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Noble is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Pleasant Hill is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Stuart Mitchell
Stuart Mitchell (21 December 1965 – 15 August 2018) was a Scottish pianist and composer. He was best known for his "Seven Wonders Suite" (2001).
In 2005, the Mitchell's received media coverage from Reuters, ITN, BBC, and CNN/Fox News when they claimed to have solved a musical code carved into the ceiling design of Rosslyn Chapel.
"The Seven Wonders Suite" was awarded the number 181 for the most popular classical music work in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2017.
Mitchell died of lung cancer on 15 August 2018, aged 52.
Henk Wesseling
Henk Wesseling (6 August 1937 – 18 August 2018) was a Dutch historian. He was a professor emeritus of contemporary history at Leiden University. He was the rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study between 1995 and 2002. He was born in The Hague.
In 1988 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in Oegstgeest, Netherlands on 18 August 2018 from Parkinson's disease, aged 81.
Bill Potts
Bill Potts (Played by Pearl Mackie) is a fictional character on the British television franchise ‘Doctor Who’.
She was first shown as the new companion during a football game in 2016. Her first full episode was in Series 10 Episode 1: The Pilot.
The Character was last seen in the 2017 Christmas Special ‘Twice Upon a Time’ featuring alongside Peter Capaldi, David Bradley and Mark Gatiss with cameos from Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald and Matt Lucas as Nardole. Some fans refer to ‘The Doctor Falls’ as the Character’s last episode due to some wibbily wobbly timey wimey stuff.
John N. Abrams
General John Nelson Abrams (September 3, 1946 – August 20, 2018) was a United States Army four-star general. He was born in Cumberland, Maine. He commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from 1998 to 2002. He served in the army during the Vietnam War.
Abrams died on August 20, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia at the age of 71.
Cumberland, Maine
Cumberland is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,211 at the 2010 census.
It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Biddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 21,277 at the 2010 census. Its twin city is Saco, Maine.
The town is the site of the University of New England and the annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival. It is the site of one of the earliest European settlements in the United States.
Saco, Maine
Saco is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,482 at the 2010 census. It is home to Ferry Beach State Park, Funtown Splashtown USA, Thornton Academy. Its twin city is Biddeford, Maine.
Bellows Falls, Vermont
Bellows Falls is an incorporated village located in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,165 at the 2000 census.
Bellows Falls is home to the Green Mountain Railroad; the annual Roots on the River Festival; and the No Film Film Festival.
South Bristol, Maine
South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 892 at the 2010 census. It is a fishing and resort area. It was loosely named after Bristol, England.
Ashburn, Virginia
Ashburn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 43,511. It is northwest of Washington, D.C..
70 percent of the world's Internet traffic passes through Ashburn.
Edward Calhoun King (September 14, 1949 – August 22, 2018) was an American rock musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and guitarist and bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1987 to 1996.
King died in his Nashville, Tennessee home on August 22, 2018 from cancer at 68 years of age.
James Morrison (actor)
We Are Number One
"We Are Number One" is a 2014 song from the Icelandic children's television series "LazyTown". It was composed by Máni Svavarsson. The song was seen in the twelfth episode of the show's fourth season. The episode was called "Robbie's Dream Team", which is the 103rd episode overall.
The song gained popularity in September 2016, when a remix was uploaded onto the YouTube channel SiIvaGunner, where many memes and parody videos have been uploaded since.
The song also became popular in the aftermath of Stefán Stefánsson having announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The official music video has over 47 million views on YouTube as of 22 August 2018. It is the most viewed video of the "LazyTown" YouTube channel.
A petition was set up to have Stefánsson perform the song to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest, receiving over 12,000 signatures. The petition wanted him to participate in the 2017 edition.
Shrek Forever After (also known as Shrek: The Final Chapter) is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy movie by DreamWorks Animation. It is the fourth part in the "Shrek" movie franchise. It is the sequel to "Shrek the Third" (2007).
Director: Mike Newell
The movie was directed by Mike Newell<br>Mike Mitchell. It stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, and John Cleese with Walt Dohrn as Rumpelstiltskin.
It was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on May 21, 2010, in 3D and IMAX 3D formats.
Lazy Lester
Leslie Carswell Johnson (June 20, 1933 – August 22, 2018) better known as Lazy Lester, was an American blues guitarist. His career lasted from the 1950s to 2018.
He was known for his recordings with Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim, and Katie Webster. Cover versions of his songs have been recorded by (among others) the Kinks, the Flamin' Groovies, Freddy Fender, Dwight Yoakam, Dave Edmunds, Raful Neal, Anson Funderburgh, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
In the comeback stage of his career (since the late 1980s) he recorded new albums with Mike Buck, Sue Foley, Gene Taylor, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, and Jimmie Vaughan.
Lester died of stomach cancer in Paradise, California on August 22, 2018, at the age of 85.
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish, ( or ; ), is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,802. The parish seat is New Roads.
New Roads, Louisiana
New Roads (historically ) is a city in and the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.
The population was 4,831 at the 2010 census. The city's ZIP code is 70760. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of two museums. They were the new Museum of Scotland (Scottish objects, culture and history) and the Royal Museum (science and technology, natural history, and world cultures). The two buildings are next to each other and are connected. They are on Chambers Street, by the George IV Bridge. The museum is part of "National Museums Scotland". Admission is free.
As well as the national collections, the museum contains artefacts from around the world: geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology, art, and world cultures. A Scottish invention that is a perennial favourite with school parties is The Maiden, an early form of guillotine.
In 2017, the museum received 2,165,601 visitors, Scotland's most popular visitor attraction that year.
Paradise, California
Paradise is an incorporated town in Butte County, California. It is located in the Sierra Nevada near the northeastern Sacramento Valley. The population was 26,283 as of 2013.
The town is statistically classified within the Chico Metropolitan Area. The town was destroyed by the Camp Fire in November 2018.
Sacramento Valley
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.
Death of Mollie Tibbetts
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.
Ngconde Balfour
Aleksei Paramonov
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.
Nosimo Balindlela
Lynne Brown
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.
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.
Charlene Farrugia
Charlene Farrugia, born in Malta in 1986, is a contemporary pianist. She is known for her versatile performances.
Farrugia is recognized as Malta’s leading and most successful pianist. She has performed with partners such as Joseph Calleja, Dimitri Ashkenazy and Ning Feng. She has recorded for labels such as Naxos, Parma and Sony; being also a 2016 Naxos Critics' Choice . At the age of 13, Farrugia debuted with the National Orchestra of Malta. Since then, she has appeared with orchestras such as Metropolitana Orchestra, Camerata Austriaca, Kaliningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Sinfonietta, European Chamber Orchestra, Arad State Philharmonic, Croatian Chamber Orchestra, and many others, performing in Smetana Hall, Princess Grace Theatre, Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, United Nations NY, Chateau Saint-Anne and so on. She has maintained a keen interest in contemporary music, which has led to many world premieres.
Farrugia is an international ambassador for EMMA for Peace under the patronage of UNESCO and honorary president Riccardo Muti. She finished her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London and is currently a piano professor at the Music Academy in Pula, Croatia. Her mentor is Boris Petrushansky.
'Mediterranean' recording of Charles Camilleri for Naxos.
Sfiso Buthelezi
Bheki Cele
Paul Mashatile
Malusi Gigaba
Chris Hani
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).
Ethan Vernon
The Denisovans or Denisova hominins are archaic humans in the genus "Homo". They may be 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 inhabited 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.
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.
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.
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.
Rhigos
Fairlington, Arlington, Virginia
New Leipzig, North Dakota
New Leipzig is a city in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 221 at the 2010 census.
Forkland, Alabama
Forkland is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Union, Alabama
Union is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Fort Deposit, Alabama
Fort Deposit is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Gaylesville, Alabama
Gaylesville is a town in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. The population was 144 at the 2010 census.
Kimberly, Alabama
Kimberly is a city in Alabama in the United States.
Lexington, Alabama
Lexington is a town of Lauderdale County in the state of Alabama, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 735, down from 840 in 2000.
Pope Adeodatus I
Bantu Holomisa
Fana Hlongwane
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.
KC Masterpiece 400
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.
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.
Children of Muhammad
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, wo was born to Maria al-Qibtiyya.
Muhammad's children were:
Kansas Speedway
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.
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.
The inaugural race weekend held in June of 2001 for the Winston West Series, ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series), NASCAR Busch Series (now the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (now the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series), also the Indy Racing League also made their debut in July, The first NASCAR Winston Cup Series race was won by Jeff Gordon in September.
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.
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 .
Georgiana, Alabama
Georgiana is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
McKenzie, Alabama
McKenzie is a town in Butler and Conecuh counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 644 at the 2000 census and had decreased to 530 as of the 2010 census.
Geraldine, Alabama
Geraldine is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Hammondville, Alabama
Hammondville is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Henagar, Alabama
Henagar is a city in Alabama in the United States.
Ider, Alabama
Ider is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Mentone, Alabama
Pine Ridge, Alabama
Pine Ridge is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Powell, Alabama
Powell is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Sand Rock, Alabama
Shiloh, DeKalb County, Alabama
Shiloh is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Sylvania, Alabama
Sylvania is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Valley Head, Alabama
Valley Head is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Dawson, Alabama
Dogtown, Alabama
Glen Allen, Alabama
Glenwood, Alabama
Glenwood is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Madrid, Alabama
Madrid ( ) is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. According to 2010 US Census, there were 350 people living there.
Kinsey, Alabama
Kinsey is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Rehobeth, Alabama
Rehobeth is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Taylor, Alabama
Taylor is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Webb, Alabama
Webb is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Acadia Parish () is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,773. The parish seat is Crowley. The parish was founded from parts of St. Landry Parish in 1886.
Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Ascension Parish () is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 107,215. The parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was founded in 1807.
Toyota/Save Mart 350
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.
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.
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.
Pitting on Gilligan's Island had several other inconveniences, The location (the staging area for the drag races, was landlocked by the race course, and crew members were unable to leave once the race began, Teams sent the only pit crew to Gilligan's Island, and once they were there, they could not access the garage area or their transporters, to collect spare parts/tools, The only repairs that could be made were routine tire changes and refueling, as well as major repairs, If a team pitting on Gilligan's Island dropped out of the race, The crewman were unable to pack their supplies and prepare to leave (a common practice at other tracks) until the race was over.
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.
The trophy was in form of wine bottle holder paired with a giant wine glass as a nod to NAPA County's wine country.
Coke Zero Sugar 400
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.
Linton Freeman
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.
Khaira Arby
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.
Russ Heath
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.
Dieter Thomas Heck
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.
George Sheldon (politician)
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.
Wildwood, New Jersey
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.
Franck Venaille
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.
Tom Frost
Tom Frost ( – 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.
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.
Tomah, Wisconsin
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.
Fitchburg, Wisconsin
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.
Robin Leach
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.
Princeton Lyman
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.
Cornville, Arizona
Cornville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 3,280, down from 3,335 at the 2000 census. The Cornville CDP includes the communities of Cornville and Page Springs.
Senator John McCain lived and died in Cornville.
Valentina Rastvorova
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.
Ciril Zlobec
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.
Sanjay Gupta
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.
Novi, Michigan
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.
Don Lemon
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.
Lindsay Kemp
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.
Noam Sheriff
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.
The Deemster
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.
Perry, Georgia
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 13,839 at the 2010 census.
Endometriosis is a sickness when endometrium cells of the uterus grow outside the uterus. As many as 11% of American women between 15 and 44 years-old may have this sickness. It is most common in women 30-40 years-old. Having endometriosis can make it hard to have a baby. Endometriosis can be treated by a doctor. Treating endometriosis may help a woman get pregnant.
Other problems:
A woman can have endometriosis for a long time. It can be very painful. Women with endometriosis can have problems with their menstrual flow. This sickness can be so painful that it affects many areas of life.
Endometriosis is hard to find in some women. To find endometriosis in a woman a doctor may order many medical tests. These tests may be a pelvic exam and an ultrasound. When a woman has a pelvic exam the doctor will feel for lumps or scars. An ultrasound will help the doctor see cysts on the ovaries. The doctor may put a wand-shaped ultrasound probe into the vagina. A scanner may be used on your abdomen. Another test may be used. It is called an MRI. The MRI takes a picture of the inside of the body.
A doctor may try to 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 treated with surgery on some women. This is called laparoscopy. The doctor doing the surgery can look inside the body to find endometriosis tissue. Surgery is the only way to be sure that a woman has endometriosis. The doctor may see endometriosis tissue during laparoscopy. A doctor may remove a sample and study it under the microscope to decide.
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.
Auto Club Speedway
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.
IndyCar hosted events since 2012 with its season finale (a 500-mile night race), the series previously ran a 400-mile race from 2002 to 2005.
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.
On January 10, 1997, Marlboro Team Penske's driver Paul Tracy became the first driver to test on the new speedway, NASCAR held its first open test session on at the track from May 5-7, The official opening and ribbon cutting ceremony was held on June 20, 1997, with the first race, a NASCAR West Series race, being held the next day.
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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Lawrence J. DeNardis
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.
Michael Stonebraker
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".
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport is a small city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston. The population was 17,416 at the 2010 census.
Denise Scott Brown
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.
Beverly Willis
Beverly Willis (born February 17, 1928) is 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.
Jacksonville Landing shooting
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.
Elite Dangerous or "Elite: Dangerous" is an online-only space adventure, trading, and combat simulation video game made by Frontier Developments. The player is a spaceship pilot in a realistic recreation of the Milky Way. The people who made the game designed it to be very close to a exact copy of the Milky Way as possible.
Margarita Mamun
Margarita "Rita" Mamun (born November 1, 1995 in Moscow, Russia) is a retired Russian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She has won fourteen World Championships medals, including two all-around silver medals in 2014 and 2015. Mamun starred in the documentary film "Over the Limit."
Mamun has a Bangladeshi father and a Russian mother. Her mother is a former rhythmic gymnast. Mamun began training in rhythmic gymnastics when she was seven years old. As a junior gymnast, Mamun represented Bangladesh for one year. As a senior gymnast, she represented Russia. Mamun became a senior gymnast in 2011. That year, she won a bronze medal in the all-around and a gold medal in ball finals at the Montreal World Cup. In 2011, she was ranked twenty-second in the world. In 2012, Mamun won three bronze medals at the Deriugina World Cup. She also won the all-around gold at the Sofia World Cup, and won the team gold medal at the Aeon Cup. Mamun was ranked seventeenth in the world in 2012. She did not compete at the 2012 London Olympics.
In 2013, Mamun competed at the Moscow Grand Prix and won the all-around gold medal. She also won three gold medals and one bronze in the apparatus finals. At the 2013 European Championships, Mamun and her teammates won team gold for Russia. She won a gold medal and three silver medals in the apparatus finals. Mamun competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade, where she won all-around gold and three gold medals in the apparatus finals. At the 2013 World Championships, Mamun won two gold medals and a bronze in the apparatus finals. She was ranked first in the world during the 2013 season.
In 2014, Mamun again competed at the Moscow Grand Prix and won the all-around gold medal. She won three gold medals and one silver in the apparatus finals. Mamun competed at the 2014 European Championships, but only placed fifth in the all-around. At the 2014 World Championships, Mamun and her teammates won team gold. Mamun won the all-around silver medal, as well as two gold medals and two silvers in the apparatus finals. She was ranked second in the world in 2014.