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Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor and cabaret singer. He was born in Paris. He was perhaps best known for his songs, including "Louise", "Mimi", "Valentine", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his movies, including "The Love Parade", "The Big Pond", "Love Me Tonight" and "Gigi". During World War I, Chevalier was a prisoner of war of Germany for two years from 1914 through 1916. In 1930, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in "The Love Parade" (1929) and "The Big Pond" (1930), which made his first big American hit, "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight". In 1958, Chevalier received an Honorary Academy Award for his works in the movie industry. In 1970, he made his final work to the movie industry where he sang the title song of the Disney movie "The Aristocats". Chevalier died on January 1, 1972 in Paris of kidney failure at the age of 83.
Jacques Hamel (30 November 1930 – 26 July 2016) was a French Catholic priest. He was born in Darnétal, Seine-Maritime, France. He worked in the parish of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while he celebrated Mass in his church. His throat was slit during the attack in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France. He was 85 years old. Hamel was called a martyr by some international press shortly after his death. Calls to make him a saint started soon after his death. The canonization cause was officially opened at diocesan level in April 2017, after Pope Francis had waived the otherwise mandatory five-year waiting period for the opening of such causes.
Arthur Dion "A.D." Hanna (7 March 1928 – 3 August 2021) was a Bahamian politician. He served as Governor-General of the Bahamas from 2006 to 2011. In 1984, Hanna resigned as Deputy Prime Minister in protest of Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling. He retired on 14 April 2011 and was replaced by Sir Arthur Foulkes. Hanna died in Nassau on 3 August 2021, aged 93.
Miloš Radulović (22 February 1929 – 15 October 2017) is a Montenegrin politician. He was born in Spuž. He was an acting president in 1993.  He served as the Dean of Titograd Faculty of Economics from 1974 until 1978, as the rector of Titograd University from 1986 until 1990. Later, he served as a President of the Chamber of Republics of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia (1992–1996) and as an ambassador to the United Kingdom (1996–1999).
Michael Jay Williams (born 16 October 1929) is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman. Williams was appointed to the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago by A. N. R. Robinson following the National Alliance for Reconstruction victory in the 1986 General Elections. Williams served as President of the Senate between 1986 and 1990 and President of Trinidad and Tobago from 13 March 1987 to 19 March 1987 following Ellis Clarke.
Maria Schneider (born 9 February 1923) is a former German politician. She was born in Merka (Bautzen), Saxony, Germany. She was a member of the SED. Schneider was a member of the East German State Council between 1967 and 1971. Schneider had already served as a "community representative" from 1949 till 1953, and in 1957 she became a local councilor for the . In 1967 she moved into national politics, sitting as a representative of the Trades Union Federation (FDGB) in the National Legislature ("Volkskammer"), where she continued to sit till 1976.  Between 1971 and 1976 she was also a member of the assembly's Committee for Industry, Construction and Transport.
Krastyu Sergeyev Trichkov (; born 12 April 1923) is a retired Bulgarian politician. He is a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He served as the first First Deputy Chairmen of the State Council. He was born in Belitsa, Bulgaria. From 1958 to 1962 a candidate member, and since 1962 member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party,where it remained until 1990. From 1966 to 1981 a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Between 1971 and 1976 he was first deputy chairman of the State Council, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Committee on State and People's Control (1976 to 1981).
Alfonso Lovo Cordero (June 11, 1927 – May 10, 2018) was a Nicaraguan politician. He served in Liberal-Conservative Junta from May 1, 1972 until December 1, 1974. He was born in Danli, Honduras. Lovo Cordero was a member of the Nationalist Liberal Party (NLP).  On December 23, 1972, Lovo Cordero exercised power after the NLP as Chief Director of the National Guard. On March 1, 1973, President of the National Guard Agüero resigned and Edmundo Paguaga Irías was appointed in his place; they handed power to him on December 1, 1974. Lovo along with doctor Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez became senators of the National Congress. Lovo Cordero retired from politics and from public life in 2013. He died on May 10, 2018 in the United States at the age of 90.
Alfred Miodowicz (June 28, 1929 – September 17, 2021) was a Polish politician and trade union activist. He was born in Poznań, Poland.  Miodowicz was a member of communist Polish United Workers Party. He held posts in the State National Council, Central Committee and Political Bureau. He was also the leader of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions and took part in the Polish Round Table Agreement. Miodowicz died on September 17, 2021 at the age of 92.
Professor Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhâdi (born 23 August 1929) is an Afghan academic and diplomat. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He served as Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 2006. He was known for being a major supporter of the United States in Afghanistan and thought the United States was good to help the country of Afghanistan. He studied at Lycée Esteqlal in Paris. His paper was on "le Persan parlé en Afghanistan", later translated to English and Russian. Farhâdi speaks French, English and Persian fluently. In 1964, he returned to Kabul to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1964 till 1968, he served as Director-General for Political Affairs at the ministry and then he was Deputy Foreign Minister for 5 years. Between 1965 and 1971 he also was Secretary of the Council of Ministers of the Afghan Government. He later served as Afghan Ambassador to France.
María del Rosario Green Macías (31 March 1941 – 25 November 2017) was a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician. She was born in Mexico City. Green served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Ernesto Zedillo cabinet from 1998 through 2000. She was also the Secretary General of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from 2005 to 2006. In her later years, Green served as Senator for the 2006–2012 period. During the Vicente Fox administration, she served as Ambassador to Argentina. Green died on 25 November 2017 in Mexico City at the age of 76.
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (born 25 August 1938) is a British author and former journalist. He is best known for his thriller novels "The Day of the Jackal", "The Odessa File","The Dogs of War", "The Fourth Protocol", "The Devil's Alternative", "The Fist of God", "Icon", "The Afghan", "The Cobra" and "The Kill List". He has sold more than 70 million books in total.  Forsyth was born in Ashford, Kent. He said in 2016 that he worked as an MI6 spy for over twenty years.
The Wind in the Willows is a children's book by Scottish author Kenneth Grahame. It was published in 1908. It is about four animals (toad, mole, rat and badger) throughout their adventures in the English countryside.
Beuningen () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It is near the city of Nijmegen. The river Waal is to the north. The other towns in the municipality are: Ewijk, Weurt, and Winssen. There is a restored windmill in the town, De Haag.
Kenneth Grahame (8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a Scottish children's writer. He is best known for his book "The Wind in the Willows" (1908). The Mr. Toad story from the movie "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1949) is based off "The Wind in the Willows". He also wrote the short story "The Reluctant Dragon" (1898), which was made into a movie in 1941. Until 1908, Grahame was a banker. Life and death. Grahame was born in Edinburgh. He married Elspeth Thomson in 1899. Their son, Alastair, was born in 1900 and had health issues during his life. Alastair took his own life in 1920. Grahame died on 6 July 1932 in Pangbourne, Berkshire, at the age of 73.
Stevens MRT Station (DT10/TE11) is an underground interchange station on the Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit system.  This station is one of four to have faregates on the same level as the platforms. The others are Bishan, Expo and Changi Airport stations. Due to space constraints, the two platforms at the station are seperated from each other and have their own faregates. A ten minute grace period was put in place by the Land Transport Authority in case passengers tap in at the wrong faregates. The Stevens station is located at the junction of Bukit Timah road and Stevens road, where the station takes its name from. History. This station opened on 27 December 2015, along with the rest of the Downtown line stage 2. The Thomson East Coast line section opened on 13 November 2021, as part of stage 3 of the line.
Maharaja Kalu Thapa Kshatri () or simply, Kalu Thapa was the first King of Takam State. The Thapa dynasty of Takam Kingdom (1246-1545 B.S.) (also called 4000 Parvat State) continued for 300 years only to be defeated by Dimba Bam Malla to form bigger Parbat State. Yashodhara Thapa, King of Jyamrukot (Jamarik), is the male progenitor of the Bhimsen Thapa family and leading Bada Kaji Amar Singh Thapa. Fictitious Account. In the Thapa genealogy, he is also accredited to have ruled over Doti from Kāndāmalika. The genealogy claims that he was son of fictitious Kshatriya named Vatsaraja () born from Ashwamedha Yagya (holy fire) and fictitious Vasundhara Devi, daughter of fictitious Kanyakubji Rajput chief Radha Madhav Rajput. The genealogy claims Vatsaraja to be giant sized and thus achieving title of "Abhaya Narsingh Maharaja" and his son Kalu Thapa achieving title of "Abhaya Narsingh Kumar". The genealogy traces the lineage of all Bagale Thapas to a male progenitor ("Mūlapuruṣa") King Kalu Thapa Kshatri, who first ascended to the throne at Kāndāmālikā on Saka Era 1111. Children. He had four sons who descended the four divisions of his state; Later, all these states were conquered by Samalvanshi Thakuri King Dimba Bam Malla.
Sir Bani Yas is a natural island located 170 km southwest of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.  It is a popular tourist destination. The island is home to Arabia's largest wildlife reserve. Spread over 87 km square, the reserve was established in 1977 by Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. It also houses a bird sanctuary.
Lenno is a small village on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy. It is located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como. Lenno is on a small bay of Lake Como called the "Golfo di Venere" (Bay of Venus). Ancient Romans started the village. Julius Ceasar invited 500 Greeks to come live in the village. The Greeks planted olive trees all around Lenno. The historian Paolo Giovio (1483-1552) and the geographer Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598) wrote that Pliny the Younger had a villa in Lenno. It was called the Comedy villa. Today, the village is popular with tourists. It has mansions, hotels, restaurants, and a small harbor. In 2014, Lenno was joined with three other nearby villages (Mezzegra, Ossuccio and Tremezzo) to make a single municipality called Comune di Tremezzina. Twin towns. Lenno was twinned with:
Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a South African-British author. He mostly writes historical fiction books set in Southern Africa. His best known books include "When the Lion Feeds", "The Burning Shore", "River God" and "The Seventh Scroll". He had three major book sets, "The Courtney Novels", "The Ballantyne Novels" and the "Ancient Egypt" series. He wrote forty books, beginning in 1964. He had sold over 120 million copies in total. Smith was born in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia). He was educated in South Africa. He was married four times: the first two marriages ended in divorce, his third wife died of brain cancer in 1999, and married his last wife in 2000. He had four children. He lived in London and Cape Town, South Africa. Smith died on 13 November 2021 at his home in Cape Town at the age of 88.
Georges Charpak (August 1, 1924 – September 29, 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist of Jewish descent. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber". Charpak was born in Dabrovica, Poland, now Ukraine. He moved to France when he was seven. During the war he was a member of the French Resistance and was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp. He graduated École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris. He died in Paris, France, at the age of 86.
Arthrostylidium merostachyoides is a species of "Arthrostylidium" bamboo in the grass family.  Distribution. Anthrostylidium merostachyoides is endemic to Costa Rica in Central America.
Arthrostylidium multispicatum is a species of "Arthrostylidium" bamboo in the grass family. Distribution. "Arthrostylidium multispicatum" is native to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Arthrostylidium pubescens is a species of "Arthrostylidium" bamboo in the grass family. Distribution. "Arthrostylidium pubescens" is native to Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad are a group of eight deities (divine beings) worshipped in Hermopolis. The gods of the Ogdoad were mostly seen as humans with the heads of animals, or just depicted as snakes and frogs. They were arranged in four male-female pairs, with the males associated with frogs, and the females with snakes. Their story is part of the Egyptian creation myth. The Egyptians believed that before the world was formed, there was a watery mass of dark, directionless chaos. In this chaos lived the Ogdoad of Khmunu (Hermopolis). These were four frog gods and four snake goddesses of chaos. Together they represented balance in infinity. Their names were Nun and Naunet (water), Amun and Amaunet (invisibility), Heh and Hauhet (infinity) and Kek and Kauket (darkness). The chaos existed without the light, and thus Kek and Kauket came to represent this darkness. They also symbolized obscurity, the kind of obscurity that went with darkness, and night. The Ogdoad were the original great gods of Iunu (On, Heliopolis) where they were thought to have helped with creation, then died and retired to the land of the dead where they continued to make the Nile River flow and the sun rise every day.
Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is best known for the Cosmere universe, where most of his fantasy books are set; and for finishing Robert Jordan's fantasy series "The Wheel of Time". Sanderson was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. He studied at Brigham Young University, where he received degrees in English literature and creative writing. In 2008, Sanderson started a podcast with author Dan Wells and cartoonist Howard Tayler called "Writing Excuses" with topics about creating and producing genre writing and webcomics. In 2016, the American media company DMG Entertainment bought the movie rights to Sanderson's entire Cosmere universe. Life and career. Brandon Sanderson was born on December 19, 1975, in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a teenager, he loved reading high fantasy novels and tried writing his own stories. After graduating from high school in 1994, he enrolled at Brigham Young University (BYU) as a biochemistry major. He took a two-year leave of absence from 1995 to 1997 to work as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was assigned to serve in South Korea. After completing his missionary work, Sanderson returned to BYU and changed his major to English literature. While an undergraduate, Sanderson took a job as a night desk clerk at a local hotel in Provo, Utah, because it allowed him to write while working. After earning a B.A. in English, Sanderson entered BYU's creative writing graduate program and received an M.F.A. degree in 2005. During his graduate work at BYU, Sanderson was on the staff of "Leading Edge", a semi-professional speculative fiction magazine published by the university. Sanderson wrote regularly throughout his undergraduate and graduate studies, and by 2003 he had written twelve novels, all unpublished. While in the middle of a graduate program at BYU, Tor Books editor Moshe Feder contacted him to say that he wanted to get one of his books. Sanderson had sent the manuscript of his sixth novel, "Elantris", a year and a half earlier. "El
Charles Henry Emeleus (4 September 1930 – 11 November 2017) was a British geologist. He was born in Belfast, England. He specialized in the Tertiary volcanic rocks of Britain and Greenland. Emeleus was a highly capable petrologist. The mineral emeleusite, a colourless sodium silicate, is named after Emeleus. In 2016, he received the Prestwich Medal. Emeleus died on 11 November 2017 in Durham, England at the age of 87.
Julio Oscar Mechoso (May 31, 1955 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor. He was born in Miami, Florida. He was known of his roles in "Grindhouse", "Bad Boys", "Ken Park" and "Little Miss Sunshine". His television roles included "Miami Vice", "Coach", "Seinfeld", and "Greetings from Tucson". Mechoso died of a heart attack in his home on November 25, 2017 in Burbank, California at the age of 62.
Loïc Bouvard (20 January 1929 – 27 November 2017) was a French politician. He was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire. Bouvard was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Morbihan department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Bouvard died on 27 November 2017 at the age of 88.
Bill Harris (September 1, 1934 – November 27, 2017) was an American Republican politician and businessman. He was born in Fork Mountain, Tennessee. Harris served in the Ohio General Assembly, notably as President of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2010. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2000 until his retirement in 2010. Harris died on November 27, 2017 in Ashland, Ohio at the age of 83.
A surfactant is a chemical that lowers the surface tension of a liquid. Less surface tension lets the liquid soak into things better, and can also let bubbles form easier. A liquid that bubbles and soaks into things is better at cleaning, so surfactants are used in soap. Uses. Every year, 15 million tons of surfactants are made. Half of them are used in soap; the rest are used in many different ways including making toothpaste and concrete. One popular surfactant is sodium laurel sulfate, also called sodium dodecyl sulfate or SDS. SDS is a cheap, commonly used surfactant that is used in almost every toothpaste and many shampoos, body washes, and shaving creams. Safety and environment. Small amounts of most common surfactants are usually not harmful to people or animals, although if they get into eyes they can be painful. Very large amounts of surfactants can kill animals, but the amount varies depending on the surfactant. Larger amounts of surfactants can be a problem in the environment, where they let the soil hold more water than usual, but this problem usually goes away in a few days.
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium () is a sports stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. It has a seating capacity of 76,092. This makes it the biggest stadium in the country. Building began on the stadium in 1997. It was completed in 2002. It mostly plays host to football matches. It is the home stadium of the Turkey national football team, and formerly to Galatasaray, Beşiktaş and İstanbul Başakşehir. The Atatürk Olympic Stadium was named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. On 25 May 2005, the stadium held the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final between Milan and Liverpool. Renovations and events. 2005 UEFA Champions League Final. From 2002 to 2005, the stadium had a capacity of 80,597 (all-seater). This was later reduced to 76,092 (all-seater) by removing the seats from where it was not possible to see the entire pitch, prior to the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, the final match of Europe's primary club football competition in the 2004–05 season. The showpiece event (dubbed "The Miracle of Istanbul") was contested between Liverpool of England and Milan of Italy on 25 May 2005. UEFA Euro 2016 plans. The stadium was part of the Turkish UEFA Euro 2016 bid. To meet all requirements of UEFA for being able to organise the championship, the authorities planned to take major reconstruction works on this stadium. It was planned to increase the stadium's capacity to over 90,000 spectators and making it to the world's largest stadium with every seat under cover. To increase the net and gross capacity to 81,106 and 94,555 respectively, the pitch would have been lowered by 2.15 metres. In order to provide better convenience for the VIP guests and the media, all existing hospitality areas at levels 3 and 4 would have been extended. Furthermore, 12 new boxes were planned to be added to the west stand and 32 to the east stand in order to add to the current number of 36 skyboxes; making
Bellagio is a small town on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy. The southern part of Lake Como is split into two branches by a peninsula. The peninsula is shaped like a triangle. Bellagio is on the northern tip of the peninsula. In 2017 about 3,700 people lived in Bellagio. The Ancient Romans called the town "Bilacus". Twin towns. Bellagio is twinned with:
Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was born in Blackheath in southeast London on. She studied at Royal Holloway College and at Oxford University, although women were not allowed to take degrees at that time. In 1906, she joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), founded by Emmeline Pankhurst. Three years later she gave up her job as a teacher and went to work full-time for the suffragettes. She was frequently arrested for causing a public disturbance and burning post boxes. She spent a number of short periods in jail. In 1909, she was sentenced to a month's hard labour in Strangeways Prison in Manchester after throwing rocks at the carriage of chancellor David Lloyd George. She attempted to starve herself, and resisted force-feeding. A prison guard, angered by Davison's blockading herself in her cell, forced a hose into the room and nearly filled it with water. She sued the wardens of Strangeways, and was awarded 40 shillings. By 1911, Davison was becoming increasingly militant. On 4 June 1913, she ran out in front of the king's horse as it was taking part in the Epsom Derby. Her purpose was unclear, but she was trampled on and died on 8 June – at the age of 40 – from her injuries.
In telecommunications, packet switching is a method of grouping data that is transmitted over a digital network into "packets". Composed of a header and a payload: A header is used by networking hardware to direct packets to its destination, A payload is the thing extracted after it has reached its destination (thanks to the header) The workstation creates a packet, and stamps it with the destination's IP Address and forwards it to a router, the router's job is to find out how to get the packet to the desired destination. Breaking communication down into packets allows the same information to be shared amongst many users in a network. A type of small network where packets (small units of data) are routed through a network based on the destination address contained in each packet. “A data packet is a unit of data made into a single package that travels along a given network path. Data packets are used in Internet Protocol (IP) transmissions for data that navigates the Web, and in other kinds of networks.”