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Jonathan Gold

Jonathan Gold (July 28, 1960 – July 21, 2018) was an American food critic. He wrote for the Los Angeles Times and wrote for LA Weekly and Gourmet. In 2007, he became the first food critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Gold died on July 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California from pancreatic cancer at the age of 57.

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Rene Portland

Maureen Theresa Muth "Rene" Portland (March 31, 1953 – July 22, 2018) was an American former head coach in women's college basketball. She was known for her 27-year career with the Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team. Her career includes 21 NCAA tournament appearances including a Final Four appearance in 2000. She was born in Broomall, Pennsylvania.

Portland was one of a few women's basketball coaches to have won 600 or more games at a single school, with a career record of 606–236 at Penn State. 

Portland died in Tannersville, Pennsylvania following a three year battle with peritoneal cancer on July 22, 2018, aged 65.

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Broomall, Pennsylvania

Broomall is a census-designated place (CDP) in  Marple Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,789 at the 2010 census.

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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé politician. He was the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until 2022. Previously, he served as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2002 to 2012. He also served as President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP). In January 2014, he left the ruling CDP and founded a new opposition party, the People's Movement for Progress.

He was elected as President of Burkina Faso in the November 2015 general election, winning a majority in the first round of voting.

In November 2021, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré must face demonstrations against the growing insecurity in the country and are in power.

On 23 January 2022, he was arrested by members of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces ​during a coup d'état. The next day, he was removed from office and replaced by the coup's leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

Biography

Early life 
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is the son of Charles Bila Kaboré and Antonine Kaboré who are both training teachers. They are Catholics from the Mossi ethnic group. 

Charles Bila Kaboré was appointed technical advisor to the Minister of the Interior and Security in 1961, before becoming Treasurer General of Upper Volta and member of the Economic and Social Council. From October 1963 to December 1965, he held the post of Minister of Finance, before taking the Ministry of Public Health until the fall of the First Republic, in January 1966. Financial Advisor and Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic until 1975, Charles Bila Kaboré is appointed deputy governor of the BCEAO (Central Bank of West African States) until 1982. He is then technical adviser and secretary general of the Burkinabe presidency before taking his retirement in 1985.

Education 
Kaboré studied at the Ouagadougou Center, a public primary school and Tougan until February 1968. He returned to Ouagadougou in CM2, at the public primary school, center B, where he obtained the certificate of studies. elementary primary. He graduated from Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-la-Salle College in Ouagadougou, where he obtained BEPC in 1972. He graduated in 1975.

He studied economics at the University of Dijon where, in 1979, he obtained a Master's degree in Economics and Management. In 1980, he finished a DESS in Management which gave him the Certificate of Qualification in Business Administration and Management.

From this period, he fought in the Federation of Black African Students in France (FEANF) which is very active at the time of independence and promotes the idea of ​​a unified Africa.

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Republic, Kansas

Republic is a city in Republic County, Kansas, United States. 116 people lived there in the 2010 census.

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Cities in Kansas
Thaddeus Radzilowski

Thaddeus C. Radzilowski (4 February 1938 – 20 July 2018) was an American historian, scholar, author, and professor. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was co-founder of the Piast Institute, a national institute for Polish and Polish-American affairs. His work focused on Poland and other Central and Eastern European nations, including Russia. 

Radzilowski taught widely in Europe and North America and published more than 100 monographs, edited collections, journal articles, book chapters and scholarly papers. 

Radzilowski died in Detroit on 20 July 2018 at the age of 80.

References

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 Piast Institute Website
 Piast Institute International Symposium on FEAR by Jan T. Gross

1938 births
2018 deaths
American historians
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Maurice Yaméogo

Maurice Yaméogo (31 December 1921 – 15 September 1993) was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, from 1959 until 1966.

Biography 

"Monsieur Maurice" incarnated the Voltaic state at the time of independence. As a member of the colonial administration, Maurice Yaméogo began his career in 1946 in the dense political landscape of Upper Volta thanks to his oratory skills. In May 1957, as part of the formation of the first Volta Government established by the framework law Defferre, he joined the coalition government formed by Ouezzin Coulibaly, as Minister of Agriculture under the label of the Movement Voltaic Democratic (MDV) . In January 1958, threatened by a motion of censure, Ouezzin Coulibaly debauched in favor of the Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally (UDV-RDA) Maurice Yaméogo and his allies at the assembly against the insurance of a promotion in the government. Maurice Yaméogo thus raises No. 2 of the government with the portfolio of the Interior, a key position that allows him when in September 1958 Ouezzin Coulibaly dies, to act as interim head of government.

Maurice Yaméogo quickly imposes his choices. After the proclamation of the Republic on December 11, 1958, it operates in 1959 a surprising reversal of position vis-à-vis the proposed Federation of Mali defended by Léopold Sédar Senghor. Although the Voltaic constituent assembly wanted Haute-Volta to join the Federation, Maurice Yaméogo opted for international sovereignty and regional integration limited to the economic sphere with the Entente Council. Then Yaméogo neutralizes any parliamentary opposition. The UDV-RDA purified of its adversaries, imposes in single party. Upper Volta is even before independence, on August 5, 1960, under the yoke of his dictatorship.

In foreign politics, jealous and admiring of the international success of his Ivorian colleague Félix Houphouët-Boigny, he challenged him by establishing an ephemeral customs union (1961-1962) with the very progressive Ghana of Kwame Nkrumah. Houphouët-Boigny quickly became his best ally in December 1965. Yaméogo signed with him an agreement to establish dual citizenship for Ivorian and Voltaic nationals. This project does not have time to succeed. On January 3, 1966, in a context of severe financial austerity measures, his corrupt regime was overthrown by a peaceful demonstration organized by the forces of the Voltaic nation: the unions, the so-called traditional chieftaincy and the clergy. The result is Maurice Yaméogo, an austerity linked to his dubious management of finances. In 1993, he died after being rehabilitated by the President of the Republic Blaise Compaore.

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1921 births
1993 deaths
Presidents of Burkina Faso
List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

This is a list of heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.

A total of eight people have served as head of state of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting three Transitional Heads of State/Presidents and one Acting President in rebellion).

The current head of state of Burkina Faso is the President of the Republic Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba since 2022.

List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

References

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World Statesmen – Burkina Faso
List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso

This is a list of prime ministers of Burkina Faso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present day.

A total of thirteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso.

Key
Political parties

Other factions

List

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World Statesmen – Burkina Faso
Paul Kaba Thieba

Paul Kaba Thieba (born 28 July 1959) is a Burkinabe economist. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 2016 to 2019. Thieba was appointed by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on 6 January 2016.

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1959 births
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Don McCarthy

Donald McCarthy, CBE (19 June 1955 – 21 July 2018) was a British entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was known for being the chairman of House of Fraser from 2006 to 2014. From 2007 until 2012 McCarthy also was chairman of Aurum, a British watch and jewellery retailer.

McCarthy was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to business and philanthropy.

McCarthy died on 21 July 2018 from cancer in London at the age of 63.

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Christoph Westerthaler

Christoph Westerthaler (11 January 1965 – 20 July 2018) was an Austrian football coach and former football player. He was born in Silz, Austria. He made his debut for Austria in an October 1989 friendly match against Malta. He was a small-built striker who started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck and stayed with them for 9 years.

Westerthaler died on 20 July 2018 from a heart attack, aged 53.

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RJ Mitte

Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III (born August 21, 1992) is an American actor, producer and model. He is best known for his role as Walter "Flynn" White Jr. on the AMC drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013). Like his character on the show, he has cerebral palsy. He has also appeared in Switched at Birth, Hannah Montana and Robot Chicken.

Mitte was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He was adopted as a baby. He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 2006.

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Fluid coupling

A fluid coupling or hydraulic coupling or fluid flywheel is a device used to transmit rotating mechanical power.  It has been used in automobile transmissions as an alternative to a mechanical clutch. It is simpler than a torque converter, but it does not provide any torque multiplication, so it must be used together with a gearbox.

References

Engineering
Vince Gilligan

George Vincent "Vince" Gilligan Jr. (born February 10, 1967) is an American television writer, producer and director. He is best known for creating the AMC drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–present). He also wrote and produced for the science fiction series The X-Files and was one of the creators of its spin-off The Lone Gunmen (2001).

Gilligan was born in Richmond, Virginia. He has been with his girlfriend, Holly Rice, since 1991. He is an agnostic.

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Batting (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat. It is done to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. 
Any player who is currently batting is called a batsman even if they are better in any other skills in cricket. Batsmen have to adapt to various conditions when playing on different cricket pitches, especially in different countries. A top-level batsman has good reflexes, decision-making and strategy with excellent physical batting skills.

During an innings two members of the batting side are on the pitch. The one facing the current delivery from the bowler is called 'the striker', while the other is the non-striker. When a batsman is out, he is replaced by a teammate. This continues until the end of the innings or until 10 of the team members are out. After the batting of first team is over the other team gets a turn to bat.

Batting tactics and strategy depends on the type of match being played. It also depends on the current state of play. Batsmen try to score many runs quickly without losing their wicket. To score quickly, risky shots must be played which increases the chances of batsman being out. Batsman's safest choice is to guard  the stumps but this may result in scoring fewer runs.

As with all other cricket statistics, batting statistics and records are given much attention. It helps to know how effectively a batsman is playing. The main statistic for batting is a player's batting average. This is calculated by dividing the number of runs he has scored by the number of times he has been out (dismissed).

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Cricket
Typhoon Maria (2018)

Typhoon Maria (called Typhoon Gardo in the Philippines) was a severe Western Pacific tropical cyclone in July 2018. The storm struck East China. Maria (Gardo) was an unusual Category 5 super typhoon when it hit Taiwan and China.

At her peak, Maria had winds of .

July 2018 events
Pacific typhoons
Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Eden Prairie is an city  southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County. It is the 12th-largest city in the State of Minnesota. It is the 7th-largest suburb in the Twin Cities, with a population of 60,797 at the 2010 census.

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Laura Fraser

Laura Fraser (born 24 July 1975) is a Scottish actress. She is best known for playing Door in the series Neverwhere, Kate in the movie A Knight's Tale, Cat MacKenzie in the drama series Lip Service and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul.

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1976 births
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Tor Erling Staff

Tor Erling Staff (22 February 1933 – 22 July 2018) was a Norwegian lawyer. Staff was born in Oslo. Staff started working for barrister Olaf Trampe Kindt. From 1967, he worked as a barrister in Oslo and at the Supreme Court.

Staff died in Oslo on 22 July 2018 at the age of 85.

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1933 births
2018 deaths
Lawyers
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Roh Hoe-chan

Roh Hoe-chan (, 31 August 1956 – 23 July 2018) was a South Korean politician. He was born in Busan. He was a member of the 17th, 19th, and 20th National Assembly from 2004 to 2008, 2012 to 2013 and again from 2016 until his death in 2018. A progressive, Roh was a member of the Justice Party from 2012 until his death.

Roh killed himself by jumping off his apartment on 23 July 2018 in Seoul at the age of 61.

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Official Website 

1956 births
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Jesse Plemons

Jesse Lon Plemons (born April 2, 1988) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights, Todd Alquist in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, and Ed Blumquist in the second season of the FX anthology series Fargo. He has also appeared in movies such as Like Mike (2002), Observe and Report (2009), Battleship (2012), The Master (2012), Black Mass (2015), Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017). In 2017, he starred in the Black Mirror episode "USS Callister".

Plemons was born in Dallas, Texas. He is engaged to actress Kirsten Dunst. They have a son.

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Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Point Pleasant is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 18,392.

References

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 Point Pleasant website

Boroughs in New Jersey
Ocean County, New Jersey
2017 South Korean presidential election

The 19th South Korean presidential election was held on 9 May 2017. The election was called after the impeachment and dismissal of President Park Geun-hye. The election was held in a single round on a first-past-the-post basis.

The election was originally scheduled to be held on 20 December 2017, but was moved earlier after the decision of the Constitutional Court on 10 March 2017 to uphold the parliament's impeachment of Park Geun-hye.

Opinion polling before April showed the Democratic Party's candidate, Moon Jae-in, runner-up in the 2012 election, as the front-runner and would later go on to win the election.

Candidates

Polling

Results

Notes

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Hong Jun-pyo

Hong Jun-pyo (born 5 December 1954), also spelled as Hong Joon-pyo, is a South Korean politician. He was the presidential nominee of the Liberty Korea Party in the 2017 South Korean presidential election. 

Hong is often seen similar to U.S. President Donald Trump and has been nicknamed "Hong Trump" due to his campaigning style. He was the Chairperson of the Liberty Korea Party from July 2017 to June 2018.

References

1954 births
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South Korean politicians
Yoo Seong-min

Yoo Seong-min (유승민, born 7 January 1958), also known as Yoo Seung-min, is a South Korean economist and politician. Yoo is a member of the Korean National Assembly and was the Bareun Party's presidential nominee in the 2017 South Korean presidential election.

References

1958 births
Living people
South Korean politicians
Sim Sang-jung

Sim Sang-jung (born 20 February 1959) is a South Korean politician. She was one of the five major presidential candidates in the 2017 South Korean presidential election. She ran as the Justice Party's nominee.

She is a member of the 20th National Assembly and the leader of the Justice Party.

References

1959 births
Living people
South Korean politicians
The Litterbug

The Litterbug is a 1961 animated short subject produced by Walt Disney Productions and featuring Donald Duck.
It was the last Donald Duck short produced.

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Donald Duck
Salimatou Fatty

Salimatou Fatty (born 2 February 1994) is a Gambian educator and gender advocate. She is currently a Global Partnership for Education  Youth Advocate and a Youth ambassador for international organizations including A World at School. She also serves as CEO of a Girls Education Foundation.

Personal life 
Fatty was born in Kerewan village in the North Bank Division of the Gambia in 1994 to Aja Fatoumatta Jarra Ceesay and Alhajie Saikou Fatty. She is the seventh of her mother's nine children.  She attended Oustass Keita Dara, where she learned to practise her religion, Islam.

Awards 
Fatty received the “African Leadership Award” in 2016 for her work in girls' education. She was also included in the list of the 2017 100 most influential young Africans across the continent.

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Lalgudi taluk

Lalgudi taluk is a taluk of Tiruchirapalli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Lalgudi.

Tiruchirapalli district
List of British Rail power classifications

The British Transport Commission, later British Railways, used engine power output to categorise its new main line diesel locomotive fleet following the 1955 modernisation plan. These categories were from Type 1 to Type 5 and are listed below.

Type 1
Up to 1,000 bhp
Class 14
Class 15
Class 16
Class 17
Class 20

Type 2
From 1,001 bhp to 1,499 bhp
Class 21
Class 22
Class 23
Class 24
Class 25
Class 26
Class 27
Class 28
Class 29
Class 30/31

Type 3
From 1,500 bhp to 1,999 bhp
Class 33
Class 35
Class 37

Type 4
From 2,000 bhp to 2,999 bhp
Class 40
Class 41
Class 42
Class 43
Class 44
Class 45
Class 46
Class 47
Class 48
Class 50
Class 52
Class 53
Class 57

Type 5
From 3,000 bhp
Class 55
Class 56
Class 58
Class 59
Class 60
Class 66
Class 67
Class 68
Class 70

References
List of types

British Rail Power Classifications
Sykes–Picot Agreement

The Sykes–Picot Agreement , officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was a secret 1916 agreement between the United Kingdom and France. It was approved by the Russian Empire. It allowed the European powers to divide parts of the Middle East for themselves after the surrender of the Ottoman Empire.

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Boudry (district)

Boudry District is one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It has a population of  (as of ). The district capital is the town of Boudry.

Municipalities 
The district has the following municipalities:

References 

Districts of Neuchâtel
La Chaux-de-Fonds (district)

La Chaux-de-Fonds District is one of the six districts of the largely French-speaking canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The district capital is the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It has a population of  (as of ).

Municipalities 
La Chaux-de-Fonds has three municipalities:

References 

Districts of Neuchâtel
Le Locle (district)

Le Locle District is one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The district capital is the town of Le Locle. It has a population of  (as of ).

Municipalities 
The district has the following municipalities:

References 

Districts of Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel (district)

Neuchâtel District is one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The district capital is the town of Neuchâtel. It has a population of  (as of ).

Municipalities 
The district has nine municipalities:

Mergers 
 On 1 January 1966 the municipality of Landeron-Combes changed its name to Le Landeron.
 On 1 January 2009, Marin-Epagnier and Thielle-Wavre merged to form the new municipality of La Tène.

References 

Districts of Neuchâtel
Val-de-Ruz (district)

Val-de-Ruz District is one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, consisting of the region of Val de Ruz and the surrounding Jura Mountains. The district capital is the town of Cernier. It has a population of  (as of ).

Municipalities 
Val-de-Ruz has the following municipalities:

References 

Districts of Neuchâtel
Typhoon Lekima (2013)

Typhoon Lekima was a severe Western Pacific tropical cyclone in October 2013. Lekima was an unusual Category 5 super typhoon.

At her peak, Lekima had winds of .

Pacific typhoons
2013 in weather
October 2013 events
Val-de-Travers (district)

Val-de-Travers District is one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The district capital is Val-de-Travers. It has a population of  (as of ).

It is famous for its watch industry. It is also famous for being the historical birthplace of absinthe which is now once again being distilled in the region.

Municipalities 
The district has three municipalities:

Merger 
 On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.

References 

Districts of Neuchâtel
Cressier, Neuchâtel

Cressier is a municipality of the district of Neuchâtel in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

References 

Municipalities of Neuchâtel
Lignières, Neuchâtel

Lignières is a municipality of the district of Neuchâtel in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

References 

Municipalities of Neuchâtel
Lignières

Lignières may refer to:

in Switzerland:
Lignières, Neuchâtel

in France:
Lignières, Aube
Lignières, Cher
Lignières, Loir-et-Cher
Lignières, Somme

Other 
in France:
 Lignières-Châtelain, in the Somme department
 Lignières-de-Touraine, in the Indre-et-Loire department
 Lignières-en-Vimeu, in the Somme department
 Lignières-la-Carelle, in the Sarthe department
 Lignières-Orgères, in the Mayenne department
 Lignières-Sonneville, in the Charente department
 Lignières-sur-Aire, in the Meuse department
Meyrin

Meyrin () is a municipality of the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The main site of the CERN, a European particle physics laboratory is in Meyrin.

Meyrin was originally a small agricultural village until the 1950s, when construction of CERN began just to the north. It is now a commuter town dominated with apartment high-rises, and many of its residents work at CERN or in central Geneva.

Geneva International Airport is in Meyrin.

The municipality is on the right bank of the Rhone river.

References

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 Official website 
 
 
 

Municipalities of Geneva
Cities in Switzerland
Slighting

Slighting is the deliberate damage of an important building. In the Middle Ages, castles were slighted during war. Rich and powerful people built and owned castles, and were proud of them. A king or queen could use slighting as a way to punish people who rebelled against them. Sometimes the owner feared they would lose the castle in an attack, and broke parts of the castle so that it would not be useful to other people. Occasionally, a king or queen might order someone to dismantle their own castle if they did not get permission to build it.

Castles were sometimes repaired after they were slighted, while others were abandoned. Many famous castles like Corfe or Kenilworth are ruins because they were slighted during the English Civil War.

Fortification
MAN SE

MAN SE is a German mechanical engineering company and parent company of the MAN Group. It is a subsidiary of automaker Volkswagen. MAN SE is based in Munich.  Its primary output is for the automotive industry, particularly heavy trucks.  Further activities include the production of diesel engines for various applications, including boats. The company also builds turbomachinery.

British licence
In the 1950s, the North British Locomotive Company of Scotland held a licence to build diesel engines of MAN design.  These engines were used in some British Railways diesel locomotives, such as the Class 21.

References

Transport companies of Germany
Ronald H. Griffith

Ronald Houston Griffith (March 16, 1936 – July 18, 2018) was an American general in the United States Army. He was Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA) from 1995 to 1997. He was born in LaFayette, Georgia. He fought in the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. 

Griffith died on July 18, 2018 in Lexington, Virginia at the age of 82.

References

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Allied Defense Group bio 
Military Professional Resources bio
Virginia Military Institute bio 

1936 births
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LaFayette, Georgia

LaFayette ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Walker County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,702, which rose to 7,121 in 2010. It was founded as Chattooga.

Other websites
 City of LaFayette
 catwalkchatt.com The website for the Walker County Messenger, the county newspaper since 1877.
 WQCH Radio

Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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Harry Gulkin

Harry Gulkin (November 14, 1927 – July 23, 2018) was a Canadian director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He produced Lies My Father Told Me, which was nominated for an Academy Award for best screenplay, and won a Golden Globe for best foreign movie.

From 1983 to 1987, Gulkin was director of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts. 

Gulkin died in Montreal on July 23, 2018 from pneumonia, aged 90.

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Khalid Salleh

Khalid Salleh (29 February 1948 – 23 July 2018) was a Malaysian actor and poet. He was born in Kajang, Selangor. He was known for his roles in Penghujung Malam, Azizah The Legend, Jogho, Kaki Bakar, Buai Laju-Laju, and Hanyut. 

Salleh died on 23 July 2018 in Kuala Lumpur from respiratory failure at the age of 70.

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1948 births
2018 deaths
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Malaysian actors
Cleveland Torso Murderer

The Cleveland Torso Murderer (also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run) was an unknown serial killer. It was active in Cleveland, Ohio, USA in the 1930s. The killings were defined by the cut-off pieces of twelve known victims and the disposal of their remains in the poor neighborhood of Kingsbury Run.

The official number of murders caused by the Cleveland Torso Murderer is thirteen, although recent research has shown there could have been as many as twenty. The twelve known victims were killed between 1935 and 1938. 

Most victims had cut off heads and sometimes other limbs were cut off as well. The men were sometimes castrated as well.

Most of the victims were homeless or sex workers.

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20th century in Cleveland, Ohio
American serial killers
Black Dahlia

Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – January 14 or 15, 1947), known as "the Black Dahlia", was an American woman who was found murdered in a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her case became highly publicized due to the graphic nature of the crime. Her corpse was chopped into pieces and severed at the waist.

Short's unsolved murder and the details surrounding it have had caused many theories and public speculation. It is one of the oldest unsolved cases in Los Angeles County.

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1947 deaths
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Axeman of New Orleans

The Axeman of New Orleans was an American serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 1918 to October 1919. The killer was never identified, and the murders remain unsolved.

The victims usually were attacked with an axe, which often belonged to the victims themselves. In most cases, a panel on a back door of a home was removed by a chisel, which were both left on the floor near the door, followed by an attack on one or more of the residents with either an axe or straight razor.

Notes

Other websites
Vice interview of Miriam C. Davis about the Axeman murders
Prairie Ghosts: The Axeman of New Orleans 
1919: A serial killer had New Orleans on edge Times-Picayune

1910s in the United States
1918
1919
American serial killers
20th century in New Orleans, Louisiana
Britton Hill

Britton Hill is the highest point in Florida with an elevation of  above sea level. The hill is located in Walton County, near the town of Lakewood, Florida.

Geography of Florida
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Death of Elisa Lam

The body of Elisa Lam, also known by her Cantonese name, Lam Ho Yi (; April 30, 1991 – February 2013), a Canadian student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Her body was discovered from a water tank at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles on February 19, 2013. She had been reported missing at the beginning of the month. 

Maintenance workers at the hotel discovered the body when investigating guest complaints of problems with the water supply.

The circumstances of Lam's death, once she was found, also raised questions, especially in light of the Cecil's history in relation to other notable deaths and murders. Her body was naked with most of her clothes and personal effects floating in the water near her.

The autopsy showed that her death was by accident.

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Boy in the Box (Philadelphia)

The "Boy in the Box" is the name given to an unknown murder victim, 3 to 7 years old, whose naked, abused body was found in a cardboard box in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1957. He is also commonly known as  "America's Unknown Child." His identity has never been discovered, and the case remains open.

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Keddie murders

The Keddie Murders an unsolved American murder of 4 people that happened in Keddie, California. The murders took place in Cabin 28 of the Keddie Resort during the late evening of April 11, 1981, or early the following morning.  

The victims were Glenna Sue Sharp (née Davis), known as Sue (age 36), her son John (age 15), and his friend, Dana Wingate (age 17). 

At some time after the crime was discovered, Sue's daughter, Tina (age 12), was reported missing.  Her skull and several other bones were recovered in 1984 in Camp Eighteen, California, which is in Butte County.

The case still remains unsolved. In 2004, Cabin 28 was demolished.

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Ken McElroy

Ken Rex McElroy (June 1, 1934 – July 10, 1981) was an American non-convicted murderer from Skidmore, Missouri. He was known as "the town bully". His unsolved killing became the focus of international attention. 

McElroy was accused of dozens of felonies, including assault, child molestation, statutory rape, arson, hog and cattle rustling, and burglary.

He was indicted 21 times but escaped conviction each time, except for the last. In 1981, McElroy was convicted of shooting and seriously injuring the town's 70-year-old grocer, Ernest "Bo" Bowenkamp. 

On July 10, 1981, McElroy was shot to death in broad daylight as he sat with his wife Trena in his pickup truck on Skidmore's main street. He was struck by bullets from at least two different firearms, in front of a crowd of people estimated as between 30 and 46. To date, no one has been charged in connection with McElroy's death.

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Murder of Brian Wells

Brian Douglas Wells (November 15, 1956 – August 28, 2003) was an American man who died after a homemade neck-bomb exploded while being involved in a plot involving a bank robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania. Before his death, Wells was a pizza delivery man who, shortly before his death, made a delivery stop outside of Erie.

Investigated by a task force led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was described as "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI". The Wells story was the subject of significant attention in the mass media. The question of whether Wells was a victim or a mastermind behind the robbery plot is debated.

In a July 2007 indictment, federal prosecutors said that Wells had been involved in the planning of the botched bank robbery. Two of his alleged co-conspirators, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and Kenneth Barnes, were indicted. In 2008, U.S. District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin sentenced Barnes to 45 years in federal prison. Two years later, Diehl-Armstrong was also found guilty and, in 2011, was sentenced to life in prison, where she died from cancer in 2017.

Other websites
 The 30 Strangest Deaths in History
  (Newspaper articles, audio clips)
 
  Website created by Brian's brother; contains reproductions of the nine page letter, along with photos of the cane gun and collar bomb.
 
 Collarbomber FBI Profile August 27, 2004 press release from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania FBI website.
 

1956 births
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Skumin

Skumin ( is a Lithuanian, Polish and Russian masculine nobleman surname, its feminine counterpart is Skumina.

Notable people with the surname
 Alexander Skumin (1748–1775), statesman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Andrew N. Skumin  (1909–1984), WWII Veteran, officer of KGB, Chairman of the Military Tribunal of the Internal Internal Troops of the Volga Military District
 Anna Skumina (1730–1772)
 Anthony Skumin (1899–1965), WWI Veteran US Army
 Edward A Skumin (1898–1935), WWI Veteran US Army
 Ivan Skumin (?–1566)
 Janusz Skumin (1570–1642), Polish nobleman and politician
 Jerzy Skumin (1596–1656), religious leader and statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
 John Skumin Sr (1935–2014) was a graduate of Berkshire Community College with an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice. He served in the Massachusetts National Guard.
 Józef Skumin (1716–1790), knight of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
 Katarzyna Eugenia Skumina (1610–1648), Polish noble lady
 Ludwik Skumin (1748–1808), Field Lithuanian Hetman, Grand Treasurer of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He received the Russian Orders of St. Alexander Nevsky and of St. Andrew
 Theodore Skumin (1538–1618), Royal nobleman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania 
 Victor A. Skumin (born 1948), Russian scientist, philosopher and writer
 V. L. Skumin

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Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka since 1970's while Colombo is the financial capital.

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Death of Gloria Ramirez

Gloria Ramirez (January 11, 1963 – February 19, 1994) was an American woman dubbed "the Toxic Lady" by the media when several hospital workers became ill after exposure to her body and blood. She was from Riverside, California.

Ramirez had been admitted to the ER while suffering from late-stage cervical cancer. While treating Ramirez, several hospital workers fainted and others experienced symptoms such as shortness of breath and muscle spasms.

Five workers required hospitalization, one of whom remained in intensive care unit  for two weeks. 

Shortly after arriving at the hospital, Ramirez died from complications related to cancer. The incident was initially thought to be a case of mass hysteria. 

The medical staff injected her with diazepam, midazolam, and lorazepam to sedate her. When it became clear that Ramirez was responding poorly to treatment, the staff tried to defibrillate her heart. Many people saw an oily substance covering Ramirez's body. Others noted a fruity, garlic-like odor that they thought was coming from her mouth.

An investigation by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said that Ramirez had been self-injecting dimethyl sulfoxide as a treatment for pain, which converted into dimethyl sulfate, an extremely poisonous agent via a series of chemical reactions in the emergency department. Although the medical sector of Riverside supports this claim, scientists still believe it is not the case.

Two months after Ramirez died, her badly decomposed body was released for an independent autopsy and burial. On April 20, 1994—ten weeks after her death—Ramirez was buried at Olivewood Memorial Park in Riverside.

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Cairo, Georgia

Cairo is a city in Grady County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,607. The city is the county seat of Grady County.

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City of Cairo official website
City of Cairo from georgia.gov 

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Lebanon, Tennessee

Lebanon  is the county seat of Wilson County, Tennessee, United States.

The population was 26,190 at the 2010 census, 28,608 in 2013 and 32,372 following a special census conducted in 2016.

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Keddie, California

Keddie is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 66 at the 2010 census.

Keddie is located at  (40.005901, -120.956899).

Keddie was also the site of the Keddie murders, a notorious quadruple homicide.

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Plumas County, California
Skidmore, Missouri

Skidmore is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. The population was 284 at the 2010 Census.  The small farming community has a yearly "Punkin' Show".

On July 10, 1981, Ken McElroy was shot to death, by at least two different guns, while sitting in his truck in front of the pool hall in town. Though dozens of people saw the event, all denied seeing anything that would help identify the shooters. He was known as the "Town Bully" for his abuse towards the citizens of Skidmore.

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Dorothy A. Brown

Dorothy A. Brown (born September 4, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer. Brown is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County in the First Judicial District of Illinois since 2000.

In April 2018, while under federal investigation, Brown announced her plans to run for Mayor of Chicago in the 2019 election. In January 2019, the Chicago Board of Elections rejected her petitions and will not be on the ballot in the February 2019 election.

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Neal Sales-Griffin

Neal Sáles-Griffin (born July 28, 1987) is an American entrepreneur and educator. He co-founded the first coding bootcamp program in 2011 and is the CEO of CodeNow.

Sales-Griffin is running for Mayor of Chicago in 2019.

In 2011, Sales-Griffin and McGee launched Code Academy, the first ever coding bootcamp, offering three-month intensive courses in web development and design. In 2012, Code Academy changed its name to The Starter League to eliminate confusion with a competing New York-based program called Codecademy. It was one of the first tenants of 1871,

In 2016, Sales-Griffin joined CodeNow as its CEO, a nonprofit coding school that focuses in on high school students in low income areas interested in coding, design and entrepreneurship.

Sales-Griffin was named to Crain’s Chicago Business’s "40 Under 40" in 2013.

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Willie Wilson (businessman)

Willie L. Wilson (born June 16, 1948) is an American businessman and politician. He has owned and operated many different McDonald's restaurant franchises and owns Omar Medical Supplies. He worked and lives in Chicago.

He also produces the nationally syndicated gospel music television program Singsation, which won a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award in 2012.

Wilson ran for Mayor of Chicago in the 2015 election and currently in the 2019 election. Wilson announced on June 1, 2015, that he would be running as a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 election. He ran as a Democrat.

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2015 Chicago mayoral election

An election happened on February 24, 2015 to elect the Mayor of Chicago. The election was non-partisan and no candidate got a majority.

A runoff election happened between the top two finishers (both Democrats) on April 7, 2015, and Rahm Emanuel won the election and stayed as mayor.

Emanuel was in the election, wanting to win a second term. In the first round, Emanuel got 46% of the vote and Democratic Cook County Commissioner Chuy García received 34%. In the runoff, Emanuel got 55.7% of the vote, winning the election. Garcia got 44.3% of the vote.

The runoff was very rare in the history of Chicago's mayoral races.

Candidates
 Rahm Emanuel, incumbent mayor
 Robert Fioretti, Chicago City Alderman
 Chuy García, Cook County Commissioner and former State Senator
 Willie Wilson, medical supply company executive

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2011 Chicago mayoral election

The city of Chicago, Illinois held a non-partisan mayoral election on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Mayor Richard M. Daley, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 1989, did not seek a seventh term as mayor.

Candidates needed to collect 12,500 petition signatures by November 22, 2010 to qualify for a place on the ballot. April 5, 2011 was scheduled to be a runoff election date if no candidate received a majority.

Rahm Emanuel won the race for mayor with more than 55% of the vote. He was inaugurated on May 16, 2011.

Six candidates appeared on the February 22 ballot:
Gery Chico, former chief of staff to mayor Richard M. Daley and former chairman of the City Colleges of Chicago
Miguel del Valle, City Clerk of Chicago and former Illinois State Senator
Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff and former U.S. Representative from Illinois's 5th district
Carol Moseley Braun, former U.S. Senator from Illinois and former United States Ambassador to New Zealand
Patricia Van Pelt Watkins, non-profit administrator and activist
William "Dock" Walls, community activist, businessman, former aide to Mayor Harold Washington and perennial candidate

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Old Alton Bridge

Old Alton Bridge, also known as Goatman's Bridge, is a historic iron through-truss bridge connecting the Texas cities of Denton and Copper Canyon. It was built in 1884.

It originally carried horses and later automobiles over Hickory Creek at a location that once was a popular ford for crossing cattle. The bridge takes its name from the abandoned community of Alton, which between 1850-1856 was the seat of Denton County.

Locally, the bridge is known as "Goatman's Bridge", due to a legendary demonic folk legend of the same name, who is popularly believed to live in the forest surrounding the area.

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Denton, Texas

Denton is a city in and the county seat of Denton County, Texas, United States. According to 2010 United States Census, there were 113,383 people living there  It is the 27th most populous city in Texas and the 200th city in the United States with the most people.

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Burt Shotton

Burton Edwin Shotton (October 18, 1884 – July 29, 1962) was an American player, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. Shotton manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947; 1948–50). He won two National League pennants and was Jackie Robinson's first permanent Major League manager.

Other websites
 Baseball-Reference.com – career managing record and playing statistics

1884 births
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Darjeeling

Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is in the Lesser Himalayas at an elevation of . It is famous for its tea industry. It is also known for its views of the Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Darjeeling is the headquarters of the Darjeeling District in West Bengal. It is a popular tourist destination in India.

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Down to You (song)

"Down to You" is a song written by Joni Mitchell. It was first released on her 1974 album Court and Spark.  It won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

Joni Mitchell
Grammy Award winning songs
1974 songs