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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (January 8, 1899 – October 27, 1986) was a politician in the United States. He was the Governor of New Hampshire from January 6, 1949 until January 1, 1953. He was the White House Chief of Staff from January 20, 1953 until October 7, 1958. He was the second White House Chief of Staff. President Dwight D. Eisenhower made Adams the Chief of Staff. Resignation. Adams was forced to resign as Chief of Staff in 1958. He had to resign because he had accepted a coat and a rug as gifts. The coat cost a lot of money. Bernard Goldfine gave Adams the coat and rug. The Federal Trade Commission was investigating Goldfine when he gave the coat and rug to Adams. Vice President Richard Nixon said that he told Adams to resign. But "Time" said that Meade Alcorn told Adams to resign. Family. Adams married Rachel Leona White in 1923. They had one son, Samuel. They had three daughters, Jean, Sarah, and Marion.
The Governor of New Hampshire is the head of the executive branch of New Hampshire's state government. Elections for the governor happen every two years. They happen in November of years that end in an even number. New Hampshire and Vermont are the only states that have elections for governor every two years. Every other state has elections for governor every four years.  In New Hampshire, there are no term limits for governors. This means that the same person can be governor many times in a row. The only person to serve more than three terms since the 18th century was John Lynch. Lynch was elected to his fourth two-year term on November 2, 2010. John Taylor Gilman had been the last governor before Lynch to serve longer than six years. Lynch was governor for 14 one-year terms between 1794 and 1816. Someone who wants to be governor needs to be at least 30 years old, a registered voter, and to have lived in New Hampshire for at least seven years.
West Nusa Tenggara ( – NTB) is a province of Indonesia. It is the west part of the Lesser Sunda Islands except Bali. Bali is its own province. Mataram, on Lombok, is the capital and largest city of the province. In the 2010 census the population was 4,496,855. The area of the province is 19,708.79 km2. The two largest islands in the province are Lombok in the west and Sumbawa in the east.
The Kerguelen Plateau is an underwater plateau of volcanic origin. It is in the southern Indian Ocean near Australia. It is an underwater microcontinent: it is a million square kilometres in size, about three times the surface area of Japan. The plateau was formed by the hot-spot of Kerguelen. This began after the rupture of Gondwana about 130 million years ago. The plateau emerges on the oceanic surface forming the Kerguelen Islands (a French territory) and Heard Island and McDonald Islands (an Australian territory). Vulcanism is still seen on-and-off.
East Nusa Tenggara ( – NTT) isa province of Indonesia. It is the east part of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It faces the Indian Ocean to the south and the Flores Sea to the north. There are more than 500 islands in the province. The largest islands are Sumba, Flores, and the western part of Timor. There is a land border between the province and the country East Timor. There are twenty-one regencies and the regency-level city of Kupang in the province. Kupang is the capital and largest city. East Nusa Tenggara is the only province in Indonesia where most people are Christian It is the only Indonesian province where Roman Catholicism is the main religion. The area of the province is 47,245.82 km2. The population at the 2010 Census was 4,683,827. An official estimate of the population in January 2014 was 5,070,746. East Nusa Tenggara is one of the least developed provinces in Indonesia. Tourism is growing here. The most well-known attractions are Labuan Bajo, Komodo National Park, and Mount Kelimutu. Provincial Government. This is a list of governors of East Nusa Tenggara.
Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917), was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an Indian political and social leader. He was known as the Grand Old Man of India. Naoroji was the first Indian to be a British MP, He was a Liberal Party member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons between 1892 and 1895. He began the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. He wrote a book, "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India", about how India's wealth was being sent to Britain. He was also a member of the Second International along with Kautsky and Plekhanov . In 2014, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg began the Dadabhai Naoroji Awards for services to UK-India relations. India Post dedicated stamps to Naoroji in 1963, 1997 and 2017.
Banten is a province of Indonesia. It is on the island of Java. The capital city is Serang. The population was 10.6 million during the 2010 census. The government reported the population to be 11,834,087 in 2014. Banten was part of the province of West Java. It became a separate province in 2000. History. In the 5th century, Banten was part of the Kingdom of Tarumanagara. After Srivijaya attacked Tarumanagara, it became weaker. Then, the Kingdom of Sunda became more powerful in West Java. In the early 16th century, the port of Bantam (Banten) was an important port in the Kingdom of Sunda. In 1527, Javanese Muslims captured the port of Banten. Their leader was Sunan Gunungjati. They started the Sultanate of Banten. Geography. Banten is near the Sunda Strait. This strait is important as a link bewteen Australia and New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Also, Banten is the link between Java and Sumatra.
The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) is a research program to investigate carbon deep in the Earth. It is a community of scientists (biologists, physicists, geoscientists and chemists) who develop this new field of deep carbon science. In December 2018, researchers announced that amounts of life forms are deep underground. They think 70% of bacteria and archaea on Earth (23 billion tonnes of carbon) live at least deep underground, including below the seabed.  There is a ten-year Deep Carbon Observatory project.
Bad Cat is a 2016 Turkish computer-animated comedy-action movie. It was produced by Anima Istanbul Studios and distributed by Odin's Eye Entertainment. It was Turkey's first adult full-length animated movie. It was shown at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival in the category "Feature Films out of competition". In USA, the film was released on Tubi on April 20, 2023 with English dubbing. Awards. "Bad Cat" was nominated for the following awards:
The emblem of Guatemala was adopted in 1871. It comprises: The emblem was designed by Swiss artist and engraver Johan-Baptist Frener, who lived in Guatemala from 1854 until his death in 1897. The emblem also appears on the middle third of the flag of Guatemala. The quetzal previously appeared in the flag of Los Altos, Central America in the 1830s.
Zacharie Séry Bailly, or Séry Bailly, (13 March 1948 – 2 December 2018) was an Ivorian academic, politician and short-story writer. He was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He was known as chairperson of Harris Memel-Fotê-Jean Jaurès Fondation in Abidjan, he was also vice-chairman of the Academy of sciences, arts, cultures of Africa and the African diaspora (ASCAD). Bailly died in Abidjan on 2 December 2018 from complications of surgery, aged 70.
Francisca Remedios Loza Alvarado (21 August 1949 – 14 December 2018) was a Bolivian artisan, television presenter and politician. She was born in La Paz.  Biography. After hearing her native Aymara language on the radio for the first time in September 1965, Loza became a television presenter. She became the first person of indigenous descent to be seated in the Bolivian National Congress. Loza was a member of the Conscience of Fatherland (CONDEPA) and represented La Paz between 1989 and 2002.  She ran on CONDEPA presidential ticket twice in 1993 and in 1997. Loza died of stomach cancer on 14 December 2018 in La Paz, aged 69.
The President of Bolivia () officially known as the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia. The Constitution says the president is elected by popular vote to a five-year term, renewable once. In 2016, in a referendum the country voted to maintain term limits. Since 2009, if no candidate wins a majority, the top two candidates advance to a runoff election.  Jeanine Áñez was the county's first female president. In October 2020, Luis Arce was elected president. Living former presidents. As of , there are seven living former presidents:
The President of Honduras () officially known as the President of the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: "Presidente de la República de Honduras"), is the head of state and head of government of Honduras, and the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. Per the 1982 Constitution of Honduras, the Government of Honduras is made up of three branches: Executive, Legislative and Judicial. The President is the head of the Executive branch. Their job is to "Execute and enforce the Constitution, treaties and conventions, laws and other legal dispositions." The President is directly elected for a four-year term.
Johannes Cornelius Bluming (6 February 1933 – 17 December 2018) was a Dutch martial artist, instructor and actor. Bluming held 9th dan in judo, 10th dan in Kyokushin Karate and 10th dan in Hapkido. He was also the coach of two-time Olympic champion Willem Ruska. Bluming was born in Amsterdam. Bluming died on 17 December 2018 in De Bilt, Netherlands at the age of 85.
Amélie Mummendey (19 June 1944 – 17 December 2018) was a German social psychologist. From 2007 until her death she was a Vice-Rector for the Graduate Academy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. She was born in Bonn, Germany. She held a chair in social psychology at the University of Münster (1980–1997) before taking up a chair in social psychology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in 1997. Mummendey died on 17 December 2018 at the age of 74.
Anca Pop (October 22, 1984 – December 16, 2018) was a Romanian-Canadian singer-songwriter. In 2008, she wrote two songs for Goran Bregovic's thirteenth studio album "Champagne for Gypsies". After, she signed with Roton Music. She released four singles: "Free Love", "Super Cool", "Ring Around", and "Loco Poco". Pop died on December 16, 2018 in a car crash on the Danube river, near the commune Svinița, aged 34.
Robert Ralph Neild (10 September 1924 – 18 December 2018) was an British economist. He was born in Hertfordshire, England. He was Professor of Economics at Cambridge University.  He was Deputy Director of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, he was in 1966 appointed as founding Director (with Alva Myrdal and then Gunnar Myrdal as chairman) of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). He also wrote "Public Corruption: The Dark Side of Social Evolution" (Anthem Press).  He died on 18 December 2018 at the age of 94.
was a Japanese middleweight judoka. He won a gold medal at his only Olympics in 1972. He was born in Oarai, Ibaraki, Japan. Sekine died on 18 December 2018 at the age of 75.
"Joy to the World" is a popular Christmas song. English minister Isaac Watts added the words to the song. As of the late 20th century, the song was the most published Christmas hymn in North America. Origin. The words of the hymn are from Isaac Watts. They are based on Psalm 98, 96:11-12 and Genesis 3:17-18. The song was first published in Watts' collection "The Psalms of David" in 1719. The version of this hymn heard since 1848 is from an edition by Lowell Mason for "The National Psalmist". It was his fourth revision of the tune he named ANTIOCH. Words. The text appears thus in "The Psalms of David : imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship" (London 1719): &lt;poem&gt; "Psalm XCVIII. Second Part." "The" Messiah's" Coming and Kingdom" Joy to the World; the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King! Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing. Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields &amp; floods, rocks, hills &amp; plains Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love.&lt;/poem&gt; Alternate lyrics. In the Latter-day Saints' hymn, the refrain in the first verse is "And Saints and Angels Sing". Modern recordings, mostly those aimed at children, take out the first verse. Recordings. A version from the Trinity Choir was very popular in 1911. Since then, the song has been recorded by a number of artists, including Johnny Cash, Mariah Carey, Pat Boone, Ella Fitzgerald, The Supremes and Nat King Cole.
Melvin R. Hutchins (November 22, 1928 – December 19, 2018) was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1951 to 1958 when he played for the Milwaukee Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks. He was born in Sacramento, California. Hutchins died in 2018 in Encinitas, California from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 90.
Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: "Sulawesi Tengah") is a province of Indonesia. It is at the center of the island of Sulawesi. The capital and largest city is Palu. The population was 2,633,420 in the 2010 census. In 2014, the government reported the population as 2,839,290. The area of Central Sulawesi is  The province used to be called Central Celebes. It covers the northern part of the island of Sulawesi, the southern part of the northern peninsula and the eastern peninsula. It has ten districts (kabupaten, also called regency). It is very mountainous, and there are many ethnic groups. Most of the people live on the plains near the coast. The other areas are difficult to reach, and the roads are in a bad state, especially on the eastern peninsula. The dominant religion is Islam, with 79% of the population. About 16% are Protestants, and 1% are Catholics. There are also people who follow indigenous faiths. Palu is the only city, and the only bigger settlement. In the district Poso, there may be tensions, which are fueled by religious disputes. Because of its relative isolation, the province is one of the least developed ones in Indonesia. Timber and forestry is the most important branch of the economy. There is the Lore-Lindu National park, in the mountains just south of Palu. This national park is important for many indigenous species. In the last few years, growing cocoa has become more important. Islam reached the region in the 17th century, since the 18th century it was a Dutch colony. With Dutch colonization, Protestant missionaries also started their work. Today, about a sixth of the population are Protestants. This is one of the highest values in Indonesia.  In the Second World War, the province was occupied by Japanese forces. After the independence of Indonesia, in 1949, the area was part of the province North Sulawesi. The current province was established in 1964.
Gorontalo (Gorontaloan: "Hulontalo") is a province of Indonesia. It is on the island of Sulawesi. Gorontalo is part of the Minahasa Peninsula. Gorontalo was part of the province of North Sulawesi until it became a new, separate province on 5 December 2000. The provincial capital and largest city is Gorontalo City. Religion. Like most Indonesian provinces, Islam is the majority religion. Islam came to Gorontalo in the 15th century from Ternate and Bone. Non-governmental Islamic organisations such as Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah have offices in Gorontalo. Christians are the second-largest population in Gorontalo. Most are migrants from North Sulawesi and other parts of Indonesia. They are 2.19% of the population. There are several churches in Gorontalo. Other religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism are mostly followed by migrants from other parts of Indonesia. Language. Indonesian is the official language of the province. Road signs and government documents are in Indonesian. However, Gorontaloan language is the most common spoken language in the province. There are several other languages that are similar and may be dialects of Gorontaloan. These include: Suwawa language, Atinggola language, Limboto language, Kwandang language, Tilamuta language and Sumawata language. Gorontaloan is related to languages from North Sulawesi and the Philippines. Gorontaloan is written in the Latin alphabet. Gorontaloan is the language of everyday life. However, Indonesian is used in schools, the media, and government.
Lowell Mason (January 8, 1792 - August 11, 1872) was an important person in American church music. He composed over 1,600 hymn tunes. Some of them are sung even in the 21st century. Mason's most well-known tunes include the arrangement of "Joy to the World" and "Bethany". The latter is his setting to the hymn text "Nearer, My God, to Thee". Mason was responsible for bringing music to American public schools. He is considered to be the first important music educator in the United States. Mason was born in Medfield, Massachusetts. He died in Orange, New Jersey at age 80.
West Sulawesi () is a province of Indonesia. It is on Sulawesi island. Its capital is Mamuju. The population was 1,158,651 in the 2010 Census. In 2014, the government reported the population as 1,284,620. The area of the province is 16,796.19 km2. The province was established in 2004. It separated from South Sulawesi. Economy. Main industries in the province are mining, agriculture and fishing. Demographics. The population in the 2010 census was 1,158,651. 171,356 people live below the poverty line of Indonesia.
Frontier(s) () is a 2007 horror movie. It was first shown at the Agde Film Festival in 2007. It had a limited release in the United States. The movie was originally rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The movie makers didn't want this rating, so the movie was released unrated. Earlier, it was shown at the After Dark Horrorfest. Plot. A far right candidate is elected to the French presidency. That causes violent riots and protests in Paris. A street gang made up of Muslim Arab teens hopes to get away from Paris. They need cash, though. The teens: Alex, Tom, Farid, a pregnant woman named Yasmine and her brother Sami perform a robbery during the chaos. Sami is shot. The group splits up. Alex and Yasmine take Sami to a hospital.  At the hospital, emergency room staff tell the police about Sami. Sami wants Yasmine to run before the police catch her. Sami's dying wish is he doesn't want Yasmine to have an abortion. Alex and Yasmine run away. Sami dies at the hospital. Yasmine and Alex are chained in a muddy-floored pig pen. Alex breaks Yasmine's chains and allows her to run away. When the captors find out Yasmine has escaped, the family patriarch, von Geisler, cuts Alex's Achilles tendons.  Back in the pig pen, von Geisler grants Alex his last wish. Alex is killed.  A woman named Eva tells Yasmine she (Eva) is obedient. The family promised her that her parents would come back for her someday. Eva and Hans care for rejected children in the mine. Eva takes Yasmine down to dinner. The family is waiting for her. They find out that Von Geisler is a former and still practicing Nazi. He has lived in the inn since the end of World War II. Von Geisler offers a toast to the new person. Yasmine quickly grabs a large knife. She takes von Geisler hostage. Hans grabs a shotgun. He shoots von Geisler dead. Hans himself is shot dead by Karl. Release.
F. W. Bernstein (born Fritz Weigle, 4 March 1938 – 20 December 2018) was a German poet, cartoonist, satirist and academic. He worked for the satirical monthly "Pardon". He was professor of caricature and comics at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1984 to 1999. He was one of the founding members of the "Neue Frankfurter Schule", which published the satirical "Titanic". Bernstein died on 20 December 2018 in Berlin at the age of 80.
Gerard Bernacki (3 November 1942 – 21 December 2018) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He was titular bishop of "Sala Consilina" and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice, Poland, from 1988 to 2012. Bernacki died on 21 December 2018 in Prudnik, Poland at the age of 76. He was buried in Katowice.
Jiko Fatafehi Luveni ( – 22 December 2018) was a Fijian politician. She was Speaker of the Parliament of Fiji. She was a member of the FijiFirst party.  On 22 December 2018, Luveni died at the age of 72 after a short illness.
Simcha Rotem (born Simcha (Szymon) Rathajzer; 24 February 1924 – 22 December 2018) was a Polish-Israeli veteran. He was a member of the Jewish underground in Warsaw. He was the head courier of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB), which planned and executed the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis.  He was one of the last two surviving Jewish fighters in the Warsaw uprising and the last surviving fighter from the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising. Rotem died on 22 December 2018 in Jerusalem from a long-illness at the age of 94.
is a Japanese manga series created by Kouta Hirano. The series began in 1997 and ended in September 2008. The series is about a secret Hellsing Organization. The organization fights against vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural enemy who threaten England. The series was licensed for English language release in North America by Dark Horse Comics, in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment, and in Singapore by Chuang Yi. An anime series of the same name was produced by Gonzo. The series was directed by Umanosuke Iida. It was based on the manga but used a screenplay by Chiaki J. Konaka. It was different from the manga in terms of plot, though it used some of the same characters and similar character designs. It has thirteen episodes. It was broadcast on Japan's Fuji Television from October 10, 2001 to January 16, 2002. An original video animation (OVA) called "Hellsing Ultimate" was produced by Geneon. It followed the manga storyline more closely than the anime series. The series was 10 episodes long. It was released in Japan between February 10, 2006 and December 26, 2012. In North America, the series ran from December 5, 2006 to October 28, 2014. Reception. In 2005, the six and seventh volumes of the "Hellsing" manga series ranked among Diamond Comics Distributors' list of the top 48 manga volumes sold in the United States for the year. In November 2007, the ninth volume was among the top 10 volumes sold according to Japan's monthly sales rankings.
Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (15 August 1931 – 22 December 2018), formerly also called The Red Prince, was a senior member of the Saudi royal family. He was known for his liberal stance. He supported a national Constitution, the full rule of law and equality before the law. He was also the leader of Free Princes Movement. His father was Ibn Saud. Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud died on 22 December 2018 in Riyadh, aged 87.
Lucas Purugganan Bersamin (born October 19, 1949) is a Filipino politician. He was the 25th Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines.  He was named by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to the High Court as an Associate Justice on April 2, 2009. He was a member of the Court of Appeals.
Alfred Robert Bader, CBE (April 28, 1924 – December 23, 2018) was a Canadian chemist, businessman, philanthropist, and collector of fine art. He was called by the "Chemical &amp; Engineering News" poll of 1998 to be one of the "Top 75 Distinguished Contributors to the Chemical Enterprise" during C&amp;EN's 75-year history. Bader in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 23, 2018 from heart failure at the age of 94.