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Dorothy Marie Mengering (July 18, 1921 – April 11, 2017) was an American television personality. She was the mother of late-night talk show host David Letterman. She made many telephone and live guest appearances on his shows: "Late Night" and "Late Show".  Following several years of appearing through telephone, Mengering (usually known as "Dave's Mom" or "Dave's Mom Dorothy", with no mention of her surname) became a recurring on-camera guest on Letterman's subsequent "Late Show", initially by covering the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.  In 2015, Mengering suffered a stroke, but recovered months later. Mengering died on April 11, 2017 at her home in Carmel, Indiana at the age of 95. She died one day before Letterman's 70th birthday.
Douglas Howard Ginsburg (born May 25, 1946) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was appointed to this court at age forty in October 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, and served as its chief judge from July 2001 until February 2008.  Ginsburg was nominated by Reagan to fill a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy left by Lewis F. Powell, Jr. in October 1987, but soon withdrew from consideration after his earlier marijuana use created a controversy. He is of Jewish descent.
Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915December 7, 1985) was an American judge. He was the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1958 through 1981. During his tenure, he made, among other areas, major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and views of the Fourth Amendment. Stewart died of a stroke at his Hanover, New Hampshire home on December 7, 1985, aged 70.
Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta (31 March 1961 – 12 April 2017) was an Indian politician, sports executive, educator and philanthropist. He was born in Uttar Pradesh, India. Das was the President of Badminton Association of India, Vice President of Badminton Asia Confederation, Member - Executive Council of Badminton World Federation and Vice President of Indian Olympic Association. Das served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1996 through 2014 and mayor of Lucknow from 1993 through 1995. Das died on 12 April 2017 from a heart attack at a hospital in Lucknow, India, aged 56.
Amy Moritz Ridenour (November 9, 1959 – March 31, 2017) was an American political activist. She served as president of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a Washington, D.C. conservative think tank. Ridenour held this post since the organization's founding in 1982 until her death in 2017. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ridenour died of complications from breast cancer in Burnie, Maryland, aged 57.
Jerrier A. "Jerry" Haddad (July 17, 1922 – March 31, 2017) was an American computer engineer. He was a fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He was born in New York City. Haddad died on March 31, 2017, aged 94.
Goeree-Overflakkee is an island and municipality of the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. In 2016 the municipality had about 48,000 people. The municipality covers an area of 422 km², the island an area of 262 km². It was created on 1 January 2013, Goeree-Overflakkee has also been a municipality. It is made from the former municipalities of Goedereede, Dirksland, Middelharnis, and Oostflakkee.
Tholen, Zeelandic: "Tole", is a small city and municipality of the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. In 2016 the municipality had about 25,000 people. The municipality of Tholen consists of the (former) island of Tholen and the (former) island of Sint Philipsland. It borders the province of North Brabant.
Tiengemeten is an island of the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. It lies in the Haringvliet and belongs to the municipality of Hoeksche Waard. About ten people are living on the island. It covers an area of 10.5 km².
Beers is a village in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. It is part of the municipality of Cuijk and is in the very northeastern part of the province, close to the Meuse River. As of 2016, about 1,700 people were living in Beers. Till 1994 Beers was also a municipality.
A clothes iron (also flatiron or smoothing iron) has a handle and a flat triangle shaped surface. Electricity makes the flat surface hot. A hot iron is rubbed on clothes to make them flat and smooth. This is called ironing. The handle does not get hot because that is where it is held. They are named clothes irons because they used to be made out of the metal iron. Cloth is made from lots of small strings. When people wear clothes or move other things made from cloth, the little strings might bend and make lumps. Because the iron is heavy and hot when it is turned on, the little strings stretch and go flat when the iron is put on top. Different kinds of cloth need to be ironed in different ways. If the iron is too hot then the cloth might get broken or burn. If the iron is too cold then the strings might stay lumpy and not go flat. Sometimes people use water with an iron, which makes steam. This can make it easier to iron clothes because the small strings get soft. Some cloth does not need to be ironed because the strings always stays flat. Some people think wearing clothes that have been ironed shows they are not lazy. Other people think that not ironing clothes can make them look nicer.
Barbra Karine "Bab" Christensen (8 January 1928 – 10 April 2017) was a Norwegian actress. Christensen was born in Kristiania, Norway. She made her stage debut in 1947 at the National Theatre, and was employed at Den Nationale Scene from 1949, the National Theatre from 1952, Trøndelag Teater from 1963, Fjernsynsteatret from and Det Norske Teatret from 1970.  Christensen appeared in a small number of movies, but her best known work was in "Stevnemøte med glemte år" (1957). She was married to Lasse Kolstad from 1957 until his death in 2012. Christensen died on 10 April 2017 in Oslo, aged 89.
Dennis Franklin Kinlaw (June 26, 1922 – April 10, 2017) was an American academic. He was born in Lumberton, North Carolina. Kinlaw was President of Asbury College from 1968 through 1981 and again from 1986 through 1991 and Chancellor of the school in 1992. He was a professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature at Asbury Theological Seminary from 1963 through 1968 and a visiting professor at Seoul Theological College, Seoul, South Korea in 1959. Kinlaw studied at Asbury College and at Brandeis University. He was the founder of the Francis Asbury Society and authored several books. He was married to Elsie Kinlaw until her death in 2003. Kinlaw died on April 10, 2017 in Wilmore, Kentucky, aged 94.
Kirill Vladimirovich Kovaldzhi (; 14 March 1929 – 10 April 2017) was a Russian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator. Career. In Moscow, published collections of poems "At Dawn" (1958), "Voices" (1972), "After Noon" (1981), "Yearly Rings" (1982), "High Dialogue" (1988), "Links and Grains" (1989), "The Book of Lyrics" (1993), "The Invisible Threshold" (1999), "To You. On Demand" (2002), the book of prose and poetry "Countdown" (2003), the short book "Zerna" (2005). The author of a number of short stories, the story "Five Points on the Map" (1965), the novel "Liman Stories" (1970) - his new supplemented edition, published under the title "Candle in draft" (1996), was nominated for the State Prize of Russia. Death. Kovaldzhi died in Moscow on 10 April 2017, aged 88.
Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. (5 August 1935 – 11 April 2017) was a German cinematographer. Career. When his career began, Ballhaus became known for his works with Rainer Werner Fassbinder beginning with "Whity" (1971) and, including "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant" (1972), "Chinese Roulette" (1976) and "The Marriage of Maria Braun" (1978). After settling in the United States, he worked on many American movies, including "Baby It's You" (1983), "Old Enough" (1984), "After Hours" (1985), "The Color of Money" (1986), "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Goodfellas" (1990), "The Age of Innocence" (1993), "Air Force One" (1997), "Gangs of New York" (2002) and "The Departed" (2006). He is also known for his works in "Dracula" (1992) and "Sleepers" (1996). Ballhaus was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, for "Broadcast News" (1987), "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1989), and "Gangs of New York" (2002), but never won. However, he did win the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography for "Goodfellas". Death. Ballhaus died on 11 April 2017 in Berlin, aged 81.
Charles Quinton Murphy (July 12, 1959 – April 12, 2017) was an American actor and comedian. He is the older brother of Eddie Murphy.  Murphy was best known for being a writer and cast member of the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series "Chappelle's Show" and for writing and starring in the Adult Swim animated series "The Boondocks". He also wrote the screenplay for "Norbit" and "Vampire in Brooklyn". Murphy died from leukemia on April 12, 2017 in New York City at the age of 57.
Margit Schumann (14 September 1952 in Waltershausen – 11 April 2017 in Oberhof) was an East German luger. She competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1972).
Irving Wayne Hardin (March 23, 1926 – April 12, 2017) was an American football player and coach.  Hardin was born in Smackover, Arkansas. He was raised in Stockton, California. He studied at College of the Pacific. Hardin served as the head football coach at the United States Naval Academy from 1959 to 1964 and at Temple University from 1970 to 1982. Hardin led Navy to the 1961 Orange Bowl and the 1964 Cotton Bowl Classic. He coached two Midshipmen to the Heisman Trophy, Joe Bellino in 1960 and Roger Staubach in 1963.  After leaving Navy, Hardin coached the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League, leading the team to a championship in 1966. Hardin was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2013. Hardin died at the age of 91 on April 12, 2017 after suffering a massive stroke at his home in Oreland, Pennsylvania.
Sheila Abdus-Salaam (Sheila Turner; born on March 14, 1952 – April 12, 2017) was an American judge. Sheila served as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals. She was the first black woman and Muslim to be appointed to a seat on New York's highest court, and the first Muslim woman to serve on the bench in the United States. Abdus-Salaam was found dead on April 12, 2017 at the age of 65. Her body was found floating in the Manhattan side of the Hudson River hours after she was reported missing from her home in Harlem. Police believe Abdus-Salaam committed suicide by jumping into the river as she was suffering from depression for a long time.
Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (; 15 June 1906 – 31 March 1994) was a Belgian politician and collaborator. He was born in Bouillon, Belgium and died in Malaga, Spain. Degrelle was the founder of the fascist party of Rex in 1936. During World War II he erected the Walloon Legion, which fought as a Waffen-SS unit at the Eastern Front. He ultimately had the rank of SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS (comparable with the rank of colonel). After the war he managed to escape to Spain, where he died in 1994, aged 87.
Denis Mathen (born October 29, 1965 in Namur) is a Belgian politician of the conservative liberal Mouvement réformateur (MR). Mathen was a councillor and alderman of the city of Namur, and also briefly a member of the provincial parliament of Namur. From 2004 to 2006 he was both a member of the Walloon Parliament and the Parliament of the French Community of Belgium. He has been governor of the province of Namur since January 8, 2007.
Benoît M.A.J. Lutgen (born March 10, 1970 in Bastogne) is a Belgian politician of the Centre démocrate humaniste (cdH). Lutgen has been party chair since 2011 and also mayor of his home town since 2012. Previously he was a minister in the Walloon government.
Bailey County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 6,904 people lived there. The county seat is Muleshoe. History. Bailey County was created in 1919. Geography. Bailey County has a total area of 827 square miles.
Daniel Milton Rooney (July 20, 1932 – April 13, 2017) was an American politician and sports executive. He was the former United States Ambassador to Ireland, who served from July 3, 2009 until his resignation in 2012. He was chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers American football team in the National Football League (NFL). Rooney was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000 for his contributions to the game. He was credited with spearheading a requirement that NFL teams with head coach and general manager vacancies interview at least one minority candidate, which has become known as the "Rooney Rule". Rooney was also co-founder of the Ireland-related fundraising organization The Ireland Funds. Rooney died at the age of 84 on April 13, 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Toby Grafftey-Smith (29 October 1970 – 12 April 2017), known professionally as Toby Smith, was an English musician. He was most famous for being the keyboardist and co-songwriter for Jamiroquai from 1992 until he left from the band in 2002. Smith left Jamiroquai in 2002 during the Funk Odyssey tour due to family commitments. He was the music producer and manager for the English pop-rock band The Hoosiers.  He owned Angelic Recording Studios based near Banbury. Smith died on 11 April 2017. He was 46 years old.
David (Daudi) Mwiraria (3 September 1938 – 13 April 2017) was a Kenyan politician. He served as the Minister for Environment and Natural Resources and Finance Minister of Kenya until December 2007 when Kenya held its General Elections. He ran for a re-election on a Party of National Unity ticket. He was defeated by Silas Muriuki, who was running on a Mazingira Green Party of Kenya ticket. Career. He got his master's degree in Statistics from the Makerere University, Uganda 1966 (then part of the University of East Africa). President Mwai Kibaki appointed him Minister for Environment on 24 July 2007. Mwiraria features prominently in audio recordings released on the internet in 2006 by John Githongo, exiled former Permanent Secretary in the Kenya Government, which indicate Mwiraria was trying to stop Githongo's inquiries into the theft of over 777 million US Dollars in a series of 18 security related contracts, colloquially called Anglo Leasing. Death. Mwiraria died of bone cancer and from acute respiratory failure on 13 April 2017 Nairobi, Kenya on 13 April 2017, aged 78.
Tom Coyne (December 10, 1954 – April 12, 2017) was an American mastering engineer. He was known for his works in Adele's "21" and "25" albums and Taylor Swift's album "1989". Coyne was born in Union, New Jersey. He graduated from Roselle Catholic High School in 1972. He attended Kean College where he received a degree in Commercial Design. In 1989, Coyne was hired by the Hit Factory where he spent another five years mastering mostly Hip-Hop and R&amp;B records by artists such as Black Box, Billy Ocean, Tribe Called Quest and De la Soul. Coyne has won four Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy Award and has over 35 category wins. Coyne died on April 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California of multiple myeloma at the age of 62.
Fred Goldsmith (20 August 1932 – 13 April 2017) was an Australian rules footballer. He played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1951 through 1959. He was born in Victoria, Australia. He was captain-coach of the Albury Football Club in the Ovens &amp; Murray Football League from 1960 to 1965. In 1966 he played nine games with Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association. Goldsmith died on 13 April 2017 in Sydney at the age of 84.
The Gulf of Venice (; ; ) is a gulf that borders modern-day Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. Geography. The Gulf of Venice is in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea between the delta of the Po river in northern Italy and the Istria peninsula in Croatia. The western and central parts of the gulf borders with the Italian regions ofVeneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia while the eastern part borders with the coast of Slovenia and Croatia. Several rivers flow into the gulf along the Italian coast: Isonzo, Piave, Adige, Brenta and Tagliamento. The Dragonja river flows through the Istria peninsula. The gulf is about wide and its depth is . In the northeastern end of the gulf, in front of the Trieste city, there is shallow bay called Gulf of Trieste. Cities. Some of the main cities around the gulf are:
Jonathan Ray Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor. His known movie roles were in the movies "Airplane!", "48 Hrs.", and "Beverly Hills Cop". He later became well known and won many awards for his role as private Finger in the television series "Breaking Bad" and its spin-off, "Better Call Saul", as well as Frank McPike in "Wiseguy". Banks played the voice of James Gordon in the 2015 video game "". In 2012, Banks won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television. Banks was born in Washington, D.C.. He was raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. He studied at the University of Indiana Bloomington.
Raymond Geoffrey Hassall (1943 – 12 March 2017), known as Ray, was an British politician. Hassall was a councillor in local government in Birmingham, England. He represented Perry Barr ward. He was a member of the Liberal Democrats party. He was also Birmingham City Council's cabinet member for leisure, sport and culture from 2006 to 2009. He was Lord Mayor of the city in the year May 2015 to May 2016.
The Wikipedia biography controversy, also known as the Seigenthaler incident, was a set of events that began in May 2005. Anonymous Wikipedia editors posted a hoax article in Wikipedia about John Seigenthaler.  The article falsely stated that Seigenthaler had been a suspect in the deaths of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Hoax. The then-78-year-old Seigenthaler, who was a friend of Robert Kennedy, described the Wikipedia article about him as "Internet character assassination". The author of the hoax article was later identified as Brian Chase. On May 26, 2005, Chase added a new article that contained, in its entirety, the following text: John Seigenthaler Sr. was the assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the early 1960s. For a short time, he was thought to have been directly involved in the Kennedy assassinations of both John, and his brother, Bobby. Nothing was ever proven. John Seigenthaler moved to the Soviet Union in 1972, and returned to the United States in 1984. He started one of the country's largest public relations firms shortly thereafter. The hoax was not discovered and corrected until September 2005. Afterwards, Seigenthaler wrote about his experience in "USA Today". The incident raised questions about the and other websites with user-generated content that lack the legal accountability of traditional newspapers and published materials. Aftermath. In a December 13 interview, co-founder Jimmy Wales expressed his support for Wikipedia policy allowing articles to be edited by anonymous users – describing the participation of editors in China and Iran in terms of privacy issues – but announced plans to roll back their article creation privileges as part of a vandalism-control strategy: "...we've decided that we want to slow down...so starting in January we're preventing unregistered users from creating new pages, because so often those have to be deleted...".
Cinchonism or quinism is poisoning from an overdose of cinchona alkaloids. Cinchona bark is the source of quinine and quindine. Quinine is used to treat malaria. In small amounts it is used in tonic water to give a bitter flavor. Cinchoism can be caused by medical doses of quinine or quindine. Signs and symptoms. Symptoms of mild cinchonism can include: Large doses of quinine can cause:  People treated with quinine may also suffer from low blood sugar and hypotension (low blood pressure). Most symptoms of cinchonism (except in severe cases) are reversible and disappear once quinine is withdrawn.
Yair Lapid (Hebrew: יאיר לפיד, born 5 November 1963 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli politician of Yesh Atid ("There is a Future"). He was the Prime Minister of Israel from July 2022 to December 2022. He has been the Leader of the Opposition since 2023, serving in this position before from 2020 to 2021. Lapid is the founder and party chair of Yesh Atid. He has been a Member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset since 2013, and was Finance Minister in the Third Netanyahu Government from 2013 to 2014. From 17 May 2020 to 13 June 2021, he was the Leader of the Opposition. In June 2021, he became the Alternate Prime Minister of Israel and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Bennett-Lapid Government. On 20 June 2022, then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that he would call for a vote to dissolve the Knesset and that he would step down as prime minister shortly after the vote. Bennett resigned on 30 June 2022 and Lapid became prime minister on 1 July 2022. During the 2022 Israeli legislative election on 1 November 2022, his Yesh Atid party gained 7 seats, but his coalition partners lost seats, and his government lost the majority in the Knesset. He was succeeded as Prime Minister of Israel by Benjamin Netanyahu on 29 December 2022, and became Leader of the Opposition again. Previously Lapid worked as an actor, journalist, news anchor and television presenter. He has also written several books, including novels, children's books, a thriller and an autobiography. He was also a songwriter for numerous Israeli musicians. Some of the songs he wrote became hits which reached the top of the music charts in Israel. Yair Lapid is the son of the late politician and journalist Tommy Lapid and playwright and novelist Shulamit Lapid.
Lipscomb County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 3,059 people lived there. The county seat is Lipscomb. Geography. The county has a total area of 932 square miles.
The flag of the state of Delaware is of a buff-colored diamond on a field of colonial blue. The coat of arms of the state of Delaware are inside the diamond. Below the diamond is the date December 7, 1787. This is the day when Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. The colors of the flag are the colors of the uniform of General George Washington. The coat of arms in the center of the flag was adopted on January 17, 1777. It shows a shield with green, blue, and white stripes on it. On the stripes are a sheaf of wheat, an ear of corn, and an ox standing on grass. All of these things are shown for Delaware's farming. Above the shield is a sailing ship. Supporting the shield are a farmer on the left and a soldier on the right. The state motto, below the shield, reads "Liberty and Independence". These symbols are also included on the seal of Delaware. The current flag was adopted on July 24, 1913.  During the American Civil War, regiments from Delaware flew a flag which was similar to the state coat of arms on a field of blue. In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) placed Delaware's flag 52nd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U.S. state and U.S. territorial flags ranked.
The flag of the U.S. state of South Carolina has existed in some form since 1775, being based on one of the first Revolutionary War flags. South Carolina's flag was ranked as the 8th  best designed state or provincial flag in North America by a non-scientific poll on the website of the North American Vexillological Association in 2001.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries &amp; CSR Qingdao Sifang C151A is the fourth generation of rolling stock used on the Singapore MRT system. The trains operate on the East West Line and North South Line. The trains began operation on 27 May 2011. They were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Sifang. 35 six-carriage trains, totalling 210 carriages, were built in China.