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The Moder is a river in Alsace, in north-eastern France. It is a left-side tributary of the Rhine river. Geography. The Moder river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Auenheim. Course. The Moder starts in the Vosges mountains in the place called "Moderfeld" in the "commune" of Zittersheim, (Bas-Rhin department), at an altitude of about . From here, the Moder flows to the north and then turns to the southeast; in the final part, the river flows to the northeast. The Moder river flows within the Grand Est region, the Bas-Rhin department and the following "communes" ː Zittersheim, Wingen-sur-Moder, Wimmenau, Ingwiller, Menchhoffen, Schillersdorf, Obermodern-Zutzendorf, Schalkendorf, La Walck, Pfaffenhoffen, Uberach, Niedermodern, Dauendorf, Ohlungen, Schweighouse-sur-Moder, Haguenau, Kaltenhouse, Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, Bischwiller, Rohrwiller, Drusenheim, Sessenheim, Dalhunden, Stattmatten, Auenheim, Fort-Louis, Rœschwoog, Neuhaeusel. Finally, the Moder river flows into the Rhine river in Neuhaeusel. Main tributaries. The main tributaries of the Moder river areː
Virgil van Dijk (born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. He was born in Breda, North Brabant. Van Dijk began his career with Dutch team Groningen. He played there between 2011 and 2013. Then he moved to Scottish Premiership team Celtic. He won two league titles and a Scottish League Cup in both his seasons at Celtic. In 2015, he moved to Southampton of the Premier League. On 1 January 2018, van Dijk joined Liverpool. "Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Van Dijk goal." Honours. Celtic Liverpool Individual
Jean-François Hory (15 May 1949 – 28 December 2017) was a French politician. He was born in Neufchâteau, Vosges. From 1981 to 1986, he was a member of the French Parliament. In 1989, he became a member of the European Parliament (MEP). While serving as a MEP, he was elected president of the Radical Party of the Left in 1992, a position that he held until 1996. In February 1995, he declared his candidacy for the French presidential election but later withdrew. Hory died from cancer at the age of 68 on 28 December 2017 in Burgundy.
Murbach is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France. Murbach Abbey is located near Murbach.
Fernando Birri (March 13, 1925 – December 28, 2017) was an Argentine filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, critic and theorist. He was born in Santa Fe, Argentina. He was thought by many to be the father of the new Latin American cinema. He was known for his movie "Tire dié". Birri debuted with a short movie called "La primera fundación de Buenos Aires", which premiered in the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. In 1986 Birri co-founded Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television (The International School of Film and Television), in San Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba. Birri died in Buenos Aires of respiratory arrest complicated from a fall on December 28, 2017 at the age of 92.
The Zorn is a river in north-eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Moder river. Geography. The Zorn river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Hœrdt (Bas-Rhin). Course. The Zorn starts in the Vosges mountains in the "commune" of Walscheid, (Moselle department) as the "Yellow Zorn" (, ) at an altitude of about . The Yellow Zorn becomes the "Zorn" after its confluence with the right-hand tributary, the "White Zorn" (, ) at an altitude of about . From here, the Zorn flows to the north and then turns to the east; in the final part, the river flows to the northeast. The Zorn river flows within the Grand Est region, the Moselle and Bas-Rhin departments and 91"communes". Finally, the Zorn river flows into the Moder river in Rohrwiller, (Bas-Rhin department). Main tributaries. The main tributaries of the Zorn river areː
Hsu Hsin-liang (; born 27 May 1941) is a Taiwanese politician. He is a formerly Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). He was a supporter of the Pan-Blue Coalition from 2000 to 2008 but then supported the DPP in the 2008 presidential election. He was expelled from the Kuomintang but broke ranks in 1977 when he ran and won as an independent in the election for Magistrate of Taoyuan County. Hsu was involved in opposition activity during the first part of 1979. The government impeached him and removed him from office for two years.
John Thomaides (born September 15, 1965) is the mayor of San Marcos, Texas. He was elected on December 13, 2016.  Career. Thomaides was a member of the city council from 2003-2010. In 2010 Thomaides ran against Daniel Guerrero who had been elected Mayor of San Marcos in 2010, by a margin of 42 votes Thomaides served from 2011-2016 on the city council when he ran for mayor again in 2016 against local business owner, Ruben Becerra. In the 2016 December runoff, Thomaides beat Becerra by a margin of 42 votes- the same number he lost by in 2010. During his first year in office, Thomaides was the 6th Texas mayor to join the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda.
The Wiltz is a river in Belgium and Luxembourg. It is a left tributary of the Sauer river. It is part of the drainage basin of the Rhine river. Geography. The Wiltz river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of . Course. The Wiltz starts in the Ardennes, in Bastogne, a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The river is formed to the south of Bastogne by two small streams. After a course of about in Belgium, the river gets into Luxemboug flowing to the east through the Oesling region. In the village of "Niederwampach" (Clervaux canton), the river turns to the south. In "Kautenbach", commune of Kiischpelt (Wiltz canton), the Wiltz is joined by its main tributary, the Clerve (, ). Finally, the Wiltz river flows into the Sauer river in Bourscheid, Diekirch canton.
Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author. She mostly wrote detective novels. She was best known for her "alphabet series" of books, featuring the character Kinsey Millhone. The first in the series was ""A" Is for Alibi" (1982); the final was ""Y" Is for Yesterday" (2017). She also wrote screenplays for television movies. Crime writer Ross Macdonald was her biggest influence as a writer. Grafton was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father was crime writer C. W. Grafton (1909–1982). She was divorced twice and had three children. She was married to Steven F. Humphrey until her death. Grafton died of cancer on December 28, 2017 in Santa Barbara, California. She was 77.
Jimmie Cristine Holland (9 April 1928 – 24 December 2017) was an American medical researcher and psychiatrist. She was born in Nevada, Texas. She was the founder of the field of psycho-oncology.  In 1977, she worked with two colleagues to establish a full-time psychiatric service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. The program was one of the first of its kind in cancer treatment, and trained its psychologists to specialize in issues specific to people with cancer. Holland died of a heart attack on 24 December 2017 in New York City at the age of 89.
Thomas Gregory "Tom" Hunter (December 19, 1932 – December 27, 2017) was an American actor and screenwriter. He was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was known for work in foreign Spaghetti Westerns.  Hunter began his movie carerr in a small role in Blake Edwards' "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" (1966). He was the star of Dino De Laurentiis's produced "The Hills Run Red" leading him to a career in European cinema with guest appearances in American television series. Hunter was also the founder of the New England Repertory Company. He wrote the screenplays for "The 'Human' Factor" (1975) and "The Final Countdown" (1980). Hunter died of pulmonary edema on December 27, 2017 in Norwalk, Connecticut at the age of 85.
María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Dowager Marquise of Villaverde (14 September 1926 – 29 December 2017) was a Spanish noble. She was the only child of Spain's "Caudillo", dictator General Francisco Franco and his wife Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés. In Asturian fashion, she was known by many nicknames such as Nenuca, Carmelilla, Carmencita, Cotota and Morita. She was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. In 1950, she married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, a well known surgeon. In 1968 he conducted the first heart transplant operation in Spain. The couple had seven children. He died in 1998. Franco died of lymphoma in Madrid on 29 December 2017 at the age of 91.
Sid Krofft (born July 30, 1929) and Marty Krofft (April 9, 1937 – November 25, 2023) were a Canadian brother team of television creators and puppeteers. They were important figures in children's television and variety show programs in the U.S., particularly throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. They are largely known for a unique brand of fantasy programs, often featuring large-headed puppets, high-concept plots, and largely use of low-budget special effects. The team also dominated the arena of celebrity music/variety programs during the period. They helped design the characters and sets for Hanna-Barbera's "Banana Splits" (NBC, 1968-1970), the Kroffts' producing career began in 1969 with the landmark children's television series "H.R. Pufnstuf". Their works have included "The Bugaloos" (1970), "Lidsville" (1971), "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" (1973-1975), "Land of the Lost" (1974), "The Lost Saucer" (1975), "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl" (1976), and "Wonderbug" (1976). Marty Krofft died on November 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California from kidney failure, aged 86.
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is the music director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO).  Career. Mehta was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967, and Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra from 1962 to 1978, being the youngest music director ever for any major North American orchestra. In 1969, he was appointed Music Adviser to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1981 Mehta became its permanent Music Director for Life. In 2016, Mehta has been appointed as Honorary Conductor of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. In December 2016, the Israel Philharmonic announced that Mehta is to retire from his permanent position as music director in October 2019. Awards. The Government of India honoured Mehta in 1966 with the Padma Bhushan and in 2001 with India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan. In September 2006 the Kennedy Center announced Mehta as one of the recipients of that year's Kennedy Center Honors, presented on 2 December 2006 by President George W. Bush.
Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, artist and photographer. Early life. Close was born in Monroe, Washington. He was raised in Everett, Washington. Close studied at the University of Washington and at Yale University. He suffered from dyslexia. Career. Close achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Close often paints abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally. Although a spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work that remains sought after by museums and collectors. Close also creates photo portraits using a very large format camera. Personal life. Close worked in Bridgehampton, New York and Long Beach, New York. He had two daughters with Leslie Rose. They divorced in 2011.  Close married artist Sienna Shields in 2013. They divorced before his death. Close was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2015. He died on August 19, 2021 in Oceanside, New York from congestive heart failure at the age of 81.
Alcee Lamar Hastings (September 5, 1936 – April 6, 2021) was an American politician and judge. He was the U.S. Representative for from January 3, 1993 until April 6, 2021. The district included most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. He was a Democrat. Hastings served as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida until his impeachment and removal due to Hastings being involved in bribery-related actions. He was nominated to the court by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. In January 2019, Hastings was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died from the disease in Boynton Beach, Florida on April 6, 2021 at the age of 84.
Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. As of 2022, the population is 112,086. The town was founded in 1911 and named for Isaac Newton Van Nuys, one of its developers. It was annexed by Los Angeles on May 22, 1915.
The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2018. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable. 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, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.
Rampage is an American science fiction monster movie directed by Brad Peyton. It is loosely based on the video game series of the same name by Midway Games. The movie stars Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Joe Manganiello, Jake Lacy, P. J. Byrne, Marley Shelton, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It is produced by Warner Bros. and set in Chicago, Illinois.  New Line Cinema will release the movie on April 20, 2018 in 3D and IMAX.
The 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election was held on 29 September 2017. UKIP members voted for who they want to lead the party. Henry Bolton won the election after receiving 30% of the vote. The election was called for after the party's poor performance in the 2017 general election. Nigel Farage decided not to run for the UKIP leadership position. After the election. Bolton said that his victory stopped UKIP from becoming a fascist party. Waters left UKIP and created her own political party, For Britain, in October. Rees-Evans also left UKIP and created his own political party, Affinity.
The Bulgarian Communist Party (Bulgarian: Българска комунистическа партия; shortened BCP) was the ruling political party in Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990. The party led a coup against the tsarist government in 1944. Todor Zhivkov was leader of the party and Bulgaria from 1954 until 1989. He was the longest-serving leader of any Eastern Bloc nation. The party's first leader was Dimitar Blagoev. On 11 December 1989, leader Petar Mladenov announced that the party was giving up its guaranteed right to rule. In 1990, the party became much more moderate and was no longer a communist party. In April 1990, the party changed its name to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
The Type 56 is a Chinese assault rifle which is a copy of the Soviet AK-47 assault rifle. The Type 56 was first used by the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War along with the Soviet AK-47 and AKM assault rifles. The Type 56 is used by many armies and battlefields in Africa, Western Asia and Asia. Users. The Type 56 assault rifle is used in many countries. These include:
Sir William Thompson Wright (September 1927 – 24 July 2022) was a Northern Irish business owner and former Unionist politician. Wright grew up in Ballymena. In the 1970s, Wright joined the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and was elected as its Chairman. He stood for the party in North Antrim at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election in 1975, and was elected. He later followed the party leaders in joining the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and was elected to Ballymena Borough Council. In the 2011 Birthday Honours, he was awarded the CBE. In the 2018 Queen's Honours list, he received a knighthood. He died in the early hours of 24 July 2022.
Recy Elisabeth Taylor (December 31, 1919 – December 28, 2017) was an African-American kidnapping and rape victim and activist.  Incident. On September 3, 1944, she was kidnapped while leaving church and gang-raped by six white men. Even though the men admitted the rape to authorities, two grand juries subsequently declined to indict the men, meaning no charges were ever brought against her six assailants. In 2011, the Alabama House of Representatives apologized on behalf of the state "for its failure to prosecute her attackers." Death. Taylor died of congestive heart failure in her sleep at a nursing home in Abbeville, Alabama on December 28, 2017, just three days before her 98th birthday.
Hulst, Zeelandic and East Flemish: "('t) Ulst", is a municipality and village in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. About 27,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017. About 11,000 people were living in the village in 2017. The municipality borders the Western Scheldt, and the Belgian Province of East Flanders. Hulst received city rights in 1180. The nature reserve of the Drowned Land of Saeftinghe (Dutch: "Verdronken land van Saeftinghe") lies in the municipality.
Terneuzen, Zeelandic and East Flemish: "Terneuzen" or "Neuzen", is a municipality and town in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. About 55,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017. About 25,000 people were living in the town in 2015. The municipality borders the Western Scheldt, and the Belgian Province of East Flanders. Terneuzen received city rights in 1584. The south entrance of the Western Scheldt Tunnel is in Terneuzen.
Tabarnia ("Tabàrnia" in Catalan) is a suggested name and a satirical political project for a portion of the Catalonian territory, Spain. It was created by the organization "Barcelona is not Catalonia" (AKA "Plataforma por la Autonomía de Barcelona", "Movement for an Autonomous Barcelona") as a satirical response towards the Catalonians separatists. Their main target is to establish up a new region in Spain besides Catalonia with some districts ("Comarcas" or "Comarques") from the provinces of Barcelona and Tarragona.  Its nomenclature is a neologism created from the provinces' names: Tarragona and Barcelona, and it would span these areas: Proponents believes the area somewhat corresponds to the historic County of Barcelona, although its extension is considerably different. Background. On 24th September, 2012; "Barcelona is not Catalonia"'s members approved in a constituent assembly their statutes and a political program in order to get their own autonomy as an Autonomous Community within Spain. The expression "Tabarnia" was used by the first time in 2015 as a territorial entity that would comprise part of the Catalonian seaside and Barcelona Metropolitan Area as a disagreement towards Catalan Government ("Generalitat Catalana"): Process of Independence of Catalonia. Proponents of Tabarnia demands to segregate themselves from the Catalan separatist movement and reclaims the right of a number of territories near the area of Barcelona and Tarragona to constitute themselves as an Autonomous Community within Spain. In the 2015 and 2017 Catalan regional elections, parties opposed to secession (mainly C's, PSC and PP) received a majority of votes and seats in some of these "comarques" (Tarragonès, Baix Penedès, Garraf and Baix Llobregat) including the city of Tarragona, but excluding the most populated Catalan city: Barcelona.  They allude to a series of fiscal arguments similar to those of Catalan separatism in regards to Spain, although in last Catalan election, Tarragona province showed more support for separatism than union
Sluis, Zeelandic and West Flemish: "Sluus", is a municipality and village in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. It was formed in 2003 from two smaller towns. About 24,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017.About 2,400 people were living in the village in 2014. About 23,000 people lived in the municipality in 2021. The municipality borders the Western Scheldt and the North Sea, and also the Belgian Provinces of West and East Flanders. Sluis received city rights in 1290.
An action camera is a small video camera made for sticking to a person while playing sport or traveling on a vehicle. This kind of camera is for used for filming an event in a way that people watching the film feel like they are looking from the eyes of person who are doing activities in the event themselves (first-person perspective). While action camera is made for filming, it can also take pictures. All films and pictures it took will be kept on a tiny card that you can pull them out and watch them later. Action camera is made to be small and very light, so that a person who wear it does not feel its weight while doing his or her things. And it usually uses wide-angle lens to film as many details around as possible. Inside the camera, there is a battery that lasts long enough for you to film for few hours. Action camera is also made to be stronger than normal video camera, so that it keeps filming even when the wearing person moves at high speed or crashes into something. Camera sellers usually give you a hard clear plastic box that fits with the camera when you buy it. When they do, you should store the camera in this box every time you are going to film something. This box will have holes, a belt, or a metal rod which you can use for tying it to a person, or screwing it on an object that person wears (usually a helmet). Some kind of these boxes can stop water from coming into it when closed, so you may use them to film under water without breaking the camera as well.
Michael Groo Massee (September 1, 1952 – October 20, 2016) was an American actor. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Massee was perhaps best known for accidentally shooting Brandon Lee during the filming of the 1994 movie "The Crow". He was also known for his role as Ira Gaines in "24" and The Gentleman in the 2012 movie "The Amazing Spider-Man". He also reprised this role in the 2014 sequel "The Amazing Spider-Man 2". Massee died of stomach cancer in Los Angeles on October 20, 2016 at the age of 64.
David Adedeji Adeleke (born November 21, 1992), better known by his stage name Davido, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. His 2011 single "Dami Duro" was well-received throughout Nigeria. Along with his elder brother Adewale Adeleke, Davido is the co-owner of HKN Music (a record label home to Sina Rambo, B. Red and DeeKay). Davido has produced many songs for Naeto C, Skales, Tiwa Savage and Sauce Kid. In April 2012, he signed an endorsement deal with MTN Nigeria. On October 23 2013, Davido partnered with Guinness Nigeria for the "Guinness World of More" concert. Music Career. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Davido relocated to Lagos at a very young age. His debut album "Omo Baba Olowo", released in 2012, was supported by the singles "Back When" featuring Naeto CDami Duro", "All of You", "Overseas" featuring Sina Rambo, "Ekuro", "Gbon Gbon" and "Feel Alright" featuring Ice Prince. Between the year 2013 and 2015, Davido released the singles "Gobe", "One of a Kind", "Skelewu", "Aye", "Tchelete (Goodlife)" featuring Mafikizolo, "Naughty" featuring DJ Arafat, "Owo Ni Koko", "The Sound" and "The Money" featuring Olamide. The aforementioned singles were reportedly intended to be singles off the album, "The Baddest".  In January 2016, Davido announced via Twitter that he signed a record deal with Sony Music. His announcement was met with mixed reactions. The record label put out a press release to confirm the deal. Davido started his own label, Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), few months after signing with Sony. Dremo and Mayorkun are currently signed to the label. In July 2016, Davido signed a record deal with Sony's RCA Records. Davido's second studio album