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Xiang Shouzhi (; November 28, 1917 – September 2, 2017) was a Chinese general and revolutionist. He was born in Xuanhan County, Sichuan. Xiang was promoted to the rank of major general (shao jiang) in 1955 and general (Shang jiang) in 1988. He was a member of the 11st National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 12nd CPC Central Committee. Xiang died on September 2, 2017 in Nanjing, China of heart failure at the age of 99.
María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías (30 June 1912 – 11 March 2009) was a Mexican architect. She was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Dehesa worked for close to 50 years in the Federal District of Mexico City, primarily designing single-family homes and apartment buildings. She was the first Mexican woman to graduate with a degree in architecture. She graduated in 1937, the first Mexican woman to graduate with a degree in architecture. Her thesis, which won honorable mention from the jurors, was entitled "Artillery Barracks Type". It was accepted in 1939 and she attained her professional designation. In 1974, she was announced as a joint winner of the Ruth Rivera Prize, together with the first Mexican female civil engineer, Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza. In 2006, the College of Architects of Mexico City, honored her for her contributions.
Frantz Yvelin is the current managing director of French airline Aigle Azur, since 2017. Yvelin started his career in Information technology as consultant. Then, he founded two French airlines : "L'Avion" in 2006 and "La Compagnie" in 2013. Also, he is a teacher in air transport at the French Civil Aviation University ("Mastère Spécialisé" degrees).
FC Sion is a football club which plays in Switzerland. The club was founded in 1909. Their home ground ist the Stade Tourbillon.  History. FC Sion were founded in 1909 by Robert Gilliard. In 1914 they played in a league for the first time. From 1932 they played in the 4th level of Swiss football where they stayed mostly of the next 20 years.1962 they where promoted to Nationalliga A. 1965 they won the first Swiss Cup, 1974 the second. They won also in 1980, 1982 and 1986. 1992 they won the first Swiss Championship. From 1995 on they won the Swiss Cup three times in a row. 1997 they also won the double. After financial troubles they were relegated in 2001. 2003 the did not get a professional license. The club was saved by architect and former footballer Christian Constantin. 2006 they came back to Super League. Honours. Sionhas never lost a domestic cup final (13 wins in 13 appearances in the Swiss Cup) until a defeat by Basel in the 2017 edition. Swiss Super League Swiss Cup
Haldenstein was a municipality in Landquart in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, Haldenstein became a part of Chur.
Zhao Wei (born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in China and Chinese-speaking regions, and one of the highest paid actresses. Over her 20 years acting career, Zhao has starred in many box-office smash-hits, including "Shaolin Soccer" (2001), "Red Cliff" (2008-2009), "Painted Skin" (2008), "" (2012), "Dearest" (2014) and "Lost in Hong Kong" (2015). She has received numerous awards from the Shanghai International Film Festival, Huabiao Awards, Changchun Film Festival, Hundred Flowers Awards and Shanghai Film Critics Awards for films like "A Time to Love" (2005) and "Mulan" (2009). In 2014, after almost 2-year break from acting, she returned to the silver screen in Peter Chan's movie "Dearest", and won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Her directorial debut "So Young" (2013) broke the box office record for movies directed by female Chinese directors in just a week. The movie also earned her multiple awards in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including Golden Rooster Award for Best Directorial Debut, Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan. Zhao was named as member of the main Jury at the 73rd Venice Film Festival. Zhao Wei became a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme on 20 November 2016.
Młoszowa [] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebinia in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is southeast of Trzebinia, east of Chrzanów, and west of the regional capital Kraków. In 2004, 2,610 people lived there.
Martin Hub (born March 13, 1964) is a Czech actor and stuntman. He was born in the Prague, Czech Republic, where he continues to live today, he acts in the stunt group Filmka. In 1992, he appeared in six parts of the American series, "Young Indiana Jones". He is best known for his appearances in movies such as "Titanic" (1997), where he played the father of a small Slovak boy, "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) as Czech Wehrmacht Soldier, and he was Russell Crowe's stuntman in "Gladiator" (2000).
A free travel pass is when certain passengers can use buses, trains or trams without paying a fare or showing a ticket. They may need to show an identification card produced by their employer, or by the transport provider. Types of passengers. Types of passenger who may receive free travel on transport services:
Igis () was a municipality in the district of Landquart in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2012, the former municipalities of Igis and Mastrils merged into the new municipality of Landquart.
Tamara Tchinarova Finch (also tr. Chinarova; born Tamara Rekemchuk, July 18, 1919 – August 31, 2017) was a Romanian ballet dancer and writer. She was born in Cetatea Albă, Kingdom of Romania. During the 1940s, Tchinarova worked significantly to the development of Australian dance companies, including the Kirsova Ballet and the Borovansky Ballet. After retiring from dancing, she worked as a Russian/English interpreter for touring ballet companies, including the Australian Ballet, and as a dance writer. Tchinarova was married to Australian actor Peter Finch from 1943, until they divorced in 1959. Tchinarova died on August 31, 2017 at her home in Malaga, Spain of pneumonia at the age of 98.
(born Miiko Shikata July 24, 1925 – January 2023) was an American actress. She is best known for co-starring with Marlon Brando as Hana-ogi in the 1957 movie "Sayonara". She also worked with James Garner, Bob Hope, Cary Grant, and Toshirō Mifune (whom she also worked alongside of in the 1980 television miniseries, "Shõgun").  Taka was born in Seattle, Washington. She grew up in Los Angeles, California. Taka married Japanese-American actor Dale Ishimoto in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1944, and they had one son, Greg Shikata, who works in the film industry, and one daughter. They divorced in 1958. Taka's death, at the age of 97, was announced by her grandson on January 4, 2023.
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (born 4 July 1934) is a British nobleman, peer, and politician.  Hamilton became Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland on the death of his father in June 1979. He was the son of James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Mary Crichton (daughter of Lt.-Col. Henry William Crichton, Viscount Crichton (1872–1914), eldest son of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne). He is a former politician and Lord Steward of the Household.
James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose (born 6 April 1935), known as Earl of Kincardine until 1954 and Marquess of Graham between 1954 and 1992, is a Southern Rhodesia-born hereditary peer of the Peerage of Scotland and a British Conservative Party politician. The Duke of Montrose was a shadow minister for the Scotland Office before the 2010 General Election. He has also spent some time in China promoting renewable energy and environmental measures, and he is a fluent speaker of Mandarin.
Helmut Oberlander (15 February 1924 – 20 September 2021) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian citizen who was a member of the Einsatzgruppen death squads of Nazi Germany in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II. Oberlander was on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals. Beginning in 1994, the Government of Canada made repeated attempts to revoke Oberlander's citizenship. In July 2017 the Government of Canada used an Order in Council to strip Oberlander of his Canadian citizenship for the fourth time. Oberlander died at his home in Waterloo, Ontario on 20 September 2021, at the age of 97.
The arrondissement of Nyons is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Drôme "département" in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital is the city of Nyons. History. When the "arrrondissements" of France were created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Nyons was part of the department of Drôme. Geography. The "arrondissement" of Nyons is the most southern of the "arrondissements" of the department; it has an enclave of the Vaucluse department. It is the largest "arrondissement" of the department, with an area of . It is the second "arrondissement" in population with 141,971 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km². The "arrondissement" of Nyons is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Die, to the west by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the southeast by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the south by the Vaucluse department and to the west by the Ardèche department. Composition. Cantons. After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements". There are 6 cantons in the arrondissement of Nyons: they are: Communes. The "arrondissement" of Nyons has 149 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes): The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Etan Patz was a boy from New York City who was abducted on May 25, 1979 in SoHo. He was declared dead in 2001. His disappearance started the use of milk cartons for missing children in the United States.
Jo Frost (born 27 June 1970) is a British nanny who hosted a television program broadcasted in the United Kingdom called "Supernanny", first aired in 2004. She later did the United States version, and it first aired in January 2005. Supernanny ended in March 2011 in the United States and 7 September 2012 in the United Kingdom. Frost now does "Jo Frost: Nanny on Tour" on the UP channel. Personal life. Jo Frost has a husband, his name is Darrin Jackson. She married him in 2014.
A bus garage or bus depot is a place where buses are stored and repaired. Bus garages can also be called a bus depot but in some countries a bus depot can also mean a bus station. In many areas, bus garages are on the site of former tram sheds, where trams were stored, before they were replaced with buses. In other areas, garages were built to replace horse-bus yards. The largest bus depot in the world is Millennium Park Bus Depot In Delhi India. Most bus garages will contain: Garages may also contain recovery vehicles.
Peadar Lamb (1930 – 1 September 2017) was an Irish stage, television and voice actor. He was born in Carraroe, Galway, Ireland. Lamb was known for starring in many Irish language productions, for playing king Fin Varra in the television series "Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog" and for lending his voice to old Piggley Winks on the Children's television series "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks". Lamb died in his sleep at his home in Glenageary, Ireland on 1 September 2017 at the age of 87.
Jiaozuo () is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, China. In 2010, 3,540,101 people lived there. Administration. Jiaozuo administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 4 counties.
Puyang (濮阳) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Henan province, China. It is on the northern shore of the Yellow River. Administration. Puyang administers 1 district and 5 counties.
Xinxiang () is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, China. In 2010, 5,707,801 people lived there. Administration. Xinxiang administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 6 counties.
Kaifeng () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, China. It was once the capital of the Song dynasty, and is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China. About 5 million people lived there in 2010. Administration. Kaifeng administers five districts and four counties:
Luohe () is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. In 2010, 2,544,266 people lived there. Administration. Luohe administers 3 districts and 2 counties.
Zhoukou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, China. In 2010, 8,953,793 people lived there. Administration. Zhoukou administers 1 district, 1 county-level city and 8 counties.
Pingdingshan (平顶山) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. It is also called Eagle City. In 2010, 4,904,701 people lived there. Administration. Pingdingshan administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 4 counties.
Luoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province, China. It has also been spelled Loyang. It is located by the Luo River and Yellow River. In 2010, 6,549,941 people lived there. Administrative divisions. Luoyang administers 5 "built-up" urban districts, 1 additional district, 1 county-level city, and 9 more rural counties:
Nanyang () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Henan province, China. In 2010, 10,263,660 lived there. Administration. Nanyang administers 2 districts, 1 county-level city and 10 counties.
Sanmenxia (三门峡) is prefecture-level city in western Henan Province, China. Its name has also been spelled Sanmenhsia. It is on the south side of the Yellow River. In 2010, 2,234,018 people lived there. Administration. Sanmenxia administers two districts, two county-level cities and two counties.
Shangqiu (商丘) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan in the People's Republic of China. Its name has also been spelled Shangkiu. Shangqiu was the first capital of the Shang dynasty. In 2010, 7,362,975 people lived there. Administration. Shangqiu administers 2 districts, 1 county-level city and 6 counties.
Xinyang (信阳) is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan in the People's Republic of China. It has also been spelled Sinyang. The city is located on the south bank of the Huai River. In 2010, 6,109,106 people lived there. Administration. Xinyang is divided into two districts and eight counties.
Xuchang () is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. In 2010, 4,307,488 people lived there. Administration. The prefecture-level city of Xuchang administers 2 district, 2 county-level cities and 2 counties.
Zhumadian (驻马店) is a is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan in the People's Republic of China. It has also been spelled Chumatien. In 2010, 7,230,744 people lived there. Administrative divisions. Zhumadian administers 1 district and 9 counties.
Derek Coates Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (17 June 1918 – 21 November 2017) was a British member of the House of Lords. He also served as a senior civil servant and agricultural expert. He was born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. He served as Chairman and later President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; President of the Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society; President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England; President of the British Pig Association; and a Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust. Barber was knighted in the 1984 Birthday Honours and was created a life peer as Baron Barber of Tewkesbury, "of Gotherington in the County of Gloucestershire", on 12 August 1992. Barber was a member of the House of Lords until his retirement on 25 March 2016. He died on 21 November 2017 at the age of 99.
James Frederick Bridenstine (born June 15, 1975) is an American politician. Bridenstine was the 13th Administrator of NASA from April 2018 to January 2021. He served as the United States Representative for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, based in Tulsa, from 2013 to 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party.  On September 1, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Bridenstine to be the next Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The Export–Import Bank of the United States (abbreviated as Ex-Im Bank or the Bank) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States Federal Government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation, the Bank "assists in financing and facilitating U.S. exports of goods and services". Under its charter, the Bank does not compete with private sector lenders, but rather provides financing for transactions that would otherwise not occur because commercial lenders are either unable or unwilling to accept the political or commercial risks inherent in the deal. Its acting chairman and president is Charles J. Hall, awaiting the nomination and confirmation of a replacement for former chairman and president Fred Hochberg.
Ernest Scott Garrett (born July 9, 1959) is an American politician and banker. Garrett was the U.S. Representative for , serving from 2003 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 2003. Garrett chaired the powerful United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises. He lost his 2016 reelection campaign and was succeeded by Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat. On June 19, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Garrett to become chairman and president of the Export–Import Bank of the United States, a post that requires confirmation by the United States Senate. In a 10-13 vote on December 19, 2017, the Senate Banking Committee declined to advance his nomination. Other websites. Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template:
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is a part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.  Background. The "Director of National Drug Control Policy", known as the "Drug Czar", heads the office. "Drug Czar" was a term first used in the media by then-Senator Joe Biden in October 1982.  In addition to running the ONDCP, the director evaluates, coordinates, and oversees both the international and domestic anti-drug efforts of executive branch agencies and ensures that such efforts sustain and complement State and local anti-drug activities. The Director advises the President regarding changes in the organization, management, budgeting, and personnel of federal agencies that affect U.S. anti-drug efforts; and regarding federal agency compliance with their obligations under the National Drug Control Strategy, an annual report required by law. 2017 Rumored shutdown. As early as February 2017, "The New York Times" had reported that the Trump administration was considering eliminating the office, and other programs responsible for a total of $2.5 billion of domestic spending. In May, the office's website was blanked and Politico and "The Washington Post" both reported that the office was about to be drastically defunded. List of Directors. The title of Director, as well as the office, was created by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. The position had cabinet-level status from 1993 to 2009.
Thomas Anthony Marino (born August 13, 1952) is an American politician and attorney. He was the U.S. Representative for from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.  On September 1, 2017, The White House announced that President Donald Trump nominated Marino as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He withdrew on October 17, 2017 following reports that he championed a bill that protected opioid manufacturers and prevented DEA agents from being able to battle the Opioid Epidemic. Other websites. Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template:
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the United States Government agency which is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. Background. President John F. Kennedy created USAID from its predecessor agencies in 1961 by executive order. USAID's programs are authorized by Congress in the Foreign Assistance Act, which Congress supplements through directions in annual funding appropriation acts and other legislation. Although it is technically an independent agency, USAID operates subject to the foreign policy guidance of the President, Secretary of State, and the National Security Council.  USAID operates in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. In February 2025, Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, announced the intention of shutting down USAID.
Mark Andrew Green (born June 1, 1960) is an American politician and diplomat. He is a member of the Republican Party. Green was in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing . He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Wisconsin in 2006. He was the United States Ambassador to Tanzania from August 2007 until January 2009. In 2014, he became the president of the International Republican Institute, and sits on the board of directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. On May 10, 2017, President Donald Trump chose Green to lead the United States Agency for International Development. Green was confirmed on August 3, and sworn in on August 7, 2017. He resigned in April 2020.
The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and health insurance portability standards. In addition to these programs, CMS has other responsibilities, including the administrative simplification standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), quality standards in long-term care facilities (more commonly referred to as nursing homes) through its survey and certification process, clinical laboratory quality standards under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, and oversight of HealthCare.gov.
Ajit Varadaraj Pai (born January 10, 1973) is an American attorney. He served as the Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2017 to 2021. He is the first Indian American to hold the office. Early life. Pai was born in Buffalo, New York. He was raised in Parsons, Kansas. Pai studied at Harvard University and at the University of Chicago. Early political career. He has served in various positions at the FCC since being appointed to the commission by President Barack Obama in May 2012, at the recommendation of Mitch McConnell. He was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on May 7, 2012, and was sworn in on May 14, 2012, for a five-year term. Chairman of the FCC. In January 2017, President Donald Trump named Pai as Chairman of the agency. In March 2017, Trump announced that he would renominate Pai to serve another five-year term at the FCC, which will require confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Before his appointment to the FCC, Pai held positions with the Department of Justice, the United States Senate, the FCC's Office of General Counsel, and Verizon Communications. On May 18, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission took the first formal step toward dismantling the net neutrality rules. Pai was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for an extra five-year term as FCC Chairman on October 2, 2017. He became well known in 2017 in his criticism and attempt to end the Obama-era policy net neutrality. It received wide criticism. On November 30, 2020, Pai announced his plans to leave the FCC. He resigned from his post as FCC Chairman on January 20, the day that Joe Biden was inaugurated as President of the United States. Personal life. Pai lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife Janine Van Lancker, daughter Annabelle Malathi Pai, and son Alexander Madhav Pai.