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Pathanamthitta district

Pathanamthitta District is a district in the southern part of Kerala, India. The district headquarters is in the town of Pathanamthitta. There are four municipalities in Pathanamthitta: Tiruvalla, Adoor, Pathanamthitta and Pandalam.

According to the 2001 Census of India, the population was 1,231,577, making it the third least populous district in Kerala (out of 14), after Wayanad and Idukki. Pathanamthitta has been declared the first polio-free district in India. The district is 10.03% urbanised. Pathanamthitta is one of the Richestt districts in India with just 1.17% poverty as of 2013, which places the district among top 5 districts in India with least poverty.

Demographics
According to the 2011 census Pathanamthitta district has a population of 1,195,537, roughly equal to the nation of Timor-Leste or the US state of Rhode Island. This gives it a ranking of 399th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was −3.12%. Pathanamthitta has a sex ratio of 1129 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 96.93%. Pathanamthitta District is one of the few districts to have negative growth in population.

According to the Census of India 2001, the district had a population of 1,234,016 with a density of 467 persons per square kilometre. This is the lowest density in the State after Idukki and Wayanad. Schedule tribes and castes comprise 13% of the total population. The female to male ratio is 1094:1000, which is the highest among the districts in the State. Pathanamthitta's literacy rate is 95%.Pathanamthitta's major religion are Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains have much smaller followings.  the population included 694,560(56.28%) Hindus, 481,602 (39.03%) Christians and 56,457 (4.58%) Muslims, the lowest following in the State.

 the population included 681,666(56.93%) Hindus, 456,404 (38.12%) Christians and 55,074(4.60%) Muslims.
In Christian Denominations Malankara Orthodox Church, with population of 312, 352, Mar Thoma Syrian Church population of 134, 751, Jacobite and Knanaya Jacobite population accumulating to a total of 47,256 and Malankara Catholics reaching a total of 44,326.A large number of Pentecostal and Reformation Groups also are present in this area.

References
 Pathanamthitta District Handbook

Other websites

 

 Pathanamthitta district official website 
 Pathanamthitta District administration

Districts of Kerala
Palakkad district

Palakkad District is one of the 14 districts of the Indian state of Kerala. Also, it is the largest district in kerala from 2006. The city of Palakkad is the district headquarters. Palakkad is bordered on the northwest by the Malappuram District, on the southwest by the Thrissur District, on the northeast by The Nilgiris District and on the east by Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. The district is 24.4% urbanised according to the census of 2011. The district is nicknamed "the granary of Kerala" and "Rice bowl of Kerala".

Demographics
According to the 2011 census Palakkad district has a population of 2,810,892, roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica or the US state of Utah. This gives it a ranking of 138th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 7.39%. Palakkad has a sex ratio of 1067 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 89.32%. Palakkad city has a literacy rate of 94.20%

Languages
The official language Malayalam is predominantly and widely spoken in the district, while Tamil forms the main language of over 6% of the district's population.

References

Satellite Images
 Satellite image of Palakkad
 Road map of Palakkad

Other websites

 Official website for Palakkad 
 Palakkad District Tourism-Information

Districts of Kerala
Thrissur district

Thrissur (also Trichur, Trissur) is a revenue district of Kerala in the central part of that state. Spanning an area of about 3,032 km2, Thrissur district is home to over 10% of Kerala’s population. Thrissur district was formed on July 1, 1949, with the headquarters at Thrissur City. Thrissur is known as the cultural capital of Kerala, and the land of Poorams. The district is famous for its ancient temples, churches, and mosques. Thrissur Pooram is the most colourful and spectacular temple festival in Kerala. The district was formed on July 1, 1949.

Demographics 

According to the 2011 census Thrissur district has a population of 3,110,327, roughly equal to the nation of Mongolia or the US state of Iowa. This gives it a ranking of 113th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of  . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was  4.58%. Thrissur has a sex ratio of  1109 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 95.32%. Thrissur was also the second highest urbanized district in Kerala after Ernakulam.

According to the 2001 India census, Thrissur District had a population of 2,975,440. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Thrissur has a literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 85%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hindus, Christians and Muslims constitute the bulk of the population, with Hindus as the majority, with 59.24%, closely followed by Christians (24.21%) and Muslims .

The Hindu community consists of mainly Nairs and Ezhavas. Ambalavasis and Brahmins – including the local Namboodiris and migrants like Iyers and GSBs-   also form a percentage of the Hindu population. The Scheduled Castes, around 12% of the population of the district, also form a section among the Hindus of the district. The Catholics – both Syro Malabar and Latin, Orthodox Jacobites and Chaldeans are the main sections of the Christian Community in the district. Catholics constitute 90% of the Christian population of the district spreading in 3 dioceses namely Thrissur (4,60,000), Irinjalakkuda (2,52,000) and Kottapuram (75,000). Orthodox, Jacobites and Chaldean Syrians constitute the rest.

Kunnamkulam, a small town in the northern part of the district is the center for the Orthodox and Jacobites. The Orthodox church (75000 followers) has its Thrissur diocese centered at Mannuthy. Chaldean Syrians spread around Thrissur city with 25,000 followers. A church known as Thozhiyoor church has its own headquarters at Guruvayur with 7000 followers. Muslims live predominantly in the coastal belt of the district, from north Punnayoorkkulam to South Azhikode. They are dominant in Guruvayur and Chavakkad, in good in numbers Kodungalloor, Kaipamangalam and Nattika areas Sunnis are the major section in Muslim community.

References

Other websites 

 Government Portal
 Places in Thrissur
 Satellite image of Thrissur
 Website of Thrissur Police 

Districts of Kerala
North Goa district

North Goa is one of the two districts that make up the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of 1736 km².

It is bounded by Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgaum district of Karnataka to the east, by South Goa District to the south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west.

Demographics 
According to the 2011 census North Goa has a population of 817,761 which is roughly equal to the nation of Comoros or the US state of South Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 480th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 7.8%. North Goa has a sex ratio of 959 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.85%.

References

Other websites 

 North Goa District Website 

Districts of Goa
South Goa district

South Goa is one of two districts that comprises the state of Goa in West India, within the region known as the Konkan. It is bounded by the district of North Goa to the north, the  Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast.

Demographics 
According to the 2011 census South Goa has a population of 639,962 which is roughly equal to the nation of Montenegro or the US state of Vermont. This gives it a ranking of 515th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.63%. South Goa has a sex ratio of 980 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 85.53%.

Konkani is the mother tongue of a majority of the people living in South Goa district. Marathi is spoken by a substantial number of people. English and Hindi are understood by a majority of the population. Portuguese is also spoken and understood by a small number of people.

References

Other websites 

 South Goa district Website

Districts of Goa
List of states and union territories of India by area

The following is a list of states and territories of The Republic of India by area according to the census of 2011. India consists of 28 states and Ten union territories.

List

Source:Area of states

The area figures of states and union territories do not add up to area of India because:
 The shortfall of 7 km2. area of Madhya Pradesh and 3 km2. area of Chhattisgarh is yet to be resolved by the  Survey of  India.
 Disputed area of 13 km2. between Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh is neither included in Puducherry nor in Andhra Pradesh.
 Area figures includes the area under occupation by Pakistan and China.  The area includes 13,297+64,817 = 78,114  km2. of disputed area under occupation of Pakistan, 5,180  km2. of disputed area handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555  km2 of disputed area under occupation of China 5,180+37,555=42,735 sq km .

Notes

References

States and territories of India-related lists
List of state and union territory capitals in India

India is a country in southern Asia. With over
1.3 billion people, India is the most populous democracy in the world. It is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28
states and 8 union territories. All states, as well as the union territories of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the centre through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganised on a linguistic basis. Since then, their structure has remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts.

The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to no legislative and judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located, the legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes, and the judicial capital is the location of the state or territorial High Courts. Union territories are marked with a dagger ().

List

Explanatory notes

Citations

References

Other websites
 
 Legislative bodies in India

States and territories of India-related lists
Capital cities in India
Indian states ranked by unemployment

This is a list of states of India ranked according to unemployment. List may be vary.The list is compiled from the Report on Fifth Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey (2015-16) from Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

Tripura has the highest unemployment rate and ranks worst. National average stands at 50. Interactive map of below data is available here.

References

States and territories of India-related lists
Eberhard van der Laan

Eberhard Edzard van der Laan (June 28, 1955 in Leiden - October 5, 2017 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Van der Laan was born in a Reformed family, and studied law at the Free University Amsterdam.

He was a member of the city council of Amsterdam from 1990 to 1998 (partly also group leader), minister of Housing, Residential Areas and Social Integration in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet from 2008 to 2010, and mayor of Amsterdam from 2010 till his death in 2017.

He died of lung cancer at the age of 62.

References 
  www.parlement.com

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Central Los Angeles

Central Los Angeles is  region of Los Angeles County, California. There are twenty-three neighborhoodsin the Central Los Angeles region as well as Griffith Park, the city's largest public park. It covers an area of 57.87-square-mile (149.88 km²).

Geography
According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the Los Angeles Times, the Central Los Angeles region consists of:

 Arlington Heights
 Carthay
 Chinatown
 Downtown
 East Hollywood
 Echo Park
 Elysian Park
 Elysian Valley
 Griffith Park
 Hancock Park
 Harvard Heights
 Hollywood
 Hollywood Hills
 Hollywood Hills West
 Koreatown
 Larchmont
 Los Feliz
 Mid-City
 Mid-Wilshire
 Pico-Union
 Silver Lake
 Westlake
 Windsor Square

References

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Alain Bui

Alain Bui (born 1969) is a French doctor who specializes in information technology. He has been President of the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines since October 2017.

He graduated from the Paris Diderot University in information technology, and started his career at University of Picardie Jules Verne in 1995. He moved to CNRS in 2003.
He worked on simulation technology.

In October 2017, he was elected President of the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, succeeding Didier Guillemot.

References 

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Sechs Kies

Sechs Kies is a South Korean band formed in 1997 with six members by Daesung Enterprise (DSP Media) in order to top H.O.T. The group is known today as one of the founding groups of K-pop and for being the first major groups to break up.

In 2016, the members (excluding Jiyong,) joined YG Entertainment, and released the song, Three Words. After a series of Collection Albums, the group released the album, Another Light, in 2017, nearly 17 years since breaking up.

Discography

Albums
School Byolgeok (1997)
Welcome to the Sechskies Land (1997)
Road Fighter (1998)
Com'Back (1999)
Another Light (2017)

Mini-Albums
Special (1999)

Compiliations
1020 Mix (1999)
Blue Note (2000)
2016 Re-ALBUM (2016)
The 20th Anniversary (2017)

Non-album Singles
Thanks (2000)

South Korean boy bands
1997 establishments in Asia
1990s establishments in South Korea
2000 disestablishments
2016 establishments in South Korea
2000s disestablishments in Asia
Disestablishments in South Korea
2AM

2AM is a four-member ballad group formed under JYP Entertainment as a counterpart to 2PM. The group rose to fame with their song, "Can't Let You Go, Even If I Die" in 2010. In 2015, Seulong and Jinwoon announced they were leaving JYP. Changmin later made the same announcement in August 2015, though JYP announced soon after that 2AM was not disbanded. They are currently in hiatus.

In September 2017, Jo Kwon left JYP.

Discography

Albums
Saint O' Clock (2010)
One Spring Day  (2011)
Voice (2013)
Let's Talk (2014)

Mini-Albums
Can't Let You Go, Even If I Die (2010)
F.Scott Fitzgerald's Way of Love (2012)
Nocturne (2013)

Single Albums
This Song (2008)
A Time For Confession (2008)

Repackages
I Was Wrong (2010)

K-pop music groups
NRG

NRG is a South Korean K-pop band formed in 1997 by Music Factory Entertainment. The group rose to fame with their debut song, "I Can Do It."
In 1999, members Myunghoon and Sungjin left the group, while the other three released the album "NRG 003." After member Hwansung tragically died of pnemonia in 2000, Myunghoon and Sungjin rejoined the group for their memorial album, "Sorrow." 

The group made an official come back with "Hit Song" in 2003, which ranked #1 on the music charts.

Following the departure of Sunghoon, the 3 remaining members released 1 more album before disbandment. In 2017, NRG announced a new album would be released on the 20th anniversary of debut.

Discography

Albums
New Radiancy Group (1997)
Messanger (1998)
NRG 003 (1999)
Sorrow (2001)
Hit Song (2003)
New Radiancy 6 Group (2004)
One of Five (2005)

Mini-Albums
20th (2017)
Red Velvet (group)

Red Velvet is a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2014 with 4 members: Wendy, Irene, Joy, and Seulgi. Their debut song, "Happiness," was released in August 2014. In 2015, SM added Yeri to the group.

Discography

Albums 
The Red (2015)
Perfect Velvet (2017)

Mini-Albums 
Ice Cream Cake (2015)
The Velvet (2016)
Russian Roulette (2016)
Rookie (2017)
The Red Summer (2017)
Summer Magic (2018)
RBB (2018)
The ReVe Festival 'Day 1' (2019)
The ReVe Festival 'Day 2' (2019)
Queendom (2021)

Non-Album Singles 
Happiness (2014)
Be Natural (2014)

References 

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Blackpink

Blackpink (Korean: 블랙핑크; commonly stylized as BLACKPINK or BLΛƆKPIИK) is a South Korean girl group that debuted on 8 August 2016. The group consists of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa.

They are the highest-charting female K-pop act on both Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200. They are also the first and only K-pop girl group to enter and top the Billboard's Emerging Artists chart. In addition, BLACKPINK are also the first female K-pop group to have four number-one singles on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart. Their 2018 song "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" was the most-viewed Korean music video in the first 24 hours on YouTube. In January 2019, it became the most viewed music video by a K-pop group on YouTube. They are currently the most subscribed music act, K-pop group and female artist on Youtube. BLACKPINK was also the first female K-pop group to perform at Coachella.

In 2018, Jennie was the first member to debut with solo material, titled SOLO. Rosé and Lisa released their solo single albums in 2021, titled -R- and LALISA.

Discography

Single Albums
 Square One (2016)
 Square Two (2017)

Studio Albums
 Blackpink in Your Area (2018)
 The Album (2020)

Live Albums
 Blackpink Arena Tour 2018: "Special Final In Kyocera Dome Osaka" (2019)

Extended Plays
 Blackpink (2017)
 Square Up (2018)
 Kill This Love (2019)
Most viewed songs

(1.8B views)
 (1.5B views)
 BOOMBAYAH (1.3B views)
 AS IF IT IS YOUR LAST (1.1B views)
 How You Like That (1B views)

References

Other websites

  

2016 establishments in South Korea
South Korean girl groups
K-pop music groups
Musical quartets

They are the most followed girl group on spotify
Steve Baker (illusionist)

Steve "Mr. Escape" Baker (July 26, 1938 – September 17, 2017) was an American comedian and magician. He was best known as an escape artist. He was born in Oakland, California.

Career 
During his career from 1967 through the early 1990s Baker appeared on Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday, Games People Play, and was a star on an HBO special along with Tony Curtis and special guest star Dorothy Dietrich, called The World's Greatest Escapes, and several times on That's Incredible!. 

Baker died on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 79.

References

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1938 births
2017 deaths
American magicians
Comedians from Oakland, California
Günter Halm

Günter Halm (27 August 1922 – 26 September 2017) was a German Nazi infantryman and lieutenant. He was born in Elize, Germany. He was raised in Hanover, Germany. He was the youngest member of the Afrika Korps to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his bravery in action. He was active in the military from 1941 through 1945.

Halm died in Bad Münder, Germany on 26 September 2017 at the age of 95.

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SS officers
People from Hanover
Vladimir Voevodsky

Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky (; , 4 June 1966 – 30 September 2017) was a Russian-American mathematician. He was born in Moscow.

His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002. He was also known for the proof of the Milnor conjecture and motivic Bloch-Kato conjectures and for the univalent foundations of mathematics and homotopy type theory.

Voevodsky died on September 30, 2017 at his home in Princeton, New Jersey of an aortic aneurysm at the age of 51.

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1966 births
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Terry Downes

Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer, and occasional movie actor. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style.  As of 2008, Downes was Britain’s oldest surviving former world champion. He held the world middleweight title for ten months from 1961 to 1962. He was born in London.

One of his best known roles was in Roman Polanski's 1967 movie The Fearless Vampire Killers, in which he played "Koukol", a hunchbacked servant. His other movie credits included appearances in A Study in Terror (1965), Five Ashore in Singapore (1967), The Golden Lady (1979), If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981), and the Derek Jarman movie Caravaggio (1986).

Downes died on 6 October 2017 in London, aged 81.

References

Other websites
 "The Fighter at Home with Yogi Bear" – Sports Illustrated profile from 1962

1936 births
2017 deaths
British boxers
British movie actors
Sportspeople from London
Actors from London
Toon Geurts

Antonius "Toon" Geurts (29 February 1932 – 6 October 2017) was a Dutch sprint canoer. He was most successful in the K-2 1000 m event, in which he finished in seventh, second and fourth place at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics, respectively. He won silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was born in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

Geurts died in The Hague, the Netherlands on 6 October 2017 at the age of 85.

References

Other websites
Sports-reference.com profile 

1932 births
2017 deaths
Dutch Olympic silver medalists
Sportspeople from North Brabant
Ralphie May

Ralph Oliver "Ralphie" May (February 17, 1972 – October 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but raised in Clarksville, Arkansas. His jokes were mainly about observational comedy, wit, word play, satire, sexuality, race, religion, family life and obesity. 

May was influenced by Sam Kinison, Lenny Bruce, Buddy Hackett, and Richard Pryor. In 2003, May was chosen to participate in the first season of Last Comic Standing. He finished in second place in the competition. After that, he appeared in comedy shows like The Wayne Brady Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In 2005, he was the only white comedian on The Big Black Comedy Show, which also featured Mo'Nique, Rodman, and Vince Morris.

May was married to Lahna Turner from 2005 until they separated in 2015. They had two children. 

May died of a pneumonia-related heart attack at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 6, 2017 at the age of 45.

References

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1972 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Deaths from pneumonia
Cardiovascular disease deaths in the United States
American television actors
American movie actors
American television personalities
American voice actors
Actors from Tennessee
Actors from Arkansas
comedians from Tennessee
comedians from Arkansas
John Herrnstein

John Ellett Herrnstein (March 31, 1938 – October 3, 2017) was an American baseball and football player. He played Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1966 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves. He also played college baseball and football at the University of Michigan from 1956 to 1959. He was born in Hampton, Virginia.

Herrnstein died at his home in Chillicothe, Ohio on October 3, 2017 of complications from leukemia, at the age of 79.

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1938 births
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Deaths from leukemia
Cancer deaths in Ohio
American football players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Chicago Cubs players
Atlanta Braves players
Sportspeople from Virginia
Sportspeople from Michigan
Sportspeople from Ohio
Jon Huntsman Sr.

Jon Meade Huntsman Sr. (June 21, 1937 – February 2, 2018) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and executive chairman of Huntsman Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals. Huntsman plastics are used in a wide variety of familiar objects, including (formerly) McDonald's clamshell burger containers.

From 1971 to 1972, he was the White House Staff Secretary during the Richard Nixon presidency.

Huntsman Sr. died of prostate cancer in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 2, 2018 at the age of 80.

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1937 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from prostate cancer
American philanthropists
Businesspeople from Idaho
Businesspeople from Utah
Politicians from Idaho
Politicians from Utah
Rainer Weiss

Rainer "Rai" Weiss (; ; born September 29, 1932) is a German-born American physicist of partly Jewish descent (his father was Jewish).

Works
He is known for his works in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He is a professor of physics emeritus at MIT. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basic operation of LIGO. 

Weiss was Chair of the COBE Science Working Group. 

In 2017, Weiss was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along  with Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".

References

1932 births
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American astrophysicists
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American astronomers
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Naturalized citizens of the United States
Refugees from Nazism
Scientists from Berlin
Barry Barish

Barry Clark Barish (born January 27, 1936) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology. He is a leading expert on gravitational waves, and is of Jewish descent.

In 2017, Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".

References

1936 births
Living people
American Nobel Prize winners
American physicists
Jewish American academics
Jewish American scientists
Jewish Nobel Prize winners
Scientists from Omaha, Nebraska
California Institute of Technology faculty
Educators from Omaha, Nebraska
Kip Thorne

Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. He is known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. 

In 2017, Thorne was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".

References

1940 births
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American academics
American astronomers
American atheists
American Nobel Prize winners
American astrophysicists
Scientists from Utah
Princeton University alumni
American theoretical physicists
Educators from Utah
Daisaku Ikeda

is a Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and anti-nuclear activist. He has served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements. Ikeda is the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI).

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Writers from Tokyo
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Heads of state
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Presidents (organizations)
AKMU

AKMU (also known as Akdong Musician) is a duo consisting of brother and sister, Lee Chanhyuk and Lee Suhyun. The duo performed together for the 1st time at an audition for LOEN in 2012, and eventually signed under YG Entertainnment. The group officially debuted in 2014 with their album PLAY. In 2017, Chanhyuk enlisted for the military, thus putting the group on hiatus until his return.

Discography

Albums
 PLAY (2014)
 Winter (2017)
 Sailing (2019)

Mini-Albums
 Spring (2016)

Single Albums
 Summer Episode (2017)

Non-Single Albums
 Time and Fallen Leaves (2014)
 Eyes, Nose, Lips (2014)

2010s music groups
Folk music groups
K-pop music groups
Musical duos
Musical groups established in 2012
Sibling musical duos
South Korean musical groups
Santiago Tequixquiac

Santiago Tequixquiac (or Tequixquiac) is a city in the state of México in Mexico. About 22,000 people live there.

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Malinalco Municipality

Malinalco is a municipality of the state of Mexico.

Municipalities of Mexico (state)
Apaxco Municipality

Apaxco is a municipality of the state of Mexico.

Municipalities of Mexico (state)
Atlacomulco Municipality

Atlacomulco is a municipality of the state of Mexico.

Municipalities of Mexico (state)
Lydie Polfer

Lydie Catherine Polfer (born November 22, 1952 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian politician of the Democratic Party (DP). She is the current mayor of Luxembourg City.

Polfer was Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, an MEP, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies.

She was mayor of Luxembourg City from 1982 to 1999, and has been again since 2013.

Her father Camille Polfer was also mayor of Luxembourg City.

References 
 Bio at Luxembourg City Website 

1952 births
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Government ministers of Luxembourg
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People from Luxembourg City
MEPs for Luxembourg
Cantons of the Allier department

This is a list of cantons of the Allier department:

 Bellerive-sur-Allier
 Bourbon-l'Archambault
 Commentry
 Cusset
 Dompierre-sur-Besbre
 Gannat
 Huriel
 Lapalisse
 Montluçon-1
 Montluçon-2
 Montluçon-3
 Montluçon-4
 Moulins-1
 Moulins-2
 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
 Souvigny
 Vichy-1
 Vichy-2
 Yzeure

Allier
Camille Polfer

Camille Polfer (November 21, 1924 in Namur - March 19, 1983 in Luxembourg City) was a Luxembourgian sports teacher and politician of the Democratic Party (DP).

He was mayor of Luxembourg City from 1980 to 1981, and was succeeded by his daughter Lydie Polfer due to his poor health.

References 
 List of mayors of Luxembourg City

1924 births
1983 deaths
Luxembourgian mayors
Luxembourgian sportspeople
People from Namur
Teachers
Kruth

Kruth is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Kunheim

Kunheim is a French commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Bronisław Chromy

Bronisław Chromy (June 3, 1925 – October 4, 2017) was a Polish sculptor, painter, and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Chromy was a member of the Polish Academy of Learning. He was born at Leńcze near Lanckorona.

Chromy died in Kraków, Poland on October 4, 2017 at the age of 92.

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1925 births
Living people
Polish painters
Polish sculptors
Polish educators
Konstantin Sarsania

Konstantin Sergeyevich Sarsania (; 11 June 1968, Moscow – 7 October 2017, Moscow) was a Russian professional football coach and a former player and agent. 

At the time of his death he worked as director of sports for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

He made his debut as a player in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.

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1968 births
2017 deaths
Russian footballers
Russian football managers
Sportspeople from Moscow
Darsi Ferrer Ramírez

Darsi Ferrer Ramírez (2 November 1969 – 6 October 2017), was a Cuban doctor, journalist, director of Juan Bruno Zayas Health and Human Rights Center, and a dissident. He put in jail by President Fidel Castro.

He organized protests at the UNESCO headquarters in Havana and published about poverty in Cuba. He was arrested and went on a hunger strike. Ferrer was facing up to 8 years in prison. He was released on 22 June 2010.

Ramírez in Havana on 6 October 2017 at the age of 47.

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1969 births
2017 deaths
Physicians
Journalists
People from Havana
Howie Mandel

Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, actor, television host, and voice actor. He is known as host of the game show Deal or No Deal from 2005 to 2019.

Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere. He is also well known for being the creator and star of the children's cartoon Bobby's World, as well as a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent.

Other websites

 Mandel's official website
 
 Biography NBC.com
 Quintessential business 'Deal' USA Today, September 17, 2006

1955 births
Living people
Canadian comedians
Canadian movie actors
Canadian television actors
Canadian voice actors
Canadian television presenters
Actors from Toronto
Louis Walsh

Michael Louis Vincent Walsh (born 5 August 1952) known as  Louis Walsh  is an Irish entertainment manager and judge on British television talent show The X Factor.

References

Other websites

Louis Walsh ITV.com
 Mirror.co.uk

1952 births
Living people
Irish television presenters
Marek Gołąb

Marek Gołąb (7 May 1940 – 6 October 2017) was a Polish weightlifter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics at which he won a bronze medal in the middle-heavyweight division. He was born in Zakliczyn, Poland.

Gołąb died in Warsaw, Poland on 6 October 2017 at the age of 77.

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1940 births
2017 deaths
Weightlifters
Polish Olympic medalists
Olympic bronze medalists
Jinusean

Jinusean is a South Korean hip-hop duo formed by YG Entertainment in 1997, and is known as YG Entertainments 1st major k-pop group. The group's debut song, "Tell Me" brought the group instant fame. After their album Nora Bossa, in 2004, the group became inactive until 2015 when they returned with the single, "Tell Me One More Time," performed with (then) YG trainee, Jang Hana.

Discography

Albums
Jinusean (1997)
The Real (1998)
Taekwon V (1999)
The Reign (2001)
Nora Bossa (2004)

Non-Album Singles
Tell Me One More Time (Ft. Jang Hana) (2015)
Hollow structural section

A hollow structural section (HSS) is a type of metal profile with a hollow tubular cross section. The term is used predominantly in USA, or other countries which follow US construction or engineering terminology. In the UK, or other countries which follow British construction or engineering terminology, the term HSS is not used. Rather, the three basic shapes are referenced as CHS, SHS, and RHS, being circular, square, and rectangular hollow sections. Typically, these designations will also relate to metric sizes, thus the dimensions and tolerances differ slightly from HSS.

Related pages
 Structural pipe fitting

Engineering
Structural pipe fitting

Structural pipe fitting is a pipe used for various structures.

A Structural pipe fitting, also known as a slip on pipe fitting, clamp or pipe clamp is used to build structures such as handrails, guardrails, and other types of pipe or tubular structure. They can also be used to build furniture and theatrical riggings. The fittings slip on the pipe and are usually locked down with a set screw. The set screw can then be tightened with a simple hex wench. Because of the modular design of standard fittings, assembly is easy, only simple hand tools are required, and risks from welding a structure are eliminated.
Other advantages of using structural pipe fittings are easy installation and reconfigurable design. Since there are no permanent welds in the structure, the set screws of the fittings can simply be loosened, allowing them to be repositioned. The project can be disassembled and stored if needed, or even taken apart with fittings and pipe recycled into a new project.
Fittings used for strong structures are galvanised malleable iron castings, and come in many styles such as elbows, tees, crosses, reducers and flanges. The fittings are not threaded; they simply lock onto the pipe with the supplied hex set screws.

Engineering
Arrondissements of the Isère department

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

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The 3 arrondissements of Isère are:

History
Since its creation, the Isère department has had some changes:
 1790 : creation of the Isère department with four districts: Grenoble, Saint-Marcellin, La Tour-du-Pin and Vienne.
 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Grenoble, Saint-Marcellin, La Tour-du-Pin and Vienne.
 1926 : the arrondissement of Saint-Marcellin was eliminated.

Related pages
Arrondissement of Grenoble
Arrondissement of La Tour-du-Pin
Arrondissement of Vienne
List of arrondissements of France

References

Isere
Perforated pipe

Perforated pipe is a pipe fitting that is made from perforated sheet and is often used as filter tubes but also used for various installments. It comes in various forms, mostly round and square sections.

Engineering
Connie Hawkins

Cornelius Lance Hawkins (July 17, 1942 – October 6, 2017) was an American American Basketball League, National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player, Harlem Globetrotter, Harlem Wizard and New York City playground legend. It was on the New York City courts that he earned his nickname The Hawk.

Hawkins was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Iowa State University.

References

Other websites
 Basketball Hall of Fame profile
  ESPN list of the Top 10 High School athletes of all time
 Connie Hawkins bio on NBA.com

1942 births
2017 deaths
Phoenix Suns players
Los Angeles Lakers players
Atlanta Hawks players
Sportspeople from New York City
National Basketball Association players with retired numbers
Jim Landis

James Henry Landis (March 9, 1934 – October 7, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. Landis played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder on six teams from 1957 through 1967. 

Landis was born in Fresno, California. He was raised in Richmond, California. Landis studied at Contra Costa College.

While playing eight seasons for the Chicago White Sox, he was an American League (AL) All-Star in 1962 and an AL Gold Glove Award winner five consecutive seasons. Landis also played for the Kansas City Athletics, the Cleveland Indians, the Detroit Tigers, the Houston Astros, and for the Boston Red Sox.

Landis died at his Napa, California home on October 7, 2017 at the age of 83.

References

Other websites
 Baseball Almanac interview with Jim Landis

1934 births
2017 deaths
Chicago Cubs players
Kansas City Athletics players
Cleveland Indians players
Detroit Tigers players
Houston Astros players
Boston Red Sox players
Sportspeople from California
People from Richmond, California
Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. 

Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than forty books, including twenty books of literary criticism, several books talking about religion, and a novel. He has edited hundreds of anthologies about many literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages.

Bloom came to public attention in the United States as a commentator during the canon wars of the early 1990s.

Bloom died at a hospital in New Haven, Connecticut on October 14, 2019 at the age of 89.

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1930 births
2019 deaths
Educators from New York City
American novelists
American historians
American literary critics
Writers from New York City
Geoffrey Chater

Geoffrey Chater (23 March 1921 – 16 October 2021) was an English actor who was born as Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson in Barnet, Hertfordshire. He has starred in both film and television projects. His television credits include appearances in The Champions, Dad's Army, Callan, Mapp and Lucia, Heartbeat, Foyle's War, One Foot in the Grave, and Midsomer Murders.

He turned 100 in March 2021, and died on 16 October 2021.

Filmography

 The Strange World of Planet X (1958) - Gerard Wilson
 Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Min. of Defence
 The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) - Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
 Two Letter Alibi (1962) - Inspector Warren
 If.... (1968) - Chaplain: Staff
 One of Those Things (1971) - Falck
 10 Rillington Place (1971) - Old Bailey: Christmas Humphreys
 Endless Night (1972) - Coroner
 The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973) - Rev. Thorn
 O Lucky Man! (1973) - Bishop / Vicar
 Moll Flanders (1975) (TV) - George Mace 
 Barry Lyndon (1975) - Dr. Broughton
 Prince Regent (1979) (TV) - Henry Addington
 The Good Soldier (1981) (TV) - Bagshawe
 Gandhi (1982) - Government Advocate
 Mapp and Lucia (1985-1986) - Mr. Algernon Wyse
 Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1992) - Dr. Archibald

References

Other websites
 

Actors from Hertfordshire
1921 births
2021 deaths
English poets
English stage actors
English television actors
English movie actors
English centenarians
Charles Harris (photographer)

Charles "Teenie" Harris (July 2, 1908–June 12, 1998) was an American photographer. The main things that he took pictures of were people in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.

Biography 
Harris was born in 1908 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. His father and mother had a hotel in the part of the city called the Hill District. Early in the 1930s, he bought his first camera. After that he opened a photography studio. He took pictures for the magazine Flash! From the 1936 to 1975 Harris took photos of those living in the black neighborhoods of the city. Another publication called the Pittsburgh Courier published his photographs. People called him "One Shot" because he did not make people sit for a long time when he took their photos. He took more than 80,000 pictures in his life. 

He wan't like other well-know photographers. Other photographers either took portraits or photographs of other places. Harris was unusual because taking photographs was part of his regular job in one city. His photos were not often seen in other places until after his death in 1998.

He took photos of famous people that visited Pittsburgh like:  Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Sam Cooke, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Charlie Parker, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Dizzy Gillespie.

Harris also photographed famous Negro League baseball players of the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords. Harris himself played baseball for the Crawfords when they were known as the Crawford Colored Giants.

He let another businessman, Dennis Morgan sell his photographs in 1986. Harris filed a lawsuit in 1998 for unpaid royalties and the return of his collection. He won the case after he died. The Carnegie Museum of Art purchased the collection from the Harris estate in 2001.

Since 2003, the museum has scanned and cataloged nearly 60,000 images. Many of these are available online. Many people help to identify the people in his photographs.

Harris is buried in Pittsburgh's Homewood Cemetery.

References

Other websites
 "One Shot: the Life and Work of Teenie Harris"
 Teenie Harris Archive at the Carnegie Museum of Art
 of mid-century America: How the other half lived Apr 30th 2012 The Economist

1908 births
1998 deaths
American photographers
Inma Cuesta

Inma Cuesta is a Spanish actress.

Filmography (selected)
 Group 7 (2012)
 Julieta (2016)
1980 births
Spanish movie actors
Spanish television actors
Spanish stage actors
Robotboy

Robotboy is an American-British-French animated television series produced by Alphanim, LuxAnimation, King Rollo Films and Cartoon Network Studios. The series premiered airs at 9AM ET/PT times on December 28, 2005 on Cartoon Network in the United States.

Characters

Robotboy
Robotboy is a boy.

Robotgirl
Robotgirl is a girl.

Danish Voice Cast
 Robotboy – Pauline Rehné
 Tommy Turnbull – Zacharias Grassme
 Gus Turner – Sonny Lahey
 Lola Mbola – Annevig Schelde Ebbe
 Robotgirl – Annevig Schelde Ebbe
 Kurt – Christian Damsgaard / Peter Secher Schmidt
 Kamikaze – Lars Thiesgaard 
 Constantine – Laus Høybye
 Bjorn Björnson – Christian Damsgaard / Peter Secher Schmidt
 Professor Moshimo – Torben Sekov
 Donnie Turnbull – Peter Zhelder
 Protoboy – Peter Secher Schmidt

Additional Voices
 Annevig Schelde Ebbe
 Christian Damsgaard
 Lars Thiesgaard
 Laus Høybye
 Peter Secher Schmidt
 Peter Zhelder
 Peter Røschke
 Pauline Rehné
 Torben Sekov
 Sonny Lahey
 Zacharias Grassme

Episodes
List of Robotboy episodes

References

Cartoon Network series
English-language television programs
2005 television series debuts
2008 television series endings
Vijayanagara architecture

The Vijayanagara architecture Empire built all of their buildings, monuments, shrines and statues out of stone which were very intricately and elaborately carved with designs of gods and stories of famous heroes. All these were built in Dravidian style which was a common style of building then

Indian culture
Architecture
Wilhelm Mohnke

Wilhelm Mohnke (1911 in Lübeck – 2001 in Damp near Eckernförde) was a German officer of the Waffen-SS with the rank of SS-Brigadeführer (equivalent to Brigadier).

He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for service in the German retreat from France in 1944. He was the commander of the defense of the central government area in the Battle of Berlin, 1945. 

Mohnke led the 5th company of the 2nd Battalion of the Infanterie-Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, at the outset of the Battle of France in 1940. He took command of the 2nd Battalion on 28 May after the battalion commander was wounded. It was around this time that Mohnke was allegedly involved in the murder of 80 British prisoners of war (POWs) of the 48th South Midland Infantry Division.

Mohnke was noted to be one of the last commanders to act upon orders issued by Hitler himself prior to his suicide.

German generals of World War II
Aziz Sancar

Aziz Sancar (born September 8, 1946) is a Turkish chemist. He received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Tomas Lindahl and Paul Modrich for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

He was born in Savur, Turkey.

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1946 births
Living people
Turkish scientists
Washington SyCip

Washington Z. SyCip,  PLH BOLk RNO1kl  (30 June 1921 – 7 October 2017) was a Filipino-American accountant. He was the founder of the Asian Institute of Management and the accounting firm SGV & Company. He was born in Manila, Philippines. 

SyCip fought in World War II. He became a United States citizen in 1943.

SyCip died of a heart attack on 7 October 2017 near New York City while on a flight traveling from Montreal to Manila at the age of 96.

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1921 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Accountants
American philanthropists
American military personnel of World War II
People from Manila
Slim Chaker

Slim Chaker (24 August 1961 – 8 October 2017) was a Tunisian politician. He was born in Sfax, Tunisia. He was a member of the Nidaa Tounes party.

Chaker served on the cabinet of Moncef Marzouki and Beji Caid Essebsi. He served as Minister of Public Health for a few months in 2017. He also served as Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2016 and Minister of Youth and Sports for a few months in 2011.

Chaker died in Tunis, Tunisia from a heart attack after taking part at a marathon on 8 October 2017 at the age of 56.

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1961 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Tunisian politicians
Civil servants