Jean Stein (February 9, 1934 – April 30, 2017) was an American author and editor of Jewish descent. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She was known for her works "West of Eden" and "". She also wrote biographies of United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. In the late 1950s, she was an editor at "The Paris Review". From 1990 to 2004, she was editor of the literary/visual arts magazine "Grand Street".
Stein was married to businessman William vanden Heuvel from 1958 until they divorced in the 1970s. to Nobel Prize-winner Torsten Wiesel from 1995 until they divorced in 2007.
Stein committed suicide by jumping off from her apartment building in New York City on April 30, 2017, aged 83.
Presidente Hayes Department
The Presidente Hayes department () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villa Hayes.
Its code is PY-15.
The Presidente Hayes department is in the central part of the country, in the southwest of the "Occidental" ("Western") region. It has an area of , with a population of 108,520 for a Population density of .
The main rivers in the department are the Paraguay river and its tributary, the Pilcomayo.
The department is divided in 8 districts:
Malcolm I of Scotland
Malcolm I, born 896-900 was king of Scotland from 943-954 and was the successor to his 1st cousin once removed king Constantine II and was the monarch who celebrated the 100th anniversary of Scottish monarchs (843-943).
Donald was born between 896 and 900 somewhere in Scotland, although the place and exact time of his birth is unclear like many of the monarchs before him.
His reign began in 943, 100 years after Kenneth I, the first king of Scotland and lasted 11 years until 954. During his reign he would marry Bethoc who gave him 2 children, Dub (later to be king) and Kenneth III (also to be king). He also may have had a child named Mogallus mac Malcolm, prince of Scots in 934, before becoming king.
Malcolm died in 954, passing the throne to Indulf and later his two sons Kenneth and Dub. After his death many monarchs would take his name as king of Alba "Rex Alban" making him "according to some sources" the first king of Alba, instead of Constantine II.
William vanden Heuvel
William Jacobus vanden Heuvel (April 14, 1930 – June 15, 2021) was an American attorney, businessman and author, as well as a former diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the European office of the United Nations in Geneva (1977–79) and United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations (1979–1981) during the Jimmy Carter Administration.
He was the father of Katrina vanden Heuvel, longtime editor of "The Nation" magazine, and Wendy vanden Heuvel, children from his marriage to author/editor Jean Stein, the well-to-do daughter of Jules C. Stein, founder of MCA.
Vanden Heuvel died on June 15, 2021 in New York City from problems caused by pneumonia, aged 91.
Pinch hitter
In baseball, a pinch hitter is a batter in place of another batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while there is not an active play. The manager may use any player who has not entered the game. Unlike basketball, American football, or ice hockey, baseball does not have a "free substitution rule". The player replaced by the pinch hitter is never allowed back into that game. The pinch hitter takes the spot in the batting order of the player that he replaces.
The player chosen to be a pinch hitter is often a backup infielder or outfielder. Catchers are not usually pinch hitters because most teams only have two catchers. Pitchers are also not used very often as pinch hitters because they are not very good hitters.
The American League of Major League Baseball, the Pacific League in Japan, the KBO League in Korea, and other leagues use the designated hitter rule. The designated hitter bats for the pitcher but does not play defense.
Pennyroyal
Pennyroyal (scientific name: "Mentha pulegium") is a plant with puce-coloured leaves with a strong smell, said to ward off fleas.
Indulf of Scotland
Indulf was king of Scots from 954-962 and succeeded his cousin Malcolm I to the throne of Alba in 954. He died in 962, 8 years after he became king and passed the throne to his son Dub.
Indulf was king of Alba from 954-962 for 8 years, he was born sometime in the 900's. He reigned after Malcolm I and was succeeded by Dub. An interesting note is that Dub was supposedly black, nicknamed the Niger or the Vehement.
Indulf's reign began in 954 when he was most likely 30 or 40 years old, he died only 8 years later in 962. His legacy is forgotten and does not live on. He is rarely mentioned now.
He died in 962 in Scotland, 100 years after Donald I's death and was succeeded by his eldest son for the first time in the history of Alban Monarchs, Dub.
He is buried in Iona, like most Scottish monarchs from that time period. He was most likely buried not late after his death in around 967/8.
Anubias gilletii
Anubias gilletii is a plant in the Araceae family. It was first described for science in 1901 by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman and Th. Durand.
The plant is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The plant's leaves are medium-green and spear-shaped. They grow on long stalks. They may grow to about in length. The plant grows in muddy areas near, or in, streams. Sometimes it even grows completely under water.
This plant grows best when only partly under water and when not crowded by other plants. It needs a lot of nutrients. The substrate should be loose and have a lot of iron. The light should be moderate to strong. It prefers a temperature range of 22-26 degrees C (72-79 degrees F). It can be propagated by dividing the stolon or by its seed.
Erkki Kurenniemi
Erkki Juhani Kurenniemi (July 10, 1941 – May 1, 2017) was a Finnish designer, philosopher and artist. He was best known for his electronic music works and the electronic instruments he has designed. He is called as one of the leading early pioneers of electronic music in Finland. Kurenniemi was also a science adviser, a futurologist, a pioneer of media culture, and an experimental film-maker. He was born in Hämeenlinna, Finland.
Kurenniemi died on May 1, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland at the age of 75.
Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria
Archduke Joseph Árpád Benedikt Ferdinand Franz Maria Gabriel (; 8 February 1933 – 30 April 2017) was a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
He was born in Budapest, the son of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria and his wife, Princess Anna of Saxony. He was the great-grandson of Archduke Joseph of Austria, Count Palatine of Hungary.
He received a degree in economics from the University of Lisbon.
Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton (born Gustav Valentine Berglund III; April 30, 1947 – May 1, 2017) was an American musician.
In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band. Adopting the moniker Colonel Hampton B. Coles, Retired or alternatively Col. Bruce Hampton Ret., and sometimes playing a sort of dwarf guitar called a "chazoid", he later formed several other bands. Some of those band names include The Late Bronze Age, The Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Fiji Mariners, The Codetalkers, The Quark Alliance, Pharaoh Gummitt, and Madrid Express.
On May 1, 2017, Hampton was being honored with a concert featuring his friends at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia for his 70th birthday when he collapsed on-stage of a heart attack during an encore performance of "Turn on Your Lovelight." As a result, Hampton lay slumped over an amplifier on the edge of the stage for several minutes before he was taken offstage for medical attention; because people thought he was joking. He died shortly thereafter at Emory University Hospital Midtown.
George Hugh Niederauer