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The Sacramento Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River.

It is made up of all or parts of ten Northern California counties. Although many areas of the Sacramento Valley are rural, it has several urban areas, including the state capital, Sacramento.

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Butte County, California
Colusa County, California
Glenn County, California
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Sutter County, California
Tehama County, California
Yolo County, California
Yuba County, California
Central Valley of California
On July 18, 2018, Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts, an American college student, disappeared while jogging in Brooklyn, Iowa. A body matching her description was found in a cornfield on August 21 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, which was later identified as hers. 

According to police, her last confirmed communication was with her boyfriend of three years, Dalton Jack, who was out of town for work in Dubuque, Iowa, over  away, shortly before leaving for her jog. 

The Iowa State Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on the body and recorded the cause of death as "multiple sharp force injuries" and the manner as homicide.

Mexican-born Cristhian Bahena Rivera faces first-degree murder charges. His lawful immigration status is disputed.
Vice President Mike Pence called attention to the case at the beginning of a speech in Des Moines on August 15, telling a crowd of President Donald Trump's supporters that the government would continue to provide "any and all federal support" to the case. Pence later met with the Tibbetts family aboard Air Force Two.

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Tibbetts, Mollie
Ngconde Balfour (born 23 August 1954) was a South African politician. He was Minister of Correctional Services and Minister of Sport in 2004. He was also the high commissioner to Botswana.

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Aleksei Aleksandrovich Paramonov () 21 February 1925 - 24 August 2018) was a Soviet-born Russian football player and manager. He was born in Borovsk.

Paramonov won gold at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He played for FC Spartak Moscow from 1947 to 1959 and for the national team from 1954 to 1957. He managed the national team from 1969 to 1971 and again from 1973 to 1974. He also managed Étoile Sportive du Sahel from 1965 to 1967 and again from 1976 to 1977.

Paramonov died at a hospital in Moscow from respiratory failure caused by a stroke on 24 August 2018, aged 93.

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Nosimo Zisiwe Beauty Balindlela (born 28 November 1949) is a South African politician. She served as Premier of the Eastern Cape from 2004 to 2008.

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Lynne Brown (born 26 September 1961) is a South African politician. She served as Minister of Public Enterprises and was also former Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa after her appointment in 2008.

Early life and career 
Brown was born in Cape Town. She was appointed Premier of the Western Cape following the resignation of Ebrahim Rasool in July 2008. She was also the Minister for Economic Development and Tourism.

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Sfiso Buthelezi (born 1961) is a South African politician. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance in 2017. He is a member of the country's ruling party the African National Congress.

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South African politicians
Bheki Cele (born 22 April 1952) is the South African politician. He is the current Minister of the Police as from 26 February 2018.

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1952 births
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Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele (born 3 September 1958) is a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress, he is the current Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services and previously served as the Minister of State Security (formerly named Minister of Intelligence Services).

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1958 births
South African politicians
Paul Mashatile (born 21 October 1961), is South Africa's former Minister of Arts and Culture in the Cabinet of South Africa. He is also the Treasurer General of the African National Congress.

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1961 births
South African politicians
People from Pretoria
Bathabile Dlamini (born 10 September 1962) is the South African politician and Minister of Women Affairs. She is also the president of the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL).

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1962 births
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Keenon Jackson, better known as YG, is an American rapper. He was signed to Def Jam after his first single Toot It and Boot It (feat. Ty$), was released in 2009. He released several mixtapes including the Real Fingaz. His first mixtape, 4fingaz, was released in 2008, and his debut album, My Krazy Life was released in 2014. 

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Gangsta rappers
Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba MP, popularly known just as Malusi Gigaba (born 30 August 1971) is a South African politician. He is the current  Minister of Home Affairs of The Republic of South Africa since 27 February 2018.

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Chris Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993) was a South African politician. He was also the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC).

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Ethan Vernon (born 26 August 2000) is a British cyclist who rides for the Great Britain National Team. He competed in the Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit and Kilometre Time Trail at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia

Major results

2016
 1st - British Cycling National Youth A Track Omnium Championships
 2nd - British Cycling Junior and Youth A Nationals Track Championship (Youth A Scratch)
 3rd - British Cycling Junior and Youth A Nationals Track Championship (Youth A Sprint)
 3rd - British Cycling Junior and Youth A Nationals Track Championship (Youth A Pursuit)
 3rd - British Cycling Junior and Youth A Nationals Track Championship (Youth A 500m TT)
2017
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Pursuit)     National Record 
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Points Race)
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Kilometre Time Trial)  National Record 
 1st - Lotto Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (U23 Men - Madison )  Flying 500m Track Record

2018
 4th - Commonwealth Games Track Cycling (Male Team Pursuit)
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Pursuit)  World Record 
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Kilometre Time Trial)  National Record 
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Madison)
 2nd - UCI World Junior Track Cycling Championships 2018, Aigle (Junior Men - Individual Pursuit)
 2nd - Senior National Madison Championships
 3rd- Senior Track World Cup, London. (Team Pursuit)
2019
 2nd - Course De La Paix Stage 1
 6th - U23 Orlens Nations Cup TTT
 3rd - Time Trial, U23 National Championships
 5th - Team Pursuit, U23 UEC Track Championships
 2nd - Elite Kriez Briezh TTT
 21st- Time Trial, U23 UCI World Road Championships

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Living people
British Olympians
People from Bedford
The Denisovans or Denisova hominins are  archaic humans in the genus Homo. They are either an extinct species or subspecies. 

They were first discovered in  in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains in Siberia. This cave that has also been lived in by Neanderthals and modern humans. 

A finger bone fragment of a juvenile female was discovered. She lived about 41,000 years ago,  with about 3% to 5% of the DNA of Melanesians and Aboriginal Australians and around 6% in Papuans deriving from Denisovans.

The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the finger bone showed it was genetically distinct from Neanderthals and modern humans. The nuclear genome from this specimen suggested that Denisovans shared a common origin with Neanderthals. 

DNA analysis has indicated that modern humans, Neanderthals, and the Denisova hominin last shared a common ancestor around  years ago.
The mtDNA analysis also suggested that this species was the result of a migration out of Africa that came between a migration by Homo erectus individuals and later ones by some ancestors of most modern humans.

Fossils 
So far, the fossils of four distinct Denisovans from Denisova Cave have been identified through their DNA: Denisova 2, Denisova 3, Denisova 4, and Denisova 8. Denisova 2 and Denisova 3 are young females,and Denisova 4 and Denisova 8 are adult males.

Anatomy 
So far, only a finger bone, a toe bone and two teeth are the only body parts that have been found.  The finger bone is from a woman.  It is broader than a human finger.  This fact suggests that Denisovans were more robust than any modern humans.

Mitochondrial DNA analysis 
The mtDNA from the finger bone differs from that of modern humans by 385 nucleotides in the mtDNA strand out of approximately 16,500. This  is more than the difference between modern humans and Neanderthals, which is around 202 bases.

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Rhigos is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is in the north of the Cynon Valley. In 2011, there were 894 people living there.

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Fairlington is an unincorporated neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is located adjacent to Shirlington in the southernmost part of the county on the boundary with the City of Alexandria.

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New Leipzig is a city in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 221 at the 2010 census.

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Forkland is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Union is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Fort Deposit is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Gaylesville is a town in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. The population was 170 at the 2020 census.

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Kimberly is a city in Alabama in the United States.

Cities in Alabama
Lexington is a town of Lauderdale County in the state of Alabama, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 727.

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Pope Adeodatus I (570 – 8 November 618), also called Deodatus I or Deusdedit, was Pope from 19 October 615 to his death in 618.

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Bantu Holomisa (born 25 July 1955) is a South African politician and leader of the United Democratic Movement. He also served in the African National Congress.

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Fana Hlongwane is a South African political activist. He is known for his association with the South African Arms Deal where the South African government lost $130 billion in controversial deals. He was then adviser to defence minister Joe Modise in 1955.

His group of companies, such as Ngwane Defence, Truvelo, Les Amis (Pty) Ltd, Hlongwane Consulting channelled around 200 million Rand from a British Aerospace which are alleged to be bribes distributed to the African National Congress.

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The KC Masterpiece 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, It is one of two races held at the circuit, with the other one being the Hollywood Casino 400 in October, It is held in conjunction with the Camping World Truck Series race.

History 
Kansas Speedway has first held the spring race In June of 2011, the race was first won by Brad Keselowski, One year later, The race moved to April to allow time for the track's reconfiguration.In 2013, the race remained as the eighth race of the season and was held on April 21, 2013.

In 2014, The race was moved to the eleventh race of the season as the Bojangles' Southern 500 was moved to the eighth race of the season.

Past winners

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The Children of Prophet Muhammad include three sons and four daughters. All were born to Muhammad's first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid except one son, who was born to Maria al-Qibtiyya.

List of children 
Muhammad's children were:
Qasim ibn Muhammad, (598 – 600 or 601 CE)
Zainab bint Muhammad, (599 – 630 CE)
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, (601 – 624 CE)
Umme Kulthum bint Muhammad, (603 – 630 CE)
Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad, also known as Tahir and Tayyab, (d. 615 CE)
Fatimah bint Muhammad, (ca. 604 – 632 CE)
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, (630 – 631 CE)

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Kansas Speedway is a motorsports complex in Kansas City, Kansas, United States, It is located  from Wichita, Kansas, The speedway is owned by International Speedway Corporation.

It was built in 2001 and holds two NASCAR race weekends, The Verizon IndyCar Series hosted events in 2011, The speedway hosts two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races, one NASCAR Xfinity Series race and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, and NASCAR also hosts the ARCA Racing Series since October 7, 2011.

History 
Construction began in May of 1999 of a new tri-oval, The facility would feature uniform 15 degree banking and boast seating for 72,000 spectators and more than 60 suites, The speedway was completed in 2001 in time for an inaugural test for stock cars and Indy Lights Series single seaters in April.
In the summer of 2012, the speedway announced track improvements including repaving of the existing track surface, reconfiguration of the oval, and the addition of the  road course, The project immediately followed the STP 400 on April 22nd, The changes to the oval centered on the introduction of progressive banking over 17-20 degrees, with the front straightaway banked 9-11 degrees, and the back straightway 5 degrees, Portions of the field were graded and paved as part of the road course development. The repaving in particular drew praise to the NASCAR drivers when they attended a tire test in August of that year.           

SAFER barriers existed around  of the concrete retaining walls between turns 1 and 2, and between turns 3 and 4 along most of the frontstretch.              

Also new in 2012 was the Hollywood Casino, which overlooks the track at turn 2, boasting 2,000 slot machines and gaming tables.
On October 11, 2013, It was announced that NASCAR's lone event, the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway and the spring race swapped dates in 2014, with the spring race becoming a night race and the fall race remained as a day race.

Track length of a paved oval 
The track length is disputed by two major series run at Kansas Speedway, The NASCAR timing did not use a scoring use a length of . The IRL timing and scoring length of .

Related pages 
 Auto Club Speedway
 Daytona International Speedway
 Darlington Raceway
 Homestead-Miami Speedway
 ISM Raceway
 Chicagoland Speedway
 Martinsville Speedway
 Richmond Raceway
 Michigan International Speedway
 Talladega Superspeedway
 Watkins Glen International

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Georgiana is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
McKenzie is a town in Butler and Conecuh counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 507 at the 2020 census.

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Geraldine is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Hammondville is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Henagar is a city in Alabama in the United States.

Cities in Alabama
Ider is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Mentone is a town of DeKalb County in the U.S. state of Alabama, in the United States.

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Pine Ridge is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Powell is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Sand Rock is a town of Cherokee and DeKalb counties in the state of Alabama, in the United States.

Towns in Alabama
Shiloh is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Sylvania is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Valley Head is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Dawson is an unincorporated community in Dekalb County, Alabama, United States. It is about  northeast of the town of Crossville.

Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Dogtown, also known as Cagle's Crossroads, Dog Town, and Ruhama, is an unincorporated community in Dekalb County, Alabama, United States.

Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Glen Allen is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is near Interstate 22.

Towns in Alabama
Glenwood is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Madrid ( ) is a town in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, 265 people lived there.

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Kinsey is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Rehobeth is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Taylor is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Webb is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Acadia Parish () is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,576. The parish seat is Crowley. The parish was founded from parts of St. Landry Parish in 1886.

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Ascension Parish () is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 126,500. The parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was founded in 1807.

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{{Infobox motor race
| Race title = Toyota/Save Mart 350
| Track map  = Infineon (Sears Point) with emphasis on NASCAR track.png
| Series long = Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
| Venue       = Sonoma Raceway
| Location    = Sonoma, California, United States
| Sponsor     = ToyotaSave Mart
| First race  = 1989
| Distance    = 
| Laps        = 110 (Stage 1: 25Stage 2: 25Stage 3: 60)
| Previous_names = Banquet Frozen Foods 300 (1989-1991)Save Mart 300K (1992)Save Mart Supermarkets 300K (1993)Save Mart Supermarkets 300 (1994-1997)Save Mart Kragan 350 (1998-2000)Dodge/Save Mart 350 (2001-2006)
| Most wins driver = Jeff Gordon (5)
| Most wins team   = Hendrick Motorsports (6)
| Most wins manufacturer = Chevrolet (11)
| Surface                = Asphalt
| Length mi              = 1.99
| Turns                  = 4
}}
}}
The Toyota/Save Mart 350' is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Sonoma Raceway at Sears Point in Sonoma, California, It is one of three races held on road courses, with the other two being the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International and the Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The race joined the circuit in 1989, It was added as a replacement for the Budweiser 400 at Riverside, which closed in 1988, The race had undergone several name and length changes throughout the year, The NASCAR West Series is held as combination race from 1989 to 1997 and has held as a standalone race since 2006. Due to the track's unique layout, the race generates annual discussion, with media, fans and participants both in favor and against racing this event, Due to the speedway's layout, Road course ringers are common, A NASCAR term standing for drivers only on road course races.

 History 

From 1989-1997, NASCAR had utilized the full , best known for sports car racing, Subtle changes to some of the turns accommodated the stock cars, and increased passing widths,  Ricky Rudd won the inaugural race at Sonoma.
In the 1991 race, Sonoma became famous, With seven laps remaining in the race, Mark Martin tried to pass Tommy Kendall, who cut his tire, subbing for an injured Kyle Petty, The two made contact, resulting in Martin crashing and running into Davey Allison, cutting his tire. and the lead went to Davey Allison, Then with 2 laps to go, Ricky Rudd passed Allison for the lead, but spun out from contact in the final turn.

Ricky Rudd led the field to the white flag, and contended to win the race, his second victory at Sonoma, and to advance in championship standings, However, as he came around to take the win, Rudd was black-fagged just 3 feet from the finish line, Davey Allison was declared the winner and Rudd finished in second place.
The last Sonoma race was held at the previous road course passage was in 1997 on October 5 at a Truck Series event, There, Joe Ruffmann won the race but controversy erupted when Rich Bickle blamed a loss of top-ten finishes on rookie Boris Said, Rich Bickle cut down a tire, and in reply, Boris Said ran in to Bickle and waited for him to come around and crash him, NASCAR after a brief red flag for a massive crash in a wall of tires, disqualified Said and placed him $10,000 for his actions.

In 1998, the circuit for the event was shortened to a  modified road course with the addition of the Chute from Turn 4 to Turn 7, bypassing Turn 5 and 6.

In 2001, the Chute'' was modified to such that the NASCAR circuit measured  long.

Gilligan's Island 
From 1989 to 2001, the pit road could modify up to 34 pit stalls, In the early years, some teams were required to share pit stalls, while the other teams were forced to pit inside the garage area.
After a few years, A makeshift auxiliary pit road was constructed inside the hairpin (turn 11), nicknamed Gilligan's Island, Cars that had nine slowest qualifying speeds were relegated to the pit stalls, Pitting in this area was considered as an inconvenience and a competitive disadvantage, more so than the even the disadvantages one would experience pitting on the back straightaway at a short period of time.

Since the length of the auxilary pit road, was significantly shorter than the other pit road, the cars that pitted were held from 15–20 seconds in order to make up for the time that would have been if the cars had traveled the entire pit road.
Changes to the track in 2002 that included separation of the drag strip from the frontstretch, removal of the main drag strip grandstand, and new control tower for road racing led to the pit road being expanded by extending pit road into the main straight and moving the pit exit up past turn 1, thereby expanding it to 43 cars, and Gilligan's Island was abandoned.

Trophy 
The trophy was in form of wine bottle holder paired with a giant wine glass as a nod to NAPA County's wine country.

Past winners

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The Coke Zero Sugar 400 is an annual stock car race held at Daytona International Speedway, It is the eighteenth race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Daytona had hosted this event for many years, The first summer race was held in 1959 and was named the Firecracker 400, The race ran its scheduled distance with no caution flags, The race is held in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, It is one of two races held at Daytona International Speedway, with the other one being the Daytona 500.

The race is notable for memorable moments and finishes throughout the season. 

The race has been held as the eighteenth race from 2001-2014, the and from 2015-2017, the race swapped dates with the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway and was moved up one race, In 2018, the race returned as the 18th race of the season, as the Overton's 400 at Chicagoland Speedway (which was the 27th race of the season from 2011-2017, was moved to the 17th race of the season).
Eventually, the  race was held in 1959, It was the second 400 mile race, following with the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, in 2018, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar sponsors the event, naming it as the Coke Zero Sugar 400.

Unlike the Daytona 500, The cars pileup in multi-car wrecks, known as The Big One.

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Linton Clarke Freeman (1927 – August 17, 2018) was an American structuralist sociologist and editor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Freeman was known for his work in social networks. He was an emeritus professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Freeman was the first to create the metric of Betweenness centrality. He was the founding editor of the journal Social Networks.

Freeman died on August 17, 2018 in Irvine, California at the age of 91.

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Khaira Arby, known as The Nightingale of Timbuktu (21 September 1959 – 19 August 2018), was a Malian singer-songwriter. She was born in Timbuktu, Mali Federation.

In 1992, Arby started a career under her own name, the first Malian woman to do so. In 2010, she became globally popular. She toured the United States, performed at Pop Montreal in 2010, and at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2011.

Arby wrote and sang in the indigenous languages of the region, Songhai, Tamachek, Bambara, and in Arabian.

Arby died on 19 August 2018 in Bamako, Mali from breast cancer at the age of 59.

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Russell Heath, Jr. (September 29, 1926 – August 23, 2018) was an American comic artist. He was born in New York City.

Heath was best known for his comic book work, particularly his DC Comics war stories and his 1960s art for Playboy magazine's "Little Annie Fanny" feature.

Heath's drawings of fighter jets in DC Comics' All-American Men of War #89 (Feb. 1962) was the basis for pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's best-known oil paintings.

Heath was added into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.

Heath died in Van Nuys, California on August 23, 2018 from prostate cancer, aged 91.

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Dieter Thomas Heck (born Carl-Dieter Heckscher; 29 December 1937 – 23 August 2018) was a German television presenter, singer and actor. He was known as the presenter of the TV program ZDF-Hitparade. As an actor, he starred in the TV play Das Millionenspiel in 1970. He was born in Flensburg, Germany.

Heck died from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 23 August 2018 in Berlin at the age of 80.

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Dieter Thomas Heck: Sein Schlager-Königreich, Berliner Kurier 18 October 2011 
Frank Patalong: Stigma Stottern / Wenn eine Wand im Mund steht, Der Spiegel 22 October 2011 
Die berühmtesten Stotterer der Welt, Rhein-Sieg-Anzeiger 

1937 births
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George Sheldon (1947 – August 23, 2018) was an American attorney and politician. He was born in Wildwood, New Jersey. 

Sheldon was a member of the Florida House of Representatives, as the Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, and as the Acting Assistant Secretary at the federal Administration for Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Sheldon ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 Florida Attorney General election. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Sheldon died from complications of a fall in Miami, Florida, on August 23, 2018, at the age of 71.

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Wildwood is a city in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's year-round population was 5,325.

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Franck Venaille (1936 – 23 August 2018) was a French poet and writer. His poetry was known by its expressive power, seeking to bring out the animal side of man, his impulses and anxieties. He was born in Paris.

He worked at the magazine Poetic Action (1960) and Orange Export Ltd. (1980). He also founded the journals Chorus (1968) and Mr. Bloom (1978). From 1974, he worked for France Culture, working in particular with the issue Les Nuits magnétiques.

Venaille died on 23 August 2018 in Paris, aged 81.

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 Franck Venaille reading of an excerpt from Tragic 

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French novelists
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Thomas "Tom" M. Frost (June 30, 1936 – August 24, 2018) was an American rock climber. He was known for big wall climbing first ascents in Yosemite Valley. He was also a photographer and climbing equipment maker.

Frost died on August 24, 2018 at the age of 80.

References

Other websites
 Interview with Frost by John Martin Meek at the AAC Annual Meeting on September 13, 1999
 Interview with Frost on climbing.com

1937 births
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American photographers
American mountain climbers
Yosemite Valley ( ) is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California. The valley is about 7.5 miles (12 km) long and about 3000–3500 feet deep.

Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North America, and is a big attraction especially in the spring when the water flow is at its peak.

The Valley is the main attraction in the park for the majority of visitors. Yosemite Valley is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles (240 km) due east of San Francisco.

Other websites
 The Geologic Story of Yosemite Valley by N. King Huber (USGS, 1987) authoritative and up-to-date summary of Yosemite's geology
 Origin of Yosemite Valley, Chapter 4, "Glaciers of California", by Bill Guyton 
 Historic Yosemite Indian Chiefs – with photos
 Daily updating time-lapse movies of Yosemite Valley
 Yosemite Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project aiming at stitching 10,000 high resolution images

Valleys of California
Mariposa County, California
Tomah is a city in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,093 as of the 2010 census.

Tomah was founded by Robert E. Gillett in 1855 and incorporated as a city in 1883 but the charter was not issued until 1894.

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Fitchburg is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 25,260 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is a suburb of Madison and is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. 

In 1983, Fitchburg became a city.

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Dane County, Wisconsin
1983 establishments in the United States
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Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was a British entertainment reporter, television presenter and writer. He was best known for hosting the television series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous from 1984 to 1995. He was known for his signature phrase, "champagne wishes and caviar dreams".

Leach died on 24 August 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada from complications of a stroke at the age of 76.

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Princeton Nathan Lyman (November 20, 1935 – August 24, 2018) was an American diplomat. He was born in San Francisco, California. He was the United States Ambassador to Nigeria (1986–89) and South Africa (1992–95), and former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1996–98). 

Lyman died of lung cancer on August 24, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland, aged 82.

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Cornville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population as of the 2020 United States Census was 3,362. The Cornville CDP includes the communities of Cornville and Page Springs.

Senator John McCain lived and died in Cornville.

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Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova (17 July 1933 – 24 August 2018) was a Soviet fencer. She competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics. She won an team gold and individual silver medals in 1960, and team silver medal in 1964. She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–1967, mostly in the team foil.

Rastvorova died on 24 August 2018 at the age of 85.

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Ciril Zlobec (4 July 1925 – 24 August 2018) was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and former politician. He was best known for his poems and published several volumes of poetry.

In 1990 he became a member of the Presidency of Slovenia at a critical time for Slovene independence.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he was the editor of the intellectual and cultural journal Sodobnost.

Zlobec died on 24 August 2018 at the age of 93.

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Sanjay Gupta (  ; born October 23, 1969) is an American neurosurgeon and medical reporter. He is the associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and as assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine.

He is best known as CNN's multiple Emmy Award-winning chief medical correspondent, hosting the network's weekend health program Sanjay Gupta, M.D., and making frequent appearances on their American Morning, Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360° programs.

In January 2009, it was reported that Gupta was offered the position of Surgeon General of the United States in the Obama administration, but he withdrew his name from consideration.

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Novi ( ) is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,224. The city is located about  northwest of the center of Detroit. It is about  northeast of the center of Ann Arbor.

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Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American journalist and author. He is a news anchor for CNN in New York City, and hosts CNN Tonight. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Lemon won an Emmy Award for a special report on the real estate market in Chicago. 

Lemon is openly gay.

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Lindsay Kemp (3 May 1938 – 24 August 2018) was an English dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist, and choreographer. He was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside. He was known for his works and mentorship with David Bowie and for his role as Alder MacGregor in the 1973 movie in The Wicker Man.

Kemp died on 24 August 2018 from cardiac arrest in Rome, Italy, aged 80.

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Noam Sheriff (7 January 1935 – ) was an Israeli composer, conductor, educator and arranger. He was born in Tel Aviv.

Sheriff was Artistic Director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra (1973-1982); Music Director of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion (1989-1995); Professor of Composition and Conducting at the Tel-Aviv University's Samuel Rubin Academy of Music (since 1990) and the Academy's director (1998- 2000); Artistic Director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra (2002-2005); and Artistic Director of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra (from 2004 until his death).

Sheriff died on 25 August 2018 in Haifa, Israel at the age of 83.

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 Noam Sheriff's website
 Sheriff's home page at C.F. Peters edition 
  Resume of Noam Sheriff (in Hebrew), Israel Prize website.

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The Deemster is a novel by Hall Caine published in 1887. It is the first 'Manx novel'. It was Caine's third novel, the second to be set in the Isle of Man. It was his first big success. The plot is about the reckless actions of Dan Mylrea and his exile and atonement.

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as 'Hall Caine', was a British writer. He was a novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Caine wrote fifteen novels on subjects of adultery, divorce, domestic violence, illegitimacy, infanticide, religious bigotry and women's rights. His books sold in total about ten million copies. He was the most highly paid novelist of his day.

British novelists
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Perry is a city in Houston and Peach counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Houston County. The population was 20,624 at the 2020 census.

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Endometriosis is a sickness that is caused by tissue that is like tissue of the womb and it begins growing outside the womb. Endometriosis tissue can be attached to the outer surface of the womb, Fallopian tubes, and the ovaries. Many women between 15 and 44 years-old may have this sickness. It is also found in women 30-40 years-old. If a women has endometriosis, it can sometimes effect having a baby. Endometriosis can be treated by a doctor, but it cannot be cured. Treating endometriosis may help a woman get pregnant. Women with endometriosis can have painful sex, a feeling of bloating, belly pain, difficult urination and blood in the urine. A woman could have menstrual problems. If endometriosis is on the ovaries, cysts may grow. These areas may develop scar tissue. Some women have more of a risk of endometriosis than others
. These are the risk factors: never giving birth, short menstrual cycles, starting periods at young age, having heavy menstrual periods longer than seven days, going through menopause in older age, and having a relative with endometriosis.
A doctor may treat endometriosis with medicine. There are different kinds of medicine that treat endometriosis. Birth control medicine can help some women have less pain. Another kind of medicine is called Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists. If the pain is less after taking medicine then the doctor may decide that the woman has endometriosis. If the woman stops taking the medicine the pain may come back.

Endometriosis is sometimes treated with surgery. This is called laparoscopic surgery. The doctor doing the surgery can look inside the body to find endometriosis tissue and remove it. The doctor may see endometriosis tissue during laparoscopy. A doctor may remove a sample and study it under the microscope to decide treatment.

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 What causes endometriosis?
 Symptoms of Endometriosis

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Univers is the name of a sans-serif typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger and released in 1957. It is sans-serif in a geometrical style. It was made in a huge range of weights and widths. Univers was based on a much earlier design of about 1898, called Akzidenz-Grotesk.

Univers was one of the first typeface families to fulfil the idea that a typeface should form a family of consistent, related designs. By creating a matched range of styles and weights, Univers allowed documents to be created in one consistent typeface for all text documents. This matched the desire among practitioners of the "Swiss style" of typography for neutral sans-serif typefaces avoiding artistic excesses. By "excesses" might be meant blackletter, which had been used earlier in German language publications. But Univers also leaves out all the styling of the classical Roman lettering, including the use of serifs at the end of letter strokes.
One important influence was the coming of modernism, with its rejection of tradition in favour of plain function. That is mentioned by most of the people who promoted Univers and other sans serif fonts. Critics of Univers critics point to its lack of character, and monotony when used (as it is) on a huge variety of printed forms.  

Historian James Mosley has described it as "probably the last major" release of a large family as metal type. The font is available for phototypesetting and computer typesetting. It is marketed under licence by almost all outlets serving the print industry.

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Auto Club Speedway (formerly called California Speedway) is a , low-banked D-shaped oval superspeedway which had hosted NASCAR races since 1997, It was also used for open wheel racing events, The speedway is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway, The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as Metrolink station located by the backstretch.

Construction of the track, on the site of the former Kaiser Steel Mill, began in 1995 and was completed in late 1996, The speedway has a capacity of 68,000 and 28 skyboxes and a total of 28,000, In 2006, a fan zone was added behind the main grandstand, Lights were added to the speedway in 2004 with the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Since 2011, Auto Club Speedway has hosted only one NASCAR race weekend.
On April 20, 1994, Roger Penske and Kaiser announced the construction of a racetrack on the site of the abandoned Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California, A day after the announcement, CART announced it would hold an annual race at the speedway, Three months later, NASCAR president Bill France Jr. agreed to sanction a Winston Cup Series race at the track that yet to be built. Community meetings were held to discuss issues related to the construction of the track and the local effects of events held, The local community largely supported construction of the speedway citing potentially increased land values and rejuvenation of the community, In April 1995, after touring the sister track, Michigan International Speedway, the San Bernardino County Board of Superiors unanimously approved the project
. The California Environmental Protection Agency gave Penske permission to begin construction after Kaiser agreed to pay $6 million to remove hazardous waste from the site, Construction of the site began on November 22, 1995 with the demolition of the Kaiser Steel Mill. The 100-foot water tower, a landmark of the Kaiser property, was used as a scoreboard.  of contaminated dirt was removed and transported to a toxic waste landfill, To prevent remaining impurities from rising to the surface, a cap of non-porus polyethylene was put down and covered with  of clean soil. Construction of the track was completed in late 1996.
The first NASCAR Winston Cup Series race (now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) was held on June 22, 1997, and the first NASCAR Busch Series (now the Xfinity Seriesrace was held on October 30, 1997.

Auto Club Speedway lost its playoff date in 2011.

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 Michigan International Speedway
 Watkins Glen International

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Lawrence Joseph "Larry" DeNardis (March 18, 1938 – August 24, 2018) was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the state of Connecticut's 3rd congressional district from 1981 to 1983. He was also president of the University of New Haven.

He announced on January 12, 2010, that he was forming an exploratory committee to run for Governor of Connecticut in 2010 as a Republican.

DeNardis died from a short-illness in New Haven on August 24, 2018 at the age of 80.

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Michael Ralph Stonebraker (born October 11, 1943) is an American computer scientist. 

He is the founder of many database companies, including Ingres Corporation, Illustra, Paradigm4, StreamBase Systems, Tamr, Vertica and VoltDB, and served as chief technical officer of Informix. He is also an editor for the book Readings in Database Systems.

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Newburyport is a small city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States,  northeast of Boston. The population was 17,416 at the 2010 census.

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Denise Scott Brown (née Lakofski; born October 3, 1931) is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal. She worked for the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, are thought as the most influential architects of the twentieth century.

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Beverly Willis  (February 17, 1928 – October 1, 2023) was an American architect.  Beverly Willis’s life as an artist and architect begins here. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1928 and weaned on these Midwestern oil fields, Willis experienced an America awestruck by the machine, nostalgic for the days of westward expansion and determined to preserve its puritan ethic.

Her best known built-work is the San Francisco Ballet Building in San Francisco, California. She is the co-founder of the National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., and founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, a non-profit organization working to change the culture for women in the building industry through research and education.

Willis died of complications from Parkinson's disease at her home in Branford, Connecticut on October 1, 2023 at the age of 95.

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The Jacksonville Landing shooting was a mass shooting that happened on August 26, 2018, at a Madden NFL 19 video game tournament at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Florida. Three people were killed, including the shooter, and eleven others were injured.

The shooter, 24 year-old David Katz, was a competitor in the tournament who lost. He left and then came back with a gun and fired 12 shots. Katz was the only suspect and had only one handgun.

In addition to the gunman, two people were confirmed killed: Taylor Robertson, age 27, and Eli Clayton, age 22.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office urged individuals to stay away from the location at 2:13 p.m. EDT, and SWAT officers evacuated and searched the area.

U.S. President Donald Trump contacted Florida Governor Rick Scott, offering federal assistance in response to the shooting.

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