Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system is a non-viral vector for gene therapy (ref: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3095056/). The SB system enables high-level stable gene transfer and sustained transgene expression in multiple primary human somatic cell types, thereby representing a highly attractive gene transfer strategy for clinical use. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28964527). Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon-based transfection is a two-component system consisting of a transposase and a transposon containing inverted repeat/direct repeat (IR/DR) sequences that result in precise integration into a TA dinucleotide. The transposon is designed with an expression cassette of interest flanked by IR/DRs, and SB transposase mediates stable integration and reliable long-term expression of the gene of interest. It has recently been demonstrated that SB efficiently mediates gene transfer and stable gene expression in human embryonic stem (ES) cells (http://cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2009/8/pdb.prot5270.full).André-Louis Debierne
André-Louis Debierne (14 July 1874 – 31 August 1949) was a French chemist. He is considered the discoverer of the element actinium.
2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état
On the evening of 14 November 2017, the Zimbabwe National Army gathered around Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and got control of the Zimbabwe's national television station and other areas of the city.
The next day, they issued a statement saying that it was not a coup d'état and that President Robert Mugabe was safe, although the situation would only return to normal after they had dealt with the "criminals" around Mugabe responsible for the socio-economic problems of Zimbabwe. Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, phoned Mugabe and confirmed that he was "fine", but under house arrest.
The coup took place amid troubles in the ruling ZANU–PF party between former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was backed by the army, and First Lady Grace Mugabe, backed by the younger G40 section, over who would replace the elderly President Mugabe. Grace Mugabe warned to a coup in October 2017.
A week after Mnangagwa was fired and forced to flee the country, and a day before troops moved into Harare, army chief Constantino Chiwenga issued a statement that purges of senior ZANU-PF officials like Mnangagwa had to stop. On November 21, 2017, Mugabe resigned as president. Emmerson Mnangagwa became the President of Zimbabwe on November 24, 2017.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (pronounced ; born 15 September 1942) is a Zimbabwean politician. He became the third and current President of Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe resigned on 21 November 2017. He served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2014 to 2017. On 6 November 2017 he was removed as Vice President by Robert Mugabe, who said he had been plotting against the government. He is the president of Zimbabwe since 24 November 2017.
On 15 November 2017, Mnangagwa became leader of ZANU-PF and was reported as likely to soon become President of Zimbabwe after the coup against Mugabe. Mugabe resigned on 21 November 2017 and Mnangagwa was named to be his successor.
While addressing a rally in Bulawayo and ahead of the scheduled July 31 elections, an explosion occurred, killing 2 and injuring 47 people. Mnangagwa escaped unharmed, but several members of the ZANU-PF party were injured, including his first and second Vice-Presidents; Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi, and Mary Chiwenga, the first vice-president's wife.
Philip Kotler
Philip Kotler (born May 27, 1931) is an American marketing author, consultant, and professor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He works at Northwestern University. He is the author of over 60 marketing books. He is an expert at marketing and capitalism. He studied at DePaul University.
Gunnar Uldall
Gunnar Uldall (17 November 1940 – 14 November 2017) was a German politician. He was state minister of Economy and Labour in Hamburg from 2001 to 2008. He was born in Hamburg. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served on the Hamburg Parliament from 1966 through 1983.
Uldall died on 14 November 2017, shortly before his 77th birthday in Hamburg.
Luis Bacalov
Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born Italian composer of movie scores. He was born in Buenos Aires.
In the early 1970s, he worked with Italian progressive rock bands. Bacalov has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Original Music Score, winning it in 1996 for "Il Postino". He was the artistic director of the "Orchestra della Magna Grecia" in Taranto, Italy.
Bacalov died in Rome on 15 November 2017 of leukemia at the age of 84.
Keith Barron
Keith Barron (8 August 1934 – 15 November 2017) was an English actor. He appeared in many movie roles and on television from 1961 until 2015. His television roles included the police drama "The Odd Man", the sitcom "Duty Free" and Gregory Wilmot in "Upstairs, Downstairs". He was born in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England.
Barron died on 15 November 2017 at the age of 83.
Sarah Lawson
Sarah Lawson (born 6 August 1928) is a British actress. She was born in Wadsworth, London, England. She is known for her roles in "The Odd Man", "The Trollenberg Terror", "Bergerac", and "Zero One". She made guest appearances in such series as "The Avengers", "The Saint", "Gideon's Way", "The Professionals" and "Danger Man".
Yuri Kayurov
Yuri Ivanovich Kayurov (; born September 30, 1927) is a Soviet and Russian movie and theater actor. He was honored with the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1979). He was born in Cherepovets. He is known for playing the role of Vladimir Lenin in the movie "Lenin in Paris". He is also a stage actor in Moscow.
Françoise Héritier
Françoise Héritier (15 November 1933 – 15 November 2017) was a French anthropologist, ethnologist, and feminist. She worked at the Collège de France (Chair of Comparative Studies of African Societies from 1982 to 1998). Her work deals mainly with the theory of alliances and on the prohibition of incest.
Wolfgang Schreyer
Wolfgang Schreyer (20 November 1927 – 14 November 2017) was an (East) German writer of fiction, historic adventures mixed with documentary, science fiction for TV shows and movies. He was born in Magdeburg, Germany.
During the last years of the war he was a member of the NSDAP (1944 – 1945).
He was best known as the author of over 20 adventure stories. In 1956 Schreyer was awarded the Heinrich-Mann-Preis. From 1974 until his death, he was a member of PEN International. He was very successful in East Germany.
Schreyer died on 14 November 2017 in Ahrenshoop, Germany at the age of 89.
Frans Krajcberg
Frans Krajcberg (12 April 1921 – 15 November 2017) was a Polish-born naturalized Brazilian painter, sculptor, engraver and photographer. He was known for his environmental activism. Krajcberg was against the destruction of the Brazilian forests, using materials such as burnt wood from illegal forest fires in his artworks.
Krajcberg was of Jewish descent. During World War II he fought in the Polish army. After the war he studied in the Soviet Union and Germany, and afterwards traveled between Brazil, Spain and France. He settled in Brazil in 1956 and became a Brazilian citizen in 1957.
Frans Krajcberg died at the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro of complications from pneumonia at the age of 96.
Rudi Kurz
Rudi Kurz (9 May 1921 – 2020) was a German actor, screenwriter and movie director. He was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. He is known for directing "Das grüne Ungeheuer" and "Die Spur führt in den 7. Himmel". He also directed television shows such as "Es geht nicht ohne Liebe". Kurz died in 2020 at the age of 99.
World War I Victory Medal (United States)