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The artist Umberto Pettinicchio has often dealt with the human figure in his pictorial research, initially in an expressionist style. Subsequently, his pictorial style becomes more and more abstract until finally reaching the Informal. Only a vaguely perceptible appearance remains of the figure, while, from a formal point of view, everything is distorted in the artist's pictorial gestures. Pettinicchio's gesture breaks the dimensional planes and transforms the human figure into a shapeless matter marked by large black lines. The one carried out by Pettinicchio seems a kind of brutalist operation in the vein of a Jean Dubuffet, but while the French gave much more importance to the subject, our artist solves everything through pictorial writing.

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The incus or anvil is a bone in the middle ear. The anvil-shaped small bone is one of three bones in the middle ear.

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The siege of Leningrad was a siege in Leningrad during World War II. The siege started on 8 September 1941, when the last road to the city was severed. 

Although the Soviet Union forces managed to open a narrow path to the city on 18 January 1943, the siege was only stopped on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. It is thought of as one of the most destructive sieges ever to happen. It was possibly the heaviest in terms of casualties, killing over 1 million innocent people.
Also, because of the siege, no food was allowed to enter Leningrad, leaving the residents to eat things such as:
 Cats
 Sawdust
 Horses
 Wallpaper paste
 Human flesh (e.g babies)
 Anything that could be salvaged and was edible

Because of the German operations, no people or supply trucks were allowed to enter or leave the city, leaving the occupants without food often for weeks or months.

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Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" (Shostakovich)

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Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer and songwriter. She performed the songs "They Don't Know" (1979) and "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" (1981). She also made cover versions of "A New England" by Billy Bragg and "Days" by The Kinks. She is well-known for singing on the Christmas song "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues. She performed on many songs produced by her husband Steve Lillywhite.

MacColl was born in Croydon, Surrey, England. She was the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl (1915–1989) and dancer Jean Newlove (1923–2017). She was married to Lillywhite from 1984 to 1994. The couple had two sons, Jamie and Louis.

MacColl died in an accident on 18 December 2000 in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. She was 41. She had been diving in a reef with her sons when a motorboat entered the restriced area. She was able to pull her son Jamie to safety but was hit by the propeller in doing so. She died at the moment of impact.

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Eluru is the largest city in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is on the banks of Tammileru river. Eluru is one of the 14 municipal corporations, and headquarters of the Vijayawada mandal and West Godavari district. The city is well known for its wool-pile carpets and hand woven products.

Eluru Railway station is the major railway station which serves the city, others being Powerpet, Vatlur and Denduluru stations. Eluru is well connected to road and state run APS RTC bus services from major cities from Eluru New Bus Station and ariport is near to gannavaram that's about 35kms from eluru .

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Cities in Andhra Pradesh
West Godavari district (or Paschima Godavari Jilla) is one of the 13 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters are located at Eluru. As of the 2011 census of India, it spreads over an area of 7,742 km2 (2,989 sq mi) with a population of 3,936,966.

History 
Eluru was primarily a part of Vengi(Buddhist kingdom). Historical evidences are found at the villages, Pedavegi and Guntupalli (Jilakarragudem). The West Godavari district was formed from the old Godavari district in the year 1925.

Administrative divisions 
There are 48 mandals consists of 881 villages, one municipal corporation, eight municipalities and five census towns. Of them, Eluru is the only Municipal Corporation. whereas Kovvur, Narasapuram, Nidadavolu, Palakol, Tadepalligudem, Tanuku, Bhimavaram, Jangareddigudem are Municipalities.

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Robert Brydon Jones  (born 3 May 1965), better known as Rob Brydon, is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter and singer. He has acted in Supernova, Gavin & Stacey, Marion and Geoff, The Keith Barret Show and Little Britain. Since 2009, he has hosted the BBC One comedy panel show Would I Lie to You?.

Brydon was born in Baglan, Glamorgan, Wales. He was married to Martina Jones until 2000. They had three children, daughters Katie (born 1994) and Amy (born 1999), and son Harry (born 1996). Since 2006, he has been married to Claire Holland. They have two sons, Tom (born 2008) and George (born 2011). He is a fan of Swansea City Association Football Club.

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Lee Gordon McKillop (born 4 August 1968), better known as Lee Mack, is a British comedian and actor. He is best known for creating and starring in the sitcom Not Going Out (2006–present). He is also known for being a "captain" on the panel show Would I Lie to You?. He has also presented the panel shows They Think It's All Over and Duck Quacks Don't Echo.

Mack was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. His parents later separated and Mack moved to Southport. Mack has little Irish heritage, which was explored in the 2018 season of the British television programme Who Do You Think You Are? While on the show, Mack found that his great-grandfather was a comedian named William Alexander McKillop, who used the stage name Billy Mac. He married Tara McKillop in 2005. They have three children. He has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He

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Thomas Frederick "Tommy" Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a British prop comedian and magician. He was famous for wearing a red fez, his large build and failing magic tricks as part of his comedy. He was actually a skilled magician and was a member of The Magic Circle.

Cooper was born in Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales. He was married to Gwen Henty from 1947 until his death. They had two children, daughter Victoria and son Thomas (1956–1988), who became an actor.

Cooper died due to a heart attack on 15 April 1984 at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. He was 63. He was performing as part of his comedy routine on live television when he slumped to the ground because of the heart attack. He died shortly after.

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Other websites
 Tommy Cooper at Biography Online

1921 births
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British stand-up comedians
Deaths from myocardial infarction
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American sitcom television series. It ran for five seasons from 1964 to 1969, producing a total of 150 episodes. It became a spin-off of the American sitcom The Andy Griffith Show after the character Gomer Pyle became very popular. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was produced in what is now Paramount Television Studios. It originally aired on CBS.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. stars Jim Nabors as the main character, Gomer Pyle, who joins the United States Marine Corps as a Private First Class. It also stars Frank Sutton as Sergeant Carter who does not like Pyle's antics and finds ways to keep Pyle out of his way.

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The 2001 southern Peru earthquake happened on Saturday, June 23, 2001 at around 3:30 PM local time. It had a magnitude of 8.4. It was felt by many parts of southern Peru, a country in South America. It is one of the deadliest earthquakes ever recorded in Peru.

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21st century in Peru
An opinion poll shows what a large group of chosen people think about the poll's topic. An opinion poll usually has a set of choices from which the chosen person may choose as his opinion. The number of people that select each choice is recorded. These numbers are then written as percentages of the overall group. This gives a general idea of how many people in a certain group agree or disagree on a certain topic.

Statistics
Lester Holt is an American television show host for NBC. Since 2015, Holt has been the anchor for the NBC Nightly News during the weekdays.

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American television presenters
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2017. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".  Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

 Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.


December
December

1
Adarsh Sein Anand, 81, Indian judge, Chief Justice of India (1998–2001), Madras High Court (1989–1992), and Jammu and Kashmir High Court (1985–1989).
Arif Dirlik, 77, Turkish-born American historian.
Philipp Graf Lerchenfeld, 65, German politician, member of the Bundestag (2013–2017) and the Landtag of Bavaria (2003–2013), lung cancer.
Fredy Schmidtke, 56, German track cyclist, Olympic champion (1984), heart attack.
Les Whitten, 89, American investigative reporter (Radio Free Europe, The Washington Post), sepsis.
2
Jerzy Kłoczowski, 92, Polish historian, professor (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) and member of the Senate (1990–1991).
Ulli Lommel, 72, German actor (Love Is Colder Than Death, Chinese Roulette, Hors Saison) and director (The Tenderness of Wolves, The Boogeyman, D.C. Sniper), heart failure.
Mundell Lowe, 95, American jazz guitarist and composer.
Edwin Mosquera, 32, Colombian weightlifter, Pan American  champion (2008, 2010), shot.
Ewald Schurer, 63, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1998–2002, since 2005).
Nava Semel, 63, Israeli author and playwright, cancer.
3
John B. Anderson, 95, American lawyer (Anderson v. Celebrezze) and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 16th congressional district (1961–1981), 1980 presidential candidate.
Adam Darius, 87, American dancer (The Firebird) and choreographer, heart attack.
Elmar Faber, 83, German publisher (Aufbau-Verlag).
Thomas Finlay, 95, Irish judge and politician, TD (1954–1957) and Chief Justice (1985–1994).
Kjell Opseth, 81, Norwegian politician, Minister of Transport and Communications (1990–1996).
Kazimierz Pawełek, 81, Polish politician, journalist and writer.
Ian Twitchin, 65, English footballer (Torquay United).
4
Jimmy Hood, 69, British politician, MP (1987–2015), heart attack.
Shashi Kapoor, 79, Indian actor (Bombay Talkie, Deewaar, The Deceivers) and movie director (Ajooba), cirrhosis.
Christine Keeler, 75, English model and showgirl, involved in Profumo affair, complications from COPD.
Manuel Marín, 68, Spanish politician, President of the European Commission (1999) and the Congress of Deputies (2004–2008), lung cancer.
Ali Abdullah Saleh, 70, Yemeni politician, President of North Yemen (1978–1990) and President (1990–2012), shot.
Carles Santos, 77, Spanish pianist.
Rudolph G. Wilson, 82, American professor, storyteller, writer and public speaker.
5
August Ames, 23, Canadian-born American pornographic actress (Brazzers), AVN Award winner (2015, 2017), suicide by hanging.
Jean d'Ormesson, 92, French writer (Au revoir et merci, Au plaisir de Dieu, Dieu, sa vie, son œuvre), columnist (Le Figaro) and philosopher, member of the Académie française (since 1973).
Maurice Green, 91, American virologist.
Henning Jensen, 68, Danish footballer (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid, national team).
Michael I of Romania, 96, Romanian royal, King (1927–1930, 1940–1947), complications from leukemia.
6
Conrad Brooks, 86, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, Glen or Glenda, The Beast of Yucca Flats), complications from sepsis.
William H. Gass, 93, American novelist (The Tunnel), critic and philosophy professor, heart failure.
Johnny Hallyday, 74, French rock singer ("Requiem pour un fou", "Marie", "Tous ensemble") and actor (The Specialist, Crime Spree, The Pink Panther 2), lung cancer.
Cy Young, 89, American javelin thrower, Olympic champion (1952), vascular dementia.

7
Fred J. Doocy, 104, American politician and banker, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1966–1967).
Ivan Korsak, 71, Ukrainian writer and journalist.
Philippe Maystadt, 69, Belgian politician, Minister of Finance (1988–1998), President of the European Investment Bank (2000–2011), lung disease.
Roland Taylor, 71, American basketball player (Virginia Squires, Denver Nuggets), male breast cancer.
8
Vladimir Curbet, 87, Moldovan choreographer, People's Artist of the USSR (1981).
Sunny Murray, 81, American jazz drummer (Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler).
Atsutoshi Nishida, 73, Japanese businessman, President of Toshiba (2005–2009), heart attack.

9
James Joseph Brady, 73, American judge, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Middle Louisiana (since 2000), heart attack.
Leonid Bronevoy, 88, Ukrainian-born Russian actor (Simple Things), People's Artist of the USSR (1987).
Lando Fiorini, 79, Italian actor (Ma ‘ndo vai se il decoder non-ce l’hai) and singer ("Co’ amore e co’ rabbia"), mesothelioma.
Grant Munro, 94, Canadian animator (My Darling Clementine, Man on the Flying Trapeze), filmmaker (Christmas Cracker, Cannon) and actor (Neighbours).
Joe Newton, 88, American track and field coach.
10
Angry Grandpa, 67, American YouTube personality (The Angry Grandpa Show), complications from cirrhosis.
Simeon Booker, 99, American journalist (The Washington Post, Jet, Ebony), complications from pneumonia.
Manno Charlemagne, 69, Haitian singer-songwriter ("Manno et Marco"), acoustic guitarist (Les Trouvères) and politician, Mayor of Port-au-Prince (1995–1999), laryngeal cancer.
Max Clifford, 74, British publicist and convicted sex offender, heart attack.
Lalji Singh, 70, Indian biologist and zoologist, Director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (1998–2009), recipient of the Padma Shri (2004), heart attack.
Ivan Stoyanov, 68, Bulgarian footballer (Levski Sofia, national team), heart attack. (death announced on this date)
Eva Todor, 98, Hungarian-born Brazilian actress (Roque Santeiro, India A Love Story, Os Dois Ladrões), pneumonia.
Viktor Potapov, 70, Russian sailor and Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
11
Keith Chegwin, 60, English television presenter (Cheggers Plays Pop, It's a Knockout, Swap Shop, The Big Breakfast) and actor (Macbeth), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Aline Griffith, Dowager Countess of Romanones, 94, Spanish-American cipher clerk, aristocrat, socialite and writer.
Charles Robert Jenkins, 77, American Army soldier, deserted to North Korea, heart failure.
Vera Katz, 84, German-born American politician, member and Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives (1985–1990) and Mayor of Portland, Oregon (1993–2005), leukemia.
Suzanna Leigh, 72, British actress (Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Deadlier Than the Male, Subterfuge), liver cancer.
Walter Mafli, 102, Swiss painter.
12
Pat DiNizio, 62, American singer and musician (The Smithereens).
Alessandro Kokocinski, 69, Italian-Argentine artist and sculptor, lymphoma.
Ed Lee, 65, American politician, Mayor of San Francisco (since 2011), heart attack.
Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, 104, Israeli Haredi rabbi (Ponevezh Yeshiva), respiratory failure.
Zarley Zalapski, 49, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, Hartford Whalers, Calgary Flames), complications from a viral infection.
13
Warrel Dane, 56, American heavy metal singer-songwriter ("Refuge Denied", "Praises to the War Machine", "Enemies of Reality"), musician (Sanctuary, Nevermore) and actor (Metalocalypse), heart attack.
Simon Dickie, 66, New Zealand rower, Olympic champion (1968, 1972), fall from balcony.
Bruce Gray, 81, Puerto Rican-born Canadian actor (Traders, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Passions), brain cancer.
Bill Hudson, 82, American football player (Montreal Alouettes, San Diego Chargers, Boston Patriots).
Dan Johnson, 57, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (since 2017), suicide by gunshot.
Frank Lary, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox), pneumonia.
Gerald O'Brien, 93, New Zealand politician, MP for Island Bay (1969–1978).
Charles Zentai, 96, Hungarian-born Australian alleged Holocaust perpetrator, heart disease.
14
Yurizan Beltran, 31, American pornographic actress, suspected drug overdose.
Bob Givens, 99, American animator (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry), respiratory failure.
Karl-Erik Nilsson, 95, Swedish wrestler, Olympic champion (1948). 
Charles Byron Renfrew, 89, American politician and judge, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1971–1980) and Deputy Attorney General (1980–1981).
R. C. Sproul, 78, American apologist, author (The Holiness of God, Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmology), and pastor, founder of Ligonier Ministries, complications from COPD.
Neeraj Vora, 54, Indian actor (Virasat, Mann), screenwriter (Rangeela) and director (Khiladi 420, Phir Hera Pheri), heart attack complicated by a stroke.
Marilyn Ware, 74, American diplomat and businesswoman, Ambassador to Finland (2006–2008), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Lones Wigger, 80, American sports shooter, Olympic champion (1964, 1972), pancreatic cancer.
Ye Zhengda, 90, Chinese politician, member of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China (1973–1977).
Yu Guangzhong, 89, Taiwanese poet (Lanse de yumao, Zai lengzhan de niandai, Yu yongheng bahe), pneumonia.
15
A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury, 73, Bangladeshi politician, Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (1994–2009).
Ana María Vela Rubio, 116, Spanish supercentenarian, oldest Spanish person ever.
Bernard Sherman, 75, Canadian billionaire drug manufacturer, CEO and founder of Apotex, neck compression by hanging.
Heinz Wolff, 89, German-born British engineer and television presenter (The Great Egg Race), heart failure.
16
Ralph Carney, 61, American saxophonist (Tin Huey, Tom Waits) and composer, complications from a fall.
Len Ceglarski, 91, American college ice hockey coach (Clarkson, Boston College), Olympic silver medalist (1952).
Richard Dobson, 75, American country-folk singer-songwriter ("Baby Ride Easy", "Heartworn Highways", "Swamp Rat") and guitarist, esophageal cancer.
Reinhart Fuchs, 83, German chess player.
E. Hunter Harrison, 73, American railway executive, CEO of CSX (since 2017), suspected heart attack.
Sharon Laws, 43, British racing cyclist and environmentalist, cervical cancer.
Keely Smith, 89, American singer ("Politely!", "That Old Black Magic", "Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New"), Grammy Award winner (1959), heart failure.
Tu An, 94, Chinese poet and translator (Poetry of John Keats), Lu Xun Literary Prize winner (2000), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, 90, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1985), congestive heart failure.
17
Terry Cavanagh, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Galt Red Wings) and politician, Mayor of Edmonton (1975–1977, 1988–1989).
Johnny Fox, 64, American sword swallower, liver cancer.
Bob Glidden, 73, American Hall of Fame drag racer (NHRA), colorectal cancer.
Kevin Mahogany, 59, American jazz singer ("It Don't Mean a Thing"), heart failure.
Edward Rowny, 100, American Army lieutenant general and presidential military advisor (START I), cardiomyopathy.
18
Janet Benshoof, 70, American lawyer and human rights activist, founder of the Global Justice Center, uterine cancer.
Åke Hellman, 102, Finnish artist, cardiopulmonary arrest.
Jonghyun, 27, South Korean singer-songwriter ("Shinee") and radio host (MBC Blue Night), suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Altero Matteoli, 77, Italian politician, Minister of the Environment (1994–1995; 2001–2006) and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport (2008–2011), car accident.
Josef Pešice, 67, Czech footballer (Sparta Prague, Zbrojovka Brno, Slavia Prague) and manager (Jablonec, Teplice, national team). 
Arseny Roginsky, 71, Russian dissident and historian, co-founder and Chairman of Memorial (since 1998).
19
Lito Cruz, 76, Argentine actor (Sur, El elegido, Solamente vos), playwright (Sueños de milongueros) and director (The Ward Wants to be Warden), stomach cancer.
Clifford Irving, 87, American author (The Hoax) and convicted fraudster, pancreatic cancer.
Hiep Thi Le, 46, Vietnamese-American actress (Heaven & Earth, Cruel Intentions, Lakeview Terrace), stomach cancer.
20
William Agee, 79, American business executive (Bendix Corporation, Morrison-Knudsen), complications from respiratory failure.
Florence Bjelke-Petersen, 97, Australian politician, Senator from Queensland (1981–1993), cardiopulmonary arrest.
Henryk Cioch, 66, Polish lawyer and politician, Senator from Lublin Voivodeship (2011–2015), complications from a staph infection.
Annie Goetzinger, 66, French comics artist (Pilote, Charlie Mensuel, Fluide Glacial) and graphic novelist (Casque d'Or), endometrial cancer.
Bernard Francis Law, 86, American cardinal, Archbishop of Boston (1984–2002), prostate cancer.
Red Murrell, 84, American basketball player (Moberly Area, Drake Bulldogs), coronary artery disease.
Stan Pilecki, 70, Polish-born Australian rugby union player (Queensland Reds, national team).
Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk, 97, British linguist and life peer, President of the British Academy (1985–1989).
21
Manouchehr Boroumand, 83, Iranian heavyweight weightlifter, Asian Games champion (1966), cerebral hemorrhage.
Ken Catchpole, 78, Australian rugby union player (New South Wales Waratahs, national team).
Dick Enberg, 82, American sportscaster (NFL on NBC, Major League Baseball on NBC, San Diego Padres), suspected heart attack.
March Fong Eu, 95, American politician, California Secretary of State (1975–1994), member of the State Assembly (1967–1974), and Ambassador to Micronesia (1994–1996), complications from surgery.
Halvard Kausland, 72, Norwegian jazz guitarist, Acting Director of the Arts Council Norway (1996–2000), thyroid cancer.
Jean-Pierre Lehmann, 72, American-born Swiss economist (The Evian Group at IMD), pulmonary embolism.
Bruce McCandless II, 80, American astronaut (STS-41-B).
Francelino Pereira, 96, Brazilian politician, Senator (1995–2003), Governor of Minas Gerais (1979–1983), and Deputy (1963–1979), pneumonia.
Roswell Rudd, 82, American jazz trombonist, prostate cancer.
June Rowlands, 93, Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto (1991–1994), complications from Parkinson's disease.
John Vear, 79, New Zealand cricketer.
Jerry Yellin, 93, American World War II fighter pilot, lung cancer.
22
Gerald B. Greenberg, 81, American movie editor (The French Connection, Apocalypse Now, Scarface), Oscar winner (1972), stroke.
Jason Lowndes, 23, Australian racing cyclist, road accident.
Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, 72, Costa Rican painter, heart attack.

23
Maurice Hayes, 90, Irish politician, Senator (1996–2006), complications from frontotemporal dementia.
Héctor Morera Vega, 91, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tilarán (1979–2002), complications from pneumonia.
24
Don Hogan Charles, 79, American photographer (The New York Times, Ebony).
Jimmie C. Holland, 89, American medical researcher (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) and psychiatrist, heart attack.
Jerry Kindall, 82, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins) and coach (Arizona Wildcats), stroke.
Heather Menzies, 68, Canadian-born American actress (The Sound of Music, Logan's Run, Piranha) and model, brain cancer.
Marcus Raskin, 83, American philosopher, activist and social critic, co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies, heart disease.
Andrey Zaliznyak, 82, Russian linguist (The Tale of Igor's Campaign, Russian Nominal Inflection, Russian Grammar Dictionary).

25
Larry Libertore, 78, American football player (Florida Gators) and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1970–1974), aortic aneurysm.
Willie Toweel, 83, South African flyweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
26
Shahnon Ahmad, 84, Malaysian writer (Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan) and politician, MP (1999–2004), bladder cancer.
Johnny Bower, 93, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers), pneumonia.
Gualtiero Marchesi, 87, Italian chef and restaurateur, subject of Marchesi: The Great Italian, cardiac arrest.
Vladimir Shainsky, 92, Russian composer (Cheburashka, Finest, the brave Falcon).

27
Ben Barres, 63, American neurobiologist, pancreatic cancer.
Osvaldo Fattori, 95, Italian footballer (Inter Milan, national team, Brescia Calcio).
Thomas Hunter, 85, American actor (The Hills Run Red, Death Walks in Laredo, The Magnificent Tony Carrera) and screenwriter (The 'Human' Factor, The Final Countdown), pulmonary edema.
28
Fernando Birri, 92, Argentine filmmaker (Tire dié, Mi hijo el Che, Los inundados) and theorist, respiratory arrest complicated from a fall.
Sue Grafton, 77, American author ("A" Is for Alibi, Keziah Dane, The Lolly-Madonna War), cancer.
Rose Marie, 94, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Hollywood Squares, The Doris Day Show).
Recy Taylor, 97, American rape victim and civil rights activist, congestive heart failure.

29
Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, 91, Spanish noble, daughter of Francisco Franco, lymphoma.
John C. Portman Jr., 93, American architect (Peachtree Center, Shanghai Centre, Tomorrow Square) and real estate developer, heart failure.
30
Isaac Farris, 83, American civil rights activist, brother-in-law of Martin Luther King, Jr., prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease.
Erica Garner, 27, American civil rights activist, daughter of Eric Garner, complications from a heart attack. 
Dame Cheryll Sotheran, 72, New Zealand museum executive, founding director of Te Papa, complications from a stroke.
Khalid Shameem Wynne, 64, Pakistani military officer, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (2010–2013), car crash.

31
Prince François, Count of Clermont, 56, French royal, styled Dauphin of France (since 2006).

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Related pages
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Ethereum is a system on the Internet where people can make deals. Ether is type of money which uses the Ethereum system to make sure that every person gets the right amount in every deal.

Ethereum was proposed in late 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, a cryptocurrency researcher and programmer. Many people donated money to support the development of the system in what was one of the first initial coin offerings. The system came online on 30 July 2015, with 72 million coins.

In 2016, Ethereum split into two separate versions: Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.

Ethereum has started implementing a series of upgrades called Ethereum 2.0, which includes a transition to proof of stake and aims to increase transaction throughput using sharding.
Overview 
Ether is a type of money that is decentralized, which means that there's no company, bank or government that oversees it. Instead, it uses the Ethereum network of computers spread around the world, which keep track of every payment of ether. As in other cryptocurrencies, Ethereum keeps track of payments by using a blockchain, which is a growing registry of every payment. This blockchain is open for everyone to read, and it is spread across the network so that everyone can check what payments have been made. This also protects against hacking or theft of money from the system, because if the blockchain was to be altered in some computers then it would be noticed that it is not identical with the others.
Ether is a form of cryptocurrency, which means that it is decentralized, and also means that people can use it for payments without revealing who they are. Instead, people can use the Ethereum system by addresses (also called keys) which they can keep secret from others. The Ether coin can be transferred between accounts and used as a payment mechanism. The Ether coin is mined and used as compensation to miners for verifying transactions.
After bitcoin, digital currency ether is the second most widespread cryptocurrency. However, Ethereum – the blockchain platform that supports ether transactions – has a few technological advantages over the market leader. Whereas practically the only use for bitcoin is in monetary transactions, Ethereum offers the additional option of linking the transactions to contractual conditions in what are known as smart contracts. These are small computer programs that are executed when the relevant monetary transaction has been concluded or, conversely, that trigger a monetary transaction or data delivery once they have been executed.

History 
Ethereum was initially described in a white paper by Vitalik Buterin, a programmer and co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine in late 2013.
Ethereum was announced at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, in January 2014. During the conference, Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, and Anthony Di Iorio (who financed the project) rented a house in Miami with Buterin to develop a fuller sense of what Ethereum might become.

In January 2018, Ethereum was the second largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, behind only Bitcoin. As of 2021, it maintained that relative position.

In 2019, Ethereum Foundation employee Virgil Griffith was arrested by the US government for presenting at a blockchain conference in North Korea.

On 27 August 2021, the blockchain experienced a brief fork that was the result of clients running different incompatible software versions.
Ethereum's founding story and team are featured in the 2021 book The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze. The Cryptopians focuses on the infamous 2016 DAO hack on Ethereum. During this hack, over 3.6 million ether–about 15% of all ether in the world at the time–was stolen. Author Laura Shin writes about exciting and sometimes bad situations with the project's founding and the huge cryptocurrency rise of 2017.

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Adarsh Sein Anand (1 November 1936 – 1 December 2017) was an Indian politician and lawyer. He served as the 29th Chief Justice of India from 10 October 1998 to 31 October 2001. He was also Chief Justice of the Madras High Court (1989–1992) and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court (1985–1989). He was born in Jammu.

Anand died on 1 December 2017 in Noida at the age of 81.

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Patrick O'Brian,  (born Richard Patrick Russ; 12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000) was a British novelist and translator. He is best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series (1969–2004) of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The book series was about the friendship of the English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish-Catalan doctor Stephen Maturin. The series had a total of 21 books.

O'Brian was born in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England. He served during the Second World War. He was married to Elizabeth Jones until their divorce. They had two children, Jane and Richard. He was married Mary Tolstoy from 1945 until her death in 1998. They lived in Collioure, France.

O'Brian died on 2 January 2000 in Dublin, Ireland at the age of 85.

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British military personnel of World War II
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles in movies such as Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), Ned Kelly (2003), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), Warrior (2011), The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Zero Dark Thirty (both 2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), The Gift, Black Mass (both 2015), Loving (2016), It Comes at Night (2017) and Red Sparrow (2018).

Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales. His brother, Nash, is a movie director.

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Allianz SE is a German financial services company. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. The company was founded in 1890.

It has over 70 countries and has around 147,000 employees.

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 Official website

1890 establishments in Europe
 
1890s establishments in Germany
Schlans is a municipality of the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

The former municipality of Schlans merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Trun.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Vals is a municipality of the district Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2015, the former municipality of St. Martin merged into the municipality of Vals.

It is known for its mineral water brand Valser.

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 Official Website 
 Therme Vals 
 Archipreneur's Journey to Vals

Municipalities in Surselva
Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland
Spa towns in Switzerland
Sagogn is a municipality of the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

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Wanna One (Korean: 워너원) is a South Korean boy band, under YMC Entertainment. It consists of eleven members, consisting of Kang Daniel, Park Ji-hoon, Lee Dae-hwi, Kim Jae-hwan, Ong Seong-wu, Park Woo-jin, Lai Kuan-lin, Yoon Ji-sung, Hwang Min-hyun, Bae Jin-young and Ha Sung-woon.

Members
Yoon Ji-sung
Ha Sung-woon
Hwang Min-hyun
Ong Seong-wu
Kim Jae-hwan
Kang Daniel
Park Ji-hoon
Park Woo-jin
Bae Jin-young
Lee Dae-hwi
Lai Kuan-lin

Discography

EPs
 1X1=1 (To Be One) (2017)

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smart is a brand of microcars and superminis based in Böblingen, Germany. It is a division of Daimler AG. The brand was started in 1994. The brand became a joint venture between Geely and Mercedes-Benz in 2019, launching the Smart #1 in 2022 and announcing the Smart #3 in 2023.

History

Origins 

The design concept for the marque's automobiles began at Mercedes-Benz in the early 1970s to late 1980s. After brief backing by Volkswagen, the first model was released by Daimler-Benz in October 1998. Several variants on the original design have been introduced, with the original being the "City Coupé" that would be renamed the "ForTwo".

Current models

Historic models

Concept models 
 Tridion 4 (2001)
 Crosstown (2005)
Formore (2005)
 Forspeed (2011)
 Forvision (2011)
 Forstars (2012)
Concept #1 (2021)

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 Official website

1994 establishments in Germany
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Baden-Württemberg
Lutterbach is a commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Sumvitg is a municipality of the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

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Delsa Solórzano Bernal is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer, vice president of the social democratic party Un Nuevo Tiempo, was a deputy to the Latin American Parliament, Venezuela Chapter, period 2011-2016.

She is the daughter of the political leaders César Orlando Solorzano and Esperanza de Solorzano. Married to the lawyer Luis Izquiel, Venezuelan criminal and constitutionalist and mother of a son. She is a deputy to the National Assembly of Venezuela, for the period 2016-2021, and is president of the Permanent Commission of Domestic Policy of the National Assembly of Venezuela. She is Vice-President of the Human Rights Commission of Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

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Dr. Oetker is a German food company that produces baking powder, cake mixes, yogurts, frozen pizza, pudding, cake decoration, cornflakes and various other products.

The company is a wholly-owned branch of the Oetker Group.

It is headquartered in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia.

The company was founded by Doctor August Oetker in 1891.

The company portfolio includes more than 300 individual companies in five different businesses, among them food (including Dr. Oetker GmbH and Coppenrath & Wiese KG).

Other websites 
 Official international homepage of Dr. Oetker 
 Dr. August Oetker Group

1890s establishments in Germany
1891 establishments in Europe
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Bielefeld
Corbynmania is enthusiastic support for Jeremy Corbyn who was elected as leader of the Labour Party in 2015.

His authentic, informal style and radical policies appealed to many of the young new members who had joined after the membership fee had been reduced to £3.  Hundreds of supporters turned out to hear him speak at the hustings across the nation and their enthusiastic reception and support for him was dubbed "Corbynmania" by the press.

A chant of "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" has now been adopted as an anthem or chorus by his supporters.  This is sung in the style of "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes.  It attracted especial attention at the Glastonbury festival of 2017, where Corbyn appeared and spoke to the crowds.

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Robert Swan Mueller III (; born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer and civil servant. He was the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 to 2013. He is a Republican. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and his original ten-year term was given a two-year extension by President Barack Obama. 

Mueller is the longest-serving FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover. He is currently head of the Special Counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.

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Robert Mueller 

1944 births
Living people
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The Federal republic of Liberia military book, entitled, “The History of the Liberian Armed Forces Day” before February 25, 1955, there was no Armed Forces Day as such, except the country and militia units, each of which had its own quarterly parade day enacted by law.
 
During those days, the regular Army then called the Liberian Frontier Force (LFF), used to combine with units of the national militia to have joint parade on special occasions, such as Independence Day, Inauguration Day, etc. However, in 1954, the late Colonel Francis M. Dean, then Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2), recommended in his annual report to the Defense authority that a day be set aside by an act of the National Legislature to be styled and known as “Old Soldier Army Festival” a day on which units of the Liberian Armed Forces throughout the nation would assemble at their respective headquarters to jointly participate in field ceremonies of parades and other planned military exercises.
Colonel Dean’s recommendation traveled through the necessary chain of command until it successfully reached the official desk of the late Commander-In-Chief, President William V.S. Tubman who, in turn, approved and submitted it to the lawmakers for legislative consideration.
 
How February 11 Was Chosen As Armed Forces Day
 
When the Liberian legislature met in session to consider colonel Dean’s recommendation for legislative enactment, it was suggested that choosing any month and date to be set aside as Army Festival would be inappropriate.
 
Instead, a month and date with some historical events in which a member or members of the Armed Forces had performed some marvelous deeds in the supreme interest of the nation (Liberia) and its people.
By so doing, members of the incoming generations of the Armed Forces would continue to celebrate this day under appropriate military exercises in honor and remembrance of the heroic deeds of their comrades in arms. Moreover, this suggestion was embraced with popular support. However, the only event that could quickly come to the minds of the lawmakers was the month and date of the Major Mckay Cadell incidence in 1909.
 
Major Cadell was the first commandant of the Liberian Frontier Force who carried on mutiny action against the Liberian Government during President Arthur Barclay’s administration, that aggression of Cadell was repelled by the first militia regiment headed by Ltc. Isaac Moart and his deputy Major.
Joseph Dennis in 1909 having reached a unanimous consensus on the month and date of Major Cadell’s event, of February 25 1955, an act of Legislature was passed, declaring May 9 of each year as Armed Forces Day with a proclamation that it should be officially observed throughout Liberia as a National holiday. When the Act was proclaimed on May 9 as the month and date of the Major Cadell’s incidence, historians everywhere disagreed and argued that the incidence occurred on February 9, 1909. This argument in turn created a demand for legislative amendment.
 
Consequently, on March 22, 1956, amendment was made, deleting May 9 and inserting February 9 in the Act as Armed Forces Day. Less than a year after the amendment was made, some survivors of the Major Cadell’s incidence declared that it was February 11, 1909.
Once more and finally, on January 26, 1957, the appropriate rectification was made in the Act. Major Cadell was a British officer brought to Liberia from Sierra Leone to command the Liberian Frontier Force, and with him were some Sierra Leonean soldiers whom he incited against the Liberian Government for salary arrears.
 
The Liberian Frontier Force thwarted their mutiny action and they were given twenty-four hours to leave Liberia. The current site of the Executive Mansion was the location of the Military Barracks named and styled “Camp Johnson”. Today, a new 2000-strong AFL is being built under the auspices of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) program.
 
DynCorp International is training this new 2000-strong regimented and law-abiding AFL with support from the United States Government.
 
Note- The Armed Forces of Liberia is 100 years, (1908-2008) and this celebration of Armed Forces Day marks the 51st observance of the day since 1957.
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Saintes is a French commune and historic town, a subprefecture in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Saintes.

Before the French Revolution, Saintes was the capital of the old province of Saintonge.

Geography
Saintes is in the central eastern part of the Charente-Maritime department, in the old province of Saintonge, along the Charente river that flows through the commune from south to north.

The commune has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

The distances from Saintes to other cities are:
 Paris, the national capital - ;
 Bordeaux, the regional capital - ;
 Toulouse - ;
 Reims - ;
 Lyon - ;
 Montpellier - ;
 Strasbourg - ;
 Nantes - ;
 Marseille - .

The commune of Saintes is surrounded by the communes:

Climate
The climate of Saintes, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
Population
The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as Saintais (women: Saintaises).

With a population of 25,149, Saintes has a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Evolution of the population in Saintes

Administration 
Saintes is a subprefecture of the Charente-Maritime department, the capital of the arrondissement of Saintes and the administrative centre () of the canton of Saintes.

It is part of the intercommunality CA Saintes ().

Twinned and partner towns 
Saintes is twinned with:
  Nivelles, Belgium
  Xanten, Germany
  Timbuktu, Mali
  Vladimir, Russia
  Salisbury, England
  Cuevas del Almanzora, Spain

Gallery

Related pages
 Arrondissement of Saintes
 Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

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 Ville de Saintes website 
 Tourist Office Saintes & Saintonge 

Subprefectures in France
Communes in Charente-Maritime
General Charles Clarence McDonald (October 1, 1933 – November 22, 2017) was a United States Air Force general. He served as Commander, Air Force Logistics Command (COMAFLC) from  1989 to 1992.

From August 1979 to February 1981 McDonald was commander of the 320th Bombardment Wing, Mather Air Force Base, California. Under his command the wing won the Fairchild Trophy, awarded to the top bomber wing in the Strategic Air Command for combined bombing and navigational excellence.

He was promoted to general November 1, 1989, with same date of rank, and retired June 30, 1992. 

McDonald died on November 22, 2017 in Niceville, Florida of ALS-related complications at the age of 84.

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Deaths from motor neurone disease
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Stephen Knapp (October 15, 1947November 24, 2017) was an American artist. He was best known for his use of the medium of lightpainting. He created an international reputation for large-scale works of art held in museums, public, corporate, and private collections, which are executed in media as diverse as light, kiln-formed glass, metal, stone, mosaic, and ceramic.

Knapp died in Worcester, Massachusetts on November 24, 2017 of complications from acute myeloid leukemia at the age of 70.

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1947 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from acute myeloid leukemia
American artists
Cancer deaths in Massachusetts
Aminul Islam (1 January 1935 – 29 November 2017) was a Bangladeshi academic. He was the president of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. He was a fellow of the academy since 1978.

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2017 deaths
Bangladeshi academics
Recipients of the Independence Day Award
People from Chittagong Division
Surin Pitsuwan (; ; 28 October 1949 – 30 November 2017) was a Thai politician and diplomat. He served as the 12th Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations from 2008 to 2012. He was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Thailand from 1997 to 2001.

Pitsuwan was born in Nakhon Si Thammarat. He was a Thai Malay. He studied at Thammasat University.

Pitsuwan died of heart failure on 30 November 2017 in Bangkok. He was 68.

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1949 births
2017 deaths
ASEAN
Deaths from heart failure
Asian diplomats
Thai politicians
The United Arab Emirates uses Gulf Standard Time (GST) (UTC+04:00) and does not observe daylight saving time.

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United Arab Emirates
Indonesia has three time zones: Western Indonesia Time (WIB) (UTC+07:00) covers the western part of the country, including Jakarta, Central Indonesia Time (WIT) (UTC+08:00) covers the central part of the country, and Eastern Indonesia Time (WITA) (UTC+09:00) covers the province of Papua. Indonesia does not observe daylight saving time.

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Indonesia