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Gelek Rimpoche

**Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche** (26 October 1939 &ndash; 14 February 2017) was a Tibetan-American Buddhist lama. He was born in Lhasa, China. Gelek was a nephew of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He was tutored by many of the same masters who tutored the current (14th) Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

He was the founder and president of Jewel Heart, "a spiritual, cultural, and humanitarian organization that translates the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism into contemporary life".

Rinpoche died in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 14 February 2017 from heart failure caused by open-heart surgery, aged 77.

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**American Rimpoche * documentary film about the life of Gelek Rimpoche
J. G. Hertzler

**John Garman "J. G." Hertzler Jr.** (born March 18, 1950) is an American actor, author, screenwriter, politician and activist. He is best known in the *Star Trek* community for his role on *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (*DS9*) as the Klingon General (and later Chancellor) Martok.

Hertzler was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was raised in St. Joe, Missouri and in El Paso, Texas. Hertzler studied at Bucknell University, at the University of Maryland, and at American University. He is a Democrat. He has one child.

In November 2013, Hertzler was elected as a board member of the Ulysses, New York town council. He was elected as an official council member in 2016. He supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election.

On June 8, 2017, Hertzler announced his candidacy as a U.S. House Representative for New York's 23rd congressional district in the 2018 elections. As part of his campaign appearances, he plans to act "in the persona of Mark Twain", to present his ideas "through the brilliant humorist for all ages".  He stated that this was a tribute both to Twain, who resided once in Elmira, and to actor Hal Holbrook, who had portrayed Twain on stage for more than six decades.

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Nicole Bass

**Nicole Bass-Fuchs** (August 10, 1964 &ndash; February 17, 2017) was an American bodybuilder, actress, professional wrestler and manager. She worked for companies such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, Xtreme Pro Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance. She made many appearances as a guest on *The Howard Stern Show*. She was a member of Stern's Wack Pack.

Bass was born in Queens, New York. She married Richard "Bob" Fuchs in 1985. Fuchs died in 2013.

Bass was taken to the hospital in New York City after having a stroke in February 2017. She was said to be brain dead on February 16, 2017 after having a heart attack. Her life support was removed on February 17, dying at the age of 52.

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Loren Wiseman

**Loren Wiseman** (March 7, 1951 &ndash; February 14, 2017) was an American wargame and role-playing game designer, game developer and editor. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois. Wiseman co-founded Game Designers' Workshop with Frank Chadwick, Rich Banner, and Marc Miller on June 22, 1973. 

Wiseman received the Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Adventure for *Twilight: 2000 Going Home*. He was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in 2003. He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of clubs in Flying Buffalo's 2010 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck.

Wiseman died on February 15, 2017 in Normal, Illinois from heart failure at the age of 65.

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Yellowjacket

The **yellowjacket** (or **yellow jacket**) is a wasp from the genera *Vespula* and *Dolichovespula*. In some English-speaking countries, they are called wasps. Most are black and yellow. Some are black and white.

Yellowjackets are sometimes confused with bees because they have rather similar colouring. Yellowjackets have a stinger with a small barb. They may sting repeatedly.

The diet of an adult yellowjacket is usually sugars and carbohydrates. They are important predators of other insects because they feed their larvae (grubs) with chewed-up insects.

They are native to North America and parts of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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Jannis Kounellis

**Jannis Kounellis** (; 24 March 1937 &ndash; 16 February 2017) was a Greek-Italian contemporary artist. He was a painter and sculptor. He moved to Rome in 1956. He was best known for his work during the Arte Povera movement in the 1960s. He had art exhibitions in cities including Rome, London, New York City, Athens, Herning and Berlin. He was born in Piraeus.

Kounellis died on 16 February 2017 in Rome, at the age of 80.

## Related pages
* List of Italian painters

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Siegfried Herrmann

**Siegfried Herrmann** (7 November 1932 &ndash; 14 February 2017) was a German long-distance runner. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne) and the 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo). He was the men's 3000 m world record holder from 5 August to 27 August 1965. He was an athletics coach from 1976 until 2000. He was born in Unterschönau, Thuringia.

Herrmann died on 14 February 2017 in Erfurt, Thuringia, at the age of 84.

## References
Unreachable code

**Unreachable code** is a section of code in a program that can never be executed. 

Having unreachable code is bad because it wastes space on the disk, memory, and CPU cache.

Luckily, many modern compilers alert the programmer with a warning or error whenever it detects unreachable code.

## Example 
```java
void beepForever() {
      while (true) {
          System.out.println("Beep!");
      }
      System.out.println(":'(");
  }
```

In this example, `":'("` will never be printed because the loop never exits.
 
 
 

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Vijayakanth

**Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami** (25 August 1952 &ndash; 28 December 2023) better known by his stage name **Vijayakanth**, was a Tamil actor and politician. He was the Leader of the Opposition of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. Before becoming a politician, he was a film actor in Tamil cinema from 1979 to 2010. He was the founder of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and served as a Member of Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Rishivandiyam, previously Virdhachalam.

Vijayakanth died from pneumonia caused by COVID-19 at a hospital in Chennai, India on 28 December 2023, at the age of 71.

## Vijayakanth filmography
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Pan Am Flight 759

**Pan Am Flight 759** was a domestic flight from Miami to San Diego with stopovers at New Orleans and Las Vegas, the plane was operated by a Boeing 727 with 145 people on-board. On July 9, 1982 the plane as forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff, and crashed into a suburb of Kenner. All 145 people on-board the plane along with eight more on the ground died in the crash.
Tactopoda

**Tactopods** are members of a proposed clade of ecdysozoans called **Tactopoda**. Various studies support the tactopods.

## Phyla 
* Arthropoda
* Tardigrada
Michael Novak

**Michael Novak** (September 9, 1933 &ndash; February 17, 2017) was an American Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat. He wrote more than forty books on the philosophy and theology of culture. He was known for his book *The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism* (1982). In 1994, he was awarded the Templeton Prize for  Progress in Religion. He mostly wrote books and articles about capitalism, religion, and the politics of democratization. 

Novak was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He was married to Karen Laub-Novak. He had three children.

Novak died from complications of colon cancer on February 17, 2017 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 83.

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Dick Bruna

**Hendrik Magdalenus** "**Dick**" **Bruna** (23 August 1927 &ndash; 16 February 2017) was a Dutch writer, illustrator and graphic designer. He wrote and illustrated over 200 children's books. He was best known for creating the character Miffy (). His last book, *Queen Miffy*, was published in 2007. He was born in Utrecht.

Bruna died on 16 February 2017 in Utrecht, at the age of 89.

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European hornet

The **European hornet** (*Vespa crabro*) is a large eusocial wasp in Europe. It is the only true hornet in North America. European hornets are usually known as pests by humans who come in contact with them.

They are known for making nests out of plant material and other fibers to create paper nests.

This species stings in response to being stepped on or grabbed. However, they usually avoid conflict. They are also defensive of their hive. They are sometimes aggressive around food sources.

European hornets eat large insects, mostly wasps and large bees.

Care should be taken, because the hornets may sting without warning. The pain from the sting may persist for a few days with swelling.

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Börge Hellström

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**Börge Lennart Hellström** (25 September 1957 &ndash; 17 February 2017) was a Swedish writer. He was an ex-criminal. He was best known as a founding member of the organisation *Kriminellas revansch i samhället* (KRIS). The organisation aims to fight crime and give support to former criminals. He was also one half of the writing duo Roslund & Hellström. With journalist Anders Roslund, he published seven books between 2004 and 2016.

Hellström lived in Värmdö Municipality. He died from cancer on 17 February 2017, at the age of 59.

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Ep Wieldraaijer

**Egbert Roelof "Ep" Wieldraaijer** (31 March 1927 &ndash; 16 February 2017) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Wieldraaijer served in the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1974. Subsequently he served in the European Parliament from 1973 to 1974.

After being an alderman of Almelo from 1974 to 1978, he served a ten-year term as mayor of Avereest (Overijssel).

Wieldraaijer was born in Borne (Overijssel) and died in Enschede (same province), aged 89.

## References
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*  Bio at Parlement.com
Joop Gouweleeuw

**Job Johannes** "**Joop**" **Gouweleeuw** (5 September 1940 &ndash; 29 January 2017) was a Dutch judoka. He competed in 93 kg event at the 1965 and 1966 European Judo Championships. He won a silver medal in 1965 and gold medal in 1966. He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was born in Delft, South Holland.

Gouweleeuw died on 29 January 2017 in Delft, at the age of 76.

## References
Kiss It Better (Rihanna song)

"**Kiss It Better**" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna.  It was released on March 31, 2016, as the third single from her eighth studio album, *Anti*.  The song is a pop rock and R&B power ballad about wanting to make up with a lover.

The song managed to reach number 62 on the US *Billboard* Hot 100 and number 46 on the UK Singles Chart.  Even though the song charted lowly in the US, it was still certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales and streams of over one million copies there.  It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song at the 59th Annual award ceremony in 2017.

## Music video 
The music video for "Kiss It Better" was released on March 31, 2016.  The video was shot in black and white and shows Rihanna in various angles, at some points nude.  Different silks are used throughout the video.

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Veyrier

**Veyrier** is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It borders France. About 11,000 people were living in Veyrier in 2015.

The municipality includes the localities of Pinchat, Vessy and Sierne.

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Krinau

**Krinau** was a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

In 2013 Krinau became a part of the municipality of Wattwil.

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NASCAR on Sky

***Nascar on Sky*** was the branding used for telecasts of Nascar  races produced by Sky Sports, and televised on Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports Xtra (later renamed as Sky Sports 4) in the United Kingdom.

## Sky Indycar broadcasts
### Races covered by Sky
### Broadcasts
Lineman (technician)

A **lineworker** (or **powerline worker**), is a trained tradesperson who builds and maintains power distribution and telephone networks and their infrastructure, such as supporting poles and pylons.

The word lineworker refers to those who work in generally outdoor installation and maintenance jobs. Those who install and maintain electrical wiring inside buildings are electricians.

Linework can be dangerous.  Personal protective equipment diminishes the risk of injury or death. PPE has the serious limitation that it does not eliminate the hazard at the source and may result in employees being exposed to the hazard if the equipment fails.

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Tom Regan

**Thomas "Tom" Regan** (November 28, 1938 &ndash; February 17, 2017) was an American philosopher and writer. He was best known for his animal rights activism. He wrote the non-fiction book *The Case for Animal Rights* (1983). He also made the term "subjects-of-a-life" popular. He taught philosophy at North Carolina State University (NCSU) from 1967 to 2001.

Regan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was married to Nancy Tirk. He had two children, Bryan and Karen.

Regan died from pneumonia on February 17, 2017 in Rockingham, North Carolina, at the age of 78.

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Djelloul Khatib

**Djelloul Khatib** (8 October 1936 &ndash; 6 February 2017) was an Algerian independence activist and politician. During the Algerian War, he tried to make the National Liberation Army more professional. After the ending of the war, he became involved in politics. He served as the governor of Batna, Constantine and Oran. He was also the Algerian Ambassador to Spain and Argentina. He was born in Algiers.

Khatib died on 6 February 2017, at the age of 80.

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Erland Kops

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**Erland Kops** (14 January 2017 &ndash; 17 February 2017) was a Danish badminton player. He was one of the best players of the sport. He was best known for winning eleven titles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, between 1958 and 1969. He also played 44 national matches for Denmark from 1957 to 1972. He was added to the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997. He was born in Copenhagen.

Kops died on 17 February 2017, at the age of 80.

## References
Puzhal Lake

Puzhal Lake also known as Red Hills lake is located in  Red Hills, Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the two reservoirs from where the drinking water is drawn for Chennai city. The other reservoir is Chembarambakkam Lake. The full capacity of the lake is 3300 million cubic feet.
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Cycloneuralia

**Cycloneuralia** is a group of ecdysozoan animals. "Cycloneuralia" means "brain around pharynx".

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Kodaikanal Lake

**Kodaikanal Lake** () is a man-made lake in the city of Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. In 1863, Sir Vere Henry Levinge wanted to build the lake. This lake is a famous tourist spot in Kodaikanal.

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Luke M. Griswold

**Luke M. Griswold** (1837 – 1892) was a sailor in the U.S Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor, the highest honor of the U.S. military.

## Biography 
Luke M. Griswold was born in 1837 in Massachusetts.  He joined the U.S. Navy from Springfield, Massachusetts, and served on the ship *U.S.S. Rhode Island*.

On December 30, 1862, the ship *U.S.S. Monitor* went down in a storm near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The *U.S.S. Rhode Island* rescued the crew.  After the rescue, Griswold's small boat was lost during the storm.  The crew members spent many hours at sea before being picked up.

Griswold's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

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Chembarambakkam Lake

**Chembarambakkam Lake** is a lake located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is about 40km from Chennai. It is one of the two reservoirs from where water is taken to Chennai City for supply. The Adyar River starts at Chembarambakkam Lake. The lake can hold 3645 million cubic feet of water.

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Ivan Koloff

**Ivan Koloff** (born **Oreal Perras**; August 25, 1942 &ndash; February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was also called "**The Russian Bear**". He was best known for once holding the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. He wrestled between 1961 and 1994. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Koloff died from liver cancer on February 18, 2017 in Winterville, North Carolina. He was 74.

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Omar Abdel-Rahman

**Omar Abdel-Rahman** (, *‘Umar ‘Abdu r-Raḥman*; 3 May 1938 &ndash; 18 February 2017) was an Egyptian Muslim leader. He was blind, and nicknamed "**The Blind Sheikh**". He served a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center, in Butner, North Carolina, United States. He was a resident of New York City. He and nine others were convicted of planning a terrorist attack. His arrest grew from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing investigations. 

Abdel-Rahman was born in al-Gamalia, Dakahlia Governorate. He lost his eyesight when he less than a year old. He had at least ten children.

Abdel-Rahman died on 18 February 2017 at Butner, at the age of 78. He died from problems caused by diabetes and coronary artery disease.

## Related pages
* 1993 World Trade Center bombing
* Lynne Stewart

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Lawrence F. Snowden

**Lawrence Fontaine Snowden** (April 14, 1921 &ndash; February 18, 2017) was an American lieutenant general. He was in the United States Marine Corps. He began serving in 1942 and retired in 1979.  He was involved in World War II, the Vietnam War and the Korean War. Commands he held include Chief of Staff, United States Forces Japan (from 1972 to 1975) and Chief of Staff, Headquarters Marine Corps (from 1977 to 1979). He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Snowden died on February 18, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida. He was 95.

## References
Pyruvic acid

of pyruvic acid.]]

**Pyruvic acid** is the simplest of the keto acids, with a carboxylic acid and a ketone functional group. **Pyruvate**, the conjugate base, is an important part of several metabolic chemical reactions.  Pyruvate is an important chemical compound in biochemistry.

Pyruvic acid can be made from glucose through glycolysis. One molecule of glucose breaks down into two molecules of pyruvate. These are then used to give more energy to living animals, plants and microorganisms. It is then changed back to carbohydrates (such as glucose) by a metabolic chemical reaction named gluconeogenesis, or to fatty acids through a similar reaction. It can also be used to make the amino acid alanine and can be converted into ethanol or lactic acid by fermentation.

Pyruvic acid gives energy to cells through the citric acid cycle, when oxygen is present (aerobic respiration), and also makes lactate when oxygen is lacking (fermentation). 

## References
Clyde Stubblefield

**Clyde Stubblefield** (April 18, 1943 &ndash; February 18, 2017) was an American funk drummer. He began his career around the 1960s. He best known for his work with James Brown. His recordings with James Brown include the singles "Cold Sweat", "There Was a Time", "I Got The Feelin'", "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud", "Ain't It Funky Now", "Mother Popcorn", "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" and the album *Sex Machine*. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Stubblefield died from kidney failure on February 18, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin. He was 73.

## References
Alan Aldridge

**Alan Aldridge** (1 June 1943 &ndash; 17 February 2017) was a British artist, graphic designer and illustrator. He was well known for his art works for musicians and bands such as The Who, The Beatles and Elton John. He also drew the cover art for the science fiction novel *Make Room! Make Room!* (1966) by Harry Harrison. 

Aldridge was born in London. He had eight children, including Lily Aldridge.

Aldridge lived in Los Angeles, California, United States. He died on 17 February 2017, at the age of 73.

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Theodore J. Lowi

**Theodore J.** "**Ted**" **Lowi** (July 9, 1931 &ndash; February 17, 2017) was an American political scientist. He was the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions teaching in the Government Department at Cornell University. His area of research was the American government and public policy. He was the president of the International Political Science Association from 1997 to 2000.

Lowi was born in Gadsden, Alabama. He was married to Angele until her death in 2015. They had two children, Anna and Jason.

Lowi died on February 17, 2017 in Ithaca, New York, at the age of 85.

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Williams Street

**Williams Street Studios** is an animation company. It is owned by Cartoon Network and  Turner Broadcasting System. They create television programmes for Adult Swim. 

From 1994 to 1998 the company was called **Ghost Planet Industries**. Ghost Planet is the home of Space Ghost, who is a fictional character in an Adult Swim programme.

Williams Street Studios is located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dan Vickerman

**Daniel Joseph** "**Dan**" **Vickerman** (4 June 1979 &ndash; 18 February 2017) was an Australian professional rugby union player. He played 63 times for the national team, the Wallabies, between 2002 and 2011. He also played for the New South Wales Waratahs and the Brumbies. He retired in 2012.

Vickerman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He moved to Australia in the 1990s. He was married and had two children.

Vickerman died on the night of 18 February 2017 in Sydney, at the age of 37. His death was said to be a suicide.

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Michael Ogio

Sir **Michael Ogio**  (7 July 1942 &ndash; 18 February 2017) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as the ninth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from 20 December 2010 until his death. He was leader of the People's Democratic Movement party.

Ogio died on 18 February 2017 in Port Moresby, at the age 74.

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Pasquale Squitieri

**Pasquale Squitieri** (27 November 1938 &ndash; 18 February 2017) was an Italian movie director and screenwriter. He was best known for his Spaghetti Western movies. He was also known as **William Redfield**. He was born in Naples.

Squitieri died on 18 February 2017 in Rome, at the age of 78.

## Filmography
**Io e Dio* (1969)
**Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold* (1971)
**Camorra* (1972)
**I guappi* (1974)
**The Climber* (1975)
**Il prefetto di ferro* (1977)
**Corleone* (1978)
*''L'arma* (1978)
**Savage Breed* (1980)
**Claretta* (1984)
**The Repenter* (1985)
**Naso di cane* (1986) (TV miniseries)
**The Third Solution* (1988)
**Gli invisibili* (1988)
**Atto di dolore* (1990)
**Il colore dell'odio* (1990)
**Li chiamarono... briganti!* (1999)
**L'avvocato de Gregorio* (2003)
**Father'' (2011)

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Ready Set Learn

**Ready Set Learn** was an American television programming block. It was broadcast on TLC from December 28, 1992 to September 26, 2008, and Discovery Kids from the same day to October 8, 2010. The programs were aimed towards preschool children. The block was broadcast until October 8, 2010 when Discovery Kids was rebranded as Hub Network which became Discovery Family in 2014.

## Programming
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Alexander Acosta

**Rene Alexander "Alex" Acosta** (born January 16, 1969) is an American attorney. Acosta was the 27th United States Secretary of Labor serving from April 28, 2017 until July 19, 2019. He was the dean of the Florida International University College of Law from 2009 through 2017. He is Republican. On February 16, 2017, he was announced as President Donald Trump's nominee for the United States Secretary of Labor.

On February 16, 2017, after the withdrawal of Andrew Puzder's nomination, President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to serve as United States Secretary of Labor. He resigned on July 19, 2019 due to his connections to the Jeffrey Epstein and his plea deal.

## Early life
Acosta was born in Miami, FloridaJanuary 16,1969 as Rene Alexandria Acosta. His parents are Cuban immigrants and we're excited to welcome their daughter into the world.By the age of 6 (s)he realized he was in the wrong body and his immigrant parents accepted his decision and Rene became Alexander on July 26,1981.  He studied at Harvard College and Harvard Law School earning both a B.S. and J.D. degree.

## Law career
Acosta was appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Labor Relations Board and later served in that administration as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

## United States Secretary of Labor (since 2017)
After the unsuccessful nomination of Andrew Puzder to be United States Secretary of Labor, President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to fill the position on February 16, 2017.

On April 27, 2017, Acosta was confirmed by the U. S. Senate by a 60–38 vote. Acosta announced on July 12, 2019 his resignation effective July 19, following criticism of his role in the Jeffrey Epstein sex traffic case.

## Personal life
Acosta is married to Jan Elizabeth Williams. They both live in McLean, Virginia and have two daughters, Delia and Rosalia.

## References
## Other websites
* Official biography  from the Florida International University College of Law
* Assistant Attorney General R. Alexander Acosta
Four sons of Horus

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**The four sons of Horus** are a group of gods who protect the dead souls. They appear as canopic jars, each represented as a different head. The first god is Imsety, he appears with a human head, the second god is Duamutef, he appears with a jackal head, the third god is Hapi, he appears with a baboon head, and the fourth and final god is Qebehsenuef, he appears with a falcon head. They are used as canopic jars.
Rem (mythology)

**Rem** ( "to weep"), also **Rem-Rem**, **Remi**, or **Remi the Weeper**, who lives in Rem-Rem, the realm of weeping, was a fish god in ancient Egypt who fertilized the land with his tears, producing both vegetation and the reptiles. He’s assumed to be the personification of Ra's tears.

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Norma McCorvey

**Norma Leah McCorvey** (née **Nelson**; September 22, 1947&nbsp;– February 18, 2017), better known by the legal pseudonym "**Jane Roe**", was an American activist. She was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit *Roe v. Wade* in 1973.

The US Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. Later, McCorvey said that her views on abortion had greatly changed, and she became a Catholic activist in the pro-life movement.

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Luigi Canepa

**Luigi Canepa** (January 15, 1849 – May 12, 1914) was an Italian opera composer. He is best known for his 1879 opera, *Riccardo III*. He was born and died in Sassari, Sardinia.

## Biography
His father Francesco and her mother Angela Solari, of Genoese origin, soon discovered his musical talent, addressing it to study the flute at age eight and enrolling him to 10 years at the Milan Conservatory, where he remained until autumn 1861. The 'year later was enrolled as a student for a fee at the Conservatory of Naples directed by Saverio Mercadante where he reached excellent results, only fifteen years old, he won a competition for a place in the class of counterpoint and composition.

The October 14, 1867 fled from the conservatory to fight alongside of Garibaldi in the campaign for the liberation of Rome but was wounded and taken prisoner. On November 5, he returned to the Conservatory of Naples and shortly after he moved to Milan where he continued his musical studies.

In 1871 he composed his first opera, "Davide Rizio", libretto by Enrico Costa, countryman and cousin of Canepa. The opera in three acts, based on the life of David Rizzio and Mary Stuart, was performed for the first time at the Teatro Carcano in November of the following year and then bought by the publisher Lucca, who took her on stage in many Italian cities and Barcelona.

In 1874 he composed "I Pezzenti" with libretto by Fulvio Fulgonio which was staged at La Scala in September of that year and then in several European theaters.

Canepa was establishing itself more and more, and his third opera, "Riccardo III", composed to a libretto by Fulvio Fulgonio and staged for the first time in 1879, received unanimous praise from critics and other celebrated composers, like Giuseppe Verdi and Amilcare Ponchielli.

A serious illness interrupted his career and forced him to retreat to his native city, where he devoted himself to music criticism and teaching. In 1891 he ran for municipal elections is supported by young intellectuals who had recently founded La Nuova Sardegna is the unitary list of Republicans and moderate and, elected with broad suffrage, held for years the city councilor activities.

Improving his health returned to composing but his celebrity was now gone. In this period he wrote a Mass, a funeral march for Giuseppe Garibaldi and funeral elegy for Nino Bixio, performed in Genoa arrival of his ashes.

He ended his career as a composer with the operetta tragicomic "Amsicora", composed to a libretto by Salvatore Scano and staged at the Teatro Verdi in Sassari in April 1903.

To him they are named the Conservatory of Music of Sassari, the town band, a street of the same city and the Chorale Luigi Canepa, the oldest choral institution of Sardinia.

He is buried, along with his mother and his son Aldo Canepa, in the Monumental Cemetery of Sassari.
José Solé

**José Solé** (July 28, 1929 – February 15, 2017) was a Mexican stage actor, movie director, set design, and theater director. 

His career extended over 60 years. He worked to promote theater in Mexico, which did not have governmental support that the other arts did after the Mexican Revolution. He performed in and directed many plays, as well as directing theaters and even the theatrical division of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Institute of Fine Arts).  

He received recognition for both acting and directing early in his career, but major awards such as Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes (National Prize for Arts and Sciences) in the 2000s.

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Warren Frost

**Warren Frost** (June 5, 1925&nbsp;– February 17, 2017) was an American actor.

His work was mainly in the theatre, but he worked in movies and television since his career began in 1958. He was known for television roles on *Matlock*, *The Larry Sanders Show,* and *Seinfeld*. He was mainly known for his role as Doctor Hayward on *Twin Peaks*, a series co-created by his son Mark Frost.

He has also appeared in TV movies, such as *Psycho IV: The Beginning* (1990) and *The Stand* (1994).

Frost died at his home in Middlebury, Vermont, on February 17, 2017, following a long illness at the age of 91.

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Jørgen Kieler

**Jørgen Kieler** (23 August 1919 – 19 February 2017) was a Danish physician. He was known for his participation in resistance activities under the Nazi German occupation of Denmark in the early 1940s during World War II. 

Together with his sister, Elsebet Kieler, he published *Frit Denmark* (), an illegal newspaper. 

As a member of the Holger Danske resistance group, he helped hundreds of Danish Jews to escape to Sweden and avoid extermination.

## References
Peter Skellern

**Peter Skellern** (14 March 1947 &ndash; 17 February 2017) was an English singer-songwriter and pianist. He was born in Bury, Lancashire. Skellern's first song to become a hit was "You're a Lady" in 1972. The record featured a choral group called the Congregation, who had already had a top ten hit with the song "Softly Whispering I Love You". and number 50 in the United States *Billboard* Hot 100. 

Although he only had two more hit singles in the next six years, Peter Skellern had a successful musical career, recording many albums and writing music and songs for television and films. These included theme songs for TV series such as *Billy Liar* (1973),  *Me and My Girl* (1984) and *Flying Lady* (1987). He later began a double act with another pianist and singer, Richard Stilgoe, and they toured the country and made three albums before Skellern retired from performing in 2001.

In October 2016, when it was known that he was going to die, he was ordained as a priest of the Church of England. He had been given special permission by the Archbishop of Canterbury because it was something he had always wanted to do. Skellern died on 17 February 2017 from a brain tumour, aged 69.

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Roger Hynd

**John Roger Shankly Hynd** (2 February 1942 &ndash; 18 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a centre half. 

He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before moving to the Football League. 

He played nearly 300 League games for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City. For a short time, he served as manager of Motherwell before leaving professional football to work as a PE teacher. He was the nephew of Bill Shankly.

In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame. Hynd died in February 2017, aged 75.

## Honours
**Rangers**
* European Cup Winners' Cup runners-up: 1966–67
**Birmingham City**
* Football League Second Division runners-up: 1971–72

**Individual**
* Birmingham City F.C. Hall of Fame: inducted 2012

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Richard Schickel

**Richard Warren Schickel** (February 10, 1933 &ndash; February 18, 2017) was an American historian, journalist, author, educator, filmmaker, screenwriter, documentarian, and movie critic. He was a critic for *Time* magazine from 1965&ndash;2010. He has also written for *Life* magazine and the *Los Angeles Times Book Review*. He worked for Truthdig until his death in 2017.

Schickel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has also taught at Yale University and University of Southern California's School of Film and Television. Schickel died on February 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, California from complication of a stroke, aged 84.

## References
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* 1989 audio interview with Richard Schickel at Wired for Books.org  by Don Swaim
Andrew Schneider

**Andrew Jay Schneider** (November 13, 1942&nbsp;– February 17, 2017) was an American journalist and investigative reporter. He worked for the *Pittsburgh Press* and *Seattle Post-Intelligencer* as a public-health reporter. He was born in The Bronx, New York.

He received two Pulitzer Prizes while working for the *Press*: one for Specialized Reporting in 1986 with Mary Pat Flaherty and another for Public Service with Matthew Brelis and the *Press*.

Schneider died in Salt Lake City, Utah from heart failure on February 17, 2017, aged 74.

## References
Altamas Kabir

**Altamas Kabir** (19 July 1948 &ndash; 19 February 2017) was an Indian lawyer and judge. He served as the 39th Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of India from 29 September 2012 through 18 July 2013. He was born and raised in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Kabir died of kidney disease in Kolkata on 19 February 2017, aged 68.

## References
## Other websites
* Profile at Supreme Court of India's official website
Magnus Wenninger

**Magnus J. Wenninger**  (October 31, 1919 &ndash; February 17, 2017) was an American mathematician. He worked on constructing polyhedron models. He also wrote the first book on their construction. He was also a Benedictine monk. He was born in Park Falls, Wisconsin. His parents were German.

Wenninger died on February 17, 2017 at Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. He was 97.

## References
Lavell Crawford

**Lavell Maurice Crawford** (born November 11, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Huell Babineaux, the bodyguard, assistant, and pickpocket for Saul Goodman in *Breaking Bad*. 

Lavell also played the role of Gus Patch in the Netflix original movie *The Ridiculous 6*.

## References
Alejandro Atchugarry

**Alejandro Víctor Washington Atchugarry Bonomi** (31 July 1952 &ndash; 19 February 2017) was an Uruguayan lawyer and politician.

He served as Minister of Economics and Finance during the 2002 Uruguay banking crisis. It was a widely acknowledged role in the solution of Uruguay's worst economic moment in a century.

Atchugarry died of an aneurysm in Montevideo on 19 February 2017, aged 64.

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Martin Schulz

**Martin Schulz** (born 20 December 1955) is a German Social Democratic (SPD) politician. He was the President of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2017. From March 2017 to February 2018, he served as the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party.

## Political career
Before to his Presidency of the European Parliament, he was the leader of its Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group. Elected as European Parliament President in 2012, Schulz was re-elected on 1 July 2014. On 17 January 2017, he was succeeded by Antonio Tajani of the EPP. 

### German chancellorship nomination
In November 2016, he announced he would not seek a third term, but instead would stand in 2017 as the SPD candidate for the German Chancellorship. In January 2017, Schultz became the official SDP candidate for the German Chancellorship. He lost the election to Angela Merkel.

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Kaci Kullmann Five

**Karin Cecilie "Kaci" Kullmann Five** (13 April 1951 &ndash; 19 February 2017) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. She was a member of the Conservative Party. She served as Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2015 to her death in 2017.

Five was born in Bærum, Norway. She studied at the University of Oslo. She was married to Carsten O. Five until her death in 2017. They had two children.

She served as Minister of Trade and Shipping from 1989 to 1990 and as a Member of Parliament from 1981 to 1997, and was leader of the Conservative Party from 1991 to 1994. She was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 2003. She was also a board member of the Nobel Foundation.

Five died on 19 February 2017 from breast cancer in Oslo, Norway, aged 65.

## References
Per Kleppe

**Per Andreas Hildte Kleppe** (13 April 1923 &ndash; 10 March 2021) was a Norwegian economist and politician. He was a member of the Labour Party. He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo from 1954&ndash;1957. He was a deputy member of Oslo city council from 1951 to 1955.

Kleppe was born in Oslo. He graduated from the University of Oslo in 1956. 

He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1957 to 1962. He was the Minister of Trade and Shipping from 1971&ndash;1972. He later served as Minister of Finance from 1973 to 1979. In 1979, he was replaced by Ulf Sand, but Kleppe returned in 1981 to head the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning (until 1981).

In 1981 he took over as general secretary of the European Free Trade Association, a position he held until 1988.

Kleppe died on 10 March 2021 in Oslo, aged 97.

## References
Marty Schottenheimer

**Martin Edward "Marty" Schottenheimer** (; September 23, 1943 &ndash; February 8, 2021) was an American retired-professional American football player and coach. He served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers.  He had the most wins of any NFL coach to never coach a team in a Super Bowl. 

## Early life
Schottenheimer was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He was raised in McDonald, Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh. 

## Career
From 1965 through 1968, he played for the Buffalo Bills. From 1969 through 1970, he played for the Boston Patriots.

In 21 years as an NFL head coach, Schottenheimer won 200 regular season games and 5 out of 18 games in the postseason. He had only two seasons with more losses than wins in his entire career, and none until his 15th season; the Browns finished with a losing record in his first season, but with Schottenheimer as their coach, they were 4–4. He is the only coach in NFL history with at least 200 wins that has a losing playoff record.

He was the head coach of the San Diego Chargers from 2002 through 2006. He was fired from his head coaching position with the San Diego Chargers in 2007, after leading the Chargers to a 14&ndash;2 regular season record but a disappointing second round playoff loss. 

After being fired as head coach of the Chargers, he became the head coach of the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He would later win his only championship as a coach in his lone season there.

## Personal life
In 1968, he married his wife Pat. They have two children including Brian, who serves as the head coach for the Dallas Cowboys. Schottenheimr's younger brother Kurt has also served as an NFL coach. 

In October 2016, it was revealed that Schottenheimer was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2011.

On February 3, 2021, his family announced he had been put into hospice care the week before in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died on February 8, 2021 from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 77.

## References
Non-separable wavelets

**Non-separable wavelets** are multi-dimensional wavelets that are not implemented using one-dimensional operations. They have been studied since 1992. In contrast to separable wavelets, the non-separable wavelets have several advantages. The non-separable filters imply more parameters in design. This consequently leads to better filters.

## Examples 
* Red-black wavelets
* Contourlets
* Shearlets
* Directionlets
* Steerable pyramids
* Non-separable schemes for tensor-product wavelets

## References
Jan Balstad

**Jan Balstad** (born 16 November 1937 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician. He served as the labour leader for the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. He was Minister of trade and shipping affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1989.

## References
## Other websites
*Biography
*Interview
Oil beetle

The **oil beetle** (or ***Meloe***) is a blister beetle genus. They are called "oil beetles" because they release oily droplets of hemolymph when disturbed.

The liquid is a poisonous chemical that causes skin blistering and painful swelling.

Members of this genus do not have wings. They have shortened elytra.

## References
Peterlee

**Peterlee** is a small town in County Durham, England. It was built under the New Towns Act of 1946. It was founded in 1948. It originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.

Peterlee is named after trade unionist Peter Lee. He worked to improve the working conditions and salaries of the thousands of local pit workers who were based in the area.

## Other websites
*http://www.peterlee.gov.uk
Cow killer

**Cow killers**, or **Mutillidae**, are a family of wasps. The wingless females of this species look like hairy ants. They are called **velvet ants** because of their dense pile of hair. The hair is usually bright red or orange.

They are known for their very painful stings. Because of the stings, they are called "cow killer" or "cow ant".

Mutillidae live all over the world. There are over 8,000 species.

## References
Regal Entertainment Group

**Regal Entertainment Group** is an American movie theater chain. It is based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1999.

The movie theater chains operated by Regal are Regal Cinemas, Edwards Theatres and United Artists Theatres.

## References
Larry Coryell

**Larry Coryell** (April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. He was known as the "Godfather of Fusion". His career began in 1965. 

In the early 1970s, he led a group called Foreplay with Mike Mandel although the albums of this period—*Barefoot Boy*, *Offering*, and *The Real Great Escape*—were credited only to "Larry Coryell." He formed the group The Eleventh House in 1973. 

Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He was raised in Richland, Washington. He studied at the University of Washington. Coryell died on February 19, 2017 in his hotel room in New York City from cardiac arrest, aged 73.

## References
## Other websites
*Official site
Sofía Ímber

**Sofía Ímber** (May 8, 1924 &ndash; February 20, 2017) was a Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist and philanthropist. She was known for being a supporter of the arts and for promoting contemporary art in Venezuela. She was the founder of the Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas.

Ímber was born in Soroca, Kingdom of Romania, now Moldova to Jewish parents. Imber moved to Venezuela with her family when she was six years old, in 1930. Ímber married Venezuelan journalist and diplomat Guillermo Meneses in 1944.

Ímber died in Caracas, Venezuela on February 20, 2017 from congestive heart failure, aged 92.

## References
H. R. McMaster

**Herbert Raymond "H. R." McMaster** (born July 24, 1962) is an American Lieutenant General in the United States Army and author. He was the 25th United States National Security Advisor from February 20, 2017 to April 9, 2018.  He was commander of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Ft. Benning, Georgia. 

McMaster served as Director of Combined Joint Interagency Task Force-Shafafiyat (CJIATF-Shafafiyat) (Transparency) at ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.  He is known for his roles in the Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

McMaster resigned as National Security Advisor on March 22, 2018, which became effective on April 9, 2018. He was replaced by John R. Bolton.

## References
## Other websites
* "H.R. McMaster: The Warrior's-Eye View of Afghanistan", *Wall Street Journal* interview May 11, 2012
* Online Video of Frontline program *The Insurgency*, see part 4.
* Nov 2003 *Crack in the Foundation: Defense Transformation and the Underlying Assumption of Dominant Knowledge in Future War*, H.R. McMaster (PDF)
* Hoover Institution bio
Eric Jacobson

**Eric Jacobson** (born July 25, 1970) is an American puppeteer who has been working with Sesame Street since 1994. He is the current performer of Grover since 1998 and Bert since 1997, he's also the current performer of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppets Franchise, replacing Frank Oz. He is married to Mary Jacobson.

## Muppet Performers
*Muppet Characters: Fozzie Bear (2001-present), Miss Piggy (2002-present), Sam the Eagle (2003-present), Animal (2004-present) Gonzo (2005-present)
*Sesame Street:
*Bert (1997-)
*Grover (1998-)
*Oscar The Grouch (2015-)
*Guy Smiley (2005-)
*Bear in the Big Blue House: Harry the Duck, Yukker Tutter
*Elmopalooza: Additional Puppeteer
*It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Yoda Muppet
*A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa: Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Animal, Sam Eagle
*The Muppets: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, Marvin Suggs
*Spaghetti Space Chase: Bert, Super Grover 2.0
*Muppets Most Wanted: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam Eagle, Animal, Baby
*Muppet Moments: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle
*The Muppets 2015 Presentation Pilot: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle
*The Muppets: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, Marvin Suggs
*The Muppets Take the Bowl: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, The Newsman
*The Muppets Take the O2: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, The Newsman

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Roman Zhuravskyi

**Roman Zhuravskyi** (; 3 June 1948 – 19 February 2017) was a Ukrainian professional football player who played as defender. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine. Zhuravskyi made his professional career in the different football teams of the Ukrainian SSR.

Zhuravskyi died on 19 February 2017 in Lviv, Ukraine from pancreatic cancer at the age of 68.

## Honours
*Soviet Top League (1) with FC Dynamo Kyiv: 1971
* Master of Sport of the USSR (1971)

## References
Yury Solomin

**Yury Mefodievich Solomin** (; 18 June 1935 &ndash; 11 January 2024) was a Soviet/Russian actor, director and politician. He was the art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow, starting in 1988. He was Minister of Culture of the RSFSR in 1990–1991.

Solomin was known for his roles as Khlestakov in Igor Ilyinsky's production of *The Government Inspector* (1966), Tsar Feodor in *Tsar Feodor Ioannovich* (1976), Slavin in *TASS Is Authorized to Declare...* TV series (1984), Nicholas II in *Az Vosdam...* (1990), and Famusov in his own production of *Wit Works Woe* (2000).

Solomin died on 11 January 2024 in Moscow, Russia from problems caused by a stroke, aged 88.

## References
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Mikhailov

**Aleksandr Yakovlevich Mikhailov** (; born 4 October 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor. He has appeared in 42 movies since 1973. He starred in the 1981 movie *Muzhiki!* which was in the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.

He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1992). and People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2014).  

Mikhailov was born in Olovyannaya, Russia. He studied at the Maly Theater.

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