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Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (15 June 1943 – 6 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll singer and actor. He has completed 181 tours, had 18 platinum albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide in his lifetime. Some of his best known hits include "Retiens la nuit", "Souvenirs, souvenirs", "Le pénitencier", "Que je t'aime", "Requiem pour un fou", "Marie", "Allumer le feu", "Laura", "Je te promets", "Sang pour sang". He was sometimes called the "French Elvis Presley" though he wouldn't stick to only sing as Presley did.

Johnny Hallyday appeared in the movies The Specialist (1969), Détective (1985) and Crime Spree (2003). He was not very well known outside the French-speaking world.

Halliday was born in Paris. His father was from Belgium and his mother was French. He had five marriages and had four children.

Hallyday had surgery for colorectal cancer in 2009. He revealed he had lung cancer in 2017. He died on 6 December 2017 in Marnes-la-Coquette, Paris, at the age of 74.

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Sheila Cameron Hancock  (born 22 February 1933) is a British actress and author. She works mostly on stage. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Cabaret. For her role in Entertaining Mr Sloane (1966) she was nominated for a Tony Award. She also had roles in Sweeney Todd (1980), The Winter's Tale (1982), Prin (1989) and Sister Act (2010). She appeared in the movie The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). 

Hancock was born in Blackgang on the Isle of Wight, England. Her first husband, Alec Ross, died from oesophageal cancer in 1971. She later married actor John Thaw in 1973. He also died from oesophageal cancer in 2002.

Hancock is a breast cancer survivor.

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Rudolph G. Wilson (June 17, 1935 – December 4, 2017) was an American professor, writer, storyteller and public speaker. He was known by his students as "Papa Rudy". He was the first African American member of the Edwardsville School Board. He later became the first elected black president of the school board. In 1965, he became the first African American to teach in an all-white school

Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was married to Sandrah Lavernn Wilson. They had two sons and two daughters.

Wilson died on December 4, 2017 in Glen Carbon, Illinois, at the age of 82.

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Pavement lights are usually put into sidewalks or floors to let sunlight into a room below it. They are sometimes called vault lights or sidewalk prisms. They were much used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when electric lighting was very expensive. Some cities are removing these lights, but others are keeping and restoring them.

Uses 
Pavement lights give sunlight into the basements below it during the day, and the basement gives light to the sidewalk from below during the night. These lights are meant to make basements more useful in cities and places where space is scarce. In places with high rent, these lights may make an area look better, which helps landlords make more money. People with these lights can also save on electricity during the day, because the lights are clear like a window, where sunlight can go through.

Many years ago, pavement lights were advertised as a way of saving on electricity costs and making places look better. Today's science has proven that they were right.

Pavement lights are also used in floors with glass roofs. They could be put in a floor below another floor with more pavement lights, letting sunlight go through more than one floor. Manhole covers were also made with pavement lights.

Most old cities have pavement lights, or at least, they have had them in the past. These lights are about 100 years old. However, some new pavement lights are being made, even today.

Pictures

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OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG is a German multinational home improvement supplies retailing company. The company was founded in 1970. It is the largest DIY retailer in Europe, and the third-largest in the world, after The Home Depot and Lowe's. It is headquartered in Wermelskirchen, Germany.

Other websites 
 OBI website 

1970 establishments in Europe
Companies of Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
1970s establishments in Germany
Mulegns is a former municipality of the district Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Mulegns, Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged into the new municipality of Surses.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
August Ames (born Mercedes Grabowski; August 23, 1994 – December 5, 2017) was a Canadian-American pornographic actress and model. She was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. She appeared in almost 290 movies. She won two AVN Awards in 2015 and in 2017, and is nominated for one in 2018.

Early life
Ames was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. She was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado during her teenage years. In her early years, she worked as a nanny, animal-assisted aid and horseback trainer.

Career
Her career began in November 2013, she began her career with companies: Evil Angel, Dark X, Girlfriends Films, New Sensations, Elegant Angel, Blacked, Brazzers, Sweetheart Video, Lethal Hardcore and Jules Jordan Video.

Some of her best known works were Safe Landings, 8Oil Overload, Don't Tell Hubby, 10 Missing, Spandex Loads, Dirty Talk, Big Wet Breasts, Naturally Delicious, Flesh Hunter, Raw Talent 3 and Titty Attack 8.

Death
On December 3, 2017, Ames sent out a tweet saying that she would never work with a man who had been in gay pornography. Ames, herself a bisexual, was criticized by people accusing her of homophobia.

On December 5, 2017, Ames was found dead at her home in Camarillo, California after hanging herself at the age of 23. Her husband confirmed her death. She suffered from depression during her final years.

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Actors from Colorado
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Canadian models
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People from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Suicides by hanging in the United States
Suicides in California
"Me Too" (or "#MeToo", with local alternatives in other languages) is a viral two-word hashtag used on social media in October 2017 to reject sexual assault and harassment, in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against movie producer and executive Harvey Weinstein. 

The phrase, long used in this sense by social activist Tarana Burke, was popularized by actress Alyssa Milano, who encouraged women to tweet it to publish their experience to reject the widespread nature of misogynistic behavior. In the manosphere, some people described the Me Too movement as misandric.

Since then, millions of people have used the hashtag to come forward with their experiences, including many celebrities.

Impact
Tens of thousands of women replied to Milano's tweet, including:

Patricia Arquette
Thora Birch
Björk
Gretchen Carlson
Sheryl Crow
Viola Davis
Rosario Dawson
Ellen DeGeneres
America Ferrera
Lady Gaga
Heather Graham
Sarah Hyland
Monica Lewinsky
Melanie Lynskey
Marlee Matlin
Debra Messing
Anna Paquin
Pauley Perrette
Christina Perri
Emily Ratajkowski
Molly Ringwald
Anika Noni Rose
Jenny Slate
Gabrielle Union
Jessica Valenti
Elizabeth Warren
Evan Rachel Wood
Reese Witherspoon

Some men, such as actors Terry Crews and James Van Der Beek, have responded to the hashtag with their own experiences of harassment and abuse.

On November 16, 2017, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York specifically referred to "the 'Me Too' Movement" when asked about allegations of sexual misconduct by politicians such as President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, and Roy Moore.

The hashtag has been used in at least 85 countries.

Related pages
 Operation Yewtree

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Other websites
Me too Movement  movement website

October 2017 events
Time People of the Year
Internet culture
Feminism
Sexual abuse
Women's rights
Parisa Damandan, or Parīsā Damandān Nafīsī̄ (born  1967, Esfahān, Iran) is an Iranian  photographer and art  historian. She is the author of Portrait photographs from Isfahan: Faces in transition, 1920-1950, a book illustrating the history of Isfahan in the early 20th century with portrait photographs, which she collected over a period of ten years; the photographs were hard to find because many photo archives in Isfahan had been burned after the enactment of a 1979 law forbidding depictions of unveiled women.

Other websites 
 Book description and author biography for "Portrait photographs from Isfahan
 "Saving what can be saved - the story of Parisa Damandan". Rozaneh Magazine. Shirin Tabibzadeh. VI (36). 2006

Iran
Photographers
Iranian historians
1967 births
Parisā (, pronounced pə-REE-sa) is a Persian given name for girls. It means 'like a fairy'. 

The ancient Persian name "Parysatis" () is related to this name. 
"Pari" can be used as a diminutive of Parisa. Pari () (pronounced pər-REE) means "fairy" and is used as a name of its own right as well.[2] Pari does not mean angel. "Fereshteh" () is a feminine given name which actually happens to mean angel. The Pari (or Peri) in Persian mythology are described to be a race of beautiful and benevolent supernatural fairy beings, earlier regarded as malevolent. Risa (given name) can be used as a nickname also.

Notable people

Historical
 Parysatis, the wife of Darius I of Persia II, king of the Persian Empire
 Parysatis II, the youngest daughter of Artaxerxes III of Persia, who was the wife of Alexander the Great.

Modern
 Parisa Damandan, Iranian art historian
 Parisa (born Fātemeh Vā'ezi), Iranian singer of Persian classical music
Princess  Disc jockey  Parisa,  a niece of Mohsen Movaghar, Majid Movaghar and a grand daughter of Hossein Movaghar .

Other websites 
 http://www.behindthename.com/name/parisa
 http://www.behindthename.com/name/pari

Given names
Wakaleo schouteni is an extinct marsupial that once lived in Australia. It is closely related to the marsupial lion, Thylacoleo carnifex, which lived until 30,000 years ago. Wakaleo schouteni is estimated to have become extinct about 19 million years ago.. It was the size of a small dog, and would have weighed about 23 kg. Scientists have estimated it is one of the oldest known members of the marsupial lion family.

The small marsupial lion has been named after wildlife artist, Peter Schouten. He has worked with paleontologists from the University of New South Wales, studying the fossils at the Riversleigh site in Queensland. They found the fossilized skull, teeth and humerus bone of the marsupial lion. At the time it lived the area would have been rainforest and it would have eaten small birds, possums and lizards.

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Marsupials of Australia
Extinct species
Anusvara (Sanskrit:  )is the diacritic used to mark a type of nasal sound used in a number of Indic scripts. 
Depending on the location of the anusvara in the word and the language in which it is used, its exact pronunciation can vary greatly.

In the context of Sanskrit, anusvara may also refer also to the nasal sound itself.

 Bengali: may written as Onushshar, Onushshor, Anusbar, Onusbar, Onuswar

অনুস্বার onushshar in Bengali is written as a circle above a slanted line (ং), and represents /ŋ/. It is used in the name of the Bengali language বাংলা [baŋla]. It has merged in pronunciation with the letter ঙ ungô in Bengali. Although the onushshar is a consonant in Bengali phonology, it is nevertheless treated in the written system as a diacritic in that it is always directly adjacent to the preceding consonant, even when consonants are spaced, apart in titles or banners: বাং-লা-দে-শ bang-la-de-sh, not বা-ং-লা-দে-শ ba-ng-la-de-sh for বাংলাদেশ Bangladesh It is never pronounced with the inherent vowel "ô", and it cannot take a vowel sign (instead, the consonant ঙ ungô is used pre-vocalically).

Devanagari script, anusvara is represented with a dot (bindu) above the letter (e.g. मं).

Writing systems
William Howard Gass (July 30, 1924 – December 6, 2017) was an American novelist, critic and philosophy professor. He wrote three books, Omensetter's Luck (1966), The Tunnel (1995) and Middle C (2013). He also wrote three collections of short stories, a collection of novellas and seven volumes of essays. He won many awards.

Gass was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He grew up in Warren, Ohio. He was married to architect Mary Henderson. They had twin daughters.

Gass died on December 6, 2017 of heart failure in University City, Missouri, at the age of 93.

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Writers from North Dakota
Ivan Feodosiyovych Korsak (; 15 September 1946 – 7 December 2017) was a Ukrainian writer and journalist. He was best known as chief editor of the newspaper Simya i Dim. He was also worked at newspapers such as Radyans'ke Polissya, Narodna trybuna and Literary Ukraine. He was born in Zabolottya, Volyn Oblast.

Korsak died on 7 December 2017 in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, at the age of 71.

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2017 deaths
Editors
Ukrainian journalists
Novelists
Poets
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Philippe M.P.J. Maystadt (14 March 1948 – 7 December 2017) was a Belgian politician. He served as Belgium's Minister of Finance from 1988 to 1998. He was also President of the European Investment Bank from 2000 to 2011. He was born in Verviers, Liège.

He also served as a federal and regional (Walloon) parliamentarian. Besides his political activities he was a professor at the Université catholique de Louvain. 

Maystadt died of lung disease on 7 December 2017, at the age of 69.

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Belgian academics
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Stephen Wiltshire  (born 24 April 1974) is a British architectural artist. He is known for being able to draw from memory a landscape after seeing it just once. His work has gained worldwide popularity. In 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to art. He opened a gallery on the Royal Opera Arcade in London in 2007.

Wiltshire was born in London, England. His father was from Barbados. His mother is from Saint Lucia. He has autism.

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1974 births
Living people
Artists from London
Autistic savants
Black British people
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Mirza ( or ; ) is a name of Persian origin. It is used as a surname or prefix to identify patriarchal lineage.    

It is derived from a historical  Title role of Persian origin (Mīrzā), denoting the rank of a royal  prince , high nobleman , or a military commander equivalent to a nobleman. It is usually defined in English as Prince of the blood.

Specifically, it was used as a title by and today signifies patriarchal lineage to the various  Persian Empire , Turkish  Ottoman Empire , the  Shirvanshahs  and Circassians of the Caucasus, Mughals / Moguls or Muslim Rajputs of the Indian Subcontinent.[2] It was also a title bestowed upon members of the highest aristocracies in Tatar states, such as the Khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan.

Etymology 
The word Mīrzā is derived from the Persian term ‘Amīrzāde which literally means "child of the ‘Amīr" or "child of the ruler".[3] ‘Amīrzād in turn consists of the Arabic title ‘Amīr (english: Emir), meaning "commander" and "Prince", and the Persian suffix -zād, meaning "birth" or "lineage". Due to vowel harmony in Turkic languages, the alternative pronunciation Mortar (weapon) (plural morzalar; derived from the Persian word) is also used. The word Mirza means royalty in almost every old version of Persian, Arab, Caucasian, Turkish and Indian languages.

Variant spellings in English include mirzya, miriza, mirize, mirze, morsey, mursay, murse, meirsa, mirzey, mursi, murze, murza, mirza, myrza, meerza .

Royal title 
The titles themselves were given by the King, Sultan and Emperor (equivalent to the western Fount of honour) to their sons and grandsons, or even distant kins. Noblemen loyal to the kings also received this Title.
The title itself is derived from the title Emir. Emir, meaning "commander" or "Prince", is derived from the Semitic root "Amr", meaning "command". Originally it simply meant "commander" or "leader", usually in reference to a group of people. It came to be used as a title of governors or rulers, typically in smaller states, and usually renders the English word "Prince." The word entered English in 1595, from the French émir

References

Other websites 
 "Mirza Definition". Collins Dictionary. n.d
 mirza. CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition.

Titles
Surnames
Noble families
An Advent calendar is a special calendar that counts the days to Christmas through the month of December. Most of them start on the first day of December, but sometimes they include the last few days of November because of the Christian advent. The advent calendar was used first by German Lutherans from 1800 to 1900, but now many Christians use them.

Looks and use 

Advent calendars have pictures on them that show either the Christian nativity scene, Santa Claus, or a winter landscape. However, there are also many different looks, such as sports or technology. They can either be made of paper, wood or fabric.

Many Advent calendars and large cards shaped like a rectangle, with little "windows" that can be opened. There are usually 24 windows on a card, one for each day from December 1 to the day before Christmas. Each window has a number, and you open one each day. For example, on December 16, you would open the window with a '16' on it. There are sometimes pictures, poems, or even chocolate behind each window. Other calendars have Bible verses or a prayer behind the windows, which Christians use to celebrate their Advent as part of their religion. Advent calendars can also have puzzles or games behind the windows.

There are many different kinds of Advent calendars. Some are made online on social media, and some towns have made living advent calendars.

Related pages
 Advent
 Christmas
 Santa Claus

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Calendars
Christmas
Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford; 12 May 1968) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for playing Nellie Bertram in the American sitcom The Office. She was born in London. From 2004 to 2007, she hosted a skit comedy show titled The Catherine Tate Show.
Catherine Tate also played Donna Noble in Doctor Who.

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living people
English movie actors
English television actors
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English voice actors
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Chernihiv Oblast () is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Chernihiv. The population of Chernihiv Oblast was 1,061,000 in 2014.

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Donetsk Oblast () is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Donetsk. The population of Donetsk Oblast was 4,321,000 in 2014.

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Oblasts of Ukraine
Kherson Oblast () is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Kherson. The population of Kherson Oblast was 1,069,800 in 2014.

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Oblasts of Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi Oblast () is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The administrative centre is Khmelnytskyi. The population of Khmelnytskyi Oblast was 1,310,000 in 2013.

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Oblasts of Ukraine
Kyiv Oblast (also known as Kiev Oblast) (, is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative centre is Kyiv. The population of Kyiv Oblast was 1,723,000 in 2013.

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Oblasts of Ukraine
The Detwiler Fire was a wildfire in Mariposa County, California. The fire burned 81,826 acres, and was one of the worst wildfires in the 2017 California wildfire season. The fire also destroyed 63 homes.

The fire was first reported on 16 July 2017 at 3:56 PM PST, and was located near Lake McClure. After 3 hours, the fire already burned 1,000 acres and it spread towards the northeast. On 17 July 2017, the fire grew to 7,100 acres. The intense heat and windy conditions made it hard to contain the fire. Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on 18 July 2017. The Yosemite National Park remained open, but some access roads were closed.

On 21 July, the fire was 15% contained but burned through 74,083 acres. By that point, 58 homes were destroyed. In the next few days, the fire department helped control a big portion of the fire. On 26 July, the fire was 65% contained. The fire finally ended on 10 August, after 25 days of burning.

The fire was caused by firearms, but no more information was released to the public.

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2017 California wildfires
2017 in weather
Mariposa County, California
Stierva is a former municipality of the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.  On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Surava is a former municipality of the district Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Israel Standard Time (IST) is a time zone that is observed in Israel during winter time. IST is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+02:00). During daylight saving time, it observes Israel Daylight Time (IDT).

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Israel
Alofi is the capital city of the island nation of Niue in the Pacific Ocean.

In 2014, 1,000 people lived there.

Capital cities in Oceania
Niue
Karl Hohmann (18 June 1908 in Düsseldorf – 31 March 1974 in Benrath) was a German football player.

1908 births
1974 deaths
German footballers
People from Düsseldorf
Sportspeople from North Rhine-Westphalia
Inanna is the goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, war and political power in Sumerian mythology; she is more commonly known as "Ishtar" , the name under which she was worshipped by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Known as the "Queen of Heaven", Innana was one of the most popular deities in Sumerian religion, with the city of Uruk being the center of her cult. Her symbols included the lion, dove and the eight-pointed star.

Notes

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Gods and goddesses
Guillaume Bieganski (3 November 1932 – 8 October 2016) was a French football player.

Bieganski died on 8 October 2016 at the age of 83.

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2016 deaths
French footballers
Roland Morris "Fatty" Taylor (March 13, 1946 – December 7, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Washington, D.C.. He played for the Virginia Squires from 1969 through 1974 and again from 1975 through 1976. He also played for the Denver Nuggets from 1974 through 1975 and again from 1976 through 1977.

Taylor died on December 7, 2017 at the age of 71 from male breast cancer in Denver, Colorado.

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1946 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from male breast cancer
Denver Nuggets players
Sportspeople from Washington, D.C.
The Facts of Life is an American comedy-drama television series. The series ran from August 24, 1979  until May 7, 1988. It was one of the longest-running television sitcoms of the 1980s. It is set in a private boarding school in upstate New York.

Molly Ringwald played Molly Parker. Mindy Cohn played Natalie Green. Cloris Leachman played Beverly Ann Stickle. Kim Fields played Tootie. Charlotte Rae played Edna.

The show dealt with topics and subjects including cerebral palsy, eating disorders, college and loss of virginity.

The Facts of Life was released on DVD in the 2000s and 2010s.

The show was low rated at first. But in later seasons, starting from 1980, The Facts of Life had higher ratings between then and 1988.

International airings

 In Latin America, Brazil and Mexico, Warner Channel begins to airing from 1995 until 2000. Then on Nick at Nite airing from 2006 until 2007, the show may taken off. TBS began airing the reruns from 2011 until 2016.

 In Mexico, MeTV starts airing from 1995 until 2003, then again return from 2008 to currently airing.

 In Germany, the show reruns on Nickelodeon from 1995 until 1998, then Disney Channel began to reruns the series from 1999 until 2005.

 In Australia, ABC Television began airing in early Christmas in 1980 until the show may taken off the air in 1993. Nickelodeon began airing the reruns from 1997 until 2004. Then it came return the show on Disney Channel airing from 1996 until 2000.

 In Italy, La 5 starts airing for five seasons from 1983 to 1986. Then the show returns on Nickelodeon from 2004 to 2007.

 In Canada, the show reruns on YTV from 1996 until 2000.

Other websites

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1979 American television series debuts
1988 disestablishments in the United States
1988 television series endings
1970s American sitcoms

1980s American sitcoms

American television spin-offs
American teen comedy television series
High school television series
Television series set in New York
English-language television programs
George Frederick Addison (1889-1954) was an Australian architect, who designed many heritage listed buildings in Brisbane, Queensland. 

George Frederick Addison was born October 10, 1889 in Brisbane, Queensland to architect George Henry Male Addison and his wife, Emily Maude. 

He studied at the Brisbane Central Technical College.

War Service 
Addison enlisted in the Australian Infantry Force in 1914, serving at Gallipoli during the First World War where he was wounded. He also served in Egypt and France.

Career 
Addison entered into practice with his father in 1919 as G H M Addison and Son. It is probable he completed the drawings begun by his father for the Bulimba and Hawthorn ferry terminals.

He entered a partnership with H.S. MacDonald from 1928-1946. Their combined works included-
 Marist Brothers Monastery and School, Rosalie (1929)
 Bulk Store, and offices of Castlemaine Perkins, 418 Adelaide Street and at Castlemaine Brewery, Milton(1928-1929)
 the English Scottish & Australian Bank Building
 Queensland National Bank Building at 39 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane (1929)
 a number of buildings at Brisbane’s Doomben racecourse, including the totaliser (1932)
 the Mt Thompson Crematorium (based on the original plans of the Heath firm of Melbourne) (1934)
 renovations to Hotel Orient and other Castlemaine Perkins hotels including Belfast Hotel in Queen Street, Brisbane, Hotel Cecil in Southport, Caledonian Hotel in Ipswich, Leichhardt Hotel in Spring Hill, National Hotel in Warwick, Governor Blackall Hotel in Toowoomba, Newtown Hotel in Toowoomba (1937 onwards)
 Goondiwindi Civic Centre (1937)

 Addison and M.L. Conrad designed the grandstand at Eagle Farm racecourse.

Memberships 
President of the Johnsonian Club 1938-1939

Director, Castlemaine Perkins

Personal life 
Addison married Miriam Urquhart in 1921.

Addison died December 10, 1954 and was survived by his wife, and son Peter George Addison.

References

Other websites 
 

Pages created with the Article Wizard from 2017
Bikol languages are a group of language spoken by people in the Bicol region on southeastern Luzon in the Philippines. They was highly affected by the Spanish language. They are spoken mostly on the Bicol Peninsula of the island of Luzon,  parts of Catanduanes and Burias Islands and Masbate province. There are similar to the Visayan languages. The two together are called the Bisacol languages. Central Bicol or Bicol-Naga is the most spoken language in the Bicol region. It is spoken in the northern and western part of Camarines Sur, second congressional district of Camarines Norte, eastern part of Albay, northeastern part of Sorsogon, San Pascual town of Masbate and southwestern part of Catanduanes. Central Bicol speakers can be found in all the provinces in Bicol, It is a majority language in Camarines Sur.

Other websites
wikt:en:Category:Bikol Central language

Languages of Asia
Atlántico Department is a department of Colombia in north Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south separated by the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River. The capital is Barranquilla. In 2013, 2,403,027 people lived there.

Municipalities 
These municipalities are in the department:

 Baranoa
 Barranquilla
 Campo de la Cruz
 Candelaria
 Galapa
 Juan de Acosta
 Luruaco
 Malambo
 Manatí
 Palmar de Varela
 Piojó
 Polonuevo
 Ponedera
 Puerto Colombia
 Repelón
 Sabanagrande
 Sabanalarga
 Santa Lucía
 Santo Tomás
 Soledad
 Suán
 Tubará
 Usiacurí

Departments of Colombia
Bolívar Department is a department in north Colombia. The capital is Cartagena.

The flag of the department looks like the flag of Lithuania.

Departments of Colombia
Caldas Department is a department of Colombia. It is named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. The capital is Manizales. In 2013, 984,128 people lived there.

Municipalities 
These municipalities are in the department:

 Aguadas
 Anserma
 Aranzazu
 Belalcázar
 Chinchiná
 Filadelfia
 La Dorada
 La Merced
 Manizales
 Manzanares
 Marmato
 Marquetalia
 Marulanda
 Neira
 Norcasia
 Pácora
 Palestina
 Pensilvania
 Riosucio
 Risaralda
 Salamina
 Samaná
 San José
 Supía
 Victoria
 Villamaría
 Viterbo

Departments of Colombia
Albula/Alvra is a municipality of the district Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.  On 1 January 2015 the municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava joined and became the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.

References

Other websites 

 Official website

Municipalities of Graubünden
2015 establishments in Switzerland
Vaz/Obervaz is a municipality of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Villages 
Lenzerheide, Valbella, Lain, Muldain, Zorten, Nivaigl, Fuso, Trantermoira, Sporz, Tgantieni, Sartons, Creusen, and Obersolis.

References

Other websites 

 Official website of Vaz/Obervaz (in German)

Municipalities of Graubünden
Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland
Riom-Parsonz was a  municipality of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2016 the municipalities of Riom-Parsonz,
Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged into the new municipality of Surses.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Merxheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France. In 2014, 1,278 people lived there. They are called Merxheimois.

Population

Related pages
 Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

References

INSEE commune file

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Joe Newton (1929 – December 9, 2017) was an American high school cross country and track coach. He was a coach at York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois. He coached for over fifty years. He won 28 Illinois state cross country titles and one track state title. A documentary, The Long Green Line, about his life and career was made.

Newton died on December 9, 2017, at the age of 88.

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1929 births
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Coaches
Sportspeople from Illinois
Daniel "Dan" Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American writer, producer and voice actor. He is best known for creating the NBC comedy series Community (2009–2015). He also co-created the animated Adult Swim sitcom Rick and Morty (2013–present) with Justin Roiland. He voices the character Bird Person on Rick and Morty.

Harmon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was married to Erin McGathy from 2014 to 2015.

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1973 births
Living people
Actors from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
American screenwriters
American television writers
American voice actors
Writers from Wisconsin
was a Japanese business executive. He began working at Toshiba in 1975. He served as president of Toshiba from 2005 to 2009. He was born in Mie Prefecture. He studied at Waseda University and the University of Tokyo.

Nishida died of a heart attack in Tokyo on 8 December 2017. He was 73.

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1943 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Disease-related deaths in Japan
Japanese businesspeople
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Santo Monti (1855 - June 4, 1923) was an Italian priest and historian.

Monti was born in Como. He studied for the Catholic priesthood at the Villoresi di Monza seminary. He was ordained as a priest in 1879. The Bishop of Como encouraged Monti to study theology in Rome. Monti received his degree in theology in 1880. His first job as a priest was in Urio, a small town in Province of Como. Then he was a priest at the church of San Giorgio in Como until 1881. After 1881 he was the chaplain of the church's cemetery.

He was very active in the cultural life of Como. In 1888 he became vice-president of the Como Historical Society. In 1906 he became the president of the society. He served as the president until he died in 1923. He was also the curator of the Civic Museum of Como and a member of the Provincial Commission for the Conservation of Monuments. Monti died in Como.

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Italian historians
Roman Catholic priests
People from Como
1855 births
1923 deaths
What If is a 2014 romantic comedy movie. It was directed by Michael Dowse. The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan.

2010s romantic comedy movies
2014 romance movies
2014 comedy movies
Louis Henri de Pardaillan, Marquis of Montespan (1640 – 1 December 1691) was a French nobleman and Marquis an the husband of Françoise de Rochechouart. He was also a knight of honour" to Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Madame Louis Henri's only son Louis Antoine would be created a duke. Louis Henri's title was a subsidiary one of his father's.

Marriage

In February 1663 he married Françoise de Rochechouart, Mademoiselle de Mortemart They would have two children together.

Children

 Marie Christine de Pardaillan (17 November 1663 - 1675)  died unmarried and childless. 
 Louis Antoine de Pardaillan, Marquis of Antin (5 September 1664 – 2 November 1736); later Duke of Antin, married Julie Françoise de Crussol and had children.

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1640 births
1691 deaths
French people
French nobility
Jacques "Jacky" Simon (25 March 1941 – 5 December 2017) was a French football player. He was born in Omonville-la-Rogue, France.

He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1966.

Simon died on 5 December 2017 at the age of 76.

References 

1941 births
2017 deaths
French footballers
Sursés (Romansh, ) is a valley region () and new municipality of the district Albula of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.

References

Other websites 

 Official website of Surses (in Romansh), 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2016 establishments in Switzerland
Municipalities of Graubünden
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 8, 2017) was an American jazz drummer. He was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He later recorded under his own name for ESP-Disk and then when he moved to Europe for BYG Actuel.

Murray died on December 8, 2017 from unspecified causes at the age of 81.

References

Other websites
 Brainy History
 Audio Recordings of WCUW Jazz Festivals - Jazz History Database
 Interview (2003)
 Interview (November 2000)

1936 births
2017 deaths
American jazz musicians
American drummers
Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rapperswil-Jona (short: Rappi) is a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is at the east side of Lake Zurich (Zürichsee). As of December 2016, 26,962 people lived there.

On 1 January 2007 the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.

References

Other websites 

Rapperswil-Jona (official site) 
Capuchin monastery 
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, HSR (university)
A brief history of Rapperswil
 
 
 
 
 
 

Municipalities of St. Gallen
Cities in Switzerland
2000s establishments in Switzerland
2007 establishments in Europe
James Joseph Brady (February 29, 1944 – December 9, 2017) was an American lawyer. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He served as the District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana from 2000 until his death in 2017. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Brady was active at the time of his death and had been scheduled to preside over a case of an individual charged with attempting to steal President Donald Trump's tax returns, with jury selection scheduled to begin just two days after his death. 

Brady died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on December 9, 2017 of a heart attack at the age of 73.

References

Other websites
FJC Bio

1944 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Lawyers from St. Louis, Missouri
Politicians from St. Louis, Missouri
US Democratic Party politicians
Metzeral is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.

Related pages
 Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Manno (Emmanuel) Charlemagne (1948 – 10 December 2017) was a Haitian political folk singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist, political activist and politician. He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He lived abroad in exile twice, both during the 1980s and again during the years 1991-1994, when the country was ruled by a military junta led by Raoul Cédras.

Charlemagne took up guitar and singing at the age of 16 and by 1968 formed a band named Les Remarquables. He later started a twoubadou  band named Les Trouvères with Marco Jeanty.

In 1995, Charlemagne was elected mayor of Port-au-Prince after running as an independent candidate. He served as mayor until 1999.

Charlemagne died in Miami Beach, Florida of laryngeal cancer on 10 December 2017 at the age of 69.

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1948 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from laryngeal cancer
Cancer deaths in Florida
Haitian people
Folk singers
Singer-songwriters
Guitarists
Political activists
Mayors
Antonio Riboldi, I.C.  (16 January 1923 – 10 December 2017) was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Triuggio, Italy.

Riboldi was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951 from the religious order of the Institute of Charity. Riboldi was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Acerra on 25 January 1978 and ordained on 11 March 1978. Riboldi retired from the diocese of Acerra on 7 December 1999.

Riboldi died on 10 December 2017 at his home in Stresa, Italy of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 94.

References

Other websites
Catholic-Hierarchy
Acerra Diocese 

1923 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Disease-related deaths in Italy
Italian Roman Catholics
Roman Catholic bishops
Simeon Booker (August 27, 1918 – December 10, 2017) was an African-American journalist. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but was raised in Youngstown, Ohio. His work appeared in leading news publications for more than 50 years. He was known for his journalistic works during the Civil Rights Movement and for his his coverage of the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. 

Booker worked for The Washington Post, Jet and Ebony. In February 2017, 17 Congressmembers introduced a bipartisan bill nominating Booker for a Congressional Gold Medal.

Booker died on December 10, 2017 at an assisted-living community in Solomons, Maryland from pneumonia-related complications, at the age of 99. He was survived by his wife Carol and their son Teddy.

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1918 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
Disease-related deaths in Maryland
African American writers
Writers from Baltimore
Journalists from Ohio
People from Youngstown, Ohio
Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman (; born January 20, 1978) is a Ukrainian politician. He became the Prime Minister of Ukraine on 14 April 2016. He is of Jewish descent.

References

Other websites

1978 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Ukraine
Ukrainian Jews
Mayors
Legislative speakers
Leslie Hunter "Les" Whitten Jr. (February 21, 1928 – December 1, 2017) was an American investigative reporter. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He worked at the Washington Merry-Go-Round under Jack Anderson, as well as novelist and translator of French poetry Baudelaire. He was arrested by the FBI and was spied on by the CIA during his career.

Whitten died in Adelphi, Maryland of sepsis on December 1, 2017 at the age of 89.

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1928 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from sepsis
Disease-related deaths in Maryland
American journalists
Writers from Jacksonville, Florida
Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov  (; 29 March 1947 — 10 December 2017) was a Russian sailor. He was born in Dolgoprudny, Russia. He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Potapov died in Dolgoprudny on 10 December 2017 at the age of 70.

References

Other websites
 Profile  at sports-reference.com

1947 births
2017 deaths
Russian sportspeople
Olympic bronze medalists
Sailors
The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, is a future international athletic event that will happen in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Host City
2026 Winter Olympics at 134th IOC Session on 23 June 2019 in Lusanne, Swizterland.

2026 Host City: 
 Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Broadcasting
 – Grupo Globo
 – NBC

References

Olympics
Winter Olympics in Europe
2026
John Francis "Jack" Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American retired business executive, author, and chemical engineer. He was chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001.

In 2006, Welch's net worth was estimated at $720 million. When he retired from GE he received a severance payment of $417 million, the largest such payment in history.

Welch died on March 1, 2020 of renal failure at his home in Manhattan at the age of 84.

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1935 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from renal failure
Disease-related deaths in New York City
Engineers from Massachusetts
American chief executives
Scientists from Boston, Massachusetts
Businesspeople from Boston, Massachusetts
Writers from Boston, Massachusetts
People from Salem, Massachusetts
A severance package is pay and benefits employees receive when they leave employment at a company. In addition to their remaining regular pay, it may include some of the following:

 Any additional payment based on months of service
 Payment for unused accrued PTO  vacation time Holiday pay or sick leave.  In some states such as California, in order for a severance agreement to be valid, the severance pay offered must be more than just PTO, vacation, or holiday pay.  Those benefits have to be "cashed out" when an employee leaves and must be provided regardless of whether or not an employee signs a severance agreement.
 A payment in lieu of a required notice period.
 Medical, dental or life insurance
 Retirement accounts (such as 401(k)) or 403(b) benefits
 Stock options
 Assistance in searching for new work, such as access to employment services or help in producing a résumé.

Packages are most typically offered for employees who are laid off or retire. Sometimes, they may be offered for those who either resign, regardless of the circumstances, or are fired. 

Policies for severance packages are often found in a company's employee handbook, and in many countries, they are subject to strict government regulation.

References

Employment
Cottage cheese is a fresh cheese curd product with a mild flavor. Curd size is the size of the chunks in the cottage cheese. The two major types of cottage cheese are small-curd, high-acid cheese made without rennet, and large-curd, low-acid cheese made with rennet.

Cottage cheese can be eaten in a variety of different ways: by itself, with fruit and sugar, with salt and pepper, with fruit puree, on toast, with tomatoes, with granola and cinnamon, in salads, as a chip dip, as a replacement for mayonnaise in tuna salad or used as an ingredient in recipes such as  jello salad and many desserts.

The first known use of the term "cottage cheese" dates back to 1831.

References

Cheese
Beans On Toast (born 1 December 1980) is the stage name of British folk singer Jay McAllister. He is from Braintree, Essex. He rose to fame out of the UK folk scene in 2005. His songwriting openly deals with the topics of politics, drugs and love. Beans on Toast has released eight studio albums, traditionally releasing a new record each year on 1 December, McAllister's birthday.

Discography

Studio albums
 Standing On A Chair (1 December 2009)
 Writing on the Wall (1 December 2010)
 Trying to Tell the Truth (1 December 2011)
 Fishing for a Thank You (1 December 2012)
 Giving Everything (1 December 2013)
 The Grand Scheme of Things (1 December 2014)
 Rolling Up The Hill (1 December 2015)
 A Spanner In The Works (1 December 2016)
 Cushty (1 December 2017)

Compilations
 Rock Against Malaria (2009) Eunuch Records
 Live at Scala (25 September 2013)
 Best of Toast Pressed on Vinyl (19 April 2014)

References

Other websites

1980 births
Living people
English singer-songwriters
Folk singers
Singers from Essex
Writers from Essex
Jewel-Osco is a supermarket chain headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. 

Jewel-Osco has 185 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana. 

Jewel-Osco and Jewel are currently wholly owned subsidiary of Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons. The company original started as a door-to-door coffee delivery service before it expanded into delivering non-perishable groceries and later into grocery stores, and supermarkets. 

Before to its 1984 acquisition by American Stores, Jewel evolved into a large multi-state holding company that operated several supermarket chains and other non-food retail chain stores located from coast to coast and had operated under several different brand names.

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1890s establishments in Illinois
1899 establishments in the United States
Companies based in Chicago, Illinois
Supermarkets of the United States
Lalji Singh (5 July 1947 – 10 December 2017) was an Indian scientist. He was best known for his the field of DNA fingerprinting technology in India. He was popularly known as the "Father of Indian DNA fingerprinting". He also worked in the areas of molecular basis of sex determination, wildlife conservation forensics and evolution and migration of humans. In 2004, he received the Padma Shri for his service to Indian science and technology. He was born in Kalwari, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Singh died on 10 December 2017 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh of a heart attack, at the age of 70.

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1947 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Cardiovascular disease deaths in India
Indian scientists
Zoologists
People from Uttar Pradesh
Luhansk Oblast () is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Luhansk. The population of Luhansk Oblast was 2,233,000 in 2014.

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Oblasts of Ukraine
Lviv Oblast () is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The administrative centre is Lviv. The population of Lviv Oblast was 2,537,000 in 2013.

References

Oblasts of Ukraine
Mykolaiv Oblast () is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Mykolaiv. The population of Mykolaiv Oblast was 1,165,000 in 2014.

References

Oblasts of Ukraine