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Petr Šabach (August 23, 1951 – September 16, 2017) was a Czech novelist. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He studied at Charles University. Šabach was known for his novels "Jak potopit Austrálii" (1986), "Hovno hoří" (1994), "Zvláštní problém Františka S." (1996), "Putování mořského koně" (1998), "Babičky" (1998), "Opilé banány" (2001), "Čtyři muži na vodě" (2003), "Ramon" (2004), "Občanský průkaz" (2006), "Tři vánoční povídky" (2007) and "Škoda lásky" (2009). Šabach died on September 16, 2017 in Prague at the age of 66.
Walter Charles Dance, OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and movie director. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters and villains. Dance is known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in HBO's "Game of Thrones", Guy Perron in "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984), Sardo Numspa in "The Golden Child" (1986), Jonathan Clemens in "Alien 3" (1992), Benedict in "Last Action Hero" (1993), the Master Vampire in "Dracula Untold" (2014), Lord Havelock Vetinari in "Terry Pratchett's Going Postal" (2010), Legantir in "Justin and the Knights of Valour" (2013) and Alastair Denniston in "The Imitation Game" (2014). Dance was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006. He lives in Kentish Town in north London.
Aleksandar Vučić (, born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician. He has been the President of Serbia since 31 May 2017. He is also the chairman of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).  Before he became president, Vučić served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2014 until 2017. Vučić served as Minister of Information from 1998 to 2000 and later as Minister of Defence from 2012 to 2013, as well as First Deputy Prime Minister from 2012 to 2014.  In April 2017, Vučić was elected President of Serbia with 55% of the vote in the first round, thus avoiding a second round. He became president from 31 May 2017, taking over from Tomislav Nikolić. His was sworn in on 23 June 2017.
The United States Solicitor General is the fourth-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice.  The United States Solicitor General is the person appointed to represent the federal government of the United States before the Supreme Court of the United States. The Solicitor General determines the legal position that the United States will take in the Supreme Court. In addition to supervising and conducting cases in which the government is a party, the office of the Solicitor General also files "amicus curiae" briefs in cases in which the federal government has a significant interest in the legal issue.  The office of the Solicitor General argues on behalf of the government in virtually every case in which the United States is a party, and also argues in most of the cases in which the government has filed an "amicus" brief. Note: Some terms overlap because the incumbent remained in office after a successor was named. The office has been vacant at times while awaiting the nomination or confirmation of a successor.
Noel John Francisco (born August 21, 1969) is an American attorney and the 47th Solicitor General of the United States from September 19, 2017 to July 3, 2020. He served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States.  Francisco was nominated to be Solicitor General of the United States in the Donald Trump administration in March 2017. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 50-47 on September 19, 2017. He took office the same day.
Charles Fried (April 15, 1935 – January 23, 2024) was a Czech-born American jurist and lawyer of Jewish descent. He served as United States Solicitor General under President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989. He was a professor at Harvard Law School and was a visiting professor at Columbia Law School. Fried was the author of nine books and over 30 journal articles, and his work appeared in over a dozen collections. Fried died on January 23, 2024 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 88.
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations with special protection. They are protected because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural importance. Areas are usually protected by law. The law can be local, from the country of the protected area, or even internationally. Protected areas are important for biodiversity. They often provide an area safe from hunting or changes to the environment. This provides a safe habitat for threatened and endangered species. They are also important to protect naturally formed areas, like the Grand Canyon, from damage by humans. There are many types of protected areas. One type is a marine protected area. A marine protected area is for seas, oceans, estuaries or large lakes. Northeast Greenland National Park is an example of a protected area. The park protects a large variety of animals, such as musk oxen, walrus, and King Eider. Another example of a protected area is the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. This area is protected because it is an important archaeological site.
Veronica Estelle "Bonnie" Angelo (January 29, 1924 – September 17, 2017) was an American journalist and author. She was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was known for being the author of "First Mothers". During her more than twenty-five years with "Time", yet served as a Washington correspondent from 1967–1978, she has reported on the White House and has covered newsmakers and events across America and the world.  Angelo died at a nursing home in Bethesda, Maryland of complications from dementia on September 17, 2017 at the age of 93.
Nutley is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 30,143. What is now Nutley was originally incorporated as Franklin Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 18, 1874, from portions of Belleville Township. Nutley was incorporated as a Town on March 5, 1902, replacing Franklin Township. "New Jersey Monthly" magazine ranked Nutley as its 38th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
Micah Sierra "Katt" Williams (born September 2, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, rapper, singer and actor. He acted as Money Mike in "Friday After Next" (2002). He also played Bobby Shaw in "My Wife and Kids". In 2007, he played Lord Have Mercy in "Norbit". Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Antonio Ibáñez de Alba (born Chiclana de la Frontera, 1956) is a Spanish engineer, researcher and scientist. He is known mainly for his project of Artificial Palm Trees in Libya for the creation of microclimates in the deser at the Great Man-Made River. The Libyan government invested in this project nearly one billion dollars for the installation of 50,000 palm trees. During the summer of 2017 his patent of floating water without salt was reflected by worldwide media. His investigations are quoted in scientific publications as well as in the media.
Hurricane Jose was a 2017 Atlantic tropical cyclone. The storm threatened the Mid-Atlantic States of Maryland, Delaware, New York and New Jersey, and the New England states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts. Jose had earlier threatened the Leeward Islands, the same areas hit by Hurricane Irma. Jose's winds went as high as 155 miles per hour before threatening the Leeward Islands. Tropical cyclone notices were issued from the Maryland/Delaware border to eastern Massachusetts on September 17, 2017.
A marine reserve is a type of marine protected area. The protection is for seas, oceans, estuaries or large lakes. Laws protect the plants and animals in a reserve. The area is kept safe for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. In a marine reserve people are not allowed to take plants or animals, except for research. This includes fishing. People are still allowed to swim or scuba dive. The Ningaloo Reef in Australia is an example of a marine reserve. This reef includes six of the seven types of sea turtles in the world. Another example is Hol Chan Marine Reserve in Belize. Hol Chan includes coral reefs and a mangrove forest.
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (; 9 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces.  On September 26, 1983, just three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to five more. Petrov judged the reports to be a false alarm, and his decision is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in large-scale nuclear war.  Investigation later confirmed that the Soviet satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned.
The 1 Line is a light rail train line in Seattle, Washington. It runs from the city's airport to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington. Line 1 started running in 2009.
Mike Hicks (August 1937 – 7 September 2017) was a British former politician, former executive member of printers’ union SOGAT, and former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain from 1988 through 1998. He was also a members of the Labour Party. He was born in Wapping, London, England. Hicks died on 7 September 2017 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England of a heart attack at the age of 80.
José Florencio Guzmán Correa (22 June 1929 – 16 September 2017) was a Chilean politician. He was born in Santiago de Chile. He was Minister of Defense from 1 August 1998 until 22 June 1999. Guzmán died on 16 September 2017 in Santiago at the age of 88.
Nicolaas Jouwe (24 November 1923 – 16 September 2017) was a Papuan leader. He was elected Vice President of the New Guinea Council that governed the Dutch colony of Netherlands New Guinea.  As the president of the New Guinea Council, Jouwe was the highest ranking Papuan politician in the colony. After the colony was ceded to the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority in October 1962 and later to Indonesia six months later, Jouwe left New Guinea for the Netherlands, where he settled in the town of Delft. He vowed never to return to his native land if it were still occupied by Indonesia, but nevertheless resettled to West Papua in 2010 to die there. Jouwe died in West Papua on 16 September 2017 at age 93.
Mary Fairfax (formerly Symonds, born Marie Wein; 15 August 1922 – 17 September 2017) was a Polish-born Australian philanthropist. As the third wife of Sir Warwick Fairfax she became known as Lady Fairfax upon his knighthood in 1967. She inherited most of his vast fortune upon his death in 1987, becoming one of Australia's richest women. Fairfax's personal wealth in 2012 was estimated by the "BRW" at A$418 million.
Lucy Ozarin (August 8, 1914 – September 17, 2017) was an American psychiatrist. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She served in the United States Navy. She was one of the first women psychiatrists commissioned in the Navy, and she was one of seven women Navy psychiatrists who served during World War II. During her late nineties, Ozarin wrote over fifty brief biographies of psychiatrists on Wikipedia. Ozarin died in Bethesda, Maryland on September 17, 2017 of respiratory failure at the age of 103.
René Raúl Drucker Colín (15 May 1937 – 17 September 2017) was a Mexican scientist, investigator and journalist. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He worked in the fields of physiology and neuroscience. From 1985 through 1990, he was the Director of Neuroscience at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He served as President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences from 2000 through 2002. Drucker Colín died on 17 September 2017 in Mexico City at the age of 80.
Jean Plaskie (24 August 1941 – 18 September 2017) was a Belgian former football player. He was born in Brussels, Belgium. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers. Plaskie died on 18 September 2017 in Brussels at the age of 76.
William Franklin "Bill" Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was an American Republican politician. He was born in Loganville, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district from 1975 through 2001.  At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy. Goodling died from complications of a cerebral aneurysm on September 17, 2017 in York, Pennsylvania at the age of 89.
Richard Vincent Allen (January 1, 1936 – November 16, 2024) was the United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982, having been Reagan's chief foreign policy advisor from 1977. He was a fellow of the Hoover Institution from 1983 until his death. He was a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee. Allen died on November 16, 2024 at a hospital in Denver, Colorado at the age of 88.
Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane (July 12, 1937 – May 12, 2022) was an American Marine Corps officer. He served as National Security Advisor to President of the United States Ronald Reagan from 1983 through 1985.  McFarlane was involved in, and pleaded guilty to charges for actions related to, the Iran-Contra affair, but received a pardon from President George H. W. Bush. McFarlane died on May 12, 2022 at a hospital in Lansing, Michigan from problems caused by lung disease at the age of 84.
Grumman F-11/F11F Tiger is an American fighter jet. It was used by the US Navy, in particular by the Blue Angels. After September 1962 it was called F-11 Tiger. None were sold to foreign countries. The F11F was a single-seat, supersonic carrier-based fighter. For the majority of its lifetime, it held multiple world records with a record altitude set at 76,939ft and also being one of Grumman's first Supersonic fighter aircraft. It had the engine powerplant of a Wright J65. The F11F Tiger had a range of 1,274 miles and a cruise speed of 577mph.
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The Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle is a statue carved out of ivory, the tusks of elephants. The statue was made in about 1270 in France, and was made for the cathedral (or church) named the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France. It is 41 centimetres tall, and is a sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus. The statue is now in the Louvre museum in Paris, France.
Morphallaxis is the when some living things regenerate or regrow tissue after the original tissue dies. The word comes from the Greek "allazein", which means "to exchange". For example, if a Cnidarian hydra, a microscopic animal, is cut in half, two new hydra grow. Around the year 1930, scientists Wilson and Child showed that if the hydra was smashed to pulp and put through an instrument with tiny holes in it to separate each cell individually but without breaking any one cell, the hydra completely reformed itself. Most tissue in Morphallaxis grows from material already present material. Not much new tissue is created .
The 2017 Puebla earthquake struck at 13:14 CDT (18:14 UTC) on 19 September 2017 with a magnitude estimated to be 7.1 on the seismic scale approximately south of Puebla. It has caused damage in the Mexican state of Puebla and the Greater Mexico City area, including the collapse of over twenty buildings. The quake occurred on the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, which killed about 10,000 people. The 1985 quake was commemorated on its anniversary with a national earthquake drill at 11 a.m. local time, two hours before the earthquake struck.
Electronic paper and e-paper are display devices that look like ordinary ink on paper. Many electronic paper technologies keep the same text and images indefinitely without electricity. Flexible electronic paper uses plastic for the display.
Gerd Friedrich Bollmann (28 September 1947 – 17 September 2017) was a German politician. He was born in Wanne-Eickel, Herne. He was a member of the SPD. In the German Bundestag he was one of the top voted SPD members in Germany's national parliament, where he represant the Herne-Area. Bollmann died on September 17, 2017 at the age of 69.
Hurricane Maria was a hurricane of notable status that began in the Atlantic Ocean. It was part of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. The most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017. Maria was the 13th named storm and 8th hurricane of the season. Originated from easterly waves off the west coast of Africa. Maria became a tropical storm east of the Lesser Antilles on September 16 and quickly intensified to Category 5 before making landfall in Dominica on September 18. The World Meteorological Organization retired the Maria name in April 2018, replacing it with Margot for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, due to the large number of deaths and destruction in Puerto Rico. Meteorological history. On September 12, originated from a tropical wave that left the west coast of Africa. It then began to develop and become more organized moving westward. On September 16, it became a tropical depression and was 580 miles (930 km) east of Barbados. The storm quickly became more tropical. It became a tropical storm the same day in 84 °F (29 °C) waters, in favorable conditions of the 80 °F (26.5 °C) that tropical storms usually require. After becoming a tropical storm, it had an eye, a clear opening at the center of the storm. 6 hours later since becoming a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) named it Tropical Storm Maria. On September 17, Maria turned to move west-northwest and quickly becomes a Category 1 hurricane. In just 12 hours, it became a Category 5 hurricane with maximum winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) on September 18. On the evening of September 19, Maria landed in Dominica and other islands in the Lesser Antilles. Continues to move west-northwestward and into the northeastern Caribbean Sea. Maria weakened slightly to a Category 4 hurricane due to land interaction with Dominica, but soon re-strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane, reaching peak intensity with winds of 175 mph (280 km/h). Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September
Lucerne-Land District is a new district of the Swiss canton of Lucerne. These municipalities are in the district:
Lucerne-Land District is a new district of the Swiss canton of Lucerne. 81,592 people lived there in 31 December 2016. It includes only the city of Lucerne. Mergers. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the city of Lucerne. The district was created on 1 January 2013.
Marietta is a city in Ohio in the United States. It is the county seat of Washington County. 13,385 people lived there in the 2020 census. The Muskingum River and Duck Creek flow into the Ohio River at Marietta.
Lillian Ross (Lillian Rosovsky; June 8, 1918 – September 20, 2017) was an American journalist and author. She was born in Syracuse, New York. Ross was a staff writer at "The New Yorker" from 1945 until she retired in 2001. She was known for her interviews with author J. D. Salinger. Ross died from a stroke in Manhattan on September 20, 2017, at age 99.
James Henry Weldon Morwood (25 November 1943 – 10 September 2017) was an English Classicist, and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford University. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Morwood’s status as a teacher of Classics was recognised in the 1990s when he was appointed President of the London Association of Classical Teachers for 1995-6, and subsequently President of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT) for 1999-2001. Morwood had a long association with JACT and with its Greek Summer School, which was launched in London in 1967 Morwood died in Ouranoupoli, Greece on 10 September 2017 of a heart attack at the age of 73.
Richard David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA (25 April 1931 – 19 September 2017) was a British artist. He was known as one of the world's most outspoken conservationists. He was born in London, England. Shepherd was most famous for his paintings of steam locomotives (he owned a number of them) and wildlife, although he also often painted aircraft, portraits (notably The Queen Mother) and landscapes. His work has been extremely popular since the 1960s in limited edition print reproduction and poster form, as well as other media such as Wedgwood limited edition plates. He published five books about his art, including an autobiography. Shepherd died on 19 September 2017 of Parkinson's disease in Manchester, England at the age of 86.
The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal and plant species as well as their habitat for the future. The early conservation movement included fisheries and wildlife management, water, soil conservation and sustainable forestry. The contemporary conservation movement has broadened from the early movement's emphasis on use of sustainable yield of natural resources and preservation of wilderness areas to include conservation biology and preservation of biodiversity.
Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) is an American movie producer and director. He is the producer or director of 50 movies, dating back to 1967's "Double Trouble", starring Elvis Presley.  The fourth movie he produced, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. He won an Oscar for Best Picture for 1976's "Rocky". As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for three other films: "Raging Bull", "The Right Stuff", and "Goodfellas". Winkler was born to a Jewish family in New York City. He studied at New York University.
Ene Mihkelson (21 October 1944 – 20 September 2017) was an Estonian writer. He was born in Tammeküla, Imavere Parish, Viljandi County.  Mihkelson has also published four novels, a selection of critical essays ("Kirjanduse seletusi", or "Explanations of Literature") and a collection of short stories ("Surma sünnipäev", or "The Birthday of Death"). In 2001 she published the novel "Ahasveeruse uni". Mihkelson's works frequently include allusions to her childhood, spent in hiding, Estonian mythology, and Estonian history. In 2006 she was awarded the Herder Prize and in 2010 the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature. Mihkelson died in Tartu, Estonia on 20 September 2017 at the age of 72.
John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American actor and television director. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He first became known as the narrator in the 1974 horror movie "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". His roles include Dan Fielding on the 1984–1992 sitcom "Night Court" (winning four consecutive Emmy Awards for his role), Mike McBride in the Hallmark Channel series "McBride", John Hemingway on "The John Larroquette Show", and Carl Sack in "Boston Legal".  Larroquette is currently playing Jenkins/Galahad in TNT's "The Librarians". Larroquette battled alcoholism from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. On "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on March 10, 2007, he joked, "I was known to have a cocktail or 60." He stopped drinking February 6, 1982.