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Burmese Days is a novel by George Orwell. It was his first novel. It was published in 1934. The book is about colonialism and racism in Burma.

Background
George Orwell worked as a policeman in Burma for five years. He thought the way people were treated in parts of the British Empire was unfair and he used some of his own experiences as ideas. For example, he based the fictional town of Kyauktada on the real town of Katha, where he worked.

Orwell finished writing the book in 1933 and it was published the year after. He had it published in the United States because of concerns that the characters were described too much like actual people in Orwell's life and made them look bad.

Plot
In Burma, a man called John Flory lives on his own. He is unhappy with his life and misses his home in England but he has been in Burma so long, he does not feel like he can return home. Flory does not like the other English people in the town. He thinks they treat the local people very cruelly. Flory's best friend is an Indian doctor called Veraswami and some people make fun of him for being friendly with someone who is not white.

A young lady called Elizabeth moves to the town and Flory plans to marry her. He hopes that if he does, he might be able to become happy. At the same time, an important Burmese man in the town called U Po Kyin makes a plan to have more power and this effects Flory and Veraswami.

Flory kills himself.

U Po Kyin believe that he can wipe out the negative karma of his evil actions by giving money to build pagodas. However, he dies of a stroke before the first pagoda can be built. His wife has a dream where he is reborn as a snake or frog.

Characters 
 John Flory, called James Flory in some copies of the book, is the main character. In the novel, he is just "Flory."
 Elizabeth Lackersteen is an English girl and Flory's love interest.
 Mr. Lackersteen is Elizabeth's uncle.
 Mrs. Lackersteen is Elizabeth's aunt and Mr. Lackersteen's wife.
 Dr. Veraswami is an Indian doctor and Flory's friend.
 U Po Kyin is a corrupt Burmese magistrate. He is described as ugly and fat.
 Ma Hla May is Flory's Burmese mistress.
 Ko S'la is Flory's servant. He feels sorry for Flory, who is unmarried and has no kids while he is married and has 5 kids.
 Lieutenant Verrall is a military officer posted in town. He is everything Flory is not: young, rich, and handsome. He looks down on everyone.
 Mr. Macgregor is Deputy Commissioner.
 Ellis is an Englishman who manages a timber company in Upper Burma. He is very racist.
 Francis and Samuel: Francis and Samuel are clerks. They are both Eurasian.

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Books by George Orwell
1934 books
Novels
Marianne Deborah Williamson (born July 8, 1952) is an American spiritual teacher, author, and lecturer. She has published twelve books, including four New York Times number one bestsellers.
  She is the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS
 in the Los Angeles area, and the co-founder of The Peace Alliance.

Williamson is on the Board of Directors of the RESULTS organization, which works to end poverty in the United States and around the world.

In January 2019, Williamson launched her presidential bid for the Democratic primaries in the 2020 election. She ended her campaign on January 10, 2020.

Early life
Williamson was born in Houston, Texas, in 1952. Williamson studied theater and philosophy at Pomona College in Claremont, California for two years before dropping out in her Junior year and moving to New York City to be a cabaret singer. In 1979, Williamson returned to Houston, where she ran a metaphysical bookstore.

Career
In 1997 Williamson published her book Healing the Soul of America (hardcover originally titled The Healing of America) and began a more energetic political engagement. In this book, Williamson laid out plans to “transform the American political consciousness and encourage powerful citizen involvement to heal our society.”

She has been a guest on television programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and Real Time with Bill Maher. In December 2006, a Newsweek magazine poll named her one of the fifty most influential baby boomers. She is known for her book A Course in Miracles, a non-religious self-study program of spiritual psychotherapy.

2014 U.S. House race
Williamson ran and lost in the election for the seat of California's 33rd congressional district in 2014.

Famous elected and public officials endorsed her campaign, including former Governors Jennifer Granholm and Jesse Ventura; former Congressmembers Dennis Kucinich and Alan Grayson; and Van Jones, among others. Alanis Morissette wrote and performed her campaign theme song, entitled Today.

2020 presidential campaign

On August 2, 2018, The Guardian reported that she was exploring the possibility of a presidential run in 2020. On January 28, 2019, Williamson formally announced her campaign in Los Angeles. After only appearing in one of the debates and low poll numbers, Williamson ended her campaign on January 10, 2020. She later endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in February 2020.

Personal life
Williamson is Jewish, and was briefly married. In 1990, Williamson had her only child, India Emma.

References

Other websites

 Official Web Site
 Marianne Williamson, article and shows at Oprah.com
 Marianne Williamson on "Politicking with Larry King"
 Sister Giant
 The Peace Alliance
 Project Angel Food

1952 births
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2020 United States presidential candidates
Educators from California
American political writers
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Politicians from Houston, Texas
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Johanna (Hannie) van Leeuwen  (18 January 1926 – 1 August 2018) was a Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party (until 1980) and the Christian Democratic Appeal. She was born in Delft, the Netherlands. 

Van Leeuwen was an MP from 1966 to 1978, and a Senator from 1995 to 2007.

She also was an alderwoman of Zoetermeer, and acting mayor of Hazerswoude and Nootdorp.

Hannie van Leeuwen died in Rotterdam on 1 August 2018, aged 92.

References

Other websites
  Parlement.com biography

1926 births
2018 deaths
Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians
Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
Aldermen of the Netherlands
Dutch Calvinists
Dutch councillors
Dutch mayors
Dutch people of World War II
Dutch women politicians
Former members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
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People from Delft
Politicians from South Holland
A Clergyman's Daughter is a novel by George Orwell. It was published in 1935. It tells the story of a young woman called Dorothy Hare who loses her memory and finds herself lost in London.

Background
George Orwell spent some time living rough on the streets and working in fields in Kent so that he could understand what life was like for poor people. These experiences gave Orwell some of the ideas he used for the book.

After the book was released, Orwell said that he did not like it and he did not want it to be published again whilst he was alive. He did say that it could be published again if his family needed money after he died.

Plot
The story has five chapters which are each written in a different style.

Chapter 1
Dorothy Hare is a young woman who lives with her father, a clergyman. He is very strict and treats Dorothy badly. She spends her days working hard for her father with no time for herself. One evening, she is invited to dinner by a male friend, Mr. Warbuton, who sexually assaults her. Afterwards, she stays up late to finish some work for the church.

Chapter 2
Dorothy is  now in London with no memory of the past eight days. She meets a group of young people who bring her to Kent to work in the fields with them. When she returns to London, it is difficult for her to find a place to stay and after a while she is homeless and has to sleep in Trafalgar Square.

Chapter 3
Dorothy spends a night outdoors in Trafalgar Square. She is arrested and spends 12 hours in prison.

Chapter 4
Dorothy's father sends a letter to his cousin who helps Dorothy to get a job as a school teacher. The owner of the school is only interested in making money but Dorothy tries to make the classes more interesting for the students. The owner of the school does not like this and after a while she tells Dorothy to leave the school and Dorothy loses her job.

Chapter 5
As Dorothy leaves the school, Mr. Warbuton arrives. He tells Dorothy that someone had spread rumours about her behaving badly but nobody believed them anymore and it was safe for Dorothy to return home. Mr. Warbuton asks Dorothy to marry him but she says no and ends up back in her old routine.

References 

1935 books
Novels
Books by George Orwell
{{Infobox motor race|Race title=Auto Club 400|Track map=Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) - Speedway.svg|Series long=Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series|Series short=|Venue=Auto Club Speedway|Location=Fontana, California, United States|Sponsor=Automobile Club of Southern California|First race=1997|Distance=400 miles (643.737 km)|Laps=200 (Stage 1: 60Stage 2: 60Stage 3: 80)|Previous_names=California 500 presented by NAPA (1997-1999)NAPA Auto Parts 500 (2000-2002)Auto Club 500 (2003-2010)|Most wins driver=Jimmie JohnsonJeff GordonMatt Kenseth (3)|Most wins team=Roush Fenway Racing (7)|Most wins manufacturer=Ford (10)|Surface=Asphalt|Length mi=2|Turns=4}}
The Auto Club 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held annually at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, It is held as the fifth race of the NASCAR season, held in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series the previous day, From 1997-2010, the race distance was 500 miles in distance, For the 2011 season onward, the race distance reduced to 400 miles in length.

 Past winners 2006, and 2014–2017: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.. The 2015 race took two attempts.2008: Race started on Sunday but was finished on Monday due to rain.2011: Race distance changed from 500 miles to 400. Kevin Harvick passed Jimmie Johnson on the last lap to win, the first last lap pass in ACS history.2012:''' Race shortened due to rain.

Multiple winners (drivers)

Multiple winners (teams)

Manufacturer wins

Television broadcasters

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NASCAR tracks
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1997 in sports
The 1930 Dominican Republic hurricane was one of the most deadly tropical cyclones in the history of the Caribbean or Atlantic basin. It was the fifth deadliest Atlantic storm on record.

The hurricane was small although strong when it went through the Caribbean.

The storm caused 2,000-8,000 deaths, mostly in the Dominican Republic.

Damage from the storm was over $50 million.

The storm also struck Cuba and southern Florida. It then brushed eastern North Carolina with strong tropical storm force winds.

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Hurricane Bret was the only hurricane to Texas in the 1990s. The storm hit a lightly populated region of Texas on August 22-23, 1999. It was a small hurricane.

Bret struck south-central Texas with winds of .

There were four indirect deaths from the storm in Texas. Bret killed no people directly.

Damage from Bret was unusually low for a major hurricane.

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1999 in the United States
August events
The STP 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. It is held every spring at Martinsville Speedway, It was first run in 1950 and held in conjunction with the Camping World Truck Series race the previous day. Goody's Powder sponsored the race from 1996 to 2002 and again in 2007 to 2012. The race is first of two races held at the racetrack, with the other one being the First Data 500 in November.

The trophy is in the form of a grandfather clocks.

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1949 establishments in the United States
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The O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 is an annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

History 
Samsung sponsored the race from 2002-2012, the sponsorship was grandfathered in 2003 when Nextel became title sponsor, when they banned wireless sponsorships, since the merger in 2005 with Sprint and Nextel, since Sprint and Nextel were combined.

Past winners 

 1997: Jeff Burton
 1998: Mark Martin
 1999: Terry Labonte
 2000: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
 2001: Dale Jarrett
 2002: Matt Kenseth
 2003: Ryan Newman
 2004: Elliott Sadler
 2005: Greg Biffle
 2006: Kasey Kahne
 2007: Jeff Burton
 2008: Carl Edwards (race extended to 339 laps due to overtime)
 2009: Jeff Gordon
 2010: Denny Hamlin
 2011:Matt Kenseth
 2012: Greg Biffle
 2013: Kyle Busch
 2014: Joey Logano (race extended to 340 laps due to overtime)
 2015: Jimmie Johnson
 2016: Kyle Busch
 2017: Jimmie Johnson
 2018: Kyle Busch

References

Other websites 
 

1990s establishments in Texas
1997 establishments in the United States
NASCAR tracks
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
1997 in sports
Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a novel by George Orwell. It was published in 1936 and it was Orwell's third book. It tells the story of a man who does not want to focus on money and tries to live a different life.

Background
Like the character in the book, Orwell spent some time working in a book shop. He used some of these experiences of living in poverty to give him ideas for the book.

George Orwell said afterwards that he did not like this book. He said that it should not be published again until after he had died.

Plot
The main character is a man called Gordon Comstock. He had a well paid job until he gave it up for a part time job in a book shop so he could spend more time writing poetry. He does not have much money and he struggles to pay for the basic things he needs like food and a place to live.

References 

1936 books
Fiction books
Coming Up for Air is a novel by George Orwell. It was published in 1939, just before the beginning of World War II. It tells the story of a man called George Bowling who sees the world changing around him.

Background
Orwell wrote the book in Morocco. He was there to get better after being shot in the Spanish Civil War.

Plot
George Bowling is a 45 year old man who lives with his wife and children. He thinks about when he was a child and he used to enjoy spending time outdoors and going fishing. He wins some money on a horse race and decides to spend it on visiting the town where he grew up. When he returns to the town, he sees that everything has changed and that all the good things from his memories are now gone.

References 

British novels
1939 books
Fiction books
English-language novels
The Advance Auto Parts Clash is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series exhibition race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in February  the weekend before the Daytona 500, It began as the Busch Clash and was a 50-mile "all out sprint",  In its current format, it is made up of two segments, starting with the 25-lap segment, which culminates with the final 50-lap segment, The race, like the Monster Energy NASCAR All Star Race in May, carries no points for the winner but rather a large purse, circumstances which are supposed to encourage an all-out driving style not seen in regular season races, where one series mistake can largely ruin a season. However, due to the smaller fields, huge crashes in the Daytona 500 are uncommon.

The 1987 race, won by Bill Elliott, was completed at an average speed of , It stands as the fastest-sanctioned race in the history of NASCAR (though it was not a points-paying event).

Race format 

 1979-1990: The race consisted of a single twenty-lap (50 mile) green flag sprint with no pit stops required, Caution flags do not count.
 1991-1997: The race was broken up into two ten-lap green flag segments, the field was then inverted for the second ten-lap segment,  Prize money was awarded for both segments for all positions, The race had been broken up into two segments, because it was lacking competitiveness since restrictor places was used in 1988, The inversion rule needed some excitement to the event.
 1998-2000: The event was renamed the Bud Shootout, and consisted of 25-laps, the Bud Shootout Qualifier ran at 11 a.m. and the Shootout itself ran at 12 p.m.
 2001-2002: The race renamed to the Budweiser Shootout, and expanded to a new race distance (70 laps, 125 miles), Caution laps would be counted, but the finish of the race had to be finished under green, except for the Green-white-checker-finish rule for the Camping World Truck Series, if necessary, A maximum of one pit-stop was required, The Bud Shootout qualifier was discontinued but the second round qualifying for Cup Series races was eliminated.
 2003-2008: The race was broken up into two segments,  followed by a ten-minute intermission, While a pit-stop was no longer required by a rule, a reduction of fuel-cell size (from 22 gallons to 13 gallons) made a fuel pit stop necessary, (In 2007, Fuel cells were expanded to 18.5 gallons) Many drivers who changed tires during their fuel stop, as time required to fuel the car allowed a two-tire change.     
 2009-2012: The race was expanded to 25 laps, followed by the 50 lap final segment, the race distance was expanded to 75 laps (187.5 miles)
 2013-2015: The race was divided into three segments (30 laps, 25 laps, 20 laps, which online fan voting was necessary, deciding certain aspects (lengths of the race, requirements of mandatory pit stops, numbers of drivers eliminated, etc.) The total distance of the race was 75 laps in length.

Past winners

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1970s establishments in Florida
1979 establishments in the United States
NASCAR tracks
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
1979 in sports
The Can-Am Duel is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series preliminary event before to the Daytona 500 held annually in February at Daytona International Speedway, It consists of two races, held on Thursday, determine the starting lineup for the Daytona 500 on Sunday.

Qualifying for the Daytona 500 is unique in NASCAR, Only the two front row starters (the pole position and the outside pole) are determined by the ordinary qualifying process of timed laps, After the top two positions are locked in, the rest of the starting grid is set in the finishing order in both races, Drivers participate in one of the two races, Half the field entering the Daytona 500 races in the first race, and the other half the second, The finishing order of the first race fills the odd positions in the starting grid (inside of each row), and the finishing order for the second race fills the even positions of the starting grid (outside of each row).

References

Related pages 
 Daytona 500
 Advance Auto Parts Clash
 Coke Zero Sugar 400

1959 establishments in Florida
NASCAR tracks
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
1959 in sports
February events
The Food City 500 is an annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held at Bristol Motor Speedway, it is one of two NASCAR races held at the circuit, with the other one being the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race in mid August,  It was the first venue to host the fifth-generation car, a race won by Kyle Busch.

The Food City 500 was sponsored by Stand Up to Cancer.

History 
The Food City 500 is one of the famous races at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee, and it is home to two Xfinity Series race, two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races and one Camping World Truck Series race.  

In 2010 and 2017, Kyle Busch swept all three series at Bristol in the fall race.

Past winners

References 

1961 establishments in the United States
1960s establishments in Tennessee
NASCAR tracks
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
1961 in sports
Alpha Oumar Konaré (born 2 February 1946) is a former President of Mali for two five-year terms (1992 to 2002), and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.

In September 2021, Konaré was urgently hospitalized in Morocco at Cheikh Zaid Hospital in Rabat.

Other websites

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1946 births
Presidents of Mali
Activists
Living people
Chairpersons of the African Union Commission
Randolph County is a county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,913. The county seat is Wedowee. The name is in honor of John Randolph, a member of the United States Senate from Virginia.

Randolph County was founded on December 18, 1832.

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1832 establishments in Alabama
Alabama counties
Wedowee is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the county seat of Randolph County. At the 2010 census the population was 823, up from 818 in 2000.

Towns in Alabama
County seats in Alabama
Russell County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,947. The county seat is Phenix City. The name is in honor of Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, who fought in the wars against the Creek Indians.

Russell County was founded on December 18, 1832.

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1832 establishments in Alabama
Alabama counties
St. Clair County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 83,593. It has two county seats in Ashville and another in Pell City. It is one of two counties in Alabama, and one of 33 in the United States, with more than one county seat. The name is in honor of General Arthur St. Clair, an officer in the French and Indian War.

St. Clair County was founded on November 20, 1818.

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Alabama counties
Sumter County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,763. The county seat is Livingston. The name is in honor of General Thomas Sumter of South Carolina.

Sumter County was founded on December 18, 1832.

Bordering counties 
 Pickens County (north)
 Greene County (northeast)
 Marengo County (southeast)
 Choctaw County (south)
 Lauderdale County, Mississippi (southwest)
 Kemper County, Mississippi (west)
 Noxubee County, Mississippi (northwest)

Communities

Cities 
 Livingston (county seat)
 York

Towns 
 Cuba
 Emelle
 Epes
 Gainesville
 Geiger

Census-designated places 
 Bellamy
 Panola

Unincorporated communities 
 Intercourse
 Ward
 Warsaw

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Alabama counties
Cuba is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 346, down from 363 in 2000.

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Towns in Alabama
Gainesville is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2010 census the population was 208, down from 220.

Gainesville was founded in 1832 and incorporated in 1835.

1832 establishments in Alabama
Towns in Alabama
Geiger is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 170, up from 161 in 2000.

Geiger was incorporated in 1912.

Towns in Alabama
Bellamy is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 543.

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Census-designated places in Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Allgood, formerly known as Chepultepec, is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2010 census, the population was 622.

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Towns in Alabama
Ashford is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 2,148 at the 2010 census, up from 1,853 at the 2000 census.

Ashford was incorporated in June 1891.

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Towns in Alabama
Belk is a town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 215.

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Towns in Alabama
Berry is a town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 1,148, down from 1,238 at the 2000 census.

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Towns in Alabama
Brilliant is a town in Marion County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 900, up from 762 in 2000.

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

Towns in Alabama
Talladega County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. In 2010, 82,291 people lived there. The county seat is Talladega.

Alabama counties
Dennis Michael Richardson (July 30, 1949 – February 26, 2019) was an American politician. On January 2, 2017, he became the 26th Secretary of State of Oregon. He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Oregon in the 2014 Oregon gubernatorial election.

Richardson was born in Los Angeles, California. He studied at Brigham Young University. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2003 to 2015.

In May 2018, Richardson was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer. He died on February 26, 2019 from the disease in Central Point, Oregon, aged 69.

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 Oregon Secretary of State
 Campaign website

1949 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from glioblastoma
Politicians from Los Angeles
Politicians from Oregon
State legislators of the United States
US Republican Party politicians
American military personnel of the Vietnam War
Lawyers from Los Angeles
Lawyers from Oregon
Ocuilan is a municipality in the state of México in Mexico.

Municipalities of Mexico (state)
From November 15 to 16, 2006, a series of tornadoes broke out across the southern United States. Most of the tornadoes happened on November 15, but ended with a deadly tornado in North Carolina on the morning of November 16.

Synopsis 
A moderate risk of severe weather was issued for the Southeast for the night of November 14 and November 15. It began in the overnight hours in Louisana and Arkansas. One tornado killed one person, another tornado in Mississippi led to several injuries, and in Montgomery, Alabama it destroyed a skating rink, but none of the 30 children inside suffered injuries.

As the squall line pushed into Georgia and northern Florida, it allowed for supercells to form. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Riegelwood, North Carolina and a tornado warning was issued at 6:29 a.m. ET. At 6:37 a.m., a F3 tornado touched down and struck a mobile home park, killing eight people including a 6-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy and 20 people were injured.

2006
Tornado outbreaks
2006 in the United States
Armand de Las Cuevas (26 June 1968 – 2 August 2018) was a French racing cyclist. He was born in Troyes, France. He won races such as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Clásica de San Sebastián. He was thought to have been one of the best time-trialists of the early 1990s, having won many prologues and individual time trials. 
 
De Las Cuevas retired to Réunion in 1999, where he founded a cycling school. He killed himself in Réunion on 2 August 2018, aged 50.

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2018 deaths
Suicides in France
French cyclists
Daan Schijvers (18 September 1941 – 2 August 2018) was a Dutch football player. He played as a defender in Netherlands. He was also capped for the Dutch national team 22 times. Schrijvers made his debut for the Netherlands in a September 1962. He became skipper of the national team in 1964.

Schijvers died on 2 August 2018 at the age of 76.

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1941 births
2018 deaths
Dutch footballers
People from Breda
Sportspeople from North Brabant
Moshé Mizrahi (; 5 September 1931 – 3 August 2018) was an Egyptian-Israeli movie director. He directed 14 movies in both Israel and France. Three of his movies were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, I Love You Rosa, The House on Chelouche Street and Madame Rosa, with the last of these winning the award.

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1931 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
Israeli Jews
Movie directors
People from Alexandria
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski (10 March 1917 – 3 August 2018) was a Polish brigadier general and aviator. He was a participant of the Warsaw Uprising during the World War II. He was a Polish Air Force officer.

Ścibor-Rylski retired with the rank of brigadier general in the Polish Land Forces. He was rewarded several Polish awards and decorations, including Virtuti Militari. He was Chairman of the Association of Warsaw Insurgents.

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Generals
Centenarians
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Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American rock and roll musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. Nelson starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. He was added into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.  In 1996 Nelson was ranked #49 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. He starred in Rio Bravo (1959). He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958.

Nelson and Sharon Kristin Harmon were married on April 20, 1963, and divorced in December 1982. They had four children: Tracy Kristine, twin sons Gunnar Eric and Matthew Gray, and Sam Hilliard.

Nelson was killed in a plane crash near De Kalb, Texas on December 31, 1985 at the age of 45.

Related pages
List of country musicians from New Jersey

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1940 births
1985 deaths
Aviation deaths in the United States
American rock singers
American rock guitarists
American singer-songwriters
American pop singers
American pop musicians
American folk singers
American folk musicians
American movie actors
American television actors
American child actors
Singers from New Jersey
Musicians from New Jersey
Actors from New Jersey
The Chuckle Brothers were an English children's entertainment comedy double act, comprising Barry David Elliott (24 December 1944 – 5 August 2018) and Paul Harman Elliott (born 18 October 1947). They were known for their work on their BBC show ChuckleVision. The comedy of the Chuckle Brothers usually were slapstick and other visual gags, and their catchphrases included "To me, to you" and "Oh dear, oh dear".

Their older brothers, Jimmy and Brian, were the comedy duo Patton Brothers.

On 5 August 2018, Barry died after a long battle with bone cancer, aged 73.

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1944 births
1947 births
2018 deaths
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Living people
Duos
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British television actors
British movie actors
British stage actors
Actors from Yorkshire
Ellen Joyce Loo (27 March 1986 – 5 August 2018) was a Canadian-born Hong Kong singer-songwriter. She was a founding member of the electrofolk and cantopop musical group at17. Loo was born in Toronto.

Loo was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2013. She died after falling from her apartment building in Hong Kong on 5 August 2018, at the age of 32.

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1986 births
2018 deaths
People with bipolar disorder
Canadian singer-songwriters
Singers from Hong Kong
Singers from Toronto
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Suicides by jumping
Piotr Szulkin (; 26 April 1950 – 5 August 2018) was a Polish movie director and screenwriter. He directed over thirty movies, both Polish and international productions. He was a recipient of "Best Science Fiction Film Director" at Eurocon in 1984. He was also a professor at the National Film School in Łódź. His best known movies are The War of the Worlds: Next Century and O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization.

Szulkin died in Łódź on 5 August 2018, aged 68.

References

Other websites

Piotr Szulkin  at culture.pl

1950 births
2018 deaths
Polish movie directors
Polish screenwriters
Polish educators
People from Gdańsk
David Pasquesi (born December 23, 1960) is an American comedian and actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. His best known roles are in Groundhog Day, Strangers with Candy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Return to Me, The Ice Harvest, and Veep.

Pasquesi mainly works on stage in Chicago where he lives.

References

Other websites

Dave Pasquesi's Official Site
NY Times Theater Review of TJ and Dave
TJ and Dave Website

1960 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from Chicago
Comedians from Chicago
Szeged is a city in Hungary. It is the fourth-largest city of the country by population. 

Szeged and the surrounding area have been inhabited since ancient times. The University of Szeged is one of the most renowned universities in Hungary.

Landmarks 
The town center is recognizable by two important landmarks:

 Fogadalmi templom (Votive Church), a twin-spired church what construction began in 1913, but due to the outbreak of World War I, it was not completed until 1930;
 Víztorony (Water Tower), a water tower built in 1904 and one of the symbols of reinforced concrete construction in Hungary.

Other landmarks in Szeged:

 Telefontorony (Telephone tower), a TV-tower in Rókus that is the tallest building in Szeged
 Kiskundorozsmai szélmalom (Windmill of Kiskundorozsma), a windmill in the suburban region of Szeged

Connections 
Two motorways and two national roads are connected with Szeged:

 The terminal junction of M5 is located to the west of Szeged and heading north to Budapest.
 The M43 starts from the M5 and heads towards the Romanian border.
 The road 47 goes north from Szeged and eventually reaches Debrecen.
 The road 55 goes west from Szeged, and spans into M6.

References

Other websites
Official website with cam (Hungarian)

Cities in Hungary
Pécs is a city in Hungary. It is the fifth-largest city of the country by population. The city is located on the slopes of Mecsek mountains. Many People of Danube Swabians background life there and named local as Stifolder, because there Ancestors came once from Fulda (district).

Landmarks 
The town center can be recognized by two important buildings:

 Szent Péter és Szent Pál székesegyház (Pécs Cathedral), a church recognizable by its four tall towers;
 Pécsi magasház ("Tall-house of Pécs"), a big residential building which was found to have problems, was emptied in 1989 and demolished in 2016.

Pécs also have 1 more recognizable-building:

 Pécsi tévétorony (Pécs TV Tower), a tall television tower standing in the Mecsek mountains.

Connections 
It's situated between M6 and M7 motorways, both of which originate from Budapest.

There are also minor roads providing access to Pécs. A westward road (Road 6) provides connection (via Road 68) to the western end of M7, furthermore to the Road 8. An eastward road (Road 55) connects the city with Szeged.

Trivia 
Twin-cities of Pécs:

 Arad, RO
 Cluj-Napoca, RO
 Dijon, FR
 Fellbach, DE
 Graz, AT
 Grenoble, FR
 Kraków, PL
 Kütahya, TR
 Lahti, FI
 Lyon, FR
 Novi Sad, RS
 Olomouc, CZ
 Osijek, HR
 Pula, HR
 Seattle, US
 Sliven, BG
 Terracina, IT
 Tucson, US
 Tuzla, BA

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Mull (, ) is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye). It lies off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute.

It has an area of . Mull is the fourth largest Scottish island and the fourth largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland). 

In the 2011 census the usual population of Mull was 2,800.  In the summer there are also many tourists. Much of the population lives in Tobermory, the only burgh on the island until 1973, and its capital.

Tobermory is also home to Mull's only single malt Scotch whisky distillery: Tobermory distillery (formerly Ledaig).

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Alan Garner OBE (born 17 October 1934) is an English author who writes children's fantasy novels.

Early life 
Garner was born in Congleton in the front room of his grandfather's house. He grew up in a town called Alderley Edge. His family told stories about the local area involving kings, knights and wizards. He played with his friends in the cliffs and forests around the town. He later used these experiences to give him ideas for his books. In 1953 he went to Oxford University but left after a few years because he wanted to concentrate on writing.

Writing career 
Garner worked as a labourer until his first book The Weirdstone of Brisingamen was published in 1960. It is set in the Alderley Edge mines and the story is about wizards and knights underground, just like in the stories Garner's family would tell. After the book was published, Garner gave up his job and started working as a television reporter instead. He made very little money. At this time, he started to work on a second book called The Moon of Gomrath. In 1965, Elidor was published, telling the story of four children who enter a fantasy world.

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Tallapoosa County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,616. The county seat is Dadeville. The name Tallapoosa is of Creek origin, and many Indian villages were along the banks of the lower river before the 19th century.

Tallapoosa County was founded on December 18, 1832.

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Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,581. The county seat is Chatom. The county was named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.

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Wilcox County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,670. The county seat is Camden.

History 
Wilcox County was founded on December 13, 1819. The county was named after Joseph M. Wilcox, a U.S. Army lieutenant who was killed in Alabama during the Creek War.

Geography 
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (2.1%) is water.

Major highways 
 State Route 5
 State Route 10
 State Route 21
 State Route 25
 State Route 28
 State Route 41
 State Route 89
 State Route 162
 State Route 164
 State Route 221
 State Route 265

Bordering counties 
Dallas County (northeast)
Lowndes County (east-northeast)
Butler County (east-southeast)
Monroe County (south)
Clarke County (southwest)
Marengo County (northwest)

Communities

City 
 Camden (county seat)

Towns 
 Oak Hill
 Pine Apple
 Pine Hill
 Yellow Bluff

Census-designated places 
 Boykin
 Catherine

Unincorporated communities 

 Ackerville
 Alberta
 Anne Manie
 Arlington
 Canton Bend
 Coy
 Furman
 Gee's Bend
 Lower Peach Tree
 McWilliams
 Millers Ferry
 Pebble Hill
 Snow Hill
 Sunny South

Ghost town 
 Prairie Bluff
 Ruthven

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Winston County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,540. Its county seat is Double Springs. It was also known as Hancock County before 1858, the county is named in honor of John A. Winston, the fifteenth Governor of Alabama.

Winston County was founded under the name Hancock County on February 12, 1850.

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Double Springs is a town in Winston County, Alabama, United States. The town is the county seat of Winston County. At the 2010 census the population was 1,083, up from 1,003 in 2000.

Towns in Alabama
County seats in Alabama
Brookside is a town in north-central Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,363.

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Brookwood is a town in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in September 1977. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,828.

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Newton is a town in Dale County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census, there were 1,511 living in Newton.

Towns in Alabama
Carolina is a town in Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 297.

It is about  south of Montgomery and about  west of Dothan.

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Pleasant Groves is a town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated on February 17, 1993. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 420, down from 447 in 2000.

This town is not to be confused with Pleasant Grove.

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Dayton is a town in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. The population was 52 at the 2010 census, down from 60 in 2000.

Towns in Alabama
DeKalb County is a county in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,892. The county seat is Maysville. The county was founded on February 25, 1845. It is named after General Johann de Kalb, Baron de Kalb, of the American Revolutionary War.

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Cowarts is a town in Houston County, Alabama, United States. The town was incorporated in August 1961. At the 2010 census the population was 1,871, up from 1,546 in 2000.

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Towns in Alabama
Dozier  is a town in Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 329. Dozier was incorporated in 1907.

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Towns in Alabama
Discworld is a series of fantasy books by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948-2015). There are 41 novels in total as well as short stories and guidebooks. All of them are set on the Discworld, which is a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants who stand on the back of a giant turtle. Make believe creatures like dragons, dwarves and elves live on the Discworld.

Storylines
The Discworld books follow lots of different characters and storylines. Sometimes, the same main characters are used in several books to create a story arc:

Rincewind
Rincewind was the first main character in Discworld books. He is a wizard who does not know any spells and tries to run away from everything. Even though he is a coward, he saves the world several times by accident.

Death
Death is seen in all the Discworld books except for The Wee Free Men and Snuff. He is a seven foot tall skeleton who appears when people die to take their souls to the afterlife. Even though he is seen as frightening, he is sometimes kind to people. He especially likes cats.

City Watch
The City Watch is a police force in one of the main cities on the Discworld. At the beginning of the series, there are only a few members of the City Watch and they are lazy and useless. Later in the series, they grow to have many members and stop crimes around the city.

Witches
The main witch in the series is Granny Weatherwax. She seems not to like most people but still helps to heal them when they are sick and deliver babies.

Novels

References 

Fiction books
The Colour of Magic is a fantasy book by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 1983 and it is the first book in the Discworld series.

Plot
The story follows Rincewind, a wizard who can do no magic and is very cowardly. He is forced to act as a guide to a man called Twoflower who is the first tourist on Discworld.

Adaptations
A TV version of the book was made with David Jason playing the part of Rincewind.

A text based computer game version was released in 1986.

References 

Fantasy books
1983 books
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Science fiction books
The Light Fantastic is a fantasy book by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 1986 and it is the second book in the Discworld series.

Plot
The book follows on from The Colour of Magic. Rincewind the cowardly wizard continues his adventure with Twoflower the Discworld's first tourist.

Adaptations
A TV version of the book was made with David Jason playing the part of Rincewind, and Christopher Lee playing the part of Death.

References 

British novels
Fantasy books
1986 books
Nancy Ludlow Tuckerman (December 24, 1928 – August 1, 2018) was an American secretary. She was born in Manhattan, New York.

Career
Tuckerman was the White House Social Secretary during the Kennedy administration from early 1963 until Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn-in in November 1963. After the Kennedy assassination, she remained the personal secretary to Jackie Kennedy until Kennedy's death in 1994. 

Tuckerman died on August 1, 2018 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Salisbury, Connecticut, aged 89.

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2.0 is an Indian science fiction movie written and directed by S. Shankar, co-written by B. Jeyamohan, and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah. The movie serves as a spiritual successor to the 2010 Tamil movie Enthiran, and features Rajinikanth reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson. With an estimated budget of 570 crore it is the most expensive Indian movie made to date.

The movie is being shot  in Tamil  and additional dubbed releases in 13 other languages. The movie is scheduled to be released theatrically on 29 November 2018. This film received positive reviews.

Cast 
Rajinikanth as Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, and Kutti 3.0 (4 roles)
Amy Jackson as Nilla
Akshay Kumar as Pakshi Rajan
Aishwarya Rai as Sana (Special appearance)

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Indian movies
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Tamil-language movies
2010s science fiction movies
Science fiction action movies
Joël Robuchon (, 7 April 1945 – 6 August 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur. He was born in Poitiers, France. Robuchon was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989. He was awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France's best worker) in cuisine in 1976. He published many cookbooks. He also hosted culinary television shows in France.

Robuchon owned a dozen restaurants called: L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Bangkok, Bordeaux, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Macau, Monaco, Montreal, Paris, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, and New York City. He had a total of 32 Michelin Guide stars among them, the most of any chef in the world.

Robuchon died from pancreatic cancer on 6 August, 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland, aged 73.

References

Other websites
 Joël Robuchon's website
 Official website of Joël Robuchon's TV show

1945 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Cancer deaths in Switzerland
French chefs
French television presenters
French writers
People from Poitiers
Kris William Kobach (born March 26, 1966) is an American politician. He was the 31st Secretary of State of Kansas from 2011 to 2019. He served as Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party from 2007 to 2009. 

Kobach was the Republican candidate for Governor of Kansas after beating incumbent Governor Jeff Colyer in the primaries by 345 votes. He lost to Democrat Laura Kelly in the general election.

On July 8, 2019, Kobach launched his 2020 campaign for the United States Senate seat of retiring Senator Pat Roberts. He lost the Republican nomination to U.S. Representative Roger Marshall in August 2020.

Kobach was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He studied at Harvard University, University of Oxford, and at Howard University School of Law. He served on the Overland Park City Council. Kobach was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.

References

Other websites
 Kansas Secretary of State
 Campaign website 

1966 births
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People from Madison, Wisconsin
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The War of the Third Coalition was a European War during the years 1803 to 1806. During the war, France and the countries it conquered, led by Napoleon I, defeated an alliance, called The Third Coalition. The Third Coalition was made up of the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Britain and others. The main fighting in Central Europe ended with Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 but a smaller campaign continued in Italy until Napoleon won there, too.

Third coalition
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