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Kirstjen Michele Nielsen (born May 14, 1972) is an American government official and national security expert. Nielsen was the 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security from December 6, 2017 to April 10, 2019. Before, she served as Principal Deputy White House Chief of Staff to President Donald Trump from September 6, 2017 to December 5, 2017. She has informally performed the role of Deputy Chief of Staff since John F. Kelly became White House Chief of Staff on July 31, 2017. Nielsen is the founder and former President of Sunesis Consulting. On October 11, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Nielsen to be the new United States Secretary of Homeland Security. On December 5, 2017, the Senate confirmed her nomination, by a 62-37 vote. She resigned on April 7, 2019. Early life. Nielsen was born on May 14, 1972 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was raised in Clearwater, Florida. She graduated from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and earned a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1999. Nielsen's mother is an italian descent while her father is a Danish ancestry. Early career. Nielsen served during the President George W. Bush administration as special assistant to the president and act as the senior director for prevention, preparedness and response at the White House Homeland Security Council. She also ran the Transportation Security Administration's offices of legislative policy and government affairs, a section she started.  White House career. Nielsen previously served as John F. Kelly's Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security. She has informally performed the role of Deputy Chief of Staff since Kelly became White House Chief of Staff on July 31, 2017. United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2017 – 2019). On October 11, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Nielsen to be the new United States Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing John F. Kelly. On December 5, 2017, the Senate confirmed her nomination, by a 62-37 vote. Nielsen created the
Michel Diefenbacher (15 July 1947 – 9 October 2017) was a French politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Lot-et-Garonne department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was born in Sarrebourg, France. Diefenbacher died in Paris on 9 October 2017 at the age of 70.
Cho Jin-ho (August 2, 1973 – October 10, 2017) was a South Korean football player. He was born in Daegu, South Korea. He played as a midfielder or striker for the South Korea national team. Cho also played for Pohang Steelers and Seongnam. He served as manager for Daejeon Citizen, Sangju Sangmu and for Busan IPark. Cho died of a heart attack on October 10, 2017 in Busan, South Korea at the age of 44. "Results list South Korea's goal tally first."
James Robert Ford (December 1, 1925 – October 11, 2017) was an American educator, politician, businessman and community activist. In 1972, Ford became the first African-American Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, and the first black mayor of a U.S. state capital city. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He retired as mayor in 1986. Ford was born in Leon County, Florida. He studied at Florida A&amp;M University. Ford died on October 11, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 91.
There are 3 arrondissements in the Loire department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into "arrondissements", which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture. If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into communes. The 3 arrondissements of Loire are: History. Since its creation, the Loire department has had some changes:
Andrew Preston "Andy" Hopkins Sr. (October 19, 1949 – October 1, 2017) was an all-star American Canadian Football League (CFL) running back. He was born in Crockett, Texas.  From 1971 through 1973, Hopkins played for the Houston Oilers. From 1973 through 1975, he played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In 1976, he began playing for the Montreal Alouettes until retiring in 1977. Hopkins died on October 1, 2017 in Sugar Land, Texas at the age of 67.
Liberland, also called the Free Republic of Liberland, is a micronation on an unclaimed piece of land on the western part of the Danube River between Croatia and Serbia. Liberland was founded on 13 April 2015 by Czech libertarian activist Vít Jedlička. The Liberland website says the nation was created on no-man's land (terra nullius) that emerged because Croatia and Serbia have not agreed on common borders for over 25 years. This border dispute includes some areas to the east of the Danube which are claimed by both Serbia and Croatia. Croatia considers some areas on the west side of the river, including Liberland, to be part of Serbia, although Serbia no longer claims that land. The land has been patrolled by Croatia since the Croatian War of Independence but Croatia has blocked people from coming to Liberland since shortly after its founding, including Croatian citizens and other EU citizens. Before that, just about anyone could visit the area. Licensed hunters, fishermen and employees of Hrvatske šume d.o.o. (Croatian Forests Ltd., a state-owned timber company) visit. Since August 2023, Liberlanders have been present in the territory, although Croatian border police check passports of everyone entering and leaving. Croatian border police impose Croatian laws against open fires and closed tents.  No country that is a member of the United Nations has given diplomatic recognition to Liberland, although Liberland has opened official relations with Somaliland and Haiti as well as other partially recognized and unrecognized states and micronations. In November 2021, El Salvador received a diplomatic delegation from Liberland. In December 2023, Liberland sent a delegation to Argentina to attend the inauguration of President Javier Milei who has expressed support for Liberland. Place. The border disagreement along the Danube River valley started in 1947 but was left unresolved during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After Yugoslavia broke apart, the disagreement became more prominent. Serbia claims the center line of the river is the international border between the two countries. The Croatian government disagrees and claims that the international border lies along the old lines of the cadastral municipalities along the river — as the Dan
Philippe de Nanteuil () was a French knight and troubadour. He was a vassal of Thibaut de Champagne, the King of Navarre. and became Thibaut's friend. Philippe de Nanteuil inherited the "seigneurie" of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin in northern France from his father. His father was also called Philippe de Nanteuil. Philippe de Nanteuil fought with other French knights in the Crusades. In 1239 he and many other French knights lost a battle against the Ayyubids at Gaza. They were taken prisoner by the Ayyubids and put in a prison in Cairo. Philippe de Nanteuil wrote a famous song while he was in prison. It was called "En chantant veil mon duel faire". The song was about the defeat of the Christian knights. It criticized the leaders of the three main military orders, the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, and the Teutonic Order. Sigillum. (1224) Philippo de Natolio (Natolii) Iuvenis:  One of the ancestors of this illustrious family was Raoul II, Count of Crépy and Valois, the husband of the Queen of France Anne of Russia of the Capetian dynasty, widow of King Henry I of France, and it is for this reason that the family of Nanteuil (lat. Natolii) bears six fleurs-de-lis on its coat of arms.
Gairaigo (kanji: 外来語, hiragana: がいらいご) are loanwords in the Japanese language from languages other than Old or Middle Chinese. The word itself literally means "loan word". Most "gairaigo" come from European languages, and especially English since the post-WWII era, though Modern Chinese and Modern Korean are also popular sources for loanwords. Most gairaigo nowadays are written in katakana, with some older ones being written in ateji (kanji used only to show a word's pronunciation and not its meaning) or even in hiragana. For example, while America, or "Amerika" in Japanese, can be written as 亜米利加 in ateji, it is rare to do so these days, and instead it is almost always written in katakana as アメリカ. "Gairaigo" is one of the three main sources of Japanese words, along with "kango" (kanji: 漢語, hiragana: かんご), or Chinese loanwords, and "yamato kotoba" (kanji: 大和言葉, hiragana: やまとことば), or native Japanese words. "Gairaigo" history. Japanese has a long history of borrowing words from other languages. Since the Chinese character system gave Japanese a writing system (as Japanese had no known systems of writing beforehand), the Japanese naturally borrowed many Chinese words into their language. However, the Japanese only borrowed words from other Asian languages until the Portuguese and the Dutch came to Japan during the 16th century. Since the Portuguese and the Dutch traded many different goods with the Japanese at this time, the Japanese naturally included many Portuguese and Dutch words into their own language, including "karuta" (ateji: 加留多 or 歌留多, hiragana: かるた, katakana: カルタ) from the Portuguese "carta" meaning "letter", "tempura" (ateji: 天麩羅 or 天
Tupper Lake is a town in Franklin County, New York. In 2020, 5,147 people lived in the town. The settlement began around 1844. The village was settled during the town's lumber production period and grew after it gained railroad service. The early village was composed of two parts, Tupper Lake proper and Faust. The town for a time held the distinction as the top lumber producer in the state. The great fire of 1899 burned more than 169 structures in the village, two-thirds of them being homes. The modern village grew out of this destruction and added all the amenities of a modern community earlier than many other villages in the state. Tupper had its own department store and synagogue, and its sprawling railway yards, driven by the lumber trade, made it a hub for the surrounding Adirondack communities.
Doreen Mantle (22 June 1926 – August 2023) was a South African-born English actress who was probably best known for her role as Jean Warboys in "One Foot in the Grave" (1990–2000). Career. Mantle worked mainly on the stage in such productions as "My Fair Lady", "Keep It in the Family", "The Seagull" and "Hamlet". She also toured Britain in "Billy Liar" in the role of Florence Boothroyd and performed at the National Theatre in "The Voysey Inheritance". In 1979 she was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for her role in "Death of a Salesman". She also worked on the radio for BBC Radio 3 and BBC World Service. Mantle also had a role in the BBC Radio 4's comedy series "The Attractive Young Rabbi". In 1983 Mantle played "Mrs Shaemen" in "Yentl". In 2011, Mantle appeared in "Coronation Street" as the mother of Colin Fishwick. She was in many British television series such as "The Duchess of Duke Street", "The Wild House", "Sam Saturday", "Chalk", "Casualty", "The Bill", "Doctors", "Holby City" and "Jonathan Creek". She played lollipop lady Queenie in "Jam &amp; Jerusalem" (2006–09). She appeared in episode 63 of Father Brown in January 2018. Death. Mantle died in August 2023 at the age of 97.
Margaret Barton (born 27 May 1926 in Finsbury Park, London) is a British actress. She is best known for her role in the 1945 David Lean movie "Brief Encounter" in which she played Beryl Walters, a girl who works in the train station cafe. Early career. Barton began acting in the theatre at the age of 12. Because she was small for her age, during World War 2 she became known for playing children and young people. At 17 she appeared in "Pink String and Sealing Wax" at the Duke of York's Theatre and remembered performing while doodlebugs flew overhead. While on the West End stage she was spotted by David Lean and Noël Coward and cast for the part of Beryl in "Brief Encounter". Her scenes were shot at Denham Film Studios and for other scenes she was invited by Lean to watch from behind the camera. Post-war. After the war, Barton continued acting on stage, in movie and for television. She married Raymond James; their son, Michael, died of cancer at the age of 30 and his parents set up the Michael James Music Trust in his memory. Raymond James died in 2016, aged 93. Barton lives in Dorset, where she runs a tea room, and still receives many letters relating to "Brief Encounter".
Sue Wallace is a British character actress. Wallace studied Drama and English at the University of Birmingham, where she met Victoria Wood, with whom she later would go on to work in acting. She went on to have a lengthy career on television and the stage since the early 1980s in among others, "Juliet Bravo", "Bergerac", "Making Out", "The Bill", "Common as Muck", "Heartbeat" and "Doctors". She appeared in different roles in various television works by Victoria Wood, including "Screenplay: Happy Since I Met You" in 1981, "Victoria Wood as Seen on TV" in the mid-1980s, the television film "Pat and Margaret" in 1994, one episode of "Dinnerladies" in 1998 and finally in Wood's television historical drama film "Housewife, 49" in 2006. Film roles include "Is There Anybody There?" and as Janet in "I Give It a Year".
Gerard Monaco is a British actor, born Daniel Gerard Monaco, in London, England in 1975, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Monaco’s first film was Mike Leigh’s "Vera Drake". He has since had roles in movies including "Starter for Ten", Jane Campion’s "Bright Star" and Jerry Bruckheimer’s "", directed by Rob Marshall. Monaco's theatre career includes Lindsay Posner’s 2009 revival of Arthur Miller’s "A View From the Bridge", in which Monaco made his West End debut playing Marco, opposite Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ken Stott and Hayley Atwell. He has also appeared in a number of plays at London's National Theatre, including Steven Pimlott’s final production, Tennessee Williams's "The Rose Tattoo" starring Zoë Wanamaker (Pimlott died in the second week of rehearsals and artistic director Nicholas Hytner took over as director). He has also played opposite Lesley Manville in the premier of Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s play, "Her Naked Skin" (directed by Howard Davis) and Fiona Shaw in Deborah Warner’s production of "Mother Courage and Her Children". Monaco has also performed at various other theatres around the country, notable at the Finborough Theatre where he played opposite Victor Spinetti in a two-hander production of "Albert’s Boy" by James Graham. Monaco television work includes roles in "As If", "Eastenders", "The Bill", "Holby City", "Rome", "The Passion", "Ashes to Ashes", "Any Human Heart" and "Episodes". In 2007, Monaco was nominated for the BBC New Talent New Filmmaker Award for his short film "The Crusader", which he wrote and directed.
Harold Goodwin (22 October 1917 – 3 June 2004) was an English actor. He was born in Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Goodwin trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years. He appeared in many British movies of the 1950s and 1960s. He usually played 'flat cap' wearing working class characters from Northern England or low ranks in the military. Goodwin had significant parts in the war movies "The Dam Busters" (playing Guy Gibson's batman, 'Crosby'), "Bridge on the River Kwai" and "The Longest Day." He was also in "The Ladykillers", "Sea of Sand", "Angels One Five" and "The Cruel Sea" (in which he was the ASDIC operator).  He also made hundreds of British TV appearances. He was in "Minder" (as "Dunning", episode "Get Daley!", 1984) and a notable role in "All Creatures Great and Small". Goodwin was also in the popular 1980s sitcom "That's My Boy".  Goodwin's last major television appearance was in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" in the early 1990s. He played Joss Shackleton, father to Vera Duckworth, His last television role was in an episode of "One Foot in the Grave" in the 1990s, playing a window cleaner.
Zoe Cramond (born 8 October 1984) is a New Zealand actress. After graduating from Unitec Institute of Technology, Cramond appeared in many theatre productions and television commercials. She was in "Outrageous Fortune" and "Shortland Street", before deciding to give up her acting career to study graphic design. She returned to acting after being cast in the television film "Panic at Rock Island" and "Go Girls". In 2011, Cramond joined the cast of comedy-drama "Packed to the Rafters" as Emma Mackey, marking her first major role. She relocated to Sydney for filming. Cramond competed in the 12th Season of "Dancing with the Stars" in 2012. She and her dance partner Aric Yegudkin came in third place. The following year, Cramond filmed a guest appearance in "Fat Tony &amp; Co.". She joined the cast of "Neighbours" in 2015 as Amy Williams. Early and personal life. Zoe Cramond is from Papamoa, New Zealand. Her parents are both artists, who encouraged her to try community theatre, ballet and contemporary dance. Cramond attended Unitec Institute of Technology, where she studied performing arts. Cramond is a keen surfer. She learned how to surf at Waihi Beach from the age of 14. Career. After graduating from Unitec, Cramond worked for an underground music station and appeared in several theatre productions and television commercials. She made guest appearances in "Outrageous Fortune" (2008) and "Shortland Street" (2009). After struggling to find acting work, Cramond quit to study graphic design. A week later she learned that she had been cast in the television film "Panic at Rock Island" and had an audition for the New Zealand comedy-drama "Go Girls". Cramond joined "Go Girls" as Amanda, a love interest and eventual wife of main character Kevin (Jay Ryan). Cramond joined the cast of comedy-drama "Packed to the Rafters" as Emma Mackey for the fourth season
The arrondissement of Montbrison is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Loire "département", Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Montbrison. History. When the Loire department was created in 1793, the "arrondissement" of Montbrison was part of that original department. Geography. The "arrondissement" of Montbrison is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Roanne, to the east by the Rhône department, to the southeast by the "arrondissement" of Saint-Étienne, to the south by the Haute-Loire department, and to the west by the Puy-de-Dôme department. It is in the central part of the department and is the largest "arrondissement" with an area of , and the second in population with 188,635 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km². 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". In the "arrondissement" of Montbrison there are 5 cantons: Communes. The "arrondissement" of Montbrison has 136 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes): The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, GCIH (20 March 1921 – 24 September 2024) was a Senegalese educator. He was born in Dakar. M'bow served in France and North Africa during World War II after volunteering for the French army. After the end of the war he studied geography at the Sorbonne University in Paris. M'bow began working for UNESCO in 1953 and was the director-general from 1974 to 1987, being the first black African to head a United Nations support organisation. M'Bow died on 24 September 2024 in Dakar at the age of 103.
Federico Mayor Zaragoza (27 January 1934 – 19 December 2024) was a Spanish scientist, scholar, politician, diplomat, and poet. He served as Director-General of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999. He was born in Barcelona. Mayor Zaragoza is the Chairman of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace and member of the Honorary Board of the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World as well as the Honorary Chairman of the Académie de la Paix. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1993. Mayor Zaragoza died in Madrid on 19 December 2024, at the age of 90.
Carmen Lydia Djuric (17 April 1936 – 9 October 2017), known by her artist name Hessie, was a Cuban textile artist. She lived in France from 1962 until her death. Her creative work was mainly focused on using fabrics, although she also used the technique of collage with waste materials. Hessie did not attend any art school and developed her own creative technique as early as 1956 with materials that were both affordable and easily available. Fabrics and textile cuts were materials she used from the beginning. Hessie died in Pontoise, France on 9 October 2017 at the age of 81.
The arrondissement of Roanne is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Loire "département", Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Roanne. History. When the Loire department was created in 1793, the "arrondissement" of Roanne was part of that original department. Geography. The "arrondissement" of Roanne is bordered to the north by the Saône-et-Loire department, to the east by the Rhône department, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Montbrison, to the southwest by the Puy-de-Dôme department, and to the west by the Allier department. It is the most northern "arrondissement" of the department; it has an area of , and a population of 157,268 inhabitants with a density of inhabitants/km². 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". In the "arrondissement" of Roanne there are 6 cantons: Communes. The "arrondissement" of Roanne has 115 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes): The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Pentti Vihtori Holappa (11 August 1927 – 10 October 2017) was a Finnish poet, writer and politician. He was born in Ylikiiminki. Holappa held many jobs before becoming a political journalist and eventually obtaining a government post. He was self-educated, but produced around fifteen volumes of poetry, as well as several novels and essays. He also worked as a translator; among the poets and authors whose work he translated into Finnish are Charles Baudelaire, Pierre Reverdy, and J. M. G. Le Clézio. He received the Finlandia Prize in 1998 for his novel "Ystävän muotokuva: Portrait of a Friend". Between February and October 1972, Holappa was Minister of Culture and Education in Finland's Ministry of Education, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland. Holappa died in Helsinki, Finland, on 10 October 2017 of breathing problems at the age of 90.
Stauroteuthis syrtensis is a species of small pelagic octopus. It is also known as the glowing sucker octopus. The octopus is found at great depths in the north Atlantic Ocean. It is one of a very small number of octopuses to have bioluminescence, meaning it can create light. The mantle length of "Stauroteuthis syrtensis" is about and its width about . The fins are some in width. The eight arms are of unequal length, the longest extending to about .