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Merrill Cook

Merrill Cook (born May 6, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American businessman and politician of the Republican Party.

He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Utah from 1997 to 2001.

Cook studied at the University of Utah and at Harvard University.

He is a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

References 

1946 births
Living people
American Latter Day Saints
Businesspeople from Utah
Harvard University alumni
Politicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States representatives from Utah
US Republican Party politicians
Karen Shepherd

Karen F. Shepherd (born July 5, 1940 in Silver City, New Mexico) is an American politician of the Democratic Party.

She was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Utah from 1993 to 1995. 

Shepherd studied at the University of Utah and at Brigham Young University.

References 

1940 births
Living people
Politicians from New Mexico
United States representatives from Utah
US Democratic Party politicians
Yanam

Yanam is a town in the Yanam district, Union territory of Puducherry, India. This town along with nearby villages form the district in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Population
According to the 2011 Census of India, the total population of Yanam is 55,626. The literacy rate of the city is 79.47%

References

Towns in India
Settlements in Puducherry
Firozabad district

Firozabad district is a district in Uttar Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is Firozabad city. This district is a part of the Agra Division.

Population
According to the 2011 Census of India, the Firozabad district has a population of 2,496,761. This gives it a ranking of 173rd in India (out of a total of 640 districts).

Religions
The city has some popular Hindu temples, mainly Vaishno Devi Dham, the Kela Devi Temple, and the Gopal ashram (Hanuman temple).

There are many Jain temples in Firozabad including the well-known Chadamilal Jain temple, the Shri Shuparshnath Jain mandir in Gher Khokal (Mahaveer Chowk) and Chandprabhu Jain mandir in Khidki.

Culture
An annual fair is held in Chandwar on October 2 . The Jama Masjid, constructed by the 16th century Mughal emperor Akbar' is the oldest mosque in the district.

References

Districts of Uttar Pradesh
Machilipatnam

Machilipatnam, also known as Masulipatnam, is a city in the Krishna district. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the headquarters of Machilipatnam mandal in Machilipatnam revenue division of the district. The ancient port town served as the settlement of European traders from the 16th century, and it was a major trading port for the British, Dutch and French in the seventeenth century.

Population
As of  2011 Census of India, Machilipatnam had a population of 170,008.

References 

Settlements in Andhra Pradesh
Cities in India
Machilipatnam mandal

Machilipatnam mandal is one of the 50 mandals in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Machilipatnam revenue division and the headquarter is located at Machilipatnam town.As of 2011 Census of India, the mandal had a population of 238,962.As of 2011 Census of India, this mandal has 29 settlements. It includes 1 town and 28 villages in the mandal.

References

Andhra Pradesh
Earl of Bothwell

Earl of Bothwell was a title in Scotland. It was created twice. It was first created in 1488 and lasted until 1567. The second creation was in 1587.

Scottish Earls
Indawgyi Lake

Indawgyi Lake ( ) is one of the largest inland lakes in Southeast Asia. It is located in Mohnyin Township in the Kachin State of Myanmar. The lake measures  east to west, and  north to south.

References

Geography of Myanmar
Lakes of Asia
Ned Jarrett

Ned Jarrett (born October 12, 1932) is a retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion. He was born in Conover, North Carolina. He was best known for his calm attitude and he became known as "Gentleman Ned Jarrett". He is the father of former drivers Glenn Jarrett and Dale Jarrett and grandfather of Jason Jarrett.

Jarrett was added into the 2011 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 18 2011.

References

Other websites

Drivers statistics at racing-reference.info
International Motorsports Hall of Fame 
Oceanside Rotary Club of Daytona Beach Hall of Fame 
Transcript of Jarrett's July 4, 1984 interview of President Ronald Reagan on MRN Radio 
Talladega Walk of Fame 
Account of the 1965 Southern 500 
Biography

Living people
1932 births
NASCAR drivers
Sportspeople from North Carolina
John Gordon

John Gordon (19 November 1925 – 20 November 2017) was an English writer of supernatural fiction. He wrote fifteen fantasy novels (including The Giant Under The Snow), four short story collections, over fifty short stories and a teenage memoir. He was born in Jarrow, Tyne & Wear. 

Gordon died on 20 November 2017 at his Norwich, Norfolk home of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 92.

References

Other websites
 John Gordon at Amazon
 A review of Fen Runners at The Bookbag

1925 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
English novelists
English children's writers
John A. Gordon

John Alexander Gordon (August 22, 1946 – April 19, 2020) was an American politician and military personnel. He was Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He served as the President George W. Bush's Homeland Security Advisor from 2003 to 2004.

Gordon died on April 19, 2020 in Columbia, Missouri at the age of 73.

References

Other websites
 Biography 

1946 births
2020 deaths
American military people
Politicians from Missouri
Rodney Bewes

Rodney Bewes (27 November 1937 – 21 November 2017) was an English television actor and writer. He was best known for playing Bob Ferris in the BBC television sitcom The Likely Lads (1964–66) and in its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–74).

Bewes died a week before his 80th birthday on 21 November 2017 in Manchester of vascular dementia.

References

Other websites

 Feature from Wales on Sunday, archived by The Free Library
 Daily Mail article from 2010

1937 births
2017 deaths
Actors from Yorkshire
Deaths from vascular dementia
Disease-related deaths in England
English movie actors
English stage actors
English television actors
English television writers
Writers from Yorkshire
Zoltan Istvan

Zoltan Istvan Gyurko, professionally known as Zoltan Istvan (born 1973), is an American transhumanist, journalist, entrepreneur and Libertarian futurist.

Formerly a reporter for the National Geographic Channel. He wrote for Vice's Motherboard, Wired, The Huffington Post, TechCrunch and Newsweek.

In late 2014, Istvan announced his plans to run for President of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In 2017, Istvan announced his plans to run for Governor of California in the 2018 election as a member of the Libertarian Party.

In November 2017, Istvan announced his plans to run for President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election for the Libertarian Party. In January 2019, he announced that he withdrew from the Libertarian primary.

In November 2019, Istvan announced his candidacy for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election, hoping to win the GOP nomination against President Donald Trump.

References

Other websites
 Zoltan Istvan's personal site
 Transhumanist Party's website

2020 United States presidential candidates
2016 United States presidential candidates
1973 births
Living people
American novelists
American journalists
American philosophers
Educators from Los Angeles
American activists
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Politicians from Los Angeles
Writers from Los Angeles
US Libertarian Party politicians
Ham sandwich theorem

The ham sandwich theorem is a math theorem that says that a number of objects in the same number of dimension can be cut into two equal parts with a cut that is one dimension less.

Examples

One dimension 
One dimension is a line. A section of the line can be cut exactly in half with a single point.

Two dimensions 
Two dimensions is a flat sheet. Two shapes on this sheet can be cut exactly in half with a single line.

Three dimensions 
Three dimensions is space. Three objects in space can be cut exactly in half with a single flat sheet.

Four dimensions 
Four dimensions is a hyperspace. Four hyper-objects can be cut exactly in half with a single space.

Name 
The theorem is called the ham sandwich theorem because sandwiches are made of three dimensional pieces of bread that are cut in half with a flat sheet, like a slice of ham. If there were three pieces of bread, it would be possible to make one cut along a plane to divide each piece of bread into two equal pieces. If a piece of ham is then put between each sliced piece of bread, the result would be three ham sandwiches.

Theorems in geometry
Layar LRT Station

Layar LRT Station  is an LRT station on the West Loop of the Sengkang LRT Line. It is on the western side of Sungei Punggol (Punggol River). It was opened together with the East Loop of the Punggol LRT Line.

Name
"Layar" means "sail" in Malay. It is related to moving.

Sources

Other websites
SBS Transit Website

Sengkang
Light Rail Transit (Singapore) stations
Sengkang

Sengkang is a town in Singapore in its north-eastern part. Seletar and Punggol are north of it, Pasir Ris and Paya Lebar are on its east, Hougang and Serangoon are on its south and Yishun and Ang Mo Kio are on its west.

It used to be a fishing village. Then, it was built-up very quickly by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). 4 neighbourhoods make up the town.

Name
Sengkang is a Chinese word meaning "prosperous harbour". The name came from a road called Lorong Sengkang. It was near Lorong Buangkok.

History

There used to be farms and forests, and the only building was the Punggol Rural Centre. In 2005, it was removed to make space for newer buildings.

Its theme is "Town of the Seafarer", based on its rich history.

Zones
Sengkang is split into 7 zones.
Rivervale, Singapore
Compassvale
Anchorvale
Fernvale, Singapore
Sengkang Town Centre
Sengkang West
Lorong Halus North

Transportation
Many buses and the Sengkang LRT Line serve the town. Sengkang MRT and LRT Station and Buangkok MRT Station are the MRT stations in Sengkang. They are on the North East MRT Line.

Sources

Other websites

Sengkang Town Council
Ang Mo Kio Town Council

 
Places in Singapore
Renjong LRT Station

Renjong LRT Station  is an LRT station in Sengkang, Singapore. It opened on January 2005. At the same time, the east loop of Punggol LRT Line opened.

Name
There was a road called Lorong Rending near the station, so the station got its name from the road.

Sources

Other websites
SBS Transit Website

Sengkang
Light Rail Transit (Singapore) stations
11:11

"11:11" is a song recorded by the South Korean singer Taeyeon. It was published as a digital single on November 1, 2016 by S.M. Entertainment. The song was written by Kim Eana and produced by Christian Vinten and Chelcee Grimes.

Background and release 
On October 28, 2016, Taeyeon announced that she would release a digital single titled "11:11". The song is described as a pop ballad that features the melody of quiet acoustic guitar that adapts to the atmosphere of late autumn. The lyrics are about the reminiscences of a girl about making wishes with her old love when the clock ticks 11:11.

"11:11" and his music video were released on November 1st. Taeyeon filmed a live acoustic performance of the song, which was released on November 8.

Reception 
"11:11" debuted at number two in the Gaon Digital Chart of South Korea from October 30 to November 5, 2016 and sold 238,197 digital copies during its first week of release. It was the second single from November 2016 on Gaon Digital Chart, which was behind "TT" by Twice. "11:11" charted at number 89 on the Gaon Year-end Digital Chart of 2016, and sold 668,462 digital units in South Korea in 2016. It additionally peaked at number 5 on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.

Billboard ranked the song at number 7 on their top 20 K-pop songs of 2016. As of March 2017, "11:11" sold over 900,000 digital copies in South Korea.

Track listing

Charts

Year-end chart

Sales

Release history

References 

2016 songs
Red Army F.C.

Red Army Football Club, is a South Sudanese footballing club cored in Aweil, South Sudan; it plays in South Sudan Premier League (SSPL).

History
Since Red Army came to being on December 15, 2013, it first faced the toughest games which relegated it to second division initially, but as of 2016; it consolidated its strength that promotes it to first division. Its president is Jacob Garang who is also the founder of Red Army.

As of 2016, on November 1st, Red Army was knocked out by military club in penalties 4-3. article content follows.

References

Other websites 
 Redarmy.com

Pages created with the Article Wizard from 2017
2013 establishments
Football clubs
PFC Levski Sofia

Levski () is a professional association football team from Sofia, Bulgaria. The team plays in the First Professional Football League. With 26 league titles, it is one of the most successful teams in Bulgaria. The club is named after Vasil Levski, and was founded on 24 May 1914. The team's home stadium is Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium.

The club's nicknames are Sinite (The blues), Otbora na naroda (The Team of the People) and Sinyata lavina (The Blue Avalanche).

Squad

Titles

Domestic
Bulgarian A Group
Champions (26 times): 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948–49, 1950, 1953, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09

Bulgarian Cup
Winners (25 times – record): 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

Bulgarian Supercup
Winners (3 times): 2005, 2007, 2009

Tsar's Cup / Cup of the Soviet Army / Cup of Bulgaria
Winners (6 times – record): 1933, 1937, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988

Ulpia Serdika Cup
Winners (4 times – record): 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932

International
Balkans Cup
Runners-up (2): 1961, 1963

Regional
Sofia Championship
Winners (11 times – record): 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1932–33, 1936–37, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48

References

Other websites 

 Official website
 UEFA Profile

Bulgarian football clubs
Taipei Metro

Taipei Metro is a metro system in Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan. It consists of 131 stations (119 stations if transfer stations are counted once,) with 6 main routes and 2 branch lines, operating on 152.9 kilometres (95 mi) of revenue track. The Taipei Metro was the first metro system in Taiwan. The Taoyuan Metro's Airport Express link opened in March 2017 mainly to connect the Taipei Taoyuan Airport and the main station.

The system operates according to a spoke-hub distribution paradigm, with most rail lines running radially outward from central Taipei. The MRT system operates from 6 am to midnight daily (the last trains finish their runs by 1 am), with extended services during special events (such as New Year festivities). Trains operate at intervals of 1.5 to 15 minutes depending on the line and time of day. Smoking is forbidden in the entire metro system, while eating or drinking is prohibited in the area.

Stations become extremely crowded during rush hours, especially at transfer stations such as Taipei Main Station, Zhongxiao Fuxing, and Minquan West Road. Automated station announcements are recorded in Mandarin Chinese, English, Taiwanese, and Hakka.

Lines

Tamsui-Xinyi Line (also called Red line) connects Tamsui to Xiangshan. It travels through Beitou, Shilin, Zhongshan, Taipei Main Station, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Daan Park and Xinyi Anhe. Xinbeitou is accessible via a transfer at Beitou.
Songshan-Xindian Line (also called Green line) connects Songshan to Xindian. It travels thorugh Nanjing Sanmin, Nanjing Fuxing, Songjiang Nanjing, Zhongshan, Beimen, Ximen and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
Bannan Line (also called Blue line) connects Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center to Dingpu. It travels through Ximen and Taipei Main Station.
Zhonghe-Xinlu Line (also called Orange line) starts at Nanshijiao and splits into two branches. One travels to Huilong and the other to Luzhou. The line travels through Songjiang Nanjing, Dongmen and Guting.
Wenhu Line (also called Brown line) connects Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center to Taipei Zoo. It travels through Technology Building, Zhongxiao Fuxing and Nanjing Fuxing.
The new Circular Line (also called Yellow Line) connects New Taipei Industrial Park to Dapinglin. It travels through Xiulang Bridge, Zhonghe and Banqiao.

History
On the November 24, 2013, the section from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall metro station to Xiangshan metro station opened and began revenue service.

On the November 15, 2014, with the opening of Songshan Line, trains run between Songshan and Xindian stations, forming Songshan-Xindian Line. Tamsui-Xindian services ended.

References
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Lokomotiv () is a professional association football club from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The team plays in the First Professional Football League. The team's home stadium is Lokomotiv Stadium. The club was founded on 25 July 1926. The club is one of the best supported clubs in Bulgaria. The club's biggest rival is Botev Plovdiv.

The club's nicknames are Smarfovete (The Smurfs) and Zheleznicharite (The Railwaymen).

Squad

Titles 

Bulgarian A Group:
 Winners (1): 2003–04
 Runners-up (1): 1972–73

Bulgarian Cup:
 Runners-up (4 [7†]): 1960, 1971, 1982, 2012; [1940 (as Sportclub), 1942 (as Sportclub), 1948 (as Slaviya-Chengelov)]

Cup of the Soviet Army
 Winners (1): 1983

Bulgarian Supercup:
 Winners (1): 2004
 Runners-up (1): 2012

References

Other websites 

  
 Official fan-website 
 Historical fan-website 

Bulgarian football clubs
Zibelemärit

The Zibelemärit (Bernese German dialect; English: Onion market) is an annual market with aspects of a fair in the old town of Bern, Switzerland. It takes place the fourth Monday in November.

History
Historical research indicates that the Zibelemärit originated in the 1850s with marmettes, farmer's wives from around Murten, coming to Bern at around St. Martin's Day to sell their produce; however, a persistent local legend holds that the Zibelemärit is a much older festivity. According to this legend, the Bernese awarded the people from the nearby city of Fribourg the right to sell onions in the city in reward for their aid after a fire destroyed much of Bern in 1405.

Customs
As the name indicates, it is mainly onions that are sold on the Zibelemärit. Bernese farmers, who are proud of their decorative onion tresses and onion wreaths, also sell other onion products on the market, including Zwiebelkuchen (onion pie), onion soup and onion sausages. Decorative chains of sugar onions are also popular with children.

The Zibelemärit opens very early in the day, at around 03:00 to 04:00. Later in the morning, the narrow alleys are usually packed tight with people, which is what the Bernese call the Gstungg. A general confetti battle in which mostly children participate ensues at four o'clock in the afternoon, officially ending the market.

References 

  Zibelemärit on g26.ch

Swiss culture
Retail markets
Bern
1850s establishments in Europe
19th-century establishments in Switzerland
Peter Berling

Peter Berling (20 March 1934 – 20 November 2017) was a German actor, movie producer and writer. He was born in Międzyrzecz, Poland. In several of his medieval novels Berling has drawn on conspiracy theories based on the Priory of Sion.

Berling died on 20 November 2017 in Rome, aged 83.

References

Other websites

 Official website 
 

1934 births
2017 deaths
German movie actors
German movie producers
German novelists
People from former German territories
People from Prussia
Munster cheese

Munster cheese (), Munster-géromé, or (Alsatian) Menschterkaas, is a soft cheese from Vosges. It is produced in the village with the same name. It is made from the milk of cows.

French cheeses
Pigniu

Pigniu is a former municipality of the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is part of the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.

History 
In 1799, the Russian Army under command of Field Marshal Suvorov crossed the Pigniu pass.

Other websites 

 Official Website 

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Ion exchange chromatography

Ion exchange chromatography (or ion chromatography) is a process in chromatography that separates ions and polar molecules based on their attraction to the ion exchanger. It works on almost any kind of charged molecule—including large proteins, small nucleotides, and amino acids. The two types of ion chromatography are: "anion-exchange" and "cation-exchange" chromatography. They are used in protein purification, water analysis, and quality control.

The water-soluble and charged molecules such as proteins, amino acids, and peptides bind to moieties which are oppositely charged by forming ionic bonds to the insoluble stationary phase.The equilibrated stationary phase is made of an ionizable functional groups where targeted molecules of mixtures are separated and quantified while passing through the column. A cationic stationary phase is used to separate anions and an anionic stationary phase is used to separate cations. Cation exchange chromatography is used when the desired molecules to separate are cations and anion exchange chromatography is used to separate anions.

Laboratory techniques
Chemistry
Rueun

Rueun is a former municipality of the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.  On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Rueun, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu and Siat merged into the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Pitasch

Pitasch is a former municipality of the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.  On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Pitasch, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, Rueun and Siat merged into the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.

Former municipalities of Graubünden
Kerzers

Kerzers () is a municipality of the district See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

References

Other websites

 Official website 
 Papiliorama-Nocturama
 

Municipalities of Fribourg
Communauté d'agglomération d'Agen

The Communauté d'agglomération d'Agen is an administrative entity in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in southern France. Administrative center: Agen. It was formed in January 2013 by the merger of the communauté d'agglomération d'Agen and the communauté de communes du canton de Laplume-en-Bruilhois, and was also joined by the commune Pont-du-Casse.

It covers 31 communes, and has a population of approximately 99,000. It is the largest such communauté in Lot-et-Garonne.

Communes
The 31 communes:

Agen
Astaffort
Aubiac
Bajamont
Boé
Bon-Encontre
Brax
Castelculier
Caudecoste
Colayrac-Saint-Cirq
Cuq
Estillac
Fals
Foulayronnes
Lafox
Laplume
Layrac
Marmont-Pachas
Moirax
Le Passage
Pont-du-Casse
Roquefort
Saint-Caprais-de-Lerm
Sainte-Colombe-en-Bruilhois
Saint-Hilaire-de-Lusignan
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Balerme
Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac
Saint-Sixte
Sauvagnas
Sauveterre-Saint-Denis
Sérignac-sur-Garonne

References

Other websites
  (in French)

Agen
Astaffort

Astaffort  is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. Astaffort has a mill, a river and the church of Sainte-Geneviève.

Population

Related pages
Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

References

INSEE statistics

Communes in Lot-et-Garonne
APOEL FC

APOEL FC () is a professional football club from Cyprus. It is based in the capital, Nicosia.

Honours 
Cyprus Chanpionship (18 in total): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004

Cyprus Cup (17 in total): in 1937, 1941, 1947, 1951, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999.

Other websites 
 Official website of APOEL FC
 Official website of APOEL fans

Cypriot football clubs
Nicosia
Fire bucket

The fire bucket is simply a bucket filled with water or sand which is used to prevent or extinguish fires. Typically, fire buckets are painted bright red and have the word fire stencilled on them. Fire buckets are a low-technology method of fighting small fires.

Firefighting
Stuffed peppers

Stuffed peppers () is one of the traditional cooked dishes of Libyan cuisine. It is made of green peppers stuffed with minced meat, parsley, cheese and onions.

Ingredients 
 green peppers or red pepper
 A little chopped parsley
 100 g grated cheese
 150 g minced meat
 Chopped onion
 3 eggs
 Spices: Spice, black pepper, red pepper
 salt
  cooking oil for frying.

How to prepare 
Mix the meat with parsley, onion, eggs, and cheese, then put all the spices on it after that  Grind the peppers and put a little flour on the face and then fry them and serve them with tomato sauce.

Other countries

The dish of stuffed peppers exists in other countries and cultures.  It is sometimes cooked and served as a main course for vegetarians and vegans and has different recipes and preparation methods.  The dish is traditionally prepared with bell peppers, although in some places, poblano peppers (a type of mild chili pepper) are used.

Related pages
 List of stuffed dishes

References 

Foods
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy

Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Annecy. It is located in the Haute-Savoie department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former communauté de l'agglomération d'Annecy and four communautés de communes. Its population was 203,078 in 2014, of which 128,422 in Annecy proper.

Composition
The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy consists of the following 34 communes:

Alby-sur-Chéran
Allèves
Annecy
Argonay
Bluffy
Chainaz-les-Frasses
Chapeiry
Charvonnex
Chavanod
Cusy
Duingt
Entrevernes
Épagny-Metz-Tessy
Fillière
Groisy
Gruffy
Héry-sur-Alby
La Chapelle-Saint-Maurice
Leschaux
Menthon-Saint-Bernard
Montagny-les-Lanches
Mûres
Nâves-Parmelan
Poisy
Quintal
Saint-Eustache
Saint-Félix
Saint-Jorioz
Saint-Sylvestre
Sévrier
Talloires-Montmin
Veyrier-du-Lac
Villaz
Viuz-la-Chiésaz

References

Annecy
Agglomeration community of Annemasse – Les Voirons

The agglomeration community Annemasse - Les Voirons is an intercommunal structure in Haute-Savoie, France. It consists of the town Annemasse and 11 neighbouring communes. It is located at the Swiss border, east of Geneva, between the mountains Salève and Voirons.

History 
In 1966, the communes of Ambilly, Annemasse, Etrembières, Gaillard, Ville-la-Grand and Vétraz-Monthoux formed the syndicat intercommunal à vocations multiples of the Annemasse agglomeration. This cooperation became a communauté de communes on January 1, 2002. The communauté de communes of the Annemasse agglomeration and the communauté de communes of the Voirons merged to form the present agglomeration community in 2007.

Communes 
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 12 communes:

Politics

Communitary council
The conseil is composed of 79 delegates of municipal councils of member communes.

References

Other websites
 Official tourism site of Annemasse - Les Voirons agglomeration
 Official site of Annemasse - Les Voirons agglomeration 

Annemasse
Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky PAR (, 16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017) was a Russian operatic baritone. He was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He was known for performing in The Queen of Spades. He was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky in 2015 and the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" in 2017.

Hvorostovsky died in London of brain cancer on 22 November 2017 at the age of 55.

References

Other websites

Hvorostovsky.com, official website including details of audio and video recordings
Performances , Operabase
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Virtual Archive
Early interview with Dmitri Hvorostovsky by Bruce Duffie, September 23, 1993 (at the time of his American Operatic debut in Chicago)

1962 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from brain cancer
Cancer deaths in London
Russian singers
Russian opera singers
Frontotemporal dementia

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the clinical presentation of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. It is characterized by progressive neuronal loss predominantly involving the frontal or temporal lobes, and typical loss of over 70% of spindle neurons, while other neuron types remain intact.

Second only to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in prevalence, FTD accounts for 20% of young-onset dementia cases.

Common signs and symptoms include significant changes in social and personal behavior, apathy, blunting of emotions, and deficits in both expressive and receptive language.

References

Diseases and disorders of the cardiovascular system
Dementia
István Konkoly

István Konkoly (5 March 1930 – 20 November 2017) was a Hungarian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Szombathely from 1987 to 2006. He was born in Kerkaszentmiklós, Kingdom of Hungary.

Konkoly died on 20 November 2017 in Szombathely, Hungary at the age of 87.

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1930 births
2017 deaths
Hungarian Roman Catholics
Roman Catholic bishops
Thanggam LRT Station

Thanggam LRT Station  is an LRT station in Sengkang, Singapore. It is part of the Sengkang LRT Line. It opened together with the rest of the west loop on January 2005. At the same time, the Punggol LRT Line's east loop opened. It is near Jalan Kayu.

Name
Thanggam is the Tamil word for gold. There is a road called Lorong Thanggam near it.

Sources

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SBS Transit Website

Sengkang
Light Rail Transit (Singapore) stations
Cheng Lim LRT Station

Cheng Lim LRT Station is an LRT station in Sengkang, Singapore.

Timeline
1 January 2015The station opened.
2018Sengkang General and Community Hospital opens. It is connected to the station.

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SBS Transit Website

Sengkang
Light Rail Transit (Singapore) stations
Mombar

Mombar, known as sheep fawaregh (in Arabic: فوارغ)  is a delicious dish brought in the Arab countries,  it is  made from sheep intestines stuffed with a rice mixture and deep fried in oil. Mombar preparation takes some time and is considered a creamy dish.

Ingredients

 sheep intestines
 rice
 tomatoes
 onion
 garlic
 coriander
 oil
 tomato sauce
 spices

A piece of Mombar (about 100 grams) contains about 149 calories. Some people make it in a healthy way for people with special dietary needs, such as people who are have Diabetes mellitus.

A serving of about 300 grams contains:
 Calories:501
 Fat: 14
 Saturated fat: 1
 Cholesterol: 0
 Carbohydrates:85
 Proteins: 8

Naming
The Mombar in Egypt is what is known in Syria as qabwat , which are  lambs or sheeps small intestines stuffed with rice. Filling varies and rice remains the main ingredient for filling.

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 Egyptian food from cooks.com

Egypt
Foods
Wayne Cochran

Wayne Cochran (May 10, 1939 – November 21, 2017) was an American soul singer. He was known for his outfits and white pompadour hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as The White Knight of Soul. Cochran was best known today for writing the song "Last Kiss", which he performed with the C.C. Riders. He was also known for his song "Goin' Back to Miami" which was used in the movie The Blues Brothers. He was born in Thomaston, Georgia.

Cochran died on November 21, 2017, in Miramar, Florida at the age of 78.

References

Other websites
Official Website of Wayne Cochran & The C.C. Riders'' (website is dead) 
Brief bio of Wayne Cochran''

1939 births
2017 deaths
American soul musicians
Singers from Georgia (U.S. state)
Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
Musicians from Miami, Florida
Singers from Miami, Florida
People from Miramar, Florida
Valentin Huot

Valentin Huot (1 May 1929 – 21 November 2017) was a French racing cyclist. He won the French national road race title in 1957 and 1958. He was born in Creyssensac-et-Pissot, France.

Huot died on 21 November 2017 in Manzac-sur-Vern, France of bronchopneumonia, aged 88.

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Deaths from bronchopneumonia
Disease-related deaths in France
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George Avakian

George Mesrop Avakian (; ; March 15, 1919 – November 22, 2017) was an American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive. He was best known for his work from 1939 to the early-1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records. He was born in Armavir, Russia.

Avakian worked with artists such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon, Keith Jarrett, Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis, John Cage, Ravi Shankar, and many other notable jazz musicians and composers.

Avakian died on November 22, 2017, aged 98, at his home in Manhattan, New York.

References

Other websites

 Article about Avakian
 Interview with Avakian in 5 parts
 George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian papers, 1908-2013 Music Division, The New York Public Library.
 Interview with George Avakian, December 2009
George Avakian Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2009)

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Educators from New York City
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Jon Hendricks

John Carl Hendricks (September 16, 1921 – November 22, 2017), known professionally as Jon Hendricks, was an American jazz lyricist and singer. He was born in Newark, Ohio. In 1957, he teamed with Dave Lambert and Annie Ross to form the legendary vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (LH&R). 

Hendricks died on November 22, 2017 in Manhattan, New York at the age of 96.

References

Other websites
On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize 2002 – Behind the Curtain – Jon Hendricks from PBS
Prototype Online: Inventive Voices podcast featuring an interview with Jon Hendricks – From the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation website.

Grammy Award winners
1921 births
2017 deaths
American jazz musicians
American singer-songwriters
Singers from Ohio
Musicians from Ohio
Writers from Ohio
Robert Durst

Robert Alan Durst (April 12, 1943 – January 10, 2022) was an American real estate businessman, convicted murderer and possible serial killer. He was the son of New York City mogul Seymour Durst, and the elder brother of Douglas Durst, head of the Durst Organization. His crime allegations and trial were covered in the HBO miniseries The Jinx.

Criminal charges
Durst was suspected of foul play against three individuals in different states: Kathleen McCormack Durst, his first wife, who disappeared in New York in 1982; Susan Berman, his longtime friend, who was murdered in California in 2000; and his neighbor, Morris Black, who was killed in Texas in 2001.

Durst was the subject of a multi-state manhunt and was convicted of dismembering Black, but acquitted of his murder.

On March 14, 2015, Durst was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a first-degree murder warrant signed by a Los Angeles judge in relation to the Berman killing. On November 4, 2016, Durst was transferred to California and soon after was arraigned in Los Angeles on first-degree murder charges.

On September 17, 2021, the jury convicted Durst of first degree murder in the death of Susan Berman.

Death
On October 16, 2021, Durst tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on a ventilator. He died on January 10, 2022 from cardiac arrest at a medical center in French Camp, California at the age of 78. His health got worse after getting COVID in October and he also had bladder cancer.

Related pages

List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990

References

Other websites
 
  Mugshots: Robert Durst at Snagfilms

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Real estate developers
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Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Deaths from cardiac arrest
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Elizabeth Eckford

Elizabeth Eckford (born October 4, 1941) was a member of the Little Rock Nine. This was a group of African-American students who became the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were able to attend the school after a court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The court ordered that schools had to integrate black and white students. Elizabeth's attempt to go to school was photographed on the morning of September 4, 1957. She was prevented from entering the school by the Arkansas National Guard. A dramatic snapshot by Johnny Jenkins (UPI) showed the young girl being followed and threatened by an angry white mob; this and other photos of the day's startling events were circulated around the US and the world by the print press.

The most famous photo of the event was taken by Will Counts of the Arkansas Democrat. His photo was the unanimous selection for a 1958 Pulitzer Prize, but since the story had earned the Arkansas Gazette two other Pulitzer Prizes already, the Prize was awarded to another photographer for a pleasant photograph of a two-year-old boy in Washington, D.C. A different photo taken by Counts of Alex Wilson, a black reporter for the Memphis Tri-State Defender being beaten by the angry mob in Little Rock the same day, was chosen as the "News Picture of the Year" for 1957 by the National Press Photographers Association. This image by Counts prompted President Dwight D. Eisenhower to send federal troops to Little Rock.

1941 births
Living people
People from Little Rock, Arkansas
Luis Garisto

Luis Garisto Pan (3 December 1945 – 21 November 2017) was a Uruguayan football (soccer) coach who had a professional career as both player and head coach. He was born in Montevideo. He played for Uruguay's national football team. He coached Deportivo Toluca and for Atlas.

Garisto died in Montevideo on 21 November 2017 of respiratory failure at the age of 71.

References

Other websites
Profile at MedioTiempo

1945 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from respiratory failure
Uruguayan footballers
Uruguayan football managers
Sportspeople from Montevideo
Reg Watson

Reginald James Watson AM (27 August 1926 – 8 October 2019), as Reg Watson was an Australian retired television producer and writer. He was best known for creating soap operas like Prisoner and Neighbours. He retired in 1992.

Watson was honored with Order of Australia in 2010.

He died on 8 October 2019 at the age of 93.

References

1926 births
2019 deaths
Television producers
Television writers
Writers from Brisbane
Elle (magazine)

Elle is a worldwide lifestyle magazine of French origin. It looks at fashion, beauty, health and entertainment. Elle was created in 1945 by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in France. The first international Elle was sent out in Japan in 1969. The United States and United Kingdom versions were first sent out in 1985. Elle is said to be the world's largest fashion magazine.

History 
Elle was launched in many other countries between 1987 and 1996. In 1987, Elle was first published in Italy and Hong Kong. The following year, it began being published in Germany, China, Brazil, Sweden, Greece and Portugal. Russia was the last country to get the magazine; it came to Russia in 1996. Elle is mainly operating from Paris. It also has licensed publishers in New York City, Toronto, London, Madrid, Brussels, Mexico City, Athens and several other international cities.

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Monthly magazines
Fashion magazines
1945 establishments in Europe
1940s establishments in France
Resistance welding

Resistance spot welding (RSW) is a process in which metal surfaces are joined by the heat gained from resistance to an electric current. It is in the group of electric resistance welding.

Engineering
Metals
River Annalee

The River Annalee  is a river in County Cavan, Ireland. The source of the river is Lough Sillan near Shercock.

Rivers of Ireland
Ank Bijleveld

Anna Theodora Bernardina "Ank" Bijleveld-Schouten (born March 17, 1962 in IJsselmuiden) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

She was Defense Minister in the Third Rutte cabinet.

Bijleveld was born in a family, of which the father was in the military. After studying public administration at the Technical College of Twente, she became a municipal councillor of Enschede in 1986. She was chosen into the Second Chamber in 1989. She was successively mayor of the municipality of Hof van Twente from 2001 to 2007, deputy government minister in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet from 2007 to 2010, and King's Commissioner of the Province of Overijssel from 2011 to 2017.

From October 26, 2017 to September 17, 2021, she was Minister of Defense in Rutte 3. She stepped down because the evacuation of Afghans who worked for the Netherlands and tried to flee from the Taliban after they conquered Afghanistan, did not quite go well. Foreign minister Sigrid Kaag resigned before her.

She has been acting mayor of Almere since January 17, 2022, as successor of Franc Weerwind.

Ank Bijleveld is married with two children, and is a member of the Catholic Church.

References 

 Parlement.com

1962 births
Living people
Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
Deputy government ministers of the Netherlands
Dutch councillors
Dutch mayors
Dutch Roman Catholics
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Government ministers of the Netherlands
People from Kampen
Politicians from Overijssel
IJsselmuiden

IJsselmuiden (Low Saxon: Iesselmuden or Iesselmuun) is a village in the municipality of Kampen, the Netherlands. It is the biggest settlement in this municipality after Kampen itself. IJsselmuiden has been part of Kampen since 2001.

It is in the Kop van Overijssel ("Head of Overijssel"), a region in the northwest of the Province of Overijssel. 

As of 2020, about 12,500 people lived in this village.

IJsselmuiden is low-lying and is at the river mouth of the IJssel river. It is on the east bank, opposite to the city of Kampen on the west bank.

The village is an old settlement, dating from the Middle Ages. It was first mentioned in 1133.

People 
 Ank Bijleveld (born 1962), politician

References 
 Plaatsengids.nl

21st-century disestablishments in the Netherlands
Settlements in Overijssel
Former municipalities of Overijssel
Kampen
Ariège

Ariège may refer to:

 Ariège (department), department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southwestern France, named after the river of the same name
 Ariège (river), river in southern France
 SS Ariège, cargo ship
 Ariege (horse), a filly born to Kostroma (horse)
Overdinkel

Overdinkel (Low Saxon: Oaverdeenkel) is a village in the municipality of Losser, the Netherlands.

It lies in Twente, a region in the Province of Overijssel. 

The village borders Germany.

As of 2021, about 4,100 people were living in Overdinkel.

Settlements in Overijssel
Losser
Carole Samaha

Carole Samaha () is a Lebanese singer, actress, and performer. She has released six studio albums. Samaha has a master's degree in acting and directing, which she earned in 1999 from the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
In 2004 she won the Arab Music Award for best female newcomer. She has also won multiple Murex d'Or awards and was nominated for best Arabia New Act in the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008.

Early life
Samaha was born on 25 July 1972 in Beirut to Antoine Samaha from Khenchara, Matn and Nouhad Hawi from Dhour El Choueir, Matn. She has two brothers.
Her parents supported different political factions, according to Samaha that fact made her become "more open" to the different views of people and she learned a lot from that experience.

Personal life
On 1 November  2013, Samaha married Walid Mostafa, a divorced Egyptian with a daughter from a previous marriage, in a civil ceremony in Cyprus following an 18-month love affair and short engagement. On 31 August 2015 Carole Samaha gave birth to a baby girl, Tala. She is Catholic. From 2014, Samaha has been residing in Egypt with her husband.

Discography

Videography

Awards 
 "Revelation of the year" (actress and singer) Murex d'Or in 2000.
 "Best female newcomer" Arab Music Award (2003) - This was the first year for which Arab Music Awards were awarded and the ceremony was held in Dubai in May 2004.
 "Best Polyvalent talent" (actress and singer) Murex d'Or in 2003.
 "Best Female Romantic Song" ("Tala3 Fiyyi") Murex d'Or in 2003.
 "Best Lebanese Female Singer" Murex d'Or in 2007.
 "Best Lebanese Song" ("Ya Rab", with Marwan Khoury) Murex d'Or in 2007.
 "Best album of the year" (Hdoudi Sama, 2009) Murex d'Or in June 2010.
 Samahe was honored for best music video – "Khalik Behalik" – at the 2011 Murex d'Or ceremony.
 World Music Award "Best Stage Performer in the Middle East" in Monaco 2014.

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1972 births
Living people
Lebanese entertainers
People from Beirut
Stela Popescu

Stela Popescu (21 December 1935 – 23 November 2017) was a well-known Romanian actress, humanitarian and television personality. She was born in Orhei. She was known for her roles as Spiona in Uncle Marin, the Billionaire (1979).

Popescu died in Bucharest on 23 November 2017 of a stroke at the age of 81. Her friend, actress Cristina Stamate, died four days later.

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1935 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from stroke
Romanian entertainers
Romanian movie actors
Romanian television actors
Television personalities
Humanitarians
Pete Stark

Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 – January 24, 2020) was an American businessman and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 2013. He served as a Democrat from California.

After 2010 redistricting, Stark campaigned for the 15th district seat in 2012, narrowly finished first in the primary but lost in the general election to fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell.

Stark had been the longest-serving member of Congress from California, serving continuously from January 3, 1973 through January 3, 2013.

Early life
Stark was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was raised in San Francisco, California. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of California, Berkeley.

Political career
In 1972, Stark moved to Oakland to run in the Democratic primary against 14-term incumbent U.S. Representative George Paul Miller of Alameda in what was then the 8th district. In the 1972 general election, he defeated Republican Lew Warden with 53% of the vote. He was re-elected a total of 18 times until loosing in the 2012 primaries to Eric Swalwell.

2007 Iraq War comment
On October 18, 2007, Stark made the following comments on the House floor during a debate with Congressman Joe Barton of Texas: 

Following the initial criticism to his statements, when asked by a radio station if he would take back any of his statements, Stark responded "Absolutely not. I may have dishonored the Commander-in-Chief, but I think he’s done pretty well to dishonor himself without any help from me."

Personal life
Stark revealed he was an atheist in 2007, which made him the first openly atheist member of Congress. In 1989, he married Carolyn Layton nee Wente. They divorced in 1991. He then married Deborah Roderick.

Stark died on January 24, 2020 at his home near Annapolis, Maryland of leukemia, aged 88.

References

Other websites

 Pete Stark for Congress official campaign site
 
Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template:
 Congressional profile at GovTrack
 Congressional profile at OpenCongress
 Financial information (federal office) at OpenSecrets.org

1931 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from leukemia
United States representatives from California
American atheists
Bankers
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