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Halimah Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. She became the 8th President of Singapore in September 2017. Before becoming president, she was the Speaker of Parliament from 2013 until 2017.  Halimah was a former member of the People's Action Party (PAP), She was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Batok East ward of Jurong GRC between 2001 and 2015, and the Marsiling division of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC between 2015 and 2017. Early life and education. Halimah was born on 23 August 1954 at her family house in Singapore. She is an Indian Muslim. Her father is also an Indian Muslim. She is of Malay descent. Her father was a guard. He died of a heart attack when she was eight. Yacob and her four siblings grew up with their mother. Her family was poor. She helped her mother sell nasi padang- a type of food- outside the Singapore Polytechnic (now Bestway Building). Halimah went to Singapore Chinese Girls' School and Tanjong Katong Girls' School. After this, she went to the National University of Singapore and got a Bachelor of Laws in 1978. In 1981, she went to the Singapore Bar. In 2001, she completed a Master of Laws at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She got an honorary Doctor of Laws by NUS on 7 July 2016. Career. Halimah began her career working as a legal officer at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). After, she became the director of its legal services department in 1992. She later became a director of the Singapore Institute of Labour Studies (now Ong Teng Cheong Labour Leadership Institute) in 1999. Political career. Pre-Presidency. Halimah was a former member of the country's governing (PAP) and she made her political debut in the 2001 general election. She was part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC
Hansford Rowe (May 12, 1924 – September 5, 2017) was an American character actor. He was born in Richmond, Virginia. He appeared in television and movie roles. His career began in 1967.  In 1968, he had a non-speaking role as a judge in three episodes of the cult series "Dark Shadows". In 1969, he played a judge on the long-running CBS daytime drama "The Guiding Light". Rowe played in the 1983 NBC miniseries "V" as Arthur Dupres. Rowe was also known for playing President Harry S. Truman in "Dark Skies". His movie roles include "Gordon's War" (1973), "Missing" (1982) and "Baby Boom" (1987). Rowe died was killed in a car crash in Newhall, California on September 5, 2017 at the age of 93.
Clifton Alexander "Alex" Hawkins (July 2, 1937 – September 12, 2017) was a retired American football player. He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and Atlanta Falcons. He was known as a special teams player. He was a co-captain with the Colts. He was born in Welch, West Virginia. Hawkins died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on September 12, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina at the age of 80.
Slavko Goldstein (22 August 1928 – 13 September 2017) was a Croatian Jewish writer, Holocaust survivor, publisher, and politician. He was born in Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Croatian Social Liberal Party and served as the party's president from 1989 through 1990. Goldstein worked as a journalist, editor and writer in many Croatian newspapers. He wrote screenplays for several Yugoslav World War II movies such as "Signal Over the City" ("Signali nad gradom", 1960) and "Operation Stadium" ("Akcija stadion"; 1977, co-written with Dušan Vukotić). He edited more than 150 books, and as a publisher, he worked on about 400 titles. Goldstein died on 13 September 2017 in Zagreb, Croatia of pneumonia at the age of 89.
Frank Vincent Gattuso Jr. (August 4, 1937 – September 13, 2017), known professionally as Frank Vincent, was an American actor, musician and writer. He played well-known roles in the HBO series "The Sopranos" and in several movies for director Martin Scorsese: "Raging Bull" (1980), "Goodfellas" (1990), and "Casino" (1995). He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. In 2001, Vincent voiced the character of Mafia boss Salvatore Leone in the controversial computer and video game "Grand Theft Auto III" and played the character again in ' (2004) and ' (2005). Vincent died of complications from heart surgery in Nutley, New Jersey on September 13, 2017 at the age of 80.
Jake Joseph Paul (born January 17th, 1997) is an American YouTube personality who got famous on the old video app Vine. Paul is also known for playing Dirk Mann on the Disney Channel series "Bizaardvark". In 2018, Paul had a boxing match against YouTube star Deji. Paul stopped Deji in the sixth round. Many boxing experts, including Tony Bellew, Matthew Macklin, Tim Storer, Carl Froch, say he performed excellent for a novice boxer. His professional boxing record currently stands at 11-1. Early life. Paul was born in Cleveland, and grew up in Westlake, Ohio. He is the son of Pamela Ann Stepnick ("née" Meredith) and realtor Gregory Allan Paul. He was raised in a Christian household that went to church often. Career. Paul began his career in September 2013 posting videos on Vine. Before Vine shut down, Jake Paul had 5.3 million followers and 7 million plays on the app. In 2015, it was announced that Paul would be playing Dirk in Disney Channel's new comedy series "Bizaardvark". On January 5, 2017, Paul went to the White House with other social media people. For his YouTube vlog channel, he hid in a bathroom. He then snuck out of the White House at 3:30am. He was not stopped by security guards. On January 17, 2017, Paul launched Team 10 with $1 million. Team 10 would help influencers be more popular. It would also help with creativity agency around teen entertainment. People who gave Paul money include Danhua Capital, Horizons Alpha, Vayner Capital, Sound Ventures &amp; A-Grade Investments, and Adam Zeplain. On May 30, 2017, Paul released a song and music video with Team 10. It was named "It's Everyday Bro." It got over 70 million views on YouTube in its first month. It is the 16th most disliked YouTube video with 5.46 million dislikes. The song became number 94 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on June
James Patrick "J. P." Donleavy (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was an Irish-American novelist and playwright. His first novel is "The Ginger Man". Another novel, "A Fairy Tale of New York", provided the title of the song "Fairytale of New York". He was born in Brooklyn, New York.  Donleavy died on 11 September 2017 in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland from a stroke at the age of 91.
Per Fugelli (7 December 1943 – 13 September 2017) was a Norwegian physician and professor of medicine. He was professor at the University of Bergen from 1984 to 1992, and at the University of Oslo from 1992. He was born in Stavanger, Norway.  Among his early books are "Tilbake til huslegen" from 1975, "Doktor på Værøy og Røst" from 1977, and "Helsetilstand og helsetjeneste på Værøy og Røst" from 1978. He published the essay collections "Med sordin og kanon" and "Helse og rettferdighet" in 1990, "0-visjonen" in 2003, and "Nokpunktet" in 2008.  Fugelli was the editor or co-editor of several works, including "Huslegen" from 1985, "Medisinsk leksikon" from 1990, "Medisin og helse" from 1993, and "Verdier og penger i helsetjenesten" from 2009. Fugelli died in Jæren, Norway on 13 September 2017 at the age of 73.
Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk, CBE, FBA (12 July 1920 – 20 December 2017) was a British linguist and life peer. He was the Quain Professor of English language and literature at University College London from 1968 to 1981. He used to sit as a crossbencher in the House of Lords. Quirk was born in Michael on the Isle of Man. He studied at University College London, at Yale University, at Michigan State University and at Durham University. In 1985, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Bath. Quirk was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1976 New Year Honours and was knighted in 1985. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989. Quirk was a Labour supporter openly all his life. He was President of the British Academy from 1985 to 1989. Quirk died in London on 20 December 2017 at the age of 97.
Abdul Karim Mustaghni (July 11, 1911 – January 13, 2004) was an Afghan scientist and politician. From 1973 to 1977, Mustaghni was Defense Minister of Afghanistan. He helped Mohammed Daoud Khan to remove King Mohammed Zahir Shah from power.
Janet Gibson is a biologist and zoologist from Belize. Gibson was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990. The prize is for a person who organizes an environmental effort in their region. Gibson won the prize because of her efforts on conservation of the marine ecosystems along the Belizean coast. Between 1985 and 1987, she worked to establish the Hol Chan Marine Reserve. Her efforts were successful and the official sanctuary was established in 1987. It was the first marine reserve in Central America. Because of her work, along with others, the Belize Barrier Reef was given UNESCO World Heritage status in 1996.
Andrea Gill is a politician and biologist from Belize.  Gill was President of the Senate of Belize from 2008-2012. Between 2008 and 2009, she served as president of the Forum of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments of Central America and the Caribbean (FOPREL). Between 1997 and 2001, Gill was part of a manatee research project.
Louis Leon Arthur Mowbray (born 19 August 1877 on St. George's, Bermuda; died 5 June 1952) was a naturalist. He was the founding curator of the Bermuda Aquarium. In around 1907 the Bermuda Natural History Society asked Mowbray to create Bermuda’s first aquarium and a marine research centre. He became known to American scientists and eventually moved to Boston, creating an aquarium there. In 1914, he became superintendent of the New York Aquarium. He also worked to build a new aquarium in Miami. In 1926 Mowbray returned to Bermuda and built the Bermuda Aquarium. Dr. Charles Townsend, an American zoologist, organized several overseas trips for Mowbray to collect new fish specimens. The trips were paid for by Vincent Astor. He and Astor traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1933. They brought back tortoises and penguins, expanding the aquarium to a zoo. Mowbray then became the first person to successfully breed both the Galapagos tortoises and penguins in captivity.
David Balcombe Wingate OBE (born October 11, 1935, in Bermuda) is an ornithologist, naturalist and conservationist. In 1951 he and Robert Cushman Murphy and Louis S. Mowbray found the Bermuda petrel, also called a cahow. The bird species was thought to be extinct since the 1620s. The discovery inspired him to study Zoology at Cornell University. When he returned to Bermuda 1958, he began work to save the cahow. He went on to become the Conservation Officer for the Bermuda Government Parks Department from 1966 to his retirement in 2000. He was credited with rediscovering the black-capped petrel in Haiti in 1963.
Human geography is a branch of geography. It studies how people and environment have an effect on each other.  The study of people includes their communities, cultures, economies. The environment studied is mostly about locations. Locations include where people live, when people move, where they move to, what customs they have, what recreations they have. Human societies develop in relation to the environment they are in. The relationship between people and the environment can change over time and across different locations. Human geography studies these changes. The field of geography can be divided into physical geography and human geography. Human geography is also closely associated with social sciences and philosophy.
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862 – February 9, 1941) was a republican senator from 1903–1933. He was also a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a businessman. As a senator he is known for the 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act. Smoot was an important leader of the LDS Church. He was chosen to serve as an apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1900. Smoot's role in the LDS Church led to a controversy in the United States Senate. There were also rumors of polygamy and a secret oath against the United States A Senate committee questioned Smoot's authority in the Reed Smoot hearings. The committee suggested Smoot's removal, but the full Senate voted to keep Smoot. He lost the vote for office in 1932. Smoot returned to Utah in 1933. Smoot stopped working in politics and business and spent his time working in the church. At the time of his death, he was third in line to lead the LDS Church. Early life, family, and religious activity. Smoot was born in 1862 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. He was the son of a Mormon pioneer from Kentucky and Iowa, Abraham O. Smoot, who was a mayor of the city from 1856 to 1862. His mother was Anne Kristina Morrison Smoot, also known as Anne Kirstine Mauritzen before her marriage. Anne Kristina Morrison Smoot was Smoot's father's fifth wife of six plural marriages and 27 children, three of whom Abraham O. Smoot adopted. The family moved to Provo, Utah, when his father was called by Brigham Young to head the stake there. Smoot went to school at the University of Utah (then a religious school) and graduated from Brigham Young Academy (now Brigham Young University) in Provo in 1879. After school, Smoot worked as a Mormon missionary in England. After returning to Utah, Smoot married Alpha M. Eldredge of Salt Lake City on September 17, 1884
Mormon Folklore is a group of stories and things that express the culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes personal stories and shared stories, music, jokes, and art. Mormon folklore has stories in it, told by word of mouth. Missionaries will tell stories as a part of initiation, or to try and tell others to do the right thing. People will tell stories about early people in the Church, people in the scriptures, and help from God. These stories are supposed to help people's belief. In the early days of the Church, songs would say both good things and bad things about leaders such as Brigham Young. Common practices for Mormons include sharing testimonies during fast and testimony meeting. Members testify of the things they know to be true and occasionally share personal stories how they gained their testimony. In Mormon culture, marriage and family are very important. Pioneer Day is a state holiday in Utah, where members honor the early pioneer saints. Early settlers in the Church were influenced by many cultures that came together in Utah. Handicrafts were part of this influence. They had many different projects, and the Relief Society said they were good for the mind. Lots of these can still be seen around Utah. Mormon fundamentalists have different folklore than Latter-day saints do. Their experience in government raids makes them feel more together, and they like folk dancing. Research into Mormon folklore. Austin E. and Alta S. Fife are called the founders of research into Mormon folklore. This research has been done much more since the couple’s first work on it in the 1930s. Although people had looked at the issue a little before, the Fifes made the field better, through the Fife Folklore Archive, now at the library at Utah State University. Their book on Mormon folklore, called "Saints of Sage and Saddle", came out in 1956. This book, says someone who studies folklore named Jill Terry Rudy, "remains the most complete book-length treatment of Mormon folklore" - which means that it is the best book on Mormon folklore that there is. References. Missionary lore. Missionaries have their own set of folklore. Missionaries tell stories or sing church
Alice Louise Reynolds (April 1, 1873 – December 5, 1938) was the first woman professor at Brigham Young University (BYU). BYU magazine put her in a list of the 10 best BYU professors of the 20th century. She was the second woman in Utah to be a full professor. Childhood and education. Alice was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States. Her father was George Reynolds and her mother was Mary Ann Tuddenham. Her father was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and worked as secretary to the First Presidency of the church for many years. When Alice was six years old, her father went to jail because he had more than one wife (plural marriage). Her father's sister, her aunt Julia Reynolds, helped raise Alice. Alice liked reading and being around grownups. When she was 12, her mother died while giving birth to one of her siblings. Alice's father sent her and her younger sister Florence to the ) for their high school education. Alice was inspired by one of her teachers, Academy Principal Karl G. Maeser. She graduated from BYA in 1890. Alice had taught for two years when the president of BYA, Benjamin Cluff, asked her to start a literature department at BYA. Reynolds went to the University of Michigan to study literature from 1892 to 1894. When she came back she became a full-time teacher at BYA. Later in her life Reynolds received more education in Chicago, Cornell, Berkeley and Columbia. She also traveled to Europe four different times. Career. Teaching. Reynolds was a Professor of English for 44 years. She became the first female to be a full professor at BYU. She taught approximately 5,000 students in 20 different English courses. Reynolds's absent-mindedness was famous at BYU. According to her students, she once walked through a herd of cows while reading a book and brought a teakettle to work instead of her purse. Reynolds was an editor for the "Relief Society Magazine" from 1923 to 1930 and a writer for other LDS magazines. She also served
Thomas L. Kane (January 27, 1822 – December 26, 1883) was an American lawyer. He was friends with Brigham Young, a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church, or LDS Church. Kane helped Brigham Young and the Mormons travel to Utah. "Friend of the Mormons". Mormon Battalion. Kane met with members of the LDS Church at a meeting in Philadelphia in May 1846. Kane gave them his advice (told them what he thought they should do) and helped with their conflicts (arguments) with the U.S. government. He also helped them when they tried to emigrate (move) to western areas (places) in the US. , an LDS religious leader in the East, was asking for help with the Latter-day Saints' move to the West. Kane was able to get letters of recommendation (letters that say Kane can be trusted) from people who knew his father. Kane later joined Little in , and they met the secretary of state, secretary of war, and President . After they negotiated (shared and talked about ideas), the United States agreed to send 500 LDS men, in five groups of 75 to 100 men each, called the , to help in the . With his fathers help, Kane got U.S. government permission for the refugee (people who have lost or had to leave their homes) Mormons to occupy Pottawattamie and Omaha Indian lands along the Missouri. Kane carried letters to , and looked for Little in the Latter-day Saint camps on the . On July 17, 1846, Kane met with LDS leaders and Army Captain to make the Mormon Battalion. Kane met many leaders of the Church, and became a popular figure among Mormon emigrants (people who moved). Miller's Hollow, the main Iowa settlement (colony) of the LDS group at what is now , was renamed Kanesville to honor Kane for his help. During this time, Kane became really ill with a fever. Although he got help from both an army physician (doctor) from Fort Leavenworth and church members, his health was not good for the rest of his life.
Christie Davies (1941 – 5 September 2017) was a British sociologist, professor emeritus of sociology. He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. He worked at the University of Reading, England. He was the author of many articles and books on criminology, the sociology of morality, censorship, and humour. He was also visiting professor in India, Poland, United States, and Australia. Professor Davies died in August 2017. Davies died on 5 September 2017 from a short-illness in Reading, Berkshire at the age of 76.
Isabelle Frances Daniels (later "Holston"; July 31, 1937 – September 8, 2017) was an American sprinter. He was born in Jakin, Georgia. Daniels competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where she won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres with her team mates Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews and Wilma Rudolph, in a race where all three teams beat the existing world record. She was initially placed third in the 100 meters, but was moved to fourth after photos of the finish were examined.
Nasopharynx cancer or nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the most common cancer which is formed in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the postero-lateral nasopharynx or pharyngeal recess or 'Fossa of Rosenmüller' accounting for 50% cases.  NPC happens in children and adults. NPC differs significantly from other cancers of the head and neck in its occurrence, causes, clinical behavior, and treatment.  It is vastly more common in certain regions of East Asia and Africa than elsewhere, with viral, dietary and genetic factors implicated in its causation. It is most common in males. It is a squamous cell carcinoma or an undifferentiated type. Squamous epithelial cells are a flat type of cell found in the skin and the membranes that line some body cavities.  Differentiation means how different the cancer cells are from normal cells. "Undifferentiated cells" are cells that do not have their mature features or functions.
Kazimierz Ryczan (10 February 1939 – 13 September 2017) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1963, Ryczan was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce, Poland on 17 July 1993. Ryczan died on 13 September 2017 in Kielce, Poland at the age of 78.
Arnold Chan (June 10, 1967 – September 14, 2017) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough—Agincourt in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2014 by-election. Chan was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Chan died on September 14, 2017 in Scarborough, Ontario of nasopharynx cancer at the age of 50.
Grantzberg Vernon "Grant" Hart (March 18, 1961 – September 13, 2017) was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer and co-songwriter for the alternative rock and hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü. After the band's breakup in 1988, he formed the alternative rock trio Nova Mob, where he moved to vocals and guitar. His solo career became his main focus after the dissolution of Nova Mob in 1997. Hart died on September 13, 2017 of liver cancer at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota at the age of 56.
Otto Wanz (June 13, 1943 – September 14, 2017) was an Austrian professional wrestler and boxer. He made his professional wrestling debut in 1968.  Wanz was a one time American Wrestling Association champion and former operator of the Catch Wrestling Association. Among his most famous international opponents were Antonio Inoki, Bull Power and André the Giant. He was one of only a few to bodyslam both André the Giant and Yokozuna.  Wanz also organized strong men competitions in Austria called "Austrian Giants". He also held several records for tearing telephone books. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called Wanz as an influence on his fitness and bodybuilding career. Wanz died on September 14, 2017 in Styria, Austria of heart failure at the age of 74.
A in the sport of Sumo is the highest rank any wrestler (Rikishi) can attain. The word means "Horizontal Rope" and it comes from one of the symbols that Yokozuna wear; a thick rope (綱 "tsuna") which is worn around the waist. It is a sign of their rank. This rope can be very heavy, weighing around . It is not worn for fights, but only for the wrestler's entrance ceremony into the ring at the start of a tournament. The rope is similar to that which is used in Shinto religion for purification and to mark off sacred areas of the temple. Yokozuna are stars in Sumo. They are in many ways, the "public face" of Sumo and their behaviour is watched very closely.