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svend asmussen (28 february 1916 – 7 february 2017) was a jazz violinist from denmark. he was known as "the fiddling viking". he played and recorded with many of the greats of jazz, including duke ellington, benny goodman and stephane grappelli. he played publicly until 2010 when he had a blood clot, his career having ... |
asmussen died on 7 february 2017, aged 100. |
tzvetan todorov (; ; march 1, 1939 – february 7, 2017) was a bulgarian-french historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. |
he was the author of many books and essays, which have had a significant influence in anthropology, sociology, semiotics, literary theory, thought history and culture theory. |
todorov died on february 7, 2017 in paris, aged 77. |
richard lawrence hatch (may 21, 1945 – february 7, 2017) was an american actor, writer, and producer. he was best known for his role as captain apollo in the original "battlestar galactica" television series, and also as tom zarek in the 2003 remake of "battlestar galactica". |
hatch was nominated for a golden globe award for his role as apollo. early in his career, hatch won an obie award for his role in the musical "ps your cat is dead". |
hatch was also known for his role as philip brent in "all my children" and as inspector dan robbins in "the streets of san francisco". |
hatch was born in santa monica, california. he worked in chicago, illinois during his early stage career. hatch died on february 7, 2017 from pancreatic cancer under hospice care in los angeles, aged 71. |
sotsha ernest dlamini (27 may 1940 – 7 february 2017) was a swazi politician. he served as prime minister of swaziland from 6 october 1986 to 12 july 1989. |
he was born in mankayane. he became prime minister after being appointed by dzeliwe of swaziland in 1986. he replaced bhekimpi dlamini, who resigned in 1986. dlamini served as prime minister when tensions of apartheid was growing. |
dlamini died on 7 february 2017 from complications of a fall at a hospital in mbabane, swaziland, aged 76. |
richard "dick" lyon (july 14, 1923 – february 3, 2017) was an american politician and retired united states navy admiral. he served as mayor of oceanside, california from 1992 through 2000. lyon was the first admiral of special warfare ("seal"). |
lyon was born in pasadena, california. he was selected a member of the united states olympic swim team for the 1940 summer olympics in tokyo, but the 1940 games were canceled due to the outbreak of world war ii. lyon graduated from yale university in 1944. |
lyon died on february 3, 2017 in oceanside, california, aged 93. |
steven paul sumner (2 april 1955 – 8 february 2017) was an english-born new zealand football player. he was born in blackpool, lancashire. sumner was captain of the national team during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the world cup in 1982. |
in 1991 he was inducted into the new zealand soccer media association hall of fame and was then awarded fifa's top award, the fifa order of merit, before the opening of the 2010 fifa world cup, along with johan cruyff and former south african president thabo mbeki. |
sumner died on 8 february 2017 in auckland, new zealand from prostate cancer, aged 61. |
sir david mark rylance waters (born 18 january 1960) is an english actor, theatre director and playwright. he was the first artistic director of shakespeare's globe in london, from 1995 to 2005. |
his movie appearances include "prospero's books" (1991), "angels and insects" (1995), "institute benjamenta" (1996), and "intimacy" (2001). rylance won the academy award and the bafta award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of rudolf abel in "bridge of spies" (2015). he played the title role in steven spielbe... |
in 2016, he was named in the "time" 100 list of the most influential people in the world. |
guillermo alberto santiago lasso mendoza (born 16 november 1955) is an ecuadorian businessman and politician. lasso is the 47th president of ecuador since 24 may 2021. he was the presidential candidate for the 2013, 2017 and 2021 elections for the party creating opportunities. |
he came in second place with 22.68% of votes. president rafael correa won 57.17% of votes, a round-off didn't take place. in early 2017, he said that he would be running for president again. he would be against his former vice president lenín moreno and other candidates. in february 2017, both lasso and moreno made it ... |
in 2020, lasso announced his candidacy for the presidency again in the 2021 election. he came in second place so was able to make it to the second round of the election in february 2021, against andrés arauz. he won the election in the april 2021 run-off. |
lasso was born in guayaquil, ecuador's largest city. his parents were enrique lasso and nora mendoza. he studied economics and graduated from the san josé la salle high school. |
in august 2022, lasso announced that he was diagnosed with melanoma near his eye and he was going to have surgery in the united states. the surgery was successful, and he returned to quito for more treatment. |
lasso was the largest shareholder in banco de guayaquil. he was executive president for more than 20 years. |
lasso was governor of the guayas province from 1998 through 1999. he was appointed by president jamil mahuad to be superminister of economy and energy. he was in this role from august through september 1999. in 2003, president lucio gutiérrez hired lasso to be an ambassador for a few months |
in the 2013 presidential election, lasso ran against then-president rafael correa. he lost the general election in a landslide. |
2017 presidential campaign. |
in early 2017, lasso announced his second presidential campaign to replace president correa for creating opportunities in the 2017 presidential elections. his campaign's theme was to create 1 million more jobs in ecuador. |
lasso lost the election after winning 49% of the vote to moreno's 51% of the vote. |
2021 presidential campaign. |
in 2020, lasso announced his third presidential campaign to replace his 2017 rival lenin moreno. he was at first seen as the front-runner but rafael correa-supporting candidate andrés arauz became his rival. in february 2021, arauz won the majority of votes to go to the second round. lasso came in second place beating ... |
lasso became ecuador's 47th president on 24 may 2021. he became the country's first center-right president since sixto durán ballén's presidency (1992–1996). his main focus for his first 100 days was to increase the country's vaccination rate during the covid-19 pandemic in the country. |
in june 2022, a series of protests against lasso's economic policies and raising fuel prices began, mainly led by indigenous ecuadorians and students. |
cornelis a. "neil" gehrels (october 3, 1952 – february 6, 2017) was an american astronomer. he worked in the field of gamma ray astronomy. he was the chief of the astroparticle physics laboratory at nasa's goddard space flight center from 1995 until his death. |
gehrels was born in lake geneva, wisconsin. he grew up in tucson, arizona. his father, tom (1925–2011), was also an astronomer. |
gehrels died on february 6, 2017 at the age of 64. |
timothy lancaster west cbe (born 20 october 1934) is an english movie, stage and television actor. he is known for his roles as bradley hardacre in "brass", as king francis in "", as commissioner berthier in "the day of the jackal" and as stan carter in "eastenders". |
paul arthur müller-lehning (23 october 1899 – 1 january 2000) was a dutch writer, historian and anarchist. he was born in utrecht. he was known for french translations of mikhail bakunin works. in 1992, he won the gouden ganzenveer, and in 1999, the p. c. hooft award. |
lehning died on 1 january 2000 in lys-saint-georges, indre, france. he was 100. |
paul andrews (born 17 may 1958), better known by his stage name paul di'anno, is a british singer. he is best known as the first lead singer of heavy metal band iron maiden from 1977 to 1981. |
di'anno was born in chingford, london. in 2011, he was jailed for fraud. |
ólöf nordal (3 december 1966 – 8 february 2017) was an icelandic politician. she was a member of the independence party. she served as the minister of the interior from 4 december 2014 to 11 january 2017. |
ólöf was born in reykjavík. she was married to tómas már sigurðsson and had four children. |
ólöf died from pancreatic cancer on 8 february 2017 in reykjavík. she was 50. |
tara palmer-tomkinson (23 december 1971 – 8 february 2017) also known as t p-t, was an english socialite, "it girl", television presenter, model and charity patron. |
palmer-timkinson was born in hampshire. she studied at sherborne school for girls in dorset. after graduating, she moved to london where she worked at a bank. |
"i'm a celebrity...get me out of here!". |
in 2002, palmer-tomkinson made an appearance on the british television series "i'm a celebrity...get me out of here!", finishing as runner up. in november 2005, palmer-tomkinson presented her third behind the scenes series on itv2 for the hit show "i'm a celebrity... get me out of here! now". |
palmer-tomkinson was a contestant on "comic relief does fame academy" for the bbc. |
palmer-tomkinson played the piano, as was demonstrated at events at the queen elizabeth hall with the national symphony orchestra, at the royal albert hall with mozart, and at the coliseum during a leonard bernstein tribute. |
palmer-tomkinson was also a writer. she wrote "the naughty girl's guide to life" (2007) , "inheritance" (2010) and "infidelity" (2012). |
in january 2016, palmer-tomkinson was diagnosed with brain cancer. |
on 8 february 2017, she was found dead at her home in london, aged 45. the cause was a perforated ulcer. |
alan simpson, obe (27 november 1929 – 8 february 2017) was an english scriptwriter. he was born in london. he was best known for the galton and simpson comedy writing partnership with ray galton. he wrote the bbc sitcom "steptoe and son" (1962–1974), "hancock's half hour" (1954–1961) and the first two series of "comedy... |
simpson was appointed an obe in 2000 and he and galton received a bafta fellowship on 8 may 2016. |
simpson died on 8 february 2017 in london from lung disease, aged 87. |
raymond percy "ray" galton, obe (17 july 1930 – 5 october 2018) was an english scriptwriter. |
galton was best known for the galton and simpson comedy writing partnership with alan simpson. he, along with simpson, wrote the bbc sitcom "steptoe and son" (1962–1974), "hancock's half hour" (1954–1961) and "comedy playhouse" (1961–1975). |
galton died on 5 october 2018 at his paddington, london home from dementia, aged 88. |
mikhail sergeyevich tolstykh (; july 19, 1980 – february 8, 2017), better known by his callsign givi (ги́ви), was a ukrainian commander in the pro-russian somalia battalion in the war in donbas. he served as lieutenant colonel. |
on february 16, 2015, tolstykh was included by the european council in their sanctions list. |
tolstykh was killed on february 8, 2017 in donetsk, ukraine by a rocket launcher explosion, aged 36. |
antonín přidal (13 october 1935 – 7 february 2017) was a czech translator and writer. he translated works from english, spanish and french to czech. he was also a journalist and university lecturer. he was born in prostějov, czechoslovakia. |
he worked at the janáček academy of music and performing arts since 1991. in 1998, he received the prize of ferdinand peroutka. his most notable works include "všechny moje hlasy" (1967) and "sudičky" (1968). |
přidal died on 7 february 2017 in brno, czech republic from a stroke, aged 81. |
richard b. wright, cm, (march 4, 1937 – february 7, 2017) was a canadian novelist. his break-through 2001 novel was "clara callan". he won three major literary awards in canada for "clara callan": the giller prize, the trillium book award, and the governor general's award. |
wright died on february 7, 2017 at a hospital in st. catharines, ontario from complications of a fall. he was 79 years old. |
vladimir vladimirovich kara-murza (, born 7 september 1981) is a russian politician, critic, activist and journalist. |
since 2012, he served as senior policy advisor at the institute of modern russia. he is an elected member of the coordinating council of the russian opposition. he serves on the federal council of the republican party of russia – people's freedom party and the solidarnost pro-democracy movement. |
kara-murza is a coordinator of open russia, which promotes civil society and democracy in russia. |
on 2 february 2017, kara-murza was hospitalized for sudden multiple organ failure and was placed on life-support. |
his father was television host and putin critic vladimir kara-murza sr.. |
arabesque was a disco girl group. it was created in 1977 in frankfurt, west germany. when the trio formed in 1977, it had members: karen ann tepperis, mary ann nagel and michaela rose. they released a single called, "hello mr. monkey". it became very successful in asia, especially japan and korea. |
shortly after the release, mary ann nagel decided to leave the group.her spot was taken by heike rimbeau. in 1978, they released the successful album, "friday night". karen ann tepperis had a son in 1978 and left the group. a former gymnast named jasmin vetter replaced her. heike left the group in 1979 due to her pregn... |
the first album they released with sandra was "city cats". in 1980, they released their most successful album, "marigot bay". apart from it being popular in asia, it was the first album that was successful in their native country. that same year they released "midnight dancer". in 1981, "in for a penny, in for a pound"... |
arabesque split up in 1984 because sandra wanted to sing by herself. jasmin and michaela formed their own group called "rouge". it lasted until 1988. |
valdez venita "val" demings (née butler; march 12, 1957) is an american police officer and politician. |
she serves as the member of the united states house of representatives from . she served as chief of the orlando police department, the first woman to hold the position. she was the democratic nominee in both 2012 and 2016 to represent florida's 10th congressional district in the united states house of representatives,... |
in june 2020, demings became one of the final four finalists for joe biden's running mate for the 2020 election. |
in may 2021, demings announced her plans to run for the united states senate, challenging republican incumbent marco rubio in the 2022 election. she won the democratic nomination in the august 2022 primaries. |
ron rifkin (born saul m. rifkin; october 31, 1939) is an american actor. he is best known for his roles as arvin sloane on the spy drama "alias", saul holden on the american family drama "brothers & sisters" and district attorney ellis loew in curtis hanson's oscar winning movie, "l.a. confidential". |
in 1991, he won a drama desk award. in 1998, he won a tony award. |
mohamud muse hersi (, ; 1 july 1937 – 8 february 2017), nicknamed "adde", was a somali politician. he was the president of the puntland region from 8 january 2005 to 8 january 2009. he was a military general until the 1970s. |
muse hersi died on 8 february 2017 in the united arab emirates, aged 79. |
windsor davies (28 august 1930 – 17 january 2019) was a british actor. he was best known for his roles as battery sergeant major williams in the sitcom "it ain't half hot mum" (1974–81). he was also known for his roles in "never the twain", "doctor who" and the "carry on" movies. he retired from acting in 2004. |
davies was born in canning town, east london. he moved to wales in 1939. he was married to eluned davies. she died in september 2018. they had five children. he lived in france. he died on 17 january 2019 at the age of 88. |
brendan rodgers (born 26 january 1973) is a northern irish football manager and former player. he is the manager of premier league club leicester city. he managed liverpool from 2012 to 2015, finishing second in the premier league in 2014. he was sacked in october 2015. in 2016, he joined scottish premiership club celt... |
rodgers was born in carnlough. his son, anton (born 1993), is a footballer. |
the republic of austria (german: "republik österreich") is a federal republic that is divided into nine states (german: "bundesländer"): |
power rangers (also called saban's power rangers) is an american superhero movie. it was directed by dean israelite. it was written by john gatins, kieran mulroney, michele mulroney, matt sazama and burk sharpless. the movie is based on the power rangers media franchise. actors in the movie are dacre montgomery, naomi ... |
this was the first power ranger movie since 1997. the movie has many of the characters from the tv show "mighty morphin power rangers" but with new actors. the maker of the tv show, haim saban, helped to make the movie. the movie was released in the united states on march 24, 2017. a reboot of the film is also in devel... |
five young people with attitude are put together to become a new version of a group of goodies called the power rangers. the earth must be protected by them from rita repulsa, a powerful witch. rita is attacking to get the zeo crystal. she has an army of stone monsters called putties and a giant golden monster called g... |
goldar and the putty patrol are in the movie too. |
pr mini production notes final(saved copy) |
there are 3 arrondissements in the vaucluse department. the french departments, and in other countries, are divided into "arrondissements", which may be translated into english as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). the capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture. |
if the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. arrondissements are further divided into communes. |
the arrondissements of vaucluse are: |
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