Meskhenet is the ancient Egyptian goddess of childbirth. She is also the creator of Ka, a part of the soul of man to which Meskhenet will breathe into each person at the moment of his or her birth. She is one of the very few deities that have been worshipped since the earliest of times in Egypt.
Jua Cali
Paul Julius Nunda (born 12 September 1979), better known
by his stage name Jua Cali, is a Kenyan hip hop artist. In
2000, together with record producer Clemo, he founded
Calif Records where he has been ever since. Jua Cali
performs in Swahili and Sheng in a popular Kenyan style of
rapping called genge.
Jua Cali was born in Eastlands, Nairobi. His parents, Doreen
Onditi and Evans Onditi (deceased) were both
schoolteachers.
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Charles Byron Renfrew
Charles Byron Renfrew (October 31, 1928 – December 14, 2017) was an American federal judge and politician. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He studied at Princeton University and at the University of Michigan.
Renfrew served as the Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California after being appointed by President Richard Nixon. He served as judge from 1971 through 1980. He then served as United States Deputy Attorney General from 1980 to 1981 under the Jimmy Carter administration.
Renfrew died on December 14, 2017 in San Francisco, California at the age of 89.
Altero Matteoli
Altero Matteoli (8 September 1940 – 18 December 2017) was an Italian politician. He was born in Cecina, Tuscany.
Matteoli was a member of Forza Italia party. He served as a member of Senate of the Republic. From June 2001 to May 2006, he was the Minister of Environment. He served as Minister of Infrastructures and Transport from May 2008 to November 2011. He was also the mayor of Orbetello from 29 May 2006 to 16 May 2011.
Matteoli died in a car accident on 18 December 2017 in Capalbio, Tuscany at the age of 77.
Josef Pešice
Josef Pešice (12 February 1950 – 18 December 2017) was a Czech football player and manager. He was born in Prague.
Pešice played for both famous Prague clubs, Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague. He won the Czechoslovak First League with this team in the 1977/78 season. As a manager, Pešice led several Czech clubs before focusing on Czech Republic youth national teams. He was named the temporary head coach of the Czech Republic in September 2013.
Pešice died on 18 December 2017 in Prague at the age of 67.
Arseny Roginsky
Arseny Borisovich Roginsky (; 30 March 1946 – 18 December 2017) was a Soviet dissident and Russian historian. He was born in Velsk.
Roginsky was one of the founders of the international historical and civil rights society Memorial. He served as its head from 1998 until his death.
From 1975 to 1981, he was an editor of samizdat collections of historical works "Memory" being published abroad from 1978.
Roginsky died in Tel Aviv, Israel on 18 December 2017 at the age of 71.
Newcomb's paradox
Newcomb's paradox is a thought experiment in philosophy, specifically decision theory. The paradox goes as follows:Imagine a super-intelligent entity known as Omega, and suppose you are confident in its ability to predict your choices. (Maybe Omega is an alien from a planet that's much more technologically advanced than ours.) You know that Omega has often correctly predicted your choices in the past (and has never made an incorrect prediction about your choices), and you also know that Omega has correctly predicted the choices of other people, many of whom are similar to you, in the particular situation about to be described.There are two boxes: A and B. Box A is see-through and contains $1,000. Box B is opaque, and contains either $0 or $1,000,000. You may take both boxes, or only take box B.Omega decides how much money to put into box B. If Omega believes that you will take both boxes, then he will put $0 in box B. If Omega believes that you will only take box B, then he will put $1,000,000 in box B.Omega makes its prediction, puts the money in box B ($0 or $1,000,000), presents the boxes to you, and flies away. Omega does not tell you its prediction, and you do not see how much money Omega put in box B.What do you do?
If Omega is always right, then Omega would only put $1,000,000 in box B when you choose to take only box B. Since $1,000,000 is more preferable than $1,000, only choosing box B makes the most sense and since Omega is always right, then you should choose box B.
Since Omega has already left, the amount of money in box B won't change based on the decision you make. Regardless of what's in box B, you can always get another $1,000 by walking away by both boxes.
Bernard Francis Law
Bernard Francis Law (November 4, 1931 – December 20, 2017) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico to American parents. He was Archbishop emeritus of Boston, former archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and Cardinal Priest of Santa Susanna.
Law was the Archbishop of Boston from 1984 until his resignation on December 13, 2002. He resigned in response to the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal after church documents showed he had known of sexual abuse committed by dozens of Catholic priests within his archdiocese.
Law died at a hospital in Rome, Italy on December 20, 2017 of prostate cancer at the age of 86.
Lito Cruz
Oscar Alberto "Lito" Cruz (May 14, 1941 – December 19, 2017) was an Argentine stage director, playwright and actor. He was born in Berisso, Argentina. His career began in 1968. During his career, he won two Martín Fierro Awards (2011, 2014). He was known for his roles in "El elegido" and in "Solamente vos".
Cruz was appointed as National Theatres Director in 1995, a position he used to help have Congress pass the "National Theatre Law" in 1998. The bill helped protect struggling stages against demolition and guaranteed annual subsidies for the art.
Cruz created and produced "Sueños de milongueros" in 2009, a musical written in homage to authors Jorge Luis Borges and Alejandro Dolina, and cartoonist/satirist Roberto Fontanarrosa.
Cruz died in Buenos Aires on December 19, 2017 of a heart attack at the age of 76.
Lin Shaye
Linda "Lin" Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American movie, theater and television actress. She is called a scream queen due to her roles in various horror franchises or movies.
Her best known roles are in "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Critters", "Insidious", "Dead End", "2001 Maniacs" and its sequel "", "Alone in the Dark", "", "Tales of Halloween", "Abattoir", "Ouija" and its prequel "".
A Wrinkle in Time (2018 movie)
A Wrinkle in Time is a 2018 American science fantasy adventure movie directed by Ava DuVernay. The screenplay was written by Jennifer Lee and is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle.
The movie stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peña, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, and Chris Pine. It had a budget of $103 million.
After learning her astrophysicist father (Chris Pine) is being held captive on a distant planet deep in the grip of a universe-spanning evil, Meg Murry (Storm Reid) works with her highly intelligent younger brother (Deric McCabe), her classmate (Levi Miller), and three astral travelers to save him (Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling).
The movie was released in the United States by Walt Disney Pictures on March 9, 2018, in Real D 3D and in IMAX 3D.
Agostino Cacciavillan
Agostino Cacciavillan (born 14 August 1926) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and diplomat. He was born in Novale, Italy. He was Pro-Nuncio to Kenya, India, Nepal, and the United States between 1976 and 1998. He then served as President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See from 1998 to 2002. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001.
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