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A Democrat, Northam previously served the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from January 11, 2014 until January 13, 2018, during Governor Terry McAuliffe's term in office. His term ended when he became Governor and he was succeeded in his position by Democrat Justin Fairfax.
Northam was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia in the 2017 election, facing Republican Ed Gillespie and winning the election.
Northam was born in Nassawadox, Virginia. His mother, Nancy Shearer, was a nurse and his father, Wescott B. Northam, was an attorney. He was raised in Onancock, Virginia. He studied at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington and at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk.
From 1984 to 1992 he served as a United States Army medical officer. Northam left the U.S. Army in 1992 at the rank of major, having completed eight years of service.
Northam first ran for office in 2007 in the Virginia 6th Senate district, which includes the Eastern Shore of Virginia; Mathews County, on the Middle Peninsula; and parts of the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. He was re-elected in November 2011, defeating Ben Loyola, Jr., a defense contractor, 16,606 votes to 12,622. He is best known to have led an effort to pass a ban on smoking in restaurants in Virginia. The bill failed the first time, but was passed the next year and signed into law by Governor Tim Kaine.
Northam ran for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in Virginia's 2013 gubernatorial election. On November 5, 2013, Northam was elected as Virginia's 40th Lieutenant Governor over Republican E.W. Jackson by a 10% margin, receiving 55% of the vote to Jackson's 45%. Northam was the first Democrat since Tim Kaine in 2001 to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
On November 17, 2015, Northam sent a message saying that he will run for Governor of Virginia via an email to supporters.
Northam faced former congressman Tom Perriello in the Democratic primary. The primary campaign seen as a battle between the Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren supporters of the Democratic Party, seen by Perriello, and the Hillary Clinton wing, represented by Northam. On June 13, 2017, Northam won the Democratic nomination with 56% of the vote to Perriello's 44%.
Northam faced Republican nominee Ed Gillespie in the general election. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush endorsed Gillespie in the general election. Main topics that influenced the outcome of the election were sanctuary cities, gang violence and health care. Northam was supported by former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Northam was elected the 73rd Governor of Virginia on November 7, 2017, defeating Ed Gillespie in the general election. Northam won with 54% of the vote to Gillespie's 45%.
Northam was sworn in as Governor of Virginia at noon on January 13, 2018 at the State Capitol. He became the second Eastern Shore native to serve as Governor of Virginia.
On February 1, 2019, images from Northam's medical school yearbook were published on the website Big League Politics. The photos showed an image of an unknown person in blackface and an unknown person in a Ku Klux Klan hood on Northam's page in the yearbook. A spokesman for Eastern Virginia Medical School confirmed that the image appeared in its 1984 yearbook. Shortly after the news broke, Northam confirmed he appeared in the photo and issued an apology. Many people including Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders and Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax believe Northam should resign.
Northam married Pam Northam in 1987. They have two children. They live in Norfolk, Virginia.
Robert Delpire
Robert Delpire (24 January 1926 – 26 September 2017) was a French art publisher, editor, curator, movie producer and graphic designer. He was born in Paris.
Delpire predominantly concerned himself with documentary photography, influenced by his interest in anthropology. Delpire was editor-in-chief of the cultural review "Neuf". He published books of photography, illustration and graphic art through Éditions Delpire and Photo Poche. Photo Poche has been described as "the most successful series of photography monographs ever published", books that "have introduced successive generations to photography".
Delpire died in Paris on 26 September 2017 in Paris at the age of 91.
Young Dolph
Adolph "Dolph" Thornton, Jr. (born August 11, 1985), better known by his stage name Young Dolph, is an American rapper.
In February 2016, Dolph released his debut studio album, "King of Memphis", which peaked at number 49 on the "Billboard" 200 chart. He was featured on O.T. Genasis' hit single "Cut It", which peaked at number 35 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
Young Dolph was shot multiple times outside of a local retail store in Los Angeles on September 26, 2017. He received multiple gunshots wounds which upon being hospitalized were being treated as non-life threatening. A few hours later, Young Dolph was being treated under critical condition.
Bhad Bhabie
Danielle Bregoli (born March 26, 2003, also known as Bhad Bhabie) is an American social media personality and rapper. She became known for the viral video meme and catch phrase "Cash Me Ousside How Bout Dah" after appearing on the Dr. Phil show in September 2016. She appeared on the show for bad behavior. She released her debut single as a recording artist in late August 2017.
Bregoli released her first single "These Heaux" (pronounced "these hoes") on August 26, 2017. The recording reached number 77 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, making Bregoli the youngest female rap artist to debut on the music chart. On September 22, 2017, she released "Hi Bich" and a day after, "Whachu Know", as a single alongside the music video, which received over a million views in 24 hours.
Bregoli often shocks her fans with her real age and is rarely seen without makeup.
In communication a receiver is used for the reception of message or data signals.
A receiver can be of any type such as rhombic,yagiuda, parabolic etc.
It is a device that is designed to receive the signals which are in the form of both electric and electromagnetic form.
Receiver is simply a transducer that is a energy converter which converts received electromagnetic signals into electrical signals.
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industries
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI; ) is a group for businesspeople in Bangladesh.
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry was established in 1973 under the Trade Organisation Ordinance and Companies Act, 1913.
Hilde Benjamin
Hilde Benjamin (born Hilde Lange, February 5, 1902 in Bernburg - April 18, 1989 in East Berlin) was an East German judge and justice minister. She was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).
She studied law at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Hamburg. Afterwards she worked as a lawyer, and became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). During the war she had to do forced labor.
After the war she was vice president of the Supreme Court of East Germany from 1949 to 1953, a member of the Volkskammer (the East German parliament) from 1949 to 1967, justice minister from 1953 to 1967, and a member of the Central Committee of the SED from 1954 to 1989.
Benjamin was notorious for her judging of "show trials" (for political effect) and ministerial activities. Because she sentenced many people to death, she was nicknamed "Bloody Hilde", "The Red Guillotine", and "Red Freisler".
Later in life she gave lectures about the history of the judiciary in Potsdam.
She was married to pediatrician and resistance fighter George Benjamin, who was also Jewish and who died in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Jewish-German philosopher Walter Benjamin was her husband's brother.
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Uzbek people
Uzbeks are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group who mainly live in Central Asia countries. Uzbeks are the majority of people living in Uzbekistan. They are a minority group in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Russia and China. A few live farther away. Uzbeks speak Uzbek language of the Turkic language family.
Moghol people
The Moghols are a Mongolic ethnic group, descendants of the Mongol Empire's soldiers in Afghanistan. They live in the Herat province of Afghanistan. and they speak the Moghol language of the Mongolic languages.
Lü
Lü is a village and former municipality of the district Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. In 2009 Lü merged into the municipality of Val Müstair.
In 2007, 65 people lived there.
Kappelen, Haut-Rhin
Kappelen is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
It is about 15 km northwest of Basel and 15 km east of Altkirch.
In 2006, 522 people lived there.
Katzenthal
Kaysersberg
Moghol language
Blue Hawaiian (cocktail)
A Blue Hawaiian is an alcoholic cocktail made from pineapple juice, rum and Curaçao, with coconut cream and crushed ice. The name "Blue Hawaiian" comes from the blue colour given to the drink by Curaçao, an orange flavoured liqueur.
North Canton, Ohio
North Canton is a city in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 17,488 at the 2010 census.
Carlos Vidal Layseca
Carlos Alberto Vidal Layseca (4 February 1931 – 24 September 2017) was a Peruvian physician and politician. He was born in Lima, Peru. Layseca served as Minister of Health from July 1990 through February 1991 under the Alberto Fujimori administration. He later served as Rector of Cayetano Heredia University from 1994 through 1999.
Vidal Layseca died of heart disease on 24 September 2017 in Lima at the age of 86.
Hiromi Hayakawa
Marla Hiromi Hayakawa Salas (October 19, 1982 – September 27, 2017), known professionally as Hiromi Hayakawa, was a Mexican actress and singer. She was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She began her music career as a contestant in the reality show "La Academia". Her last well known role was as "El Chema" as Lucy Li, an Asian-Mexican prostitute.
Hayakawa worked mostly in musical theatre, however she has had occasional television roles. Hayakawa was also a voice actress, whose work is primarily on the Spanish American dub of movies and series from the United States. She was best known for dubbing the Spanish version of Disney movies such as "Alice in Wonderland", "Prom", and in "Brave".
Hayakawa died from complications of childbirth as her liver failed at a hospital in Mexico City on September 27, 2017 at the age of 34.
Udayarpalayam taluk
Udayarpalayam taluk is a taluk of Ariyalur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Jayankondam.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Udayarpalayam had a population of 384,800 with 190,974 males and 193,826 females. There were 1015 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 65.6. Child population in the age group below 6 was 20,417 males and 17,971 females.
Sendurai taluk
Sendurai taluk is a taluk of Ariyalur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sendurai.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sendurai had a population of 111,932 with 55,414 males and 56,518 females. There were 1020 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 61.6. Child population in the age group below 6 was 6,350 Males and 5,430 Females.
Tondiarpet taluk
Perambur taluk
Ayanavaram taluk
Egmore taluk
Guindy taluk
Velachery taluk
Purasawalkam taluk
Aminjikarai taluk
Mylapore taluk
Mambalam taluk
Mettupalayam taluk
Mettupalayam taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore rural district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Mettupalayam.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Mettupalayam had a population of 259,633 with 129,299 males and 130,334 females. There were 1008 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 71.93. Child population in the age group below 6 was 10,571 Males and 10,259 Females.
Perur taluk
Pollachi taluk
Pollachi taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore rural district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Pollachi.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Pollachi had a population of 575,478 with 285,553 males and 289,925 females. There were 1015 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 70.65. Child population in the age group below 6 was 22,399 Males and 21,464 Females.
Coimbatore-North taluk
Coimbatore (North) taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore City of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. On 9 May 2012, Government of Tamil Nadu announced that it will bifurcate Coimbatore North Taluk to create the new Annur Taluk.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Coimbatore (North) had a population of 641,021 with 321,922 males and 319,099 females. There were 991 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 76.37. Child population in the age group below 6 was 28,302 Males and 27,219 Females.
Valparai taluk
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Valparai had a population of 70,771 with 35,270 males and 35,501 females. There were 1007 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 79.07. Child population in the age group below 6 was 2,227 Males and 2,135 Females.
Coimbatore-South taluk
Coimbatore (South) taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Coimbatore(South) had a population of 1,605,269 with 802,641 males and 802,628 females. There were 1000 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 81.18. Child population in the age group below 6 was 73,403 Males and 70,765 Females.
Sulur taluk
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sulur had a population of 320,406 with 160,677 males and 159,729 females. There were 994 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 73.9. Child population in the age group below 6 was 13,678 Males and 13,162 Females.
Kinathukadavu taluk
Rajapalaiyam taluk
Rajapalaiyam taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Rajapalaiyam.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Rajapalaiyam had a population of 347,318 with 173,202 males and 174,116 females. There were 1005 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 74.84. Child population in the age group below 6 was 15,736 Males and 14,890 Females.
Kariapatti taluk
Kariapatti taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Kariapatti.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kariapatti had a population of 105,329 with 52,875 males and 52,454 females. There were 992 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 68.46. Child population in the age group below 6 was 5,736 Males and 5,513 Females.
Sattur taluk
Sattur is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sattur.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sattur had a population of 168,659 with 83,113 males and 85,546 females. There were 1029 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 71.41. Child population in the age group below 6 was 8,145 Males and 7,787 Females.
Tiruchuli taluk
Tiruchuli taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tiruchuli.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Tiruchuli had a population of 103,068 with 51,886 males and 51,182 females. There were 986 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 67.57. Child population in the age group below 6 was 5,406 Males and 5,081 Females.
Aruppukkottai taluk
Aruppukkottai taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Aruppukkottai.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Aruppukkottai had a population of 248186 with 123337 males and 124849 females. There were 1012 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 77.3. Child population in the age group below 6 was 11668 Males and 11087 Females.
Gingee taluk
Gingee taluk is a taluk of Viluppuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Gingee.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Gingee had a population of 422,880 with 213,162 males and 209,718 females. There were 984 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 63.41. Child population in the age group below 6 was 20,329 Males and 18,804 Females.
Kallakkurichi taluk
Kallakkurichi taluk is a taluk of Viluppuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Kallakurichi.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kallakkurichi had a population of 465,236 with 234,796 males and 230,440 females. There were 981 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 63.49. Child population in the age group below 6 was 26,388 Males and 23,890 Females.
Sankarapuram taluk
Sankarapuram is a taluk of Viluppuram district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Sankarapuram town is a headquarter for this taluk. There are presently 188 villages in sankarapuram taluk. Before the bifurcation of Chinnasalem taluk from this taluk and Kallakurichi taluk, nearly 350 Villages were under the control of Sankarapuram taluk.
Tirukkoyilur taluk
Tirukkoyilur taluk is a taluk of Viluppuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tirukkoyilur.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Tirukkoyilur had a population of 438,254 with 222,295 males and 215,959 females. There were 971 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 61.02. Child population in the age group below 6 was 27,019 Males and 25,166 Females.
Tindivanam taluk
Tindivanam taluk is a taluk of Viluppuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tindivanam.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Tindivanam had a population of 446,024 with 223,391 males and 222,633 females. There were 997 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 67.66. Child population in the age group below 6 was 23,196 Males and 22,445 Females.
Ulundurpettai taluk
Ulundurpet is in the southern region of Villupuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town of Ulundurpet is the taluk headquarters. It is co-terminus with Ulundurpet revenue block. There are fifty-three panchayat villages, and 178 villages in the taluk. The state assembly constituency for Tamil Nadu is the Ulundurpet constituency.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Ulundurpet had a population of 369,357 with 186,410 males and 182,947 females. There were 981 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 60.38. Child population in the age group below 6 was 23,270 Males and 21,734 Females.
Sabayon Linux
Sabayon Linux is a Linux distribution based on Gentoo.
The versions currently available are:
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James Madison Sr.
Col. James Madison Sr. (March 27, 1723 – February 27, 1801) was a prominent Virginia planter and politician. He was a colonel in the militia during the American Revolutionary War. He inherited Mount Pleasant, later known as Montpelier, a large tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia and, with the acquisition of more property, had 5,000 acres and became the largest landowner in the county. He was the father of James Madison, 4th President of the United States, who inherited what he called Montpelier, and Lieutenant General William Taylor Madison, and grandfather of Confederate Brigadier General James Edwin Slaughter.
Col. James Madison Sr. was the son of planter and politician Ambrose Madison and his wife Frances Taylor, and was born in 1723 in Orange County, Virginia. When he was nine, his family moved to their new plantation of Mount Pleasant in 1732. His father had hired slaves and an overseer to clear it, work that had been going on for five years to establish cultivation. That summer (1732) his father died at age 36 in August after a short illness.
The family or the sheriff believed he was poisoned by slaves, and three were charged in the case and convicted by justices of the Commission of Peace. Unusually, only one slave was executed; Dido and Turk, owned by the widow Frances Taylor Madison, were returned to her to serve as laborers after being punished by whipping.
James was tutored and trained to be a planter and slaveholder, and member of the landed gentry. His widowed mother never remarried, which was unusual at that time for a woman her age; she had extensive Taylor family in the county. As the eldest son, James Madison Sr. inherited Mount Pleasant when he came of age in 1744. He called the plantation Home House. Acquiring more land, he eventually owned 5,000 acres, making him the largest landowner in Orange County. By the time of his death, he owned 108 slaves.
Madison married Nelly Conway (Port Conway, Caroline County, Virginia, January 9, 1731 – Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia, February 11, 1829), also of the planter class (her birthplace was named after her family). They had twelve children:
During the American Revolution, Madison was chairman of the Orange County Committee of Safety. He was commissioned as a colonel in the Virginia militia.
Lee Hsin
Lee Hsin (; July 16, 1953 – September 28, 2017) was a Taiwanese politician. He has served on the Taipei City Council since 1998. Lee joined the 2006 campaign led by Shih Ming-teh which attempted to force the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian. In 2015, Lee expressed interest in running for the Kuomintang chairmanship, but his candidacy, and that of four others, was rejected. The next year, he launched another bid for the party leadership, finishing third in a field of four candidates with 7,604 votes.
Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building on September 28, 2016, aged 64.
Arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department
There are 3 arrondissements in the Haute-Loire 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 the Haute-Loire are:
Since its creation, the Haute-Loire department has had few changes:
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Kito Lorenc
Kito Lorenc (4 March 1938 – 24 September 2017) was a Sorbian-German writer, lyric poet and translator. He was a grandson of the Sorbian writer and politician Jakub Lorenc-Zalěski. He was born in Schleife, Germany.
Lorenc was an employee at the Institute for Sorbian People Research in Bautzen between 1961 and 1972. From 1972 until 1979, he worked as a dramaturge at the State Ensemble for Sorbian People's Culture. Kito Lorenc was a member of the Sächsischen Akademie der Künste and lived as a freelance writer in Wuischke by Hochkirch.
Lorenc died in Bautzen, Germany on 24 September 2017 of a stroke at the age of 79.
Joy Fleming
Joy Fleming, aka of "Erna Liebenow", born as "Erna Raad", (15 November 1944 in Rockenhausen - 27 September 2017 in Sinsheim-Hilsbach) was a German singer of jazz, blues and schlager.
Fleming was best known for her performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975. She performed the song "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" and was placed seventeenth out of nineteen countries.
Joy Fleming died at the age of 72.
Arrondissement of Brioude
The arrondissement of Brioude is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Loire "département". Its capital is the city of Brioude, a subprefecture of the department.
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the "arrondissement" of Brioude was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Brioude is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Le Puy-en-Velay, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the Cantal department.
It is the most western of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the second largest of the department but it is the one with fewest people living in it with 45,848 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The Allier river flows through this "arrondissement".
In the "arrondissement" of Brioude, there are 5 cantons:
The "arrondissement" of Brioude has 111 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Taguig
Taguig, officially the City of Taguig (), is a city in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is founded in 1587, Taguig is named "taga-giik" (Tagalog for "rice thresher").
2017 Catalan independence referendum
The 2017 Catalan independence referendum is a independence referendum that occurred in Catalonia on 1 October 2017. Political parties that do not want independence will boycott the referendum.
The referendum is illegal according to the Spanish constitution. The Constitutional Court of Spain suspended the referendum on 7 September 2017. The Catalonia government said the court order was not valid, and got support from 750 of 948 municipalities. This led to the 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis.
The Government of Spain opposes Catalan independence. However, the Catalan government says it has the right to independence. Catalonia has not gotten any international support.
Workers' Party (Brazil)
The Workers' Party (; abbreviated PT) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. The party follows democratic socialist principles. Some members are followers of the Christian left, Labourism, Marxism–Leninism, Trotskyism, democratic socialism and social democracy.
The party was founded on 10 February 1980 in São Paulo by Paul Singer. It has been one of the most popular parties in Brazil since 2003.
Two Brazilian presidents have been members of the party, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff.
The party won every presidential election in Rio de Janeiro from 1998 to 2014 and in Minas Gerais from 2002 to 2014. The Workers' Party is also popular in the north and northeast. In the 2010 election, Dilma Rousseff received a lot of support from poor Brazilians. She also had a majority of support from Catholics.
Daniel Pe'er
Daniel Pe'er, , (January 2, 1943 – September 28, 2017) was an Israeli television presenter and newsreader.
In 1979, Pe'er hosted the twenty fourth Eurovision Song Contest held in the Israeli capital Jerusalem alongside Yardena Arazi. Pe'er continued to be associated with Eurovision, hosting Kdam Eurovision (the Israeli heat to choose the artist to represent Israel), which he hosted from 1981 until 1983 and again in 1986, he also gave the Israeli results out in 1992 and 1995 and provided the Israeli radio commentary on several occasions.
Pe'er died on September 28, 2017 after a stroke at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Hi-Five (Israeli band)
Hi-Five was an Israeli boy band that operated from 1996 to 2000. Amir Fryszer Guttman was the lead.
Hi-Five has released three studio albums and one mini-album. All went gold in Israel with tens of thousands of copies sold. Hi-Five also won the Festival twice.
Uromys vika
Uromys vika, also known as the Vangunu giant rat and locally known as the vika, is a giant species of rodent that lives in trees. It is in the family Muridae. The rat was discovered in the island of Vangunu in the Solomon Islands in 2015, after years of searching based on local stories, and described in 2017. It was identified as a new species on the basis of its skull, skeleton and a detailed DNA analysis.
In November 2015 a wildlife ranger (Hikuna Judge) from the Zaira Conservation Area, saw something (outside the conservation area): "a large rat, [falling] from a 10m tree felled by loggers. The fall killed the rat - but the ranger shipped it to the Queensland Museum, in Australia, where ... Lavery was a fellow". Tyrone Lavery and Hikuna Judge published a species description, in 2017.
The rat fell of a tree, outside Zaira, a village on Vangunu Island.
The species is likely to be called "critically endangered", because of the small amount of forest habitat (about 80 km) remaining on the island and ongoing logging.
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Arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay
The arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Loire "département". Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Le Puy-en-Velay.
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the "arrondissement" of Le Puy-en-Velay, with the name of "Le Puy", was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay.
The "arrondissement" of Puy-en-Velay is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme and Loire departments, to the northeast by the "arrondissement" of Yssingeaux, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Brioude.
It is the central "arrondissement" of the department and is the largest "arrondissement" both in area, , and in population, with 96,041 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The Loire river flows through this "arrondissement".
In the "arrondissement" of Puy-en-Velay, there are 9 cantons:
The "arrondissement" of Le Puy-en-Velay has 102 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Suthachai Yimprasert
Suthachai Yimprasert (April 28, 1956 – September 27, 2017) was a Thai historian who wrote "Phan Ching Chart Thai" (English: Plot to Take Over the Nation) and "Adyakam Rat Nai Vikrit Kan Plianplaeng" (English: State Crime Amidst Change Crisis).
An article in Khaosod (a newspaper) said that he "became one of the most respected names in modern historical writing" [in Thailand].
"The Nation" (a newspaper) called him a "noted" historian. Tnews "a hardline pro-junta news website, praised him as a “lover of democracy” in its tribute".
He was a student activist, and on 6 October 1976 he and other leftist students gathered after an overnight protest at Thammasat [University], police commandos and right-wing militia members stormed the campus and butchered scores of students. ... [he] saw several of his friends gunned down in the massacre, decided armed uprising was the only solution. He fled to the southern jungle, joined the Communist rebels", and became a guerrilla fighter.
He got his Bachelor’s Degree from Srinakharinwirot University, Master's Degree from Chulalongkorn University and Doctor's Degree from University of Bristol.
Arrondissement of Yssingeaux
The arrondissement of Yssingeaux is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Loire "département". Its capital is the city of Yssingeaux, a subprefecture of the department.
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the "arrondissement" of Yssingeaux, with the name of "Le Puy", was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay.
The "arrondissement" of Yssingeaux is bordered to the north by the Loire departmens, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and west by the "arrondissement" of Le Puy-en-Velay.
The "arrondissement" is in the northeast of the department and is the smallest "arrondissement" in area, , but the second in population, with 84,676 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The department is in the basin of the Loire river.
In the "arrondissement" of Yssingeaux, there are 8 cantons:
The "arrondissement" of Yssingeaux has 44 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Kientzheim
Kientzheim is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg-Vignoble.
Kaysersberg-Vignoble
Kiffis
Kingersheim
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish movie director, producer, screenwriter and movie editor. He was born in Madrid, Spain. In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action movies designed for the wider European market including "Scaramouche" ("The Adventures of Scaramouche") in 1963 "and Estambul 65" ("That Man in Istanbul") in 1965. He made some English-language movies, most notably "They Came to Rob Las Vegas".
He directed 13 feature movies, wrote eleven and produced eight.
In 1981, he was the a member the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.
Isasi-Isasmendi died on 28 September 2017 in Ibiza, Spain at the age of 90.
Jürgen Roth
Jürgen Roth (4 November 1945 – 28 September 2017) was a German publicist and investigative journalist. He was born in Frankfurt on Main, Germany. He was known for his works in "Armut in der Bundesrepublik", "Der Sumpf" and for "Absturz".
Roth died on 28 September 2017 in Frankfurt at the age of 71.
Oleg Protopopov
Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov (; born 16 July 1932) is a former Russian-Swiss pair skater. He was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR.
Protopopov represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Ludmila Belousova he is a two-time Olympic champion (1964, 1968) and four-time World champion (1965–1968). In 1979 the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995. They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin John Whitrow (17 February 1937 – 28 September 2017) was an English actor. He was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his role as Mr Bennet in the 1995 BBC version of "Pride and Prejudice".
Whitrow voiced the role of Fowler in the 2000 animated movie "Chicken Run". His other movie appearances include "Quadrophenia" (1979), "Personal Services" (1987) and "Bomber" (2009).
Whitrow died on 28 September 2017 at the age of 80.
Mont Mézenc
Mont Mézenc is a French mountain in the "Massif du Mézenc", part of the Massif Central in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is on the border of the Ardèche and Haute-Loire departments and is the highest mountain of both departments.
The mountain is in the "Natural regional park of the Mountains of Ardèche" ().
Mont Mézenc is the highest mountain of the eastern border of the Massif Central. It is formed by two summits that are separated for a distance of about :
The Mont Mézenc has a volcanic origin; it is a dome of "phonolite", a kind volcanic rock. The mountain is covered by grasslands and heaths.
Tom Alter
Thomas Beach "Tom" Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor American descent. He was a television actor, best known for his work in Bollywood, and the theatre.
Alter was born in Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh, India (now in Uttarakhand). He was the son of American Christian missionaries of English and Scottish ancestry.
In 2008, he was awarded Padma Shri by the Indian government.
Tom Alter' son released a statement of his father's demise which said, "It is with sadness we announce the death of our beloved Tom Alter, actor, writer, director, Padma Shri, and most importantly our loving father!". Alter died of skin cancer on 29 September 2017 at his home in Mumbai, India at the age of 67.
Ludmila Belousova
Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova (; 22 November 1935 – 29 September 2017) was a Russian-Swiss pair skater. She was born in Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR.
Belousova represented the Soviet Union. With her partner and husband Oleg Protopopov she was a two-time Olympic champion (1964, 1968) and four-time World champion (1965–1968). In 1979 the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995. They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.
Belousova died on 29 September 2017 at the age of 81.
Dmitry Smolsky
Dmitry Smolski (July 25, 1937 – September 29, 2017) was a Belarusian composer. He was born in Minsk, Belarus. He was an Honored Artist of Belorussian SSR (1975) and a laureate of the State Prize of BSSR (1980). He also received the National Artist of the Republic of Belarus (1987), laureate of the Order of Francysk Skaryna (2013), professor.
Smolsky was the father of Victor Smolski, guitarist of the German sympho metal band Almanac.
Smolsky died on September 29, 2017 in Minks from complications of pneumonia at the age of 80.
Magdalena Ribbing
Magdalena Ribbing (30 July 1940 – 29 September 2017) was a Swedish writer, journalist, etiquette expert and lecturer. She married radio journalist Thomas Hempel in 1981. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Between 1970 and 2000 Ribbing worked as a political reporter for Dagens Nyheter, and from 1993 until 1999 she was the editor in chief of the Namn & nytt department of the paper. Ribbing was a "Sommarpratare" (Summer Presenter) on the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1 twice, on 13 June 1994 and 21 June 2000.
On 29 September 2017, Ribbing died after a fall in her home in Stockholm at the age of 77.
Deaths in October 2017
Joe Tiller
Joseph Henry "Joe" Tiller (December 7, 1942 – September 30, 2017) was an American football player and coach. He was born in Toledo, Ohio.
Tiller served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1991 to 1996 and Purdue University from 1997 to 2008, having a career college football record of 126–92–1. Tiller was known as one of the innovators of the spread offense. He played for the Calgary Stampeders and for the Montana State Bobcats.
Tiller died on September 30, 2017 in Buffalo, Wyoming at the age of 74.
Lüen
Lüen is a former municipality of the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Lüen, Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.
Kirchberg, Haut-Rhin
Waylon Smithers
Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Michelle Lee (born 1971) is an American movie director and a screenwriter. She is best-known for being the writer and director of the 2013 animated movie "Frozen"; she got an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for this movie. She also co-wrote the 2012 movie "Wreck-It Ralph".
Lee was born near Providence, Rhode Island as Jennifer Michelle Rebecchi. In 2019, he began a domestic partnership with actor Alfred Molina.
Arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie department
There are 4 arrondissements in the Haute-Savoie 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 the Haute-Savoie are:
Since its creation in 1860, the Haute-Savoie department has had few changes:
Arrondissement of Annecy
The arrondissement of Annecy is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Savoie "département", Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Annecy.
When the Haute-Savoie department was created in 1860, the "arrondissement" of Annecy was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Annecy is bordered to the northwest by the "arrondissement" of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, to the northeast by the "arrondissement" of Bonneville, and to the south by the Savoie department.
It is the most southern "arrondissement" of the department and is the second largest "arrondissement" with an area of , but the first in population, with 276,382 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
In the "arrondissement" of Annecy, there are 7 cantons:
The "arrondissement" of Annecy has 80 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Bean (disambiguation)
A bean is a large seed of several plants in the family "Fabaceae", including the seed of the common bean.
Bean or beans may also refer to:
French Tech
French Tech is a French label awarded to metropolitan centers recognized for their ecosystem of startups, as well as a common brand that can be used by French innovative companies.
The French Tech aims in particular to give a strong visual identity to the French startups, as well as to encourage exchanges between them.
This label was created in 2013 by the French government.
Exotic atom
An exotic atom is an atom that has a particle replaced by a particle of the same charge. For example, Positronium, an exotic atom, contains an electron and a positron. The positron (which is the antiparticle of the electron) replaces a proton which would normally be found in that atom. Most exotic atoms are hard to discover, because they decay very quickly. Positronium on average has a half-life (how long until half of the object is gone via decay) of 0.125 nanoseconds. There are a few types of exotic atom.
A muonic atom is an exotic atom that has a muon, instead of an electron, orbiting the nucleus. Because a muon is much more massive than an electron, the muon orbits much closer to the nucleus.
A hadronic atom is an exotic atom that has an electron replaced by a negatively charged hadron. The hadron could be a meson (such as a pion or a kaon, creating a pionic atom or a kaonic atom, respectively). Another hadronic atom is an antiproton (antiparticle of the proton) atom, that has an antiproton replacing an electron. This is known as an antiprotonic atom.
An onium is an exotic atom that has a particle bound to its antiparticle. A good example is Positronium, which is an electron bound to a positron.
A hypernuclear atom is an exotic atom that contains strange particles (a particle that is made of a strange quark) called hyperons.
Plum pudding model
The plum pudding model is an early 20th century model of an atom. It was later found to be wrong. It was proposed by J.J. Thomson in 1904, after the electron had been discovered, but before the atomic nucleus was discovered. During that time, scientists knew that there was a positive charge in the atom that balanced out the negative charges of the electrons, making the atom neutral, but they didn't know where the positive charge was coming from. Thomson's model showed an atom that had a positively charged medium, or space, with negatively charged electrons inside the medium. Soon after its proposal, the model was called a "plum pudding" model because the positive medium was like a pudding, with electrons, or plums, inside.
In 1909, not long after Thomson's model was proposed, Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden made an experiment with thin sheets of gold, to test Thomson's model. Their professor, Ernest Rutherford, expected the results to prove Thomson correct, but their results were extremely different to what they were expecting. In 1911, Rutherford discovered that the positive charges come from tiny particles called protons, and that the protons were in a tiny center called the nucleus, and that the electrons were orbiting around the nucleus.
Rutherford's model was quite simple, but it was later disproved because electrons have charge, and they should be attracted to the positively charged nucleus. In 1913, Niels Bohr added 'energy levels' to the atomic model. Electrons don't fall into the nucleus because they are contained in energy levels, and to change to higher energy levels extra energy is needed, and to change to lower energy levels a release of energy is needed. It is not possible to change energy states without changing the energy of the electron. If an electron gets hit by a photon (a particle that carries electromagnetic radiation) it will gain extra energy and go into a higher energy level (it changes states), then it will jump back down to a lower energy level, releasing its contained energy. This new model was called the Bohr model or the Rutherford-Bohr model. This added a whole new branch of science: Quantum physics.
In 1926 Erwin Schrödinger used the idea that electrons acted as a wave, as well as a particle, this is known as a wave-particle duality. This added a whole new layer to the atomic model and quantum physics. With a particle, you can know where it is in space if you observe (look) at it. But with a wave, it is all over the place, so you can't define where exactly it is. This is known as quantum uncertainty. With an electron, you can only know the probability of it being in a place, because it is a wave as well as a particle. (See diagram above)
World Nuclear Association
Weetzen
Weetzen is a village in the city of Ronnenberg in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2011, about 2000 people lived there.
Arrondissement of Bonneville
The arrondissement of Bonneville is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Savoie "département", Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Bonneville.
When the Haute-Savoie department was created in 1860, the "arrondissement" of Bonneville was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Bonneville is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Thonon-les-Bains, to the east by Switzerland, to the southeast by Italy, to the south by the Savoie department, to the southwest by the "arrondissement" of Annecy and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.
It is the most eastern "arrondissement" of the department and is the largest "arrondissement" with an area of , and the second in population, with 184,093 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
In the "arrondissement" of Bonneville, there are 7 cantons:
The "arrondissement" of Bonneville has 61 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
The arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Savoie "département", Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.
When the Haute-Savoie department was created in 1860, the "arrondissement" of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois is bordered to the north by Switzerland, to the northeast by the "arrondissement" of Thonon-les-Bains, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Bonneville, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Annecy and to the west by the Ain department.
It is in the northwest of the department and is the smallest "arrondissement" with an area of . It has a population of 180,562 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
In the "arrondissement" of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, there are 5 cantons:
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois has 72 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Catherine Hardy Lavender
Catherine Hardy Lavender (née Catherine Hardy) (February 8, 1930 – September 8, 2017) was an American athlete.
Lavender competed mainly in the 100-meter dash. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland. Later Hardy married, had children, and a 30-year teaching career in Atlanta schools. She was born in Carroll County, Georgia.
Lavender died of complications from pneumonia in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 87 on September 8, 2017.
Knœringue
Knœringue is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
James Madison Lee
James Madison Lee (October 15, 1926 – September 11, 2017) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He served as commander of United States Army Pacific (Western Command) from 1983 until his retirement in 1985. Lee also served in the Vietnam War and Korean War, commanding infantry in each. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. He retired in 1985.
Lee died of complications from dementia on September 11, 2017 in Wilmington at the age of 90.
Rinse Zijlstra
Rinse Zijlstra (19 April 1927 – 26 September 2017) was a Dutch politician. He was born in Oosterbierum. His older borther was former prime minister Jelle Zijlstra.
Zijlstra served in the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973 as a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party. Between 1975 and 1981, Zijlstra was mayor of Smallingerland. He was elected to the Senate between 1983 and 1995, representing the Christian Democratic Appeal, which had absorbed the Anti-Revolutionary Party in 1980.
Zijlstra died in Beetsterzwaag of complications from Alzheimer's disease on 26 September 2017, aged 90.
Andreas Schmidt
Andreas M. Schmidt (23 November 1963 – 28 September 2017) was a German actor and theatre director. He was born in Finnentrop, West Germany. His first acting role was in the 1987 movie "Peng! Du bist tot!". Schmidt was nominated three times at the Deutscher Filmpreis, winning once in 2009.
Schmidt was known for his roles in "Sommer vorm Balkon" (2005), "The Counterfeiters" (2007), "The Moon and Other Lovers" (2008) and "Henri 4" (2010).
Schmidt died on 28 September 2017 in Berlin of cancer at the age of 53.
Frank Hamblen