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José de Anchieta Júnior (11 March 1965 – 6 December 2018) was a Brazilian politician. He was born in Jaguaribe, Ceará. Anchieta Júnior was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He was the Governor of the northern Brazilian state of Roraima from December 2007 to April 2014.
Anchieta Júnior died of a heart attack on 6 December 2018 in Boa Vista, Roraima, aged 53.
Paul Reinecke
Paul Heinrich Adalbert Reinecke (September 25, 1872 – May 12, 1958) was a German prehistorian and archaeologist.
Reinecke was born in Berlin. He studied medicine and science under Rudolf Virchow (1821–1903). Interested in prehistory, he also attended classes with the anthropologist Johannes Ranke (1836-1916) and the archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler (1853-1907). During his studies, in 1893, Reinecke led an extensive study trip through Austria and Hungary.
After graduating in 1897, he worked until 1908 at the Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Mainz), and later at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection (Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern).
Until his death in 1958, he worked on almost all periods of European prehistory and early history, in particular on the chronology of the European Bronze Age and Iron Age. The names Michelsberg culture (1908) and the Altheim culture (1915) as well as the periodization of the Hallstatt culture go back to him. Particularly important are his contributions in Volume V of the "Antiquities of our pagan past" (Alterthümer unserer heidnischen Vorzeit), where he developed, a chronology system, based on an historical analysis of stylistic features and on typological characteristics, that has essentially retained its validity to this day. Reinecke died in Herrsching, Bavaria.
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Lyudmila Alexeyeva
Lyudmila Mikhaylovna Alexeyeva (, , 20 July 1927 — 8 December 2018) was a Russian historian and leading human rights activist. She was a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group. Alexeyeva was one of the last Soviet dissidents active in modern Russia. She participated in the Strategy-31 protests. She was born in Yevpatoria, Crimea, Soviet Union.
Alexeyeva died on 8 December 2018 in Moscow at the age of 91.
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Coat of arms of Ukraine
The coat of arms of Ukraine ( "Derzhavnyi Herb Ukraiyny") is the national coat of arms of Ukraine, featuring the same colors found on the Ukrainian flag. It has a blue shield with a gold trident.
Nick Ayers
James Nicholas "Nick" Ayers (born August 16, 1982) is an American political strategist. He is the Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence since July 2017.
Ayers was the national chairman for Mike Pence's vice-presidential campaign in 2016, and as the former executive director of the Republican Governors Association from 2007 to 2010. He also was principal of C5 Creative Consulting,
From November 2016 to January 2017, Ayers was a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team.
Many believed that President Donald Trump would hire Ayers as John F. Kelly's replacement as White House Chief of Staff. On December 9, 2018, Ayers turned down the offer.
Danay García
Danay García (born 5 July 1984) is an Cuban-born American actress. She was born in Havana, Cuba. She is known for her roles as Sofía Lugo on Fox's drama series "Prison Break" and Luciana Galvez on AMC's horror drama series "Fear the Walking Dead".
Coat of arms of Cyprus
The coat of arms of Cyprus show a dove and an olive branch (a well-known symbol of peace) over “1960”, the year of Cypriot independence from British rule. Northern Cyprus uses a separate coat of arms and “1983” is used for when it gained independence but its recognised by Turkey.
Cass County, Minnesota
Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 28,567 people lived there. The county seat is Walker.
Chippewa County, Minnesota
Chippewa County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 12,441 people lived there. The county seat is Montevideo.
Montevideo, Minnesota
Chippewa County
Chippewa County is the name of three counties in the United States:
Chisago County, Minnesota
Chisago County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 53,887 people lived there. The county seat is Center City.
Clay County, Minnesota
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, 58,999 people lived there. The county seat is Moorhead.
Coat of arms of Lithuania
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Delicate (Taylor Swift song)
Strawberry, Arkansas
Strawberry is a town in the US state of Arkansas.
Minturn, Arkansas
Minturn is a town in the US state of Arkansas.
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2018 Boracay closure
The cause of the island being closed was because of algal blooms on the island's famous beaches. Other causes were harmful waste products. On February 9, 2018, Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, called the island a "cesspool".
400 restaurants and hotels had to close for violating the laws that were set in place. 3 casinos were also closed. Buildings less than 30 meters away from the beaches were destroyed.
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Bajlo Tomar Alor Benu
Bajlo Tomar Alor Benu is a Bengali drama series that airs on Star Jalsha at 6:00 p.m. every day.
The show tells the story of an abandoned girl, Minu, with a natural talent for sculpting. Minu wants to be famous for being a sculpter.
This show is made by Agnidev Chatterjee Productions, while the screenplay and the dialogues have been written by Sudipa Chatterjee. The show's soundtrack is sung by the evergreen voice of Supriti Ghosh as its title track.
At the bank of the Ganges River, a famous sculptor named Kalikrishna stumbles upon a young girl who is trying to make an idol, or small statue, of Lord Shiva out of clay collected from the soft river banks. Having recognized her natural talent in sculpting, Kalikrishna helps the girl, Minu, shape the idol. Kalikrishna learns she had been separated from her mother, and takes her with him to live. Kalikrishna consoles her by saying that Maa Durga is looking over her in the absence of her mother. The story picks up from here to show how, mentored and nurtured by Kalikrishna, Minu grows up to master the art of idol-making.
Doab
Doab is an word used in India and Pakistan and means a piece of land between two rivers, extending to where the two rivers meet. The most important of these is between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.
Digital audio
Digital audio is sound which has been turned into a computer file. Digital audio files can be played on MP3 players, computers, smartphones, and more. Digital audio may be uncompressed, such as CDs, losslessly compressed, such as FLAC files, or lossily compressed, such as MP3 files. Audio is converted to digital format using a device called an analog to digital converter (ADC). The ADC takes samples of the amplitude of the signal at a specific sample rate (for example, 44100 times per second). These samples are binary numbers. When converting back to analog, a device called a digital to analog converter (DAC) recreates the original analog signal that matches the given samples.
Gate of China
Gate of China is one of the Gates of old China. In Chinese, people call it "Zhōnghuámén" (). "Gate of China" was built in Ming Dynasty and now settles in Qinghai District, Nanjing, China. It is 16512 square meter. "Gate of China" is very magnificent for its barbican. It's the firmest barbican in China. The barbican is a small space between gate and the barbican door. When the enemies go into it, the doors can block them so that the soldiers that have already hidden in the barbican can kill them easily. In the past, Taiping Kingdom of Heaven tried to attack into Nanjing, however, the gate wasn't ruined at all.
Aerobic organism
Catalan solid
Catalan solids are a concept from geometry: For each Archimedean solid there is a Catalan solid that is its duality (mathematics. In total, there are thirteen Catalan solids (as there are thirtin Archimedean solids). They are named after the Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan of the 19th centurty.
Each Catalan solid is a convex polyhedron. Like with Archimewdean solids, each surface is made of the same shape.
Clearwater County
Clearwater County is the name of three counties in North America:
Clearwater County, Minnesota
Clearwater County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 8,695 people lived there. The county seat is Bagley.
Cook County is the name of three counties in the United States:
Cook County, Minnesota
Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 5,176 people lived there. The county seat is Grand Marais.
Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Crow Wing County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 62,500 people lived there. The county seat is Brainerd.
Dakota County, Minnesota
Dakota County is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 398,552 people lived there. The county seat is Hastings.
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Labrador Peninsula
The Labrador Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Canada. It is bounded by the Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the southeast. The peninsula includes the region of Labrador, which is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord, and Nord-du-Québec, which are in the province of Quebec. It has an area of .
The peninsula is very sparsely populated, especially in the north.
Győző Forintos
Győző Victor Forintos (30 July 1935 – 6 December 2018) was a Hungarian chess master and an economist. He was born in Budapest. He first participated in the Hungarian Championship as early as 1954 and became the national champion in 1968/1969. Forintos was awarded the International Master title in 1963 and the Grandmaster title in 1974.
Forintos died in Budapest on 6 December 2018 at the age of 83.
Jim Meehan
Jim Meehan (March 19, 1952 – December 6, 2018), sometimes known as Minneapolis Jim Meehan, was an American professional poker player. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Before his poker career, Meehan worked as a lawyer for many years.
Meehan began playing poker in the 1960s, and began playing poker tournaments regularly in 1997, when he had a 2nd-place finish in the $3,000 limit hold'em event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). He finished 3rd in the $2,500 limit Omaha event at the 1999 WSOP.
Meehan died on December 6, 2018 in Minneapolis at the age of 66.
Enrico Crispolti
Enrico Crispolti (18 April 1933 – 8 December 2018) was an Italian art critic, curator and art historian. He was born in Rome.
From 1984 to 2005 he was professor of history of contemporary art at the Università degli Studi di Siena, and director of the school of specialisation in art history. He taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome (1966–1973) and at the Università degli Studi di Salerno (1973–1984). He was author of the "catalogues raisonnés" of the works of Enrico Baj, Lucio Fontana and Renato Guttuso.
Crispolti died in Rome on 8 December 2018, aged 85.
João Clemente Baena Soares
João Clemente Baena Soares (born 14 May 1931) is a Brazilian diplomat. He was born in Belém. He worked at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations for 31 years before being elected to replace Alejandro Orfila as Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1984 to 1994. He was replaced in 1994 with President César Gaviria.
Alejandro Orfila
Alejandro Orfila (born 9 March 1925) is an Argentine retired diplomat. He was born in Mendoza, Argentina. He was the Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1975 to 1984 replacing Galo Plaza, an Ecuadorian President.
He was an active figure in United States foreign policies dealing with South American. He was a key figure in the Panama Canal Treaty formation. He was present when President Jimmy Carter signed the treaty in 1977. He worked with Carter to fight human rights abuses in the continent.
When Ronald Reagan became president, his influence decreased with Reagan and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick criticizing the Organization of American States.
In 1984, he was replaced with Brazilian diplomat João Clemente Baena Soares.
98 Degrees (stylized as 98°) is a Grammy-nominated American pop and contemporary R&B band. The group is made up of four vocalists: Justin Jeffre, Jeff Timmons and brothers Nick and Drew Lachey. It was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California. All members of the group come from Ohio.
Instead of being assembled by a record label or a producer like most boy bands, 98 Degrees formed independently. They joined a record label later.
The group has sold over 10 million records across the world. They have had eight top 40 singles in the United States.
Songs from 98 Degrees include "This Gift", "True to Your Heart" and "Invisible Man". In 1999 the group released the album "This Christmas". It sold over one million copies.
In 2002, the group took a break from recording and touring. In 2012, they got back together. In May 2013, they released a new album, "2.0".
Deaths in 2019
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in 2019. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Mel Sembler
Melvin Floyd "Mel" Sembler (born May 10, 1930) is an American politician. He was United States Ambassador to Italy from 2001 to 2005 and Ambassador to Australia and Nauru from 1989 to 1993.
Richard N. Gardner
Richard Newton Gardner (July 9, 1927 – February 16, 2019) was an American politician. He was born in New York City. He was the United States Ambassador to Spain from 1993 to 1997 and the United States Ambassador to Italy from 1977 to 1981. He was a professor emeritus of law at Columbia Law School.
Gardner died on February 16, 2019 in New York City at the age of 91.
Edward L. Romero
Edward L. Romero (also Romæro, born on January 2, 1934) is an American politician and activist. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra between the years of 1998 and 2001.
Alamosa, Colorado
Alamosa is a city and the county seat in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 8,780 at the 2010 United States Census.
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Julian Nava
Julian Nava (born June 19, 1927) is an American educator and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador of Mexico from 1980 to 1981 during the Jimmy Carter presidency. He was born in Los Angeles, California. Nava is a member of the Democratic Party.
Felix Rohatyn
Felix George Rohatyn ( ; May 29, 1928 – December 14, 2019) was an American politician and investment banker. Rohatyn was born in Vienna, Austria. He spent most of his career with Lazard from the 1960s through the 1990s. He was the United States Ambassador to France from 1997 to 2000.
Rohatyn died in Manhattan on December 14, 2019 at the age of 91.
Howard H. Leach
Howard H. Leach (born June 19, 1930) is an American diplomat, college administrator and philanthropist. He was the United States Ambassador to France from 2001 to 2005.
He studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1953 and at Stanford Advanced Management College in 1968.
He is a member and former chairman of the Board of Regent of the University of California.
Munster, Indiana
Munster is a town located in North Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is southeast of the Chicago Loop. The 2010 U.S. Census counted the town's population at 23,603. Munster is located at (41.551457, -87.501431).
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a 2017 American fantasy adventure comedy movie directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg, and Jeff Pinkner, based on a story by McKenna. Part of the Jumanji franchise, the movie is a sequel to the 1995 "Jumanji", which was based on the 1981 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg.
Venom (movie)
Venom is a 2018 American superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and Tencent Pictures. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the first movie in Sony's Marvel Universe, adjunct to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, and Kelly Marcel, it stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom, alongside Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, and Reid Scott. In Venom, journalist Brock gains superpowers after being bound to an alien symbiote whose species plans to invade Earth.
Despite receiving mixed reviews from film critics, the film was positively welcomed from audience and fans alike which praised its story, humor, Eddie Brock and Venom's relationship, characters, soundtrack, special effects, cast performances (especially Hardy's double one), action scenes and the ending.
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College City, Arkansas
College City is a town in the US state of Arkansas.
Eric Walfred Anderson (May 26, 1970 – December 9, 2018) was an American basketball player. He is best known for his college career at Indiana University and played two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Anderson died on December 9, 2018 at the age of 48.
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Kapellbrücke
The Kapellbrücke ("Chapel Bridge" in German) is a long bridge crossing the Reuss River in the city of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is the oldest wooden bridge in Europe, and one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions.
Dodge County, Minnesota
Dodge County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 20,087 people lived there. The county seat is Mantorville.
Douglas County, Minnesota
Douglas County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 36,009 people lived there. The county seat is Alexandria.
Omega (Cyrillic)
Omega (Ѡ ѡ or Ѡ ѡ; italics: "Ѡ ѡ" or "Ѡ ѡ") is a letter used in the early Cyrillic alphabet. It came from the Greek Omega.Faribault County, Minnesota
Faribault County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 14,553 people lived there. The county seat is Blue Earth.
Er with tick
Er with tick (Ҏ ҏ; italics: "Ҏ ҏ") is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Er with tick is used only in the alphabet of the Kildin Sami language.
Fillmore County, Minnesota
Fillmore County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 20,866 people lived there. The county seat is Preston.
Powhatan, Arkansas
Powhatan is a town in the US state of Arkansas.
Freeborn County, Minnesota
Freeborn County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 31,255 people lived there. The county seat is Albert Lea.
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Houston, Arkansas
Houston is a town in the US state of Arkansas.
Stadio Renzo Barbera
Stadio Renzo Barbera is a sports stadium in Palermo, Italy. It is mainly used for football matches. It has a seating capacity of 36,349. The stadium was opened on 24 January 1932. It is the home stadium of U.S. Città di Palermo of Serie A and sometimes the Italy national team.
Stadio Renzo Barbera hosted three matches of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Godzilla (1998 movie)
List of Latin phrases (N)
Away colours are a choice of coloured clothing used in team sports.
Adnams Brewery
Gold Coast Desalination Plant
Daniel Jacobs
Daniel, Dan, or Danny Jacobs may refer to:
Goodhue County, Minnesota
Goodhue County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 46,183 people lived there. The county seat is Red Wing.
Grant County, Minnesota
Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 6,018 people lived there. The county seat is Elbow Lake.
Elbow Lake, Minnesota
Houston County, Minnesota
Houston County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 19,027 people lived there. The county seat is Caledonia.
University of Lucerne
A Touch of Class
(A) Touch of Class may refer to:
Hubbard County, Minnesota
Hubbard County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 20,428 people lived there. The county seat is Park Rapids.
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Giebenach
Hersberg
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Lupsingen
Ziefen
Ramlinsburg
Ravenden Springs, Arkansas
Ravenden Springs is a town in the US state of Arkansas.
Reyno, Arkansas
Reyno is a city in the US state of Arkansas.
Spengler Cup
The Spengler Cup is an ice hockey tournament in Davos, Switzerland.
Therwil
Arlesheim
Isanti County, Minnesota
Isanti County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 37,816 people lived there. The county seat is Cambridge.
André Holland
André Holland (born December 28, 1979) is an American actor. He got a lot of attention for his performance as Kevin in the 2016 Academy Award-winning movie "Moonlight".
Holland has acted in theatre plays, television programs and movies. His first on-screen performance was in an episode of the drama series "Law & Order" in 2006.
Also in 2006 he played three characters on stage in the play "Blue Door". "The New York Times" gave the performance a good review.
Holland was born in Bessemer, Alabama.
The coat of arms of Liechtenstein is used as the great arms of the nation. As the sovereign emblem of the Principality of Liechtenstein, its use is reserved for the members of the Princely House and state authorities. Private individuals may be authorized to use the great arms, if it is in the interest of the State. The arms are a history of the Princely House, and show the many different areas of Europe with which Liechtenstein has been involved, either by conquest or by marriage.
The first quarter is Silesia; the second is the arms of the Kuenring family; the third quarter, the Duchy of Troppau; and the fourth quarter, the arms of the East Frisian family Cirksena representing County of Rietberg. The base is occupied by the arms of the Duchy of Jägerndorf. The small gold and red shield of the Princely House is shown in the middle of the larger shield. The Princely hat crowns a purple cloak with ermine lining behind the large coat of arms.
David Weatherall
Sir David John Weatherall, (9 March 1933 – 8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine. In 1974 Weatherall was appointed Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford, and, in 1992, he assumed the most prestigious chair, that of Regius Professor of Medicine, which he held until 2000.
He was knighted in 1987 and appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to medicine.
Weatherall died on 8 December 2018 in Oxford, England at the age of 85.
2018 Strasbourg shooting
On 11 December 2018 a terrorist attack happened in Strasbourg, France. Five people were shot dead and several others were injured. The suspect, a 29 years old man who was known to the security services and thought of as an extremist was wounded in an exchange of fire with a soldier, is at large.
The incident occurred near Place Kléber, where Christkindelsmärik, a Christmas market, was being held.
William Blum
William Blum (; March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American author and historian. He was a critic of United States foreign policy. He worked in a computer-related position at the United States Department of State in the mid-1960s. He was known for his works "The CIA: A Forgotten History" (1986), "" (2000) and "Killing Hope" (2003).
In early 2006, Blum briefly became the subject of widespread media attention when Osama bin Laden issued a public statement in which he quoted Blum and recommended that all Americans read "".
Blum was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died on December 9, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia from kidney failure at the age of 85.
C. N. Balakrishnan
C. N. Balakrishnan (18 November 1934 – 10 December 2018) was an Indian politician. He was the minister for Co-operation, Khadi and Village Industries and Pollution Control -Government of Kerala under the Oommen Chandy Ministry. He became the representative in the Wadakkanchery constituency in Kerala after winning in the 2011 State Election.
Balakrishnan died on 10 December 2018 in Kochi, Kerala from kidney and heart failure at the age of 84.
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Alice Childress
Alice Childress (October 12, 1916 – August 14, 1994) was an American actress, novelist and playwright. She was called "the only African American woman to have written, produced and published plays for four decades."
Childress was later involved in social causes. She formed an off-Broadway union for actors.
When Childress' stage play "Trouble in Mind" was produced at Stella Holt's Greenwich Mews Theatre in 1955, it won an Obie Award for best Off-Broadway play in the 1955-56 season. That made Childress the first African American woman to win the honor.
Her next dramatic work, "Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White", was completed in 1962. Its setting was South Carolina during World War I. It dealt with a forbidden and interracial love affair. For the scandalous nature of the show and the major realism it had, it was impossible for Childress to get any theater in New York City to stage the play. It wasn't until 1972 that it played in New York at the New York Shakespeare Festival. It was later filmed and shown on television, although many stations didn't want to play it.
Childress was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She later moved to New York. She died there of cancer at age 77.
Jim Florentine
James "Jim" Florentine (born August 18, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, puppeteer, voice artist, and comedian, best known as the voice of Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher in "Crank Yankers".
Florentine was born James Florentine in Brooklyn, New York on August 18, 1964.
Bob Giggie
Robert Thomas Giggie (August 13, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Milwaukee Braves from 1959 to 1960 and for the Kansas City Athletics from 1960 and 1962. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Giggie died on December 9, 2018 in Braintree, Massachusetts at the age of 85.
Braintree, Massachusetts
Braintree (), officially the Town of Braintree, is a suburban New England city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 35,744 at the 2010 census.
Chiang Pin-kung
Chiang Pin-kung (; 16 December 1932 – 10 December 2018) was a Taiwanese politician. He led the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1993 to 1996. He was named Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, where he worked until 2000.
He was elected to consecutive terms on the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008. During his first term as a legislator, Chiang was Vice President of the Legislative Yuan. He was Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from 2008 to 2012.
Chiang collapsed at a restaurant on 8 December 2018 in Taipei. He died of multiple organ failure at a hospital on 10 December 2018, aged 85.
Robert Spaemann
Robert Spaemann (5 May 1927 – 10 December 2018) was a German Roman Catholic philosopher. He was thought of as a member of the Ritter-School. He was born in Berlin. Spaemann's focus was on Christian ethics. He was known for his work in bioethics, ecology, and human rights. Spaemann was internationally known and his work is highly regarded by Pope Benedict XVI.
Spaemann died on 10 December 2018 in Berlin at the age of 91.
Xavier Tilliette
Xavier Tilliette (23 July 1921 – 10 December 2018) was a French philosopher, historian, and theologian. He was born in Corbie, Somme. He was a former student of Jean Wahl and of Vladimir Jankélévitch.
Tilliette was a member of the Society of Jesus (1938) and professor emeritus at the Catholic Institute of Paris (1969), having taught also at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome (1972), the Lateran University, and the Centre Sèvres in Paris.
He was a member of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici and of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities ("Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften of Munich"), the Centro studi filosofico-religiosi Luigi Pareyson, and, since 2006, a corresponding member Accademia di estetica internazionale de Rapallo.
Tilliette was knight of the Légion d'honneur and of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Tilliette died in Paris on 10 December 2018 from pneumonia at the age of 97.
Koppa
Koppa may refer to:
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it is a meat dishViaduct
A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. It is built for crossing a valley, dry or wetland, or forming an overpass or flyover.
The word "viaduct" has two parts from Latin: "via" for road and "ducere", to lead. The ancient Romans did not use this word; it was invented in the nineteenth-century by analogy with aqueduct.
Dhulbahante garaadship
The Dhulbahante garaadship was a kingdom from 1530 until 1899. Its successor state was Darwiish State. Diiriye Guure was the first Dhulbahante king to become king through being elected by the people. Diiriye Guure was also the first Dhulbahante monarch to be called "sultan". By proclaiming himself Dhulbahante Sultan, Diiriye Guure reunited the Dhulbahante schism created by Ali Harran, also spelled Ali Xaram of the Maxamud Garad subclan, and Garaad Ali III around 7 decades earlier. Diiriye Guure was the first Dhulbahante king whose position was subordinate to someone else, namely the Sayid. Aar Dheel and Diiriye Guure are the only two people who gained the Dhulbahante throne despite not being in the line of succession.
Thutmose III
Thutmose III (Thutmose means "Thoth is born") was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Thutmose III was pharaoh in name for almost 54 years (24 April 1479 BC to 11 March 1425 BC) from the age of two and until his death at age fifty-six.
For the first 22 years of his reign, he was coregent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut. She was also pharaoh, and probably the actual ruler for the first part of his reign. During the final two years of his reign, he appointed his son and successor, Amenhotep II, as his junior co-regent. His firstborn son and heir to the throne, Amenemhat, died before Thutmose III.
As the sole ruler of the kingdom after the deaths of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, he created the largest empire Egypt ever had. 17 campaigns were conducted. He conquered lands from the Niya Kingdom in northern Syria to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Nubia.
When Thutmose III died, he was buried in the Valley of the Kings. Other kings from this period in Egypt were also buried there.
Liming Family
Liming Family is a non-governmental organization (NGO) run and operated by the Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus(Catholic congregation). It is located in the Hebei Province of China. It mainly serves orphans, disabled people, and families with disabled people in the local area. The institution originated from an orphanage that cares for disabled and abandoned babies. It has now developed into a multi-functional welfare institution that unites a Rehabilitation station, a Vocational training & Rehabilitation center, and a Nursing department.
The Liming Family was originally a Catholic orphanage located in the village of Ningjin County, Hebei Province. In the late 1980s, the number of disabled children left outside churches was constantly increasing. In the beginning, since they could not provide for the children a stable living environment, the Christians took turns taking care of them. In this way, the orphans could not be educated with a comprehensive program. It was difficult to insure for them healthy growth. In 1988, the Bishop of Zhaoxian diocese, Wang Chong Lin, borrowed a 40 square meter residence and set it up as an orphanage that he gave to the Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus to manage. In 1998 the orphanage was formally named “Liming Family”, which stands for "the dawn of disabled children starts here.
From April 2002, Liming Family sent some orphans without serious diseases or disability to foster families in order to give orphans a normal home. In October 2002, a youth vocational training center was established. Subsequently, the work of the Liming Family was divided into two parts: the rehabilitation nursing group and the vocational training group. These groups were the beginning of the future Rehabilitation Station and Vocational Training & Rehabilitation Center. Among these orphans, those who progressed better could enter the ordinary school, and those who did not meet the entry requirements received special education at the orphanage of Liming Family.
In 2006, Liming Family registered a private non-profit organization with the Civil Affairs Bureau: GaoYi County “Liming Family Rehabilitation Station”. This rehabilitation center is not only open to the children of the Liming Family, but it’s also open to families with similar problems in society. Its main tasks are to help children who have difficulty moving their bodies to improve their physical activity, to help children with cerebral palsy to carry out rehabilitation training; and to help children who can hardly take care of themselves to improve their ability of self-care.
In 2013, Liming Family registered another private non-profit organization with the Civil Affairs Bureau: NingJin County “Liming Vocational Training and Rehabilitation Center”. This Center provides some disabilities with vocational training. It provides people with mental disabilities who grew up in the orphanage a self-development platform. And also, it gives them occupational skill training according to their ability. At the same time, it provides professional training opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities from other orphanages and families.
In 2013, Liming Family placed orphans with severe physical or mental disabilities and orphans of young age in the original orphanage in Biancun. There, the orphans will be looked after 24 hours a day. It was called Biancun Liming Family Nursing Department. The Liming Family received more than 600 abandoned or disabled babies. Some children entered the Vocational Training & Rehabilitation Center or found a new family after they received medical or rehabilitation training. Some children died under the guardianship of the nuns due to serious illness.
The staves at the Liming Family originally had only a few nuns. But then with the support of the local church, more and more laymen joined the team of service. In addition, some college students and seminarians volunteered at the Liming Family during their holidays. Over time, more and more non-Catholics also went go the Liming Family to volunteer. At the same time, non-Catholic professionals have also joined the team of managers for administrative positions.
The Liming Family is funded mainly by donations. Most of these donors are Catholics, but there are also some non-Catholics. Besides, there are some private companies, factories that occasionally give some supplies or money.
In addition, Liming Family has received some help from international NGOs and government departments, but it is quite limited.
Other than that, they have no other income.
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Lee Chih-Kai
Lee Chih-Kai (born April 3, 1996) is a Taiwanese male artistic gymnast and a star in the documentary movies Jump! Boys and Jump! Men. Lee’s signature movement is “Thomas Flairs” in the pommel horse routines. Lee won gold medals in the pommel horse event in the 2017 Taipei Universiade and the 2018 Indonesia Asian Games.
Lee Chih-Kai was born in Yilan County, Taiwan. He started training as an artistic gymnast at six years old when he met his coach, Lin Yu-Shin. Lee joined the gymnastic team when he studied in Gong Jheng Elementary School in Luo-Dong Township. Lee was nicknamed “Market boy Kai” because he liked to perform his gymnastic skills in the traditional market where his parents worked. At the beginning of his career, Lee started practicing a difficult element named “Thomas Flairs”, which was commonly performed on the floor in gymnastics. Because of his coach’s suggestion, Lee moved the Thomas Flairs into his pommel horse routine when he studied in the middle school.
When Lee Chih-Kai was 15, he left his hometown Yilan county and moved to Taoyuan city, where Lin Yu-Shin coached a university gymnastic team. Lee practiced with the team in the early morning before going to school and returned to the gym after school. During high school, he practiced at least 8 hours per day. His coach said that Lee was not the most talented gymnast, but was the most hard-working one.
In 2013, Lee Chih-Kai joined the adult national team training program. He trained at the National Sports Training Center. Before Lee went to National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU), he had several competition experiences and was regarded as an upcoming star of Taiwanese gymnastics.
Lee Chih-Kai first performed as a member of the national team in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. He was ranked 6 in the individual all-round event, 8 in the floor exercise event, and 5 in the vault event. In 2015, Lee represented National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU) at the National Intercollegiate Athletic Games. He won the silver medal in the individual all-round event and three gold medals in the floor exercise, pommel horse, and parallel bars events. In this game, he again hurt shoulder and wrists, which were injured before.
In April 2016, Lee passed the Olympic Test Events and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympic games. He was the first gymnast to qualify the Olympics since the 2000 Sydney Olympic games. Lee was diagnosed with a broken right shinbone and a sprained right ankle one month before the Olympic game. Lee lost the chance to move to the finals because these injuries affected his performance. After the failure in the Olympic game, Lee started training overseas. In addition, his coach helped him adapt to stressful environments by imitating the crowds and noisy environment when he was practicing.
In August 2017, Lee Chih-Kai won the gold medal in the pommel horse event in the Taipei by performing his signature “Thomas Flairs” movement in the routine. Lee was the first Taiwanese male gymnast who won the gold medal in the pommel horse event. With this win, he broke his best personal record in international competitions. Lee’s Thomas Flairs movement has been included in the teaching template of the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG). In addition, his dismounting movement is regarded as the standard movement in the international gymnastic referee training conference.
In the 2018 Indonesia Asian Games, Lee Chih-Kai won the gold medal in the pommel horse, which is the first gold medal in Asian Games in Taiwanese gymnastic history. In November of the same year, Lee won the bronze medal in the 2018 Doha World Challenge Cup.
Lee Chih-Kai was one of seven young players on the gymnastic team in Gong Jheng Elementary School of Luo-Dong Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. "Jump! Boys" is the documentary movie about the training processes and the life stories of the gymnastic team. The movie was directed by Taiwanese director, Lin Yu-Hsien and premiered in 2005. Because of "Jump! Boys", Taiwanese people started to show the interest in Lee Chih-Kai and Taiwanese Gymnastics.
Because Lee Chih-Kai announced that his career goal was entering the Olympics at the end of "Jump! Boys", the director, Lin Yu-Hsien, decided to make a follow-up movie "Jump! Men" with Lee Chih-Kai’s casting in the main role. The movie started shooting in 2015 and recorded Lee’s training process and several competitions. Lee’s frustration in the 2016 Rio Olympic games was also included in the movie. "Jump! Men" ended with Lee winning the gold medal in the pommel horse event in the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade. The movie was published in October 2017.
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