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Honningsvåg is a city in the Norwegian county Finnmark. It has 2375 inhabitants (as of 2008). It became a city in 1996. Other websites. 'the catastrophy of 1944, in perspective'. Sagat.no. 2024-12-29. Paywall (for part of the article)
Jean-Denis Bredin (17 May 1929 – 1 September 2021) was a French attorney. He was known for being the founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat. He was a member of the Académie française. He was elected on 15 June 1989. Bredin died on 1 September 2021 in Paris, aged 92.
Gabriel-Marie-Joseph-Anselme de Broglie-Revel (21 April 1931 – 8 January 2025) was a French historian and politician. Broglie-Revel was elected to the Académie française in 2001. He replaced Alain Peyrefitte. He was a Knight Commander of the Légion d'honneur. He was a distant relative of the ducs de Broglie. Broglie died in Paris, France on 8 January 2025 at the age of 93.
Unstad is a village in Norway's municipality of Vestvågøy. The village is on the isle of Vestvågøya. The village's beach, Unstad Beach, has been used for surfing since 1963.
Marc Fumaroli (10 June 1932 in Marseille – 24 June 2020 in Paris), is a French historian and essayist. Fumaroli was elected to the Académie française on 2 March 1995 and became its Director. He is also a member of the Académie des Inscriptions, the sister academy.  Following his appointment to a chair in Seventeenth Century Studies at the University of Paris-IV, La Sorbonne (1980), he was elected to a Chair in Rhetoric and Society in Europe (16th and 17th century) at the Collège de France. He held it from 1986 to 2002, until mandatory retirement, and is now an emeritus professor. Career. Fumaroli is known for the revival of Rhetoric as field of study of European culture, in a sharp move away from both structuralism and post-modernism. His pioneering work remains "L'Age De l'Eloquence" (1980). This massive work redrew the map of rhetorical scholarship across Europe. Fumaroli was also a member of the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought. Death. Fumaroli was killed in a car crash in Paris on 24 June 2020, aged 88. Honors. Fumaroli is a recipient of the prestigious Balzan Prize, the "Nobel" of the humanities (in 2001). He is a foreign member of the British Academy and of the American Philosophical Society. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1990.
Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French novelist. His work mostly was made up of partially or totally autobiographic novels. On 18 October 1973, he was elected a member of the Académie française, taking seat 12, following the death of Jules Romains. On the death of Claude Lévi-Strauss on 30 October 2009, he became the Dean of the "Académie", its longest-serving member until his death in 2017. He was also a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.  In 2010, he was awarded the Ovid Prize. On 5 December 2017, d'Ormesson died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, at the age of 92.
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (born Hélène Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929 – 5 August 2023) was a French historian. She was the permanent secretary of the Académie française. She was a well known historian, specializing in Russian history. She was a recipient of Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2008. Carrère d'Encausse was born in Paris. She was a graduate of the elite Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"). She was elected to seat 14 of the Académie française in 1990, and her academician's sword was made by the sculptor Goudji. She became permanent secretary on 21 October 1999. Even though she was the first woman in a leading role at the Académie Française, she insisted on using the masculine form as her title. In her book "L'Empire éclaté" published in 1978 she predicted the fall of the Soviet Union. She was awarded Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2011). Carrère d'Encausse died in Paris on 5 August 2023, at the age of 94.
Michel Serres (1 September 1930 – 1 June 2019) was a French philosopher and author. In 1990, Serres was elected to the Académie française, in recognition of his position as one of France's most prominent intellectuals. He serves as a Professor of French at Stanford University. Serres was a vocal supporter for freely accessible knowledge, especially Wikipedia. Serres died on 1 June 2019 at the age of 88.
René de Obaldia (22 October 1918 – 27 January 2022) was a French playwright and poet. He was elected to the Académie française on 24 June 1999. He began his career in 1960. His first major play, "Génousie," was presented at the Théâtre national populaire. This was followed by "Le Satyre de la Villette", with André Barsacq at the Théâtre de l'Atelier, a comedy which ranked him with his literary forebears Jacques Audiberti, Ionesco, Beckett. He has been, for more than fifty years, one of the most-produced French playwrights on the planet, as well as the most internationally renowned (having been translated into 28 languages). In 1985 he was awarded the Grand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie Française. De Obaldia died in Paris on 27 January 2022, at the age of 103.
Ethyl iodide (also called iodoethane) is a colorless and flammable chemical compound. It has the chemical formula C2H5I. It is prepared by heating ethanol with iodine and phosphorus.
TG Norba 24 is an Italian television channel. It is a 24-hour channel that only shows news. The channel is owned by Gruppo Norba. The channel's format shows rolling news bulletins. These are updated every 15 minutes. It broadcasts live from 5am to midnight.
Dominique Fernandez (born on 25 August 1929) is a French writer of novels, essays and travel books. Much of his writing explores homosexual experience and creativity. In 1982 he won the Prix Goncourt for his novel about Pier Paolo Pasolini. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. In 2007, he was elected a member of the Académie française.
Pierre Nora (born 17 November 1931) is a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 7 June 2001. He is known for his work on French identity and memory. His name is associated with the study of new history. He is the brother of the late Simon Nora, former French officer. From 1965 to 1977 he was first assistant and then lecturer at the "Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris" (Paris Institute of Political Science). Since 1977 he has been the director of studies at the "École des hautes études en sciences sociales" (School of higher studies in social sciences).
François Cheng (, born 30 August 1929) is a Chinese-born French academician, writer, poet and calligrapher. He is the author of essays, novels, collections of poetry and books on art written in the French language, and the translator of some of the great French poets into Chinese. Born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. He became a French citizen in 1973. He was elected to the Académie française in 2002, and was the first person of Asian origin to be a member of the Academy. He was the winner of the 1998 Prix Femina for "Le Dit de Tianyi" ("The Tale of Tianyi") (pub. Albin Michel, Paris, 1998).
Yves Pouliquen (born 17 February 1931) is a French physician. His work has been dedicated to the pathology of the cornea. In 1992, he was made a member of the Académie nationale de médecine. In 1994 he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca and on 29 November 2001 he was elected to the Académie française. Since 2006, he is the president of the Fondation Singer-Polignac.
Max Gallo (; 7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French writer, historian and politician. His parents were Italian immigrants. Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time he was a Communist (until 1956). In 1974, he joined the Socialist Party.  On April 26, 2007, he became a candidate to become a member of the Académie française. He was elected to the Académie française on 31 May 2007.
André Lafargue (2 July 1917 – 18 July 2017) was a French journalist and theatre critic. He turned 100 in July 2017, two weeks before his death. Lafargue began writing for "Paris-Matin", later known as "Ce matin, le pays", in 1947. A year later, he joined the "Parisien libéré", later known as "Le Parisien", in 1948. In the 1970s, he was the founding contributor of the theatre reviews in the newspaper. He retired in 1987. Lafargue died on 18 July 2017 in Paris at the age of 100.
Andrew Paulson (November 13, 1958 – July 18, 2017) was an American entrepreneur. He was the son of noted American professor Ronald Paulson. His business career was mainly established in Russia. Shortly after the Russian financial crisis of August 1998, Paulson, together with Anton Kudryashov and Ilya Tsentsiper, founded Afisha, an entertainment and listings magazine that became the cultural touchstone of Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 2006, Paulson with Alexander Mamut founded SUP Media, which became Russia’s largest online media company, consisting of LiveJournal. Paulson died on July 18, 2017 from lung cancer, at the age of 59.
Ronald Paulson (born May 27, 1930) is an American professor of English, a specialist in English 18th-century art and culture, and English artist William Hogarth. Paulson has taught and held many administrative positions at several universities in the United States, including the University of Illinois from 1959 to 1963 and Rice University from 1963 to 1967. He was the Chairman of the Johns Hopkins University English Department from 1967 to 1975. From 1975 to 1984 he was a professor at Yale University and served as the Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department from 1976 to 1983 and the Director of the British Studies Program from 1976 to 1984. Paulson was born in Bottineau, North Dakota. He studied at Yale University. His son, Andrew, was a businessman made in Russia.  He has been a member of the editorial board of the academic journal "ELH: English Literary History" and was senior editor from 1985 to 2004; he served on the editorial boards of the journals "Studies in English Literature"; PMLA; "Eighteenth-Century Studies"; and the Johns Hopkins University Press.
María Amuchástegui (16 January 1953 – 19 July 2017) was an Argentine television fitness instructor, ballerina, and singer. She was born in Buenos Aires. She became well known in Argentina in the 1980s. Her best known morning fitness shows were "Buen día Salud" and "Buen Día, María", both were made in the 1980s. She was also a singer. Her best known work was the 2006 song "Camino de espejos". Amuchástegui died in Buenos Aires on 19 July 2017 of a stroke and lung cancer at the age of 64.
Miguel Blesa de la Parra (8 August 1947 – 19 July 2017) was a Spanish banker. He was the chairman of the Spanish bank Caja Madrid from 1996 to 2010. He was born in Linares, Jaén, Spain. In February 2017, Blesa received a six-year jail term in connection with the misuse of company credit cards. Cards were misused by a number of people, including Blesa himself, during the many years he was chairman of Caja Madrid. Blesa was found dead on a private hunting estate near Córdoba, Spain on 19 July 2017, with a shotgun wound to the chest at the age of 69.
Jacob Franklin Butcher (1936 – July 19, 2017) was an American banker and politician. He built a financial empire in East Tennessee. He was the Democratic Party nominee for governor of Tennessee in 1978. He was known for his promotion of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. He lost his business and his personal fortune after he was found to have engaged in massive fraud. Butcher died in Atlanta, Georgia on July 19, 2017 at the age of 81.
Sonny West (Delbert West, Jr.; July 5, 1937 – May 24, 2017) was an American actor and stunt performer. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. West was known for being a friend and bodyguard of the late singer Elvis Presley with his cousin Red West for sixteen years. He was part of the Elvis entourage at the Elvis Memphis home Graceland, which became known as 'The Memphis Mafia'. Before and after Elvis' passing, West wrote several books, and made public appearances at Elvis related conventions and gatherings, speaking out on his time working for Presley and their relationship. West died of lung and oropharyngeal cancer (tonsil cancer) in Hendersonville, Tennessee on May 24, 2017, aged 79.
Oropharyngeal cancer is a disease in which malignant cells form in the tissue of oropharynx. The oropharynx is the middle part of the throat that includes the base of the tongue, the tonsils, the soft palate, and the walls of the pharynx.  Oropharyngeal cancers can be divided into two types, HPV-positive, which are related to human papillomavirus infection, and HPV-negative cancers, which are usually linked to alcohol or tobacco use.
Blaoui Houari (23 January 1926 – 19 July 2017) was an Algerian singer-songwriter, composer and conductor. During his career, he recorded over 900 songs and released over 100 albums. Houari was born in Oran, Western Algeria, then French Algeria. Houari began his career as a singer-songwriter in the 1940. During the Algerian War, Houari was arrested by the French army and detained in Sig for his pro-Algerian songs. When Algeria became an independent nation in 1962, he became the head of Oran's public radio and television stations. In 1970, he conducted the Algerian National Orchestra at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. Houari died on 19 July 2017 in Oran of a heart attack at the age of 91.
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician. He was the 13th Vice President of India from 11 August 2017 to 11 August 2022. On 5 August 2017, Naidu was elected Vice President of India with 67.89% of the votes.  Naidu served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Narendra Modi cabinet. A well known leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов) (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major general, writer and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk. He was born in Listvyanka, West Siberian Krai, Soviet Union. Leonov died on 11 October 2019 from diabetes-related problems. He was 85. He was the last survivor of the cosmonauts in the Voskhod programme.
A driver less car (also called autonomous car or self-driving car or self-driving vehicle, i.e. self-operating) is a vehicle that can perform certain tasks on its own, without the help of a human driver. The car uses sensors to analyze its environment, and doesn't need a human's help for certain tasks. These tasks commonly include parking the car, driving while keeping the same lane on a highway or driving at a predefined speed. In public places, certain buses have been programmed to travel a given route. As of 2021, self-driving cars have been used in controlled environments more and more. An example of this might be buses that transfer passengers between airport terminals. Technology. Typical technology used by a self-driving vehicle include Radar, lidar, digital cameras, machine learning, GPS and IMU. Cameras help the self-driving car detect objects to ensure safe navigation and enhance visibility to reduce accidents. Tesla, one of the self-driving cars has eight cameras around the car. Three cameras provide a 120-degree field of view and are located in front behind the windshield. Two forward-looking side cameras and two rearward looking side cameras are on both sides of the car. One rear view camera at the back of the car. These cameras see changes in traffic signals, detect vehicles merging from adjacent lanes, and provide a wide range view.  LiDAR uses light waves to determine the distance from the car to other objects. It measures the time it takes for light to reflect off obstacles and return to the car. Radar uses radio waves to detect the objects. Radar can measure the distance between car and objects and the speed of other moving objects. LiDAR and Radar allow cars to understand more accurate surroundings. Radar and LiDAR technologies offer precise positional data, while camera excels at identifying objects. Combining these technologies significantly enhances the safety of self-driving cars, reducing the risk of accidents. Machine learning technologies such as deep learning and reinforcement learning enable vehicles to recognize objects more accurately. For example, Tesla utilizes deep learning to train its vehicles in identifying various objects on the road, including pedestrians, lanes, and other vehicles. This technology allows Tesla cars to continually improve their ability to navigate and respond to their surroundings,
The Pak Beng Dam is a project to build a hydroelectric power plant and a dam on the Mekong river - inside Laos. Construction is scheduled to start in 2022, says website NS Energy. As of November 2020, Laos is doing evaluations on potential (or possible) impact on the environment; at the same time Laos has [temporarily delayed, or] suspended the project [or other work on the project], media said in January 2021. Laos "has already begun preparatory work for the 912-megawatt Pak Beng dam in the northern province of Oudomxay, according to an article in Seattle Times in 2016. The project is going to be funded by the Chinese company, Datang Overseas Investment. Lawsuit in Thailand. In 2021, a court of appeal in Thailand rejected an appeal for petition against the dam. Previously, people living in eight Thai provinces along the Mekong River have been suing [since June 2017] state agencies [in Thailand] because they say that there wasn't enough public participation in planning for the Pak Beng hydropower dam, which is being built by Laos.
Dunderland was a Nazi concentration camp in Norway during World War II. It was located in Dunderlandsdalen, a valley in Rana. As of May 1945, it had between 477 and 481 prisoners. The camp's purpose was to make prisoners do forced labor on the Nordland Line. In 2017, a government agency called the Directorate for Cultural Heritage ordered the remains of the concentration camp to be preserved. Prisoners. On 14 May 1945, a medical doctor named Dag Fodstad described the camp's prisoners as "477 Russians, of which 330 are sick[.] 40 of them have tuberculosis, many with oedema, [and] 100 are strongly fatigued".
Perambalur district is an administrative district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The district headquarters is located at Perambalur. The district occupies an area of 1,752 km². 565,223 people lived there with 1,003 females for every 1,000 males in 2011. Perambalur district is a centrally located inland district of Tamil Nadu. It was trifurcated (thrice-divided) from Tiruchirappalli district and was formed on 1 November 1995. The district is bounded by Cuddalore district in the north, Tiruchirappalli district in the south, Ariyalur in the east and Namakkal and Tiruchirappalli districts in the west. According to the 2011 census, the sex-ratio of 1,003 females for every 1,000 males was much above the national average of 929. A total of 59,567 were under the age of six, 31,135 males and 28,432 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 31.01% and .46% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 66.49%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The district had a total of 149,243 households. There were a total of 299,726 workers, comprising 107,542 cultivators, 91,135 main agricultural labourers, 4,365 in household industries, 52,055 other workers, 44,629 marginal workers, 9,762 marginal cultivators, 27,143 marginal agricultural labourers, 978 marginal workers in household industries and 6,746 other marginal workers.
Perambalur is a municipality town in the state of Tamil Nadu . It is the administrative headquarters of Perambalur district and Perambalur Taluk (Sub-District). Perambalur is the central town of Tamil Nadu. Perambalur district is bounded on the North by Cuddalore and Salem, South by Trichy, East by Ariyalur, West by Trichy and Salem. As of 2011 census, the town had a population of 49,648. There are a set of 11th century Buddhists images around the villages of Perambalur called Perambalur Buddhas. Population. According to 2011 census, Perambalur had a population of 49,648 with a sex-ratio of 1,013 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 5,190 were under the age of six, constituting 2,678 males and 2,512 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 29.43% and .29% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 80.77%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 12732 households. There were a total of 18,430 workers, comprising 998 cultivators, 1,746 main agricultural labourers, 364 in house hold industries, 13,762 other workers, 1,560 marginal workers, 49 marginal cultivators, 390 marginal agricultural labourers, 78 marginal workers in household industries and 1,043 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Perambalur had 86.94% Hindus, 9.29% Muslims, 3.6% Christians, 0.01% Sikhs, 0.01% Buddhists, 0.0% Jains, 0.12% following other religions and 0.03% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.
Perambalur taluk is a taluk of Perambalur district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its headquarters is the town of Perambalur. Perambalur taluk comprises the town of Perambalur and 27 revenue villages. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Perambalur had a population of 161,993 with 81,313 males and 80,680 females. There were 992 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 73.87. Child population in the age group below 6 was 7,704 males and 7,054 females.
The Ariyalur District is an administrative district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The district headquarters is at Ariyalur. The district area is 1,949.31 km² and population was 752,481 at the 2011 census. Ariyalur is noted for its cement industries and has huge reserves of lignite. Gangaikonda Cholapuram built by the King Rajendra Cholan of Chola Empire, an UNESCO World Heritage site is in the district. This district is also known for its rich prehistoric fossils. Many fossils of gigantic Molluscs, Jawed fishes were discovered here. Notably, The Rajasaurus, an Indian dinosaur genus was identified here. According to the 2011 census Ariyalur district has a population of 752,481, roughly equal to the nation of Guyana or the U.S. state of Alaska. This gives it a ranking of 491st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 387 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,000/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.19%.As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Tamil Nadu (out of 32), after Perambalur and Nilgiris. The district became famous in 2008, when theft of 8 idols were discovered from a 9th-century Chola Brahadeeswarar Temple at gangai konda cholapuram was discovered by Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) Government of India officials. One of these idols, the Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol found its way to the National Gallery of Australia. Two of the stolen statues were later returned and are now displayed in the Government Museum at Kumbakonam.