel adds energy to the air, which will be later used to create thrust. The air must be moving relatively slowly for the combustor to work properly. There is a part inside the combustor called the flame holder. The flame holder, as the name suggests, holds the flame in place. A typical flame holder looks like a ring of small v-shaped
Michele Scarponi (25 September 1979 − 22 April 2017) was an Italian road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017 for the 2002, Domina Vacanze–Elitron, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2017 teams.  Scarponi was declared the winner of the 2011 Giro d'Italia after the disqualification of Alberto Contador. Other major results of his career were the 2009 Tirreno–Adriatico, the 2011 Volta a Catalunya and the 2011 Giro del Trentino stage races. Scarponi died at the age of 37 on 22 April 2017, after being hit by a truck, while riding his bicycle, close to his home in Filottrano, in the Italian region of Marche. He had competed in the 2017 Tour of the Alps only the day before.
Wiesław Ryszard Gołas (9 October 1930 – 9 September 2021) was a Polish actor and Armia Krajowa's soldier. From 1970 to 1974, he starred in the comedy series "Czterdziestolatek". He was born in Kielce, Poland. Gołas was cast in a role of Tomasz Czereśniak in a widely popular TV World War II series "Czterej pancerni i pies". He has appeared in a number of movies including "Ogniomistrz Kaleń" (1961) and "Dzięcioł" (1970). Gołas died in Warsaw on 9 September 2021, exactly one month before his 91st birthday.
The 2017 French presidential election is a presidential election in France that took place on May 7th, 2017. The incumbent president, François Hollande, decided not to run for a second term because of his low approval ratings. The main candidates are Nicolas Dupont-Aignan from Debout la France, Marine Le Pen from the National Front, Emmanuel Macron from En Marche!, Benoît Hamon from the Socialist Party, Nathalie Arthaud from Lutte Ouvrière, Philippe Poutou from the New Anticapitalist Party, Jacques Cheminade from Solidarity and Progress, Jean Lassalle from Résistons!, Jean-Luc Mélenchon from La France insoumise, François Asselineau from Popular Republican Union and François Fillon from The Republicans. On 23 April 2017, Macron won 24% of the vote with Le Pen winning 21%. During the second round, Macron beat Le Pen by a Landslide victory with 66% of the vote to Le Pen's 34%.
Robert Gene "Red" West (March 20, 1936 – July 18, 2017) was an American actor, movie stuntman and songwriter. He was probably best known to American movie audiences for his role as Red in "Road House", alongside Patrick Swayze. Recently, he appeared as Roger in the 2013 drama movie "Safe Haven". West was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His cousin was Sonny West, the bodyguard of Elvis Presley. He studied at Jones County Junior College. In 1961, he married Pat Boyd. West and Presley were very close friends and worked with Presley during his tours. West was fired by Presley and later helped write the book "", which was published weeks before Presley's death. The book, according to West in the book, was an attempt to help Presley, but believed by some to be an attempt to retaliate and earn an income after being fired. Presley offered the publisher of the book $1,000,000 ($1million) to stop printing the book. Wets died of an aortic aneurysm in Memphis, Tennessee on July 18, 2017, aged 81.
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano (; born May 1, 1934) is a Mexican politician. He was a former Head of Government of the Federal District and a founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Cárdenas ran for the presidency of Mexico three times. His 1988 loss to the Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate by the narrowest of margins had long been considered a direct result of electoral fraud, later acknowledged by President Miguel de la Madrid. Cárdenas previously served as a Senator, having been elected in 1976 to represent the state of Michoacán and also as the Governor of Michoacán between 1980-1986.
Nadiya Jamir Hussain ("née" Begum; born 25 December 1984) is a British baker, columnist, author and television presenter. She rose to fame in 2015 on the sixth series of the BBC show "The Great British Bake Off" in which she went on to win. In April 2016, she baked a cake for Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday. She would then go on to present a variety of cookery shows for the BBC.