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Izuku Midoriya is the main character from the manga and anime " My Hero Academia". He is also known by his hero name Deku. He was created by Kōhei Horikoshi. Horikoshi had first created Midoriya as a sick salaryman that worked at a business which helped supply superheroes with costumes but he would later change him to be a high school boy instead. Midoriya was voiced by Daiki Yamashita in Japanese and by Justin Briner in English. Midoriya has appeared in many movies and video games for the series. He has also appeared as a character in "Jump Force" and as a crossover character along with Katsuki Bakugo, Ochaco Uraraka and All Might in "Fortnite Battle Royale". Biography. Midoriya is a high school boy. He has green hair and grows up idolizing superheroes. In the world, many people are born with superpowers called "quirks" but Midoriya is not one of them. He ends up getting bullied because of this. After a villain invades the town and trys to attack Katsuki Bakugo, one of Midoriya's bullies, Midoriya attempts to save him. This gives the superhero All Might time to defeat the distracted villain. All Might ends up taking him under his wing and making him his protégé after seeing his heroism. All Might ends up training him and giving him the title of the 9th holder of One-for-All after he eats a piece of All Might's hair.  He would end up using this power for the first time when he saves Ochaco Uraraka from a crumbling building. He would break his arm in the progress but would end up passing the entry exam for UA. Midoriya would enter a sports festival against other members of the school. He would eventually be eliminated by Shoto Todoroki after he encouraged Todoroki to use his full power. Afterwards, Midoriya would choose his hero name to be Deku, the same name that he was called when he was bullied as a child. After a year at the school goes by, Midoriya would leave the campus
Omar A. Aggad (20 April 1927 – 1 February 2018) was a Saudi-born Palestinian businessman. He was the founder of Aggad Investment Company (AICO), and the founder and former chairman of Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC). Aggad died on 1 February 2018 in Toronto at the age of 90.
Workers' Party of Korea is the only ruling party in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The party has ruled in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea since its inception in 1949. The Workers' Party of Korea was established on June 30, 1949 by Kim Il-sung as its leader. The Communist Party of Korea was established on April 25, 1925, based in Seoul. The first secretary of the Communist Party of Korea was Kim Yong-bom. On 30 June 1949, the Workers' Party of Korea was formed based on the merger between the Communist Party of Korea and the new Democratic Party of Korea.
Joseph Polchinski (May 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He was born in White Plains, New York. Polchinski wrote the two-volume textbook "String Theory", published in 1998. Among his many contributions to theoretical physics, D-branes are the best known. In 2008 he won the Dirac Medal for his work in superstring theory. He won the 2017 Fundamental Physics Prize. Polchinski died on February 2, 2018 in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 63.
Michael James Harner (April 27, 1929 – February 3, 2018) was an American anthropologist, educator and author. He founded the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and the New Age practice of "Core Shamanism". His 1980 book, "The Way of the Shaman: A Guide to Power and Healing," was important in the development of "Core Shamanism" as a path of personal development for new age adherents of neoshamanism. He was born in Washington, D.C.. Harner died on February 3, 2018 at the age of 88.
Dirk Bernard Joseph (Dick) Schouten (25 January 1923 – 3 February 2018) was a Dutch economist. He served as Professor of General Economics and Economic History at Tilburg University. He was known for his work in macroeconomic modelling. Schouten was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1975. Schouten died on 3 February 2018 in The Hague at the age of 95.
Margot Duhalde (12 December 1920 – 5 February 2018) was a Chilean pilot. She served with the Air Transport Auxiliary of the Royal Air Force in World War II. After the war, she flew war planes for the French Air Force. She was France's first female combat pilot. In 1947 she returned to Chile, however the national airline LAN did not hire women as pilots at that time. Instead, she took a job as a private pilot for a businessman until 1949. Later she opened her own flying school and worked as a flight instructor and as an air traffic controller in the air force. In 1946 Duhalde was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Alan Baker, FRS (19 August 1939 – 4 February 2018) was an English mathematician. He was known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular ideas from transcendental number theory. He was born in London. He worked at the University of Cambridge. In 1970, Baker won the Fields Medal. In 1998 he became a member of the Academia Europaea In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Wojciech Pokora (2 October 1934 – 4 February 2018) was a Polish actor. He has made over 40 appearances in movie and television. He starred in the 1986-1987 television series "Zmiennicy" and "Czterdziestolatek" 1970–1974. He was born in Warsaw. He also appeared in "Man – Woman Wanted" and "A Jungle Book of Regulations". Pokora died on 4 February 2018 in Warsaw of complications from a stroke at the age of 83.
Séamus Patrick Pattison (19 April 1936 – 4 February 2018) was an Irish Labour Party politician. He was born Kilkenny, Ireland. Pattison served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2002 to 2007, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1997 to 2002, Minister of State for Social Welfare from 1983 to 1987 and Father of the Dáil from 1995 to 2007. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1961 to 2007.  Pattison was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Leinster constituency 1981 to 1983. Pattison died on 4 February 2018 from Parkinson's disease at his home in Kilkenny at the age of 81.
Edwin Joseph Jackson (December 19, 1991 – February 4, 2018) was an American football linebacker. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He played college football at Georgia Southern University. He signed with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He then spent two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts from 2015 to 2017. On September 2, 2017, Jackson was placed on injured reserve. On February 4, 2018, Jackson was riding an Uber in Indianapolis, Indiana and asked the driver to pull over because he felt ill. While standing near the interstate, a drunk driver hit and killed Jackson and the Uber driver. Jackson was 26 years old.
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (April 23, 1926 – 11 December 2022) called Kekau, was a member of the House of Kawānanakoa. She was born in Honolulu. She was called a princess, a common honorary bestowed to descendants of titled subjects of the Kingdom of Hawaii, although she held no official title and had no power or influence in the Hawaiian state government. On October 1, 2017, Kawānanakoa married her partner of 21 years, Veronica Gail Worth, in Honolulu. In 2013 Kawānanakoa asked to be buried in a new crypt at the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii at Mauna ʻAla next to the Wylie Tomb. The request was approved by the State Land Board in April 26, 2013, but the decision has become controversial in the Hawaiian community.
Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (; 810 – 870), or Imam Bukhari, was a Persian Sunni scholar who was born in Bukhara (the capital of the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan). He wrote the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most authentic (sahih) hadith collections.
Etah district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Etah town is the district headquarters. Etah district is a part of Aligarh Division. In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Etah one of the country's 250 most backward districts (total of 640). It is receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving this funds. Demographics. Etah district has a population of 1,761,143. This district according to ranking comes 272nd in India by population (out of a total of 640).
Etah is a municipality in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the district headquarters of Etah district of Uttar Pradesh state, India. The main occupation of the people of the district is agriculture. It is situated between Ganga and Yamuna. This region has highly fertile alluvial soil. Demographics. Etah had a population of 131,023 according to 2011 Census. Out of this, males were 69,446 and females were 61,577. The literacy rate was 85.62 per cent.
Lauri Love (; born 14 December 1984, United Kingdom) is a Finnish-British activist charged with stealing data from United States Government computers including the US Army, Missile Defense Agency, and NASA by way of computer intrusion. Case. Love is under indictment in the United States (2013 in District of New Jersey, 2014 in Southern District of New York and Eastern District of Virginia). The United States attempted to extradite him to face charges there. Extradition hearing. During Love's two day extradition hearing on 28 and 29 June 2016 at the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, his father, Reverend Alexander Love, testified that Lauri Love has Asperger's syndrome and so should not be extradited. Also at the hearing, Simon Baron-Cohen, a psychologist, testified that Love should not be extradited because of his diagnosed disorders, which also include eczema, psychosis, and depression. On 16 September 2016, at Westminster Magistrates' Court a judge ruled that Love could be extradited to the United States. Love's solicitor Karen Todner said that they would appeal, and on 5 February 2018, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett and Mr Justice Ouseley, at the High Court, upheld his appeal against extradition, while ruling that it would "not be oppressive [to] prosecute Mr Love in England for the offences".
Sahih al-Bukhari (), also known as Bukhari Sharif (), is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) of Sunni Islam. These hadith, were collected by the Muslim scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari. Among Sunni Muslims, it is considered the most authentic book after the Quran. Sahih al-Bukhari together with Sahih Muslim is known as "Sahihayn". Details. Imam Bukhari, from the age of 16 traveled a lot of places to collect hadith reports. It is reported that he collected nearly 600,000 ahadith in his collection. Experts say that the number of full-isnad sayings mount up to roughly 7,397, and without considering repetitions of the same report, the number of hadith sayings reduces to roughly 2,602.
The Hateful Eight is a 2015 American western thriller movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is about eight violent people who, during a blizzard, meet in a inn and learn they may have reasons to fight each other. Plot. Bounty hunters Marquis Warren and John Ruth agree to travel together. Ruth has a prisoner, Daisy Domergue, who will die when he turns her in. Along the way, they agree to let former Confederate Chris Mannix travel with them, but they do not believe his story that he is the new sheriff. During a blizzard, they stop at an inn. There, they find several more people, including Confederate General Sandy Smithers, cowboy Joe Gage, and executioner Oswaldo Mobray. Bob, a worker, says the inn's owner is traveling. Warren and Ruth do not trust anyone and take all their guns. Warren, who fought for the Union Army, kills Smithers after saying that he also killed Smithers' son. Gage secretly poisons Ruth and his friend, O.B. Jackson. As Ruth dies, Domergue shoots and kills him with his own gun. Bob, Gage, and Mobray admit that they are part of Domergue's gang. Warren and Mannix agree to help each other, and they kill everyone but Domergue. Jody, Domergue's brother, comes out of hiding and seriously injures Warren. After Jody dies, Domergue says she will let Mannix go if he kills Warren. Mannix considers her offer but rejects it. Mannix and Warren kill her but they both die from blood loss. Reception. On Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of the 296 reviews are positive.
Martin Grüner (19 July 1929 – 4 February 2018) was a German politician. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He was born in Schramberg, Germany. He was Parliamentary Secretary at the Economics Ministry from 1972 to 1987 and then Parliamentary Secretary at the Environment Ministry until 1991. Grüner died on 4 February 2018 at the age of 88.
Jao Tsung-I or Rao Zongyi (; 9 August 1917 – 6 February 2018) was a Hong Kong-based Chinese sinologist, calligrapher and painter.  Jao helped create many fields of humanities, including history, archaeology, epigraphy, folklores, religion, art history, musicology, literature, and Near Eastern Studies. He published more than 100 books and about 1,000 academic articles over a career spanning more than 80 years. Jao died on 6 February 2018, at the age of 100 in Hong Kong.
Joseph Kastl Knollenberg (November 28, 1933 – February 6, 2018) was an American politician. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing and . Knollenberg was known as a supporter of the North American Free Trade Agreement, President George W. Bush's support on protecting manufactured goods and for voting against expanding S-CHIP in the later years of his career. He lost to Gary Peters in the 2008 election by winning 43% of the vote to Peters' 52%. Knollenberg died on February 6, 2018 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease at a care facility in Troy, Michigan at the age of 84.
Madavoor Vasudevan Nair (7 April 1929 – 6 February 2018) was a veteran Indian Kathakali dancer. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He also taught the Kaplingadan style of Kathakali performance and was one of the last practitioners of the south Kerala style (Kaplingadan) school of the classical dance-drama. He died on 6 February 2018, aged 88. Nair died of multiple organ failure on 6 February 2018 in New Delhi, India at the age of 88.
Cengage Learning, or Cengage, is a publisher. It makes and sells textbooks and other educational content. It is also a technology and services company. Their customers are in higher education, K-12, companies, and libraries around the world. Cengage has business in more than 20 countries. Company information. The company headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. About 5,000 people work at Cengage in 20 countries. The headquarters was in Stamford, Connecticut until April 2014. Products and services. Cengage sells print and digital textbooks. It also sells additional materials to teachers to help them use those textbooks. Online products include reference databases and distance learning courses. Cengage also sells test preparation materials, corporate training courses, career assessment tools, materials for specific academic disciplines, and custom solutions. On December 5, 2017, Cengage announced Cengage Unlimited. This plan is asks students to pay a subscription to use any of their digital higher education books. Students can pay by semester or year. History. Cengage Learning used to be called Thomson Learning. The Thomson Corporation sold it to a private equity group including Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners for US $7.75 billion, and the name was changed to Cengage Learning on 24 July 2007. In 2011, Cengage Learning bought the National Geographic Society's school publishing business. It combined this school business with the Global ELT business to make the National Geographic Learning brand. Cengage Learning filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 on July 2, 2013. Cengage Learning left bankruptcy on April 1, 2014. Buying other companies. Cengage has grown by buying other publishing companies. These are some of the important ones: Brands/imprints. The company also publishes books with other names: 4LTR Press, Aplia, Cengage Learning PTR, Chilton, Education To Go, Gale, Milady, MindTap, and National Geographic Learning.
Sahih Muslim () is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) in Sunni Islam. It is of high importance among Sunni muslims and considered the second most authentic hadith collection after Sahih al-Bukhari. It was collected by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (815-875), also known as Imam Muslim. Sahih Muslim, together with Sahih al-Bukhari is termed as "Sahihayn". Collection. Imam Muslim collected almost 300,000 hadith. Out of these, 4000 were included in the collection. According to Munthiri, there are a total of 2,200 hadiths (without repetition) in Sahih Muslim. According to Muhammad Amin, there are 1,400 authentic hadiths that are reported in other books, mainly the six major hadith collections.
Tamil Nadu Premier League is a professional cricket league played in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The league was formed by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Council. This league was formed in the year 2016. Teams. Source:
Majursahi (ମଜୁରସାହି) is a village of Koksara Block in Dharmagarh sub-division in Kalahandi District in Odisha State. This village comes under Phupagaon panchayat of Kokasara Tehsil in Kalahandi District. . Majursahi is 6.5 km distance from Koksara and 60 km distance from its district main city Bhawanipatna and 333 km distance from the State's main city Bhubaneswar. Demographics. According to census 2001, total population of Majursahi was 1,000.
The Flag of Indonesia is a bicolour flag with two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white (bottom) with an overall ratio of 2:3. The flag of Indonesia is graphically identical to the Flag of Monaco, with a slight difference only in the ratio of its dimensions. Usage. Regulation and flag protocol. The flag is described in Article 35, Chapter XV, of the Constitution of Indonesia; Government Regulation No. 24/2009; and Government Regulation No. 40/1958. The raising of the flag should be conducted in the time between sunrise until sunset, but in certain circumstances, it can be done at night. In daily use, the flag should be flown at every commemoration such as the Indonesian Independence Day on 17 August every year, by the citizens who have a right to use it at house, building or office, schools, colleges, public and private transport and the representative office of Indonesia in overseas. The flag can be flown in maritime-based activity as well. It can be used as the cover of the coffin of a President or former Presidents, Vice President or former Vice Presidents, Members of Cabinet, Speaker of People's Representative Council, and Head of Government, members of the Indonesian Armed Forces, and persons who are members of the Indonesian National Police who died in service, or an Indonesian citizen who made contributions to their nation as a badge of honor.
Mickey Jones (June 10, 1941 – February 7, 2018) was an American drummer and actor. He was born in Houston, Texas. His career as a drummer had him backing up such artists and bands as Trini Lopez, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan, Kenny Rogers and The Band. He was known for his roles in "Home Improvement", "National Lampoon's Vacation", and "Tin Cup".  Jones died on February 7, 2018 from problems caused by an illness. He was 76.
Liliana Bodoc (21 July 1958 – 6 February 2018) was an Argentinian writer of fantasy. She was born in Buenos Aires. She was known for her book "La Saga de los Confines". The first of these books was translated into English as "The Days of the Deer". Her work is very popular in Latin America and her style has been admired by Ursula K. Le Guin. Bodoc died on 6 February 2018 at the age of 59.
The Sea Peoples are supposed to be a seafaring confederation that attacked ancient Egypt and other parts of the East Mediterranean. The time was before and during the Bronze Age collapse (1200–900 BC). During the Bronze age collapse, archeological evidence shows the destructions of many cities on the coastlines of the Levant and the Aegean Sea. That may have been caused by invaders from the sea. The exact origins and cultures of the attackers are unknown and so historians call them the Sea Peoples. Some sources say that they used iron weapons, which the Bronze Age cultures had not yet seen. The cities that they attacked allows one to infer that they were probably naval-based.
John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947 – February 7, 2018) was an American poet and essayist, a rcattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist. He was born in Cora, Wyoming. Barlow had been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He was also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Freedom of the Press Foundation. He was Fellow Emeritus at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, where he had maintained an affiliation since 1998. Barlow died at his home in San Francisco, California on February 7, 2018 of complications from a heart attack at the age of 70.
Captain Dale Adam Dye USMC (Ret.) (born October 8, 1944) is an American actor, technical advisor, radio personality and writer. He is a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. Dye is the founder and head of Warriors, Inc., a technical advisory company which is set to help actors play realistic military action in Hollywood movies. Dye has also offered his acting talent to television, such as the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific", and video games, including the "Medal of Honor" series.
The optic tract is a part of the visual system in the brain. The tract starts from the optic chiasma, which receives the optic nerves from the eyes.  There are two individual tracts, the left optic tract and the right optic tract. Each passes visual information only from "the other side of the visual field".  Each tract develops from retinal fibers from each eye corresponding to one-half of the visual field.
Min Won-sik (July 12, 1886 – February 17, 1921) was a Korean politician. He had pro-Japanese beliefs and was a part of the political rights activism, which took place from 1910 to 1921. He supported the autonomy of Korea under Japanese rule. He aimed for Korean participation in the Japanese government administration. In 1921, he was killed by Yang Keun-hwan, a Korean separatist.
Israr Ahmad (Urdu: اسرار احمد) was born on 26th April 1932, in Hisar, India. He was a Pakistani Islamic scholar who was followed particularly in South Asia. He had contributed in Islamic law, Quranic explanation, literature, philosophy. He was awarded the sitara-i-imtiaz in 1982. Death. Ahmad died of a heart related problem on 14th April 2010 in Lahore.
Rishton Ka Chakravyuh (English: Labyrinth of relationship) was an Indian television drama series that aired on Star Plus. The Show went Off Air on 23 January 2018 and it got replaced by a political show Har Shaakh Pe Ullu Baithaa Hai.
Pat Torpey (December 13, 1953 – February 7, 2018) was an American drummer. He was known as the drummer and backing vocalist of the hard rock band Mr. Big. Torpey was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He died on February 7, 2018 of complications from Parkinson's disease at the age of 64.
Nabi Şensoy (May 25, 1945 – February 7, 2018) was a Turkish politician. He was born in Istanbul. He was the Ambassador of Turkey to the United States.  Şensoy held that office beginning in January 2006. He was recalled to Turkey in October 2007 after the United States criticized Turkey for the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. He returned to his position shortly afterwards.  Şensoy resigned in December of 2009. Şensoy died on February 7, 2018 in İzmir, Turkey at the age of 73.