the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
He was a supporter of the Pan-Blue Coalition from 2000 to 2008 but then supported the DPP in the 2008 presidential election.
Hsu was involved in opposition activity during the first part of 1979.
John Thomaides (born September 15, 1965) is the mayor of San Marcos, Texas.
He was elected on December 13, 2016.
Thomaides was a member of the city council from 2003-2010.
In 2010 Thomaides ran against Daniel Guerrero who had been elected Mayor of San Marcos in 2010, by a margin of 42 votes  Thomaides served from 2011-2016 on the city council when he ran for mayor again in 2016 against local business owner, Ruben Becerra.
In the 2016 December runoff, Thomaides beat Becerra by a margin of 42 votes- the same number he lost by in 2010.
During his first year in office, Thomaides was the 6th Texas mayor to join the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda.
He is currently the Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Group.
Previously, Shivakumar was the Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo Holdings Private Limited, India.
Prior to that, Shivakumar was Senior Vice President for Emerging Markets at Nokia Telecommunications.
He graduated from IIT, Madras in 1982 and from IIM, Calcutta in 1984.
In 2005, he went on to study at The Wharton School.
Pre-Nokia
Shivakumar started his career as a management trainee in the Consumer Products Division at Hindustan Ciba Geigy before shifting toHindustan Unilever Limited where he spent 19 years in sales, marketing and general management positions.
He handled consumer major Hindustan Unilever’s foods business between 1989 and 1997, leading brands like Lipton tea, Tree Top fruit juices and Waffles wafers in the snacks segment, before moving to handle shampoos, feminine hygiene and baby products.
He moved to Philips India as chief executive officer of the consumer electronics division in 2003.
Nokia (India and Worldwide)
Shivakumar joined Nokia in 2006 as the managing director, India.
He was also instrumental in pushing low-cost mobile devices across rural India; making Nokia a dominant brand in India.
During this time, Shivakumar was working with leaders like KV Kamath (former chief of the New Development Bank of BRICS countries) and V Balaraman (ex-CEO, Ponds) who were part of the Nokia Advisory Board.
With regards to Shivakumar’s success in driving Nokia’s rural market penetration, V Balaraman had this to say:
"He opened up the Indian market to mobile phones using the HUL style of ensuring good distribution, branding and making the product available at various price points for different sets of consumers."
V Balaraman, ex-CEO, Ponds.
The robust supply chain Shivakumar had helped build was tested during the battery crisis of 2007, in which Nokia India had to recall millions of devices due to defective batteries.
How the company handled this situation later became a case study covered by the Indian School of Business.
Apart from robust supply chains, Shivakumar also oversaw product innovation at Nokia.
Under his management, Nokia India launched a range of services, from Music to Agriculture, under the banner of Nokia Life Tools.
The introduction of the phone torch, which was a runaway success as users found it a handy solution in case of power cuts, was also a major milestone during his time.
During his time at Nokia, the brand also built a salience within the Indian households by repeatedly betting big on cricket.
The brand started its long-lasting tie-up with the Kolkata Knight Riders, owned by its brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan.
Nokia also sponsored the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 and the 2009 T20 World Cup, under Shivakumar’s management.
In fact, Nokia India was one of the few brands willing to bet on Indian cricket and sponsor the first T20 World Cup hosted by South Africa in 2007, in which India defeated Pakistan in the finals.
Shivakumar moved on to become Sr.
Vice President, Emerging Markets (India, Middle East, Africa) in 2011, handling a market that accounted for 40% of Nokia’s global business and comprised of around 90 countries.
Shivakumar’s time at Nokia is both praised and criticized.
He is credited for driving Nokia’s brand from No.
71 to No.
1 in the country increasing their national market share from 46% to 56% by 2006.
But he also saw it dip to 30% by 2011 and, towards the end of his time at Nokia, the brand was facing stiff competition in India from smartphone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung.
Looking back at his time at Nokia, Shivakumar points out that Nokia fell behind as the mobile market shifted almost overnight from voice to content-driven open operating systems like Android.
He acknowledges that while the strategy they pursued at the time delivered, it did not foresee this sudden shift.
In fact, the Harvard Case Study titled ‘Emerging Nokia?’
looks at the successful strategies that Nokia adopted globally during Shivakumar’s time as the managing director of the Indian market.
It examines how Nokia tapped into the emerging markets like China, India and the MEA while turning its back towards markets like Europe, Japan and the USA.
The study looks at Shivakumar and his counterparts Colin Giles (heading the Chinese market) and Chris Braam (heading the MEA market).
PepsiCo India
In 2013, Shivakumar was appointed as the Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Holdings Private Limited, India where he managed brand portfolios across beverages, snacks and nutrition.
He is known for being the key driver for portfolio transformation and depended consumer engagement with flagship brands.
Shivakumar is one of India’s most respected business leaders.
He has a proven ability to take billion-dollar businesses to the next level by maximizing innovation, execution and collaboration.
Under his leadership, PepsiCo launched brands like Quaker, Tropicana and Doritos in the Indian market.
He was also the Chairman of Nourishco (which was a joint venture between PepsiCo and Tata Global Beverages).
He and then Vice President of the nutrition category for PepsiCo India, Deepika Warrier, headed the launch of Quaker Oats+Milk, which had Sachin Tendulkar as the brand ambassador.
He also oversaw the much talked about Pepsi walkout from the Indian Premier League.
Pepsi ended its title sponsorship with IPL in 2015, two years before the 5-year contract was set to expire by 2017.
This pulling out of the contract was due to the match-fixing scandals that had brought disrepute to the league.
Aditya Birla Group
As of January 2018, Shivakumar has joined Aditya Birla Group as the Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy & Business Development.
In his current role, he reports directly to the Chairman of the Group, Kumara Mangalam Birla.
Leadership style
D. Shivakumar is known for his friendly, approachable leadership style.
At PepsiCo, he used to alternate between two offices every week to ensure his visibility and accessibility to the people he worked with.
One of his offices also merely had a round table, to facilitate teamwork and collaboration.
Management thinker
Shivakumar regularly discusses his thoughts on various topics with relation to management.
From pointing out how the post of General Manager had slowly become irrelevant post globalization  to what skills a fresh pass-out from an MBA school should possess  to what the relationship between the individual leader and the company should be,  Shivakumar engages with management theories by publishing articles and blogs.
Shivakumar has published his thoughts and experiences in a book titled ‘Reflections’.
He is currently working on his second book.
Shivakumar is an avid reader who regularly puts out his reading list and book reviews.
He looks up to management gurus and leaders like Peter Drucker, Jack Welch, Robert McNamara and Harold Geneen as role models.
Shivakumar is also an avid sports watcher, following both the Manchester United and Barcelona football teams.
When it comes to tennis, he is a fan of John McEnroe and Roger Federer.
Notable associations
Chairman - The Advertising Standards Council Of India (ASCI), 2018 - 2019, Vice Chairman
Chairman - Mobile Marketing Association, India, 2015-2019
Independent Director - Godrej Consumer Product, 2009 – 2017, Independent Director
Board of Governors - Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad, 2012–2017
President - All India Management Association, 2012-2013
Board of Governors – Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur, 2019 onwards
Board of Governors – XLRI - Xavier School of Management, 2015 onwards
Non-executive Chairman - Burger King Board, 2019 onwards
Advisory Board - Multiples Private Equity, 2017 onwards
Interviews on CNBC Storyboard
Mint: Biz Lounge: Nokia's Shiv Kumar
On Aditya Birla Group’s YouTube Handle
Address at Ahmedabad Management Association
Address at Harvard Model United Nations India
Session at Indian School of Business
Session with All India Management Association
On Connect With Mouli
At Universal Business School
Address at Businessworld
Address at Light and Life Academy
Address at Great Lakes Institute of Management
Address at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Shiv part of a discussion organized by Mint about Make in India initiative
D.Shivakumar speaks about the future of mobile marketing with CNBC TV18.
Interview with D Shivakumar about his last day as CEO of PepsiCo India
Reference for Leadership: Workspace design and working styles
About D Shivakumar's leadership
The Wiltz is a river in Belgium and Luxembourg.
It is a left tributary of the Sauer river.
It is part of the drainage basin of the Rhine river.
The Wiltz starts in the Ardennes, in Bastogne, a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.
The river is formed to the south of Bastogne by two small streams.
After a course of about  in Belgium, the river gets into Luxemboug flowing to the east through the Oesling region.
In the village of Niederwampach (Clervaux canton), the river turns to the south.
In Kautenbach, commune of Kiischpelt (Wiltz canton), the Wiltz is joined by its main tributary, the Clerve (, ).
Niederbruck used to be a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
On 1 January 2016, it became part of a new commune, Masevaux-Niederbruck.
Niederentzen is a French commune in the Haut-Rhin department.
It is on the left side of the Ill river.
Niederhergheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Niedermorschwihr is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author.
She mostly wrote detective novels.
She was best known for her "alphabet series" of books, featuring the character Kinsey Millhone.
The first in the series was "A" Is for Alibi (1982); the final was "Y" Is for Yesterday (2017).
She also wrote screenplays for television movies.
Crime writer Ross Macdonald was her biggest influence as a writer.
Grafton was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Her father was crime writer C. W. Grafton (1909–1982).
She was divorced twice and had three children.
She was married to Steven F. Humphrey until her death.
Grafton died of cancer on December 28, 2017 in Santa Barbara, California.
The Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) started in 2002 as a co-operation between the Fiji, Samoa and Tonga Rugby Unions.
Niue and the Cook Islands also became members of the Alliance and sent players to the Pacific Islanders team.
Both the PIRA and the Pacific Islanders team ended in 2009.
Hebo, short for hebephilia
Hebo, deity of the Yellow River
Jimmie Cristine Holland (9 April 1928 – 24 December 2017) was an American medical researcher and psychiatrist.
She was born in Nevada, Texas.
She was the founder of the field of psycho-oncology.
In 1977, she worked with two colleagues to establish a full-time psychiatric service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
The program was one of the first of its kind in cancer treatment, and trained its psychologists to specialize in issues specific to people with cancer.
Thomas Gregory "Tom" Hunter (December 19, 1932 – December 27, 2017) was an American actor and screenwriter.
He was known for work in foreign Spaghetti Westerns.
Hunter began his movie carerr in a small role in Blake Edwards' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (
He was the star of Dino De Laurentiis's produced The Hills Run Red leading him to a career in European cinema with guest appearances in American television series.
Hunter was also the founder of the New England Repertory Company.
He wrote the screenplays for The 'Human' Factor (1975) and The Final Countdown (1980).
María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Dowager Marquise of Villaverde (14 September 1926 – 29 December 2017) was a Spanish noble.
She was the only child of Spain's Caudillo, dictator General Francisco Franco and his wife Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés.
In Asturian fashion, she was known by many nicknames such as Nenuca, Carmelilla, Carmencita, Cotota and Morita.
She was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
In 1950, she married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, a well known surgeon.
In 1968 he conducted the first heart transplant operation in Spain.
Universal Studios Newsreel for 8 April 1957: "18th anniversary of end of Spanish revolution in Spain, Franco and daughter watch soldiers, the caudillo looks on with pride, 18 years of peace and rebuilding".
Sid Krofft (born July 30, 1929) and Marty Krofft (born April 9, 1937) are a Canadian brother team of television creators and puppeteers.
They were important figures in children's television and variety show programs in the U.S., particularly throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.
They are largely known for a unique brand of fantasy programs, often featuring large-headed puppets, high-concept plots, and largely use of low-budget special effects.
The team also dominated the arena of celebrity music/variety programs during the period.
They helped design the characters and sets for Hanna-Barbera's Banana Splits (NBC, 1968-1970), the Kroffts' producing career began in 1969 with the landmark children's television series H.R. Pufnstuf.
Their works have included The Bugaloos (1970), Lidsville (1971), Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973-1975), Land of the Lost (1974), The Lost Saucer (1975), Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976), and Wonderbug (1976).
The World of Sid and Marty Krofft
Krofft, Sid
Krofft, Marty
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music.
He is the music director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO).
Mehta was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967, and Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra from 1962 to 1978, being the youngest music director ever for any major North American orchestra.
In 1969, he was appointed Music Adviser to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1981 Mehta became its permanent Music Director for Life.
Two interviews with Zubin Mehta by Bruce Duffie, 8 December 1993 and 29 February 1996
Zubin Mehta interview on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, 6 July 1984
Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, artist and photographer.
Close was born in Monroe, Washington.
He was raised in Everett, Washington.
Close studied at the University of Washington and at Yale University.
He suffered from dyslexia.
Close achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits.
Close often paints abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally.
Although a spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work that remains sought after by museums and collectors.
Close also creates photo portraits using a very large format camera.
Close worked in Bridgehampton, New York and Long Beach, New York.
He had two daughters with Leslie Rose.
They divorced in 2011.
Close married artist Sienna Shields in 2013.
They divorced before his death.
Close was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2015.
He died on August 19, 2021 in Oceanside, New York from congestive heart failure at the age of 81.
Pace Gallery Page
Chuck Close: Process & Collaboration
Chuck Close at the Walker Art Center
Alcee Lamar Hastings  (September 5, 1936 – April 6, 2021) was an American politician and judge.
He was the U.S. Representative for  from January 3, 1993 until April 6, 2021.
The district included most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
Hastings served as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida until his impeachment and removal due to Hastings being involved in bribery-related actions.
He was nominated to the court by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
In January 2019, Hastings was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
He died from the disease in Boynton Beach, Florida on April 6, 2021 at the age of 84.
Congressman Alcee Hastings official U.S. House site
Alcee L. Hastings for Congress
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in 2018.
For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months".
Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym.
Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
The Washington Post obituaries
Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
As of 2000, the population is 136,443.
The town was founded in 1911 and named for Isaac Newton Van Nuys, one of its developers.
It was annexed by Los Angeles on May 22, 1915.
The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2018.
Gert Brauer, 62, German footballer (FC Carl Zeiss Jena).
Jahn Otto Johansen, 83, Norwegian editor (Morgenposten, Dagbladet).
Robert Mann, 97, American violinist and composer, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet.
Ebrahim Nafae, 83, Egyptian journalist (Al-Ahram), lung cancer.
Manuel Olivencia, 88, Spanish economist and diplomat, Commissioner General of Seville Expo '92 (1984–1991), respiratory failure complicated from a fall.
Mauro Staccioli, 80, Italian sculptor, complications from pneumonia.
Tim Sweeney, 88, Irish hurler (Galway).
Małgorzata Bocheńska, 69, Polish journalist.
Frank Buxton, 87, American actor (Batfink, Overboard, What's Up, Tiger Lily?),
screenwriter (Hot Dog) and director (The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Mork and Mindy), complications from heart disease.
Emily Dole, 60, American professional wrestler (GLOW).
Rick Hall, 85, American songwriter ("Achin', Breakin' Heart", "She'll Never Know") and recording producer-owner (FAME Studios), prostate cancer.
Ferdinando Imposimato, 81, Italian judge (International Criminal Court) and politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1987–1996) and 2015 presidential candidate.
Lawal Kaita, 85, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (1983), liver failure.
Guida Maria, 67, Portuguese actress (The Miracle Worker, The Vows, A Única Mulher), pancreatic cancer.
Ali Akbar Moinfar, 89, Iranian politician, MP (1980–1984) and Minister of Petroleum (1979–1980), kidney failure.
Thomas S. Monson, 90, American religious leader and writer, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (since 2008) and President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1995–2008).
Michael Pfeiffer, 92, German football player (national team) and manager (Roda JC Kerkrade, Alemannia Aachen).
Fred Bass, 89, American bookseller (Strand Bookstore), congestive heart failure.
Aharon Appelfeld, 85, Romanian-born Israeli writer (Badenheim 1939, The Immortal Bartfuss, Blooms of Darkness) and Holocaust survivor.
Johannes Brost, 71, Swedish actor (Rederiet, Jönssonligan, Bröllopsfotografen), pancreatic cancer.
Brendan Byrne, 93, American politician, Governor of New Jersey (1974–1982), lung infection.
Bruce Halle, 87, American auto parts executive and Conservative philanthropist, founder of Discount Tire.
Senichi Hoshino, 70, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Chunichi Dragons) and manager (Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles), pancreatic cancer.
Philipp Jenninger, 85, German politician, President of the Bundestag (1984–1988).
Ray Thomas, 76, American singer-songwriter ("From Mighty Oaks", "Veteran Cosmic Rocker", "For My Lady") and flautist (The Moody Blues), prostate cancer.
Vladimir Yankilevsky, 79, Russian artist (Soviet Nonconformist Art), leukemia.
Antonio Valentín Angelillo, 80, Argentine-born Italian football player (Inter Milan, Argentina national team, Milan) and manager (Arezzo, FAR Rabat, Morocco national team), lung cancer.
Aydın Boysan, 96, Turkish architect and novelist (Aldanmak, Yıl 2046 Uzay Anıları, Yollarda), multiple organ failure.
Carlos Heitor Cony, 91, Brazilian journalist (Folha de S.Paulo) and writer, multiple organ failure.
Asghar Khan, 96, Pakistani politician and military officer, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force (1957–1965) and Chairman of the Tehrik-e-Istiqlal (1970–2011), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Marián Labuda, 73, Slovak actor (Dobří holubi se vracejí, Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, The Garden).
Marina Ripa Di Meana, 76, Italian writer (I miei primi quarant'anni, La più bella del reame), television personality and director (Cattive ragazze), deep palliative sedation.
Arthur Rorheim, 99, American Baptist minister, co-founder of Awana.
Jerry Van Dyke, 86, American actor (My Mother the Car, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Coach) and comedian, heart failure.
Peter Wells, 88, British-born New Zealand athlete.
John W. Young, 87, American astronaut (Apollo 16, STS-1), complications from pneumonia.
Horace Ashenfelter, 94, American Hall of Fame athlete, Olympic champion (1952).
Thomas Bopp, 68, American astronomer, co-discoverer of Comet Hale–Bopp.
Rita Crocker Clements, 86, American political organizer, First Lady of Texas (1979–1983, 1987–1991), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Peter Preston, 79, British columnist (The Observer) and journalist, editor of The Guardian (1975–1995), melanoma.
Greta Thyssen, 90, Danish-born American actress (Bus Stop, Journey to the Seventh Planet, The Three Stooges), body-double (Marilyn Monroe) and model, pneumonia.
Dave Toschi, 86, American police detective (Zodiac Killer), inspiration for Dirty Harry, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Chris Tsangarides, 61, British music producer (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy), heart failure complicated from pneumonia.
Frank Varrichione, 85, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams), skin cancer.
Jim Anderton, 79, New Zealand politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1999–2002), MP (1984–2011) and Leader of the Progressive Party (1979–1984).
France Gall, 70, French singer ("Laisse tomber les filles", "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", "Ella, elle l'a"), Eurovision winner (1965), infection complicated from cancer of unknown primary origin.
Anna Mae Hays, 97, American military officer and nurse, Chief of Army Nurse Corps (1967–1971), complications from a heart attack.
Marjorie Holt, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district (1973–1987).
Markku Into, 72, Finnish poet (Tuonela Rock, Tuskin tulee ilta, Raivoava takakirves), Eino Leino Prize winner (2001), cerebral hemorrhage.
Peter Sutherland, 71, Irish banker (Goldman Sachs) and politician, Attorney General (1981–1982, 1982–1984) and Director-General of the World Trade Organization (1993–1995).
Juan Carlos García, 29, Honduran footballer (Marathón, Olimpia, national team), leukemia.
Denise LaSalle, 78, American blues singer-songwriter ("Trapped by a Thing Called Love"), complications from a fall and heart disease.
Vojtěch Lindaur, 60, Czech journalist, radio host (Radio Beat) and record producer.
George Maxwell Richards, 86, Trinidadian politician, President (2003–2013), congestive heart failure.
Donnelly Rhodes, 80, Canadian actor (Soap, Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci's Inquest), liver cancer.
Bob Bailey, 75, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers).
Robert Minlos, 86, Russian mathematician.
Odvar Nordli, 90, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister (1976–1981), prostate cancer.
Yılmaz Onay, 80, Turkish novelist (Evlerde Uyur Uyanık Yalanlar) and stage director (Fear and Misery of the Third Reich), stomach cancer.
Kato Ottio, 23, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer (national team), suspected cardiac arrest.
Ted Phillips, 84, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Leyton Orient, Colchester United), dementia.
Milton J. Rosenberg, 92, American psychology professor (University of Chicago) and radio host (WGN), complications from pneumonia.
Eddie Clarke, 67, British heavy metal guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway), pneumonia.
Mikhail Derzhavin, 81, Russian actor (Three Men in a Boat, Investigation Held by ZnaToKi, Old Hags).
Tommy Lawrence, 77, Scottish footballer (Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers, national team).
Tom Luken, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st congressional district (1974–1975, 1977–1991) and Mayor of Cincinnati (1971–1972).
Doreen Tracey, 74, English-born American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), pneumonia complicated from cancer.
Doug Barnard, Jr., 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 10th congressional district (1977–1993), pneumonia.
Stephane Gauger, 48, Vietnamese-born American movie director (Owl and the Sparrow), stroke.
Edgar Ray Killen, 92, American Ku Klux Klan leader and convicted murderer (Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner).
Takis Loukanidis, 80, Greek footballer (Doxa Drama, Panathinaikos, national team), heart attack.
Eddy Beugels, 73, Dutch cyclist, UCI Road World silver medalist (1966).
Bella Emberg, 80, British actress (The Russ Abbot Show, The Benny Hill Show, Bear Behaving Badly).
Keith Jackson, 89, American sportscaster (ABC Sports, Wide World of Sports).
Jean-Louis Koszul, 97, French mathematician (Koszul complex), member of the French Academy of Sciences (since 1980).
Pierre Pincemaille, 61, French organist, lung cancer.
Doodhnath Singh, 81, Indian writer (Sukhant, Aakhri Kalaam, Yamgatha), prostate cancer.
John V. Tunney, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 38th congressional district (1965–1971) and U.S. Senator (1971–1977), prostate cancer.
Frankie Muse Freeman, 101, American civil rights lawyer and activist
Doug Harvey, 87, American Hall of Fame baseball umpire (MLB), esophageal cancer.
Byron Langley, 91, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1973–1980) and State Senator (1985–1996), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Tzimis Panousis, 63, Greek rock musician ("Mousikes Taxiarhies", "Kaggela Pantou", "Digma Dorean") and stand-up comedian, heart attack.
Jean Porter, 95, American actress (Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, Betty Co-Ed, Cry Danger).
Eliyahu Winograd, 91, Israeli judge, member of the Supreme Court of Israel (1996), respiratory failure.
Dan Gurney, 86, American racing driver (All American Racing), race car constructor, and team owner, complications from pneumonia.
Max Labovitch, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
Spanky Manikan, 75, Filipino actor (Himala, Behind Enemy Lines, Majika), lung cancer.
Erling Mandelmann, 82, Danish photojournalist, aortic aneurysm.
John Pierik, 68, Dutch Olympic shooter (1980, 1984).
Cyrille Regis, 59, English footballer (West Brom, Coventry City, national team), cardiac arrest.
Hugh Wilson, 74, American director (WKRP in Cincinnati, Police Academy, The First Wives Club) and television writer (Frank's Place), Emmy Award winner (1988), emphysema.
Romana Acosta Bañuelos, 92, American public servant, Treasurer (1971–1974), pneumonia.
Viktor Anpilov, 72, Russian political activist and trade unionist, complications from a stroke.
Carl Emil Christiansen, 80, Danish footballer (Esbjerg fB).
Joe Frank, 79, American radio personality (KPFA, WNYC, NPR), kidney cancer.
Edwin Hawkins, 74, American gospel singer ("Oh Happy Day", "Candles in the Rain"), Grammy Award winner (1970, 1971, 1978, 1993), pancreatic cancer.
Dick King, 83, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1965–1994).
Mathilde Krim, 91, Italian-born American HIV/AIDS researcher (amfAR), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000).
Karl-Heinz Kunde, 80, German racing cyclist.
Dolores O'Riordan, 46, Irish singer-songwriter ("Are You Listening?", "
No Baggage"), rock guitarist (The Cranberries, D.A.R.K.) and television personality (The Voice of Ireland), accidental drowning.
Óscar Pérez, 36, Venezuelan policeman and political activist, responsible for the Caracas helicopter incident, shot.
Roderick Rijnders, 76, Dutch coxswain, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
Peter Wyngarde, 90, British actor (Department S, Jason King, Flash Gordon).
Bill Bain, 80, American management consultant, founder of Bain & Company, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
George Bandy, 72, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1994), pulmonary fibrosis.
Bradford Dillman, 87, American actor (The Enforcer, Piranha, Murder, She Wrote), complications from pneumonia.
Anatoly Glushenkov, 75, Russian politician, Governor of Smolensk Oblast (1993–1998).
Kingdon Gould Jr., 94, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (1969–1972) and the Netherlands (1973–1976), pneumonia.
Peter Groeger, 84, German actor (Blaulicht, Polizeiruf 110, Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten).
Madalena Iglésias, 78, Portuguese actress (Uma hora de Amor, Canção da Saudade, Sarilho de fraldas) and singer ("Ele e ela"), Eurovision contestant (1966).
Oliver Ivanović, 64, Kosovar politician, State Secretary of the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija (2008–2012), shot.
John Spellman, 91, American politician, Governor of Washington (1981–1985), pneumonia complicated from a fall.
Jo Jo White, 71, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Kansas City Kings), Olympic champion (1968), pneumonia complicated from dementia.
Jessica Falkholt, 29, Australian actress (Home and Away), injuries following car crash.
Augusto Polo Campos, 85, Peruvian composer ("Regresa"), complications from diabetes.
Ishfaq Ahmad, 87, Pakistani nuclear physicist and professor (Abdus Salam Centre for Physics), President of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2007).
Wallis Grahn, 72, Swedish actress (Pelle Svanslös, Rederiet, Wallander – Innan frosten).
Lucas Mangope, 94, South African politician, President of Bophuthatswana (1977–1994).
Javiera Muñoz, 40, Swedish singer ("Varje timma, var minut", "No hay nada más").
Nancy Richler, 60, Canadian novelist (Throwaway Angels, Your Mouth Is Lovely, The Imposter Bride), cancer.
Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar, 95, Ukrainian military officer.
Stansfield Turner, 94, American admiral, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1977–1981).
Chick Webster, 97, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
Ute Bock, 75, Austrian educator and humanitarian.
Anna Campori, 100, Italian actress (The Song of the Heart, Cuore matto... matto da legare, No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous).
Olivia Cole, 75, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House, Brewster Place), Emmy Award winner (1977), heart attack.
Saqi Farooqi, 81, Pakistani poet.
Red Fisher, 91, Canadian sports journalist (Montreal Star, Montreal Gazette).
Dorothy Malone, 93, American actress (Written on the Wind, Peyton Place, Basic Instinct), Oscar winner (1956).
Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper ("Trappin Ain't Dead"), kidney failure complicated from seizure.
Allison Shearmur, 54, American movie producer (The Hunger Games, Rogue One, Cinderella), complications from lung cancer.
Paul Bocuse, 91, French chef, Parkinson's disease.
John Coleman, 83, American weatherman (The Weather Channel, KUSI-TV).
Graeme Langlands, 76, Australian rugby league footballer (St. George Dragons, national team), complications from dementia.
Naomi Parker, 96, American naval machinist, inspiration for the "We Can Do It!"
Jim Rodford, 76, English musician (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies), complications from a fall.
Miyako Sumiyoshi, 30, Japanese Olympic speed skater (2014).
Yves Afonso, 73, French actor (Masculin Féminin, The Clockmaker, Week End).
Chartchai Chionoi, 75, Thai boxer (WBC, WBA), pneumonia complicated by Parkinson's disease.
Bruno Giacosa, 88, Italian winemaker (Azienda Agricola Falletto), complications from a stroke.
Tsukasa Hosaka, 80, Japanese footballer (Furukawa Electric, Kofu, national team), pneumonia.
Jens Okking, 78, Danish actor (The Kingdom, One-Hand Clapping) and politician, MEP (1999–2003).
Connie Sawyer, 105, American actress (Dumb and Dumber, When Harry Met Sally, Pineapple Express), heart attack.
Jimmy Armfield, 82, English football player (Blackpool, national team), manager (Leeds United) and pundit (BBC Radio 5 Live), world champion (1966), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Billy Hancock, 71, American rockabilly singer ("Shakin' That Rockabilly Fever", "Wanted: True Rock 'n' Roll") and guitarist (Billy Hancock & the Tennessee Rockets), complications from cirrhosis.
Reinier Kreijermaat, 82, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, USV Elinkwijk, Xerxes/DHC).
Ursula K. Le Guin, 88, American science fiction writer (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed), suspected heart attack.
William Joseph McDonough, 83, American economist and banker, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1993–2003), heart failure.
Mohammed Al-Mfarah, 72, Saudi Arabian actor (Al-Saknat Fe Klobna, Secretary in the House, Bokor Wa kolampor), laryngeal cancer.
Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter ("Grazing in the Grass"), prostate cancer.
Nicanor Parra, 103, Chilean poet.
Wyatt Tee Walker, 88, American civil rights activist (Congress of Racial Equality) and pastor, Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1960–1964).
Lari White, 52, American country singer-songwriter ("Now I Know", "That's My Baby", "Stepping Stone") and actress (Cast Away), peritoneal cancer.
Marcos Carvajal, 33, Venezuelan baseball player (Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins), pneumonia.
Gonzalo Facio Segreda, 99, Costa Rican politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1970–1978), President of the Legislative Assembly (1953–1956), Ambassador to the United States (1956–1958, 1962–1966, 1990–1994), pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's disease.
Renaud Gagneux, 70, French composer, complications from ALS.
Jack Ketchum, 71, American novelist (The Girl Next Door) and screenwriter (Offspring, XX), pancreatic cancer.
Mark E. Smith, 60, English singer-songwriter (The Fall), lung and kidney cancer.
Claribel Alegría, 93, Nicaraguan poet.
Neagu Djuvara, 101, Romanian historian, essayist and philosopher, pneumonia.
Steve Foster, 71, Australian singer-songwriter ("Coming Home In A Jar", "Forever Blue", "No Reins"), lung cancer.
Patrick Mazimhaka, 69, Rwandan politician, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (2003–2008).
John Morris, 91, American movie composer (The Elephant Man, Young Frankenstein, Dirty Dancing), respiratory tract infection.
Lyudmila Senchina, 67, Russian pop singer ("Love and Separation", "White Acacia", "Field Flower") and actress (Armed and Dangerous), pancreatic cancer.
Elizabeth Hawley, 94, American journalist and chronicler of Himalayan expeditions.
Jacques Languirand, 86, Canadian radio host (Par 4 chemins), writer (Tout compte fait) and actor (Mars and April), Alzheimer's disease.
Hiromu Nonaka, 92, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1983–2003), Chief Cabinet Secretary (1998–1999), heart failure.
Yukiaki Okabe, 76, Japanese swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964), pneumonia.
Robert McCormick Adams, Jr., 91, American anthropologist, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1984–1994).
Royal Galipeau, 71, Canadian politician, MP (2006–2015), multiple myeloma.
Ingvar Kamprad, 91, Swedish businessman, founder of IKEA, pneumonia.
Dennis Peron, 71, American cannabis and LGBT activist and businessman (Cannabis Buyers Club), lung cancer.
Mort Walker, 94, American comics artist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois), complications from pneumonia.
John Wall, 85, British engineer (Crayford focuser) and astronomer, member of the British Astronomical Association (until 2018).
Neil Harris, 63, British musician (Sham 69), cancer.
Antônio Agostinho Marochi, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Presidente Prudente (1976–2002), respiratory failure.
Dharmasena Pathiraja, 74, Sri Lankan movie director (Eya Dan Loku Lamayek) and screenwriter (Bambaru Avith), respiratory tract infection.
Coco Schumann, 93, German jazz guitarist (Ghetto Swingers) and Holocaust survivor.
Gene Sharp, 90, American political scientist and nonviolence advocate, founder of the Albert Einstein Institution.
Ion Ciubuc, 74, Moldovan politician, Prime Minister (1997–1999).
Francisco Núñez Olivera, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, world's oldest man (since 2017).
Eddie Shaw, 80, American blues saxophonist, arranger and bandleader (Howlin' Wolf), Blues Music Award winner (2013, 2014).
Rolf Schafstall, 80, German football player (Hamborn 07, Reutlingen 05) and manager (MSV Duisburg, VfL Bochum, Bayer 05 Uerdingen).
Mark Salling, 35, American actor (Glee), singer-songwriter ("Pipe Dreams") and convicted sex offender, suicide by hanging.
Clyde Scott, 93, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions) and hurdler, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
Kevin Towers, 56, American baseball executive (San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks), thyroid cancer.
Terry Van Ginderen, 86, Belgian children's television producer (Kom Toch Eens Kijken) and music producer, pneumonia.
Azeglio Vicini, 84, Italian football player (Sampdoria) and manager (Udinese, national team).
Louis Zorich, 93, American actor (The Muppets Take Manhattan, Mad About You, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), heart failure.
Rasual Butler, 38, American basketball player (Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers), car crash.
Erwin de Vries, 88, Surinamese painter and artist, respiratory failure.
Oscar Gamble, 68, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies), jaw cancer.
Haim Gouri, 94, Israeli poet (Flowers of Fire, Years of Fire, Poems of the Seal, Gehazi Visions), Israel Prize winner (1988).
Leonid Kadeniuk, 67, Ukrainian cosmonaut (STS-87).
Leah LaBelle, 31, Canadian-born American singer (American Idol), car crash.
Olavi Mäenpää, 67, Finnish politician, member of the Turku City Council (1992–2017).
January 2018 events
Rampage is an American science fiction monster movie directed by Brad Peyton.
It is loosely based on the video game series of the same name by Midway Games.
The movie stars Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Joe Manganiello, Jake Lacy, P. J. Byrne, Marley Shelton, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
The 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election was held on 29 September 2017.
UKIP members voted for who they want to lead the party.
Henry Bolton won the election after receiving 30% of the vote.
Henry Bolton, former British Army office and police officer.
Jane Collins, a UKIP MEP.
David Kurten, a UKIP member of the London Assembly.
Aidan Powlesland
John Rees-Evans
Anne Marie Waters, anti-Islam activist.
Peter Whittle, Deputy Leader of UKIP.
Bolton said that his victory stopped UKIP from becoming a fascist party.
Waters left UKIP and created her own political party, For Britain, in October.
Rees-Evans also left UKIP and created his own political party, Affinity.
Todor Zhivkov was leader of the party and Bulgaria from 1954 until 1989.
He was the longest-serving leader of any Eastern Bloc nation.
The party's first leader was Dimitar Blagoev.
On 11 December 1989, leader Petar Mladenov announced that the party was giving up its guaranteed right to rule.
In 1990, the party became much more moderate and was no longer a communist party.
In April 1990, the party changed its name to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
The Type 56 is a Chinese assault rifle which is a copy of the Soviet AK-47 assault rifle.
The Type 56 was first used by the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War along with the Soviet AK-47 and AKM assault rifles.
The Type 56 is used by many armies and battlefields in Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Type 56: Copy of the AK-47.
Type 56-1: Copy of the AKS-47.
Type 56-2: Same as the Type 56-1 but with a side folding stock instead of a under folding stock.
The Type 56 assault rifle is used in many countries.
Locally produced under small modification of the Albanian Army needs.
Main armament of the army until recently when it's being replaced with ARX-160, and M4A1.
Boko Haram : Type 56 and Type 56-1
: Burundian rebels.
: Used by Croatia in its war of independence.
: Purchased in the 1990's and used by Finnish Army rerserve personnel.
Now in long-term storage.
: Used by the Nepalese Army and formerly by the People's Liberation Army rebels
: Contras.
: South Sudan Liberation Movement, South Sudan Democratic Movement, Sudan People's Liberation Army and Lou Nuer militias.
Lord Resistance Army
: Captured from Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War.
Sir William Thompson Wright (born 1925) is a Northern Irish business owner and former Unionist politician.
Wright grew up in Ballymena.
In the 1970s, Wright joined the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and was elected as its Chairman.
He stood for the party in North Antrim at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election in 1975, and was elected.
He later followed the party leaders in joining the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and was elected to Ballymena Borough Council.
In the 2011 Birthday Honours, he was awarded the CBE.
In the 2018 Queen's Honours list, he received a knighthood.
On September 3, 1944, she was kidnapped while leaving church and gang-raped by six white men.
Even though the men admitted the rape to authorities, two grand juries subsequently declined to indict the men, meaning no charges were ever brought against her six assailants.
Treading the Tightrope of Jim Crow; Montgomery NAACP.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
Hulst, Zeelandic and East Flemish: ('t) Ulst, is a municipality and village in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
About 27,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017.<br/ >
The nature reserve of the Drowned Land of Saeftinghe (Dutch: Verdronken land van Saeftinghe) lies in the municipality.
Terneuzen, Zeelandic and East Flemish: Terneuzen or Neuzen, is a municipality and town in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
About 55,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017.<br/ >
Tabarnia (Tabàrnia in Catalan) is a suggested name and a satirical political project for a portion of the Catalonian territory, Spain.
It was created by the organization "Barcelona is not Catalonia" (AKA Plataforma por la Autonomía de Barcelona, "Movement for an Autonomous Barcelona") as a satirical response towards the Catalonians separatists.
Their main target is to establish up a new region in Spain besides Catalonia with some districts (Comarcas or Comarques) from the provinces of Barcelona and Tarragona.
Tarragonès/Tarragonés
Baix Camp/Bajo Campo
Baix Penedès/Bajo Penedés
Alt Penedés/Alto Penedés
Garraf
Baix Llobregat/Bajo Llobregat
Barcelonès/Barcelonés
Vallès Oriental/Vallés Oriental
Vallès Occidental/Vallés Occidental
El Maresme
The expression "Tabarnia" was used by the first time in 2015 as a territorial entity that would comprise part of the Catalonian seaside and Barcelona Metropolitan Area as a disagreement towards Catalan Government (Generalitat Catalana):
Process of Independence of Catalonia
Proponents of Tabarnia demands to segregate themselves from the Catalan separatist movement and reclaims the right of a number of territories near the area of Barcelona and Tarragona to constitute themselves as an Autonomous Community within Spain.
In the 2015 and 2017 Catalan regional elections, parties opposed to secession (mainly C's, PSC and PP) received a majority of votes and seats in some of these comarques (Tarragonès, Baix Penedès, Garraf and Baix Llobregat) including the city of Tarragona, but excluding the most populated Catalan city: Barcelona.
Trending Topic
In December, 2017 the satirical movement became trending topic in the social networks.
Since then, they had been appear in Spanish and international media.
According them, "Tabarnia is a historical region that comprised the ancient County of Barcelona, currently part of Tarragona and Barcelona provinces".
The rise of this movement creates tension among the Catalan separatist movement because of argumental contradiction and geostrategic risk using their same arguments for independence word by word.
as a result, the catalan separatists contradicts themselves when they uses the "unionist" counter-arguments in order to discredit the Tabarnia movement.
The territorial area that Tabarnia would comprise includes geostrategic assets that are fundamental for a viable independent Catalonia.
The Port of Barcelona and Barcelona–El Prat Airport, some of the richest industrial sectors fall in fact inside areas that hold a majority of voters in favor of unionism, though in the city of Barcelona the pro-independence won the election.
The fact that Tabarnians are asking to be separated from the Catalonia that wants to be separated from Spain, has been interpreted by some newspapers as a reductio ad absurdum of the nationalistic logic in a XXI century Europe.
Many Tabarnians believe that a sustained international media attention to this movement would defeat the catalan independence project by simply following their own arguments instead of opposing them.
Web de Barcelona is not Catalonia
Entrevista a Carla Arrufat en El Magacín
Sluis, Zeelandic and West Flemish: Sluus, is a municipality and village in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
About 24,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017.<br/ >
2003 establishments in the Netherlands
An action camera is a small video camera made for sticking to a person while playing sport or traveling on a vehicle.
This kind of camera is for used for filming an event in a way that people watching the film feel like they are looking from the eyes of person who are doing activities in the event themselves (first-person perspective).
While action camera is made for filming, it can also take pictures.
All films and pictures it took will be kept on a tiny card that you can pull them out and watch them later.
Action camera is made to be small and very light, so that a person who wear it does not feel its weight while doing his or her things.
And it usually uses wide-angle lens to film as many details around as possible.
Inside the camera, there is a battery that lasts long enough for you to film for few hours.
Action camera is also made to be stronger than normal video camera, so that it keeps filming even when the wearing person moves at high speed or crashes into something.
Camera sellers usually give you a hard clear plastic box that fits with the camera when you buy it.
When they do, you should store the camera in this box every time you are going to film something.
This box will have holes, a belt, or a metal rod which you can use for tying it to a person, or screwing it on an object that person wears (usually a helmet).
Some kind of these boxes can stop water from coming into it when closed, so you may use them to film under water without breaking the camera as well.
Dashboard camera, which looks like an action camera, but made for sticking on a vehicle instead of person.
Webcam, a small video camera that is made to be used with a computer.
Michael Groo Massee (September 1, 1952 – October 20, 2016) was an American actor.
Massee was perhaps best known for accidentally shooting Brandon Lee during the filming of the 1994 movie The Crow.
He was also known for his role as Ira Gaines in 24 and The Gentleman in the 2012 movie The Amazing Spider-Man.
He also reprised this role in the 2014 sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Niffer is a commune that is in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Oberbruck is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
David Adedeji Adeleke (born November 21, 1992), better known by his stage name Davido, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer.
His 2011 single "Dami Duro" was well-received throughout Nigeria.
Along with his elder brother Adewale Adeleke, Davido is the co-owner of HKN Music (a record label home to Sina Rambo, B. Red and DeeKay).