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Geoff James Nugent (born 14 February 1977), better known as Jim Jefferies, is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is well known in the United Kingdom and the United States. He also has a number of Netflix specials. In 2017, he began starring in the Comedy Central talk show "The Jim Jefferies Show". Early life. Jefferies was born in February 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. His father was a cabinet maker and maintenance worker, his mother was a teacher. He moved to Perth to study musical theatre and classical music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. James began his career in stand-up comedy several months before completing his degree. He relocated to Sydney and then to the UK. Familly. He has two older brothers: Scott, an investment banker, and Daniel, an inspector in the New South Wales Police Force's Public Order and Riot Squad. He has a son, Hank, with actress Kate Luyben.
Who You Are is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Jessie J, released on 28 February 2011 by Lava Records. The album was originally due to be released a month later but due to Jessie J's popularity the album got brought forward. The album was written over a five year period. Critical reception. "Who You Are" received mainly positive reviews from music critics. Certification. On 6 March 2011, "Who You Are" debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, behind Adele's "21". It sold 105,000 copies in its first week. In August 2013 the album was certified quadruple Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 1,200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
Alive is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Jessie J. It was released on 23 September 2013 through Lava Music. Musically, "Alive" is a pop, dance-pop and R&amp;B album that features influences from pop rock, soul and hip hop in its production. For the album's promotion Jessie J had shaved her hair and dyed it blonde. Critical reception. "Alive" received mainly positive reviews from music critics. Commercial performance. "Alive" debuted and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart, selling 39,270 copies in its first week of release. The album then slipped to number seven selling 14,574 copies the following week. Altogether, "Alive" spent a total of 12 weeks inside the top 40 of the chart, and by November 2013 had been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 100,000 copies.
Sweet Talker is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Jessie J. It was released on 13 October 2014, by Lava Records and Island Records. Critical reception. "Sweet Talker" received mixed reviews from music critics. Track listing. Sample credit Personnel. Credits for "Sweet Talker" adapted from Barnes &amp; Noble. Performance Credits Technical Credits
There are 3 arrondissements in the Loiret 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 Loiret are: History. Since its creation, the Loiret department has had few changes:
The arrondissement of Orléans is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Orléans. History. When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Orléans was part of that original department. Geography. The "arrondissement" of Orléans is in the southwest of the Loiret, where the natural regions of Beauce, Val de Loire and Sologne meet. It is the largest "arrondissement" of the department, and the one with more people living in it, with 435,676 inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Pithiviers, to the northeast and east by the "arrondissement" of Montargis, to the southeast by the Cher department, to the south and west by the Loir-et-Cher department and to the northwest by the Eure-et-Loir 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". The cantons in the arrondissement of Orléans are: Communes. The "arrondissement" of Orléans has 121 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
The arrondissement of Montargis is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Montargis. History. When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Montargis was part of that original department. Geography. The "arrondissement" of Montargis is the most eastern of the "arrondissements" of the Loiret department. It is the second largest "arrondissement" of the department, and the second in population with 170,781 inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the east by the Yonne department, to the southeast by the Nièvre department, to the south by the Cher department, to the west by the "arrondissement" of Orléans and to the northwest by the "arrondissement" of Pithiviers. 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". The cantons in the arrondissement of Montargis are: Communes. The "arrondissement" of Montargis has 126 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
The arrondissement of Pithiviers is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Pithiviers. History. When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Pithiviers was part of that original department. The "arrondissement" was eliminated in 1926 but it was made an "arrondissement" again in 1942. Geography. The "arrondissement" of Pithiviers is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the Loiret department. It is the smallest "arrondissement" of the department, and the one with fewest people living in it, with 63,280 inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by the Essonne department, to the east by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the southeast by the "arrondissement" of Montargis, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Orléans and to the west by the Eure-et-Loir 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". The cantons in the arrondissement of Pithiviers are Malesherbes () and, partly, Pithiviers (). Communes. The "arrondissement" of Pithiviers has 79 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Airbus Training Centre Europe is a training centre of the company which make aircrafts Airbus. It is in Blagnac, close to Toulouse (France). The centre trains pilots and engineers on the Airbus aircrafts. It has 6 simulators on all Airbus family. The school is member of the International Association of Aviation Personnel Schools. Other training centres are in Hamburg, Miami, Beijing, Singapore, Bangalore, New Delhi and Mexico.
Joseph "Joe" Bologna (December 30, 1934 – August 13, 2017) was an American actor and television writer. He was notable for roles in the comedy movies "My Favorite Year" and "Transylvania 6-5000". From 1996 to 1998, he voice-acted the character Inspector Dan Turpin in several episodes of "". Bolgona won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1973 for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show". Bologna was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Brown University. Bologna was married to Renée Taylor from 1965 until his death in 2017. They had one child together.  Bologna died in at a hospital in Duarte, California on August 13, 2017 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 82.
Renée Taylor (née Renée Wexler; March 19, 1933) is an American actress, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and one-time director. She is best known for having played Fran Drescher's title character's outspoken mother, Sylvia Fine, on the TV series "The Nanny". Taylor won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1973 for her work on "The Carol Burnett Show".
Gene Sharp (January 21, 1928 – January 28, 2018) was an American political scientist, writer and activist. He was the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of nonviolent action. He was a retired professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He was known for his writings on nonviolent struggle. Sharp was born in North Baltimore, Ohio. He studied at Ohio State University and at Oxford University. Unofficial sources have claimed that Sharp was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015, and had been nominated three times, in 2009, 2012 and 2013. Sharp was widely thought to be the favorite for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize award. In 2011 he was awarded the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. In 2012 he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award as well as the Distinguished Lifetime Democracy Award. Sharp died on January 28, 2018 at home in Boston, Massachusetts, exactly 1 week after his 90th birthday.
The 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake was an earthquake that happened on 8 August 2017, in Zhangzha Town, Jiuzhaigou County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake was recorded at magnitude 7.0. It killed at least 24 people in the area. Earthquake. The earthquake started at 21:19:46 China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8) on 8 August 2017 in Zhangzha Town in Jiuzhaigou County (). It had magnitude 7.0. Cities as far away as Lanzhou, Chengdu and Xi'an felt the earthquake. The centre of the earthquake was 39 kilometres from the county seat of Jiuzhaigou County, 66 kilometres from Songpan County, 83 kilometres from Zhouqu County, 90 kilometres from Zoigê County, 105 kilometres from Longnan City, and 285 kilometres from Chengdu City. Setting. Northern Sichuan is in an area where there is a lot of earth movement. In this area, the Tibetan Plateau is next to the Yangtze Plate with great pressure forming faults along the edges. Jiuzhaigou County is in the Min Mountains, a range that was formed where these faults meet. The disastrous 1879 Gansu earthquake had its earthquake centre about 65 kilometres to the east of where the 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake happened. The places with lots of mountains to the south of Jiuzhaigou County were the earthquake centre of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths. Influence. The China Earthquake Administration said that the graph showed that the strength of earthquake could be higher than level IX, and the earthquake centre in Zhangzha County could reach level VIII. After the earthquake, all of the Jiuzhaigou County completely suffered a power failure. The people who saw the situation found that some buildings had fallen in Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area. The staff of the Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area told a reporter from
Bruno Canfora (; November 6, 1924 – August 5, 2017) was an Italian composer, conductor, and music arranger. He was born in Milan. He also composed songs for Rita Pavone, Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bassey, and the Kessler Twins. His best known movie composition works are "The Man Who Wagged His Tail", "Fall of the Mohicans", and in "Destruction Force". He was the Eurovision Song Contest conductor for the 1991 contest. Canfora died on August 5, 2017 in Piegaro, Italy at the age of 92.
Burton Gilliam (born August 9, 1938) is an American actor. He was born in Dallas, Texas.  Gilliam appeared in the role of "Floyd", the desk clerk in the movie "Paper Moon". He has also appeared in popular motion pictures such as "Blazing Saddles" and "Back to the Future Part III". He has had roles in several other motion pictures such as "Honeymoon in Vegas", "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", "Farewell, My Lovely", "Fletch", "Gator", "Telefon", and "The Terror Within II".  His television appearances include "Alice", "Charlie’s Angels", "The A-Team","The Dukes Of Hazzard", "The Fall Guy", and he appeared as a regular on "Evening Shade". Gilliam is married to Susan Gilliam. They have two children together. His granddaughter his gymnast Hollie Vise.
"Do It like a Dude" is the debut single by English singer-songwriter Jessie J. The song was released as the lead single from her debut album, "Who You Are" (2011). It was released as a download in November 2010 in the United Kingdom with a CD release in January 2011. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and in Scotland too, number eight in New Zealand and Belgium, and number eleven in Ireland. "Do It like a Dude" was awarded Best Song at the 2011 MOBO Awards. Background. "Do It like a Dude" was written by Jessie J under her real name of Jessica Cornish, George Astasio, Jason Pebworth, Jon Shave, Kyle Abrahams and Peter Ighile Jessie J had wrote the song originally for Barbadian R&amp;B singer Rihanna because Rihanna's song "Rude Boy" was released at the time that Jessie J began to write it, She played the song to her label, Island Records, before sending it to Rihanna's management. Island then wanted the song to become Jessie's J first single, as they thought it was "amazing". Jessie J has said that she would like to perform the song live with Rihanna as Jessie J thinks that Rihanna "would kill it."
The Loing is a river in central France. It is a left tributary of the Seine. It flows through three regions of France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and Île-de-France Geography. The Loing is long. Its drainage basin covers . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Épisy, Seine-et-Marne, at about from the mouth of the Loing. Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Épisy  Course. The Loing starts in "Puisaye", a natural region, in the "commune" of Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the south of the Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It starts at an altitude of about . The Loing flows, in general, to the northwest. It goes through the following regions, departments and "communes": At its end, the Loing flows into the Seine river in Saint-Mammès (bordering Veneux-les-Sablons), Seine-et-Marne department, at of altitude. The Loing river gives its name to the following "communes": Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, Dammarie-sur-Loing, Conflans-sur-Loing, Châlette-sur-Loing, Fontenay-sur-Loing, Souppes-sur-Loing, La Madeleine-sur-Loing, Bagneaux-sur-Loing, Grez-sur-Loing, Montigny-sur-Loing et Moret-sur-Loing. Main tributaries. The main tributaries of the Loing are: Left tributaries: Right tributaries: Paintings. Several painters have painted the Loing river. Some of the paintings are:
AeronautX Luftfahrtschule is a flight school located in Linz, Austria. It has been created in 1998. It is well known for its partnership with the airline FlyNikki. The school is member of the International Association of Aviation Personnel Schools.
Hélène Martini (6 August 1924 – 5 August 2017) was a French nightclub owner. He was known for her ownership with the Folies Bergères and known as The Empress of the Night. She was born in Warsaw, Poland to French parents. Martini died on 5 August 2017 in Paris at the age of 92.
Blanche Blackwell (9 December 1912 – 8 August 2017) was a Jamaican heiress. She was born in Costa Rica. She was the mother of Chris Blackwell (Founder of Island Records) and inspirational muse to Ian Fleming and Noël Coward. She was believed by some to have been the inspiration for some of Fleming’s most memorable female characters; Pussy Galore and Honeychile Rider. Blackwell died in London on 8 August 2017 at the age of 104.
Major Thomas Arthur Bird DSO, MC (11 August 1918 – 9 August 2017) was a British soldier of the Second World War. He was awarded two Military Crosses and the Distinguished Service Order. He later became an architect and worked in collaboration with Richard Tyler restoring country houses. Bird died on 9 August 2017 at the age of 98.
Brigadier General Aung Shwe (; 19 May 1918 – 13 August 2017) was a Burmese politician and a member of General Ne Win's Burma Rifles rising to Brigadier General. He was one of the founders and former Chairman of National League for Democracy who took in charge of the party when Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo were under house arrest in the early 2000s. He served as Burmese ambassador to Australia, Egypt, France, Spain and New Zealand from 1961 to 1975. Shwe died on 13 August 2017 at Victoria Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar at the age of 99.
John Franklin Broyles (December 26, 1924 – August 14, 2017) was an American football player and coach, athletics administrator, and broadcaster. He served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri in 1957 and at the University of Arkansas from 1958 to 1976. Broyles also was Arkansas' athletic director from 1974 until his retirement on December 31, 2007. Broyles was born in Decatur, Georgia. He studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology. As a head football coach, Broyles compiled a record of 149–62–6. His mark of 144–58–5 in 19 seasons is the most wins and the most games of any coach in Arkansas history. With Arkansas, Broyles won seven Southwest Conference titles and his 1964 team was named a national champion by a number of selectors including the Football Writers Association of America. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. Broyles died in Fayetteville, Arkansas on August 14, 2017 of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 92.
Abdelkrim Ghallab (December 31, 1919 – August 14, 2017) was a Moroccan political journalist, cultural commentator, and novelist. He was born in Fes, Morocco. He was an important figure both in the literary and political field. He studied both at the University of Al-Karaouine in Fez and at the University of Cairo. Ghallab was the author of five novels and three collections of short stories. His best known novel is "Dafann al-m'd (The buried Past)", 1966. According to Simon Gikandi his Arabic style is known for its "graceful and at times scholarly classicism". In 2000, the Union of Arab writers in Egypt included his novel "Al-Mu`alîm `Ali" (Master Alí) among the hundred best Arabic novels in history. In 2001, the Moroccan department of Culture published the complete works of Ghallab in five volumes. In 2004 he was awarded the Maghreb Culture prize of Tunis. His work has been translated in many languages. Ghallab died in El Jadida on August 14, 2017, aged 97.
18 people were killed and more than 20 were injured when jihadists opened fire on a Turkish restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 13 August 2017. The attackers took hostages after being cornered by police and were killed in an ensuing shootout. Ouagadougou was also the site of a similar attack in 2016. It is suspected by the government that al-Qaeda Maghreb affiliate was behind the attack.
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, voice actor and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but is also known as a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys (under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury), and his early band Mudcrutch. Some of his popular songs include: "Wildflowers", "Running Kind", "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", "You Don't Know How It Feels" and "You Wreck Me". Petty was also known for his voice role as Lucky in the television series "King of the Hill". In his career, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2002, Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Petty died on October 2, 2017 after he was found in his home in Santa Monica, California suffering from cardiac arrest after accidentally overdosing on prescription pain medication and fentanyl patches at the age of 66.
, born (4 June 1923 – 15 November 2024), was a member of the Imperial House of Japan as the widow of Takahito, Prince Mikasa, the fourth son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. The Princess was the last surviving paternal aunt of the emperor emeritus, Akihito. She was the oldest member of the Imperial Family, and the only living member who was born in the Taishō period during the reign of her father-in-law. On 29 March 1941, Yuriko's engagement to her second cousin once removed, Prince Mikasa, was announced. The engagement ceremony was held on 3 October 1941, and the wedding ceremony took place on 22 October 1941. Prince and Princess Mikasa were married for 75 years, until Prince Mikasa's death in October 2016. In March 2024, Yuriko was hospitalized for a stroke. In a few months later in August, she was hospitalized again for pneumonia.  Yuriko died on 15 November 2024 at St. Luke's International Hospital in Chuo City, Tokyo from multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at the age of 101.
Inga Swenson (December 29, 1932 – July 23, 2023) was an American actress. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska.  Swenson was best known for her roles as Gretchen Kraus in the TV sitcom "Benson" and as Ingrid Svenson on the TV sitcom "Soap", which had the same producers. She also appeared as northern matriarch Maude Hazard in the acclaimed mini-series "North and South" in 1985 and again in 1986. Swenson died of natural causes on July 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 90.
K.I.S.S. (abbreviation of Keep It Sexy &amp; Simple) is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mýa. It is her second album to be released on Manhattan Records. The album was later re-released as a deluxe version with new songs for her American fans on February 14, 2012. Reception. "K.I.S.S." received generally positive reviews from music critics.
There are 4 arrondissements in the Eure-et-Loir 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 Eure-et-Loir are: History. Since its creation, the Eure-et-Loir department has had few changes:
Franklin Dorrah Cleckley (August 1, 1940 – August 14, 2017) was an American lawyer. He was the Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. He taught at the law school from 1969 to 2013. He held the endowed professorship emeritus.  Cleckley was born in Huntington, West Virginia.  Cleckley became the first African-American to serve as a Justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, when Governor Gaston Caperton appointed him to the position in 1994. Justice Cleckley served on the Court until 1996. Cleckley died at his home in Morgantown, West Virginia, on August 14, 2017, aged 77.
Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan (December 20, 1933 – January 30, 2024) was an American politician and writer. She served as First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and as her state's junior U.S. senator from 2001 to 2002.  A member of the Democratic Party, she was appointed in 2001 to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been elected but died before taking office, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate. Carnahan died under hospice care in Creve Coeur, Missouri, on January 30, 2024, at the age of 90.