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bilden was nominated to serve as the 76th secretary of the navy by president donald trump on january 25, 2017. he withdrew his nomination on february 26, 2017. |
james brien "jim" comey, jr. (born december 14, 1960) is an american lawyer. he was the 7th director of the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) from september 4, 2013 until may 9, 2017 when he was fired by president donald trump. |
comey was the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york from january 2002 to december 2003, and later, the united states deputy attorney general, from december 2003 to august 2005. as deputy attorney general, comey was the second-highest-ranking official in the united states department of justice (doj), and r... |
comey was born in yonkers, new york. he grew up in allendale, new jersey. he graduated from the college of william and mary in 1982, majoring in chemistry and religion and later from the university of chicago with a juris doctor. |
director of the federal bureau of investigation (2013–2017). |
in september 2013, comey was appointed director of the fbi by president barack obama. |
investigation on hillary clinton and 2016 election. |
comey was responsible for overseeing the fbi's investigation of the hillary clinton email controversy. his role in the 2016 u.s. presidential election, particularly with regard to his public communications, was highly controversial. his decisions have been regarded by many analysts, including nate silver of fivethirtye... |
comey was fired by president donald trump on may 9, 2017 reportedly days after comey asked increased funding from the justice department for the fbi's investigation into russian interference in the 2016 united states elections. the justice department called the "new york times" report that comey asked for more funding ... |
comey and his wife patrice failor are the parents of five children. he was raised in a roman catholic household. |
comey was a member of the republican party until 2016 when he announced that he was an independent. |
e. ahamed (29 april 1938 – 1 february 2017) was an indian politician. he served as minister of state for external affairs in the manmohan singh government from 2004 through 2014. he represented the malappuram lok sabha constituency of kerala and is the national president of the indian union muslim league (iuml) from 20... |
ahamed died at the age of 78 at a hospital in delhi, india after suffering from cardiac arrest during president pranab mukherjee's address to the parliament. |
filostrato is a poem by 14th-century italian poet giovanni boccaccio. it tells about troilo's love for criseyda. the historical importance comes from two reasons. one reason is that it is one of the first long poems written in ottava rima. the second is that it was a source for geoffrey chaucer's "troilus and criseyde"... |
boccaccio's poem was based on "roman de troie" by benôit de sainte maure, "historia troiana" by guido delle colonne, a similar story by binduccio dello scelto and "historia troiae" by filippo ceppi. |
concha ibáñez escobar, also, conxa ibáñez (born 1926) is a catalan painter and writer. she is known as a landscape artist. she has painted scenes in catalonia, castile, andalusia, the balearic islands, the canary islands, venice, greece, maghreb, cuba, new york city. |
her illustrations in oil or engraving accompanied the works of the writers baltasar porcel, miquel de palol, marta pessarrodona, cesareo rodriguez-aguilera and josep maria carandell. |
ibáñez was born in canet de mar, catalonia. |
etel adnan (24 february 1925 – 14 november 2021) was a lebanese-american feminist writer, poet, essayist, and visual artist. |
in 2003, adnan was named "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished arab american author writing today" by the academic journal "melus: multi-ethnic literature of the united states". |
besides her literary works, adnan worked on visual works in a variety of media, such as oil paintings, movies and tapestries, which have been exhibited at galleries across the world. |
she lived in paris and sausalito, california. adnan openly identifies as lesbian. |
she was openly a lesbian. |
adnan died in paris on 14 november 2021, at the age of 96. |
maren margrethe thomsen, known as maren margrethe "grethe" bartram and "thora" (23 february 1924 – ) was a danish war criminal. |
she was known for informing on at least 53 people from the danish resistance movement during the second world war. it resulted in the early communist resistance groups being dismantled and many of their members being sent to concentration camps. bartram informed on her brother, husband and close friends. |
bartram was given the death penalty after the war but was later pardoned and the sentence was changed to life in prison. in 1956 she was released and moved to halland in sweden where she lived under her married name. |
bartram's was announced on 31 january 2017. she had died at her home in halland, aged 92. |
neil mcgill gorsuch (born august 29, 1967) is an american judge and associate justice of the supreme court of the united states since taking office on april 10, 2017. before, he served as a judge on the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit from august 8, 2006 through april 9, 2017. |
on january 31, 2017, president donald trump nominated gorsuch to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states, to fill the seat left vacant after the death of justice antonin scalia. on april 3, the senate judiciary committee approved his nomination with a 11-9 vote. on april 7, 2017, the senate co... |
gorsuch was born in denver, colorado. his mother, anne gorsuch burford, served as head of the united states environmental protection agency during the ronald reagan administration from 1981 through 1983. |
gorsuch graduated from the georgetown preparatory school and received a b.a. from columbia university (where he was the founder and first chief editor of alternative newspaper "the fed" and won a truman scholarship). he earned his j.d. from harvard law school and doctorate of legal philosophy from oxford university. |
before joining the tenth circuit, gorsuch had been a deputy associate attorney general at the u.s. department of justice since 2005. from 1995–2005, gorsuch was in private practice with the law firm of kellogg, huber, hansen, todd, evans & figel. |
united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit (2006–2017). |
gorsuch was nominated by president george w. bush on may 10, 2006 to replace judge david m. ebel, who took senior status in 2006. gorsuch was confirmed by voice vote by the u.s. senate on july 20, 2006. gorsuch was bush's fifth appointment to the tenth circuit. he resigned on april 9, 2017 to serve in the supreme court... |
associate justice to the supreme court (2017–present). |
in september 2016, during the u.s. presidential election, then-candidate donald trump included gorsuch in a list of 21 current judges whom trump would think about nominating to the supreme court if elected. |
in january 2017, after president trump was elected, some unnamed trump advisers listed gorsuch in a shorter list of eight of those names, who they said were the leading contenders to be nominated to replace the seat vacated by the late justice antonin scalia. |
on january 31, 2017, president trump announced his nomination of gorsuch to the supreme court. trump formally transmitted the nomination to the senate on february 1, 2017. |
hearings and vote. |
on april 3, the senate judiciary committee approved his nomination with a 11-9 vote. on april 6, 2017, democrats filibustered (prevented cloture) the confirmation vote of gorsuch, after which the senate republicans invoked the "nuclear option" and removed the option of a filibuster for supreme court nominees. on april ... |
gorsuch was sworn into office on monday, april 10, 2017, in two ceremonies. the chief justice of the united states john g. roberts administered the first oath of office in a private ceremony at 9:00 a.m. at the supreme court. at 11:00 a.m., justice anthony kennedy administered the second oath of office in a public cere... |
gorsuch and his wife, louise, have two daughters, emma (born 1999) and belinda (born 2001). they live in boulder, colorado. |
frank joseph pellegrino (may 19, 1944 – january 31, 2017) was an american actor, restaurateur and writer. he was best known for his roles in "goodfellas", "law & order" and "the sopranos". he was the co-owner of the restaurant rao's in new york city. he also wrote cookbooks. |
pellegrino was born in the east harlem neighborhood of manhattan, new york. his son, frank "frankie" pellegrino jr., was also a restaurateur. |
pellegrino died from lung cancer on january 31, 2017 in manhattan. he was 72. |
david burhani (17 november 1990 – 30 january 2017) was a tanzanian footballer. he played as a goalkeeper for prisons, mbeya city, maji maji and kagera sugar of the tanzanian premier league. |
burhani died on 30 january 2017 in mwanza at the age of 26. |
a side chain in organic chemistry is a chemical group. it is attached to the molecule's "main chain" or backbone. a side chain is also known as a pendant chain. |
alkyl (saturated hydrocarbon) group side chains are represented by the placeholder r. other non-carbon groups can be represented by x, y, or z. |
john norman mather (june 9, 1942 – january 28, 2017) was an american mathematician. he was known for his work on singularity theory and hamiltonian mechanics. he worked at princeton university. he was born in los angeles, california. he studied at princeton and harvard university. |
mather died on january 28, 2017 in princeton, new jersey at the age of 74. |
bharati mukherjee (july 27, 1940 – january 28, 2017) was an american writer. she was a professor in the department of english at the university of california, berkeley. she was known for her books about the experiences of being an immigrant. she was well known for her book "jasmine" (1989). |
mukherjee was born in calcutta, west bengal, india. she later studied in the u.s. and canada. she was married to writer clark blaise. they had two children. |
mukherjee died from problems caused by rheumatoid arthritis and takotsubo cardiomyopathy on january 28, 2017 in manhattan. she was 76. |
elias "eli" zelkha (may 4, 1950 – january 8, 2017) was an american entrepreneur, venture capitalist and professor. he was the inventor of ambient intelligence, an idea from computer science to create an environment of machines that meaningfully interact with people. he studied at colgate university and stanford univers... |
zelkha was born in tehran, iran and he was of jewish faith. he was married to alice and had three children. |
zelkha died on january 8, 2017 in woodside, california at the age of 66. |
tabor or tabret () refers to a portable snare drum played with one hand. the word "tabor" is simply an english variant of a latin word meaning "drum" it has been used in the military as a marching instrument. it has also been used in parades. |
queenstown () is a resort town in otago in the south-west of new zealand's south island. it has a population of 13 200 (2015). the town is built around an inlet called queenstown bay on lake wakatipu. it has spectacular views of nearby mountains. these include the remarkables, cecil peak, walter peak, ben lomond and qu... |
sandy gandhi (born sandra aranha; 28 january 1958 – 1 february 2017) was an australian comedian and columnist. she was based in byron bay, new south wales. she called herself "australia's most easterly indian". she was best known for her stand-up comedy based on an indian character she acted as. she was also an enterta... |
gandhi was born in new delhi, india. she grew up in bangalore and melbourne. |
gandhi died on 1 february 2017 in byron bay at the age of 59. |
roger "deke" leonard (18 december 1944 – 31 january 2017) was a british rock guitarist. he began his career in the 1960s. he was best known a member of the bands man and iceberg. he was born in llanelli, south wales. |
leonard died on 31 january 2017 at the age of 72. |
rhondda or rhondda valley is a former coal mining community in wales. the area is actually two valleys: the larger rhondda fawr valley (mawr large) and the smaller rhondda fach valley (bach small). the singular term 'rhondda valley' and the plural 'rhondda valleys' are both commonly used. |
the larger of the two valleys, the rhondda fawr, extends from porth and rises through the valley until it reaches blaenrhondda, near treherbert. the villages that make up the rhondda fawr are: |
the rhondda fach is the smaller of the two valleys. villages include wattstown, ynyshir, pontygwaith, ferndale, tylorstown and maerdy. the settlements that make up the rhondda fach are as follows: |
porth is a village in the rhondda valleys, wales. porth is at the joint of the rhondda fawr and rhondda fach, porth sees itself as the capital of the rhondda. |
on 11 april 1877 the tynewydd colliery was the scene of a mine disaster that led to a mine rescue operation following which four first-class and twenty-one second-class albert medals for lifesaving were awarded. a build-up of water in old cymmer colliery resulted in flooding of the tynewydd mine. only fourteen of 100 m... |
the nearby village of dinas was the site of the first coal mine in the rhonddda. |
from porth you can travel by bus to places such as cardiff, treochy, pontypridd, porth has a train station in hannah street. |
there are schools in porth. porth infants for 3-6 yrs old. porth juniors for 6-11 yrs old. porth county community school for 11-18 yrs old (opened in 1973).michael sheen (the welsh actor) visited pccs in may 2009. |
cymmer is a village in the rhondda valley wales. cymmer is in the lower rhondda valley about half way between treorchy and pontypridd. |
cymmer, which is now seen as a part of porth takes its name from the old welsh word that describes a spot where two rivers of the same name join. |
before coal mining, not many people lived in cymmer. cymmer was one of the first villages within the rhondda valley. the lewis colliery had many examples of the pithead gear in south wales rhondda heritage park now has the only pithead gear in the rhondda. in 1847 george insole opened his first mine in cymmer. in 1855 ... |
the cymmer mining explosion 1856. |
tuesday 15th july 1856 at the old pit in cymmer, there was an explosion which was britain’s largest mining accident at that time. one hundred and sixty men and boys lowered down the shaft to begin their shift when the explosion took place. 114 people were killed. the explosion was caused by miners carrying open flames ... |
important buildings in cymmer. |
cymmer chapel the earliest independent chapel in the rhondda appointed its first minister in 1752. little is known of its earlier history although it is known to have been made in 1740. |
st john church is in a prominent position on the hillside above the earlier settlement of cymmer centred round the cymmer chapel. |
cymmer is on the a4119 road half a mile from its junction with the a4058 road. |
ynyshir is a village in rhondda, wales which neighbours porth. its name means "long meadow" or "long island". |
before the 18th century only a few farms were found in ynyshir. in 1845 the first deep coal mine was made in the village, it was the first coal mine to be opened in the rhondda fach valley. ynyshir was part of the british coal empire. |
ynyshir village began along the west side of the rhondda fach river on the land owned by ynyshir farm, later followed by the building of houses east of the river on land owned by maendy and penrhiw farms. by 1900 much of the village which you can see today was in place. |
in 1841 the taff vale railway reached the next village, dinas and with the train this meant the owners of the coal mines could send their coal across south wales. |
ynyshir was home to several chapels/churches, namely ainon chapel (welsh baptist), bethany chapel (english baptist), moriah chapel (calvinistic methodist), st anne's (church in wales), saron chapel (welsh independent), ynyshir welsh wesleyan methodist chapel, bethel chapel (welsh baptist), penuel chapel (english indepe... |
in 1882, the first boys school was made. then, a girls and infants school was made in 1903. in 2009 the new modern £5.5 million ynyshir community primary school located on llanwonno road was opened; this was to replace the previous ynyshir junior school and later in 2010 also replaced the old ynyshir infants school off... |
ynyshir has bus links. the nearest city is cardiff. ynyshir has no train stations. the closest train station is porth. ynyshir's main a road is the a4223 that was built in 2005. |
trealaw is a village in the rhondda, south wales. |
klootschieten ("ball shooting" in english) is a sport played in the netherlands and frisia, lower saxony, germany. in the game, players try to throw a ball (called a kloot) as far as they can. one version is played on frozen fields during the winter. a heavier ball is used when played on streets. a third version is pla... |
german americans is a ethnic group of american citizens of german ancestry. according to the united states census bureau, in 2013 there were 46 million americans who claimed some german ancestry. in parts of the northern united states they outnumber any other ethnic groups. in wisconsin, for example, 41% of the populat... |
there are also germans americans of danube swabians background |
étienne tshisekedi wa mulumba (14 december 1932 – 1 february 2017) was a congolese politician. he was the leader of the union for democracy and social progress (udps). he served as the prime minister of zaire three times: in 1991, 1992–1993 and 1997. he was born in kabeya kamwanga, belgian congo. |
tshisekedi died from a pulmonary embolism on 1 february 2017 in brussels, belgium at the age of 84. |
paul-eerik rummo (born 1942) is an estonian politician and poet. he was born in tallinn. his father, paul-eerik rummo, was a writer. he studied philology at tallin university. he worked as literary critic for some theatres. he was a secretary of estonian writers society from 1987 to 1989. in 1994 he joined estonian ref... |
dan spiegle (december 12, 1920 – january 28, 2017) was an american comic book and cartoon artist. he was born in cosmopolis, washington. he was best known for comics based on movie and television characters from a group of companies including dell comics, dc comics and marvel comics. he was known for illustrating the j... |
spiegle died on january 28, 2017 at the age of 96. |
gabriel perrodin (august 17, 1937 – january 28, 2017), known as guitar gable, was an american louisiana blues, swamp blues and swamp pop singer-songwriter and musician. he was best known for recording the original version of "this should go on forever", and his part in the vibrant swamp blues and pop scene in louisiana... |
gable died in hospital at opelousas, louisiana, on january 28, 2017, aged 79. |
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