The main candidates were Arlette Laguiller from Lutte Ouvrière, Nicolas Sarkozy from the Union for a Popular Movement, Ségolène Royal from the Socialist Party, François Bayrou from the Union for French Democracy, Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front, Olivier Besancenot from the Revolutionary Communist League, Philippe de Villiers from the Movement for France, Marie-George Buffet from the French Communist Party, Dominique Voynet from the The Greens, José Bové, Frédéric Nihous from Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition and Gérard Schivardi from the Workers' Party.
On 22 April 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy won 31.2% of the vote and Ségolène Royal winning 25.9% of the vote. Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which Nicolas Sarkozy later won with 53.1% of the vote.
Sophie Howard
Sophie Louise Howard (born 17 September 1993) is a football defender who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim of Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga. Since 2017, she has been a member of the senior Scotland national team.
Howard played twice for the Germany women's national under-20 football team in 2012. She was named in Germany's squad for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan, but did not get to play in any matches. In 2016 she was called into a training camp for England's new "Next Gen" team. She said: "Although I was born and brought up in Germany it’s always been my ambition to play for England, and hopefully I’ve now taken my first step."
In March 2017 she was called up into the Scotland national team. The Scots had three injured defenders and were allowed to pick Howard because her grandfather is Scottish. She made her senior international debut on 11 April 2017, as a 64th-minute substitute in a 5–0 friendly defeat by Belgium in Leuven.
Anubias afzelii
Anubias afzelii is a plant in the Araceae family. It was first described for science in 1857 by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott. That description was based on material collected in Sierra Leone by Adam Afzelius. Schott named the species after him. The genus "Anubias" was described at the same time. Only "A. afzellii" belonged to it. This is therefore the type species of the genus. "A. afzelii" was the first species of this genus known to science.
The plant is found in West Africa: Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Mali.
The plant's leave blades are elongated (long and thin) and leathery. They can be up to long and wide. The leaf stems are generally shorter than the blade. The leaves are set on a creeping and rooting rhizome. It is thick. The spathe is long (sometimes up to 9 cm long). It has a long peduncle. The spadix is long (sometimes up to 12 cm long). It is a little bit longer than the spathe. Therefore, the tip of the spadix sticks a little bit out of the spathe. The upper part of the spadix is covered with male flowers. Their 5-6 stamens are fused. The anthers (also called thecae) are on the sides. The lower part of the spadix is covered with female flowers. These are reduced to the ovary and stigma.
The plant grows in wet, shady places. It flowers from the end of March to July. It fruits from April to September. The plant grows above water, but can sometimes be completely under water.
This plant grows best when only partly under water and when not crowded by other plants. It is most suited for the paludarium. It can also be used in larger aquariums, where it grows very slowly. It does not need much light. It prefers a temperature range of 22-26 °C. It can be propagated by dividing the rhizome. Propagation by seed is also easy.
Bauma
Bauma is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2015 the former municipality of Sternenberg merged into the municipality of Bauma.
Bauma, Sternenberg, Saland, Dillhaus, Dürstelen, Neuthal, Wolfensberg, Wellenau, Lipperschwändi and Schindlet.
Steven Holcomb
Steven Holcomb (April 14, 1980 – May 6, 2017) was an American bobsledder. She competed from 1998 until his death in 2017. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, he won the 4-man bobsled event for the United States, its first gold medal in that event since 1948. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished sixth in the four-man event and 14th in the two-man event.
Holcomb attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
Holcomb was found dead in his room at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, on May 6, 2017. He was 37. A preliminary report from the local coroner said that Holcomb died in his sleep from a possible case of pulmonary congestion, with further tests still waiting.
Milites
Milites is the Latin word for "soldiers". In Ancient Rome the milites were the foot soldiers of the Roman army. There were many different types and ranks of milites in the Roman army
In the early Middle Ages the word "milites" was used to describe free men using weapons. Later, the term applied to soldiers on horseback, then to the social class of knights, and finally to the nobility in general. The Knights Templar were known as "Milites Templi".
C. Jackson Grayson
C. Jackson "Jack" Grayson, Jr. (October 8, 1923 – May 4, 2017) was an American businessman and writer. He was the chairman of APQC, dean of two business schools, head of the U.S. Price Commission (1971), a farmer, newspaper reporter and FBI agent. In 1977 he founded APQC as a private sector, non-profit organization.
Grayson was the United States Chair of the Price Commission from 1971 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. In that position, Grayson oversaw price controls. Grayson gained exposure to productivity issues and how they related to product pricing. Grayson went on to found the American Productivity and Quality Center in 1977 where he now resides as chairman and oversees the organization's public education improvement initiatives.
Amancio Escapa Aparicio
Amancio Escapa Aparicio (30 March 1938 – 5 May 2017) was an Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in León, Spain. Escapa Aparici was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as titular bishop of Cenae and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo from 1996 until 2016.
Aparicio died on 5 May 2017 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic at the age of 79.
Val Jellay
Valerie "Val" Muriel Jellay (25 September 1927 – 6 May 2017) was an Australian actress, soubrette, singer, dancer and author. She also appeared in "Prisoner" as Mabel Morgan, and in "Neighbours" as Connie O'Rourke. She appeared in many guest roles in Australian soap operas.
Jellay died in Sydney from pneumonia on 6 May 2017 at the age of 89.
Rais Khan
Ustad Rais Khan (25 November 19396 May 2017) was a Pakistani sitarist from Karachi, Pakistan. Rais Khan was awarded the Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2005.
Min Bahadur Sherchan
Min Bahadur Sherchan (20 June 1931 – 6 May 2017) was a Nepalese mountaineer and former British Gurkha soldier. In 2008, the 76 year old became the oldest climber to summit Mount Everest. He lost the record five years later to 80 year old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura.
Sherchan died of a suspected heart attack at Everest Base Camp on 6 May 2017 while trying to reclaim his title at the age of 85.
Elon Lages Lima
Elon Lages Lima (July 9, 1929 – May 7, 2017) was a Brazilian mathematician. His research concerns differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry. Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil.
Lima was professor emeritus at Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada of which he was the director during three separate periods.
Gholamreza Pahlavi
Shahpur Gholamreza Pahlavi (15 May 1923 – 7 May 2017) was a Persian prince and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty, as the son of Reza Shah and half-brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Following the death of his half-sister Ashraf Pahlavi on 7 January 2016, Gholamreza became the only living child of Reza Pahlavi. He resided in Paris with his family.