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Zheng was a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
On 20 October 2018, Zheng died in Macau after falling from a tall building where he lived, aged 59. Many believed Zheng committed suicide as he suffered from depression at the time of his death.
Vienne (disambiguation)
Vienne may refer to:
Saint-Blaise
Saint Blaise was a physician and bishop of Sebaste, martyred in 316.
Saint-Blaise is the name of several places:
Bédeille
Bédeille is the name of the two communes in France:
Péronnne
Péronne is the name or part of the name of three communes in France:
Kingsbury County, South Dakota
Kingsbury County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 5,148 people lived there. Its county seat is De Smet. It was created in 1873.
Lake County, South Dakota
Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 11,200 people lived there. Its county seat is Madison. It was created in 1873.
Alexandria, South Dakota
Alexandria is a city in Hanson County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 615 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hanson County.
La Vergne, Tennessee
La Vergne is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
The Fast and the Furious (2001 movie)
List of political parties in Antigua and Barbuda
This article lists political parties in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
List of political parties in the Bahamas
List of heads of state of Mexico
The Head of State in Mexico is the person who controls the executive power in the country. Under the current constitution, this responsibility lies with the President of the United Mexican States, who is head of the supreme executive power of the Mexican Union.
As of , there are six living former Presidents of Mexico. The most recent death of a former President was that of Miguel de la Madrid (1982–1988), on April 1, 2012.
Sahle-Work Zewde
Sahle-Work Zewde (Amharic: ሳህለወርቅ ዘውዴ, born 21 February 1950) is an Ethiopian diplomat. She is the 4th and current President of Ethiopia, the first female to hold the office. She was elected President by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly on October 25, 2018.
Sahle-Work was a diplomat, serving as Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union at the level of Under-Secretary General of the United Nations.
Washington County, Oregon
Washington County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 529,710, making it the state's second most populous county. The county seat and largest city is Hillsboro.
Lawrence County
Lawrence County is the name of eleven counties in the United States:
Lawrence County, South Dakota
Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 24,097 people lived there. Its county seat is Deadwood. It was created in 1875.
Timber Lake, South Dakota
Lyman County, South Dakota
Lyman County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 3,755 people lived there. Its county seat is Kennebec. It was created in 1873.
Elk Point is the name of two places in North America:
Marshall County, South Dakota
Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 4,656 people lived there. Its county seat is Britton.
Britton, South Dakota
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Rutherford County is a county located in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 67,810. Its county seat is Rutherfordton.
Rutherford County
Rutherford County is the name of two counties in the United States:
McCook County, South Dakota
McCook County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 5,618 people lived there. Its county seat is Salem. It was created in 1873. It was named for the former governor of the Dakota Territory and Civil War general Edwin Stanton McCook.
The county is divided into sixteen townships:
McPherson County, South Dakota
McPherson County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 2,459 people lived there. Its county seat is Leola. It was created in 1873.
Meade County, South Dakota
Meade County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 25,434 people lived there. Its county seat is Sturgis. It was created in 1889.
Mellette County, South Dakota
Mellette County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 2,048 people lived there. Its county seat is White River. It was created in 1909.
Pennington County, South Dakota
Pennington County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 100,948, making it the second-most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Rapid City. It was created in 1875.
Polenta () is a dish of boiled cornmeal. It may be served as a hot porridge, or it may be allowed to cool and solidify into a loaf that can be baked, fried, or grilled. It is a dish popular in Italian, Savoy, Swiss, Austrian, Croatian, Slovenian, Albanian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Corsican, Argentine, Brazilian, and Mexican cuisine, and it is a traditional staple food throughout much of northern Italy.
Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)
"Shallow" is a song by American entertainer Lady Gaga and American actor Bradley Cooper from the soundtrack of the fourth version of "A Star Is Born" (2018). It was released as the lead single from the soundtrack on September 27, 2018. The song was written by Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt, while Gaga and Benjamin Rice handled production.
The song has reached number one in several countries, including the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, and Ireland, and the top ten in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway.
The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2019, marking Gaga's first Oscar win. It reached number one in its 22nd week on the "Billboard" Hot 100, replacing "7 rings" by Ariana Grande. "Shallow" became Gaga's fourth US number-one hit and Cooper's first. The last song by Gaga to reach the top was "Born This Way" in 2011.
It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales and streams of two million copies in the US.
Exonym and endonym
An exonym is a name of a person, a people group, language, or place used by people of other places and languages. An endonym is a name that people of a certain place and language call themselves. For example, the endonym of Germany is "Deutschland", because that is what Germans call their country, and Germans call themselves and their language "Deutsch". On the other hand, Germany and German are its exonym because English speakers, who are not German, use those names to to describe it.
This is actually very common across languages for several reasons. One reason is because the sounds for an endonym may not exist in certain languages. It would be difficult for speakers of other languages to say them, so speakers of other languages make an exonym. For example, words in Japanese cannot end in any consonant that is not an "n" sound, and for that reason, "Deutsch" is "Doitsu" in Japanese. Japanese also adds Japanese morphemes so that there is no confusion between the country, the people, and the language. The German people are "Doitsujin", in which "-jin" means people, and the name of the German language is "Doitsugo", in which "-go" means language. While the country, people, and language of Laos can all be called "Lao" in English, they are called "Raosu", "Rasoujin", and "Raosugo" in Japanese in that same order.
Another reason why a country might call another country a different name is because people from a certain country might have different ideas about those people or associate them with certain things. For example, even though Greeks call their country "Hellas", their country is known around the world as Greece because the Roman Empire named the region after "Magna" "Graecia", which were coastal areas in southern Italy that were colonized by Greeks in the early days of Rome. Germany has a very large number of exonyms, being called "Allemagne" in French, "Niemcy" in Polish, and "Saksa" in Finnish. This is because Germany has interacted with many other European countries and the Germans were a collection of tribes speaking similar languages until they unified into a country in the late 19th century. Even though the Dutch call themselves "Nederlanders" in their own language, English speakers call them Dutch (a cognate of the German word "Deutsch") because the words German and Dutch used to be interchangeable until Germany unified in the 1800s. From then on, German was used to describe people from Germany, while Dutch was used to describe people from the Netherlands.
Even though in Mandarin Chinese China is called "Zhōngguó", meaning the "Middle Kingdom" or the "Central States", most other countries calls it China. It is believed that the word China cam from the word "Qín", in which the Qin dynasty unified China. However, there are a few exceptions. In Japanese, it is called "Chūgoku", which has the same meaning as the Chinese name, except it uses the Japanese pronunciation for the Chinese characters for the name 中國 / 中国. In Korean, it is called "Jungguk" for the same reason. In Russian, China is called "Kitay".
A third reason why a country might call another place a different name is because a language can borrow a name from another language. Even though Japan is called "Nippon" or "Nihon" in Japanese, the word passed on to Europe through many different languages, all of which were very different from Japanese. Marco Polo heard about Kublai Khan sending soldiers to Cipangu, which in Chinese characters is 日本, which means "Sun's Origin". When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in the mid-16th century, who were the first Europeans to directly trade with Japan, they called the country "Japão" based on an old Malay word, which was borrowed from a southern Chinese dialect. Thus, most other countries call the country Japan. A few exceptions are Chinese, which call it "Rìběn" based on the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese characters, and Korean, which call it "Ilbon" based on the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters. Also, while many countries call European cities by their endonym, including "Roma", "Praha", "Köln", and "Napoli", the English names of many European cities are noticeably different, which are called Rome, Prague, Cologne, and Naples in the same order. These names were borrowed from French. Since French was the official language of England from the Norman invasion to King Henry V, many of the cities names came into English through French.
Hollie Pihl
Holger Mathew Pihl, Jr. (September 23, 1928 – October 3, 2018) was an American Republican politician and judge. He was the Circuit Court Judge of Washington County, Oregon until 1995, and then a Senior Judge until his retirement in 2005. He was appointed to the court by Oregon Governor Tom McCall in 1976.
Pihl was born in Portland, Oregon. He studied at the University of Oregon and at Northwestern University. Pihl died on October 3, 2018 in Manning, Oregon at the age of 90.
Manning, Oregon
Rudolf Gelbard
Rudolf Gelbard (4 December 1930 – 24 October 2018) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor and political campaigner against. He fought against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism. He taught in schools and universities about his experiences during the Holocaust. From 1954-1963, Gelbard worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs. He later worked as a merchant, before becoming editor of the Kurier in 1975.
Gelbard died in Vienna on 24 October 2018 at the age of 87.
Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. White was best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970.
He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones.
White died of a heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee on October 24, 2018, at the age of 75.
Lindon Crow
Lindon Oscar Crow (April 4, 1933 – October 25, 2018) was an American football cornerback.
He played professionally in the National Football League. He was named to three Pro Bowls. He was born in Denison, Texas. Crow played for the New York Giants and the Los Angeles Rams.
Crow died on October 25, 2018 in Exeter, California from complications of a stroke at the age of 85.
Exeter, California
Exeter is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. It is in the San Joaquin Valley near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The population was 10,334 at the 2010 census.
San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley ( ) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River.
It is made up of seven Northern California counties—all of Kings County; a majority of Fresno, Merced, Stanislaus counties; segments of Madera and Tulare counties—and a majority of Kern County, in Southern California.
Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana
Oak Grove is the parish seat of West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,174 at the 2000 census, but it declined by 447, or 20.5 percent, to 1,727 in 2010.
Thomas Keating
Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. (7 March 1923 – 25 October 2018) was an American Trappist monk and priest. He was born in New York City. Keating was known as one of the architects of Centering Prayer. He was a founder of the Centering Prayer movement and of Contemplative Outreach.
Keating died on 25 October 2018 in Spencer, Massachusetts from respiratory failure at the age of 95.
Michael J. O'Connor
Michael J. O'Connor (December 15, 1928 – October 24, 2018) was an American politician. He was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives and South Dakota State Senate. He was President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1975 to 1976. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
O'Connor died in Sioux Falls from skin cancer on October 24, 2018 at the age of 89.
Ana González de Recabarren
Ana González González, more commonly known by her married name Ana González de Recabarren (25 July 1925 – 26 October 2018), was a Chilean human rights activist. She was born in Tocopilla, Chile.
González joined the Association of Relatives of the Disappeared Detainees (AFDD) and became one of its primary leaders alongside Sola Sierra, Viviana Díaz, and Clotario Blest. She participated in a hunger strike at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean headquarters in Santiago.
In 1996, she was the focus of the Televisión Nacional de Chile-broadcast documentary "Quiero llorar a mares" and in 2001 won the Premios Ondas for Ibero-America for the Best Program or Professional or Television Station.
In June 2000, she sued former dictator Augusto Pinochet for the disappearance of her family 26 years prior.
González died from a lung infection in Santiago on 26 October 2018 at the age of 93.
Nikolai Karachentsov
Nikolai Petrovich Karachentsov (, 27 October 1944 – 26 October 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was born in Moscow. He was known for his roles in "Juno and Avos", "The Dog in the Manger", and in "A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines". In 1989, he was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR.
In 2005, Karachentsov was involved in a serious car accident that left him in a coma for a month.
In 2017 Karachentsov was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent unsuccessful treatment in Israel.
Karachentsov died of kidney failure in Moscow one day before his 74th birthday.
György Károly
György Károly ("Károly György", 31 August 1953 – 26 October 2018) was a Hungarian poet and writer. He was born in Budapest. He published his first poems in the Élet és Irodalom (“Life and Literature”). He was poetic silent in the 1980s. In the nineties Károly began writing again. His best known novels were "Folyamatos május" and "Dunakanyaró".
Károly died on 26 October 2018 in Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary from brain cancer, aged 65.
Chappaqua, New York
Chappaqua (, ) is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of New Castle, in northern Westchester County, New York. It is on of land on the east bank of the Hudson River. It is about north of New York City.
Bill and Hillary Clinton live here. Since the 2010 census, 1,436 people live here.
Burlingame, California
Burlingame () is a city in San Mateo County, California. It is located near San Francisco on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Bay. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Burlingame had a population of 28,806.
Diabase
Diabase (also known as dolerite or microgabbro) is an igneous rock that is often blue in colour. It is rich in magnesium and iron, and originally found under the crust of volcanoes. Dikes and sills in igneous rock are often made of diabase.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
On October 27, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Authorities reported several fatalities along with several other wounded people (including three police officers). One suspect was taken into custody.
It was reported that three people were killed on the ground level, four in the synagogue's basement and at least one other person died in the building.
The local TV station KDKA-TV initially reported that the suspect, described as a white male with a beard, entered the synagogue and shouted "All Jews must die" before opening fire.
2018 Little Village fire
On August 26, 2018, a fire broke out in Chicago's Mexican-American Little Village neighborhood. The fire killed 10 children, including six children under the age of 12. Investigators stated that the fire started in the back of the building in a ground-floor apartment, which was vacant.
The fire is the deadliest residential fire to have occurred in Chicago since 1958. In the aftermath of the fire, multiple violations were found in the apartment. Apartment owner, Merced Gutierrez, appearing in court for the 40 violations found at the site of the fire.
Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Nishizawa died on October 21, 2018 in Sendai, Japan at the age of 92.
Erin Heatherton
Erin Heather Bubley (born March 4, 1989) is an American model and actress. She is best known for her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret. Heatherton was born in Skokie, Illinois. At the age of 17, Heatherton moved to New York City and signed with the Marilyn Agency.
As of December 2013 Heatherton is ranked No. 15 on Models.com top 25 sexiest models list. In 2013 it was announced that Heatherton had signed with IMG.
Australia men's national para ice hockey team
Statue of Unity
The Statue of Unity is a tribute to the Indian leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, unveiled on 31 October 2018. This statue is a patriotic symbol of the legacy of a man who spent his life in the struggle for freedom. As a mark of respect, statue is located at his birthplace in Gujarat. The statue is designed by Ram V. Sutar. The total amount for the project is US $430 million. The statue stands 182 metres high, making it the one of the tallest monument in the world, second to the St. Louis Arch.
The Statue of Unity is at Sadhu Bet Island. A 12 km square lake will create the atmosphere of equality and diversity. A special trust called as “Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust” has been created for to manage the place. The statue is made with steel frame and reinforced concrete. For durability, the statue has been given bronze plating. The statue has a 153 m high viewing deck able to hold 200 visitors. It has a panoramic view of the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
It has been designed to withstand winds of velocity of 60 metres/second, and is also claimed to be earthquake resistant. A total of 22,500 tons of cement forms the core structure of this monument. The iron used in the construction was collected from old farm equipment throughout India. A team of 700 Indian workers worked on the smelting and casting.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31 October 1875 — 15 December 1950) was a lawyer and influential political leader in the Indian independence movement. After independence, he played an important role in the integration of over 500 princely states into the Indian Union. He was deeply influenced by Gandhi’s ideology and principles, having worked very closely with the leader. Despite being the choice of the people, on the request of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel stepped down from the candidacy of Congress President, which ultimately turned out to be the election to choose the first Prime Minister of independent India. He was the first Home Minister of Independent India and his uncompromising efforts towards consolidation of the country earned him the title ‘Iron Man of India’.
Vallabhbhai Patel was born on October 31, 1875 in Nadiad village of modern day Gujarat to Zaverbai and Ladbai. He belongs to rich class agriculturist Patidar (leva patidar patel) community and Vallabhbhai’s father had served in the army of the Queen of Jhansi, and his mother was a very spiritual woman.
Starting his academic career in a Gujarati medium school, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel later shifted to an English medium school. In 1897, Vallabhbhai passed his high school and started preparing for law examination. He went to pursue a degree in law and travelled to England in 1910. He completed his law degree in 1913 from Inns of Court and came back to India to start his law practice in Godhra, Gujarat. For his legal proficiency, Vallabhbhai was offered many lucrative posts by the British Government but he rejected all. He was a staunch opponent of the British government and its laws and therefore decided not to work for the British.
In 1891, he married Zaverbai and the couple had two children. His daughter, Maniben Patel (1903-1990), was an activist while his son, Dahyabhai Patel (1905-1973) was a member of the parliament of India.
Patel shifted his practice to Ahmedabad. He became a member of the Gujarat Club where he attended a lecture by Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi’s words deeply affected Vallabhbhai and he soon adopted Gandhi’s principles to become a staunch follower of the charismatic leader. That is how deeply Gandhi’s words had affected him. He didn’t know that he would change India and start a successful career.
In 1917, Sardar Vallabhbhai was elected as the Secretary of the Gujarat Sabha, the Gujarat wing of the Indian National Congress. In 1918, he led a massive "No Tax Campaign" that urged the farmers not to pay taxes after the British insisted on tax after the floods in Kaira. The peaceful movement forced the British authorities to return the land taken away from the farmers. His effort to bring together the farmers of his area brought him the title of 'Sardar'. He actively supported the non-cooperation Movement launched by Gandhi. Patel toured the nation with him, recruited 300,000 members and helped collect over Rs.1.5 million.
In 1928, the farmers of Bardoli again faced a problem of "tax-hike". After prolonged summons, when the farmers refused to pay the extra tax, the government seized their lands in retaliation. The agitation took on for more than six months. After several rounds of negotiations by Patel, the lands were returned to farmers after a deal was struck between the government and farmers’ representatives.
In 1930, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was among the leaders who were imprisoned for participating in the famous Salt Satyagraha movement initiated by Mahatma Gandhi. His inspiring speeches during the "Salt Movement" transformed the outlook of numerous people, who later played a major role in making the movement successful. He led the Satyagraha movement across Gujarat when Gandhi was under imprisonment, upon request from the congress members.
Sardar Patel was freed in 1931, following an agreement signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India. The treaty was popularly known as the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. The same year, Patel was elected as the President of Indian National Congress in its Karachi session where the party deliberated its future path. Congress committed itself towards the defense of fundamental and human rights. It was in this session that the dream of a secular nation was conceived.
During the legislative elections of 1934, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel campaigned for the Indian National Congress. Though he did not contest, Sardar Patel helped his fellow party mates during the election.
In the 1942 Quit India Movement, Patel continued his unwavering support to Gandhi when several contemporary leaders criticized the latter’s decision. He continued travelling throughout the country propagating the agenda of the movement in a series of heart-felt speeches. He was arrested again in 1942 and was imprisoned in the Ahmednagar fort till 1945 along with other Congress leaders.
Sardar Patel’s journey often saw a number of confrontations with other important leaders of the congress. He voiced his annoyance at Jawaharlal Nehru openly when the latter adopted socialism in 1936. Patel was also wary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and considered him to be "keen on more power within the party”.
The separatist movement lead by Muslim League leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah led to a series of violent Hindu-Muslim riots across the country just before the independence. In Sardar Patel’s opinion, the open communal conflicts incited by the riots had the potential to establish a weak Government at the centre post-independence which will be disastrous for consolidating a democratic nation. Patel went on to work on a solution with V.P. Menon, a civil servant during December 1946 and accepted his suggestion of creating a separate dominion based on religious inclination of states. He represented India in the Partition Council.
After India achieved independence, Patel became the first Home Minister and also the Deputy Prime Minister. Patel played a very crucial role in post-independence India by successfully integrating around 565 princely states under the Indian Dominion. The British Government had presented these rulers with two alternatives - they could join India or Pakistan; or they could stay independent. This clause magnified the difficulty of process to mammoth proportions. Congress entrusted this intimidating task to Sardar Patel who started lobbying for integration on August 6, 1947. He was successful in integrating all of them barring Jammu and Kashmir, Junagarh and Hyderabad. He eventually dealt with the situation with his sharp political acumen and secured their accession. The India that we see today was a result of the efforts put in by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Patel was a leading member of the Constituent Assembly of India and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was appointed on his recommendation. He was the key force in establishing the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service. He took personal interest in initiating a restoration endeavor of the Somnath Temple in Saurashtra, Gujarat. Patel dealt ruthlessly with the Pakistan’s efforts to invade Kashmir in September 1947. He oversaw immediate expansion of the army and marked improvement of other infrastructural aspects. He often disagreed with Nehru’s policies, especially about his dealings with Pakistan regarding the refugee issues. He organized multiple refugee camps in Punjab and Delhi, and later in West Bengal.
Gandhi had profound effect on Patel’s politics and thoughts. He pledged unwavering support to the Mahatma and stood by his principles all through his life. While leaders including Chakravarthy Rajagopalachari and Maulana Azad criticized Mahatma Gandhi's idea that the civil disobedience movement would compel the British to leave the nation, Patel extended his support to Gandhi. Despite the unwillingness of the Congress High Command, Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel strongly forced the All India Congress Committee to ratify the civil disobedience movement and launch it without delaying further. Upon Gandhi’s request he gave up his candidacy for the post of the Prime Minister of India. He suffered a major heart attack after Gandhiji’s death.  Although he recovered, he attributed it to having lamented silently for the loss of his mentor.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's health started declining in 1950. He realized that he was not going to live much longer. On November 2, 1950, his health became even worse and he had to stay in bed. He died on December 15, 1950 after he had a heart attack.
All India Trinamool Congress
Deadwood, South Dakota
Deadwood (Lakota: "Owáyasuta"; "To approve or confirm things") is a city in South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Lawrence County. It is named after the dead trees found in its gulch. The population was 1,270 at the 2010 census. The entire city is a National Historic Landmark District, for its well-preserved Gold Rush-era architecture.
Union County, South Dakota
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,399. Its county seat is Elk Point. Originally named Cole County, the named was changed to Union because of Civil War sentiment. It was founded on April 10, 1862.
Union County is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area.
"Progressive Farmer" rated Union County second in the 2006 "Best Place to Live" in the U.S., because "its schools are good, its towns neat and its people friendly."
Miner County, South Dakota
Miner County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 2,389 people lived there. Its county seat is Howard. It was created in 1873.
Moody County, South Dakota
Moody County is a county located in the state of South Dakota in the United States. 6,486 people lived there at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Flandreau.
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
Oglala Lakota County, known as Shannon County until May 2015, is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. 13,586 people lived there at the 2010 census. Oglala Lakota County does not have its own county seat. Instead, Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875. Its largest community is Pine Ridge.
Perkins County, South Dakota
Perkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 2,982 people lived there. Its county seat is Bison. It was created in 1909.
Bison, South Dakota
Erie County
Erie County is the name of three counties in the United States:
2017 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active since 2012. It officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. It was an extremely active and tragic season. With a damage total of at least $282.16 billion (USD), it was the costliest season on record. With over 3,300 deaths, 2017 was the deadliest season since 2005. More than 99.7% of the season's damage was due to Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Nate, was the worst natural disaster in Costa Rican history. Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate had their names retired due to their high damage costs and loss of life. Featuring 17 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes, the 2017 season is the fifth active season.
Tropical Storm Arlene in April was the first storm of the season that formed on April 19. This was the third consecutive season in which storms form before the official start of the hurricane season. In late August, Hurricane Harvey became the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005 and the first Category 4 hurricane since Charley in 2004. It also tied the record for the costliest tropical cyclone on record along with the most rainfall dropped by a tropical cyclone in the United States. In early September, Hurricane Irma became the first Category 5 hurricane to impact the northern Leeward Islands on record. It later hit the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane. Irma is the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean outside of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. In late September, Hurricane Maria became the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the island of Dominica on record; and later it made landfall in Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane. Most of the deaths from this season occurred from Maria, and caused a human crisis in Puerto Rico. In early October, Hurricane Nate became the fastest-moving hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico while also becoming the fourth hurricane of the year to make landfall in the contiguous United States. Slightly over a week later, Hurricane Ophelia became the easternmost major hurricane in the Atlantic basin on record, and later impacted most of Northern Europe as an extratropical cyclone. The season ended with Tropical Storm Rina, which became post-tropical on November 9.
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2017. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2023 season. This was the same list used in the 2011 season, with the exception of Irma which replaced Irene. Irma was previously used in 1978, and it's only used once as an Atlantic hurricane during this season.
On April 11, 2018, the names "Harvey", "Irma", "Maria", and "Nate" were retired by the World Meteorological Organization due to the very expensive amount of damage and significant number of deaths they caused. They will not be used again for a future Atlantic hurricane. The names will be replaced with "Harold", "Idalia", "Margot", and "Nigel" for the 2023 season, respectively.
Bell Canada
Bell Canada (commonly referred to as just Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company. Its headquarters is in Montreal, Quebec. It is the local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL internet in most of Canada east of Saskatchewan. It also serves Canada's northern territories.
Its related company, Bell Aliant, provides services in Atlantic Canada. It provides mobile service through its Bell Mobility division. It also provides television through its Bell TV and Bell Fibe TV operations.
Bell Canada was established on April 29, 1880.
Bell Canada was originally known as The Bell Telephone Company of Canada. But in March 1968, the name was shortened to "Bell Canada".
The company also owns Bell Media. Bell Media has mass media properties, including the CTV Television Network. It also has significant interests in the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.
Bell Canada is one of the main assets of the holding company BCE Inc. (Bell Canada Enterprises). BCE ranked at #262 on the 2011 edition of the Forbes Global 2000 list.
Lavori Publici FC
Lavori Publici FC (or "Lavori Pubblici FC" in Italian language) was an historical football team in Mogadishu, that officially existed from 1947 to 1990.
The football team was created in the late 1940s by a group of football fans representing all the Italian colonists of all Italian Somalia with the name "Genio Officina", as an antagonist to the AC Mogadiscio (the team of the Italians of only the capital Mogadishu) in the first amauteur championship of Somalia. The team was officially inscribed in the Somalia first league championship in 1952 as "Lavori Publici FC/Genio", winning the tournament of that year.
The team had a lot of followers who were native Somalis and so survived until 1990 when the Somali civil war started, while the antagonist AC Mogadiscio disappeared when Italy gave the independence to Somalia in 1960 (and nearly all the Italians of Somalia left the country).
Damien Steven Hirst (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). The YBAs became famous during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist. In 2010 the "Sunday Times" estimated his wealth at £215 million. During the 1990s he worked together with famous art collector Charles Saatchi. Hirst and Saatchi had disagreements, and they ended their friendship in 2003.
Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals are preserved in formaldehyde. The animals included a sheep, a cow and a shark. The best-known of these was "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living". This was a tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a transparent display case. He has also made "spin paintings". These were created on a rotating canvas. And "spot paintings", which are rows of randomly coloured circles created by his assistants.
In September 2008, Hirst sold all the artworks of a show during one auction at Sotheby's. This had never been done before by a living artist. The auction made him £111 million ($198 million), breaking the record for an auction by a single artist. It also broke Hirst's own record with £10.3 million for "The Golden Calf", an animal with 18-carat gold horns and hooves, preserved in formaldehyde.
Since 1999 some of Hirst's works have been claimed to be plagiarised. It was discovered that his sculpture "Hymn" was closely based on a child's toy. Hirst was sued by the original creator of the toy, and the case was settled out-of-court.
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (; ) (4 April 1958 – 27 October 2018) was a Thai billionaire businessman. He was born in Bangkok. He was the founder, owner and chairman of King Power Duty Free. He was the owner of Premier League football club Leicester City since 2010.
On 27 October 2018, Srivaddhanaprabha was killed in a helicopter that crashed outside the King Power Stadium in Leicester shortly after taking off. He was 60 years old.
2018 Leicester City F.C. helicopter crash
On 27 October 2018, an AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter crashed shortly after take-off from the King Power Stadium, the home ground of Leicester City in Leicester, United Kingdom.
Club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was on board, as well as two other passengers and two pilots. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is currently leading an investigation into the accident. It was confirmed all 5 occupants died.
Edgar S. Harris Jr.
Edgar Starr Harris Jr. (May 14, 1925 – October 13, 2018) was an American Air Force lieutenant general. He was born in Danville, Virginia. His last assignment was commander of Eighth Air Force, Strategic Air Command, with headquarters at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
During his over 30 years in the United States Air Force, Harris was also Chief of Staff and Vice Commander in Chief of the Strategic Air Command, where he spent most of his time during his service.
Harris Jr. died on October 13, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas at the age of 93.
Saint Cecilia () is the patroness of musicians. At her wedding she "sang in her heart to the Lord". Her feast day is celebrated in the Latin Catholic, Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and in the Anglican Communion on November 22. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.
While the details of her story appear to be fictional, her existence and martyrdom are considered a historical fact. She is said to have been beheaded with a sword. An early Roman Christian church, Santa Cecilia, was founded in the fourth century in the Trastevere section of Rome, reputedly on the site of the house in which she lived. A number of musical compositions are dedicated to her, and her feast day has become the occasion for concerts and musical festivals.
U Thuzana
Thuzana (; ), also known as the Myainggyi-ngu Sayadaw (; 1947 – 18 October 2018) was a Karen Theravada Buddhist monk. He worked in Myaing Gyi Ngu, Kayin State, Myanmar. He was the leader of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), an ethnic insurgent group, until its dissolution in 2010. He was born in Kayin State.
Thuzana was responsible for a 1992 campaign of constructing pagodas in Kayin State and held the title "Myaing Gyi Ngu Sayadaw".
Thuzana died on 18 October 2018 at the age of 71 at the Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.
Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune (May 19, 1939 – October 25, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fortune can be heard on the albums "Big Fun", "Get Up With It", "Agharta" and "Pangaea", the last two recorded live in Japan.
Fortune died at the age of 79 in New York City on October 25, 2018 from a stroke.
Friday the 13th (1980 movie)
Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher movie produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and written by Victor Miller.
It stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson, and Robbi Morgan. The movie tells the story of a group of teenagers who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while attempting to re-open an abandoned summer camp.
Released in May 1980, "Friday the 13th" was a major box office success, grossing over $39.7 million in the United States alone. This was the first movie in the a long series of sequels with the creation of serial killer Jason Voorhees.
Friday the 13th (franchise)
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that is made up of twelve slasher movies, a television show, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise.
The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake.
The original movie, created to cash in on the success of "Halloween" (1978), was written by Victor Miller and was produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham. The films have grossed over $464 million at the box-office worldwide.
In October 2018, it was announced that LeBron James, through his production company Springhill Entertainment alongside Vertigo Entertainment, is in talks to co-produce the next movie in a possible reboot of the franchise.
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American slasher movie produced and directed by Steve Miner, and the second installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series. It is a direct sequel to "Friday the 13th".
The movie marks the first appearance of Jason Voorhees as the killer; his mother was the killer in the last movie. Steve Daskewisz plays Jason.
It was released on April 30, 1981.
Friday the 13th Part III
Friday the 13th Part III (also known as Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D) is a 1982 American slasher movie directed by Steve Miner and produced by Frank Mancuso Jr.. It is the third installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series.
It stars Dana Kimmell, Richard Brooker, Paul Kratka, Larry Zerner, and Tracie Savage. The plot is about a teenage girl and her friends on vacation at a house on Crystal Lake, where a wounded Jason Voorhees is waiting to kill them.
The movie marks the first time Jason Voorhees is wearing his signature hockey mask.
It was released on August 13, 1982, grossing over $36.6 million at the US box office on a budget of $2.3 million. The movie was the first to remove "" from the number-one box office spot and became the second highest-grossing horror movie of 1982.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is a 1984 American slasher movie directed by Joseph Zito and produced by Frank Mancuso Jr.. It stars Corey Feldman, Ted White, Kimberly Beck, and Crispin Glover. It is the fourth installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series.
The movie is about Jason Voorhees escaping from a morgue and returns to Crystal Lake to continue his killing spree, targeting a family and a group of neighboring teenagers.
It was released on April 13, 1984. It made about $11 million on its opening weekend and grossed $32 million in the United States on a budget of $2.6 million.
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (also known as Friday the 13th: Part V) is a 1985 American slasher movie directed by Danny Steinmann. It stars Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, and Shavar Ross. It is the fifth installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series.
The movie was the first in the franchise to become a psychological horror movie rather than focusing on the background mystery of Jason Voorhees. The movie was controversial because many scenes included nudity and drug use.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (also known on screen as Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI) is a 1986 American supernatural slasher movie and the sixth installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series. It was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin.
Because of the unpopularity from removing Jason Voorhees in "", producers brought back the character to boost up popularity for the franchise.
Many believe that this movie and "Freddy vs. Jason" are the most popular movies of the franchise.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is a 1988 American supernatural slasher movie directed by John Carl Buechler. It stars Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Blair, and Susan Blu. It is the seventh installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series.
The movie has Jason Voorhees being awoken after a psychokinetic teenage girl unleashes Jason from his grave in Crystal Lake, where she and her friends are staying.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher movie written and directed by Rob Hedden. It stars Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman, and Kane Hodder. It is the eighth installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series.
It is about Jason Voorhees stalking a group of high school graduates on a ship en route to, and later in, New York City. It was the last movie in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States until 2009 as New Line Cinema bought the rights.
I was released on July 28, 1989, the movie grossed $14.3 million at the U.S. box office, which was the lowest gross of the series at that time, second-lowest U.S. gross in the series to date.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday is a 1993 American slasher movie directed by Adam Marcus and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. It stars John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan and Allison Smith.
It is the ninth installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series. Its plot continues the Jason Voorhees story with an FBI ambush in which Voorhees's body is detonated; after, his spirit possesses the coroner examining his remains. He uses the coroner's body to continue his killings.
"Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" premiered in the United States on August 13, 1993, and grossed $15.9 million at the box office. Many fans did not like the movie because the movie removed Jason as the physical killer. Its conclusion, which references villain Freddy Krueger, established what would become "Freddy vs. Jason", released ten years later in 2003.
Sean S. Cunningham
Jason X is a 2001 American science fiction slasher movie produced and directed by James Isaac. It is the tenth installment in the "Friday the 13th" movie series. It stars Kane Hodder in his fourth and final movie appearance as the undead mass murderer Jason Voorhees being in space.
It received strong negative reviews with a 19% on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert gave the movie 0.5 stars out of 4, quoting one of the movie's lines: "This sucks on so many levels."
Pamela Voorhees
Pamela Voorhees is a character from the "Friday the 13th" movie series. She first appeared in Sean S. Cunningham's original movie.
Voorhees is the vengeful mother of Jason Voorhees, simply known as Mrs. Voorhees. The character was created by Victor Miller, and was played by Betsy Palmer in the original movie as well as briefly in "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981).
She was portrayed by Paula Shaw in "Freddy vs. Jason" (2003). Nana Visitor played Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 remake of "Friday the 13th".
Friday the 13th (2009 movie)
Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher movie directed by Marcus Nispel and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The movie is a reboot of the "Friday the 13th" movie series. It stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle and Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees.