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aleksander jackowski (19 january 1920 – 1 january 2017) was a polish cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, and art critic. he worked at the university of warsaw until his death in 2017.
jackowski was born in warsaw, poland. during world war ii, jackowski was sent by the soviet government to serve with the general berling army in serbia. he returned to warsaw in 1945 after the war ended. he graduated from a university in warsaw.
until 1948, he worked in the ministry of foreign affairs, as the director of the minister’s cabinet managing the press and information department. in 1948, he became the deputy editor in chief of the weekly “odrodzenie” (renascence). from the end of 1949, he was the deputy director and head of the department of folk an...
in his later years, he worked as a professor and anthropology expert at the university of warsaw until his death.
jackowski died in warsaw on 1 january 2017, aged 96.
on august 2, 2005, air france flight 358 was an airbus a340 that skidded of the runway at toronto pearson international airport, due to the pilots deploying the thrust reversers too slowly. despite 12 people substantiating injuries, all 309 people on board the plane survived.
following the accident many flights departing from and arriving at pearson were cancelled, and many other flights to toronto pearson were diverted to other canadian airports such as ottawa, london, hamilton and winnipeg. many of the large aircraft were diverted to montreal, as well as syracuse, new york, and buffalo, n...
robert thomas "bobby" freeman (june 13, 1940 – january 28, 2017) was an african-american soul and r&b singer-songwriter and record producer. he was best known for his two top ten hits, the first in 1958 on josie records called "do you want to dance" and the second in 1964 for autumn records, "c'mon and swim".
freeman was born in alameda county, california. he was raised in san francisco, california. he studied at mission high school. he began his career in 1956 when he was 16 years old. bobby was well known and liked as a local figure in richmond california in the early 60's. freeman died in san francisco, california on jan...
marcel prud'homme (november 30, 1934 – january 25, 2017) was a canadian politician. he was a member of the senate of canada for la salle, quebec from 1993 until his resignation in 2009. before, he was a member of parliament (mp) in the house of commons of canada from 1963 through 1993 for saint-denis. he was born in mo...
in 2007, he was awarded the order of friendship of russia.
prud'homme died in ottawa, ontario on january 25, 2017 from a heart attack, aged 82.
desmond herbert carrington (23 may 1926 – 1 february 2017) was a british actor and broadcaster. he was best known for his weekly evening show, "the music goes round", on bbc radio 2. his show went out on sundays for 23 years from 1981 to 2004, when it moved to tuesdays – then to fridays. he retired in his final broadca...
carrington died at his home in perthshire, scotland on 1 february 2017 from complications of alzheimer's disease, aged 90.
sir kenneth duncan "ken" morrison cbe (20 october 1931 – 1 february 2017) was an english businessman. he was the life president and former chairman of morrisons (wm morrison supermarkets plc), the fourth largest supermarket group in the united kingdom since 1956.
morrison died on 1 february 2017 from a short-illness at his home in myton-on-swale, north yorkshire, aged 85.
abdulkadir kure (26 february 1956 – 8 january 2017) was a nigerian politician. he was a member of the people's democratic party (pdp). he served as governor of niger state from 29 may 1999 to 29 may 2007.
kure was born in lapai, niger state. he was married to zainab abdulkadir kure. they had two daughters and four sons.
kure died on 8 january 2017 in germany at the age of 60.
josé antonio alonso suárez (28 march 1960 – 2 february 2017) was a spanish politician and judge. he was a member of the socialist workers' party (psoe). he was the minister of the interior from 2004 to 2006 and the minister of defence from 2006 to 2008. he was born in león, león.
alonso died from lung cancer on 2 february 2017 in madrid. he was 56.
albano bortoletto cavallin (25 april 1930 – 1 february 2017) was a brazilian roman catholic bishop. he was born in lapa, paraná.
bortoletto cavallin became a priest in 1953. he served as the bishop of guarapuava from 1986 to 1992. he later served as the archbishop of londrina from 1992 until his retirement in 2006.
he died from surgical problems on 1 february 2017 in londrina, paraná. he was 86.
stig rudolf grybe (18 july 1928 – 1 february 2017) was a swedish actor and comedian. he was born in stockholm. he was best known for his voice work and dubbing. he also appeared in original swedish productions. he began his career in the 1940s. he appeared in 22 swedish movies between 1947 and 2011.
grybe died after a short illness on 1 february 2017 at the age of 88.
ramón martínez pérez (6 february 1929 – 6 january 2017), also known as romaní, was a spanish footballer. he played as a midfielder for sevilla and granada of la liga. he also played for cd málaga and made two appearances for the national team in 1952.
martínez pérez died on 6 january 2017 at the age of 87.
ahmed aboutaleb, arabic: أحمد أبو طالب , (born august 29, 1961 in beni sidel) is a dutch politician of moroccan descent. he is a member of the labour party (pvda) and the current mayor of rotterdam.
aboutaleb migrated to the netherlands in 1976. he studied telecommunication and worked as a journalist and a civil servant. he was also director of forum, an organisation aimed at multicultural issues.
from 2004 to 2007 he was an alderman of amsterdam and from 2007 to 2008 deputy minister for social affairs and employment in the fourth balkenende cabinet.
since january 2009 he has been mayor of rotterdam.
ahmed aboutaleb is a muslim, and married with four children.
david copperfield is a novel by charles dickens. like his other novels, it first came out as a series in a magazine under the title "the personal history, adventures, experience and observation of david copperfield the younger of blunderstone rookery".
the story is told in the first person. some of the greatest dickens characters appear in the novel, such as the evil clerk "uriah heep". other villains in david's life are his brutal stepfather, "edward murdstone", and "mr. creakle", the headmaster of the boarding school that murdstone sends him to.
the evil characters are balanced by the good characters, such as "peggotty" – the faithful servant of the copperfield family and a lifelong companion to david. others include david's aunt "betsy trotwood" and her friend "mr. dick". "agnes wickfield" is a close friend of david since childhood, and later becomes david's ...
the dadou is a river in southwestern france, right tributary of the agout river. it flows through the tarn department, in the occitanie region.
the dadou river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of .
its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at montdragon in the tarn department.
average monthly discharge (m3/s) at montdragon (49 years)
the source of the dadou is on the "monts de lacaune", in the southern massif central, in the "commune" of saint-salvi-de-carcavès, tarn department, at an altitude of about .
the agout flows, in general, to the west through the tarn department and 26 "communes". some of the "communes" are montdragon, graulhet, briatexte, lacaze, rayssac, saint-julien-du-puy, vénès, saint-genest-de-contest, le masnau-massuguiès, saint-salvi-de-carcavès, laboutarie, lombers, réalmont, saint-lieux-lafenasse, s...
finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the agout river at ambres, near saint-jean-de-rives, in the tarn department, at of altitude.
the main tributaries of the dadou are:
oran (arabic: وهران‎‎ - wahrān, berber: ⵡⴰⵀⵔⴻⵏ - wahren) is a city in western algeria, situated at the coast. in 2010, about 853,000 people were living there.
it is the capital of oran province and was established in 903.
oran is the second biggest city in algeria after algiers. it is well-known because of its business activities and culture.
the boston accent is a local accent of eastern new england english. it is spoken specifically in the city of boston, its suburbs, and much of eastern massachusetts. eastern new england english also traditionally includes new hampshire and maine. the accent originated with the puritans who came to the area from east ang...
the traditional boston accent is non-rhotic, particularly in the early 1900s. recent studies have shown that younger speakers use more of a rhotic accent than older speakers from the boston region. the boston accent is pronounced with a “broad a”. the letter "r" is dropped only in certain words like 'car' and 'hard'. f...
some words used in the boston area are:
the city flag of portland, oregon, consists of a green field on which is placed a white four-pointed star from which radiate blue stripes, each bordered by l-shaped yellow lines. narrow white lines separate the blue and yellow elements from each other and from the green background. officially the flag has a height of 3...
city ordinance 176874, adopted september 4, 2002, designates the design and what it means. green stands for "the forests and our green city"; yellow for "agriculture and commerce"; blue for "our rivers". portland straddles the willamette river near its joining with the columbia river. city ordinance 186794, adopted sep...
the flag was designed in 1969 by a longtime portland resident, noted graphic designer r. douglas lynch (1913–2009). the version of the flag adopted at that time included, over lynch's objections, a dark blue canton containing the city seal in yellow and white; in 2002 lynch and fellow members of the portland flag assoc...
patria is a spanish dramatic novel written in 2016 by fernando aramburu.
the novel is set in a small rural village from gipuzkoa, basque country where the eta established their totalitarian regime. this situation affects two families that were friends in the past, but not in the present.
on the day that eta announces that it will abandon the armed struggle, bittori visits the cemetery to tell the grave of her husband, el txato, assassinated by the terrorists, that she has decided to return to the house where they lived.
princess françoise of monaco ("marie françoise thérése"; 20 july 1728 – 20 june 1743) was a member of the house of grimaldi and a daughter of the-then reigning princess louise hippolyte of monaco. she was known as "mademoiselle d'estouteville".
given the names "marie marie françoise thérése", she was the youngest daughter of the-then reigning princess louise hippolyte of monaco and her consort prince jacques i of monaco. she known as "mademoiselle d'estouteville" taken from one of her father's dukedoms. she never married and died as a result of smallpox in pa...
marisa letícia lula da silva (née casa; 7 april 1950 – 3 february 2017) was the second wife of president of brazil luiz inácio lula da silva. she served as the first lady of brazil from 2003 to 2010. she was born in são bernardo do campo, são paulo. she had four children, three of which were fathered by lula.
letícia died from a stroke on 3 february 2017 in são paulo at the age of 66.
predrag matvejević (7 october 1932 – 2 february 2017) was a bosnian croatian writer and political activist. his book, "mediterranean breviary: a cultural landscape" (1987), was a bestseller in many european countries. it was also translated into more than 20 languages. he was born in mostar.
matvejević died on 2 february 2017 in zagreb at the age of 84.
jeffrey "jeff" sauer (march 10, 1943 – february 2, 2017) was an american ice hockey player and coach. he was the head coach at the colorado college from 1971 to 1982 and the university of wisconsin from 1982 to 2002. he was born in fort atkinson, wisconsin.
sauer died from pancreatic cancer on february 2, 2017 at the age of 73.
cornelius "cor" van der hoeven (12 may 1921 – 1 february 2017) was a dutch footballer. he played as a midfielder for dws and ajax. he also made three appearances with the national team. he was born in amsterdam.
van der hoeven died on 1 february 2017 in amsterdam at the age of 95.
imljani (имљани), is a village in central bosnia, bosnia and herzegovina, skender vakuf municipality. it consists of a few hamlets spreading on the undervlašić's plateau, above the canyons of ilomska and ugar rivers. actually, it covers the sub-plateau in the area of the angle between korićanske stijene and ugarske sti...
marie anne éléonore de bourbon (marie anne éléonore gabrielle; 22 december 1690 – 30 august 1760) was a granddaughter of king louis xiv and was a nun at the abbey of saint-antoine-des-champs. baptised with the names "marie anne gabrielle éléonore", she signed as marie gabrielle éléonore (see right).
born at the palace of versailles the oldest daughter of louis, duke of bourbon, prince of condé, "monsieur le duc" and his wife louise françoise de bourbon as the result of her father, she had the rank of a princess of the blood, which entitled her to the style of "her/your serene highness". a younger sister of hers wa...
on 6 may 1706 at the age of 16, she was made a nun at the royal abbey of fontevraud in anjou. she was later made the abbess of saint-antoine-des-champs in 1723 and was known as madame de bourbon. saint-antoine-des-champs had been an abbey since the 13th century.
as the result of being a nun, marie gabrielle éléonore never married and had no children as a result. she died in the parisian suburb of villejuif and was buried at the abbey of saint-antoine-des-champs.
debra baptist-estrada is a port commander from belize. in 2016 she received the international women of courage award.
estrada was port commander of philip s. w. goldson international airport, the only international airport in belize. for 20 years, she worked in the immigration department. in 2015 she helped u.s. officials to find a smuggling organization. the organization was smuggling drugs and people to the united states and europe....
sara hossain is a lawyer from bangladesh. in 2016, she received the international women of courage award.
hossain received a bachelor's degree from oxford university in 1988, and a barrister-at-law degree from middle temple in 1989. she joined the supreme court of bangladesh in 1992, working in the areas of constitutional law, public interest, and family law.
hossain helped write the laws on violence against women. she also worked on court cases against fatwas by village courts, forced veiling of women, and non-medical test for virginity in sexual assault cases.
flash airlines flight 604, a boeing 737-300, was a flight from sharm el sheikh, egypt, to paris, france, via cairo. on january 3, 2004 the plane crashed into the red sea just moments after take-off at sharm el sheikh international airport. all 135 passengers and 13 crew members on-board the plane died. the cause the cr...
the crash remains egypt's deadliest air-disaster, until the bombing of kogalymavia flight 9268, with 224 deaths. the crash is also the worst crash of a boeing 737-300.
most of the passengers aboard the flight were french tourists from the paris metropolitan area. a provisional passenger list, dated 5 january 2004, stated that twelve entire french families had boarded the flight.
fatemeh ekhtesari (farsi: فاطمه اختصاری )(born 1984 or 1985) is a poet from iran. she is known for poems about iranian women.
fatemeh ekhtesari was arrested with mehdi mousavi in 2013. they were put in solitary confinement and interrogated. in january 2015, they were released on bail. ekhtesari received a prison sentence of 11½ years and 99 lashes.
ekhtesari's writing was approved by the ministry of islamic guidance. however, ekhtesari said she shook hands with male participants at a poetry event in sweden. this is illegal in iran. ekhtesari made the statement during interrogation, but during the trial, she denied the charges.
more than 100 poets signed a letter asking for a pardon. in 2016, ekhtesari and musavi escaped from iran.
asim basu (; 30 november 1935 – 1 february 2017) was an indian theatre artist and director, painter and playwright. he was known for his set design work in ollywood movies and designing oriya book covers and movie posters. he was awarded at the 2012 parampara awards. he was born in balasore district, odisha.
basu died from a lung infection on 1 february 2017 in bhubaneswar, odisha at the age of 81.
louis patrick "lou" rowan (2 may 1925 – 3 february 2017) was an australian test cricket match umpire. he umpired a total of 25 test matches between 1963 and 1971. he also umpired the first one day international match at the melbourne cricket ground on 5 january 1971. he was also a police detective in queensland. he was...
rowan died on 3 february 2017 on the gold coast, queensland at the age of 91.
hassan joharchi (‎; 28 july 1968 – 3 february 2017) was an iranian actor. he began his career in the 1980s. he was known for roles in "oo yek freshteh bood" (2005), "shoghe parvaz" (2012) and "ensanha" (2012). he was born in tehran. he was married with two children.
joharchi died from a cardiac arrest due to liver disease on 3 february 2017 in tehran. he was 48.
elliot sperling (january 4, 1951 – january 29, 2017) was an american historian and academic. he was one of the world's leading historians of tibet and tibetan-chinese relations. he was also a well known human rights activist. he spent almost thirty years at indiana university's department of central eurasian studies. h...
on february 2, 2017, it was announced that sperling died in late january at the age of 66.
kneževo, previously called skender vakuf, is a small town in central bosnia, bosnia and herzegovina.
kneževo is situated between the rivers ugar, vrbas and vrbanja and surrounded by the mountain masiff of čemernica, ranča in the west, vlašić in the south and ježica in the north-east. the municipality has an official altitude of , but really ranges from . kneževo is southeast of banja luka by the m56 motorway.
the mountainous region in the south is forested and impracticable; its limestone mountains reach a height of .
in imljani and javorani, roman basilica have been found, as well as the roman road from servitium (banja luka) to levsaba (travnik) in the vicinity were also found. tombstones of the stećak type date back to the 14th and 15th centuries, when the area was part of the kingdom of bosnia. in 1463 the town became part of th...
in the korićani cliffs massacre of 21 august 1992, some 200 bosniaks and croats detainees were massacred by the bosnian serbs police and army forces (in deep cliff in the canyon of ilomska) river.
after the bosnian war, part of the municipality was split off to form the dobretići municipality of the federation of bosnia and herzegovina entity.
according to the results of the 2013 population census in bosnia and herzegovina, there were 3.958 inhabitants in skender vakuf town, and 10.428 inhabitants in the skender vakuf municipality.
čemernica (altitude ) is a mountain in central bosnia, in bosnia and herzegovina. it is surrounded by the river vrbas, and its confluences of the ugar and vrbanja rivers. it is south of banja luka. it is in the transitional areas which connects the municipalities of mrkonjić grad, skender vakuf and banja luka. at čemer...
zabrđe is a populated place in the kotor varoš municipality of central bosnia, bosnia and herzegovina. according to the 2013 census, 611 people live there.