The city of Amsterdam is surrounded on the north, east, and west sides by the town of Amsterdam. The city developed on both sides of the Mohawk River, with the majority located on the north bank. The Port Jackson area on the south side is also part of the city.
Dan Rattiner
Dan Rattiner (born 1939) is an American journalist and newspaper publisher.
In 1965, Rattiner co-founded the Manhattan-based underground newspaper "The East Village Other" with Walter Bowart, Allan Katzman, and John Wilcock. He also founded "The Block Island Times" in 1970. Rattiner hosted a weekly radio show, "The Hamptons Report", on WQXR for six years during the 1990s.
On April 24, 2015, Rattiner announced his plans to run for President of the United States as an Independent in the 2020 presidential elections.
Izak Parviz Nazarian
Izak Parviz Nazarian (February 24, 1929 – August 23, 2017) was a Iranian-born American billionaire businessman, investor and philanthropist. He was a managing partner of Omninet Capital, an investment company. He was born in a Tehran ghetto. He was Jewish.
In 2003, Nazarian founded the Citizens Empowerment Center in Israel (CECI), a non-partisan organization which promotes election reform in Israel.
He had no college degree. However, he later on received an honory degree from Tel Aviv University for his philantrophic efforts for the institution.
Nazarian founded Magbit Foundation Los Angeles which helps students struggling to finish college.
Nazarian died on August 23, 2017 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 88.
Tobe Hooper
Willard Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American movie director, screenwriter, and producer. Hooper best known for his work in the horror movie genre; his most recognized movie include "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and "Poltergeist".
Stuart Heritage of "The Guardian" described "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" as "one of the most influential films ever made".
Hooper’s first novel, "Midnight Movie", was published on Three Rivers Press in 2011.
Hooper died in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles on August 26, 2017 at the age of 74, and is survived by one son.
John A. Allison IV
John A. Allison IV (born August 14, 1948) is an American businessman and the former CEO and president of the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.. Allison held a number of leadership positions in BB&T Corp. from 1987 until 2010 when he retired. He now serves as a director at Moelis & Company.
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are parking lots with public transport connections. They allow people to leave their vehicles and travel on a bus, train or carpool for the remainder of the journey. Park and rides are usually in the suburbs of metropolitan areas or on the outer edges of large cities.
Park and ride are shown as "P+R" on road signs in the UK.
Taxicab stand
A taxicab stand (also called taxi rank, cab stand, taxi stand, cab rank, or hack stand) is a queue area on a street or on private property where taxicabs line up to wait for passengers.
Stands are normally located at airports, hotel driveways, railway stations, subway stations, bus depots, ferry terminals, shopping centres, and major street intersections. Usually stands are marked by simple painted signs.
Stands generally work as a first-come, first-served queue, so that the first taxicab to arrive on the stand (the one at the front of the line) serves the first passenger to arrive, and as the first taxicab leaves, each taxicab behind it moves ahead one spot, with the last taxicab to arrive taking the last spot.
Request stop
A request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop, railway station or airport at which buses, trains or airline flights respectively stop only on request; only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off.
Eugene Burger
Eugene Burger (June 1, 1939 – August 8, 2017) was an American magician. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was known for his close-up skills and his work in mentalism and bizarre magic. He was also a philosopher and a historian of religion.
Burger died of liver cancer in Chicago on August 8, 2017 at the age of 78.
Wilson das Neves
Wilson das Neves (June 14, 1936 – August 26, 2017) was a Brazilian percussionist and singer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a key figure in the history of Brazilian music.
He played with many of Brazil's greatest musicians across many decades and featured on numerous important recordings. He was a very important artist specially for Brazilian Popular Music as a sambista (those who do samba), composer and instrumentist, with over 50 years dedicated to music. He can be heard in over 600 records from the greatest Brazilian artists.
das Neves died of colorectal cancer on August 26, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 81.
Yitzhak Pundak
Yitzhak Pundak, born Yitzhak Fundik (; 13 June 1913 – 27 August 2017), was an Israeli general, diplomat and politician. He turned 100 in June 2013. He was born in Kraków, Poland.
He moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1933.
Pundak received his first senior diplomatic point in November 1965, when he was made the Israeli ambassador to Tanzania. He later served as the ambassador responsible for Guatemala and El Salvador, and as the head of the Jewish Agency's delegation to Argentina at the height of the Dirty War.
He was also involved in local politics.
Pundak died in Tel Aviv, Israel at the age of 104.
Rail replacement bus service
A rail replacement bus service are buses that replace passenger train services. Rail replacement bus services are used if railway lines are being repaired or if railway stations are being upgraded.
Ocean Master
Ocean Master (Orm Marius) is a fictional character, a supervillain published by DC Comics, and the brother of Aquaman. He was created by Nick Cardy and Bob Haney.
Oceam Master was Aquaman's fully human half-brother, the son of Tom Curry (Aquaman's father) and a woman named Mary O'Sullivan. He becomes a villain because he grows jealous of Aquaman and how he becomes King of Atlantis. Ocean Master is full human. He later has amnesia and disappears. Several years later, the self-named Orm Marius reappeared as the Ocean Master, a high-tech pirate who initially attacked ships but quickly moved on to causing natural disasters in order to hold the world at ransom.
Ocean Master will make his first movie appearance in the 2018 movie "Aquaman" played by Patrick Wilson.
Optare CityPacer
The Optare CityPacer was a step-entrance minibus that was built by Optare between 1985 and 1992. It was based on a Volkswagen LT55 van chassis and around 300 were produced.
Luis Ocaña
Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía (9 June 1945 – 19 May 1994) was a Spanish road bicycle racer. He won the 1973 Tour de France and the 1970 Vuelta a España. He was born in Priego, Cuenca, Spain.
Ocaña died in Nogaro, France at the age of 48.
Optare Soroco
The Optare Soroco was a step-entrance minicoach body that was built by Optare between 2008 and 2012. It was built for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis.
Christian Reformed Church in North America
The Christian Reformed Church (CRC) includes just over one thousand congregations across the United States and Canada. About 75 percent of the churches are in the United States; 25 percent are in Canada. It is one of only a few binational denominations: rather than split into different churches at the 49th parallel, it is united. Almost 300,000 people belong to the CRCNA—not a large number when you consider the population of the two countries.
Pedro Pedrossian
Pedro Pedrossian (13 August 1928 – 22 August 2017) was a Brazilian politician. He was born in Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
Pedrossian was a member of the Party of National Mobilization. He served two terms as the Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul. The first term, from 1980 to 1983, was an appointed role, before being elected to office in 1991. His term ended in 1994.
Pedrossian also served as the Governor of Mato Grosso between 1966 and 1971.