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Palden Gyatso (1933 – 30 November 2018) was a Tibetan Buddhist monk. He was born in Panam, Tibet. During the Chinese invasion of Tibet he was arrested for protesting and spent 33 years in Chinese prisons and labor camps, where he was tortured.  After his release in 1992 he fled to Dharamsala, (North India) in exile. He was still a practicing monk and political activist, traveling the world publicizing the cause of Tibet up until his death in 2018.  Gyatso died on 30 November 2018 in Dharamshala, India of liver cancer at the age of 85.
Harold O. Levy (December 14, 1952 – November 27, 2018) was an American lawyer and philanthropist. He was the executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the largest scholarship foundation in the United States. Levy was best known as Chancellor of the New York City public schools from 2000 to 2002. Levy was born in New York City. He studied at Cornell University and at Oxford University. Levy died from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in New York City on November 27, 2018 at the age of 65.
The common bronzewing ("Phaps chalcoptera)" is a species of pigeon. They are found in Australia. They eat vegetable matter. Looks. They are 20 to 36 centimetres long. Distribution. They are common in Australia. They are found in a variety of habitats, though they are nearly always near water. Eating. They eat material from plants, such as seeds. They drink rather frequently.
The laughing kookaburra ("Dacelo novaeguineae") is a type of kingfisher. They were previously called the laughing jackass and the giant kingfisher. Breeding Laughing kookaburras are believed to have 90 females Looks. They are normally off white with pale brown lines. They have brown wings and back. They look similar to the Blue-winged kookaburra which is found in the same area. male and female birds look similar. They are 43 to 45 cm long and weigh around 0.5 kg. Laughing and rofous-bellied kookaburras are known to speed far north as Norway and as far south as Antarctica Food. They eat insects, crustaceans and worms. Sometimes, they will eat small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds. Relationship with humans. They can become tame and may accept meat from a human's hand.
On November 30, 2018, at 8:29 AKST (17:29 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Anchorage, Alaska. The earthquake's epicenter was near Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, about north of the city.  It was followed by a 5.7 aftershock epicentered north-northwest of the city. There were a total of 40 aftershocks. The earthquake could be felt as far as Fairbanks.  Severe damage to several buildings and a highway overpass near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport have been reported. There are no casualties reported so far. A tsunami warning was issued for nearby coastal areas, including Cook Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula, but they were lifted shortly after.
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, happened at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. Across south-central Alaska (mainly in Anchorage), ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis were caused by the earthquake. It caused about 139 deaths. The earthquake lasted four minutes and thirty-eight seconds. It was a magnitude 9.2 earthquake. It remains the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history, and the second most powerful earthquake recorded in world history. Nearby, a tsunami destroyed the village of Chenega, killing 23 of the 68 people who lived there. Post-quake tsunamis severely affected Whittier, Seward, Kodiak, and other Alaskan communities, as well as people and property in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. Tsunamis also caused damage in Hawaii and Japan. Evidence of motion directly related to the earthquake was also reported from Florida and Texas.
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located southwest of downtown Anchorage. The airport is named for Ted Stevens, a U.S. senator from Alaska in office from 1968 to 2009.  It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a medium-hub primary commercial service facility.
Turlock, California is a city in Stanislaus County in California. In 2020, the city had a population of 72,740 people. It is the second-largest city in Stanislaus County. California State University, Stanislaus is in Turlock. Geography. Turlock is between Modesto and Merced. Turlock is in the Central Valley. Turlock has a semi-arid climate.
On November 30, 2018, George H. W. Bush died at his home in Houston, Texas of natural causes. Bush was the 41st President of the United States, the 43rd Vice President of the United States, the former Director of Central Intelligence, and a former member of the United States House of Representatives. This happened nearly 8 months after the death of his wife Barbara Bush in April. Bush was the first president to die since Gerald Ford in 2006, and, at the age of 94 years and 171 days, he surpassed Ford for the title of longest-lived U.S. president in history. Shortly after news broke of Bush's death, on December 5, 2018, Donald Trump declared a National Day of Mourning and ordered all flags "throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions" lowered to half staff for the remainder of the year. The state funeral of Bush is the official funerary rites conducted by the Government of the United States. He was interred at the George Bush Presidential Library. The state funeral and respective activities occurred over a period of four days from December 3 to December 6, 2018. Events. The corps of cadets of the United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, and United States Coast Guard Academy, and the corps of midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy are to be immediately assembled to be officially informed of the death by the superintendents of their respective institutions. Very early on the morning of December 1, 2018, the flags at the White House were lowered to half staff. State funeral. Before his death, Bush filed a 211-page document with the Military District of Washington, which had a request for an aerial flyover of fighter jets in missing man formation by the United States Air Force during his state funeral, as well as final interment and burial to occur at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. Bush made plans for a national funeral service to be held at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Bush lay in state in the United States Capitol rotunda from the evening of December 3 through the morning of December 5
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in December 2018. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting. Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
An ice shelf is a large platform of ice, where a glacier flows down to a coastline. An ice shelf is usually very thick, usually or more. Some ice shelves float on the water. Ice shelves that float are usually much thinner.  The biggest areas of ice shelf are in Antarctica:
Farid Zizi is a French aerospace engineer. Since 1 August 2018, he has been the head of the France Aviation Civile Services (previously DSNA Services). He is known for having been head of the Education and Research at the French Civil Aviation University and head of the Air Navigation Commission at ICAO.
Ennio Fantastichini (20 February 1955 – 1 December 2018) was an Italian actor. He was born in Gallese, Italy. His first role was in "Open Doors". In 2010, for his performance in Ferzan Özpetek's "Loose Cannons", he won a David di Donatello for best supporting actor. Fantastichini died of leukemia in Naples on 1 December 2018, aged 63.
Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was known as the main suspect in the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. Borden was tried and acquitted of the murders. Despite being proven innocent, many believed she committed the murders and has become the subject of folklore.
Menahem Degani (18 August 1927 – 23 November 2018) was an Israeli basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament for the Israel's national team at the 1952 Summer Olympics.  Degani was born in Tel Aviv and died in Tel Aviv at the age of 91.
Thomas Wright Thornburg King (January 11, 1923 – November 25, 2018), better known as Wright King, was an American actor. He was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. His career lasted from 1949 until his retirement in 1987. He was known for his roles in "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Stagecoach to Fury" and in "Planet of the Apes". King died on November 25, 2018 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 95.
Ruth Inez Haring (also known as Ruth Orton; January 23, 1955 – November 29, 2018) was an American chess player and Woman International Master. Born in Maine, she competed in the United States Women's Championship in the 1970s and 1980s, and represented the country in the 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982 Chess Olympiads. She was President of the United States Chess Federation from 2011 to 2016. Haring died on November 29, 2018 in Chico, California at the age of 63.
Anwar Hossain (6 October 1948 – 1 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi photographer and cinematographer. Biography. He was born in Dhaka, East Pakistan. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography a record five times for the movies "Sundori" (1979), "Emiler Goenda Bahini" (1980), "Puraskar" (1983), "Anya Jibon" (1995) and "Lalsalu" (2003). Hossain died on 1 December 2018 at his hotel room in Dhaka from a heart attack at the age of 70.
Stefanie Tücking (1 April 1962  – 1 December 2018) was a German radio and television presenter. She was born in Kaiserslautern, Germany. In Germany, Tücking worked for the German broadcaster Südwestrundfunk (SWR) as a television and radio presenter. Tücking was found dead in Baden-Baden, Germany on 1 December 2018 at the age of 56.
Mariana Treviño (born 27 November 1977) is a Mexican actress. She was known for her role as Lupita in the popular Mexican musical "Mentiras". She starred in other comedy movies "No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas" (2013) and "Amor de Mis Amores" (2014). Since 2015, she starred in the Netflix telenovela "Club de Cuervos". In 2018, she starred in the American comedy "Overboard" alongside Eugenio Derbez and Anna Faris.
Kenneth Ronald Berry (November 3, 1933 – December 1, 2018) was an American actor, dancer, writer and singer. He was born in Moline, Illinois. Berry starred on the television series "F Troop", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Mayberry R.F.D." and "Mama's Family". A Broadway actor, he starred in "The Billy Barnes Revue" and "George M!". From 1960 to 1976, Berry was married to actress Jackie Joseph and the two adopted two children. Berry died in Burbank, California on December 1, 2018 at the age of 85.
Scott Andrew Stearney (October 21, 1960 – December 1, 2018) was an American naval aviator and Vice Admiral of the United States Navy. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Stearney was Commander of the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain from May 2018 until his death in December 2018. On December 1, 2018, Stearney was found dead in his home in Bahrain in an apparent suicide, aged 58.
Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American comedian, singer, and actor. He was born in New York City. He was nominated for a Best Actor in a Musical Tony Award for 1979's "They're Playing Our Song". He was known for hosting "Saturday Night Live" twice. Klein starred in many movies such as "The Owl and the Pussycat", "Hooper", "Primary Colors", "Radioland Murders", "Ira and Abby", "One Fine Day", "Two Weeks Notice", "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days", "The Last Unicorn", and "The Safety of Objects".
Sentientism is a way of thinking about what is right and wrong - an ethical philosophy. It uses evidence of the real world and careful thinking to develop beliefs. It rejects beliefs where there is no good evidence for them. Sentientism says we should care about all sentient beings and care more about beings that are more sentient. Sentient beings include anything that can experience good or bad things or feelings. These include humans, most non-human animals and may eventually include artificial beings we create or intelligent aliens we meet. People who agree with sentientism are called sentientists. They are atheist and often humanist. They are also often vegan or vegetarian for moral reasons. Things that are not sentient, such as plants, rivers and mountains, may be important because they affect how sentient beings feel. However, we don't need to care about them directly because they cannot suffer or feel pleasure. Sentientist thinking has a long history, from Jeremy Bentham's An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation through to modern philosophers such as Richard D. Ryder and Peter Singer. Sentientism differs from Speciesism because it uses degrees of sentience, rather than species, to decide what things we should care about. Sentientism differs from painism because it counts positive experience, as well as the ability to feel pain, in making moral decisions. Sentientism agrees with Animalism that humans are animals so we should care about both. However, sentientism argues that we should also care about non-animal sentient beings, such as potential artificial or alien intelligences. Notable Sentientists. Notable sentientists include: Thandie Newton, Bill Maher, James Cameron, Stephen Fry, George Meyer, Ricky Gervais, Sam Harris, Benjamin Spock, Oliver Sykes, Steven Pinker, Gary Holt (musician), Ellen Page, Kristen Bell, Cloris Leachman, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Dawkins, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jessica Lange and John Stewart Bell. In some cases sentientism is implied because these people are atheists and/or humanists and vegans or vegetarians.
Ivan Katardžiev (, ; January 6, 1926 – December 1, 2018) was a Macedonian historian. He was called the country's most important expert on the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and the Macedonian history under Yugoslavia as well as the early years of independence. Katardžiev was also director of the Institute for National History. Katadžiev died on December 1, 2018, in Skopje, North Macedonia, at the age of 92.
The "Yellow Vests" movement (, ; ; ), also called as the Yellow Jacket movement in English, is a protest movement in Europe which began with a petition posted in May 2018, and which took action for the first time on Saturday, 17 November 2018.  The "yellow vests" blocked roads and caused traffic chaos on Saturdays. The demonstrations stem from anger over rising diesel fuel prices and taxes. By November 24, The "Gilets jaunes" protests had led to two deaths and over 750 injuries, including 136 police officers. Two days later, officials estimated that the damage in Paris alone could be up to €1.5m (£1.3m), and had mobilised 200 additional workers to assist with the cleanup and repair work. By December 2, The "Gilets jaunes" protests had led to three deaths, the third being in Arles, according to Reuters.
Vittorio Gassman, Knight Grand Cross, OMRI (; born Vittorio Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He was born in Genoa. Gassman was known as "the Laurence Olivier of Italy". Gassman was known for his movie roles "Il sorpasso" (1962), "La Grande Guerra" (1962), "I mostri" (1963), "L'Armata Brancaleone" (1966), "Profumo di donna" (1974) and "C'eravamo tanto amati" (1974). From 1952 to 1954, he was married to actress Shelley Winters.  Gassman died on 29 June 2000 in Rome from a heart attack at the age of 77.
Paul Sherwen (7 June 1956 – 2 December 2018) was an English professional racing cyclist and later a broadcaster on cycling. He worked with NBC and commentated on the Tour de France. He raced in seven editions of the Tour, finishing five. He raced for the Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt and for the Raleigh Bicycle Company. Sherwen was born in Widnes, Lancashire. He died on 2 December 2018 at his home in Kampala, Uganda from heart failure at the age of 62.
The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche are several large species of bonytongue fish in the genus Arapaima.  They are native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.  These fish are widely dispersed and do not migrate. This makes scientists think that there are more species of arapaima that scientists have not found yet.  Ecology. The diet of the arapaima consists of fish, crustaceans, fruits, seeds, insects, and small land animals that walk near the shore. Arapaima can leap out of the water if they feel harassed or bullied.
The Japanese dwarf flying squirrel ("Pteromys momonga") lives in forests on Honshu and Kyushu islands. They eat buds, leaves, bark and fruits. The International Union for Conservation of Nature do it as a "least-concern species". Appearance. Its body is 14–20 cm long and the tail length is 10–14 cm. It is much smaller than the Japanese giant flying squirrel. Its back is covered with grey brown hair, and its belly is white. It has large eyes and a flattened tail. Species of flying squirrels possess a patagium, which is a skin membrane used in gliding. In this particular species of flying squirrel their patagium spans between their wrists and ankles, but not between their legs and tail. Living areas. It is native to Japan where it inhabits sub-alpine forests and boreal evergreen forests on Honshu and Kyushu islands. Japanese dwarf flying squirrels make their nests in the cavities of trees,or at the cross point between branches and tree trunks. These squirrels also tend to line their nests with mosses and lichens.Tree cavities are very important nest resources for them. They tend to nest in conifers, such as pine and spruce, more than broad-leaved trees. Food and water. It eats seeds, fruit, tree leaves, buds and bark. It can leap from tree. Reproduction. Breeding form is embryonic. Birth 2 - 6 cubs in 2 times a year at a time. Threats. Old forests and deciduous broad-leaved forests with trees for nesting are decreasing and they are divided Relationship with humans. They also eats acorns etc. in natural forest. This habit can be compatible with forestry and coexistence with humans is possible. It is because we only need to leave some natural forests when planting cedar.
The Japanese weasel ("Mustela Itatsi") is a carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Mustelidae. It lives in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu of Japan. Major habitats are plains, but in western Japan it mainly lives in mountainous areas. Appearance. Adult males of the Japanese weasel can reach in body length with a tail length of up to . Females are smaller. The fur is orange-brown with darker markings. Distribution and Habitat. The Japanese weasel was na­tive to three of Japan’s four larger is­lands: Hon­shu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Over the past cen­tury, they have been intro­duced to most other Japan­ese is­lands to control the population of rodents. Their range now in­cludes Hokkaidō and the many of the Ryūkyū Islands. Japan­ese weasels are found in a lot of ecosystems in Japan. It mainly lives in moun­tain­ous and forested places near mov­ing water. Most hunt­ing is done along rivers, but these weasels sometimes go into grasslands or sub­ur­ban areas. In win­ter, these slim weasels spend most of their time under the snow chas­ing small ro­dents through a maze of tunnels. After catch­ing and eat­ing the prey, Japan­ese weasels usually enjoy the warmth of the prey's nest after eat­ing. Feeding. They eat mice, frogs, reptiles, insects and crayfish. They sometimes eat berries, seeds and fruits but only when hungry. Males like to eat more mammals and crustacean. Females like to eat insects, fruits and earthworms. Their diet changes depending on the season, the number of some foods. Fish and insects are a part of their diet throughout all seasons. They mostly eat coleoptera insects in spring, fruits in summer, orthoptera insects and crustaceans in autumn and fish and fruit in winter. Japanese weasels help in controlling rodent and other small animal populations. Behavior. Japanese weasels live by themselves, with the except when mating
The brown-headed thrush ("Turdus chrysolaus"), sometimes known as the brown thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.  This bird breeds in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and Japan. It winters in the south, toward the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Hainan and the northern Philippines. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is 23–24 cm long and weighs around 64–90 g. The body color of the male and female is almost the same and black on the head and distinct bright orange feathers from chest to side of abdomen. The male has slaty-brown face and throat, shading through brown on hindcrown and neck to russet-tinged brown upperparts; chestnut-orange breast. They prefer to live in bright needle-leaved forests with larches from flatlands to mountains.
The Okinawa rail ("Gallirallus okinawae") is a species of bird endemic to Okinawa Island in Japan, where it is known as the "Yanbaru kuina" (Yanbaru rail). It is known to local people such as Agathi, Agacha (meaning 'hurry'),and Yamadhui(meaning 'mountain bird'). Appearance. The face is black with a white spot between the bill and eye and a white line behind the eye, extending back to the side of the neck. The undertail-coverts are dark brown with pale bars. Its wing length is 15–16 cm. Its eggs are 5 cm long and 3.5 cm wide. It lives in the evergreen broad-leaved forest which is 500m above sea level. It is about 30 cm long with a wingspan of 50 cm and a weight of around 435 g. Living areas. It lives in subtropical moist forests and in neighbouring habitats. Food and water. It has any prey which inhabit in an artificial water field advanced organic pollution. Such as food mainly living in the road and forest adge. References. The bill and iris are brownish and the legs and feet are yellow-ochre. It is a noisy bird with a variety of loud calls. It calls most often early and late in the day, usually from the ground but sometimes from trees. Pairs often call together and up to 12 birds have been heard in one area. Relationship with human. Forest logging and agricultural land development - Destruction and division of habitats by forest roads and dam construction, traffic accidents, weakness death due to chicks sliding down to side grooves, predation by artificially introduced dogs and nonneko · fairy mongoose etc. Is decreasing