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the issue of how the r is used is called rhoticity by linguists. |
jamshid giunashvili (; 1 may 1931 – 21 january 2017). he was a georgian linguist, iranologist, researcher, author, and diplomat. he having served as the first ambassador of georgia to iran for a period of ten years from 1994 through 2004. |
giunashvili was born in tehran, iran. he graduated from tbilisi state university with a doctors degree in iranian studies. giunashvili died on 21 january 2017 in tbilisi, georgia, aged 86. |
brunhilde pomsel (11 january 1911 – 27 january 2017) was a german broadcaster and secretary. she was born in berlin. she was known as a personal secretary to politician joseph goebbels. she began work in the news department of the third reich's radio station in 1933. after world war ii ended, she was not released from ... |
pomsel turned 100 in 2011. she died on 27 january 2017 in munich at the age of 106. |
anne-marie colchen-maillet (8 december 1925 – 26 january 2017) was a french former track and field athlete and women's basketball player. she was born in le havre, france. |
she became france's first high jump champion at the 1946 european athletics championships and held the french record for the event for ten years. she represented france in high jump at the 1948 summer olympics. |
in basketball she was the highest scorer at the 1953 fiba world championship for women, helping france to third place. she was a member of the french national team for the european women's basketball championship in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956. |
after retiring from active competition she went into coaching. colchen was inducted into the gloire du sport (the french national sports hall of fame) in 2002. |
colchen died on 26 january 2017 in paris, france, aged 91. |
a sachet d'épices is a small cheesecloth sack containing herbs and spices. it is used to add flavor to stocks, soups and sauces. it means "small bag of spices" in french. |
it is often simply called a "sachet". it is used like a "bouquet garni", but a sachet's ingredients are inside a cheesecloth while a "bouquet garni" is not. this means that spices such as whole peppercorns and dried herbs, which cannot be used in a "bouquet garni", can go in a sachet. |
dame margaret laurence "laurie" salas (née hay, 8 february 1922 – 26 january 2017) was a new zealand women's rights and peace activist. she was born in wellington, new zealand. |
salas was involved with the playcentre movement, and became that organisation's first representative on the national council of women. salas was a new zealand committee member for the council for security cooperation in the asia pacific, and she was also an honorary vice president of the new zealand institute of intern... |
salas died on 26 january 2017 in kaori, new zealand, aged 94. |
atanas kirov (, 24 september 1946 – 27 january 2017) was a bulgarian bantamweight weightlifter. he was born in burgas, bulgaria. |
from 1973 and 1975, he won the world titles and three european titles and set two world records in the total. he competed in the 1968 and 1972 summer olympics and placed seventh and fifth, respectively. |
kirov died on 27 january 2017 in sofia from a heart attack, aged 70. |
fine air flight 101 was a scheduled cargo flight from miami international airport, in miami, florida, to las américas international airport in santo domingo, dominican republic. on august 7, 1997 the douglas dc-8 crashed into a road (72nd avenue) at 28th street, in miami near the airport. there were four people on the ... |
the probable cause was the airplane was the cargo being loaded too far to the back of the plane. combined with an incorrect stabilizer trim setting, the aircraft pitched up too far at takeoff. witnesses said the plane looked like it was going to flip backwards as it took off. the plane, weighing , to an altitude of . t... |
zakia soman (arabic: زكية سومان ) is an activist from india. she is the head of the human rights group bharatiya muslim mahila andolan (bmma). in 2014, she received the outstanding women achievers award from the national commission for women. |
soman is from ahmedabad, gujarat in india. she worked as a university professor. |
soman fights for women to be able to enter religious shrines. she works to reform islamic divorce customs in india, and to stop the triple talaq practice of divorce in islam for the 90 million muslim women in india. the bmma works for women's rights in islam and recommended changes in india's family law. |
in 2013, the bmma did a survey of 5000 women about women's rights in islamic families. after that, they trained 30 women as judges to help solve family problems. in the survey, 92 percent of women had agreed to ban the one-sided triple divorce. the shariah court for women was started because they thought that women wer... |
howard frank mosher (june 16, 1942 – january 29, 2017) was an american author and retired high school teacher. he was known for his novels "where the rivers flow north" (1978) and "a stranger in the kingdom" (1991). he was a guggenheim fellow in 1979, and is the 1981 recipient of the literature award bestowed by the am... |
mosher was born in cato, new york. he studied at syracuse university in 1964. he taught english in vermont at orleans high and lake region union high school during his early years. mosher died of prostate cancer under hospice care in irasburg, vermont, aged 74. |
stuart timmons (january 14, 1957 – january 28, 2017) was an american journalist, activist, and historian. he was an award-winning author specializing in lgbt history. he was the author of "the trouble with harry hay: founder of the modern gay movement" and the co-author of "gay l.a.: a history of sexual outlaws, power ... |
timmons was born in minneapolis, minnesota. he studied at the university of california, los angeles. in 2008, he suffered a massive stroke that left him paralyzed from the waist down. |
timmons died on january 28, 2017 at a hospital in hollywood, california from cardiac arrest, at the age of 60. |
ion ungureanu (2 august 1935 – 28 january 2017) was a moldovan actor and politician. he served as a member of parliament for first parliament of moldova from 1990 to 1994. during this time, he was minister of culture of moldova. he was a screen actor between 1962 and 1990. he was born in opaci. |
ungureanu died on 28 january 2017 in bucharest, romania at the age of 81. |
rocket league is a vehicular association football video game. it is developed and published by psyonix. it was first released on microsoft windows and playstation 4 in july 2015. it was later released on xbox one, os x and linux in 2016. it is a sequel to "supersonic acrobatic rocket-powered battle-cars" (2008). |
it is multiplayer and single-player. single-player has the "season" game mode where the player plays against bots. multiplayer is online and has 1 versus 1, 2 versus 2, 3 versus 3 and 4 versus 4 modes. |
players control a rocket-powered car and use it to hit a ball that is much larger than the cars towards the other team's goal area to score points. |
since 2019 the game has been owned by epic games |
the game has received very positive reviews. as of january 2017, the game has had 25 million players since 2015. |
casual: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 competitive: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 2v2 hoops, 3v3 rumble, 3v3 snow day, 3v3 dropshot |
competitive has ranks, these are |
psyonix inc. is an american video game development studio. it is based in san diego, california. they were founded in 2000. they were officially incorporated on april 30, 2001. psyonix are best known for publishing and developing "rocket league" since 2015. "rocket league" is a sequel to their other game, "supersonic a... |
psyonix also worked on games such as "gears of war", "bulletstorm" and "homefront". |
darryl sutton (27 july 1952 – 28 january 2017) was an australian rules footballer. he played for north melbourne, richmond and the sydney swans in the victorian football league (vfl). he was born in tasmania. |
sutton had dementia. he died from pneumonia on 28 january 2017 at the age of 64. |
richard portman (april 2, 1934 – january 28, 2017) was an american sound engineer. he worked on over 160 movies between 1963 and 2004. he won an academy award for best sound for "the deer hunter" (1978). he was nominated ten other times for "kotch" (1971), "the godfather", "the candidate" (both 1972), "paper moon", "th... |
portman died of problems from a fall on january 28, 2017 in tallahassee, florida. he was 82. |
arthur hinton "art" rosenfeld (june 22, 1926 – january 27, 2017) was an american physicist. he was commissioner of the california energy commission from 2000 to 2010. from 1994 to 1999, he was a senior advisor for energy efficiency and renewable energy in the united states department of energy. in 2011, he was awarded ... |
rosenfeld was born in birmingham, alabama. his wife of 53 years, roselyn bernheim "roz" rosenfeld, had died in 2009. they had two children. |
rosenfeld died from pneumonia on january 27, 2017 in berkeley, california. he was 90. |
impasto is a term used in painting and sometimes in pottery. |
it means the paint is laid on thickly in places, thick enough so the brush or painting-knife strokes can be seen. when dry, impasto gives texture, because some of the paint stands out from the canvas. |
impasto is an italian word which means "to knead", or "to paste". |
the azerbaijan volleyball federation () also known as avf, is the governing body of volleyball and beach volleyball in azerbaijan. the azerbaijan volleyball federation was founded in 1992. it became a member of the international volleyball federation (fivb) in 1992. it also joined the european volleyball confederation ... |
iraqi airways is the flag carrier of the iraq. it began in 1945. it's first flight was to syria in january 1946. it bought its first jet aircraft in the 1960s. they allowed the airline to add flights to cities in the middle east, asia and europe. during the 1970s, it began its first flight to john f. kennedy internatio... |
tokitenkū yoshiaki (born altangadasyn khüchitbaatar, ; 10 september 1979 – 31 january 2017) was a mongolian sumo wrestler. he made his professional debut in 2002. he reached the top "makuuchi" division just two years later. the highest rank he reached was "komusubi". he held this three separate times, but never for mor... |
yoshiaki died from lymphoma on 31 january 2017 in tokyo. he was 37. |
leonard harry perroots sr. (april 24, 1933 – january 29, 2017) was an american air force general. he was the director of the defense intelligence agency (dia) from october 1985 to december 1988. he retired on january 1, 1989. he was born in morgantown, west virginia. |
perroots died after a short illness on january 29, 2017 at the age of 83. |
the following is a list of notable deaths in february 2017. for notable deaths of other months in 2017, please see "months". |
thomas joseph simpson (november 6, 1921 – january 28, 2017) was a canadian royal navy veteran. he was one of only 114 canadians to receive the distinguished service medal (dsm) for world war ii service. he was born in windsor, ontario. |
simpson died on january 28, 2017 in windsor at the age of 95. |
was a japanese businessman. he was the founder of namco. he was sometimes called the "father of pac-man". he was the ceo of namco until he stepped down in 2002. he also produced movies for entertainment company nikkatsu. he was born in tokyo. |
on 30 january 2017, it was announced that nakamura died on 22 january at the age of 91. |
erland kolding nielsen (13 january 1947 – 23 january 2017) was a danish librarian and academic. he was best known as director of the royal library. he was also the president of the library organisation liber from 2003 to 2006. he was born in frederiksberg. |
kolding nielsen died on 23 january 2017 at the age of 70. |
the sambre is a river that flows through france and belgium. it empties into the meuse at the city of namur from the left side, and has a length of 193 km. |
the sambre river springs from the french commune of fontenelle in the hauts-de-france region at an altitude of 210 m. it continues through the belgian provinces of hainaut and namur, passing the city of charleroi. |
elizabeth bathory (1560–1614) was a countess who lived in transylvania, then a part of the kingdom of hungary. she was from a very important family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges. her family ruled transylvania as an independent region within the hungarian kingdom. she was well-educated, beautiful a... |
she may have been a vicious female serial killer. it is impossible to know what part of her story is fact and what part is fiction. her gruesome legend has become a part of folklore. she is the central character in a number of books, plays and movies. as the "blood countess", she has often been compared to another fict... |
according to her legend, she was supposed to have tortured and killed over 650 servant girls. it also claimed she bathed in human blood. that, after hearing of all the deaths and tortures going on in her castle, the countess and her servants were put on trial. her servants were said to have been executed. báthory herse... |
in 2008 a movie was made about her called "bathory" starring anna friel. the movie suggested she did not spend her time bathing in blood. it was a rumor spread by those who were after her wealth. |
charles y.j.gh. michel (born december 21, 1975 in namur) is a belgian lawyer and politician of the mouvement réformateur. from october 11, 2014 through october 27, 2019, he was the prime minister of belgium. |
former european commissioner louis michel is his father. |
michel jr. studied at the université libre de bruxelles and the university of amsterdam. he successively worked as a lawyer in brussels. |
he held several political posts like government minister of development cooperation and an alderman and mayor of wavre (last one still incumbent). |
on 2 july 2019, the president of the european council donald tusk announced a deal reached by eu leaders which would make michel his replacement and took office on 1 december 2019. |
prince louis of orléans, "prince of condé" ("louis philippe marie léopold"; 1845 – 24 may 1866 was a french prince given the title of prince of condé at birth. he died in australia in 1866 at age 20. |
he was born on 15 november, 1845 at the château de saint cloud outside paris. he was the eldest son of henri d'orleans, duke of aumale and his wife princess carolina augusta of the two sicilies. through his father louis was he was a grandson of louis philippe i. as a result of this louis was a "prince of orléans" at bi... |
dana air flight 992 was a scheduled passenger flight from abuja to lagos, nigeria. the aircraft was a mcdonnell douglas md-83. on july 3, 2012, both engines stopped working. the aircraft crashed into a neighborhood in lagos. all 153 people on-board the flight died. ten people on the ground also died. |
bocas del toro (meaning "mouths of the bull") is a province of panama. the province is in the northwestern part of the country, bordering costa rica. the provincial capital is the city of bocas del toro on colón island. |
christopher columbus, looking for a way to the pacific ocean during its fourth voyage to the americas, visited this region in 1502 and named the island known now as colón island as "isla del drago" (the dragon's island). |
during colonial times, bocas del toro was part of the veraguas province. when the country was part of colombia, the government made the district of bocas del toro in 1834. in 1850, bocas del toro became part of chiriquí but later was made part of the colón province. |
on 16 november 1903, bocas del toro was separated from the colón province and became one province. in 1941, it was divided in two districts, bocas del toro and crimamola. in 1970, the district of bocas del toro became the district of changuinola, the bastimentos district was eliminated and three new districts were crea... |
the limits of the districts were changed in 1997 when the ngäbe-buglé "comarca" was created. |
the bocas del toro province borders the caribbean sea to the north, limón province of costa rica to the west, chiriquí province to the south, and ngäbe-buglé comarca to the east. the sixaola river forms part of the border with costa rica. |
bocas del toro province has an area of . the province includes the bocas del toro archipelago, a group of islands in the caribbean sea; the main islands of the archipelago are: |
the national parks in the province are "isla bastimentos national marine park" (), which contains most of bastimentos islands and some smaller nearby islands, and "la amistad international park" (), which spans the costa rica–panama border. bocas del toro contains most of the panamanian section of the park, which cover... |
the people of the province are known as "bocatoreños" (women:"bocatoreñas"). |
the bocas del toro province had a population, in 2010, of 125,461, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. |
evolution of the population in bocas del toro province |
the bocas del toro province is divided in four districts, which are divided into 30 "corregimientos". the new district of almirante was created on 8 june 2015 with territory of the changuinola district. |
the main economic activity in the mainland of the province is farming, with plantain as the main commercial crop. in the islands, the main activities are fishing and tourism. |
marta becket (august 9, 1924 – january 30, 2017) was an dancer, choreographer and painter. she was born in new york city. she performed for more than 40 years at her own theater, the amargosa opera house in death valley junction, california. she retired in 2012. |
the 2000 documentary movie about becket's life, "amargosa" won a 2003 emmy award for cinematographer curt apduhan, in addition to the movie's numerous festival awards and nominations. |
becket died on january 30, 2017 at her home in death valley junction, california from congestive heart failure, aged 92. |
james si-cheng chao (; born december 29, 1927) is a chinese-american businessman and philanthropist. his daughter, elaine, is the 18th and current united states secretary of transportation. |
he is the founder of the foremost group, a new york-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. the james s.c. chao scholarship is named after him. active philanthropists, chao and his wife, ruth mulan chu, established the mulan foundation in 1984 to provide scholarships to help students in the u.s. and china acce... |
chao has served for more than a decade as chairman of both the chiao-tung university alumni association in america and the chiao-tung university alumni foundation of america from 1988 to 1999. |
chao married ruth mulan chu in 1951. chu died in 2007 from lymphoma. they had six children. they immigrated to the united states in 1961. he now lives in new york city. |
john kenneth wetton (12 june 1949 – 31 january 2017) was a british singer-songwriter and bass guitarist. he was born in willington, derbyshire. he rose to fame with bands mogul thrash, family, king crimson, roxy music/bryan ferry, uriah heep, and wishbone ash. he was known for playing the bass guitar. |
wetton died in his sleep at his home in bournemouth, dorset on 31 january 2017 from colon cancer. he was 67. he was survived by his wife, lisa and son, dylan. |
philip michael bilden (born 1964) is an american business leader. he is a private equity pioneer in asia. bilden is also a national security and cybersecurity advocate, and philanthropist. |
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