TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was a flight from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil by an Airbus A320 airplane. On July 17, 2007 the plane missed the runway at São Paulo and crashed into a TAM Express building and a Shell gas station. This was because of pilot error and because it was raining. All 187 people on board the plane and 12 people on the ground died. This was Brazil's worst airplane disaster.
Flight 3054 carried 181 passengers and six crew members on the plane. Captain Henrique Stefanini Di Sacco, age 53, was flying the plane. He had nearly 13,700 flight hours over his career as a pilot. The co-pilot was First Officer Kleyber Lima, age 54. He had almost 14,800 hours of flying experience. Most of the passengers on the plane were Brazilians, but 17 came from the United States, and eight from Mexico, five came from Taiwan, four each came from Germany and Italy, three each from the United Kingdom and Canada, two each from France, Sweden, Argentina, the Netherlands, one each from Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, China, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and Venezuela.
Byron Dobell
Byron Dobell (May 30, 1927 – January 21, 2017) was an American writer, editor, and artist.
Dobell was born in New York City. He studied at Columbia University earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947.
He is call as "one of the most respected and accomplished editors in New York magazine publishing history". He was the editor of several popular American magazines, including "American Heritage" and "Esquire". He is known for helping the early careers of many writers such as Tom Wolfe, David Halberstam and Mario Puzo.
In 1998, Dobell was inducted into the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame.
Dobell died in New York City on January 21, 2017 from complications of Parkinson's disease, aged 89.
Leslie Koo
Leslie Koo Cheng-yun (; 28 November 1954 – 23 January 2017) was a Taiwanese business executive and billionaire. He served as Chairman of Taiwan Cement Corporation until his death in 2017. He was the second son of famous businessman and diplomat Koo Chen-fu. He was a member of the Lukang Koo clan, one of the five wealthiest families of Taiwan.
Koo died from a cerebral hemorrhage after falling from a flight of stairs in Taipei on 23 January 2017, aged 62.
Tom Wolfe
Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe, Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018) was an American author and journalist. He was born in Richmond, Virginia.
Wolfe best known for his work with and influence over the New Journalism literary movement. He began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, but achieved national fame in the 1960s following the publication of such best-selling books as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and two collections of articles and essays, "Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers" and "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby".
His first novel, "The Bonfire of the Vanities", published in 1987, was met with critical acclaim, became a commercial success, and was adapted as a major movie (directed by Brian De Palma).
Wolfe died in New York City on May 14, 2018 of an infection at the age of 88.
Nigel Rodley
Sir Nigel Simon Rodley (1 December 1941 – 25 January 2017) was a British human rights activist, lawyer and professor. He was a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. He was also a commissioner for the International Commission of Jurists. He held academic positions at the University of Essex and the London School of Economics.
He was of Jewish descent.
Rodley died after a short illness on 25 January 2017 in Colchester, at the age of 75.
Alagnon
The Alagnon is a French river that starts in the Massif Central within the Regional Natural Park of the Volcanoes of Auvergne () and that flows through the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is a left tributary of the Allier.
The Alagnon river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of .
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Lempdes-sur-Allagnon in the Haute-Loire department.
Average monthly discharge (m/s) at Lempdes-sur-Allagnon (50 years)
The Alagnon river starts in the Mounts of Cantal (Massif Central), near the "Puy Bataillouse" mountain, "commune" of Laveissière, at an altitude of about , in the Cantal department. First, it flows to the east, near the Super Lioran ski resort, and gets into a gorge and, then, into a valley near Murat. The river flows in general to the northeast and gets into deep gorges in Lempdes-sur-Allagnon.
The Alagnon river flows through the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, 3 departments and 23 "communes". Two "communes" are named after the river: La Chapelle-d'Alagnon and Lempdes-sur-Allagnon. It flows through the following "communes", among others:
Finally, it flows into the Allier river in the town of Auzat-la-Combelle, in the place known as "Le Saut du Loup", in the Puy-de-Dôme department.
The main tributaries, over 20 km long, of the Cère river are:
Left tributaries:
Right tributaries:
Fondation IONIS
The Fondation IONIS (IONIS Foundation) is an non-profit organization created by IONIS Education Group, the first educational group in France.
It is to promote research and social diversity in France and in other countries.
For example, it can be giving scholarship. The Foundation is under the "Fondation de France".
Gil Ray
George Gilbert "Gil" Ray (September 17, 1956 – January 24, 2017) was an American rock drummer, guitarist, and singer. He is known as a member of the bands Game Theory and The Loud Family with Scott Miller. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He moved to San Francisco, California in 1982.
Ray died of cancer on January 24, 2017, at the age of 60.
Alexander Kadakin
Alexander Mikhailovich Kadakin (; 22 July 1949 – 26 January 2017) was a Russian diplomat. He served as the Russian Ambassador to India twice: from 1999 and 2004, and again from 2009 until his death in 2017. He was also the Russian Ambassador to Nepal (1993–1997) and Sweden (2005–2009). He was born in Chișinău, USSR (now Moldova) to Russian parents.
Kadakin died from heart failure on 26 January 2017 in New Delhi. He was 67.
Katja of Sweden
Katja Ingergard Geiger (born Karin Ingegerd Hallberg; 12 January 1920 – 25 January 2017), better known as Katja of Sweden, was a Swedish fashion designer.
Lauben
Lauben is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. The mayor has been Berthold Ziegler since 2002.
Siamogale melilutra
Siamogale melilutra was an extinct species of giant otter. It is from the late Miocene epoch, from Yunnan province, China. The skull has a combination of otter-like and badger-like cranial features. The new species belongs to the Lutrinae subfamily. "Siamogale melilutra" was about the size of a wolf. It was estimated to about . This is two to three times larger than any modern otter species.
Caning
Caning is a form of punishment that involves beating a person with a cane, usually made of rattan. Each blow of the cane is called a "cut" or a "stroke". It is most often applied to the hands or buttocks. Caning, as a form of corporal punishment, is prohibited under international law as a form of torture. Caning was banned in British public schools only a few years ago. It is still practiced in places such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Drumchapel
Drumchapel is a part of Glasgow, Scotland. It became part of Glasgow in 1938. Housing for about 30,000 people was built in the 1950s to help with overcrowding in Glasgow. At first there was only one post office and one telephone box. Drumchapel did not get its first shopping centre until the early 1960s. Local residents call it "The Drum".
2017 Women's March