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It hosted the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and also held the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.
South Sudan  at FIFA.com
Keith Chegwin (17 January 1957 – 11 December 2017) was an English television presenter and actor.
He was nicknamed "Cheggers".
He was best known as the presenter of the BBC children's game show Cheggers Plays Pop and the Channel 5 comedy game show It's a Knockout.
He played Fleance in the Roman Polanski movie Macbeth (1971).
Chegwin was born in Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire.
He was married to Maggie Philbin from 1982 to 1993.
He  married Maria Fielden in 2000.
He had two children, a daughter Rose and a son Ted.
Chegwin died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on 11 December 2017 in Shropshire.
Tears for Fears are a British new wave/pop rock band.
They were formed in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.
They were formed in Bath, Somerset, England.
The band has released six albums, one live album, one extended play and 31 singles.
Famous singles by Tears for Fears include "Mad World" (1982), "Shout" (1984), "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Head over Heels (both 1985).
Roland Orzabal – guitars, keyboards, lead and backing vocals (1981–present)
Curt Smith – bass, keyboards, backing and lead vocals (1981–1991, 2000–present)
Manny Elias – drums, percussion (1981–1986)
Ian Stanley – keyboards, backing vocals (1981–1987)
Molly Caitlyn Quinn (born October 8, 1993), also known as Molly C. Quinn, is an American actress.
She is known for her roles in the television shows Castle and the English version of Winx Club.
She also appeared in the movie We're the Millers (2013).
Quinn was born in Texarkana, Texas.
The Yellowstone Caldera is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park in the Western United States.
It is sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano.
The caldera and most of the park are in the northwest corner of Wyoming.
The caldera is about 55 by 72 km.
It was formed during the last of the three supereruptions that occurred over the last 2.1 million years.
Volcanism at Yellowstone is relatively recent.
The calderas lie over a hotspot under the Yellowstone Plateau.
Light and hot magma (molten rock) from the mantle rises toward the surface.
The hotspot is much deeper than the terrain: it is stationary, while the North American Plate moves west-southwest over it.
Cyrus Charles Young (July 23, 1928 – December 6, 2017) was an American athlete.
He competed mainly in the javelin throw.
He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
He was the first non-European man to win the gold medal in the javelin throw in the Olympics in 1952, and – through the 2012 London Olympics – he remains the only American male to earn Olympic gold in the event.
Grant Munro (April 25, 1923 – December 9, 2017) was a Canadian animator, filmmaker and actor.
In 1952, he starred with Jean-Paul Ladouceur in Norman McLaren's Neighbours.
He worked on the movies Two Bagatelles (1953), Seven Surprizes (1963), Christmas Cracker (1963) and Canon (1964).
His movie, Christmas Cracker, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1962.
Watch films by Grant Munro at NFB web site
Making Movie History: Grant Munro (interview)
Canadian filmmakers
Canadian animators
The Arroux is a river in central France.
The Arroux river starts in Culètre commune in the south of the Côte-d'Or) department, at an altitude of about .
From here, the Arroux flows first to the west and then to the southwest.
The Arroux river flows through 2 regions and 3 departments.
Côte-d'Or: Arnay-le-Duc
Saône-et-Loire: Autun, Étang-sur-Arroux, Toulon-sur-Arroux, Gueugnon, Digoin
Allier: (only a short distance)
Drée - 39.4 km
Mesvrin - 36.4 km
Bourbince - 82.4 km
Ternin - 48 km
Méchet - 23.9 km
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is  at Digoin in the Saône-et-Loire department.
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Digoin (1958 - 2017)
Vera Katz, born Vera Pistrak, (August 3, 1933 – December 11, 2017) was a German-born American Democratic politician of Jewish descent.
She was born in Düsseldorf, Germany.
She and her family fled to France some time after Hitler had become chancellor.
After Germany invaded France they fled to Spain and eventually moved to New York City in the United States.
She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and was the 49th mayor of Portland from 1993 through 2005.
She replaced Bud Clark in 1993 and was replaced by Tom Potter in 2005.
City of Portland profile
Francis James "Frank" Ivancie (July 19, 1924 – May 2, 2019) was an American businessman and politician.
He served as Mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1980 to 1985.
Before this, Ivancie served for fourteen years on the Portland City Council.
Uriel (, , , meaning “God is my light” or “fire of God”) is an archangel in Jewish and Christian traditions.
The Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Anglicans call him “Saint Uriel the Archangel” or simply “Saint Uriel”.
The Roman Catholic Church only recognizes three archangels which are mentioned in the Bible: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
But according to the certain rabbinic and Christian traditions, there are four or even seven archangels, Uriel is generally the fourth.
In the Deuterocanonical book 2 Esdras, Uriel is sent by God to answer the questions which are asked by Ezra.
The role of Uriel in Christian apocryphal traditions is different from answering Ezra's questions.
He is said to have rescued John the Baptist from the Massacre of the Innocents(the murder of all boys under the age of two in the area of Bethlehem) as a child and reunited him and his mother Saint Elizabeth with John's cousin, Jesus.
This is shown in Leonardo da Vinci's painting Virgin of the Rocks.
Uriel is often described as a cherub and the angel of repentance  and is the angel at the Gate of Eden.
In The Apocalypse of Peter, Uriel is shown to be as cruel as any demon when enforcing repentance.
He is also supposed to be one of the angels that buried Adam and Abel in Eden.
"Perfect" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.
It was released on November 24, 2017, as the fourth single from his album, ÷. The song reached as high as number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
The following week, Sheeran re-released the song as a duet with American singer Beyoncé, who sings the second verse from a female perspective.
The duet version has reached number one in both the US and UK.
It became Sheeran's second American chart-topper and Beyoncé's sixth as a solo artist (tenth including songs with Destiny's Child).
Beaucamps-le-Vieux is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Stadio San Paolo (officially called the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona) is a sports stadium in Naples, Italy.
It is mainly used for football matches, but also has an athletics track.
It has a seating capacity of 60,240.
This makes it the third biggest stadium in the country.
The stadium was built between 1948 and 1959.
It opened on 6 December 1959.
It is the home stadium of S.S.C. Napoli of Serie A and sometimes the Italy national team.
MLS Cup 2016 was a soccer game played on December 10, 2016.
It was the 21st MLS Cup, a special game between the winners of the Eastern and Western Conferences in Major League Soccer.
Seattle Sounders FC won the game in a penalty shootout with a score of 5–4 against Toronto FC..
The two teams played again in MLS Cup 2017.
Toronto FC won that game 2–0.
Charles Robert Jenkins (February 18, 1940 – December 11, 2017) was a former United States Army soldier.
He lived in North Korea from 1965 to 2004 after deserting from his unit and crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
He was born in Rich Square, North Carolina.
On November 3, Jenkins pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and aiding the enemy, but denied making disloyal or seditious statements – the latter charges were dropped.
He was sentenced to 30 days' confinement, received a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and benefits and was reduced in rank to E-1 private (the lowest rank in the US Army).
He was released six days early, on November 27, 2004, for good behavior.
The movie is a third reboot of the King Kong franchise as well the 7th film of the series and serves as the second movie in Legendary's MonsterVerse.
The movie stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly with Richard Jenkins.
Kong: Skull Island was released on February 28, 2017, in London and was released in the United States on March 10, 2017.
The movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $566 million worldwide against its $185 million budget.
A crossover sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong, is set for release on May 22, 2020 with Kong facing Godzilla from the 2014 movie Godzilla.
Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (born 2 October 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer.
He plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team.
He plays as an attacking midfielder, forward or winger.
He was born in Maceió.
Firmino started his career in Brazil, first playing for CRB and later Figueirense.
In 2011, he joined the Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim, where he spent four-and-a-half seasons.
He signed for Premier League side Liverpool in June 2015.
Firmino has played for Brazil since 2014.
He played for them during the 2015 Copa América and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Hoffenheim
Firmino joined Hoffenheim in December 2010, including a contract running until June 2015.
He flew to Hoffenheim on January 1, 2011.
Ernst Tanner, which is the manager of Hoffenheim said “they were pleased to have a talented Brazilian soccer player on there team”.
He made his debut after a month in a Bundesliga defeat against a team called Mainz ,when he got substituted with Sebastian Rudy at the 75th minute.
Firmino made his first professional goal with Hoffenheim on April 16 the only goal of a league victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.
In July 2013, A russian club named Lokomotiv Moscow which made a €12 million bid for firmino Hoffenheim captain Andreas Beck halied Firmino's development as "outstanding" in August 2013.
He completed he 2013–14 Bundesliga season with a he was the fourth highest score with 16 goals.
He was took Jordan Ibe for the final 12 minutes in a game against 1-0 Stoke City.
In January 2016, the Irish Examiner said Firmino was steadily
Roberto Firmino profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
Roberto Firmino career stats at Soccerbase
John Elwood "Bud" Clark, Jr. (December 19, 1931 – February 1, 2022) was an American politician and businessman.
He served as Mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1985 to 1992.
A leftist populist with little political experience before his mayoral bid, he was one of Portland's most colorful political figures.
Clark died on February 1, 2022 in Portland, Oregon from congestive heart failure, aged 90.
She is a Holocaust survivor.
In 1956, she married Eric Kandel.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons: Report on scientific collaboration of Denise & Eric Kandel, October 3, 2011  (accessed May 23, 2016).
Video: Denise and Eric Kandel: E-Cigarettes May Promote Illicit Drug Use and Addiction, Columbia University News, September 2, 2014 (accessed May 23, 2016).
Song Rhythm Tracks are musician's backing tracks that are composed entirely of percussion and/or drums and arranged for a song.
Specifically, they do not include any harmony or melody parts.
They are neither (i) traditional song backing tracks, which include harmonic accompaniment, nor (ii) traditional rhythm tracks, which are not arranged for a song.
Musicians, including singers, use these tracks to support both their practice and performance of popular song.
Typical musical genres represented are pop, blues, jazz, folk and Latin, but any genre may be included that uses a constant pulse.
The tracks provide higher-quality rhythmic backing due to being arranged for the song the musician plays.
This has advantages over traditional (none song-arranged) rhythm tracks because the musical form of the song is followed by the rhythm.
Musicians would also use these backing tracks to practice, which was mentioned before.
Guitarists would find what key the track is being played in, and play over it using either the major or minor scale to solo along, or to just jam.
Vocalists would use these to practice their pitch, and their free-style.
Not only would one person play along with a track, but a few people could join in.
If they are lucky, they may just come up with a killer song.
Comparisons in use
Full song backing tracks provide a fuller arrangement of a song than song rhythm tracks do but they may be limited in the facilities to re-arrange / re-mix the backing track.
For instance, there might be instruments included that the musicians wish to remove from the mix.
Song Rhythm Tracks can be used as the basis for an arrangement generally without requirements of re-arranging the song rhythm tracks.
Full song backing tracks are often used by singers as their sole accompaniment.
Song rhythm tracks are used by single, or groups of, musicians that do not have a drummer.
As rhythmic backing does not include harmony, song rhythm tracks are simpler arrangements than full song backing and are arranged to the musical sectional and chorus structure of the song.
These arrangements may be comparable to a drummer's accompaniment and can be used as the rhythm tracks in productions without additional arranging.
Alive Drumming, vendor of Song Rhythm Tracks
Edwin Mah "Ed" Lee (; May 5, 1952 – December 12, 2017) was an American politician and attorney.
He served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco, California from January 11, 2011 until his death.
Before this, he was City Administrator of San Francisco from 2005 to 2011.
He was the first Asian American to become mayor of the city.
Lee was born in Seattle, Washington.
He married Anita in 1980.
They had two daughters, Brianna and Tania.
Lee died of a heart attack on December 12, 2017 in San Francisco.
lawyers from San Francisco
lawyers from Seattle
Ilan Gilon or Ilan Gil'on / Ilan Gil-On, Romanian: Ilan Ghilon, Hebrew: אילן גילאון, (born May 12, 1956 in Galaţi, Romania) is an Israeli politician of the Meretz party.
Gilon got polio when he was a baby.
Because of this he has problems with his legs.
He migrated to Israel when he was a child.
As a parliamentarian he is mainly involved with social welfare issues.
Among these are promoting laws to help people with disabilities.
Tamil Funda is an Indian website.
It covers topics ranging from the Tamil culture to the topics loosely related to Tamil audience.
Founded on October 22,  2013.
It publish content exclusive for the Tamil audience living all over the world.
The editorial team publishes the content.
The content published by TamilFunda are available in English and in Tamil.
Tamilfunda.com is one of the popular Tamil website in the Alexa rankings.
These are the following types in which the content is  categorized.
Business & Finance, Education, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Government, Health, Society & Culture, Technology, and Travel.
Langston Faizon Santisima (born June 4, 1968), better known as Faizon Love, is an American actor and comedian.
He appeared in Elf (2003).
María Aline Griffith Dexter, Countess of Romanones, spouse of a Grandee of Spain (22 May 1923 – 11 December 2017)<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/21/books/no-headline-029887.html|title=Review of The Spy Wore Red,'|last=Gross|first=Michael|date=June 21, 1987|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=2009-05-17}}</ref> was a Spanish-American aristocrat, socialite, and writer.
Griffith worked in the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) as a cipher clerk during World War II.
She was a member of the International Best Dressed List from 1962 until her death in 2017.
She was a close friend to many world leaders and celebrities including Nancy Reagan, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Audrey Hepburn.
Miss Aline Griffith (1923–1947)
The Most Excellent The Countess of Quintanilla (1947–1963)
The Most Excellent The Countess of Romanones (1963–1988)
The Most Excellent The Dowager Countess of Romanones (1988–2017)
Elected, The International Hall of Fame, Vanity Fair: The International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame (1962)
Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles'', Hidalguía Editions, 2008
Suzanna Leigh (born Sandra Eileen Anne Smith; 26 July 1945 – 11 December 2017) was a British actress.
She was known for her movie and television roles in the 1960s and 1970s.
She was born in Berkshire, England.
She was known for her role as the love interest of Elvis Presley in Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966).
Leigh starred in the cult British horror movies The Deadly Bees (1966) and The Fiend (1972).
In 1974 she starred as Amber in Son of Dracula.
Interview with Joe Krein , Elvis2001.net
InStyle UK: 60s Fashion: Women Who Made The Decade Achingly Cool (pictured at numbers 32 & 42) , instyle.co.uk
Zarley Bennett Zalapski (April 22, 1968 – December 10, 2017) was a Canadian-Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman.
He played from 1987 to 2010.
He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Hartford Whalers, the Calgary Flames, the Montreal Canadiens and for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Bramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
As the largest stadium in Sheffield during the 19th century it hosted most of the city's most significant matches including the final of the world's first football tournament, first floodlit match and several matches between the Sheffield and London Football Associations that led to the unification of their respective rules.
It was also used by Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield F.C. for major matches.
It has been the home of Sheffield United since the club's establishment in 1889.
It is the oldest major stadium in the world still to be hosting professional association football matches.
David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.
He is best known for creating the HBO drama television series The Sopranos (1999–2007).
The show became very popular and earned him seven Emmy Awards.
He has also produced and written for shows such as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away and Northern Exposure.
He will serve as an executive producer and writer of the future movie The Many Saints of Newark, a background story to The Sopranos.
Chase was born in Mount Vernon, New York, to an Italian American family.
He married Denise Kelly in 1968.
The couple have a daughter, Michele DeCesare, who played Hunter Scangarelo in The Sopranos.
Gordon Douglas Jones (born May 4, 1954) is an American attorney, prosecutor, and politician.
Jones is the United States Senator of Alabama upon being elected on December 12, 2017 and sworn-in on January 3, 2018.
Jones served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.
Jones was the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate special election in Alabama against Republican nominee Roy Moore which was held on December 12, 2017.
Jones was elected Senator with 49.6% of the vote to Moore's 48.8% of the vote.
Doug Jones for Senate
Jones & Hawley
Pat DiNizio (October 12, 1955 – December 12, 2017) was an American rock musician.
He was best known as the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band The Smithereens.
He formed the band with three original members in 1980 in Carteret, New Jersey.
He was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, but raised in Carteret.
David Baruch Lau, Hebrew: דוד ברוך לאו , (born January 13, 1966 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi.
He has been Chief Rabbi of Israel on behalf of the Ashkenazi Jews since August 14, 2013, succeeding Yona Metzger.
His father Yisrael Meir Lau had the same position from 1993 to 2003.
His Sephardic counterpart is Yitzhak Yosef.
New Chief Rabbis David Lau & Yitzchak Yosef Sworn In.
Arutz Sheva.
August 14, 2013
Chief Rabbis of Israel
A bodice () is an article of clothing for women, covering the body from the neck to the waist.
Arnold, Janet: Patterns of Fashion: the cut and construction of clothes for men and women 1560-1620, Macmillan 1985. ()
Steele, Valerie: "The Corset: A Cultural History" Yale University Press, 2001.
The mellophone is a medium-range instrument which typically takes the place of the French horn in marching bands.
Its appearance is similar to that of a trumpet except for more tubing and a much larger bell.
The Museum for Architectural Drawing (in German: Museum für Architekturzeichnung) is a private museum in Berlin, Germany dedicated to architectural drawing around the world.
the museum was opened in June 2013.
Stanley Baxter (born 24 May 1926) is a Scottish actor and impressionist.
He is known for his highly popular British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, Baxter On..., Time For Baxter, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika.
Teletronic.co.uk
Stanley Baxter biography and credits at BFI Screenonline
Parliamo Glasgow audio clip from BBC Radio Scotland
Eileen Derbyshire,  (born 6 October 1931) is an English actress.
She is best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera, Coronation Street.
She played the character for 55 years, from January 1961 to January 2016 and again for a cameo appearance in October 2019, making her the longest-serving female cast member in a British soap opera and the second longest-serving cast member on the show, after William Roache who has played the role of Ken Barlow continuously, since the show's first episode on the 9 December 1960.
She is the mother of sports journalist Oliver Holt.
She was awarded an MBE in the 2010 Queens Birthday Honours list with her fellow co-star and friend, Barbara Knox who plays the role of Rita Sullivan on the show.
Profile at corrie.net including a rare photo out of character
Barbara Knox  (born 30 September 1933), is a British actress.
She is known for her portrayal of newsagent Rita Sullivan in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
She has been a full-time cast member for nearly 50 years, having  appeared for one episode as Rita in December 1964, before becoming a regular cast member from January 1972 onwards.
On 28 March 2014, it was reported that she had been arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol in her home town of Knutsford, Cheshire.
On 4 April, Knox was formally charged, and she appeared at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court on 24 April.
On 23 January 2015, she changed her plea to guilty.
She was banned from driving for a year, as well as being fined £3,000 and £1,750 in costs.
WWE Network is a subscription-based video streaming service owned by WWE, using the infrastructure of BAMTech.
Lyte Funkie Ones (LFO) is an American pop band.
It has vocalists Devin Lima (born March 18, 1977) and Brad Fischetti (born September 11, 1975).
The band was formerly a trio that also featured lead singer and primary songwriter Rich Cronin, and initially disbanded after his death in 2010, but Lima and Fischetti reunited LFO as a duo in 2017.
Before Lima joined the group in 1999, the third member was Brian Gillis (known as "Brizz"), who was with the group from its start in 1995.
The band is best known for their hit songs "Summer Girls", "Girl on TV", and "Every Other Time".
The band have sold over 4 million records worldwide.
Warrel Dane (March 7, 1961 – December 13, 2017) was an American heavy metal singer-songwriter, musician and actor.
He was the lead singer for the metal bands Sanctuary and Nevermore.
He was a natural baritone, though he was known for his high-pitched vocals with Serpent's Knight and on the first two Sanctuary albums.
Dane provided the voice of Candynose Twinskins in the musical comedy Metalocalypse on Adult Swim.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic irreversible and fatal disease caused by a progressive decline in lung function.
The term pulmonary fibrosis means scarring of lung tissue and is the cause of worsening dyspnea (shortness of breath).
Fibrosis is usually associated with a poor prognosis.
IPF usually occurs in adults of between 50 and 70 years of age, particularly those with a history of cigarette smoking, and affects more men than women.
Treatment to slow down the progression of the disease may include nintedanib or pirfenidone.
Pulmonary fibrosis (literally "scarring of the lungs") is a respiratory disease in which scars are formed in the lung tissues, leading to serious breathing problems.
Scar formation, the addition of extra fibrous connective tissue (the process called fibrosis), leads to thickening of the walls, and causes low oxygen supply in the blood.
In some patients the cause of the disease can be diagnosed, but in others the cause is unknown, a condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
There is no known cure for the scars and damage in the lung due to pulmonary fibrosis.
Simon Charles Dickie (31 March 1951 – 13 December 2017) was a New Zealand rowing cox who won three Olympic medals: two gold and one bronze.
He was born in Waverley in Taranaki, New Zealand.
For the 1968 Summer Olympics, New Zealand qualified an eight and had a pool of four rowers and a cox as a travelling reserve; Dickie was part of this reserve as their cox.
Dickie was only one of fifteen New Zealanders to have won two or more Olympic gold medals.
He later owned an adventure company in Taupo.
Riot Games is an American video game developer, publisher, and eSports tournament organizer established in 2006.
Their main office is based in West Los Angeles, California.
The company is primarily known for creating the game League of Legends, which was released in North America and Europe on October 27, 2009.
Ivan Stoyanov (; 20 January 1949 – 10 December 2017) was a Bulgarian footballer.
At club level, he played for Spartak Sofia and Levski Sofia.
He also played for the Bulgaria national team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
He was born in Sofia.
Alessandro Kokocinski (born Alejandro Kokocinski; 3 April 1948 – 12 December 2017) was an Italian-Argentine painter, sculptor and set designer, of Polish-Russian origin.
He was born in the refugee camp at Porto Recanati, Italy.
His family survived the Holocaust.
Kokocinski worked on the Salvador Allende government’s agrarian reform, in partnership with the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile.
He settled in Rome and became a pupil of Riccardo Tomassi Ferroni, with whom he shared a studio in Trastevere, together with Carlo Quattrucci.
official website for solo exhibition at Palazzo Cipolla Rome, 2015
Alma Adamkienė (née Nutautaitė; February 10, 1928) is a Lithuanian-American philologist, philanthropist and public servant.
She was born in Šiauliai, Lithuania.
She is the wife of the former President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus since being married in 1951.
Adamkienė was First Lady during his two terms (1998–2003 and 2004–2009).
She also holds United States citizenship.
She immigrated to the United States in 1949.
She first worked as a laboratory assistant at a steel factory.
Later, she took a position with an insurance company.
She also organized and participated in Lithuanian émigré activities.
During the presidential election held in Lithuania in 1997, her husband Valdas Adamkus campaigned for the Presidency and won.
After Adamkus became president, Adamkienė became involved in many Lithuanian social programs focusing on the welfare of children.
Alma Adamkienė Charity and Support Fund
First Ladies of Europe
Neeraj Vora (22 January 1963 – 14 December 2017) was an Indian movie director, screenwriter, actor and producer.
He first became known in Bollywood for being a writer of Aamir Khan's movie Rangeela (1995).
He then went on to direct his own movies, including Khiladi 420 (2000), Phir Hera Pheri (2006) and Shortkut (2009).
He was born in Bhuj, Gujarat.
In October 2016, Vora went into a coma after having a heart attack and a stroke.
He died on 14 December 2017 in Mumbai, at the age of 54.
L.M.C. "Lilian" Marijnissen (born 11 July 1985 in Oss) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP).
She has been political and parliamentary leader since 13 December 2017, succeeding Emile Roemer.
Abu Nayeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury (27 November 1925 - 14 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi playwright, literary critic and political activist.
His notable dramas are Kabar (The Grave), Roktakto Prantor (Bloody Field), Chithi (Letter).
He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award for his contribution in dramas in 1962.
He was killed as an intellectual during the mass killing of Bengali intellectuals in 1971.
He was awarded the highest civilian award given by the Government of Bangladesh, Independence Day Award, in 1980 posthumously.
When Choudhury was in prison during 1952-54, he wrote his symbolic drama, Kabar (The Grave).
This was a translation of Irwin Shaw's drama Bury the Dead.
After release from prison, he continued to write Roktakto Prantor (1959; a play about the Third Battle of Panipat), Chithi (1966) and Polashi Barrack O Onyanno (1969).
In 1965, Choudhury redesigned the keyboard of the Bangla typewriter.
This typewriter was named after him as Munier Optima Keyboard.
It was designed in collaboration with Remington typewriters of the then East Germany.
Mir-Manas, 1965 – literary critique of Mir Mosharraf Hossain's literature
Ektala-Dotala (first ever Bengali drama broadcast on television), 1965
Dandakaranya, 1966
Tulanamulak Samalochana (Comparative critique), 1969
Bangla Gadyariti (Bengali prose style), 1970
In 1971, when Pakistani army attacked in the University of Dhaka area, Choudhury escaped from there and moved to his parents' house, near Hatirpool.
On 14 December 1971, he, along with a large number of Bengali intellectuals, educators, doctors and engineers, were kidnapped from their houses and later tortured and killed by the Pakistan Army and its Bengali collaborators Al-Badr and Al-Shams.
According to a witness, Choudhury was last seen in Government Physical Education College, Dhaka in Mohammadpur Thana, Dhaka where his fingers were mutilated.
His dead body was not found.
1962: Bangla Academy Literary Award for contribution in drama
1965: Daud Prize for ''Mir-Manas"
1966: Sitara-i-Imtiaz (denounced in 1971)
1980: Independence Day Award (posthumously)
As of 2015, about 58,000 people were living in the town of Oss.<br/ >
Since 2011, Lith was added to Oss.
In 2015, Maasdonk became a part to Oss.
Lilian Marijnissen (born 1985), politician
Frederick J. "Fred" Doocy (May 5, 1913 – December 7, 2017) was an American politician and banker.
He served as the 77th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1966 to 1967.
He was also a member of the Connecticut State Senate from 1958 to 1967.
Doocy was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
He married Mary O'Keefe (1916–2010) in 1942 and had five children.
Together they preside the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbis
Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935)
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1949)
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1949–1959)
Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973)
Shlomo Goren (1973–1983)
Avraham Shapira (1983–1993)
Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003)
Yona Metzger (2003–2013)
David Lau (2013–present)
Sephardi Chief Rabbis
Yaakov Meir (1921–1939)
Benzion Uziel (1939–1948)
Benzion Uziel (1948–1954)
Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973)
Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983)
Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993)
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003)
Shlomo Amar (2003–2013)
Yitzhak Yosef (2013–present)
It is the highest literary awards given in Bangladesh.
This award was introduced in 1960.
This award is given in six categories, including poem, novel, drama, essay, short story, juvenile literature.
Award winners by decades
Bangla Academy Literary Award (1960s)
Bangla Academy Literary Award (1970s)
Bangla Academy Literary Award (1980s)
Bangla Academy Literary Award (1990s)
Bangla Academy Literary Award (2000s)
Bangla Academy Literary Award (2010s)
Notable award winners
Syed Shamsul Haque - youngest award winner at the age of 31.
Bangla Academy (official site)
Naagin (English: serpent) is an Indian supernatural Hindi language television series.
It was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor.
It aired on weekends at 8 pm IST on Colors TV.
The first season aired from 1 November 2015 to 5 June 2016.
It starred Mouni Roy, Arjun Bijlani and Adaa Khan as Shivanya, Ritik and Shesha.
It became one of the highest-rated shows on Indian television.
The second season aired from 8 October 2016 to 25 June 2017.
It starred Mouni Roy, Karanvir Bohra and Adaa Khan as Shivangi, Rocky and Shesha.
The fourth season was introduced with a new title Naagin: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel.
It aired from 14 December 2019 to 8 August 2020.It starred Nia Sharma, Vijayendra Kumeria, Jasmin Bhasin and Rashami Desai as Brinda, Dev, Nayantara and Shalakha, respectively.
It ended after 37 episodes post lockdown.
The series has been revamped for the 6th season bringing a new name to the series "Naagin Ka Badla" or Naagin Season 7 .
It will feature Rakhi Sawant, Rubina Dilaik, Prachi Desai & Fawad Khan as Roopa, Barkha, Bhumi & Mrityunjai respectively.
Arjun Bijlani as Rithik Sangaram , Shivanya Husband, King of Suryavamsi Sangam Son , Yamini and Ankush adopted Son , a naagin from Shesang Clan
Mouni Roy as Shivanya, Rithik Wife , Sesha Elder Cousin , From Sheshang Clan  , She Parents 5 People Killed
Sudha Chandran as Yamini Raheja , Rithik adopted mother, Ankush Wife, Amirta, Angad  Mother , King of Suryavamsi Sangaram Sister , She was killed by Shivanya
Adaa Khan  as Sesha , Shivanya Younger Cousin  , After Yamini Brain Wash to Shreya , a naagin from Shesang Clan
Manish Kanna as Ankush Raheja , Yamini Husband, Royal Servant of  King of Suryavamsi Palace  , One of murder Shivanya Parents , He was killed by  Sesha
Siddharth Sivapuri  as Angad , Rithik adopted Younger  brother , Amirta Younger Brother , Yamini and Ankush  Son
Swati Jain as Divya ,  Yamini and Ankush Niece , Amirta,  Ritik , Angad Younger  Sister.
Shamirka Raina as Amirta, Yamini and Ankush  1st Daughter, Divya Elder Cousin , Angad Elder Sister , Rithik adopted Elder Sister , Kabir Ex Fiencee
Vimarsh Roshan as Viren , Ankush Nephew , Rithik elder Cousin , Chaya Husband , Divya , Angad and Amirta Elder Cousin , He was killed by Shivanya , One of murder of Shivanya Parents ,  Royal Servant of Suryavamsi Palace
Gunija Walia as Chaya , Viren Wife
Bhuvan Chopra as Shailash Mathur, Ramya husband, Anksuh Best Friend, Tanya and Arjun Father ,  He was killed by Shivanya , One of murder Shivanya Parents , Royal Serent of Suryavamsi Palace
Karuna Varma as Ramya , Shailash Wife,  Tanya and Arjun mother , Yamuna Best Friend
Puja Sharma as Tanya,  Arjun Elder Twin , Shailash and Ramya Daughter, Rithik Childoodh Friend and Ex Fiencee , She was killed by Kabir
Pranav misshra as Arjun, Tanya Younger Twin , Shailash and Ramya Son  , Rithik Best Friend
Kamalika as Rudramma  , Ankush and Shailash Family go to Rudramma , She was Killed by Kadir
Rajat Tokes as Kabir,  Shivanya and Sesha enemy, Amirta and Tanya ex Fiencee, He was killed by Shivanya and Sesha
Mazher Zayed as Suri , Ankush and Shailesh Best Friend , He was killed by Shivanya and Sesha ,  One of murder Shivanya Parents , Royal
Servant of Palace
Ahmad Harhash as Mahendra Pratap singh (2015)
2015 Indian television series debuts
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Hebrew:  הרבנות הראשית לישראל - Ha-Rabanut Ha-Rashit Li-Yisra'el, is the highest rabbinical institution in Israel.
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is in Jerusalem.
Heichal Shlomo, former seat of the Chief Rabbinate
Chief Rabbinate of Israel Website
"Mad World" is a new wave song by British band Tears for Fears.
It was first released in September 1982.
It then appeared on the band's first studio album The Hurting (1983).
The song reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982.
"Mad World" was also famously covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules.
This version was made for the soundtrack of the movie Donnie Darko (2001).
National Movie Awards () is the highest awards given by the Government of Bangladesh to the actors and technicians of Bangladeshi movie industry.
Every year, a national panel is appointed by the government to select winners.
The panel consists of movie personalities, journalists and social activists.
Merit awards
Best Movie
Best Child Actor
Best Villain
Best Comedian
Best Music Director
Best Music Composer
Best Male Playback Singer
Best Female Playback Singer
Technical awards
Best Sound Recording
Best Make-up
Lifetime Achievement Award (introduced in 2009)
Best Short Movie
Mouni Roy (born 28 September 1985) is an Indian actress, singer, Kathak dancer and former model.
She is mainly known for her work in Indian television and Hindi-language movies.
Her popular works are Mahadev, Naagin and Gold.
The philosophy of mathematics is a kind of philosophy that tries to study what mathematics really is.
Philosophers of math ask themselves questions like:
Does math really make sense?
Do numbers really exist, or are they just made up?
Can math explain everything?
Why people do math?
Why some people think math is "beautiful"?
Is mathematics really true, or just something that we think its true?
Some ways to think about math
None of those questions has a clear answer, so mathematicians are free to choose which answers they like.
Mathematicians who believe in Platonism think that numbers are real, just like rocks and trees.
We can't see them, but we can represent them with symbols, and use them to study the world.
Fictionalism
Mathematicians who believe in Fictionalism think that math is just made up.
Numbers, shapes and other things in math are just ways that we use to make science possible, but they don't really exist.
Logicism
Mathematicians who believe in Logicism believe that math is true because it is based on true sentences (called axioms).
It does not matter if numbers and shapes exist, or not, just that they represent true things.
Finitism
Mathematicians who believe in Finitism think that everything that makes sense has a beginning and an end.
Things like infinity don't exist.
Mohammed El Filali () (born 9 July 1945) is a Moroccan footballer.
He played for MC Oujda.
Savoy Truffle is a song by the Beatles written by George Harrison.
The song is about Harrison's friend Eric Clapton's fondness for chocolate and his dentist warning him to stop eating it.
27 July 2016) was an American cartoonist and illustrator.
He was known for his advertising art, magazine covers, movie posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories.
He was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad in 1952.
His cartoon characters are characterized by extremely distorted anatomy, including big heads, skinny legs and extremely large feet.
Davis contributed to other Kurtzman magazines—Trump, Humbug and Help!—eventually expanding into illustrations for record jackets, movie posters, books and magazines, including Time and TV Guide.
He completed an 88-card set of humorous cartoons called Wacky Plaks, which Topps Chewing Gum Co. released in 1959.
After graduation, he was a cartoonist intern at The Atlanta Journal, and he worked one summer inking Ed Dodd's Mark Trail comic strip, a strip which he later parodied in Mad as Mark Trade.
Colombia has 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing.
departamento) and a Capital District (Distrito Capital).
Each department has a Governor (gobernador) and a Department Assembly (Asamblea Departamental), elected by popular vote for a four-year period.
Departments are country subdivisions and are granted a certain degree of autonomy.
Statoids - Departments of Colombia
Mittlach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Saransk (; ) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia.
In 2010 there were 297,415 people living there.
Botevgrad, Bulgaria
Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Sieradz, Poland
Official website of the city of Saransk
Mitzach is a commune.
In folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure.
It is described as being half-goat and half-demon.
During the Christmas season, Krampus punishes children who have misbehaved.
The is the opposite of Saint Nicholas, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts.
Krampus is one of the companions of Saint Nicholas in several regions including Austria, Bavaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, South Tyrol and parts of Northern Italy.
The origin of Krampus is not known, but some folklorists and anthropologists believe it has pre-Christian origins.
Yu Guangzhong (; 21 October 1928 – 14 December 2017), also spelled Yu Kwang-chung, was a Taiwanese writer, poet, educator, and critic.
He was born in Nanjing, Taiwan.
His best known works were Lanse de yumao [Blue feather], Zai lengzhan de niandai [Cold war years] and Yu yongheng bahe [Tug-of-war with eternity].
He was known for his collaboration with fellow poet Luo Fu.
He was Professor Emeritus at National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung.
He taught in the United States, including at Gettysburg College.
Yu died on 14 December 2017 from pneumonia in Kaohsiung, Taiwan at the age of 89.
He was married to Fan Wo-tsun 1956 until his death.
Taiwanese educators
Danny Ray "Dan" Johnson (October 18, 1960 – December 13, 2017) was an American evangelical pastor and Republican politician.
He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing the 49th District serving from January 2017 until his death in December.
He was born and raised in Bastrop, Louisiana.
In December 2017, Johnson was accused of having molested a member of his church in 2012 when she was 17 years old.
The Republican Party of Kentucky called on Johnson to resign the same day the allegations were published.
The following day, Johnson held a news conference at his church where he claimed the allegations were untrue and were politically motivated.
Johnson shot himself in the head on December 13, 2017 near the Salt River in Mt. Washington, Kentucky.
Tina Flint Smith (born March 4, 1958) is an American politician.
She is the United States Senator from Minnesota upon being appointed by Governor Mark Dayton and office on January 3, 2018.
Smith was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 2015 to 2018.
She has been a high-profile member of Governor Mark Dayton's administration and a key participant in legislative negotiations.
She is a former Chief of Staff to Dayton.
She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.
Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota
Karl-Erik Nilsson (4 January 1922 – 14 December 2017) was a Swedish light-heawyweight (-87 kg) Greco-Roman wrestler.
He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold and two bronze medals.
He won another bronze medal at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships.
He was born in Stehag, Sweden.
Karl-Erik Nilsson's profile at databaseOlympics
Karl-Erik Nilsson's profile at Sports Reference.com
Robert Charles Sproul ( ; February 13, 1939 – December 14, 2017) was an American apologist, author, and pastor.
He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries.
Sproul was heard daily on the Renewing Your Mind radio broadcast in the United States and internationally.
Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R. C. Sproul was also broadcast on Sirius and XM satellite radio.
Frank Strong Lary (April 10, 1930 – December 13, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.
He played for the Detroit Tigers (1954–1964), New York Mets (1964, 1965), Milwaukee Braves (1964), and Chicago White Sox (1965).
Lary led the American League with 21 wins in 1956  and ranked second in the same category with 23 wins in 1961.
Lary was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1960 and 1961 and won the Gold Glove Award in 1961.
He was known as "Taters", "Mule", and the "Yankee Killer."
The latter nickname was won due to his 27-10  record against the New York Yankees from 1955 to 1961.
Frank Lary, by Jim Sargent, The Baseball Biography Project, SABR
Kyle Mark Takai (July 1, 1967 – July 20, 2016) was an American politician.
He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 1st district from January 3, 2015 until his death.
He was also a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1994 to 2014.
He became a lieutenant colonel in the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2013.
Takai was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He was of Japanese ancestry.
He was married to Sami and had two children.
Takai was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October 2015.
He died on July 20, 2016 in Aiea, Hawaii.
He was 49.
William Alex "Bill" Hudson (July 9, 1935 – December 13, 2017) was an American football player.
He played as a defensive tackle.
He played professionally in the American Football League for the San Diego Chargers and the Boston Patriots.
He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes.
He was a member of the South Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
He was born in Hartsville, South Carolina.
Hudson died on December 13, 2017 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Rod (Cyrillic: Род) is the supreme God of the universe in the Slavic Native Faith.
Old Church Slavonic sources about pre-Christian religion, say that Rod represents divinity and ancestrality.
Among the South Slavs, the concept is also known as Sud (Judge) or Prabog (First God).
The only historical source that mentions Jarilo was from a German bishop who encountered pagans celebrating a festival called Gerovit (likely a German way of saying, Jarovit).
Until the 19th century in Russia, Belarus and Serbia, folk festivals called Jarilo were celebrated in late spring.
In these festivals, they worshiped a springtime god.
Similar festivals occurred in Croatia and Slovenia.
Eric the Victorious (Old Norse: Eiríkr inn sigrsæli; Swedish: Erik Segersäll) was the first Kingdom of Sweden.
There is debate about whether or not he was actually the first king.
He is sometimes called Eric V or Eric VI.
He is called this by people who count back from Eric XIV (1560–68).
Eric the Victorious originally controlled the area around Uppland.
His kingdom may have extended down to Blekinge.
He got the name "victorious," because of his victory in the Battle of Fýrisvellir.
According to Adam of Bremen, he was also the King of Denmark after the defeat of Sweyn Forkbeard.
He probably also founded the town of Sigtuna, 38 km northeast from downtown Stockholm.
Adam also dated Eric the Victorious's death as between 992 and 995.
He is remembered as a war-like and successful ruler.
Carl L. Thunberg (2012): Slaget på Fyrisvallarna i ny tolkning (The Battle of Fýrisvellir in a New Interpretation)
Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American movie director, screenwriter, editor and actor.
He is best known for directing the movies Brick (2005), The Brothers Bloom (2008), Looper (2012), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Knives Out (2019).
He has directed three episodes of the AMC series Breaking Bad.
He has also had small roles in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and BoJack Horseman.
Johnson was born in Silver Spring, Maryland.
He has been dating movie writer Karina Longworth since 2011.
Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie (born 28 October 1978) is a British actress and model.
She is known for playing Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones and Captain Phasma in the Star Wars movies The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017).
Christie was born in Worthing, West Sussex, England.
She has been dating fashion design Giles Deacon since 2013.
Byron Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is a former United States Senator and United States Congressman.
He was a congressman for twelve years and a U.S. Senator for eighteen.
Dorgan was a member of the Senate Democratic leadership for sixteen years.
He was first an Assistant Democratic Floor Leader.
He was later a Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee.
Then, he was Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Dorgan later worked at the Washington, D.C. law firm Arent Fox LLP.
He was a senior policy advisor there.
Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author and television talk show host.
He won an Emmy Award for writing in 1978.
Grodin is best known for his appearances on The Tonight Show and The Late Show.
Grodin's movie roles include Catch-22 (1970), The Heartbreak Kid (1972), Midnight Run and The Couch Trip (both 1988), Beethoven (1992) and Dave and Heart and Souls (both 1993).
Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to an Orthodox Jewish family.
He had a daughter with his first wife, Julie Ferguson.
He married Elissa Durwood in 1983.
Grodin died of bone marrow cancer at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, on May 18, 2021.
Dillon, Read & Co. was an investment bank based in New York City.
In 1997, it was acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation, which was in turn acquired by UBS in 1998.