The coat of arms of Liechtenstein is used as the great arms of the nation. As the sovereign emblem of the Principality of Liechtenstein, its use is reserved for the members of the Princely House and state authorities. Private individuals may be authorized to use the great arms, if it is in the interest of the State. The arms are a history of the Princely House, and show the many different areas of Europe with which Liechtenstein has been involved, either by conquest or by marriage.
The first quarter is Silesia; the second is the arms of the Kuenring family; the third quarter, the Duchy of Troppau; and the fourth quarter, the arms of the East Frisian family Cirksena representing County of Rietberg. The base is occupied by the arms of the Duchy of Jägerndorf. The small gold and red shield of the Princely House is shown in the middle of the larger shield. The Princely hat crowns a purple cloak with ermine lining behind the large coat of arms.
David Weatherall
Sir David John Weatherall, (9 March 1933 – 8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine. In 1974 Weatherall was appointed Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford, and, in 1992, he assumed the most prestigious chair, that of Regius Professor of Medicine, which he held until 2000.
He was knighted in 1987 and appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to medicine.
Weatherall died on 8 December 2018 in Oxford, England at the age of 85.
2018 Strasbourg shooting
On 11 December 2018 a terrorist attack happened in Strasbourg, France. Five people were shot dead and several others were injured. The suspect, a 29 years old man who was known to the security services and thought of as an extremist was wounded in an exchange of fire with a soldier, is at large.
The incident occurred near Place Kléber, where Christkindelsmärik, a Christmas market, was being held.
William Blum
William Blum (; March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American author and historian. He was a critic of United States foreign policy. He worked in a computer-related position at the United States Department of State in the mid-1960s. He was known for his works "The CIA: A Forgotten History" (1986), "" (2000) and "Killing Hope" (2003).
In early 2006, Blum briefly became the subject of widespread media attention when Osama bin Laden issued a public statement in which he quoted Blum and recommended that all Americans read "".
Blum was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died on December 9, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia from kidney failure at the age of 85.
C. N. Balakrishnan
C. N. Balakrishnan (18 November 1934 – 10 December 2018) was an Indian politician. He was the minister for Co-operation, Khadi and Village Industries and Pollution Control -Government of Kerala under the Oommen Chandy Ministry. He became the representative in the Wadakkanchery constituency in Kerala after winning in the 2011 State Election.
Balakrishnan died on 10 December 2018 in Kochi, Kerala from kidney and heart failure at the age of 84.
Classic Shell
Classic Shell is a discontinued computer program, that was created to restore Windows XP and Windows Vista features for later versions of Windows.
Alice Childress
Alice Childress (October 12, 1916 – August 14, 1994) was an American actress, novelist and playwright. She was called "the only African American woman to have written, produced and published plays for four decades."
Childress was later involved in social causes. She formed an off-Broadway union for actors.
When Childress' stage play "Trouble in Mind" was produced at Stella Holt's Greenwich Mews Theatre in 1955, it won an Obie Award for best Off-Broadway play in the 1955-56 season. That made Childress the first African American woman to win the honor.
Her next dramatic work, "Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White", was completed in 1962. Its setting was South Carolina during World War I. It dealt with a forbidden and interracial love affair. For the scandalous nature of the show and the major realism it had, it was impossible for Childress to get any theater in New York City to stage the play. It wasn't until 1972 that it played in New York at the New York Shakespeare Festival. It was later filmed and shown on television, although many stations didn't want to play it.
Childress was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She later moved to New York. She died there of cancer at age 77.
Jim Florentine
James "Jim" Florentine (born August 18, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, puppeteer, voice artist, and comedian, best known as the voice of Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher in "Crank Yankers".
Florentine was born James Florentine in Brooklyn, New York on August 18, 1964.
Bob Giggie
Robert Thomas Giggie (August 13, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Milwaukee Braves from 1959 to 1960 and for the Kansas City Athletics from 1960 and 1962. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Giggie died on December 9, 2018 in Braintree, Massachusetts at the age of 85.
Braintree, Massachusetts
Braintree (), officially the Town of Braintree, is a suburban New England city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 35,744 at the 2010 census.
Chiang Pin-kung
Chiang Pin-kung (; 16 December 1932 – 10 December 2018) was a Taiwanese politician. He led the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1993 to 1996. He was named Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, where he worked until 2000.
He was elected to consecutive terms on the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008. During his first term as a legislator, Chiang was Vice President of the Legislative Yuan. He was Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from 2008 to 2012.
Chiang collapsed at a restaurant on 8 December 2018 in Taipei. He died of multiple organ failure at a hospital on 10 December 2018, aged 85.
Robert Spaemann
Robert Spaemann (5 May 1927 – 10 December 2018) was a German Roman Catholic philosopher. He was thought of as a member of the Ritter-School. He was born in Berlin. Spaemann's focus was on Christian ethics. He was known for his work in bioethics, ecology, and human rights. Spaemann was internationally known and his work is highly regarded by Pope Benedict XVI.
Spaemann died on 10 December 2018 in Berlin at the age of 91.
Xavier Tilliette
Xavier Tilliette (23 July 1921 – 10 December 2018) was a French philosopher, historian, and theologian. He was born in Corbie, Somme. He was a former student of Jean Wahl and of Vladimir Jankélévitch.
Tilliette was a member of the Society of Jesus (1938) and professor emeritus at the Catholic Institute of Paris (1969), having taught also at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome (1972), the Lateran University, and the Centre Sèvres in Paris.
He was a member of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici and of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities ("Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften of Munich"), the Centro studi filosofico-religiosi Luigi Pareyson, and, since 2006, a corresponding member Accademia di estetica internazionale de Rapallo.
Tilliette was knight of the Légion d'honneur and of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Tilliette died in Paris on 10 December 2018 from pneumonia at the age of 97.
Koppa
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Bobotie
Bobotie is a South African dish. It is made of minced meat and has an egg-based topping.
it is a meat dishViaduct
A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. It is built for crossing a valley, dry or wetland, or forming an overpass or flyover.
The word "viaduct" has two parts from Latin: "via" for road and "ducere", to lead. The ancient Romans did not use this word; it was invented in the nineteenth-century by analogy with aqueduct.
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