They are sometimes referred to as South American mountain bamboos. Unlike most other grasses, the stems of these species are solid, not hollow. Some animals are associated with stands of "Chusquea", for example the Inca wren and the plushcap.
"Chusquea culeou", the colihue cane, from southern Chile and western Argentina, is notable as the most frost-tolerant South American bamboo and the only one that has been grown successfully to any extent in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with successful growth as an ornamental plant north to Scotland. The colihue cane was used by the Mapuches Indians to make instruments and as lances during the War of Arauco.
"Chusquea quila" (in Spanish "quila"), in contrast to Colihue, has a spreading or vining growth. It prefers wet places and does not grow above , where "C. coleou" becomes more dominant. "Chusquea quila" can form pure stands called "quilantales". Very few plants can grow under this species.
The genus "Chusquea" now includes species formerly classified in "Dendragrostis", "Rettbergia," "Swallenochloa", and "Neurolepis." The genus has been organized into three subgenera, subg. "Rettbergia", subg. "Swallenochloa" and subg. "Chusquea", although molecular evidence only supports a monophyletic subg. "Rettbergia".
Shimmer and Shine
Shimmer and Shine is a Canadian–American animated children's television series created by Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz. It airs on Nickelodeon in the United States and on Treehouse in Canada. The series premiered on August 24, 2015. The show was based on an unreleased pilot from September 2013.
On February 11, 2016, it was announced that "Shimmer and Shine" was renewed for a second season that uses CGI animation. On June 21, 2016, "Shimmer and Shine" was renewed for a third season. Shimmer and Shine are 2 genies who grant wishes and try to solve problems and the evil Zeta with the help of their human friends Leah and Zac.
Katalin Szőke
Katalin Szőke (17 August 1935 – 27 October 2017) was a Hungarian swimmer. She competed at the 1952 Olympics and won two gold medals, in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events. She was born in Budapest. During her career Szőke set four world records. In 1985 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Szőke died on 27 October 2017 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 82.
Josaphat-Robert Large
Josaphat-Robert Large (November 15, 1942 – October 28, 2017) was a Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic. His novel, "Les terres entourées de larmes" ("Shore surrounded with tears") won the Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003. He was born in Jérémie, Haiti. Large was a member of La Société des Gens de Lettres de France (Society of French intellectuals) and of the PEN Club America.
Large died of cancer in New York City on October 28, 2017 at the age of 74.
Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks (April 12, 1937 – October 29, 2017) was a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist, actor and author. He was an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Banks was also known as Nowa Cumig. His name in the Ojibwe language means "In the Center of the Universe". He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in 1968 with Native Americans in Minneapolis.
Banks had roles in the movies "War Party" (1988), "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992), "Thunderheart" (1992), and "Older Than America" (2008).
In August 2016, Banks received the vice presidential 2016 election nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party, a socialist political party with ballot access in California. He appeared on the California ballot with presidential nominee Gloria La Riva.
Banks died of complications from pneumonia on October 29, 2017 in Rochester, Minnesota at the age of 80.
Linda Nochlin
Linda Nochlin ("née" Weinberg; January 30, 1931 – October 29, 2017) was an American art historian and feminist. She was a Professor Emerita of Modern Art at New York University Institute of Fine Arts. She was also a essayist. A well known feminist art historian, she became well known for her pioneering 1971 article "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?". She was born in New York City.
Nochlin studied at Vassar College, Columbia University and at New York University.
Nochlin was the co-curator of a number of landmark exhibitions exploring the history and achievements of female artists. Her works include "Global Feminisms" at the Brooklyn Museum and "Women Artists: 1550-1950" (with Ann Sutherland Harris) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Nochlin died at age 86 on October 29, 2017.
Kim Joo-hyuk
Kim Joo-hyuk (; 3 October 1972 – 30 October 2017) was a South Korean actor. He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
Kim was known for his leading roles in the movies "My Wife Got Married" (2008), "The Servant" (2010) and "Yourself and Yours" (2016). He was known for his roles on the television series "Lovers in Prague" (2005), "God of War" (2012), "Hur Jun, The Original Story" (2013) and "Argon" (2017). Also, he was a regular member of the TV show 2 Days and 1 Night, which gave him the his best-known nickname “Brother Gutaeng”(구탱이형).
Kim was killed in a car crash near Seoul after suffering a heart attack behind the wheel on 30 October 2017 at the age of 45.
James D. Martin
James Douglas Martin (September 1, 1918 – October 30, 2017) was an American businessman and Republican politician. He was born in Tarrant, Alabama. He served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967.
His 1962 campaign for the United States Senate against the Democrat J. Lister Hill was the first serious showing by a member of his party in Alabama since Reconstruction.
The James D. Martin Wildlife Park at U.S. Highway 411 in Gadsden is named in his honor.
Martin died in Gadsden, Alabama of congestive heart failure on October 30, 2017 at the age of 99.
Melanmai Ponnusamy
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Ponnusamy died of a heart attack in Tamil Nadu on 30 October 2017 at the age of 66.
Daniel Te'o-Nesheim
Daniel Te'o-Nesheim (; born Daniel Nesheim, June 12, 1987 – October 29, 2017) was a Samoan American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington. He was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
On October 30, 2017, Te'o-Nesheim was reported to have died at the age of 30.
Aterno-Pescara
The Aterno-Pescara () is the longest river in the Abruzzo region and the one with largest watershed, of the rivers that flow into the Adriatic Sea south of the Reno river.
The river starts as Aterno on the "Monti della Laga" (a mountain range in the central Apennines) flowing mainly through the provinces of L'Aquila and Pescara; it flows also through the Chieti but only for a short distance. In the "comune" of Popoli, the river is joined by the "Pescara" river and then flows into the Adriatic Sea in the city of Pescara.
The Aterno-Pescara river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately .
The Aterno-Pescara river could be divided in three parts: the "Aterno" from its start till its confluence with the Saggitario river, "Aterno-Saggitario" till its confluence with the Pescara, and "Aterno-Pescara" till its mouth in the Adriatic Sea.
The Aterno starts in the "Monti della Laga" mountain range at an altitude of , just to the northeast of "Aringo", a hamlet in the Montereale "comune". It runs through the Montereale canyon and flows, in general, to the southeast and flows to the south of the city of L'Aquila.