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Ritchie Yorke

Ritchie Yorke (12 January 1944 – 6 February 2017) was an Australian writer, broadcaster, historian and music journalist. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He worked for publications such as Rolling Stone, The Sunday Mail and Billboard. He was well known for his work in the United Kingdom and Canada. In 1969, he was at the Bed-In of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Montreal, Quebec.

Yorke died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 6 February 2017 in Brisbane. He was 73.

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Vanessa (butterfly)

Vanessa is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. It has an almost world-wide distribution. 

It includes the famous red admiral species, and the painted ladies of the subgenus Cynthia.

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Klagenfurt

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (; ; ), usually known as just Klagenfurt ( ) is a city in Austria. It is the capital of Carinthia. It is also a district of Carinthia. About 99,000 people lived there in 2016.

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Wilhelm Eduard Weber

Wilhelm Eduard Weber (24 October 1804 – 23 June 1891) was a German physicist. He and Carl Friedrich Gauss invented the first electromagnetic telegraph.

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Eisenstadt

Eisenstadt (Hungarian: Kismarton, Austro-Bavarian: Eisnstod, Croatian: Željezno) is a city in Austria. It is the capital and a district of Burgenland. About 14,000 people are living there (2016).

It is near the Hungarian border.

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Sankt Pölten

Sankt Pölten (; ), mostly abbreviated to the official name St. Pölten, is a city in Austria. It is the capital and a district of Lower Austria. About 53,000 people lived there (2016). It lies in the Mostviertel region.

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Tyrol (region)

For other uses, see Tyrol.

Tyrol (German: Tirol, Italian: Tirolo, Ladin: Tirol) is a (historical) region in the Alps. It is the very northern part of Italy and a  western part of Austria. 

It borders to the Italian region of Lombardy, the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the west, the German state of Bavaria in the north, the Austrian states of Salzburg and Carinthia in the east, and the Italian region of Veneto in the south.

The region of Tyrol is similar to the former County of Tyrol. This county was part of Austria-Hungary till 1919. After World War I it was divided between Austria (North Tyrol) and Italy (South Tyrol). Nowadays these expressions have different meanings (see below).

It is split up into:

A. Tyrol (state) (a state of Austria):
 East Tyrol (Osttirol)
 North Tyrol (Nordtirol)

B. Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (a region of Italy):
 Province of Bolzano-Bozen (Provincia autonoma di Bolzano - Alto Adige / Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol) or South Tyrol (Südtirol / Sudtirolo) or Alto Adige
 Province of Trento (Provincia autonoma di Trento) or Trentino

Since 1996 the region of Tyrol has been a Euroregion, called Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino Euroregion (German: Europaregion Tirol-Südtirol-Trentino, Italian: Euregio Tirolo-Alto Adige-Trentino).

The region of Tyrol is also divided into three languages. In East and North Tyrol German is spoken. South Tyrol is primarily German with a little Italian and Ladin, Trentino is primarily Italian with a little German and Ladin.

The region of Tyrol is a very mountainous area. It belongs to three ranges of the Eastern Alps. A great part of the Southern Limestone Alps (among them the Dolomite Alps) and also a southern part of the Central Eastern Alps cover the Italian part of Tyrol, whereas the middle of the Central Eastern Alps and a great part of the Northern Limestone Alps (among them the southern Allgäu Alps) cover the Austrian part of Tyrol.

Several well-known geographical locations lie in Tyrol. For example the Brenner Pass, a mountain pass on the border of Austria and Italy, Lake Garda, the biggest lake of Italy and partially in Tyrol, and various places, in the state of Tyrol: Innsbruck (its capital) and Lienz, and in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: Trento (its capital), Bolzano / Bozen and Merano.

Other websites 
 Website of Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino Euroregion

 
Alps
Iran Air Flight 655

Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iranian passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai. The aircraft was an Airbus A300 with 274 passengers and 16 crew members on-board. On July 3, 1988 the plane was shot down by the USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War. At the time the Vincennes was exchanging fire with small Iranian gunboats. During the skirmish, flight 655 took off from Bandar Abbas International Airport. The airport was used by both civilian and military flights.

The Vincennes mistook the civilian aircraft for an Iranian Air Force Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter on an attack run. The Vincennes attempted to warn the aircraft several times but received no reply. However, the warnings were sent on a military frequency to a non-existent F-14 Tomcat. The Airbus crew did not have access to those channels and would not have heard the warnings. The Vincennes fired two missiles which both struck the fuselage of the plane. All 290 occupants on-board were killed.

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Boy Asistio

Macario "Boy" Asistio Jr. (April 6, 1936 – February 6, 2017) was a Filipino politician. He served as the Mayor of Caloocan, a city in Metro Manila region of Philippines, from 1980 to 1986. He was reelected for the port in 1988 till 1995. Asistio unsuccessfully ran as mayor in the elections again in 2013 and 2016.

Asistio died on 6 February 2017 at the age of 80 at the Metro Antipolo Hospital and Medical Center in Antipolo, Philippines. He was in coma and admitted to the intensive care unit.

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Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling (27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017) was a Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker. 

He was the Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation. He helped develop the Trendalyzer software system. He rose to international fame after producing a TED Talk in which he promoted the use of data to explore development issues.

Rosling died on 7 February 2017 in Uppsala, Sweden from pancreatic cancer, aged 68.

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Smail Hamdani

Smail Hamdani (11 March 1930 – 6/7 February 2017) was an Algerian politician. He was Prime Minister of Algeria from 15 December 1998 to 23 December 1999.

Hamdani became a member of the National Liberation Front (FLN). In 1962 when Algeria gained independence, he was named as chief of staff of the provisional government led by Abderrahmane Farès. Under the presidency of Ahmed Ben Bella, Hamdani was appointed ambassador to Belgium.

Hamdani died in his sleep either on the night of 6 February or on morning of 7 February 2017 from a heart attack, aged 86.

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Svend Asmussen

Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a jazz violinist from Denmark. He was known as "The Fiddling Viking". He played and recorded with many of the greats of Jazz, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stephane Grappelli. He played publicly until 2010 when he had a blood clot, his career having spanned eight decades.

Asmussen died on 7 February 2017, aged 100.

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Tzvetan Todorov

Tzvetan Todorov (; ; March 1, 1939 – February 7, 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. 

He was the author of many books and essays, which have had a significant influence in anthropology, sociology, semiotics, literary theory, thought history and culture theory.

Todorov died on February 7, 2017 in Paris, aged 77.

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Other websites
 
 Tzvetan Todorov on the Enlightenment Today, a nineteen-minute interview on Philosophy Bites
 The Tzvetan Todorov Book Interview
 Interview with Tzvetan Todorov: "It is surprising to see so many walls erected in the midst of globalisation", Barcelona Metropolis, num. 78, Spring 2010 

1939 births
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French historians
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French philosophers
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Richard Hatch

Richard Lawrence Hatch (May 21, 1945 – February 7, 2017) was an American actor, writer, and producer. He was best known for his role as Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica television series, and also as Tom Zarek in the 2003 remake of Battlestar Galactica. 

Hatch was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role as Apollo. Early in his career, Hatch won an Obie Award for his role in the musical PS Your Cat Is Dead.

Hatch was also known for his role as Philip Brent in All My Children and as Inspector Dan Robbins in The Streets of San Francisco.

Hatch was born in Santa Monica, California. He worked in Chicago, Illinois during his early stage career. Hatch died on February 7, 2017 from pancreatic cancer under hospice care in Los Angeles, aged 71.

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 Sci-Fi Pulse interview from 2004

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Sotsha Dlamini

Sotsha Ernest Dlamini (27 May 1940 – 7 February 2017) was a Swazi politician. He served as Prime Minister of Swaziland from 6 October 1986 to 12 July 1989.

Biography 
He was born in Mankayane. He became prime minister after being appointed by Dzeliwe of Swaziland in 1986. He replaced Bhekimpi Dlamini, who resigned in 1986. Dlamini served as prime minister when tensions of apartheid was growing.

Dlamini died on 7 February 2017 from complications of a fall at a hospital in Mbabane, Swaziland, aged 76.

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Richard Lyon (U.S. Admiral)

Richard "Dick" Lyon (July 14, 1923 – February 3, 2017) was an American politician and retired United States Navy admiral. He served as Mayor of Oceanside, California from 1992 through 2000. Lyon was the first admiral of Special Warfare ("SEAL").

Lyon was born in Pasadena, California. He was selected a member of the United States Olympic swim team for the 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but the 1940 games were canceled due to the outbreak of World War II. Lyon graduated from Yale University in 1944.

Lyon died on February 3, 2017 in Oceanside, California, aged 93.

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Steve Sumner

Steven Paul Sumner (2 April 1955 – 8 February 2017) was an English-born New Zealand football player. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Sumner was captain of the national team during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the World Cup in 1982.

In 1991 he was inducted into the New Zealand Soccer Media Association Hall of Fame and was then awarded FIFA's top award, the FIFA Order of Merit, before the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, along with Johan Cruyff and former South African president Thabo Mbeki.

Sumner died on 8 February 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand from prostate cancer, aged 61.

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Mark Rylance

Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960) is an English actor, theatre director and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, from 1995 to 2005. 

His movie appearances include Prospero's Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Institute Benjamenta (1996), and Intimacy (2001). Rylance won the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies (2015). He played the title role in Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016).

In 2016, he was named in the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

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 Official homepage
 Interview on Farinelli (theatre play), Bridge of Spies (film) etc. Oct-2015
 Interview with Mark Rylance at the Globe on wisdom, Sir Francis Bacon, Shakespeare Jun-94
 Mark Rylance performing the Peacebuilder, Henri Ladyi, Congo
 doollee.com listing of Rylance's works written for the stage 

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Guillermo Lasso

Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza (born 16 November 1955) is an Ecuadorian businessman and politician. Lasso is the 47th President of Ecuador since 24 May 2021. He was the presidential candidate for the 2013, 2017 and 2021 elections for the party Creating Opportunities.

He came in second place with 22.68% of votes.  President Rafael Correa won 57.17% of votes, a round-off didn't take place. In early 2017, he said that he would be running for president again. He would be against his former vice president Lenín Moreno and other candidates. In February 2017, both Lasso and Moreno made it to a run-off election on April 2, 2017. He lost the election with 49% of the vote.

In 2020, Lasso announced his candidacy for the presidency again in the 2021 election. He came in second place so was able to make it to the second round of the election in February 2021, against Andrés Arauz. He won the election in the April 2021 run-off.

Personal life
Lasso was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. His parents were Enrique Lasso and Nora Mendoza. He studied Economics and graduated from the San José La Salle High School.

Banking career
Lasso was the largest shareholder in Banco de Guayaquil. He was executive president for more than 20 years.

Political career
Lasso was Governor of the Guayas Province from 1998 through 1999. He was appointed by President Jamil Mahuad to be Superminister of Economy and Energy. He was in this role from August through September 1999. In 2003, President Lucio Gutiérrez hired Lasso to be an Ambassador for a few months

In the 2013 presidential election, Lasso ran against then-President Rafael Correa. He lost the general election in a landslide.

2017 presidential campaign
In early 2017, Lasso announced his second presidential campaign to replace President Correa for Creating Opportunities in the 2017 presidential elections. His campaign's theme was to create 1 million more jobs in Ecuador.

Lasso lost the election after winning 49% of the vote to Moreno's 51% of the vote.

Presidency

2021 presidential campaign 
In 2020, Lasso announced his third presidential campaign to replace his 2017 rival Lenin Moreno. He was at first seen as the front-runner but Rafael Correa-supporting candidate Andrés Arauz became his rival. In February 2021, Arauz won the majority of votes to go to the second round. Lasso came in second place beating Yaku Pérez Guartambel. Lasso would go on to beat Arauz in the run-off in April.

Term 
Lasso became Ecuador's 47th president on 24 May 2021. He became the country's first center-right president since Sixto Durán Ballén's presidency (1992–1996). His main focus for his first 100 days was to increase the country's vaccination rate during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

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Guillermo Lasso's personal page
Biography by CIDOB (in Spanish)

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Neil Gehrels

Cornelis A. "Neil" Gehrels (October 3, 1952 – February 6, 2017) was an American astronomer. He worked in the field of Gamma ray astronomy. He was the Chief of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center from 1995 until his death.

Gehrels was born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He grew up in Tucson, Arizona. His father, Tom (1925–2011), was also an astronomer.

Gehrels died on February 6, 2017 at the age of 64.

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Timothy West

Timothy Lancaster West CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English movie, stage and television actor. He is known for his roles as Bradley Hardacre in Brass, as King Francis in Ever After: A Cinderella Story, as Commissioner Berthier in The Day of the Jackal and as Stan Carter in EastEnders.

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LAMDA Biography 
Timothy West at Gavin Barker Associates (agent)

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Arthur Lehning

Paul Arthur Müller-Lehning (23 October 1899 – 1 January 2000) was a Dutch writer, historian and anarchist. He was born in Utrecht. He was known for French translations of Mikhail Bakunin works. In 1992, he won the Gouden Ganzenveer, and in 1999, the P. C. Hooft Award.

Lehning died on 1 January 2000 in Lys-Saint-Georges, Indre, France. He was 100.

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Paul Di'Anno

Paul Andrews (born 17 May 1958), better known by his stage name Paul Di'Anno, is a British singer. He is best known as the first lead singer of heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1977 to 1981.

Di'Anno was born in Chingford, London. In 2011, he was jailed for fraud.

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Ólöf Nordal

Ólöf Nordal (3 December 1966 – 8 February 2017) was an Icelandic politician. She was a member of the Independence Party. She served as the Minister of the Interior from 4 December 2014 to 11 January 2017.

Ólöf was born in Reykjavík. She was married to Tómas Már Sigurðsson and had four children.

Ólöf died from pancreatic cancer on 8 February 2017 in Reykjavík. She was 50.

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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (23 December 1971 – 8 February 2017) also known as T P-T, was an English socialite, "it girl", television presenter, model and charity patron.

Early life
Palmer-Timkinson was born in Hampshire. She studied at Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset. After graduating, she moved to London where she worked at a bank.

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
In 2002, Palmer-Tomkinson made an appearance on the British television series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, finishing as runner up. In November 2005, Palmer-Tomkinson presented her third behind the scenes series on ITV2 for the hit show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! Now.

Other works
Palmer-Tomkinson was a contestant on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy for the BBC.

Palmer-Tomkinson played the piano, as was demonstrated at events at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the National Symphony Orchestra, at the Royal Albert Hall with Mozart, and at The Coliseum during a Leonard Bernstein Tribute.

Palmer-Tomkinson was also a writer. She wrote The Naughty Girl's Guide To Life (2007) , Inheritance (2010) and Infidelity (2012).

Death
In January 2016, Palmer-Tomkinson was diagnosed with brain cancer.

On 8 February 2017, she was found dead at her home in London, aged 45. The cause was a perforated ulcer.

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 Speur Ghlan  charity
 
 MyVillage biography 

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Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)

Alan Simpson, OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017) was an English scriptwriter. He was born in London. He was best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Ray Galton. He wrote the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962–1974), Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1961) and the first two series of  Comedy Playhouse (1961–1963).

Simpson was appointed an OBE in 2000 and he and Galton received a BAFTA Fellowship on 8 May 2016.

Simpson died on 8 February 2017 in London from lung disease, aged 87.

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Ray Galton

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Raymond Percy "Ray" Galton, OBE (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) was an English scriptwriter. 

Galton was best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Alan Simpson. He, along with Simpson, wrote the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962–1974), Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1961)  and Comedy Playhouse'' (1961–1975).

Galton died on 5 October 2018 at his Paddington, London home from dementia, aged 88.

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Screenwriters from London
Mikhail Tolstykh

Mikhail Sergeyevich Tolstykh (; July 19, 1980 – February 8, 2017), better known by his callsign Givi (Ги́ви), was a Ukrainian commander in the pro-Russian Somalia Battalion in the War in Donbass. He served as Lieutenant colonel.

On February 16, 2015, Tolstykh was included by the European Council in their sanctions list.

Tolstykh was killed on February 8, 2017 in Donetsk, Ukraine by a rocket launcher explosion, aged 36.

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Antonín Přidal

Antonín Přidal (13 October 1935 – 7 February 2017) was a Czech translator and writer. He translated works from English, Spanish and French to Czech. He was also a journalist and university lecturer. He was born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia. 

He worked at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts since 1991. In 1998, he received the Prize of Ferdinand Peroutka. His most notable works include Všechny moje hlasy (1967) and Sudičky (1968).

Přidal died on 7 February 2017 in Brno, Czech Republic from a stroke, aged 81.

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Other websites
 List of works the Catalogue of the CR, whose author or topic is Antonín Přidal

1935 births
2017 deaths
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Czech journalists
Czech educators
Richard B. Wright

Richard B. Wright, CM, (March 4, 1937 – February 7, 2017) was a Canadian novelist. His break-through 2001 novel was Clara Callan. He won three major literary awards in Canada for Clara Callan: The Giller Prize, the Trillium Book Award, and the Governor General's Award.

Wright died on February 7, 2017 at a hospital in St. Catharines, Ontario from complications of a fall. He was 79 years old.

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Other website
 Richard B. Wright's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza (, born 7 September 1981) is a Russian politician, critic, activist and journalist.

Since 2012, he served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Institute of Modern Russia. He is an elected member of the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition. He serves on the federal council of the Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party and the Solidarnost pro-democracy movement.

Kara-Murza is a coordinator of Open Russia, which promotes civil society and democracy in Russia.

On 2 February 2017, Kara-Murza was hospitalized for sudden multiple organ failure and was placed on life-support.

His father was television host and Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza Sr..

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Arabesque (group)

Arabesque was a disco girl group. It was created in 1977 in Frankfurt, West Germany. When the trio formed in 1977, it had members: Karen Ann Tepperis, Mary Ann Nagel and Michaela Rose. They released a single called, "Hello Mr. Monkey". It became very successful in Asia, especially Japan and Korea.

Shortly after the release, Mary Ann Nagel decided to leave the group.Her spot was taken by Heike Rimbeau. In 1978, they released the successful album, Friday Night. Karen Ann Tepperis had a son in 1978 and left the group. A former gymnast named Jasmin Vetter replaced her. Heike left the group in 1979 due to her pregnancy. A country singer named Elke Brückheimer replaced Heike for a few months. Finally in June 1979, Sandra Ann Lauer was accepted into the group. The trio had members Michaela, Jasmin and Sandra from 1979, until they split.

The first album they released with Sandra was City Cats. In 1980, they released their most successful album, Marigot Bay. Apart from it being popular in Asia, it was the first album that was successful in their native country. That same year they released Midnight Dancer. In 1981, "In For A Penny, In For A Pound" was released. Caballero was released in 1982. Their last 3 albums had different musical genres than just disco. Why No Reply, Dance Dance Dance and Time To Say Goodbye were not as successful as their previous albums. Two songs from their last album, "Ecstasy" and "Time to Say Goodbye" became very popular in the 1980s.

Arabesque split up in 1984 because Sandra wanted to sing by herself. Jasmin and Michaela formed their own group called "Rouge". It lasted until 1988.

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Val Demings

Valdez Venita "Val" Demings (née Butler; March 12, 1957) is an American police officer and politician.

She serves as the member of the United States House of Representatives from . She served as Chief of the Orlando Police Department, the first woman to hold the position. She was the Democratic nominee in both 2012 and 2016 to represent Florida's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, the latter of which Demings won.

In June 2020, Demings became one of the final four finalists for Joe Biden's running mate for the 2020 election.

In May 2021, Demings announced her plans to run for the United States Senate, challenging Republican incumbent Marco Rubio in the 2022 election.

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Other websites
Val Demings for Congress official campaign website

Profile  at The Wall Street Journal
Val Demings   Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America

1957 births
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African American politicians
American police officers
Politicians from Jacksonville, Florida
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Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin (born Saul M. Rifkin; October 31, 1939) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Arvin Sloane on the spy drama Alias, Saul Holden on the American family drama Brothers & Sisters and District Attorney Ellis Loew in Curtis Hanson's Oscar winning movie, L.A. Confidential.

Awards 
In 1991, he won a Drama Desk Award. In 1998, he won a Tony Award.

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Mohamud Muse Hersi

Mohamud Muse Hersi  (, ‎; 1 July 1937 – 8 February 2017), nicknamed "Adde", was a Somali politician. He was the President of the Puntland region from 8 January 2005 to 8 January 2009. He was a military general until the 1970s.

Muse Hersi died on 8 February 2017 in the United Arab Emirates, aged 79.

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Windsor Davies

Windsor Davies (28 August 1930 – 17 January 2019) was a British actor. He was best known for his roles as Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–81). He was also known for his roles in Never the Twain, Doctor Who and the Carry On movies. He retired from acting in 2004.

Biography 
Davies was born in Canning Town, East London. He moved to Wales in 1939. He was married to Eluned Davies. She died in September 2018. They had five children. He lived in France. He died on 17 January 2019 at the age of 88.

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Brendan Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers (born 26 January 1973) is a Northern Irish football manager and former player. He is the manager of Premier League club Leicester City. He managed Liverpool from 2012 to 2015, finishing second in the Premier League in 2014. He was sacked in October 2015. In 2016, he joined Scottish Premiership club Celtic. In his two-and-a-half seasons with Celtic, he won two domestic trebles. In 2019, he left Celtic to manage Leicester City. He has also managed Watford, Reading and Swansea City. In his playing days, he played for Ballymena United and Reading before retiring at the age of 20 due to injury.

Rodgers was born in Carnlough. His son, Anton (born 1993), is a footballer.

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 LFC History profile

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Power Rangers (movie)

Power Rangers (also called  'Saban's Power Rangers') is an American superhero movie. It was directed by Dean Israelite. It was written by John Gatins, Kieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. The movie is based on the Power Rangers media franchise. Actors in the movie are Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Banks.

This was the first Power Ranger movie since 1997. The movie has many of the characters from the TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' but with new actors. The maker of the TV show, Haim Saban, helped to make the movie. The movie was released in the United States on March 24, 2017. A reboot of the film is also  in development.

Plot
Five young people with attitude are put together to become a new version of a group of goodies called the Power Rangers. The Earth must be protected by them from Rita Repulsa, a powerful witch. Rita is attacking to get the Zeo Crystal. She has an army of stone monsters called Putties and a giant golden monster called Goldar.

Cast

 Dacre Montgomery as Jason Scott/Red Ranger: The leader of the Power Rangers and in love with Kimberly.
 Naomi Scott as Kimberly Hart/Pink Ranger: A member of the Power Rangers and in love with Jason.
 RJ Cyler as Billy Cranston/Blue Ranger.
 Becky G as Trini Kwan/Yellow Ranger
 Ludi Lin as Zack Taylor/Black Ranger.
 Bill Hader as the voice of Alpha 5: The robot helper to Zordon.
 Bryan Cranston as Zordon: The teacher of the Power Rangers and first Red Ranger. Zordon lived over 9000 years ago before becoming a part of the Morphing Grid.
 Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa: An alien witch, and enemy of the Power Rangers. Repulsa is a 65-million-year-old former Green Ranger, who has become a baddie. She creates the monster Goldar in attempts to steal the Zeo Crystal, an artifact that channels the Morphing Grid dimension that weaves through all things and gives the Power Rangers their powers. Repulsa seeks to return the crystal to her master Lord Zedd.
 David Denman as Sam Scott: Jason's daddy.
 Sarah Grey as Amanda Clark
 Anjali Jay as Maddy Hart: Kimberly's mommy.
 Patrick Sabongui as Trini's daddy.
 Emily Maddison as Rebecca
 Kayden Magnuson as Pearl Scott: Jason's sister.
 Ranjit Samra as Security Guard 
 Jaime Callica as Officer Bebe

Goldar and the Putty Patrol are in the movie too.

References

Further reading
PR Mini Production Notes FINAL(saved copy)

Other websites
 Official Website
 

English-language movies
Movies about autism
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2010s superhero movies
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Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department

There are 3 arrondissements in the Vaucluse department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of Vaucluse are:

History 
The changes in the Vaucluse department are:
 1793 : creation of the Vaucluse department with four districts: Apt, Orange, Ouvèze (Carpentras), Vaucluse (Avignon); its capital was Avignon.
 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Avignon, Apt, Carpentras and Orange.
 1926 : the arrondissement of Orange was eliminated and the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon
 1933 : the subprefecture of Cavaillon was moved to Apt

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Luxembourg (region)

The region of Luxembourg consists of the country of Luxembourg and the Belgian province of Luxembourg. It makes part of the Low Countries.

Till 1839 both parts were a unity.

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Koila Moila

Koila Moila is a village in the Chirang district of Assam state in India.

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Arrondissement of Apt

The arrondissement of Apt is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Apt.

History
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Apt was part of that original department. In 1926, the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon but returned to Apt in 1933.

Geography
The arrondissement of Apt is in the most southern of the arrondissements of the Vaucluse department. It has the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to the east, the Var department to the southeast (for a very short distance), the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south and west, the Avignon arrondissement to the northwest and the Carpentras arrondissement to the north.

The arrondissement of Apt is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (128,448 inhabitants) and a density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition

Cantons 
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of  Apt, only the Cheval-Blanc canton does not has all its communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes 
The communes of the arrondissement of Apt are:

 Ansouis (84002)
 Apt (84003)
 Auribeau (84006)
 La Bastide-des-Jourdans (84009)
 La Bastidonne (84010)
 Beaumettes (84013)
 Beaumont-de-Pertuis (84014)
 Bonnieux (84020)
 Buoux (84023)
 Cabrières-d'Aigues (84024)
 Cadenet (84026)
 Caseneuve (84032)
 Castellet (84033)
 Caumont-sur-Durance (84034)
 Cavaillon (84035)
 Cheval-Blanc (84038)
 Cucuron (84042)
 Gargas (84047)
 Gignac (84048)
 Gordes (84050)
 Goult (84051)
 Grambois (84052)
 Joucas (84057)
 Lacoste (84058)
 Lagarde-d'Apt (84060)
 Lauris (84065)
 Lioux (84066)
 Lourmarin (84068)
 Maubec (84071)
 Ménerbes (84073)
 Mérindol (84074)
 Mirabeau (84076)
 La Motte-d'Aigues (84084)
 Murs (84085)
 Oppède (84086)
 Pertuis (84089)
 Peypin-d'Aigues (84090)
 Puget (84093)
 Puyvert (84095)
 Robion (84099)
 Roussillon (84102)
 Rustrel (84103)
 Saignon (84105)
 Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (84112)
 Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque (84113)
 Saint-Pantaléon (84114)
 Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt (84118)
 Sannes (84121)
 Sivergues (84128)
 Taillades (84131)
 La Tour-d'Aigues (84133)
 Vaugines (84140)
 Viens (84144)
 Villars (84145)
 Villelaure (84147)
 Vitrolles-en-Luberon (84151)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages 
 Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department
 List of arrondissements of France

References 

Apt
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Lumberton High School

Lumberton High School is a high school located in Lumberton, North Carolina for grades 9-12 (freshman-senior). It is run by the Public Schools of Robeson County, as it is in Robeson County, North Carolina. It offers the following courses:

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Convoy

A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support. Civilian convoys may be organized, for example when driving through remote areas. A convoy also allows an organized group to arrive together with their equipment. They can start working together immediately, for example at an emergency. A convoy on land is sometimes called a caravan.

Convoys at sea came into widespread use when warships were made as a different kind of ship. They endangered enemy merchant ships that were not protected by friendly warships.

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Luther Strange

Luther "Big Luther" Johnson Strange III (born March 1, 1953) was the junior United States Senator from Alabama. He served as the 49th Attorney General of the U.S. state of Alabama from 2011 through 2017.  Strange was a candidate for public office in both 2006 and 2010.

Early life
Luther was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He studied at Tulane University earning his BA and JD degrees.

Political career
In 2006, Strange ran for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and defeated George Wallace, Jr. in the Republican primary. Strange then lost the general election to Democrat Jim Folsom, Jr.. In 2010, Strange defeated incumbent Attorney General Troy King in the Republican primary, before going on to win the general election on November 2, 2010, against Democrat James Anderson.

United States senator (2017–2018)
On December 6, 2016, Strange announced his candidacy for the seat held by Jeff Sessions after then-President-Elect Donald Trump had announced on November 18, 2016 that he would be nominating Sessions to the office of Attorney General of the United States. Strange was appointed as Senator on February 9, 2017, by Alabama governor Robert J. Bentley to fill out the seat after Sessions resigned to become Attorney General.

At  tall, Strange is the tallest U.S. Senator in history.

2017 special election
Strange ran for a full term in the 2017 special election and advanced to the Republican primary runoff, where he lost to the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, Roy Moore.

Personal life
Strange is married to Melissa Strange. They have two children.

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Dana Boente

Dana James Boente (, ; born February 7, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician. He was the Acting Attorney General of the United States from January 30, 2017 until February 9, 2017. He served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from September 2013 to January 2018.

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Rod J. Rosenstein

Rod J. Rosenstein (born January 13, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician of Jewish descent. He is the 37th United States Deputy Attorney General serving from April 26, 2017 through May 11, 2019. He was the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Then President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Rosenstein to serve as United States Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice on January 13, 2017. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 25, 2017 by a vote of 94-6.

Rosenstein submitted his official resignation as Deputy Attorney General on April 29, 2019, taking effect on May 11, 2019.

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Serge Baguet

Serge Baguet (18 August 1969 – 9 February 2017) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He started his professional cycling career in 1991. He worked for Lotto for five years and one year for Vlaanderen 2002. He was born in Brakel.

Baguet was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2014. He died on 9 February 2017 in Sint-Lievens-Houtem, at the age of 47.

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Brendan McGahon

Brendan McGahon (22 November 1936 – 8 February 2017) was an Irish politician. He was a Fine Gael politician. 

He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency. He was called a 'colourful' figure and with a reputation as a social conservative. McGahon was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the November 1982 general election and retained his seat until retiring at the 2002 general election. He was known for being against gay rights.

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Packy (elephant)

Packy (April 14, 1962 – February 9, 2017) was an Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, United States. He was famous for having been the first elephant born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years.

Packy was euthanized after suffering from tuberculosis at the Oregon Zoo on February 9, 2017, at the age of 54.

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Arrondissement of Avignon

The arrondissement of Avignon is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Avignon.

History
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Avignon was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Avignon is in the northwest of the Vaucluse department. It includes the exclave of Valreás that is to the north of the department surrounded by the Drôme department.

It has the Carpentras arrondissement to the east, the Apt arrondissement to the southeast, the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south, the Gard department to the west, the Ardèche department to the northwest and the Drôme department to the north.

The arrondissement of Avignon is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the one with more people living in it (296,303 inhabitants) and a density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition

Cantons 
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of  Avignon, the Cheval-Blanc, Le Pontet and Vaison-la-Romaine cantons do not have all their communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes 
The communes of the arrondissement of Avignon are:

 Avignon (84007)
 Bollène (84019)
 Bédarrides (84016)
 Cabrières-d'Avignon (84025)
 Caderousse (84027)
 Camaret-sur-Aigues (84029)
 Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne (84036)
 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (84037)
 Courthézon (84039)
 Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (84139)
 Grillon (84053)
 Jonquerettes (84055)
 Jonquières (84056)
 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (84054)
 Lagarde-Paréol (84061)
 Lagnes (84062)
 Lamotte-du-Rhône (84063)
 Lapalud (84064)
 Le Pontet (84092)
 Le Thor (84132)
 Mondragon (84078)
 Morières-lès-Avignon (84081)
 Mornas (84083)
 Orange (84087)
 Piolenc (84091)
 Richerenches (84097)
 Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (84119)
 Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes (84106)
 Saumane-de-Vaucluse (84124)
 Sorgues (84129)
 Sérignan-du-Comtat (84127)
 Travaillan (84134)
 Uchaux (84135)
 Valréas (84138)
 Vedène (84141)
 Violès (84149)
 Visan (84150)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages 
Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department
List of arrondissements of France

References 

Avignon
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur