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OS X El Capitan ( ) (version 10.11) is the twelfth major release of OS X (now named macOS), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. It was released after OS X Yosemite and focuses mainly on performance, stability and security. Starting with OS X Mavericks, future operating systems of OS X were named after regions of Northern California. El Capitan was named after a rock formation in Yosemite National Park, to highlight a refined version of its predecessory, OS X Yosemite.
El Capitan is the final version to be released under the name OS X. Its successor, Sierra, was announced as macOS Sierra. El Capitan received much better reviews when compared to Yosemite.
The first beta of OS X El Capitan was released to developers shortly following the WWDC keynote on June 8, 2015. The first public beta was made available on July 9, 2015. There were multiple betas released after the keynote. OS X El Capitan was released to end users on September 30, 2015, as a free upgrade through the Mac App Store.
Bruce Gray
Bruce Gray (September 7, 1936 – December 13, 2017) was a Puerto Rican-born Canadian actor.
Gray was probably best known as investment banker Adam Cunningham on the Global series "Traders", the father of the groom in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", as Judge J.E. Reilly on the soap opera "Passions" and the ghost of Joe's father on the hit television show "Medium".
Gray died on December 13, 2017 of brain cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 81.
Gerald O'Brien
John Gerald O’Brien (2 December 1924 – 13 December 2017), known as Gerald O'Brien, was a New Zealand soldier and politician. He was a member of the Labour Party. He was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He represented the Island Bay electorate from 1969 to 1978.
O'Brien died in Wellington on 13 December 2017 at the age of 93.
Yurizan Beltran
Yurizan Beltrán Lebanue (November 2, 1986 – December 13, 2017), known as Yurizan Beltran, was an American pornographic actress. She was born in Los Angeles on November 2, 1986 of Mexican descent. Her mother was Brazilian and her father was Canadian.
Beltran was nominated for a total of six AVN Awards. Her career began in 2005.
Beltran died on December 13, 2017 in Los Angeles from a suspected drug overdose at the age of 31.
Marilyn Ware
Marilyn Ware (November 4, 1943 – December 14, 2017) was an American politician, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was the United States Ambassador to Finland from March 2006 to March 2008 after being nominated by George W. Bush. She was a member of the Republican Party. Ware was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ware died on December 14, 2017 in Denver, Colorado of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 74.
Heinz Wolff
Heinz Siegfried Wolff (29 April 1928 – 15 December 2017) was a German-born British scientist, and television and radio presenter. He was best known for the BBC television series "The Great Egg Race". He was born in Berlin, Germany.
Because they were of Jewish descent, he and his family fled to the United Kingdom in September 1939.
He studied physiology and physics at University College London. He specialized in biological engineering, and was a professor at Brunel University.
A familiar face in the 1970s and early 1980s, well known to British television audiences with his memorable bow tie and pronounced German accent.
Wolff died in London of heart failure on 15 December 2017 at the age of 89.
The Prophet (book)
Tu An
Jiang Bihou (; 22 November 1923 – 16 December 2017), better known by his pen name Tu An (), is a Chinese poet and translator. He was a member of China Writers Association.
Jiang was the first person from China to write sonnet in Chinese and he was the first few in China who translated the works of John Keats's into Chinese language.
His translation, "Poetry of John Keats", which had won the 2nd Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2000.
Jiang died on 16 December 2017 in Aarhus, Denmark of complications from Parkinson's disease at the age of 94.
Sharon Laws
Sharon Laws (7 July 1974 – 16 December 2017) was a British professional cyclist and environmental consultant. She gained support in conservation and worked both before and during her cycling career as an environmental consultant to organisations including the British Government, the United Nations and for mining company Rio Tinto in Australia.
Laws was born in Nairobi, Kenya, but was raised in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.
Her first victory in the team came was the Cheshire Classic stage race, which she won after coming second on the first and second stages. Her addition to the British team, which included Cooke and Emma Pooley, was expected to improve chances of a medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but Laws crashed twice and came 35th of 62 finishers.
Laws retired in August 2016 and was diagnosed with cervical cancer one month later.
Laws died on 16 December 2017 of cervical cancer, aged 43.
List of neighbourhoods of Chennai
This is a list of areas and neighbourhoods in Chennai by region. The city is divided on the basis of composition into four major parts: North, Central, South and West.
Suburban Chennai includes almost half of the places in the districts of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur. Suburban Chennai is commonly called as Greater Chennai.
Taramani
Taramani is an area in the metropolitan area of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is known for the IT parks and research institutions.
Famous Tidel Park, an information technology (IT) industrial park is situated here . It is South India's first IT park. The area is also known for its other IT parks including Ascendas IT Park, Ramanujam IT Park, Elnet Software City and TICEL Biotech Park.
The MGR Film City was constructed in Tharamani in 1996. The Film City was a major project of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha. This was made during her first term in office as Chief minister. Recently, there have been news reports that it is being made into a "Knowledge Park".
Avadi
Avadi is a residential locality. It is located in the Western part of the metropolitan city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. it is a Special Grade Municipal Corporation of Chennai Metropolitan Area.
The neighbourhood has its own railway station, Avadi Railway Station of the Chennai Suburban Railway. The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) is located in Avadi. Avadi has a lake with the same name.
Major military establishments having divisions in Avadi are the Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), EFA-Engine Factory, Avadi, Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indian Navy, Central Vehicle Depot (CVD), The Ordnance Depot [OD], Unfit Vehicles Park [UVP] and the Ordnance Clothing Factory (OCF).
According to the 2011 census of India, Avadi had a population of 345,996.
Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Colmar.
When the Haut-Rhin department was created on 1790, the "arrondissement" of Colmar was part of that original department.
In 1871, the Haut-Rhin department became part of Germany. In 1919, Haut-Rhin is again an department when the territory became part of France with 7 "arrondissements", including the new "arrondissements" of Colmar-Ville, Colmar-Campagne and Ribeauvillé. The "arrondissements" Colmar-Ville and Colmar-Campagne were combined in 1934 to form the "arrondissement" of Colmar.
In 2015, the "arrondissement" of Ribeauvillé was eliminated and the name of the "arrondissement" of Colmar was changed to Colmar-Ribeauvillé.
The "arrondissement" of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north by the Bas-Rhin department, to the east by Germany, to the southeast by the Mulhouse "arrondissement", to the south by the Thann-Guebwiller "arrondissement" and to the west by the Vosges department.
The "arrondissement" of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is the largest of the "arrondissements" of the department with an area of . It has a population of 200,243 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
There are 5 cantons in the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé:
The "arrondissement" of Colmar-Ribeauvillé has 98 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
Heavy Vehicles Factory
Garfield Heights, Ohio
Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. At the 2010 census, 28,849 people lived there.
Pratval
Pratval used to be a Swiss municipality. It is now part of the new municipality of Domleschg and the district Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Flag of Slovakia
The Flag of Slovakia is the flag of the European country, Slovakia. It has three horizontal tricolour of white, blue and red. It has a white double cross on a red background.
Pangasinan language
Mœrnach
Mollau
Mollau is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Alaska Thunderfuck
Justin Andrew Honard (born May 6, 1985), known by his drag name Alaska Thunderfuck, is an American drag queen, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Thunderfuck moved to Erie, Pennsylvania at age 10. In early 2013, She then joined the cast of fifth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race", where she was a runner-up. In October 2013, Thunderfuck signed to Producer Entertainment Group with distribution from Sidecar Records. Her debut album, "Anus", was released on June 23, 2015. It produced the singles "Your Makeup Is Terrible", "Nails", "Hieeee", "This Is My Hair" and "Anus". "Your Makeup Is Terrible" managed to peak at number four on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and peaked in the top ten around the world. She released a single, "Puppet", on 16th of September 2016, before releasing her second studio album, "Poundcake", on October 14, 2016. She has recently been featured as a contestant on "Scared Famous" alongside American reality TV personalities Don Benjamin, Sky Days, Erica Mena, Safaree Samuels, Eva Marcille, Tiffany "New York" Pollard, Drita D'Avanzo, Yung Joc and Nikki Mudarris. In 2016, she returned for the of "", where she was crowned the winner. On the 24th of May 2019, Thunderfuck released her third studio album "Vagina".
Thunderfuck is the first and only drag queen to be on Scared Famous. She is known for her funny voices, weird styles and her "obsession" with PayPal.
Collapse of Hotel New World
On 15 March 1986, in one of Singapore’s worst civil disasters, the Lian Yak Building (better known as Hotel New World) collapsed. 33 people died and 17 were rescued alive from the rubble.
The Singapore Fire Service (SFS) (present-day Civil Defence Force), the Armed Forces and the police all assisted in the rescue operation. Passers-by and nearby residents also joined in, helping to clear the rubble and pull out survivors. SAF medical officers and MOH doctors present took turns to crawl through narrow spaces inside the rubble to try and provide assistance to trapped survivors, giving glucose and saline drips to them. At first, power saws and drills were used to cut through the rubble and reach survivors; however the use of heavy machinery posed a risk to people trapped under the rubble.
This led to concern among tunnelling experts from Britain, Ireland and Japan who were involved in nearby construction for the Mass Rapid Transit, which included Thomas Gallagher, Thomas Mulleary, Patrick Gallagher, Michael Prendergast, and Michael Scott; as well as Tan Jin Thong, Deputy Director (Operations) SFS.
They volunteered to dig 4 tunnels under the rubble, which resulted in the rescue of another eight survivors. They later received the Pingat Gagah Perkasa (Conspicuous Gallantry Medal) for their actions.
The investigation found that during the calculation of the building’s structural load, only the LIVE LOAD (weight of people in the building, and additional fixtures and fittings, such as furniture) was factored in. The DEAD LOAD (weight of the building itself) was completely omitted from the calculation. This meant the building was not designed to support its own weight. It was later discovered that an unqualified draftsman, instead of a professional structural engineer, did the calculations for the building. The owner (which died in the collapse) also requested to use inferior materials in construction, in order to reduce the cost.
After the incident, Singapore’s building safety regulations were updated. Since 1989, all structural designs/calculations must not only be prepared by a Professional Engineer, but also counter-checked by an independent Accredited Checker.
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano ("北野 武 Kitano Takeshi"; born 18 January 1947), also known as Beat Takeshi, is a Japanese comedian, television personality, director, actor, author, and screenwriter. He was born in Tokyo, Japan.
Kitano is known for his roles as "Outrage" (2010) as Otomo and as Chief Daisuke Aramaki "Ghost in the Shell" (2017). He directed "Violent Cop" (1989) and "Sonatine" (1993). He won a Golden Lion in 1998.
Adam Darius
Adam Darius (10 May 1930 – 3 December 2017) was an American dancer, mime artist, writer and choreographer. As a performer, he appeared in over 85 countries across six continents. As a writer, he published 19 books and wrote 22 plays.
In Britain he has taught, among others, mime artist, dancer and director, Kazimir Kolesnik, rock star Kate Bush, and Hollywood movie star Kate Beckinsale.
Darius retired in October 2016.
Darius died on 3 December 2017 in Espoo, Finland of a heart attack at the age of 87.
Jo Baer
Josephine Gail "Jo" Baer (born August 7, 1929) is an American painter. She was born in Seattle, Washington. Baer is known for her works which are minimalist art. She began showing her work at the Fischbach Gallery, New York, and other venues for contemporary art in the mid-1960s.
In the late 1960s, Baer was experimenting with color and shifting the visual focus of her work. While working on the series "The Stations of the Spectrum" (1967-1969), Baer painted over their white surfaces to make them gray. In 1975 Baer was the subject of a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, showcasing her Minimalist work.
E. Hunter Harrison
Ewing Hunter Harrison (November 7, 1944 – December 16, 2017) was an American railway executive. He served as the CEO of Illinois Central Railroad (IC), Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), and served as CEO of CSX from January 2017 until his death 12 months later.
Harrison died on December 16, 2017, two days after taking medical leave from CSX, in Wellington, Florida of a suspected heart attack. He was 73 years old.
Len Ceglarski
Leonard Stanley "Len" Ceglarski (June 27, 1926 – December 16, 2017) was an American ice hockey player. He was an All-American left wing on Boston College's 1949 NCAA championship team, and was captain of the 1950–51 squad. He was also a member of the U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games in Oslo, Norway. He was born in East Walpole, Massachusetts.
Ceglarski died on December 16, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 91.
Rodels
Rodels () used to be a municipality of the district Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Since 2015, became a part of the new municipality of Domleschg.
Rothenbrunnen
Montreux-Jeune
Montreux-Vieux
Turco-Mongol
Turco-Mongol or Turko-Mongol tradition, was a cultural synthesis that emerged between the Mongol and Turkic rulers in the early twentieth century. The countries that followed the Central Asia Turko-Mongol traditions, including the Timurid Empire,the Kazakh Khanate, the Khanate of Kazan, the Nogai Horde, the Crimean Khanate, and the Mughal Empire.
Gorno-Altaysk
Arrondissement of Mulhouse
The arrondissement of Mulhouse is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Mulhouse.
Mulhouse is an "arrondissement" of the Haut-Rhin department since 1857.
At the 2015 "arrondissements" changes, the "arrondissement" of Mulhouse was expanded with several "communes" from the new "arrondissement" of Thann-Guebwiller.
The "arrondissement" of Mulhouse is in the southeast of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Colmar-Ribeauvillé "arrondissement", to the east by Germany, to the south by the Altkirch "arrondissement" and to the west and north by the Thann-Guebwiller "arrondissement".
The "arrondissement" of Mulhouse is the second smallest of the "arrondissements" of the department, after the Altkirch "arrondissement", with an area of . It has a population of 350,032 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
There are 8 cantons in the arrondissement of Mulhouse:
The "arrondissement" of Mulhouse has 79 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller
The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Thann.
The "arrondissement" of Thann-Guebwiller was created in 2015 with the "arrondissements" reform when the "arrondissements" of Thann and of Guebwiller were combined to form the new "arrondissement".
The "arrondissement" of Thann-Guebwiller is in the western part of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north and northeast by the Colmar-Ribeauvillé "arrondissement", to the east by the Mulhouse "arrondissement", to the south by the Altkirch "arrondissement", to the southwest by the Territoire de Belfort and to the west by the Vosges department.
The "arrondissement" of Thann-Guebwiller is the second largest of the "arrondissements" of the department, after the Colmar-Ribeauvillé "arrondissement", with an area of . It has a population of 140,214 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
There are 5 cantons in the arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller:
The "arrondissement" of Thann-Guebwiller has 81 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
Byrsonima crassifolia is a slow growing tree native to the Tropical America. Common names include changunga, muruci, murici, nanche, nance, nancite, chacunga, craboo, kraabu, savanna serrette (or savanna serret) and golden spoon. In Jamaica it is called hogberry (plural hogberries). It is primarily cultivated in Peru, Southern Mexico, Pacific side of Central America, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Brazil, St. Martin, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Curacao, Isle of Pines, Puerto Rico, Dominica and The Dominican Republic. It belongs to the acerola family of Malpighiaceae.
It is suitable to the tropical and subtropical climates. The tree bears yellow to dull orange or red flowers during spring to fall and fruits on August and September. The white and juicy flesh of yellow fruit has pungent and distinct flavor. It attracts butterflies, bees and birds.
Byrsonima crassifolia is the slow growing, large shrub or tree which grows up to 33 feet high. The leaves are opposite, ovate-elliptic or oblong-elliptic; 3.2–17 cm long and 4–7 cm wide. The flowers are 10–20 cm long and 1.25–2 cm wide; yellow or dull orange, red with five petals. Fruit is small ball shaped, round, ovate to globose; 8–12 cm wide and 0.8-1.5 cm in diameter. The fruit has white and juicy flesh, pungent, distinct aroma and thin skin. The fruit include 1 to 3 white seeds which is 0.5-1.2 cm in diameter. The tree has dark brown, fissured and rough bark. The inner bark is pinkish. It has tall or short and straight or crooked trunk
The serving size of 112 grams of Nance fruit grants 90.32 g of water, 82 calories, 0.74 g of protein, 1.3 g of fat, 0.64 g of ash, 19.01 g of carbohydrate, 8.4 g of dietary fiber, 9.31 g of total sugars, 4.01 g of glucose and 5.3 g of fructose. It offers 115.11% of Vitamin C, 12.09% of manganese, 11.08% of Vitamin K, 9.33% of Vitamin E, 5.81% of potassium, 5.38% of iron, 5.24% of magnesium, 5.20% of calcium and 5.11% of copper.
List of political parties in Malaysia
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Djembe
The djembe (pronounced ZHEM-bey) is one of the best-known African drums. It originally came from West Africa.
It is shaped like a large goblet and played with the bare hands. The drum's body is carved from a hollowed trunk. The drum head is made of goatskin.
Siquijor
Siquijor is an island province of the Philippines. It is located in the Visayas region. To the west of Siquijor is Negros Oriental, to the east is Bohol, to the north is Cebu, and to the south is Mindanao. The population of Siquijor is about 90,000. It has six municipalities: "Larena", "Enrique Villanueva", "Maria", "Lazi", "San Juan", and the capital also named "Siquijor".
Siquijor is one of the smallest island provinces in the Philippines, in terms of both land area and population. Sights to see in Siquijor include an old tree, a few waterfalls, butterfly gardens, old churches, and many beaches. Siquijor is also home to one of the oldest existing convents in Asia.
Drapetomania was a supposed mental illness that American physician Samuel A. Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of black slaves running away in 1851. It has since been debunked as pseudoscience and part of scientific racism.
The term derives from the Greek δραπέτης ("drapetes", "a runaway [slave]") and μανία ("mania", "madness, frenzy").
In "Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race", Cartwright points out that the Bible calls for a slave to obey his master, and that if he does, the slave won't want to run away.
He claimed that the disease happened when masters "made themselves too familiar with [slaves], treating them as equals".
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Walter Mafli
Walter Mafli (May 10, 1915 – December 11, 2017) was a Swiss painter. He was born in Rebstein, Canton of St. Gallen. He was known for his work "Le chant de la matière" (1985) which hangs in Lausanne. In 2010, Mafli was accused of tax fraud. He was the student of well known French painters Casimir Reymond and Marcel Poncet.
Mafli died on December 11, 2017 in Lutry, Vaud at the age of 102.
Ye Zhengda
Ye Zhengda (; 22 August 1927 – 14 December 2017) was a Chinese aircraft designer. He was a professor and senior engineer at Northwestern Polytechnical University. In 1988, he was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general (Zhongjiang) by the Chinese government.
He was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress. He was born in Guangdong, China.
On December 14, 2017, Ye died in Beijing at the age of 90.
Bernard Sherman
Bernard Charles "Barry" Sherman (1942 – December 15, 2017) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Toronto. He was the chairman and CEO of Apotex Inc. With an estimated net worth of US$3.2 billion at the time of his death, according to "Forbes", Sherman was the 12th-wealthiest Canadian. Another publication, Canadian Business, said his fortune at $4.77 billion (CAD), ranking him the 15th richest in Canada.
On December 15, 2017, police officers entered Sherman's home in North York, Toronto, where they discovered the bodies of Sherman and his wife hanging side by side next to their indoor pool. Sherman was 75 years old. Post-mortem examinations showed the cause of death for both deceased was "ligature neck compression".
In response, the couple's four children said their deaths may be murder-suicide theory.
Ralph Carney
Ralph Carney (January 23, 1956 – December 17, 2017) was an American singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. His main instruments were various saxophones and clarinets, Carney also collected and played many instruments, often unusual or obscure ones. He started as a professional musician as a founding member of the band Tin Huey. He was known for his works as Tom Waits.
Carney died on December 16, 2017 at the age of 61 after falling down the steps of his home in Portland, Oregon.
Richard Dobson
Richard Dobson (March 19, 1942 – December 16, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter. Some of his songs were recorded by famous artists such as David Allan Coe ("Piece of Wood and Steel"), Guy Clark ("Forever, for Always, for Certain"; "Old Friends"), Lacy J. Dalton ("Old Friends"), Nanci Griffith ("Ballad of Robin Winter-Smith"), and Kelly Willis ("Hole in My Heart"). His song "Baby Ride Easy" was recorded as a duet by Carlene Carter and Dave Edmunds as well as by Billie Jo Spears and Del Reeves.
Dobson died on December 16, 2017 of esophageal cancer in Diessenhofen, Switzerland at the age of 75.
777 (number)
777 (seven hundred [and] seventy-seven) is the natural number after 776 and before 778. It is important in some religions and superstitions.
Z'EV
Z'EV (born Stefan Joel Weisser, February 8, 1951 – December 16, 2017) was an American poet, percussionist, and sound artist. He was known for creating his own percussion sounds out of industrial materials for many of record labels. He was called a pioneer of industrial music.
Z'EV was critically injured in the Cimarron train derailment which took place near Dodge City, Kansas on March 14, 2016. Since the accident he suffered from many health problems and died on December 16, 2017 of sepsis at the age of 66.
Argumentum ad lazarum
Argumentum ad lazarum or appeal to poverty is the informal fallacy of thinking that is right just because the person who said it is poor, or that the conclusion is wrong because the person who said it is rich. It is named after Lazarus, a beggar in a New Testament parable who gets rewarded in the afterlife.
This is often phrased as the statement, "poor, but honest."
The opposite is the "argumentum ad crumenam".
Johnny Fox (performer)
Johnny Fox (November 13, 1953 – December 17, 2017) was an American professional sword swallower and sleight of hand expert. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was raised in Hartford, Connecticut.
Fox began performing magic and comedy while working as a waiter in Saint Petersburg, Florida. He was inspired by Harry Houdini. Fox could swallow up to 22 inches of steel. Fox was the resident sword-swallower at the annual Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, and performed there from 1981 through 2017.
Fox was diagnosed with liver cancer in October 2016. He died on December 17, 2017 in Hartford from the disease at the age of 64.
Bob Glidden
Bob Glidden (August 18, 1944 –December 17, 2017) was an American drag racer. He was born in Whiteland, Indiana. He retired from Pro Stock racing in 1997 and returned in 2010.
Glidden retired as the driver with the most wins in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history at that time (a feat recently topped by 16 time Funny Car champion John Force). He was the third most successful drag racer of the professional class drivers (sixth when counting sportsman national event winners). Glidden won 85 NHRA National Events.
Glidden died in Whiteland on December 17, 2017 of colorectal cancer at the age of 73.
Jonghyun
Kim Jong-hyun (April 8, 1990 – December 18, 2017), better known by the mononym Jonghyun, was a South Korean singer-songwriter, and radio host. He was a vocalist of the South Korean boy group Shinee. Jonghyun debuted as a solo artist on January 12, 2015, with his first EP, titled "Base".
In the same year, on September 17, Jonghyun released a compilation album, "Story Op.1". On May 24, 2016, Jonghyun released his first studio album, "She Is", followed by his second compilation album, "Story Op.2" on April 24, 2017. After his death, his final album "Poet | Artist" was released.
Jonghyun died in Seoul on December 18, 2017 of carbon monoxide poisoning in an act of suicide at the age of 27.
Kevin Mahogany
Kevin Mahogany (July 30, 1958 – December 17, 2017) was an American jazz vocalist. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His career began in the 1990s. He was known for his scat singing, and his singing style has been compared with jazz singers Joe Williams and Johnny Hartman. His best known work was his album "It Don't Mean a Thing" (1993) which he performed with Elvis Jones.
Mahogany died of heart failure on December 17, 2017 in Kansas City at the age of 59.
Basque alphabet
Dotted and dotless I
Dotted and dotless "I" are two different letters in the Turkish alphabet. One of them (İ, i) has a dot above it and the other (I, ı) does not. This is true in both the capital and lower case forms of the letters (see the picture).
The dotless I has the sound, while the dotted İ has the sound. To show how they are pronounced, here are two examples:
Some of the other Turkic languages that use the Latin script, like Azerbaijani and Tatar, also use both kinds of I. But in all these languages, including Turkish, the letter "j" does not have a dotted or dotless form, with a dot only on the lower case character (J, j), just like in the Indo-European languages. However, a dotless j, ȷ, does exist in Unicode.
Tree of Jesse
Haloalkane
Haloalkanes are alkanes that contain one or more halogens. A variety of different reactions can form these organic compounds. They cannot quickly be reacted, making them reasonably stable.
There are many kinds of haloalkanes, used for many purposes. Haloalkanes can be primary, secondary, or tertiary and could contain more than one type of halogen. Some haloalkanes contain no hydrogen atoms.
Whether the haloalkane is primary, secondary, or tertiary depends on where the halogen is placed in the molecule. Halogens placed on carbon that is attached to one other carbon atom makes the haloalkane a primary alkane. Halogens placed on carbon that is attached to two other carbon atoms makes the haloalkane a secondary alkane. Halogens placed on carbon that is attached to two other carbon atoms makes the haloalkane a secondary alkane. Halogens placed on carbon that is attached to three other carbon atoms makes the haloalkane a tertiary alkane.
List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (1960s)
Bangla Academy Literary Award is given by Bangla Academy for contribution in the field of Bengali language and literature.
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year from 1960 to 1969 is given.
List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (1970s)
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year from 1970 to 1979 is given.
List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (1980s)
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year from 1980 to 1989 is given.
List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (1990s)
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year from 1990 to 1999 is given.
List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (2000s)
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year from 2000 to 2009 is given.
List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (2010s)
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year from 2010 to 2019 is given.
Dana Gould
Prothom Alo
The Daily Prothom Alo ("Prothom Alo" "First Light") is a popular daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. According to National Media Survey 2014, conducted by MRB Bangladesh, more than 4.3 million people read the print edition of "Prothom Alo" every day. The online portal of "Prothom Alo" is the most visited Bangladeshi and Bengali website of the world. Prothom Alo started its journey on 4 November 1998.
"Prothom Alo" was founded on 4 November 1998. The newspaper distinguished itself by its investigations of acid attacks and violence against women and pushing for tougher laws against the sale of acid. From press facilities located in Dhaka, Chittagong and Bogra, around 5,00,000 copies (as of March ‘2014) are circulated each day. According to National Media Survey 2012, everyday 5.1 million people read the print edition of "Prothom Alo". The claimed readership of the print edition of this newspaper is 9.6 million. According to a brand equity study conducted by Quantum Consumer Solutions Limited, "Prothom Alo" is considered to be the most influential newspaper brand in Bangladesh.
The online portal of "Prothom Alo" (www.prothom-alo.com) is the number 1 Bangladeshi website in the world.This portal is accessed by 1.6 million visitors from 200 different countries and territories across the globe with 60 million pageview per month. The e-paper site of "Prothom Alo" (www.eprothomalo.com) is also the Number 1 e-paper Web site of Bangladesh. From 160 countries, 465 thousand visitors access this website with more than 26 million pageview per month.
"Prothom Alo", which belongs to Mediastar Ltd., has the following sister concerns:
"Prothom Alo" is often criticized for its liberal attitude. A cartoon by Arifur Rahman was published in Alpin about a jokes partly related with religion, caused protests against the Newspaper. A subsequent order was given from the government to ban the supplement. The editor of the "Prothom Alo" acknowledged the gaffe. In a statement released by "Prothom Alo", the editor of Alpin, Matiur Rahman, apologised, expressing regret for publishing the cartoon. The cartoonist was jailed for six months and two days, he was arrested 18 of September 2007 and released 20 of March 2008.
In 2012, a High Court bench issued an injunction on the publication of Humayun Ahmed’s political fiction "Deyal" at daily "Prothom Alo"s weekly "Shahitto Samwiki" on a Friday.
Avadi Railway Station
Avadi Railway Station is one of the major train station in the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Avadi, a locality of Chennai located 23 km west of the city centre. The station has six tracks, including two loop lines, and has four platforms.As of 2013, the station handles about 40,000 passengers a day.
Royapuram railway station
The Royapuram railway station is a train station at Royapuram. It is on the Chennai Beach–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway network in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest railway station currently functioning in India (the original structures of the two older stations, Bombay and Thane, are no longer operational). It is also the first railway station of South India.
The first train of South India started operating in June 1856 from Royapuram railway station. The station also remained the headquarters of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway till 1922, when the headquarters was shifted to Egmore. Since the original structures of Bombay and Thane stations no longer exist, Royapuram station remains the oldest railway station in the entire subcontinent.
The Royapuram railway station ranks second in India in terms of space availability with 246,000 sq m, next to the Howrah station in Kolkata.
Syed Waliullah
Syed Waliullah (; August 15, 1922 – October 10, 1971) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short-story writer and playwright. He is notable for his first novel "Lalsalu". This novel has been translated in English with the title ""Tree Without Roots"". He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1961 for his contribution in novel. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1984 and Bangladesh National Film Awards for best story in 2001 both by Government of Bangladesh posthumously.
Waliullah was born on 15 August 1922 at Sholashahar in Chittagong District. His father's name is Syed Ahmadullah. He was a government officer. Waliullah spent his childhood in Mymensingh, Feni, Krishnanagar and Kurigram district. He passed matriculation from Kurigram High School in 1939 and IA from Dhaka College in 1941. He graduated from Ananda Mohan College in 1943. Later, he admitted to University of Calcutta but did not complete his post graduation.
List of world champion football clubs
This list includes the official "(de jure)" FIFA club world champions;"" the international official competitions are trophies organized by FIFA or affiliated federations (for FIFA statute).In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions, those coming from the Intercontinental Cup and from the Club World Cup, the two competitions confer the same title, that of FIFA club world champion.""
The football experts agree that the Intercontinental Cup is the most fascinating football competition that ever existed thanks to the great balance in the field given by the lower economic gap of the time and rules on foreign players who gradually favored the European teams and weakened the South American teams; there are many sources and statistics that confirm this.
There are also federations not connected to FIFA (), also for this reason the titles recognized and awarded by FIFA are intended as titles of the federation in question. An officially recognized title, by definition, is official.""
In accordance to what is formally communicated by FIFA, the total count of official world titles is as follows:
Glamtron
Glamtron is the debut mixtape by American drag performer and rapper Alaska Thunderfuck 5000. It was released on October 7, 2009 through Sony Music-distributed label Music With a Twist Entertainment. It Sfeatures live performances by Thunderfuck in the Trannyshack located in Los Angeles, California.
All tracks were arranged and produced by Jefree Star and Matt Farber, from the Sony Music label.
Blue raspberry flavor
Blue raspberry is a common flavoring for candy, snacks, syrups and soft drinks. The flavor comes from "Rubus leucodermis", more commonly known as the "whitebark raspberry" or "blue raspberry" for its bluish-black fruit.
Blue raspberry food often contains a bright blue food coloring, the most common being Brilliant Blue FCF, although this coloring is not the color of the actual color of the fruit, which is almost black when ripe. The blue color also helps tell apart raspberry-flavored foods from cherry- and strawberry-flavored foods (cherry is usually colored red, and strawberry is also sometimes colored red but is often colored pink if the same product is also available in cherry ).
Trannyshack
Trannyshack is a San Francisco drag club started by drag queen Heklina, and takes place at The Stud Bar. It has been a Tuesday fixture in San Francisco for over many years.
This club has hosted many celebrities from Mary Wilson of the Supremes to Charo, RuPaul, Gwen Stefani, Alaska Thunderfuck, Lady Bunny, and more.
In addition, Trannyshack holds the annual Miss Trannyshack Contest. At one time, Ana Matronic of the Scissor Sisters lived in San Francisco, where she performed at Trannyshack and was the first and only female to reach the finals of the Miss Trannyshack pageant.
Heklina
Heklina is the stage name of Stefan Grygelko, who founded Mother formerly Trannyshack (1996), is an American actor, drag queen, and entrepreneur in San Francisco. Heklina is half-Icelandic and named herself after the Icelandic volcano Hekla.
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Jua Cali
Paul Julius Nunda (born 12 September 1979), better known
by his stage name Jua Cali, is a Kenyan hip hop artist. In
2000, together with record producer Clemo, he founded
Calif Records where he has been ever since. Jua Cali
performs in Swahili and Sheng in a popular Kenyan style of
rapping called genge.
Jua Cali was born in Eastlands, Nairobi. His parents, Doreen
Onditi and Evans Onditi (deceased) were both
schoolteachers.
Charles Byron Renfrew
Charles Byron Renfrew (October 31, 1928 – December 14, 2017) was an American federal judge and politician. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He studied at Princeton University and at the University of Michigan.
Renfrew served as the Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California after being appointed by President Richard Nixon. He served as judge from 1971 through 1980. He then served as United States Deputy Attorney General from 1980 to 1981 under the Jimmy Carter administration.
Renfrew died on December 14, 2017 in San Francisco, California at the age of 89.
Altero Matteoli
Altero Matteoli (8 September 1940 – 18 December 2017) was an Italian politician. He was born in Cecina, Tuscany.
Matteoli was a member of Forza Italia party. He served as a member of Senate of the Republic. From June 2001 to May 2006, he was the Minister of Environment. He served as Minister of Infrastructures and Transport from May 2008 to November 2011. He was also the mayor of Orbetello from 29 May 2006 to 16 May 2011.
Matteoli died in a car accident on 18 December 2017 in Capalbio, Tuscany at the age of 77.
Josef Pešice
Josef Pešice (12 February 1950 – 18 December 2017) was a Czech football player and manager. He was born in Prague.
Pešice played for both famous Prague clubs, Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague. He won the Czechoslovak First League with this team in the 1977/78 season. As a manager, Pešice led several Czech clubs before focusing on Czech Republic youth national teams. He was named the temporary head coach of the Czech Republic in September 2013.
Pešice died on 18 December 2017 in Prague at the age of 67.
Arseny Roginsky
Arseny Borisovich Roginsky (; 30 March 1946 – 18 December 2017) was a Soviet dissident and Russian historian. He was born in Velsk.
Roginsky was one of the founders of the international historical and civil rights society Memorial. He served as its head from 1998 until his death.
From 1975 to 1981, he was an editor of samizdat collections of historical works "Memory" being published abroad from 1978.
Roginsky died in Tel Aviv, Israel on 18 December 2017 at the age of 71.
Newcomb's paradox is a thought experiment in philosophy, specifically decision theory. The paradox goes as follows:Imagine a super-intelligent entity known as Omega, and suppose you are confident in its ability to predict your choices. (Maybe Omega is an alien from a planet that's much more technologically advanced than ours.) You know that Omega has often correctly predicted your choices in the past (and has never made an incorrect prediction about your choices), and you also know that Omega has correctly predicted the choices of other people, many of whom are similar to you, in the particular situation about to be described.There are two boxes: A and B. Box A is see-through and contains $1,000. Box B is opaque, and contains either $0 or $1,000,000. You may take both boxes, or only take box B.Omega decides how much money to put into box B. If Omega believes that you will take both boxes, then he will put $0 in box B. If Omega believes that you will only take box B, then he will put $1,000,000 in box B.Omega makes its prediction, puts the money in box B ($0 or $1,000,000), presents the boxes to you, and flies away. Omega does not tell you its prediction, and you do not see how much money Omega put in box B.What do you do?
If Omega is always right, then Omega would only put $1,000,000 in box B when you choose to take only box B. Since $1,000,000 is more preferable than $1,000, only choosing box B makes the most sense and since Omega is always right, then you should choose box B.
Since Omega has already left, the amount of money in box B won't change based on the decision you make. Regardless of what's in box B, you can always get another $1,000 by walking away by both boxes.
Bernard Francis Law
Bernard Francis Law (November 4, 1931 – December 20, 2017) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico to American parents. He was Archbishop emeritus of Boston, former archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and Cardinal Priest of Santa Susanna.
Law was the Archbishop of Boston from 1984 until his resignation on December 13, 2002. He resigned in response to the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal after church documents showed he had known of sexual abuse committed by dozens of Catholic priests within his archdiocese.
Law died at a hospital in Rome, Italy on December 20, 2017 of prostate cancer at the age of 86.
Lito Cruz
Oscar Alberto "Lito" Cruz (May 14, 1941 – December 19, 2017) was an Argentine stage director, playwright and actor. He was born in Berisso, Argentina. His career began in 1968. During his career, he won two Martín Fierro Awards (2011, 2014). He was known for his roles in "El elegido" and in "Solamente vos".
Cruz was appointed as National Theatres Director in 1995, a position he used to help have Congress pass the "National Theatre Law" in 1998. The bill helped protect struggling stages against demolition and guaranteed annual subsidies for the art.
Cruz created and produced "Sueños de milongueros" in 2009, a musical written in homage to authors Jorge Luis Borges and Alejandro Dolina, and cartoonist/satirist Roberto Fontanarrosa.
Cruz died in Buenos Aires on December 19, 2017 of a heart attack at the age of 76.
Lin Shaye
Linda "Lin" Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American movie, theater and television actress. She is called a scream queen due to her roles in various horror franchises or movies.
Her best known roles are in "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Critters", "Insidious", "Dead End", "2001 Maniacs" and its sequel "", "Alone in the Dark", "", "Tales of Halloween", "Abattoir", "Ouija" and its prequel "".
A Wrinkle in Time (2018 movie)
A Wrinkle in Time is a 2018 American science fantasy adventure movie directed by Ava DuVernay. The screenplay was written by Jennifer Lee and is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle.
The movie stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peña, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, and Chris Pine. It had a budget of $103 million.
After learning her astrophysicist father (Chris Pine) is being held captive on a distant planet deep in the grip of a universe-spanning evil, Meg Murry (Storm Reid) works with her highly intelligent younger brother (Deric McCabe), her classmate (Levi Miller), and three astral travelers to save him (Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling).
The movie was released in the United States by Walt Disney Pictures on March 9, 2018, in Real D 3D and in IMAX 3D.
Agostino Cacciavillan
Agostino Cacciavillan (born 14 August 1926) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and diplomat. He was born in Novale, Italy. He was Pro-Nuncio to Kenya, India, Nepal, and the United States between 1976 and 1998. He then served as President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See from 1998 to 2002. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001.
Japanese name
A Japanese name has a surname () and a given name () There are unusual surnames. Some people have the same first name and same name. Sato () is the most famous surname.
Deindustrialization
Deindustrialization or deindustrialisation is a process that happens in countries when machines are being removed or reduced from how work is done. This can cause social and economic change. It is the opposite of industrialization.
During the deindustrialisation of a country, many people leave factory jobs to do other jobs that require little or no machines.
Halbe Zijlstra
Halbe Zijlstra (born January 21, 1969 in Oosterwolde, Friesland) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
He studied marketing at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, and sociology at the University of Groningen.
He was on the city council of Utrecht. From 2006 to 2010 he was a member of the Second Chamber. He held the position of Deputy Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the First Rutte cabinet from 2010 to 2012. Then he was his party's parliamentary leader from 2012 to 2017. His highest political position was as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Third Rutte cabinet beginning on October 26, 2017.
On February 13, 2018, Halbe Zijlstra resigned after he had lied about attending meetings with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Halbe Zijlstra is married with one child.
Oosterwolde, Friesland
Oosterwolde, Stellingwarfs: "Oosterwoolde", is a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, Friesland Province, the Netherlands.
Oosterwolde is the main settlement of the municipality, and is at east end of the province, near the Province of Drenthe.
As of 2016, about 10,000 people were living in the village.
Zijlstra
Zijlstra may refer to the following Dutch people:
House of Representatives (Netherlands)
The House of Representatives, Dutch: "Tweede Kamer" (literally Second Chamber), is the lower house of the States General, the parliament of the Netherlands.
It is comparable with the House of Representatives in other countries, because it is chosen by direct elections.
It consists of 150 members, who are chosen every four years or earlier when the government has been brought down.
In contrast with the First Chamber or Senate the Second Chamber has extensive legislative powers.
The elections for the new House of Representatives were held on Wednesday 17 March 2021. The new House has been installed on 31 March 2021.
Parties with considerable gains are the progressive liberal party D66, the populist parties FVD and JA21, and newcomer Volt. Considerable losses have been suffered by the Christian democratic party CDA, the left parties GL and SP, the populist party PVV, and the senior party 50+.
BBB and BIJ1 have made their first appearance in parliament.