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The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI; ) is a group for businesspeople in Bangladesh. History. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry was established in 1973 under the Trade Organisation Ordinance and Companies Act, 1913.
Hilde Benjamin (born Hilde Lange, February 5, 1902 in Bernburg - April 18, 1989 in East Berlin) was an East German judge and justice minister. She was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Education and career. She studied law at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Hamburg. Afterwards she worked as a lawyer, and became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). During the war she had to do forced labor.  After the war she was vice president of the Supreme Court of East Germany from 1949 to 1953, a member of the Volkskammer (the East German parliament) from 1949 to 1967, justice minister from 1953 to 1967, and a member of the Central Committee of the SED from 1954 to 1989. Benjamin was notorious for her judging of "show trials" (for political effect) and ministerial activities. Because she sentenced many people to death, she was nicknamed "Bloody Hilde", "The Red Guillotine", and "Red Freisler". Later in life she gave lectures about the history of the judiciary in Potsdam. Personal life. She was married to pediatrician and resistance fighter George Benjamin, who was also Jewish and who died in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Jewish-German philosopher Walter Benjamin was her husband's brother. References. Biographies:
Uzbeks are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group who mainly live in Central Asian countries. Uzbeks are the majority of people living in Uzbekistan. They are a minority group in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Pakistan and China. Uzbeks speak Uzbek language of the Turkic language family.
Lü is a village and former municipality of the district Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. In 2009 Lü merged into the municipality of Val Müstair. In 2007, 65 people lived there.
Kappelen is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France. It is about northwest of Basel and east of Altkirch. In 2006, 522 people lived there.
Carlos Alberto Vidal Layseca (4 February 1931 – 24 September 2017) was a Peruvian physician and politician. He was born in Lima, Peru. Layseca served as Minister of Health from July 1990 through February 1991 under the Alberto Fujimori administration. He later served as Rector of Cayetano Heredia University from 1994 through 1999. Vidal Layseca died of heart disease on 24 September 2017 in Lima at the age of 86.
Marla Hiromi Hayakawa Salas (October 19, 1982 – September 27, 2017), known professionally as Hiromi Hayakawa, was a Mexican actress and singer. She was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She began her music career as a contestant in the reality show "La Academia". Her last well known role was as "El Chema" as Lucy Li, an Asian-Mexican prostitute. Hayakawa worked mostly in musical theatre, however she has had occasional television roles. Hayakawa was also a voice actress, whose work is primarily on the Spanish American dub of movies and series from the United States. She was best known for dubbing the Spanish version of Disney movies such as "Alice in Wonderland", "Prom", and in "Brave". Hayakawa died from complications of childbirth as her liver failed at a hospital in Mexico City on September 27, 2017 at the age of 34.
Udayarpalayam taluk is a taluk of Ariyalur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Jayankondam. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Udayarpalayam had a population of 384,800 with 190,974 males and 193,826 females. There were 1015 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 65.6. Child population in the age group below 6 was 20,417 males and 17,971 females.
Sendurai taluk is a taluk of Ariyalur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sendurai. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sendurai had a population of 111,932 with 55,414 males and 56,518 females. There were 1020 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 61.6. Child population in the age group below 6 was 6,350 Males and 5,430 Females.
Mettupalayam taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore rural district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Mettupalayam. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Mettupalayam had a population of 259,633 with 129,299 males and 130,334 females. There were 1008 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 71.93. Child population in the age group below 6 was 10,571 Males and 10,259 Females.
Pollachi taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore rural district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Pollachi. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Pollachi had a population of 575,478 with 285,553 males and 289,925 females. There were 1015 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 70.65. Child population in the age group below 6 was 22,399 Males and 21,464 Females.
Coimbatore (North) taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore City of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. On 9 May 2012, Government of Tamil Nadu announced that it will bifurcate Coimbatore North Taluk to create the new Annur Taluk. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Coimbatore (North) had a population of 641,021 with 321,922 males and 319,099 females. There were 991 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 76.37. Child population in the age group below 6 was 28,302 Males and 27,219 Females.
Valparai taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Valparai. Anaimalai Hills Village is the only revenue villages under this revenue. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Valparai had a population of 70,771 with 35,270 males and 35,501 females. There were 1007 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 79.07. Child population in the age group below 6 was 2,227 Males and 2,135 Females.
Coimbatore (South) taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Coimbatore(South) had a population of 1,605,269 with 802,641 males and 802,628 females. There were 1000 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 81.18. Child population in the age group below 6 was 73,403 Males and 70,765 Females.
Sulur taluk is a taluk of Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Sulur. This revenue block consist of 41 revenue villages. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sulur had a population of 320,406 with 160,677 males and 159,729 females. There were 994 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 73.9. Child population in the age group below 6 was 13,678 Males and 13,162 Females.
Rajapalaiyam taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Rajapalaiyam. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Rajapalaiyam had a population of 347,318 with 173,202 males and 174,116 females. There were 1005 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 74.84. Child population in the age group below 6 was 15,736 Males and 14,890 Females.
Kariapatti taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Kariapatti. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kariapatti had a population of 105,329 with 52,875 males and 52,454 females. There were 992 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 68.46. Child population in the age group below 6 was 5,736 Males and 5,513 Females.
Sattur is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Sattur. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Sattur had a population of 168,659 with 83,113 males and 85,546 females. There were 1029 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 71.41. Child population in the age group below 6 was 8,145 Males and 7,787 Females.
Tiruchuli taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tiruchuli. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Tiruchuli had a population of 103,068 with 51,886 males and 51,182 females. There were 986 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 67.57. Child population in the age group below 6 was 5,406 Males and 5,081 Females.
Aruppukkottai taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Aruppukkottai. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Aruppukkottai had a population of 248186 with 123337 males and 124849 females. There were 1012 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 77.3. Child population in the age group below 6 was 11668 Males and 11087 Females.
Gingee taluk is a taluk of Viluppuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Gingee. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Gingee had a population of 422,880 with 213,162 males and 209,718 females. There were 984 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 63.41. Child population in the age group below 6 was 20,329 Males and 18,804 Females.
Kallakkurichi taluk is a taluk of Viluppuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Kallakurichi. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kallakkurichi had a population of 465,236 with 234,796 males and 230,440 females. There were 981 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 63.49. Child population in the age group below 6 was 26,388 Males and 23,890 Females.
Tirukkoyilur taluk is a taluk of Kallakurichi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tirukkoyilur. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Tirukkoyilur had a population of 438,254 with 222,295 males and 215,959 females. There were 971 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 61.02. Child population in the age group below 6 was 27,019 Males and 25,166 Females.
Tindivanam taluk is a taluk of Viluppuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tindivanam. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Tindivanam had a population of 446,024 with 223,391 males and 222,633 females. There were 997 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 67.66. Child population in the age group below 6 was 23,196 Males and 22,445 Females.
Ulundurpet is in the southern region of Villupuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town of Ulundurpet is the taluk headquarters. It is co-terminus with Ulundurpet revenue block. There are fifty-three panchayat villages, and 178 villages in the taluk. The state assembly constituency for Tamil Nadu is the Ulundurpet constituency. Demographics. According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Ulundurpet had a population of 369,357 with 186,410 males and 182,947 females. There were 981 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 60.38. Child population in the age group below 6 was 23,270 Males and 21,734 Females.
Sabayon Linux is a Linux distribution based on Gentoo. Editions. The versions currently available are:
Col. James Madison Sr. (March 27, 1723 – February 27, 1801) was a prominent Virginia planter and politician. He was a colonel in the militia during the American Revolutionary War. He inherited Mount Pleasant, later known as Montpelier, a large tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia and, with the acquisition of more property, had 5,000 acres and became the largest landowner in the county. He was the father of James Madison, 4th President of the United States, who inherited what he called Montpelier, and Lieutenant General William Taylor Madison, and grandfather of Confederate Brigadier General James Edwin Slaughter. Biography. Col. James Madison Sr. was the son of planter and politician Ambrose Madison and his wife Frances Taylor, and was born in 1723 in Orange County, Virginia. When he was nine, his family moved to their new plantation of Mount Pleasant in 1732. His father had hired slaves and an overseer to clear it, work that had been going on for five years to establish cultivation. That summer (1732) his father died at age 36 in August after a short illness. The family or the sheriff believed he was poisoned by slaves, and three were charged in the case and convicted by justices of the Commission of Peace. Unusually, only one slave was executed; Dido and Turk, owned by the widow Frances Taylor Madison, were returned to her to serve as laborers after being punished by whipping. James was tutored and trained to be a planter and slaveholder, and member of the landed gentry. His widowed mother never remarried, which was unusual at that time for a woman her age; she had extensive Taylor family in the county. As the eldest son, James Madison Sr. inherited Mount Pleasant when he came of age in 1744. He called the plantation Home House. Acquiring more land, he eventually owned 5,000 acres, making him the largest landowner in Orange County. By the time of his death, he owned 108 slaves. Marriage and family. Madison married Nelly Conway (Port Conway, Caroline County, Virginia, January 9,
Lee Hsin (; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician. He has served on the Taipei City Council since 1998. Lee joined the 2006 campaign led by Shih Ming-teh which attempted to force the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian. In 2015, Lee expressed interest in running for the Kuomintang chairmanship, but his candidacy, and that of four others, was rejected. The next year, he launched another bid for the party leadership, finishing third in a field of four candidates with 7,604 votes. Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building on 28 September 2017, aged 64.
There are 3 arrondissements in the Haute-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 arrondissements of the Haute-Loire are: History. Since its creation, the Haute-Loire department has had few changes:
Kito Lorenc (4 March 1938 – 24 September 2017) was a Sorbian-German writer, lyric poet and translator. He was a grandson of the Sorbian writer and politician Jakub Lorenc-Zalěski. He was born in Schleife, Germany. Lorenc was an employee at the Institute for Sorbian People Research in Bautzen between 1961 and 1972. From 1972 until 1979, he worked as a dramaturge at the State Ensemble for Sorbian People's Culture. Kito Lorenc was a member of the Sächsischen Akademie der Künste and lived as a freelance writer in Wuischke by Hochkirch. Lorenc died in Bautzen, Germany on 24 September 2017 of a stroke at the age of 79.
Joy Fleming, aka of "Erna Liebenow", born as "Erna Raad", (15 November 1944 in Rockenhausen - 27 September 2017 in Sinsheim-Hilsbach) was a German singer of jazz, blues and schlager. Career. Fleming was best known for her performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975. She performed the song "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" and was placed seventeenth out of nineteen countries.  Joy Fleming died at the age of 72.
The arrondissement of Brioude is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Loire "département". Its capital is the city of Brioude, a subprefecture of the department. History. When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the "arrondissement" of Brioude was part of that original department. Geography. The "arrondissement" of Brioude is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Le Puy-en-Velay, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the Cantal department. It is the most western of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the second largest of the department but it is the one with fewest people living in it with 45,848 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km². The Allier river flows through this "arrondissement". 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 Brioude, there are 5 cantons: Communes. The "arrondissement" of Brioude has 111 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes): The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
The 2017 Catalan independence referendum () is a independence referendum that occurred in Catalonia on 1 October 2017. Political parties that do not want independence will boycott the referendum. The referendum is illegal according to the Spanish constitution. The Constitutional Court of Spain suspended the referendum on 7 September 2017. The Catalonia government said the court order was not valid, and got support from 750 of 948 municipalities. This led to the 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis. The Government of Spain opposes Catalan independence. However, the Catalan government says it has the right to independence. Catalonia has not gotten any international support.
The Workers' Party (Portuguese: "Partido dos Trabalhadores"; abbreviated PT) is a center-left to left-wing Brazilian political party. Founded in 10 February 1980, it is one of the largest and most important left-leaning movements in Latin America. In 2022, the party had 1,602,361 members, being the second largest political party in Brazil, only behind the Brazilian Democratic Movement. Along with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), its historical opponent, PT was the largest party that emerged from the fight for democratization of Brazil during the military dictatorship. Historically democratic socialist, since the 2000s the party follows social-democratic principles and maintains a populist stance centered on Lula's image (something called "Lulism"). Internally, it has Cristian left, socialist, and Third Way factions. Its support mainly comes from lower-class workers, civil servants, Catholics, and artists. Its members and sympathizers are colloquially called "petistas". In 2003, with Lula becoming President, the party began to command the Brazilian Executive for the first time. Lula was re-elected in 2006, finishing his term as the best approved President of all time, with a world record of 87% approval. He was succeeded by Dilma Rousseff in 2011. Dilma was re-elected in 2014 by a narrow margin despite the party's unpopularity caused by an economic crises and corruption scandals. She left the presidency in August 2016, after a request for impeachment was approved by the National Congress due to budget operations not foreseen in legislation during her administration. In 2022, Lula was elected to a third term, becoming the first Brazilian President to win an election three times. History overview. The Workers' Party was founded in 1980, during the military dictatorship (1964-1985). Its founders included trade unionists, intellectuals, left-wing activists, and members of social movements. The party was born with a strong left-wing ideological base, defending principles such as participatory democracy, social justice, labour rights, and agrarian reform. Its foundation was a response to the
Daniel Pe'er, , (January 2, 1943 – September 28, 2017) was an Israeli television presenter and newsreader. Career. In 1979, Pe'er hosted the twenty fourth Eurovision Song Contest held in the Israeli capital Jerusalem alongside Yardena Arazi. Pe'er continued to be associated with Eurovision, hosting Kdam Eurovision (the Israeli heat to choose the artist to represent Israel), which he hosted from 1981 until 1983 and again in 1986, he also gave the Israeli results out in 1992 and 1995 and provided the Israeli radio commentary on several occasions. Death. Pe'er died on September 28, 2017 after a stroke at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Hi-Five was an Israeli boy band that operated from 1996 to 2000. Amir Fryszer Guttman was the lead. Hi-Five has released three studio albums and one mini-album. All went gold in Israel with tens of thousands of copies sold. Hi-Five also won the Festival twice.
Uromys vika, also known as the Vangunu giant rat and locally known as the vika, is a giant species of rodent that lives in trees. It is in the family Muridae. The rat was discovered in the island of Vangunu in the Solomon Islands in 2015, after years of searching based on local stories, and described in 2017. It was identified as a new species on the basis of its skull, skeleton and a detailed DNA analysis.  Discovery and publication. In November 2015 a wildlife ranger (Hikuna Judge) from the Zaira Conservation Area, saw something (outside the conservation area): "a large rat, [falling] from a 10m tree felled by loggers. The fall killed the rat - but the ranger shipped it to the Queensland Museum, in Australia, where ... Lavery was a fellow". Tyrone Lavery and Hikuna Judge published a species description, in 2017. Habitat. The rat fell of a tree, outside Zaira, a village on Vangunu Island. The species is likely to be called "critically endangered" (as of 2017), because of the small amount of forest habitat (about 80 km2) remaining on the island and ongoing logging.
The arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Loire "département". Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Le Puy-en-Velay. History. When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the "arrondissement" of Le Puy-en-Velay, with the name of "Le Puy", was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay. Geography. The "arrondissement" of Puy-en-Velay is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme and Loire departments, to the northeast by the "arrondissement" of Yssingeaux, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Brioude. It is the central "arrondissement" of the department and is the largest "arrondissement" both in area, , and in population, with 96,041 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km². The Loire river flows through this "arrondissement". 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 Puy-en-Velay, there are 9 cantons: Communes. The "arrondissement" of Le Puy-en-Velay has 102 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes): The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: