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Keith Chegwin

Keith Chegwin (17 January 1957 – 11 December 2017) was an English television presenter and actor. He was nicknamed "Cheggers". He was best known as the presenter of the BBC children's game show Cheggers Plays Pop and the Channel 5 comedy game show It's a Knockout. He played Fleance in the Roman Polanski movie Macbeth (1971).

Chegwin was born in Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire. He was married to Maggie Philbin from 1982 to 1993. He  married Maria Fielden in 2000. He had two children, a daughter Rose and a son Ted.

Chegwin died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on 11 December 2017 in Shropshire. He was 60.

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Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are a British new wave/pop rock band. They were formed in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. They were formed in Bath, Somerset, England. The band has released six albums, one live album, one extended play and 31 singles. Famous singles by Tears for Fears include "Mad World" (1982), "Shout" (1984), "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Head over Heels (both 1985).

Members

Current members
Roland Orzabal – guitars, keyboards, lead and backing vocals (1981–present)
Curt Smith – bass, keyboards, backing and lead vocals (1981–1991, 2000–present)

Former members
Manny Elias – drums, percussion (1981–1986)
Ian Stanley – keyboards, backing vocals (1981–1987)

Timeline

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Molly Quinn

Molly Caitlyn Quinn (born October 8, 1993), also known as Molly C. Quinn, is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the television shows Castle and the English version of Winx Club. She also appeared in the movie We're the Millers (2013).

Quinn was born in Texarkana, Texas. She is of Irish ancestry.

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Yellowstone Caldera

The Yellowstone Caldera is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park in the Western United States. It is sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano. The caldera and most of the park are in the northwest corner of Wyoming. 

The caldera is about 55 by 72 km. It was formed during the last of the three supereruptions that occurred over the last 2.1 million years.

Volcanism at Yellowstone is relatively recent. The calderas lie over a hotspot under the Yellowstone Plateau. Light and hot magma (molten rock) from the mantle rises toward the surface. The hotspot is much deeper than the terrain: it is stationary, while the North American Plate moves west-southwest over it.

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Cy Young (athlete)

Cyrus Charles Young (July 23, 1928 – December 6, 2017) was an American athlete. He was born in Modesto, California. He competed mainly in the javelin throw. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was the first non-European man to win the gold medal in the javelin throw in the Olympics in 1952, and – through the 2012 London Olympics – he remains the only American male to earn Olympic gold in the event.

Young died in Modesto on December 6, 2017 of vascular dementia at the age of 89.

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Grant Munro

Grant Munro (April 25, 1923 – December 9, 2017) was a Canadian animator, filmmaker and actor. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

In 1952, he starred with Jean-Paul Ladouceur in Norman McLaren's Neighbours. He worked on the movies Two Bagatelles (1953), Seven Surprizes (1963), Christmas Cracker (1963) and Canon (1964).

His movie, Christmas Cracker, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1962.

Munro died of an illness in Montreal, Quebec on December 9, 2017 at the age of 94.

References

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 Watch films by Grant Munro at NFB web site
 Making Movie History: Grant Munro (interview)

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Arroux

The Arroux is a river in central France. It is a right tributary of the Loire river.

Geography
The Arroux river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of .

Course
The Arroux river starts in Culètre commune in the south of the Côte-d'Or) department, at an altitude of about . From here, the Arroux flows first to the west and then to the southwest.

The Arroux river flows through 2 regions and 3 departments. It flows through the following communes, among others:
 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
 Côte-d'Or: Arnay-le-Duc
 Saône-et-Loire: Autun, Étang-sur-Arroux, Toulon-sur-Arroux, Gueugnon, Digoin
 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
 Allier: (only a short distance)

Finally, it flows into the Loire river near the town of Digoin.

Main tributaries
The main tributaries of the Arroux river are:

Left tributaries:
 Drée - 39.4 km
 Mesvrin - 36.4 km
 Bourbince - 82.4 km

Right tributaries:
 Ternin - 48 km
 Méchet - 23.9 km

Hydrology 
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is  at Digoin in the Saône-et-Loire department.

Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Digoin (1958 - 2017)

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

References

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vera Katz

Vera Katz, born Vera Pistrak, (August 3, 1933 – December 11, 2017) was a German-born American Democratic politician of Jewish descent.

She was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. She and her family fled to France some time after Hitler had become chancellor. After Germany invaded France they fled to Spain and eventually moved to New York City in the United States.

She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and was the 49th mayor of Portland from 1993 through 2005. She replaced Bud Clark in 1993 and was replaced by Tom Potter in 2005.

Vera Katz died in Portland from leukemia at the age of 84.

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Frank Ivancie

Francis James "Frank" Ivancie (July 19, 1924 – May 2, 2019) was an American businessman and politician. He served as Mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1980 to 1985. Before this, Ivancie served for fourteen years on the Portland City Council.

During his political career, Ivancie was a conservative Democrat.

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Uriel

Uriel (, , , meaning “God is my light” or “fire of God”) is an archangel in Jewish and Christian traditions. The Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Anglicans call him “Saint Uriel the Archangel” or simply “Saint Uriel”.

In Judaism and Christianity 
The Roman Catholic Church only recognizes three archangels which are mentioned in the Bible: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. But according to the certain rabbinic and Christian traditions, there are four or even seven archangels, Uriel is generally the fourth. In the Deuterocanonical book 2 Esdras, Uriel is sent by God to answer the questions which are asked by Ezra.

The role of Uriel in Christian apocryphal traditions is different from answering Ezra's questions. He is said to have rescued John the Baptist from the Massacre of the Innocents(the murder of all boys under the age of two in the area of Bethlehem) as a child and reunited him and his mother Saint Elizabeth with John's cousin, Jesus. This is shown in Leonardo da Vinci's painting Virgin of the Rocks.

Uriel is often described as a cherub and the angel of repentance  and is the angel at the Gate of Eden. In The Apocalypse of Peter, Uriel is shown to be as cruel as any demon when enforcing repentance. He is also supposed to be one of the angels that buried Adam and Abel in Eden.

Gallery

Related pages
 St. Uriel's Episcopal Church

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Christian saints
Perfect (Ed Sheeran song)

"Perfect" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.  It was released on November 24, 2017, as the fourth single from his album, ÷. The song reached as high as number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.  The following week, Sheeran re-released the song as a duet with American singer Beyoncé, who sings the second verse from a female perspective.  

The duet version has reached number one in both the US and UK.  It became Sheeran's second American chart-topper and Beyoncé's sixth as a solo artist (tenth including songs with Destiny's Child).

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Beaucamps-le-Vieux

Beaucamps-le-Vieux is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Related pages
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Stadio San Paolo

Stadio San Paolo (officially called the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona) is a sports stadium in Naples, Italy. It is mainly used for football matches, but also has an athletics track. It has a seating capacity of 60,240. This makes it the third biggest stadium in the country. The stadium was built between 1948 and 1959. It opened on 6 December 1959. It is the home stadium of S.S.C. Napoli of Serie A and sometimes the Italy national team.

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona hosted five matches of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

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MLS Cup 2016

MLS Cup 2016 was a soccer game played on December 10, 2016. It was the 21st MLS Cup, a special game between the winners of the Eastern and Western Conferences in Major League Soccer. Seattle Sounders FC won the game in a penalty shootout with a score of 5–4 against Toronto FC..

The two teams played again in MLS Cup 2017. Toronto FC won that game 2–0.

Sources

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2016 in the United States
Charles Robert Jenkins

Charles Robert Jenkins (February 18, 1940 – December 11, 2017) was a former United States Army soldier. He lived in North Korea from 1965 to 2004 after deserting from his unit and crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone. He was born in Rich Square, North Carolina. 

On November 3, Jenkins pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and aiding the enemy, but denied making disloyal or seditious statements – the latter charges were dropped.  He was sentenced to 30 days' confinement, received a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and benefits and was reduced in rank to E-1 private (the lowest rank in the US Army). He was released six days early, on November 27, 2004, for good behavior.

On July 15, 2008, Jenkins obtained permanent residency status in Japan, just half a month after he applied for the status.

Jenkins died in Sado, Niigata on December 11, 2017 of heart failure, aged 77.

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Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American action-adventure monster movie directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, and Derek Connolly from a story by John Gatins.

The movie is a third reboot of the King Kong franchise as well the 7th film of the series and serves as the second movie in Legendary's MonsterVerse. The movie stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly with Richard Jenkins.

The movie is about a team of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers who travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific and encounter terrifying creatures and the mighty Kong.

Kong: Skull Island was released on February 28, 2017, in London and was released in the United States on March 10, 2017. The movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $566 million worldwide against its $185 million budget. A crossover sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong, is set for release on May 22, 2020 with Kong facing Godzilla from the 2014 movie Godzilla.

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Roberto Firmino

Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (born 2 October 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer. He plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. He plays as an attacking midfielder, forward or winger. He was born in Maceió.

Firmino started his career in Brazil, first playing for CRB and later Figueirense. In 2011, he joined the Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim, where he spent four-and-a-half seasons. He signed for Premier League side Liverpool in June 2015.

Firmino has played for Brazil since 2014. He played for them during the 2015 Copa América and 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Hoffenheim
Firmino joined Hoffenheim in December 2010, including a contract running until June 2015. He flew to Hoffenheim on January 1, 2011. Ernst Tanner, which is the manager of Hoffenheim said “they were pleased to have a talented Brazilian soccer player on there team”.  He made his debut after a month in a Bundesliga defeat against a team called Mainz ,when he got substituted with Sebastian Rudy at the 75th minute. Firmino made his first professional goal with Hoffenheim on April 16 the only goal of a league victory against Eintracht Frankfurt. In July 2013, A russian club named Lokomotiv Moscow which made a €12 million bid for firmino Hoffenheim captain Andreas Beck halied Firmino's development as "outstanding" in August 2013. He completed he 2013–14 Bundesliga season with a he was the fourth highest score with 16 goals.

Liverpool
On June 23, 2015, while he was competing for Brazil at the Copa América, Hoffenheim and Firmino both agreed the terms for him to transfer him to the Premier League club called Liverpool for about £29 million on conclusion of the tournament, Liverpool confirmed the signing the next day The deal was finalised on 4 July.

On 23 August, Firmino scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season,and scoring 5-0 goals and a win over Burton Albion. 

He was took Jordan Ibe for the final 12 minutes in a game against 1-0 Stoke City. In January 2016, the Irish Examiner said Firmino was steadily 

On December 21, 2019, he scored the goal in the FIFA Club World Cup Final, giving the title to Liverpool.

References

Other websites

Roberto Firmino profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
Roberto Firmino career stats at Soccerbase

1991 births
Living people
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Footballers from Maceió
Liverpool F.C. players
Bud Clark

John Elwood "Bud" Clark, Jr. (December 19, 1931 – February 1, 2022) was an American politician and businessman. He served as Mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1985 to 1992. A leftist populist with little political experience before his mayoral bid, he was one of Portland's most colorful political figures.

Clark died on February 1, 2022 in Portland, Oregon from congestive heart failure, aged 90.

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Denise Kandel

Denise Kandel (; née Bystryn; born February 27, 1933) is a French-born American medical sociologist and epidemiologist. 

Kandel is known for her epidemiological longitudinal studies on the sequence of first-time use of various legal and illegal drugs, carried out from the 1970s until the present time (written 2016).

She is a Holocaust survivor. In 1956, she married Eric Kandel. They have two children.

References

Other websites
 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons: Report on scientific collaboration of Denise & Eric Kandel, October 3, 2011  (accessed May 23, 2016).
 Video: Denise and Eric Kandel: E-Cigarettes May Promote Illicit Drug Use and Addiction, Columbia University News, September 2, 2014 (accessed May 23, 2016).

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Song rhythm tracks

Song Rhythm Tracks are musician's backing tracks that are composed entirely of percussion and/or drums and arranged for a song. Specifically, they do not include any harmony or melody parts. They are neither (i) traditional song backing tracks, which include harmonic accompaniment, nor (ii) traditional rhythm tracks, which are not arranged for a song.

Uses 
Musicians, including singers, use these tracks to support both their practice and performance of popular song. Typical musical genres represented are pop, blues, jazz, folk and Latin, but any genre may be included that uses a constant pulse. The tracks provide higher-quality rhythmic backing due to being arranged for the song the musician plays. This has advantages over traditional (none song-arranged) rhythm tracks because the musical form of the song is followed by the rhythm.

Musicians would also use these backing tracks to practice, which was mentioned before. Guitarists would find what key the track is being played in, and play over it using either the major or minor scale to solo along, or to just jam. Vocalists would use these to practice their pitch, and their free-style. Not only would one person play along with a track, but a few people could join in. If they are lucky, they may just come up with a killer song.

Comparisons in use 
Full song backing tracks provide a fuller arrangement of a song than song rhythm tracks do but they may be limited in the facilities to re-arrange / re-mix the backing track. For instance, there might be instruments included that the musicians wish to remove from the mix. Song Rhythm Tracks can be used as the basis for an arrangement generally without requirements of re-arranging the song rhythm tracks. Full song backing tracks are often used by singers as their sole accompaniment. Song rhythm tracks are used by single, or groups of, musicians that do not have a drummer.

As rhythmic backing does not include harmony, song rhythm tracks are simpler arrangements than full song backing and are arranged to the musical sectional and chorus structure of the song. These arrangements may be comparable to a drummer's accompaniment and can be used as the rhythm tracks in productions without additional arranging.

References

Other websites 
Alive Drumming, vendor of Song Rhythm Tracks

Music
Ed Lee (politician)

Edwin Mah "Ed" Lee (; May 5, 1952 – December 12, 2017) was an American politician and attorney. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco, California from January 11, 2011 until his death. Before this, he was City Administrator of San Francisco from 2005 to 2011. He was the first Asian American to become mayor of the city.

Lee was born in Seattle, Washington. He was of Chinese ancestry. He married Anita in 1980. They had two daughters, Brianna and Tania.

Lee died of a heart attack on December 12, 2017 in San Francisco. He was 65.

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Ilan Gilon

Ilan Gilon or Ilan Gil'on / Ilan Gil-On, Romanian: Ilan Ghilon, Hebrew: אילן גילאון, (born May 12, 1956 in Galaţi, Romania) is an Israeli politician of the Meretz party.

Gilon got polio when he was a baby. Because of this he has problems with his legs. He migrated to Israel when he was a child.

He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem but didn't obtain a degree.

He became involved in politics by becoming a member of the youth department of Mapam (a socialist political party and a forerunner of Meretz), followed by Meretz itself later on.

Gilon was deputy mayor of Ashdod from 1993 to 1999.

He entered the Knesset in 1999, did not get a seat in 2003, and has again been an MK since 2009.

As a parliamentarian he is mainly involved with social welfare issues. Among these are promoting laws to help people with disabilities.

After the resignation of Zehava Gal-On in October 2017, Gilon has become leader of the Meretz party in the Knesset.

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 Bio at Knesset Website

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TamilFunda

Tamil Funda is an Indian website. It covers topics ranging from the Tamil culture to the topics loosely related to Tamil audience.

History
Founded on October 22,  2013. It publish content exclusive for the Tamil audience living all over the world. The editorial team publishes the content.

Content
The content published by TamilFunda are available in English and in Tamil. Tamilfunda.com is one of the popular Tamil website in the Alexa rankings. These are the following types in which the content is  categorized.  Business & Finance, Education, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Government, Health, Society & Culture, Technology, and Travel.

Reference

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Websites
India
Faizon Love

Langston Faizon Santisima (born June 4, 1968), better known as Faizon Love, is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in Elf (2003).

Early life
Love was born Langston Faizon Santisima in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on June 4, 1968.

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Aline Griffith, Dowager Countess of Romanones

María Aline Griffith Dexter, Countess of Romanones, spouse of a Grandee of Spain (22 May 1923 – 11 December 2017)<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/21/books/no-headline-029887.html|title=Review of The Spy Wore Red,'|last=Gross|first=Michael|date=June 21, 1987|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=2009-05-17}}</ref> was a Spanish-American aristocrat, socialite, and writer.

Life
Griffith was born in Pearl River, New York.

Griffith worked in the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) as a cipher clerk during World War II. She was a member of the International Best Dressed List from 1962 until her death in 2017. She was a close friend to many world leaders and celebrities including Nancy Reagan, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Audrey Hepburn.

Griffith died on 11 December 2017 in Madrid at the age of 94.

Titles and styles
 Miss Aline Griffith (1923–1947)
 The Most Excellent The Countess of Quintanilla (1947–1963)
 The Most Excellent The Countess of Romanones (1963–1988)
 The Most Excellent The Dowager Countess of Romanones (1988–2017)
 Elected, The International Hall of Fame, Vanity Fair: The International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame (1962)

References

Other websites
 Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles'', Hidalguía Editions, 2008

1923 births
2017 deaths
Spanish royalty
Spanish writers
Writers from New York
Suzanna Leigh

Suzanna Leigh (born Sandra Eileen Anne Smith; 26 July 1945 – 11 December 2017) was a British actress. She was known for her movie and television roles in the 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Berkshire, England. She was known for her role as the love interest of Elvis Presley in Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966).

Leigh starred in the cult British horror movies The Deadly Bees (1966) and The Fiend (1972). In 1974 she starred as Amber in Son of Dracula.

Leigh died of liver cancer on 11 December 2017 at her home in Winter Beach, Florida at the age of 72.

References

Other websites
 Interview with Joe Krein , Elvis2001.net
 InStyle UK: 60s Fashion: Women Who Made The Decade Achingly Cool (pictured at numbers 32 & 42) , instyle.co.uk

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2017 deaths
Deaths from liver cancer
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British movie actors
British television actors
British stage actors
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Zarley Zalapski

Zarley Bennett Zalapski (April 22, 1968 – December 10, 2017) was a Canadian-Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta. He played from 1987 to 2010. He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Hartford Whalers, the Calgary Flames, the Montreal Canadiens and for the Philadelphia Flyers.

Zalapski died on December 12, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta of a viral infection at the age of 49.

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Bramall Lane

Bramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Sheffield United. As the largest stadium in Sheffield during the 19th century it hosted most of the city's most significant matches including the final of the world's first football tournament, first floodlit match and several matches between the Sheffield and London Football Associations that led to the unification of their respective rules. It was also used by Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield F.C. for major matches. It has been the home of Sheffield United since the club's establishment in 1889. It is the oldest major stadium in the world still to be hosting professional association football matches.

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Football stadiums in England
David Chase

David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for creating the HBO drama television series The Sopranos (1999–2007). The show became very popular and earned him seven Emmy Awards. He has also produced and written for shows such as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away and Northern Exposure. He will serve as an executive producer and writer of the future movie The Many Saints of Newark, a background story to The Sopranos.

Chase was born in Mount Vernon, New York, to an Italian American family. He married Denise Kelly in 1968. The couple have a daughter, Michele DeCesare, who played Hunter Scangarelo in The Sopranos.

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American movie directors
American movie producers
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Doug Jones (politician)

Gordon Douglas Jones (born May 4, 1954) is an American attorney, prosecutor, and politician. Jones is the United States Senator of Alabama upon being elected on December 12, 2017 and sworn-in on January 3, 2018. Jones served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. 

As a lawyer, Jones is known for prosecuting the remaining two Ku Klux Klan perpetrators of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which killed four African-American girls, along with leading an indictment against the Olympic Park Bomber. 

Jones was the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate special election in Alabama against Republican nominee Roy Moore which was held on December 12, 2017. Jones was elected Senator with 49.6% of the vote to Moore's 48.8% of the vote.

Jones lost his re-election in 2020 to Tommy Tuberville in November.

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 Doug Jones for Senate 
 Jones & Hawley 

1954 births
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Lawyers from Alabama
United States senators from Alabama
People from Fairfield, Alabama
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Pat DiNizio

Pat DiNizio (October 12, 1955 – December 12, 2017) was an American rock musician. He was best known as the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band The Smithereens. He formed the band with three original members in 1980 in Carteret, New Jersey. He was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, but raised in Carteret.

DiNizio died on December 12, 2017 after a period of ill health in Scotch Plains, at the age of 62.

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Mountain States

Mountain states are US states that have mountains in them.

Regions of the United States
David Lau

David Baruch Lau, Hebrew: דוד ברוך לאו , (born January 13, 1966 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi. He has been Chief Rabbi of Israel on behalf of the Ashkenazi Jews since August 14, 2013, succeeding Yona Metzger.

His father Yisrael Meir Lau had the same position from 1993 to 2003. His Sephardic counterpart is Yitzhak Yosef.

Related pages 
 List of Chief Rabbis of Israel

References 
 New Chief Rabbis David Lau & Yitzchak Yosef Sworn In. Arutz Sheva. August 14, 2013

1966 births
Living people
Chief Rabbis of Israel
People from Tel Aviv
Yitzhak Yosef

Yitzhak Yosef, Hebrew: יצחק יוסף , (born January 16, 1952 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi.

He has been Chief Rabbi of Israel on behalf of the Sephardi Jews since August 14, 2013, succeeding Shlomo Amar.

His father Ovadia Yosef (died 2013) had the same position from 1973 to 1983.

His Ashkenazic counterpart is David Lau.

Related pages 
 List of Chief Rabbis of Israel

References 
 New Chief Rabbis David Lau & Yitzchak Yosef Sworn In. Arutz Sheva. August 14, 2013

1952 births
Living people
Chief Rabbis of Israel
People from Jerusalem
Bodice

A bodice () is an article of clothing for women, covering the body from the neck to the waist.

Further reading
Arnold, Janet: Patterns of Fashion: the cut and construction of clothes for men and women 1560-1620, Macmillan 1985. ()
Steele, Valerie: "The Corset: A Cultural History" Yale University Press, 2001.

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Mellophone

The mellophone is a medium-range instrument which typically takes the place of the French horn in marching bands. Its appearance is similar to that of a trumpet except for more tubing and a much larger bell.
Musical instruments
Museum for Architectural Drawing

The Museum for Architectural Drawing (in German: Museum für Architekturzeichnung) is a private museum in Berlin, Germany dedicated to architectural drawing around the world. the museum was opened in June 2013.

Other websites 

  Museum for Architectural Drawing

Buildings and structures in Berlin
Museums in Germany
Stanley Baxter

Stanley Baxter (born 24 May 1926) is a Scottish actor and impressionist. He is known for his highly popular British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, Baxter On..., Time For Baxter, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika.

References

Other websites
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Stanley Baxter biography and credits at BFI Screenonline
Parliamo Glasgow audio clip from BBC Radio Scotland

1926 births
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Eileen Derbyshire

Eileen Derbyshire,  (born 6 October 1931) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. She played the character for 55 years, from January 1961 to January 2016 and again for a cameo appearance in October 2019, making her the longest-serving female cast member in a British soap opera and the second longest-serving cast member on the show, after William Roache who has played the role of Ken Barlow continuously, since the show's first episode on the 9 December 1960.

She is the mother of sports journalist Oliver Holt. She was awarded an MBE in the 2010 Queens Birthday Honours list with her fellow co-star and friend, Barbara Knox who plays the role of Rita Sullivan on the show.

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 Profile at corrie.net including a rare photo out of character

1931 births
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Barbara Knox

Barbara Knox  (born 30 September 1933), is a British actress. She is known for her portrayal of newsagent Rita Sullivan in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She has been a full-time cast member for nearly 50 years, having  appeared for one episode as Rita in December 1964, before becoming a regular cast member from January 1972 onwards.

On 28 March 2014, it was reported that she had been arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol in her home town of Knutsford, Cheshire. On 4 April, Knox was formally charged, and she appeared at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court on 24 April. On 23 January 2015, she changed her plea to guilty. She was banned from driving for a year, as well as being fined £3,000 and £1,750 in costs.

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WWE Network

WWE Network is a subscription-based video streaming service owned by WWE, using the infrastructure of BAMTech.

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LFO (American band)

Lyte Funkie Ones (LFO) is an American pop band. It has vocalists Devin Lima (born March 18, 1977) and Brad Fischetti (born September 11, 1975).

Biography 
The band was formerly a trio that also featured lead singer and primary songwriter Rich Cronin, and initially disbanded after his death in 2010, but Lima and Fischetti reunited LFO as a duo in 2017. Before Lima joined the group in 1999, the third member was Brian Gillis (known as "Brizz"), who was with the group from its start in 1995. 

The band is best known for their hit songs "Summer Girls", "Girl on TV", and "Every Other Time". The band have sold over 4 million records worldwide.

In October 2017, Devin Lima was diagnosed with stage four adrenal cancer and he had one kidney removed.. He died from the disease on November 21, 2018 at the age of 41.

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Warrel Dane

Warrel Dane (March 7, 1961 – December 13, 2017) was an American heavy metal singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the lead singer for the metal bands Sanctuary and Nevermore. He was a natural baritone, though he was known for his high-pitched vocals with Serpent's Knight and on the first two Sanctuary albums. He was born in Seattle, Washington.

Dane provided the voice of Candynose Twinskins in the musical comedy Metalocalypse on Adult Swim.

Dane died of a heart attack on December 13, 2017 in São Paulo, Brazil at the age of 56.

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic irreversible and fatal disease caused by a progressive decline in lung function. 

The term pulmonary fibrosis means scarring of lung tissue and is the cause of worsening dyspnea (shortness of breath). Fibrosis is usually associated with a poor prognosis.

IPF belongs to a large group of more than 200 lung diseases known as interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), characterized by the involvement of lung interstitium.

IPF usually occurs in adults of between 50 and 70 years of age, particularly those with a history of cigarette smoking, and affects more men than women. Treatment to slow down the progression of the disease may include nintedanib or pirfenidone.

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Pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis (literally "scarring of the lungs") is a respiratory disease in which scars are formed in the lung tissues, leading to serious breathing problems. Scar formation, the addition of extra fibrous connective tissue (the process called fibrosis), leads to thickening of the walls, and causes low oxygen supply in the blood.

As a result patients suffer from shortness of breath.

In some patients the cause of the disease can be diagnosed, but in others the cause is unknown, a condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. There is no known cure for the scars and damage in the lung due to pulmonary fibrosis.

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Simon Dickie

Simon Charles Dickie (31 March 1951 – 13 December 2017) was a New Zealand rowing cox who won three Olympic medals: two gold and one bronze. He was born in Waverley in Taranaki, New Zealand. For the 1968 Summer Olympics, New Zealand qualified an eight and had a pool of four rowers and a cox as a travelling reserve; Dickie was part of this reserve as their cox.

Dickie was only one of fifteen New Zealanders to have won two or more Olympic gold medals. He later owned an adventure company in Taupo.

Dickie died on 13 December 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand after falling from his balcony at the age of 66.

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Riot Games

Riot Games is an American video game developer, publisher, and eSports tournament organizer established in 2006. Their main office is based in West Los Angeles, California.

The company is primarily known for creating the game League of Legends, which was released in North America and Europe on October 27, 2009.

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Ivan Stoyanov

Ivan Stoyanov (; 20 January 1949 – 10 December 2017) was a Bulgarian footballer. He played as a midfielder. At club level, he played for Spartak Sofia and Levski Sofia. He also played for the Bulgaria national team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Sofia.

Stoyanov died on 10 December 2017, at the age of 68.

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1949 births
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Alessandro Kokocinski

Alessandro Kokocinski (born Alejandro Kokocinski; 3 April 1948 – 12 December 2017) was an Italian-Argentine painter, sculptor and set designer, of Polish-Russian origin. He was born in the refugee camp at Porto Recanati, Italy. His family survived the Holocaust. He was raised in Buenos Aires.

Kokocinski worked on the Salvador Allende government’s agrarian reform, in partnership with the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile. He settled in Rome and became a pupil of Riccardo Tomassi Ferroni, with whom he shared a studio in Trastevere, together with Carlo Quattrucci. 

In 2016, Kokocinski created the set design and lighting design for “Lina Sastri è il mio nome”, a musical theatrical show which opened on 4 October 2016 at the Teatro Quirino, Rome.

Kokocinski died on 12 December 2017 in Tuscania, Italy of lymphoma at the age of 69.

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

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 official website for solo exhibition at Palazzo Cipolla Rome, 2015

1948 births
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Alma Adamkienė

Alma Adamkienė (née Nutautaitė; February 10, 1928) is a Lithuanian-American philologist, philanthropist and public servant. She was born in Šiauliai, Lithuania. She is the wife of the former President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus since being married in 1951.

Adamkienė was First Lady during his two terms (1998–2003 and 2004–2009). She also holds United States citizenship. She immigrated to the United States in 1949. She first worked as a laboratory assistant at a steel factory. Later, she took a position with an insurance company. She also organized and participated in Lithuanian émigré activities.

During the presidential election held in Lithuania in 1997, her husband Valdas Adamkus campaigned for the Presidency and won. After Adamkus became president, Adamkienė became involved in many Lithuanian social programs focusing on the welfare of children.

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 Alma Adamkienė Charity and Support Fund 

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Neeraj Vora

Neeraj Vora (22 January 1963 – 14 December 2017) was an Indian movie director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He first became known in Bollywood for being a writer of Aamir Khan's movie Rangeela (1995). He then went on to direct his own movies, including Khiladi 420 (2000), Phir Hera Pheri (2006) and Shortkut (2009). He was born in Bhuj, Gujarat.

In October 2016, Vora went into a coma after having a heart attack and a stroke. He died on 14 December 2017 in Mumbai, at the age of 54.

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Lilian Marijnissen

L.M.C. "Lilian" Marijnissen (born 11 July 1985 in Oss) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP). She has been political and parliamentary leader since 13 December 2017, succeeding Emile Roemer.

Marijnissen studied political science at Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Amsterdam.

She was a councillor of Oss from 2003 to 2016, and worked at the Dutch trade union Abvakabo FNV.

Since March 23, 2017 she has been a member of the Second Chamber.

Lilian Marijnissen is the daughter of former SP leader Jan Marijnissen, and former SP alderman of Oss Mari-Anne Marijnissen.

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  Bio at Parlement.com

Other websites 
 Bio at the House of Representatives of The Netherlands

1985 births
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Munier Choudhury

Abu Nayeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury (27 November 1925 - 14 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi playwright, literary critic and political activist. His notable dramas are Kabar (The Grave), Roktakto Prantor (Bloody Field), Chithi (Letter). He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award for his contribution in dramas in 1962.

He was killed as an intellectual during the mass killing of Bengali intellectuals in 1971. He was awarded the highest civilian award given by the Government of Bangladesh, Independence Day Award, in 1980 posthumously.

Literary works
When Choudhury was in prison during 1952-54, he wrote his symbolic drama, Kabar (The Grave). This was a translation of Irwin Shaw's drama Bury the Dead. After release from prison, he continued to write Roktakto Prantor (1959; a play about the Third Battle of Panipat), Chithi (1966) and Polashi Barrack O Onyanno (1969). In 1965, Choudhury redesigned the keyboard of the Bangla typewriter. This typewriter was named after him as Munier Optima Keyboard. It was designed in collaboration with Remington typewriters of the then East Germany.

 Mir-Manas, 1965 – literary critique of Mir Mosharraf Hossain's literature
 Ektala-Dotala (first ever Bengali drama broadcast on television), 1965
 Dandakaranya, 1966
 Tulanamulak Samalochana (Comparative critique), 1969
 Bangla Gadyariti (Bengali prose style), 1970

Death
In 1971, when Pakistani army attacked in the University of Dhaka area, Choudhury escaped from there and moved to his parents' house, near Hatirpool. On 14 December 1971, he, along with a large number of Bengali intellectuals, educators, doctors and engineers, were kidnapped from their houses and later tortured and killed by the Pakistan Army and its Bengali collaborators Al-Badr and Al-Shams. According to a witness, Choudhury was last seen in Government Physical Education College, Dhaka in Mohammadpur Thana, Dhaka where his fingers were mutilated. His dead body was not found.

Awards
 1962: Bangla Academy Literary Award for contribution in drama
 1965: Daud Prize for ''Mir-Manas"
 1966: Sitara-i-Imtiaz (denounced in 1971)
 1980: Independence Day Award (posthumously)

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Oss

Oss is a town and municipality in the Province of North Brabant, the Netherlands.

It is in the northeast of the province, and borders the Meuse River and the Province of Gelderland.

As of 2015, about 58,000 people were living in the town of Oss.<br/ >
As of 2017, about 91,000 people were living in the municipality of Oss.

Since 2011, Lith was added to Oss. In 2015, Maasdonk became a part to Oss.

The town of Oss is a stronghold of the Socialist Party (SP).

Well-known people 
 Lilian Marijnissen (born 1985), politician

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Fred J. Doocy

Frederick J. "Fred" Doocy (May 5, 1913 – December 7, 2017) was an American politician and banker. He served as the 77th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1966 to 1967. He was also a member of the Connecticut State Senate from 1958 to 1967.

Doocy was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He married Mary O'Keefe (1916–2010) in 1942 and had five children. He turned 100 in 2013.

Doocy died on December 7, 2017 in Manchester, Connecticut, at the age of 104.

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List of Chief Rabbis of Israel

This is the list of Chief Rabbis of Israel, including Mandatory Palestine.

There are two Chief Rabbis, one on behalf of the Ashkenazi Jews and one on behalf of the Sephardi Jews.

Together they preside the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbis 

Mandatory Palestine:
 Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935)
 Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1949)
State of Israel:
 Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1949–1959)
 Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973)
 Shlomo Goren (1973–1983) 
 Avraham Shapira (1983–1993)
 Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003)
 Yona Metzger (2003–2013)
 David Lau (2013–present)

Sephardi Chief Rabbis 

Mandatory Palestine:
 Yaakov Meir (1921–1939)
 Benzion Uziel (1939–1948)
State of Israel:
 Benzion Uziel (1948–1954)
 Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973)
 Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983)
 Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993)
 Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003)
 Shlomo Amar (2003–2013)
 Yitzhak Yosef (2013–present)

Related pages 
 List of Chief Military Rabbis

References 

 
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