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
DYSS-TV channel 7, is an commercial originating station owned by GMA Network in the Philippines. Its studios are located at the GMA Complex, Nivel Hills, Apas, Cebu City and the transmitter is located at Brgy. Bonbon, Cebu City.
It was then known as "Greater 7 Cebu" in the 1970s.
DWWW
DWWW (774 AM) is a C-QUAM AM radio station owned and operated by Interactive Broadcast Media in the Philippines. The station is also an affliate station of the Radio Mindanao Network. The studio is in Unit 808, Atlanta Centre, Annapolis St., Greenhills, San Juan City, while the transmitter is at Brgy. Tagalag, Valenzuela City, Philippines.
Veyras, Switzerland
Veyras is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Vissoie
Vissoie is a village of the district Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village was made in 1905 by splitting from the municipality of Ayer and Grimentz. On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Vissoie, Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean and Saint-Luc merged into the new municipality of Anniviers.
Anniviers
Anniviers is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of six municipalities in Val d'Anniviers: Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie merged into the new municipality of Anniviers. The merger became on 1 January 2009, creating the third largest municipality of Switzerland by area.
Andrews County, Texas
Andrews County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 14,786 people lived there. The county seat is Andrews.
Andrews County was made in 1910.
Andrews County has a total area of 1,501 square miles.
In 2010, the county had 14,786 people living there.
Angelina County, Texas
Angelina County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 86,771 people lived there. The county seat is Lufkin.
Angelina County was made in 1846.
Angelina County has a total area of 865 square miles.
Arbaz
Arbaz is a municipality of the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Aransas County, Texas
Anansas County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 23,158 people lived there. The county seat is Rockport.
Archer County, Texas
Archer County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 9,054 people lived there. The county seat is Archer City.
Jaak Panksepp
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 Daisey
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
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
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.
Ramjet
A ramjet is a type of engine which uses the properties of air to create thrust. Ramjets are most often attached to aircraft, and require that the aircraft is moving above the speed of sound, also called Mach 1. They are different from "normal" aircraft engines because they do not have any moving parts which compress the air. Instead, they use shock waves to compress the air.
Ramjets are made up of 4 main sections.
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.