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MLS Cup 2016 was a soccer game played on December 10, 2016. It was the 21st MLS Cup, a special game between the winners of the Eastern and Western Conferences in Major League Soccer. Seattle Sounders FC won the game in a penalty shootout with a score of 5–4 against Toronto FC..
The two teams played again in MLS Cup 2017. Toronto FC won that game 2–0.
Charles Robert Jenkins
Charles Robert Jenkins (February 18, 1940 – December 11, 2017) was a former United States Army soldier. He lived in North Korea from 1965 to 2004 after deserting from his unit and crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone. He was born in Rich Square, North Carolina.
On November 3, Jenkins pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and aiding the enemy, but denied making disloyal or seditious statements – the latter charges were dropped. He was sentenced to 30 days' confinement, received a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and benefits and was reduced in rank to E-1 private (the lowest rank in the US Army). He was released six days early, on November 27, 2004, for good behavior.
On July 15, 2008, Jenkins obtained permanent residency status in Japan, just half a month after he applied for the status.
Jenkins died in Sado, Niigata on December 11, 2017 of heart failure, aged 77.
Kong: Skull Island
Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American action-adventure monster movie directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, and Derek Connolly from a story by John Gatins.
The movie is a third reboot of the "King Kong" franchise as well the 7th film of the series and serves as the second movie in Legendary's MonsterVerse. The movie stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly with Richard Jenkins.
The movie is about a team of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers who travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific and encounter terrifying creatures and the mighty Kong.
"Kong: Skull Island" was released on February 28, 2017, in London and was released in the United States on March 10, 2017. The movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $566 million worldwide against its $185 million budget. A crossover sequel, "Godzilla vs. Kong", is set for release on May 22, 2020 with Kong facing Godzilla from the 2014 movie "Godzilla".
Roberto Firmino
Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (born 2 October 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer. He plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. He plays as an attacking midfielder, forward or winger. He was born in Maceió.
Firmino started his career in Brazil, first playing for CRB and later Figueirense. In 2011, he joined the Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim, where he spent four-and-a-half seasons. He signed for Premier League side Liverpool in June 2015.
Firmino has played for Brazil since 2014. He played for them during the 2015 Copa América and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Firmino joined Hoffenheim in December 2010, including a contract running until June 2015. He flew to Hoffenheim on January 1, 2011. Ernst Tanner, which is the manager of Hoffenheim said “they were pleased to have a talented Brazilian soccer player on there team”.  He made his debut after a month in a Bundesliga defeat against a team called Mainz ,when he got substituted with Sebastian Rudy at the 75th minute. Firmino made his first professional goal with Hoffenheim on April 16 the only goal of a league victory against Eintracht Frankfurt. In July 2013, A russian club named Lokomotiv Moscow which made a €12 million bid for firmino Hoffenheim captain Andreas Beck halied Firmino's development as "outstanding" in August 2013. He completed he 2013–14 Bundesliga season with a he was the fourth highest score with 16 goals.
On June 23, 2015, while he was competing for Brazil at the Copa América, Hoffenheim and Firmino both agreed the terms for him to transfer him to the Premier League club called Liverpool for about £29 million on conclusion of the tournament, Liverpool confirmed the signing the next day The deal was finalised on 4 July.
On 23 August, Firmino scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season,and scoring 5-0 goals and a win over Burton Albion.
He was took jordon Ibe for the final 12 minutes in a game against 1-0 Stoke City. In January 2016, a Irish Examiner said firmino was steadily improving in his first season with Liverpool. Before 2017 started switched jersey with his new teammates Mohamed Salah from number 9 to number 11. Firmino was Liverpool's Player of the Month in January. Firmino ended the season as Liverpool's league top scorer with ten goals.
On December 21, 2019, he scored the goal in the FIFA Club World Cup Final, giving the title to Liverpool.
Bud Clark
John Elwood "Bud" Clark, Jr. (born December 19, 1931) is an American politician and businessman. He served as Mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1985 to 1992. A leftist populist with little political experience before his mayoral bid, he was one of Portland's most colorful political figures.
Denise Kandel
Denise Kandel (; née Bystryn; born February 27, 1933) is a French-born American medical sociologist and epidemiologist.
Kandel is known for her epidemiological longitudinal studies on the sequence of first-time use of various legal and illegal drugs, carried out from the 1970s until the present time (written 2016).
She is a Holocaust survivor. In 1956, she married Eric Kandel. They have two children.
Song rhythm tracks
Song Rhythm Tracks are musician's backing tracks that are composed entirely of percussion and/or drums and arranged for a song. Specifically, they do not include any harmony or melody parts. They are neither (i) traditional song backing tracks, which include harmonic accompaniment, nor (ii) traditional rhythm tracks, which are not arranged for a song.
Musicians, including singers, use these tracks to support both their practice and performance of popular song. Typical musical genres represented are pop, blues, jazz, folk and latin, but any genre may be included that uses a constant pulse. The tracks provide higher-quality rhythmic backing due to being arranged for the song the musician plays. This has advantages over traditional (none song-arranged) rhythm tracks because the musical form of the song is followed by the rhythm.
Full song backing tracks provide a fuller arrangement of a song than song rhythm tracks do but they may be limited in the facilities to re-arrange / re-mix the backing track. For instance, there might be instruments included that the musicians wish to remove from the mix. Song Rhythm Tracks can be used as the basis for an arrangement generally without requirements of re-arranging the song rhythm tracks. Full song backing tracks are often used by singers as their sole accompaniment. Song rhythm tracks are used by single, or groups of, musicians that do not have a drummer.
As rhythmic backing does not include harmony, song rhythm tracks are simpler arrangements than full song backing and are arranged to the musical sectional and chorus structure of the song. These arrangements may be comparable to a drummer's accompaniment and can be used as the rhythm tracks in productions without additional arranging.
Ed Lee (politician)
Edwin Mah "Ed" Lee (; May 5, 1952 – December 12, 2017) was an American politician and attorney. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco, California from January 11, 2011 until his death. Before this, he was City Administrator of San Francisco from 2005 to 2011. He was the first Asian American to become mayor of the city.
Lee was born in Seattle, Washington. He was of Chinese ancestry. He married Anita in 1980. They had two daughters, Brianna and Tania.
Lee died of a heart attack on December 12, 2017 in San Francisco. He was 65.
Ilan Gilon
Ilan Gilon or "Ilan Gil'on / Ilan Gil-On", Romanian: Ilan Ghilon, Hebrew: אילן גילאון, (born May 12, 1956 in Galaţi, Romania) is an Israeli politician of the Meretz party.
Gilon got polio when he was a baby. Because of this he has problems with his legs. He migrated to Israel when he was a child.
He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem but didn't obtain a degree.
He became involved in politics by becoming a member of the youth department of Mapam (a socialist political party and a forerunner of Meretz), followed by Meretz itself later on.
Gilon was deputy mayor of Ashdod from 1993 to 1999.
He entered the Knesset in 1999, did not get a seat in 2003, and has again been an MK since 2009.
As a parliamentarian he is mainly involved with social welfare issues. Among these are promoting laws to help people with disabilities.
After the resignation of Zehava Gal-On in October 2017, Gilon has become leader of the Meretz party in the Knesset.
TamilFunda
Tamil Funda is an Indian website. It covers topics ranging from the Tamil culture to the topics loosely related to Tamil audience.
Founded on October 22, 2013. It publish content exclusive for the Tamil audience living all over the world. The editorial team publishes the content.
The content published by TamilFunda are available in English and in Tamil. Tamilfunda.com is one of the popular Tamil website in the Alexa rankings. These are the following types in which the content is categorized. Business & Finance, Education, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Government, Health, Society & Culture, Technology, and Travel.
Faizon Love
Langston Faizon Santisima (born June 4, 1968), better known as Faizon Love, is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in "Elf" (2003).
Love was born Langston Faizon Santisima in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on June 4, 1968.
Aline Griffith, Dowager Countess of Romanones
María Aline Griffith Dexter, Countess of Romanones, spouse of a Grandee of Spain (22 May 1923 – 11 December 2017) was a Spanish-American aristocrat, socialite, and writer.
Griffith was born in Pearl River, New York.
Griffith worked in the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) as a cipher clerk during World War II. She was a member of the International Best Dressed List from 1962 until her death in 2017. She was a close friend to many world leaders and celebrities including Nancy Reagan, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Audrey Hepburn.
Griffith died on 11 December 2017 in Madrid at the age of 94.
Suzanna Leigh
Suzanna Leigh (born Sandra Eileen Anne Smith; 26 July 1945 – 11 December 2017) was a British actress. She was known for her movie and television roles in the 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Berkshire, England. She was known for her role as the love interest of Elvis Presley in "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" (1966).
Leigh starred in the cult British horror movies "The Deadly Bees" (1966) and "The Fiend" (1972). In 1974 she starred as Amber in "Son of Dracula".
Leigh died of liver cancer on 11 December 2017 at her home in Winter Beach, Florida at the age of 72.
Zarley Zalapski
Zarley Bennett Zalapski (April 22, 1968 – December 12, 2017) was a Canadian-Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta. He played from 1987 to 2010. He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Hartford Whalers, the Calgary Flames, the Montreal Canadiens and for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Zalapski died on December 12, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta of a viral infection at the age of 49.
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David Chase
David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for creating the HBO drama television series "The Sopranos" (1999–2007). The show became very popular and earned him seven Emmy Awards. He has also produced and written for shows such as "The Rockford Files", "I'll Fly Away" and "Northern Exposure". He will serve as an executive producer and writer of the future movie "The Many Saints of Newark", a background story to "The Sopranos".
Chase was born in Mount Vernon, New York, to an Italian American family. He married Denise Kelly in 1968. The couple have a daughter, Michele DeCesare, who played Hunter Scangarelo in "The Sopranos".
Doug Jones (politician)
Gordon Douglas Jones (born May 4, 1954) is an American attorney, prosecutor, and politician. Jones is the United States Senator of Alabama upon being elected on December 12, 2017 and sworn-in on January 3, 2018. Jones served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.
As a lawyer, Jones is known for prosecuting the remaining two Ku Klux Klan perpetrators of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which killed four African-American girls, along with leading an indictment against the Olympic Park Bomber.
Jones was the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate special election in Alabama against Republican nominee Roy Moore which was held on December 12, 2017. Jones was elected Senator with 49.6% of the vote to Moore's 48.8% of the vote.
Jones lost his re-election in 2020 to Tommy Tuberville in November.
Pat DiNizio
Pat DiNizio (October 12, 1955 – December 12, 2017) was an American rock musician. He was best known as the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band The Smithereens. He formed the band with three original members in 1980 in Carteret, New Jersey. He was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, but raised in Carteret.
DiNizio died on December 12, 2017 after a period of ill health in Scotch Plains, at the age of 62.
Mountain States
Mountain states are US states that have mountains in them.
David Baruch Lau, Hebrew: דוד ברוך לאו , (born January 13, 1966 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi. He has been Chief Rabbi of Israel on behalf of the Ashkenazi Jews since August 14, 2013, succeeding Yona Metzger.
His father Yisrael Meir Lau had the same position from 1993 to 2003. His Sephardic counterpart is Yitzhak Yosef.
Yitzhak Yosef
Yitzhak Yosef, Hebrew: יצחק יוסף , (born January 16, 1952 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi.
He has been Chief Rabbi of Israel on behalf of the Sephardi Jews since August 14, 2013, succeeding Shlomo Amar.
His father Ovadia Yosef (died 2013) had the same position from 1973 to 1983.
His Ashkenazic counterpart is David Lau.
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Museum for Architectural Drawing
Museum for Architectural Drawing (in German: Museum für Architekturzeichnung) is a private museum in Berlin, Germany dedicated to Architectural Drawing around the world. the museum was open in 2013.
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Eileen Derbyshire
Eileen Derbyshire, (born 6 October 1931) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street". She played the character for 55 years, from January 1961 to January 2016 and again for a cameo appearance in October 2019, making her the longest-serving female cast member in a British soap opera and the second longest-serving cast member on the show, after William Roache who has played the role of Ken Barlow continuously, since the show's first episode on the 9 December 1960.
She is the mother of sports journalist Oliver Holt. She was awarded an MBE in the 2010 Queens Birthday Honours list with her fellow co-star and friend, Barbara Knox who plays the role of Rita Sullivan on the show.
Barbara Knox
Barbara Knox (born 30 September 1933), is a British actress. She is known for her portrayal of newsagent Rita Sullivan in the television soap opera, "Coronation Street". She has been a full-time cast member for nearly 50 years, having appeared for one episode as Rita in 1964, before becoming a regular cast member from 1972 onwards.
On 28 March 2014 it was reported that she had been arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol in her home town of Knutsford, Cheshire. On 4 April Knox was formally charged, and she appeared at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court on 24 April. On 23 January 2015 she changed her plea to guilty. She was banned from driving for a year, as well as being fined £3,000 and £1,750 in costs.
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LFO (American band)
Lyte Funkie Ones (LFO) is an American pop band. It has vocalists Devin Lima (born March 18, 1977) and Brad Fischetti (born September 11, 1975).
The band was formerly a trio that also featured lead singer and primary songwriter Rich Cronin, and initially disbanded after his death in 2010, but Lima and Fischetti reunited LFO as a duo in 2017. Before Lima joined the group in 1999, the third member was Brian Gillis (known as "Brizz"), who was with the group from its start in 1995.
The band is best known for their hit songs "Summer Girls", "Girl on TV", and "Every Other Time". The band have sold over 4 million records worldwide.
In October 2017, Devin Lima was diagnosed with stage four adrenal cancer and he had one kidney removed.. He died from the disease on November 21, 2018 at the age of 41.
Warrel Dane
Warrel Dane (March 7, 1961 – December 13, 2017) was an American heavy metal singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the lead singer for the metal bands Sanctuary and Nevermore. He was a natural baritone, though he was known for his high-pitched vocals with Serpent's Knight and on the first two Sanctuary albums. He was born in Seattle, Washington.
Dane provided the voice of Candynose Twinskins in the musical comedy "Metalocalypse" on Adult Swim.
Dane died of a heart attack on December 13, 2017 in São Paulo, Brazil at the age of 56.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic irreversible and fatal disease caused by a progressive decline in lung function.<ref name="ATS/ERS"> American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Consensus Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) was approved by the ATS board of directors, June 2013 and by the ERS Steering Committee, March 2013. "Am Respir Crit Care Med." 188 (6): 733–748. September 15, 2013. </ref>
The term pulmonary fibrosis means scarring of lung tissue and is the cause of worsening dyspnea (shortness of breath). Fibrosis is usually associated with a poor prognosis.
IPF belongs to a large group of more than 200 lung diseases known as interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), characterized by the involvement of lung interstitium.
IPF usually occurs in adults of between 50 and 70 years of age, particularly those with a history of cigarette smoking, and affects more men than women. Treatment to slow down the progression of the disease may include nintedanib or pirfenidone.
Pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonary fibrosis (literally "scarring of the lungs") is a respiratory disease in which scars are formed in the lung tissues, leading to serious breathing problems. Scar formation, the addition of extra fibrous connective tissue (the process called fibrosis), leads to thickening of the walls, and causes low oxygen supply in the blood.
As a result patients suffer from shortness of breath.
In some patients the cause of the disease can be diagnosed, but in others the cause is unknown, a condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. There is no known cure for the scars and damage in the lung due to pulmonary fibrosis.
Simon Charles Dickie (31 March 1951 – 13 December 2017) was a New Zealand rowing cox who won three Olympic medals: two gold and one bronze. He was born in Waverley in Taranaki, New Zealand. For the 1968 Summer Olympics, New Zealand qualified an eight and had a pool of four rowers and a cox as a travelling reserve; Dickie was part of this reserve as their cox.
Dickie was only one of fifteen New Zealanders to have won two or more Olympic gold medals. He later owned an adventure company in Taupo.
Dickie died on 13 December 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand after falling from his balcony at the age of 66.
Riot Games is an American video game developer, publisher, and eSports tournament organizer established in 2006. Their main office is based in West Los Angeles, California.
The company is primarily known for creating the game "League of Legends", which was released in North America and Europe on October 27, 2009.
Ivan Stoyanov
Ivan Stoyanov (; 20 January 1949 – 10 December 2017) was a Bulgarian footballer. He played as a midfielder. At club level, he played for Spartak Sofia and Levski Sofia. He also played for the Bulgaria national team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Sofia.
Stoyanov died on 10 December 2017, at the age of 68.
Alessandro Kokocinski
Alessandro Kokocinski (born Alejandro Kokocinski; 3 April 1948 – 12 December 2017) was an Italian-Argentine painter, sculptor and set designer, of Polish-Russian origin. He was born in the refugee camp at Porto Recanati, Italy. His family survived the Holocaust. He was raised in Buenos Aires.
Kokocinski worked on the Salvador Allende government’s agrarian reform, in partnership with the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile. He settled in Rome and became a pupil of Riccardo Tomassi Ferroni, with whom he shared a studio in Trastevere, together with Carlo Quattrucci.
In 2016, Kokocinski created the set design and lighting design for “Lina Sastri è il mio nome”, a musical theatrical show which opened on 4 October 2016 at the Teatro Quirino, Rome.
Kokocinski died on 12 December 2017 in Tuscania, Italy of lymphoma at the age of 69.
Alma Adamkienė (née Nutautaitė; February 10, 1928) is a Lithuanian-American philologist, philanthropist and public servant. She was born in Šiauliai, Lithuania. She is the wife of the former President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus since being married in 1951.
Adamkienė was First Lady during his two terms (1998–2003 and 2004–2009). She also holds United States citizenship. She immigrated to the United States in 1949. She first worked as a laboratory assistant at a steel factory. Later, she took a position with an insurance company. She also organized and participated in Lithuanian émigré activities.
During the presidential election held in Lithuania in 1997, her husband Valdas Adamkus campaigned for the Presidency and won. After Adamkus became President, Adamkienė became involved in many Lithuanian social programs focusing on the welfare of children.
Neeraj Vora
Neeraj Vora (22 January 1963 – 14 December 2017) was an Indian movie director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He first became known in Bollywood for being a writer of Aamir Khan's movie "Rangeela" (1995). He then went on to direct his own movies, including "Khiladi 420" (2000), "Phir Hera Pheri" (2006) and "Shortkut" (2009). He was born in Bhuj, Gujarat.
In October 2016, Vora went into a coma after having a heart attack and a stroke. He died on 14 December 2017 in Mumbai, at the age of 54.
Lilian Marijnissen
L.M.C. "Lilian" Marijnissen (born 11 July 1985 in Oss) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP). She has been political and parliamentary leader since 13 December 2017, succeeding Emile Roemer.
Marijnissen studied political science at Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Amsterdam.
She was a councillor of Oss from 2003 to 2016, and worked at the Dutch trade union Abvakabo FNV.
Since March 23, 2017 she has been a member of the Second Chamber.
Lilian Marijnissen is the daughter of former SP leader Jan Marijnissen, and former SP alderman of Oss Mari-Anne Marijnissen.
Munier Choudhury
Abu Nayeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury (27 November 1925 - 14 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi playwright, literary critic and political activist. His notable dramas are "Kabar" (The Grave), "Roktakto Prantor" (Bloody Field), Chithi (Letter). He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award for his contribution in dramas in 1962.
He was killed as an intellectual during the mass killing of Bengali intellectuals in 1971. He was awarded the highest civilian award given by the Government of Bangladesh, Independence Day Award, in 1980 posthumously.
When Choudhury was in prison during 1952-54, he wrote his symbolic drama, "Kabar" (The Grave). This was a translation of Irwin Shaw's drama "Bury the Dead". After release from prison, he continued to write "Roktakto Prantor" (1959; a play about the Third Battle of Panipat), "Chithi" (1966) and "Polashi Barrack O Onyanno" (1969). In 1965, Choudhury redesigned the keyboard of the Bangla typewriter. This typewriter was named after him as "Munier Optima Keyboard". It was designed in collaboration with Remington typewriters of the then East Germany.
In 1971, when Pakistani army attacked in the University of Dhaka area, Choudhury escaped from there and moved to his parents' house, near Hatirpool. On 14 December 1971, he, along with a large number of Bengali intellectuals, educators, doctors and engineers, were kidnapped from their houses and later tortured and killed by the Pakistan Army and its Bengali collaborators Al-Badr and Al-Shams. According to a witness, Choudhury was last seen in Government Physical Education College, Dhaka in Mohammadpur Thana, Dhaka where his fingers were mutilated. His dead body was not found.
Oss is a town and municipality in the Province of North Brabant, the Netherlands.
It is in the northeast of the province, and borders the Meuse River and the Province of Gelderland.
As of 2015, about 58,000 people were living in the town of Oss.
As of 2017, about 91,000 people were living in the municipality of Oss.
Since 2011, Lith was added to Oss. In 2015, Maasdonk became a part to Oss.
The town of Oss is a stronghold of the Socialist Party (SP).
Fred J. Doocy
Frederick J. "Fred" Doocy (May 5, 1913 – December 7, 2017) was an American politician and banker. He served as the 77th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1966 to 1967. He was also a member of the Connecticut State Senate from 1958 to 1967.
Doocy was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He married Mary O'Keefe (1916–2010) in 1942 and had five children. He turned 100 in 2013.
Doocy died on December 7, 2017 in Manchester, Connecticut, at the age of 104.
List of Chief Rabbis of Israel
This is the list of Chief Rabbis of Israel, including Mandatory Palestine.
There are two Chief Rabbis, one on behalf of the Ashkenazi Jews and one on behalf of the Sephardi Jews.
Together they preside the "Chief Rabbinate of Israel".
Mandatory Palestine:
State of Israel:
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Naagin (2015 TV series)
Naagin (English: serpent) is an Indian supernatural Hindi language television series. It was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. It aired on weekends at 8 pm IST on Colors TV.
The first season aired from 1 November 2015 to 5 June 2016. It starred Mouni Roy, Arjun Bijlani and Adaa Khan as Shivanya, Ritik and Shesha. It became one of the highest-rated shows on Indian television.
The second season aired from 8 October 2016 to 25 June 2017. It starred Mouni Roy, Karanvir Bohra and Adaa Khan as Shivangi, Rocky and Shesha.
The third season aired from 2 June 2018 to 26 May 2019.It starred Surbhi Jyoti, Pearl V Puri, Rajat Tokas and Anita Hassanandani as Bela, Mahir, Vikrant and Vish, respectively.
The fourth season was introduced with a new title Naagin: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel. It aired from 14 December 2019 to 8 August 2020.It starred Nia Sharma, Vijayendra Kumeria, Jasmin Bhasin and Rashami Desai as Brinda, Dev, Nayantara and Shalakha, respectively. It ended after 37 episodes post lockdown.
The fifth season aired from 9 August 2020 to 6 February 2021.It starred Surbhi Chandna, Sharad Malhotra and Mohit Sehgal as Bani, Veer and Jay, respectively.
A spin-off of the fifth season titled Kuch Toh Hai: Naagin Ek Naye Rang Mein was launched on 7 February 2021 replacing the same.
The series has been revamped for the 6th season bringing a new name to the series "Naagin Ka Badla" or Naagin Season 7 . It will feature Rakhi Sawant, Rubina Dilaik, Prachi Desai & Fawad Khan as Roopa, Barkha, Bhumi & Mrityunjai respectively.
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Chief Rabbinate of Israel
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Hebrew: הרבנות הראשית לישראל - "Ha-Rabanut Ha-Rashit Li-Yisra'el", is the highest rabbinical institution in Israel.
It consists of (mainly) Chief Rabbis of various places in Israel, and is presided by two Chief Rabbis, an Ashkenazi and a Sephardi rabbi, both elected for ten years.
The Chief Rabbinate has religious legal power in Israel, but also involves with matters of halakha outside the country.
In Israel it deals with matters concerning Jewish life, like marriage and divorce, conversion to Judaism, kosher food, holy sites like the Western Wall, yeshivas, rabbinical courts etc.
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is situated in Jerusalem.
"Mad World" is a new wave song by British band Tears for Fears. It was first released in September 1982. It then appeared on the band's first studio album "The Hurting" (1983). The song reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982.
"Mad World" was also famously covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules. This version was made for the soundtrack of the movie "Donnie Darko" (2001).
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The philosophy of mathematics is a kind of philosophy that tries to study what mathematics really is. Philosophers of math ask themselves questions like:
None of those questions has a clear answer, so mathematicians are free to choose which answers they like. For example:
Mathematicians who believe in Platonism think that numbers are real, just like rocks and trees. We can't see them, but we can represent them with symbols, and use them to study the world.
Mathematicians who believe in Fictionalism think that math is just made up. Numbers, shapes and other things in math are just ways that we use to make science possible, but they don't really exist.
Mathematicians who believe in Logicism believe that math is true because it is based on true sentences (called axioms). It does not matter if numbers and shapes exist, or not, just that they represent true things.
Mathematicians who believe in Finitism think that everything that makes sense has a beginning and an end. Things like infinity don't exist.
Mohammed El Filali
Mohammed El Filali () (born 9 July 1945) is a Moroccan footballer. He played for MC Oujda. He played as a forward.
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John Burton "Jack" Davis, Jr. (2 December 1924 –
27 July 2016) was an American cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was known for his advertising art, magazine covers, movie posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories. He was one of the founding cartoonists for "Mad" in 1952. His cartoon characters are characterized by extremely distorted anatomy, including big heads, skinny legs and extremely large feet.
Davis contributed to other Kurtzman magazines—"Trump", "Humbug" and "Help!"—eventually expanding into illustrations for record jackets, movie posters, books and magazines, including "Time" and "TV Guide". He completed an 88-card set of humorous cartoons called Wacky Plaks, which Topps Chewing Gum Co. released in 1959.
After graduation, he was a cartoonist intern at "The Atlanta Journal", and he worked one summer inking Ed Dodd's "Mark Trail" comic strip, a strip which he later parodied in "Mad" as "Mark Trade".
Davis died in St. Simons Island, Georgia on July 27, 2016 from complications of the stroke, aged 91.
Departments of Colombia
Colombia has 32 departments (Spanish: "departamentos", sing. "departamento") and a Capital District ("Distrito Capital"). Each department has a Governor ("gobernador") and a Department Assembly ("Asamblea Departamental"), elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods. Departments are country subdivisions and are granted a certain degree of autonomy.
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Saransk
Saransk (; ) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. In 2010 there were 297,415 people living there.
Saransk is twinned with:
Mathon
Mathon () is a municipality of the district Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
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Yu Kwang-chung
Yu Guangzhong (; 21 October 1928 – 14 December 2017), also spelled Yu Kwang-chung, was a Taiwanese writer, poet, educator, and critic. He was born in Nanjing, Taiwan.
His best known works were "Lanse de yumao" [Blue feather], "Zai lengzhan de niandai" [Cold war years] and "Yu yongheng bahe" [Tug-of-war with eternity]. He was known for his collaboration with fellow poet Luo Fu. He was Professor Emeritus at National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung. He taught in the United States, including at Gettysburg College.
Yu died on 14 December 2017 from pneumonia in Kaohsiung, Taiwan at the age of 89. He was married to Fan Wo-tsun 1956 until his death.
Dan Johnson (Kentucky politician)
Danny Ray "Dan" Johnson (October 18, 1960 – December 13, 2017) was an American evangelical pastor and Republican politician. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing the 49th District serving from January 2017 until his death in December. He was born and raised in Bastrop, Louisiana.
In December 2017, Johnson was accused of having molested a member of his church in 2012 when she was 17 years old. The Republican Party of Kentucky called on Johnson to resign the same day the allegations were published. The following day, Johnson held a news conference at his church where he claimed the allegations were untrue and were politically motivated.
Johnson shot himself in the head on December 13, 2017 near the Salt River in Mt. Washington, Kentucky. He was 57 years old.
Tina Smith
Tina Flint Smith (born March 4, 1958) is an American politician. She is the United States Senator from Minnesota upon being appointed by Governor Mark Dayton and office on January 3, 2018.
Smith was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 2015 to 2018. She has been a high-profile member of Governor Mark Dayton's administration and a key participant in legislative negotiations. She is a former Chief of Staff to Dayton. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.
Dayton appointed her to replace U.S. Senator Al Franken upon his resignation, to serve until a special election is held in November 2018.
Karl-Erik Nilsson (4 January 1922 – 14 December 2017) was a Swedish light-heawyweight (-87 kg) Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold and two bronze medals. He won another bronze medal at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships. He was born in Stehag, Sweden.
Nilsson died at the age of 95 in Stockholm on 14 December 2017.
R. C. Sproul
Robert Charles Sproul ( ; February 13, 1939 – December 14, 2017) was an American apologist, author, and pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries.
Sproul was heard daily on the "Renewing Your Mind" radio broadcast in the United States and internationally. "Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R. C. Sproul" was also broadcast on Sirius and XM satellite radio.
In late July 2012, a new Christian internet radio station called RefNet (Reformation Network) was also announced by Ligonier Ministries in an effort to reach "as many people as possible" where Internet access is available.
Sproul died at a hospital in Altamonte Springs, Florida on December 14, 2017 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 78.
Conservative Democrat
In American politics, a Conservative Democrat is a member of the U.S. Democratic Party who has conservative views.
The term "Democrat in Name Only" is sometimes used by Democrats on the left to refer to conservative Democrats.
In the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic Party ran moderate Democrats and a few conservative Democrats for at-risk Republican seats.
Frank Lary
Frank Strong Lary (April 10, 1930 – December 13, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Detroit Tigers (1954–1964), New York Mets (1964, 1965), Milwaukee Braves (1964), and Chicago White Sox (1965).
Lary led the American League with 21 wins in 1956 and ranked second in the same category with 23 wins in 1961.
Lary was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1960 and 1961 and won the Gold Glove Award in 1961. He was known as "Taters", "Mule", and the "Yankee Killer." The latter nickname was won due to his 27-10 record against the New York Yankees from 1955 to 1961.
Lary died on December 13, 2017 in Northport, Alabama of pneumonia at the age of 87.
Mark Takai
Kyle Mark Takai (July 1, 1967 – July 20, 2016) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 1st district from January 3, 2015 until his death. He was also a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1994 to 2014. He became a lieutenant colonel in the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2013.
Takai was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was of Japanese ancestry. He was married to Sami and had two children.
Takai was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October 2015. He died on July 20, 2016 in Aiea, Hawaii. He was 49.
Bill Hudson (American football)
William Alex "Bill" Hudson (July 9, 1935 – December 13, 2017) was an American football player. He played as a defensive tackle. He played professionally in the American Football League for the San Diego Chargers and the Boston Patriots. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes. He was a member of the South Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. He was born in Hartsville, South Carolina.
Hudson died on December 13, 2017 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was 82.
Rod (Slavic religion)
Rod (Cyrillic: Род) is the supreme God of the universe in the Slavic Native Faith. Old Church Slavonic sources about pre-Christian religion, say that Rod represents divinity and ancestrality.
Among the South Slavs, the concept is also known as "Sud" (Judge) or "Prabog" (First God).
Jarilo
Jarilo (Cyrillic: Ярило, Ярила or Јарило) is a Slavic god of vegetation, fertility and springtime.
The only historical source that mentions Jarilo was from a German bishop who encountered pagans celebrating a festival called Gerovit (likely a German way of saying, "Jarovit"). Until the 19th century in Russia, Belarus and Serbia, folk festivals called "Jarilo" were celebrated in late spring. In these festivals, they worshiped a springtime god. Similar festivals occurred in Croatia and Slovenia.
Eric the Victorious
Eric the Victorious (Old Norse: Eiríkr inn sigrsæli; Swedish: Erik Segersäll) was the first Kingdom of Sweden. There is debate about whether or not he was actually the first king.
He is sometimes called Eric V or Eric VI. He is called this by people who count back from Eric XIV (1560–68).
Eric the Victorious originally controlled the area around Uppland. His kingdom may have extended down to Blekinge. He got the name "victorious," because of his victory in the Battle of Fýrisvellir.
According to Adam of Bremen, he was also the King of Denmark after the defeat of Sweyn Forkbeard. He probably also founded the town of Sigtuna, 38 km northeast from downtown Stockholm.
Adam also dated Eric the Victorious's death as between 992 and 995. He is remembered as a war-like and successful ruler.
Rian Johnson
Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American movie director, screenwriter, editor and actor. He is best known for directing the movies "Brick" (2005), "The Brothers Bloom" (2008), "Looper" (2012), "" (2017) and "Knives Out" (2019). He has directed three episodes of the AMC series "Breaking Bad". He has also had small roles in "" (2016) and "BoJack Horseman".
Johnson was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. He has been dating movie writer Karina Longworth since 2011.
Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie (born 28 October 1978) is a British actress and model. She is known for playing Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series "Game of Thrones" and Captain Phasma in the "Star Wars" movies "" (2015) and "" (2017).
Christie was born in Worthing, West Sussex, England. She has been dating fashion design Giles Deacon since 2013.
Byron Dorgan
Byron Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is a former United States Senator and United States Congressman. He was a congressman for twelve years and a U.S. Senator for eighteen.
Dorgan was a member of the Senate Democratic leadership for sixteen years. He was first an Assistant Democratic Floor Leader. He was later a Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee. Then, he was Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs.
In 2010, Dorgan said he wasn't seeking re-election in the 2010 North Dakota Senate election.
Dorgan later worked at the Washington, D.C. law firm Arent Fox LLP. He was a senior policy advisor there.
Furthermore, Dorgan is a New York Times writer of four books: two on economic and political issues, two as eco-thrillers.
Dorgan was born in Dickinson, North Dakota.
Charles Grodin
Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author and television talk show host. He won an Emmy Award for writing in 1978.
Grodin is best known for his appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "The Late Show". Grodin's movie roles include "Catch-22" (1970), "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972), "Midnight Run" and "The Couch Trip" (both 1988), "Beethoven" (1992) and "Dave" and "Heart and Souls" (both 1993).
Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to an Orthodox Jewish family. He had a daughter with his first wife, Julie Ferguson. He married Elissa Durwood in 1983. They had a son.
Grodin died of bone marrow cancer at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, on May 18, 2021. He was 86.
Dillon, Read &amp; Co.
Dillon, Read & Co. was an investment bank based in New York City. In 1997, it was acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation, which was in turn acquired by UBS in 1998.
The Dillon Read name was dropped by 2000. In June 2005, UBS established Dillon Read Capital Management (DRCM), led by former UBS Investment Bank head John P. Costas.
On May 3, 2007, UBS announced the closure of Dillon Read Capital Management. The division lost 150 million Swiss Francs in the first quarter of 2007, primarily due to bets on the sub-prime mortgage industry in the United States. The assets under management were transferred into UBS's main asset management business.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an American multinational financial services corporation specializing in retail brokerage. It is the wealth & asset management division of Morgan Stanley.
In the late 1980s the retail brokerage firm Smith Barney was owned by Primerica Financial Services. Commercial Credit purchased Primerica in 1988, for $1.5 billion. In 1992, they paid $722 million to buy a 27 percent share of Travelers Insurance. By the end of 1993, the merged company was known as Travelers Group Inc. In September 1997, Travelers acquired Salomon Inc. (parent company of Salomon Brothers Inc.), for over $9 billion in stock, and merged it with its own investment arm to create Salomon Smith Barney.
In April 1998 Travelers Group announced an agreement to undertake a $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, creating the largest single financial services company in the world.
On January 13, 2009, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup announced that Citigroup would sell 51% of Smith Barney to Morgan Stanley, creating Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, which was formerly a division of Citi Global Wealth Management. The combined brokerage house has 17,649 financial advisors and manages $2 trillion in client assets.
Kannauj district
Kannauj district is an administrative district in Uttar Pradesh, India. The capital of this district is the historically famous Kannauj city. This district was formed from Farrukhabad district in September 18, 1997.
According to the 2011 census of India Kannauj district has a population of 1,658,005,
It is very much famous for Kannauj Perfume. This is the reason for Kannauj city is called as City of Perfumes. There are many temples in Kannauj which are very spiritual (divine) and historical.
Arrondissements of the Haut-Rhin department
There are 4 arrondissements in the Haut-Rhin 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.
The arrondissements of Haut-Rhin are:
The "arrondissement" of Guebwiller was eliminated in 2015 and its territory combined with Tharn to form the "arrondissement" of Thann-Guebwiller. In that same year, the "arrondissement" of Ribeauvillé was also eliminated and its territory combined with Colmar to form the "arrondissement" of Colmar-Ribeauvillé.
Black Mamba (drug)
Black Mamba is a street drug which is Legal in much of the world. It is an artificial cannabinoid. It can cause some very serious side effects, including mental health problems, psychosis and sometimes a deep zombie-like state which takes a long time to recover from. It has also been known to cause death.
There are some countries where this and similar drugs like spice are still available and legal, although in most cases they are very heavily controlled.
Arrondissement of Altkirch
The arrondissement of Altkirch is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Altkirch.
When the Haut-Rhin department was created on 1790, the "arrondissement" of Altkirch was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Altkirch is in the southwest of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Thann-Guebwiller "arrondissement", to the north and west by the Mulhouse "arrondissement", to the south by Switzerland and to the west by the Territoire de Belfort department.
The "arrondissement" of Altkirch is the smallest of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , and it is also with fewest people living in it with a population of 69,645 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
There are only 2 cantons in the arrondissement of Altkirch:
The "arrondissement" of Altkirch has 108 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
Lones Wigger
Lones Wesley Wigger Jr. (August 25, 1937 – December 14, 2017) was an American sports shooter. In his shooting career, he won 111 medals, including three Olympic medals. He won a gold and silver medal at the 1964 Olympics and a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics. He was also a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He was born in Great Falls, Montana.
Wigger died of pancreatic cancer on December 14, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 80.
Georges Loinger
Georges Loinger (29 August 1910 – 28 December 2018) was a French resistance fighter during World War II. He began fighting against Nazi Germany in 1939 but was captured in 1940. He escaped soon after, and rescued hundreds of Jewish children over then next few years. Till September 1943, that part of frontier was guarded by Italian army: Loinger remembers one day Italian high officer secretly told him he approved what Loinger did, that's his rescue activity. After September, there was German invasion and the activity became harder.
He was awarded the medal of honorary citizen of the city of Strasbourg in 2014. In July 2016, he was made an officer in the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Loinger was born in Strasbourg. He was Jewish. He turned 100 in August 2010. Loinger died in Paris on 28 December 2018 at the age of 108.
2017 eruption of Mount Agung
Mount Agung, a volcano on the island of Bali in Indonesia, erupted in 2017. Thousands of people had to leave the area. Air travel was affected. As of 27 November 2017, the alert level was at its highest and evacuation orders were in place.
Tectonic earthquakes from the volcano had been detected since early August. Volcanic activity increased for several weeks. It decreased significantly in late October. A second, more violent period of major activity began in late November.
Forty thousand people had to leave 22 villages around Mount Agung. Airports had to be closed. More than 400 flights were canceled. About 59,000 passengers could not get on their flights.
A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury (1 December 1944 – 15 December 2017) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a member of the Bangladesh Awami League (BAL). He served as the mayor of Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh, from 1994 to 2009. He was born in Chittagong District.
Chowdhury died on 15 December 2017 in Chittagong, at the age of 73.
List of Chief Military Rabbis
This is the list of Chief Military Rabbis.
The Chief Military Rabbi presides over the "Military Rabbinate" of the Israel Defense Forces, and holds the rank of brigadier general.
Military Rabbinate
The Military Rabbinate (of Israel), Hebrew: חיל הרבנות הצבאית - "Heil HaRabanut HaTzvait", is a unit of the Israel Defense Forces, which takes care of the religious needs of the Israeli soldiers, especially the Jewish soldiers among them.
The Chief Military Rabbi presides the Military Rabbinate, and has the rank of brigadier general.