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The Guangzhou Metro () is the metro system of Guangzhou, Guangdong in China. It is operated by the Guangzhou Metro Corporation. It was the fourth metro system that was built in mainland China. The Guangzhou Metro was planned many times. The planning of the metro began in the 1980s and in 1993 the construction of the first line began. In 1997 the metro opened. The first line was Line 1. As of 28 December 2024, The metro system has 17 lines. They are Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 4, Line 5, Line 6, Line 7, Line 8, Line 9, Line 11, Line 13, Line 14, Line 18, Line 21, Line 22, Guangfo Line, and the Zhujiang New Town APM. All of these lines connect the urban core and the suburbs. The Guangfo Line connects Guangzhou and Foshan. As of 2017, over seven million people ride the metro everyday and it was used 2.56 billion times. This makes the metro the fourth busiest metro in the world. History. First ideas and planning. Chen Yu, who was the Governor of Guangdong from 1957 to 1967, first had an idea for a metro system in Guangzhou. In 1960 he had the groundwater levels of Guangzhou checked. In 1965 Chen Yu and Tao Zhu put out the idea to build a tunnel in Guangzhou for evacuations during war or for creating a metro. The project was called "Project Nine". The metro system was supposed to have two lines. Chen Yu planned for a north-south line and an east-west line. The plans for these lines are very similar to Line 1 and Line 2. The east-west line was never built. The north-south line was supposed to be built by Project Nine. There wasn't enough time, money, or materials so instead of having a subway, they planned to use trolleybuses. The tunnel was finished in 1966 but it could not be used. This was because there was an unsafe section
La Shawn K. Ford (born 1971/1972) is an American politician and real-estate developer. He is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 8th District since 2007. He was born in Chicago. On November 29, 2012, Ford was indicted on charges of bank fraud. On August 4, 2014, all 17 felony counts of bank fraud and false information against Ford were dropped by federal prosecutors. In October 2018, Ford announced his candidacy for Mayor of Chicago for the election in 2019.
Herbert Ira London (March 6, 1939 – November 10, 2018) was an American conservative activist, commentator, author, and academic. London was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He was a Republican. London was the president of the Hudson Institute from 1997 to 2011. He was a conservative columnist for "The Washington Times". London was president of the London Center for Policy Research. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. London was the Conservative nominee for Governor of New York in 1990, but lost the election to Mario Cuomo. London died in Manhattan from complications of heart failure on November 10, 2018 at the age of 79.
A term of office, electoral term, or parliamentary term is the amount of time a person serves in a after being elected for an office. In many jurisdictions, there is a limit on how long the term of office may be before the officeholder must be subject to a re-election. Some jurisdictions have term limits, which means it sets a maximum number of terms an individual may hold in a particular office. United Kingdom. As the origin of the Westminster system, this system of government are replicated in many other countries. Monarch. The monarch serves as head of state until their death or abdication.
Caroline Rose Hunt (January 8, 1923 – November 13, 2018) was an American heiress, hotelier and philanthropist. Biography. At one time the wealthiest woman in the United States. She was known for being the founder of Rosewood Hotels &amp; Resorts, which she founded in 1979. She was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. Hunt died at her mansion near Dallas on November 13, 2018 from a stroke at the age of 95.
Pumori () (or Pumo Ri) is a mountain on the Nepal-Tibet border. It is in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Pumori lies just eight kilometres west of Mount Everest. Pumori means "the Mountain Daughter" in Sherpa language. It was named by George Mallory. "Pumo" means young girl or daughter and "Ri" means mountain in Sherpa language. Climbers sometimes refer to Pumori as "Everest's Daughter". Mallory also called it Clare Peak, after his daughter. Pumori is a popular climbing peak. The easiest route is graded class 3, but avalanche is still a danger. Pumori was first climbed on May 17, 1962 by Gerhard Lenser on a German-Swiss expedition. Two Czechs (Leopold Sulovský and Zdeněk Michalec) climbed a new route on the south face in the spring of 1996. An outlier of Pumori is Kala Patthar (5,643m/18,513'). It appears as a brown bump below the south face of Pumori. Many trekkers going to see Mount Everest up close will try to climb to the top of Kala Patthar. Trekking and mountaineering. Nearly 500 people had reached the summit of Pumori by 2005. 42 (13 after reaching the summit) people lost their lives while climbing by 2005. It's popularity increased by 2008. From the summit, high Tibetan plateau can be seen on the one side and Nepal can be seen on the other side. The western part of the Everest can also be seen from the summit. However, there have been some dangers from avalanches. Some Spanish climbing teams took heavy losses (such as in 1989 and 2001). 2015 avalanche killed and injured many people. It was likely caused by the 2015 Nepal earthquake. It is said to have started from the Pumori-Lingtren ridge. In 1982 a group climbing to Pumori also did a ski-hike around Everest. Jim Bridwell led the climbing expedition to Pumori.
Gulshan Ara Akter Champa is a Bangladeshi film and television actress. Awards and achievements. National Film Awards
Wayne E. Maunder (December 19, 1937 – November 11, 2018) was an American actor. He was born in Four Falls, New Brunswick, but raised in Bangor, Maine. He was known for his roles in "The Seven Minutes", "Porky's", "Lancer", "Custer" and in "Chase". Maunder died of a heart attack on November 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 80.
Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor (born Dorlee Deane MacGregor; January 12, 1925 – November 13, 2018) was an American actress, dancer and writer. She was born in Glendale, California. She was best known for her role as Harriet Oleson in "Little House on the Prairie". MacGregor died on November 13, 2018 in Los Angeles from congestive heart failure at the age of 93.
Chris Porter (born May 29, 1984 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey left winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was drafted in the ninth round, 282nd overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career. Prior to his professional career, Porter played collegiate hockey at the University of North Dakota. He spent four years at the University of North Dakota appearing in 175 games for the Fighting Sioux. He made his NHL debut with the Blues in the 2008–09 season opener. He scored his first career NHL goal on October 18, 2008 against the Chicago Blackhawks. On July 16, 2012, Porter was re-signed as a free agent by the Blues to a one-year contract. On August 8, 2015, Porter left the Blues organization as a free agent after 8 seasons and signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. Porter failed to earn a spot on the Flyers during training camp and was placed on waivers by the team on September 30, 2015. On October 1, 2015, prior to the 2015–16 season, he was claimed by the Minnesota Wild. Over the course of the campaign with the Wild, Porter consolidated his role on the fourth line, featuring in a career best 61 games for 4 goals and 7 points. As a free agent, Porter was unable to attain a NHL contract over the summer. On September 12, 2016, Porter signed a professional try-out contract to attend training camp in a return to the St. Louis Blues. Unable to secure a contract in his return to the Blues, Porter was released and later signed on October 31, 2016, to a professional tryout agreement with the Providence Bruins of the AHL. Personal. Porter is close friends with University of North Dakota teammate and current NHL star of the Minnesota Wild, Zach Parise. He acted as best man at Parise's wedding as Parise did for him.
William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman and Republican politician.  He was the 68th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. Bill Clinton named him to be Ambassador to Mexico in 1998, but he was not approved by the Senate. He was the Libertarian vice presidential nominee in the 2016 election. In April 2019, Weld announced his candidacy for President of the United States in a primary challenge against President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Failed ambassadorship nomination. He resigned as governor in 1997 to focus on his nomination by President Bill Clinton for United States Ambassador to Mexico, but because of opposition by the social conservatives such as Senator Jesse Helms, he was denied a hearing and withdrew his nomination. 2016 vice presidential campaign. In May 2016, former New Mexico Governor and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson named Weld as his running mate and he became the vice presidential nominee for the 2016 election. They were later both formally nominated at the Libertarian National Convention.  2020 presidential campaign. In January 2019, Weld expressed interest in running for President of the United States as a Republican, challenging President Donald Trump in the primaries, in the 2020 election. In February 2019, Weld rejoined the Republican Party. He launched an exploratory committee for a possible 2020 bid. On April 15, 2019 Weld officially announced he would be running for President, challenging incumbent Donald Trump.
J. Richard 'Rick' Yeo was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who was also a member of Michigan Tech's administration for over 20 years. Career. Rick Yeo's first appearance in Houghton came as a player for Michigan Tech under John MacInnes. Recruited just after the Huskies first national title in 1962, Yeo was part of Michigan Tech's second championship in 1965, notching 2 assists in the final game against Boston College. After captaining the team in his senior season Yeo returned home to Thunder Bay and worked as a teacher and coach in the area. He made one final appearance on the ice for the Thunder Bay Twins in the team's inaugural season before ending his playing days for good. In 1973 Yeo returned to his alma mater, becoming an assistant for the team and helping the Huskies to their third championship in 1975. Yeo was eventually hired as the head coach for Lake Superior State and served in that capacity from 1976 through the end of the 1980–81 season. Yeo was less successful that the two bench bosses that preceded him (Ron Mason and Rick Comley) but did achieve a modest amount of success with the Lakers in his five seasons. Yeo was back in Houghton for the third time in the fall of 1981 becoming Director of Annual/Special Gifts for the Michigan Tech Fund, a position he held for eight years. A year after being inducted into the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1988 Yeo became director of alumni relations and then the school's Athletic Director in 1990. Yeo continued on as AD until 2005 when he accepted a new position as senior director of athletic development to help improve the financial foundation of the university's athletic department.
Fernando del Paso Morante (April 1, 1935 – November 14, 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet. Biography. He was born in Mexico City.  Del Paso studied at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He lived in London for 14 years. Del Paso worked for British Broadcasting Corporation. He was a member of Colegio Nacional de México from 1996 to 2018. In 2015, he was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize. Del Paso died on November 14, 2018 in Mexico City at the age of 83.
JetBlue Flight 292 was a scheduled flight from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. On September 21, 2005, Captain Scott Burke performed an emergency landing in the Airbus A320-200 at Los Angeles International Airport after the landing gear jammed in an unusual position. No one was injured. Because JetBlue planes are equipped with DirecTV satellite television, passengers on Flight 292 were able to watch live news coverage of their flight while the plane circled over the Pacific for hours.
(died January 1, 2002) was a Japanese actress. She was born in Inawashiro, Fukushima. From 1942 to 1975, she was married to Olympian Masanori Yusa. Aizome retired in 1965. Her best known roles were in "Dragnet Girl" (1933), "Japanese Girls at the Harbor" (1933), "A Mother Should be Loved" (1934), "Our Neighbor, Miss Yae" (1934), "A Ball at the Anjo House" (1947) and in "Kiri no Hata" (1965).
Hoonah–Angoon Census Area is a census area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,365. It is part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community is the city of Hoonah.
Farmington is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24,531 at the 2020 census, up from 18,275 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Davis County.
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a cult member of Charles Manson's Manson Family, attempted to assassinate United States President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. Fromme wanted to make a statement to people who did not want to stop environmental pollution. Although Fromme stood a little more than an arm's length from Ford that Friday morning and pointed a M1911 pistol at him, her gun failed to fire and no one was injured. After the assassination attempt, Ford continued to walk to the California state house, where he met with Jerry Brown. For her crime, Fromme spent 34 years in prison and was released on August 14, 2009 – two years after Ford's death. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, later received the M1911 pistol used in the assassination attempt as a gift, and the gun was put on display.
Larry Buendorf (born November 18, 1937 died March 9, 2025) is an American security official. He is the Chief Security Officer of the United States Olympic Committee. He is a former United States Navy aviator and Secret Service agent. Buendorf is best known for his successful intervention during an assassination attempt on then United States President Gerald Ford in 1975.
Owen Roizman (September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023) was an American cinematographer and movie director. He had five Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography. His best known movies are "The French Connection" (1971), "The Exorcist" (1973), "Network" (1976), "Tootsie" (1982) and "Wyatt Earp" (1994). He was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2017.
Anthony Paul Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, QC (3 July 1936 – 8 August 2020) was a British barrister and politician. He sat in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated peer. He was born into a Jewish family in London. n 29 June 2007, Lester was appointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown as a special adviser on constitutional reform to the Secretary of State for Justice. Lester's peerage was announced on 13 August 1993. Until sexual harassment claims arose in February 2018, Lord Lester sat as a Liberal Democrat. On 12 November 2018, the House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct supported a recommendation that Lord Lester be suspended from the House of Lords until June 2022 as a result of a complaint of sexual harassment.
Match.com is an online dating website. It serves 25 countries in more than eight languages.  The company headquarters is in Dallas, Texas. It also has offices in West Hollywood, San Francisco, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, and Beijing. Match.com is owned by IAC.
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She was born in Tokyo. She is best known for her roles in the "Pokémon" series (as Pikachu). She also starred in "One Piece" (as Tony Tony Chopper), "Naruto" (as Konohamaru Sarutobi), "Detective Conan" (as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya), "Uchi no Sanshimai" (as Fu), and Konjiki no Gash Bell (as Gash).
Child's Play is an American-Canadian slasher movie. It was directed by Lars Klevberg. It was written by Tyler Burton Smith. It is a reboot of the 1988 movie of the same name.  It stars Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Tim Matheson and Brian Tyree Henry with Mark Hamill as the voice of Chucky, and is produced by Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg and Aaron Schmidt. The movie was released in the United States on June 21, 2019. The movie did good at the box office, earning $45 million worldwide against its $10 million budget. The movie received mixed reviews, with the Rotten Tomatoes calling it "predictably gruesome" and "generally entertaining".
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), formerly known as dementia pugilistica, is a neurodegenerative disease found in people who have had multiple head injuries. These injuries can be from contact sports such as American football or boxing, as well as from military service, domestic violence and other causes.  Symptoms may include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. It can also cause problems with balance, moving and speaking. This typically does not begin until years after the injuries. It often gets worse over time and can result in dementia. It is unclear if the risk of suicide is increased. Doctors can only tell for sure if somebody has CTE by looking at their brain after they die.
John Harold Large (1943 – 3 November 2018) was an English consulting Chartered Engineer primarily. He was known for his work in assessing and reporting nuclear safety and nuclear related accidents and incidents, work which has often featured in the media. He provided technical evidence in the Friends of the Earth legal action over the failure of the steam generators of the Southern California San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013. Large died on 3 November 2018 from a heart attack at the age of 75.
Sandeep Lamichhane (; born 2 August 2000) is a Nepalese cricketer. He plays for the Nepalese national team. He is right-handed leg spin bowler. Lamichhane plays for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. He is the first Nepalese cricketer to get a contract and play in the Indian Premier League. His first international match was a Twenty20 International (T20I) match against the West Indies. There he represented a World XI side. He became the first cricketer to make an international debut representing a combined team. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International (ODI) match. The match was against the Netherlands in August 2018. In October 2018, he became the first cricketer from Nepal to be signed up for the Big Bash League in Australia. Early life. Sandeep Lamichhane was born on 2 August 2000 in Aruchaur, Syangja, Nepal. During his childhood, Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne were his cricketing idols. Then he moved to Chitwan district. There he started training at Chitwan Cricket Academy which is run by former captain Raju Khadka. During a visit of current captain Paras Khadka and former coach of Nepal Pubudu Dasanayake, Sandeep was told to bowl in the nets. They picked him straight to the national camp for under-19. Early career. He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 16 April 2016. The match was against Namibia. Before his List A debut, he was named in Nepal's under-19 squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In their 2nd match against Ireland U-19 team in the tournament, he took a hat-trick in the 32nd over of the match. He took wickets of Lorcan Tucker, Adam Dennison and Fiachra Tucker. He became the fifth bowler to take a hat-trick in the under-
Islam is the second largest religion in India. In 2017, India had 189,000,000 Muslims (followers of Islam). India ranks third of the top list countries which have largest Muslim population, after Indonesia and Pakistan. Most Muslims in India follow the Sunni branch, while about 15% are Shia. Islam first reached India along the Arab coastal trade routes in Gujarat and the Malabar Coast, soon after it began in the Arabian Peninsula. It later spread inland when Arab forces conquered Sindh in the 7th century, and it reached Punjab and North India in the 12th century through the conquests by the Ghaznavids and Ghurids. Since then, Islam has become an important part of India's religious and cultural heritage. Some of the earliest mosques in India were built by Arab traders. For example, the Barwada Mosque in Ghogha, Gujarat was built before 623 CE; the Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala, Kerala was built in 629 CE; and the Palaiya Jumma Palli (also called The Old Jumma Masjid) in Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu was built between 628 and 630 CE. According to a local legend, the first mosque in India was built in 624 CE at Kodungallur in present-day Kerala. This mosque was built by the order of the last ruler of the Chera dynasty, who converted to Islam during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (c. 570–632). Similarly, some Tamil Muslims believe that their ancestors converted to Islam during Muhammad’s lifetime. The local mosques in these areas date back to the early 700s.
You're the Worst is an American comedy-drama television series created by Stephen Falk. It was first shown on FX in 2014. From 2015 to 2019 it was shown on FXX. Synopsis. The series is about the relationship and lives of Jimmy Shive-Overly and his girlfriend Gretchen Cutler, The series is also about the lives of Jimmy's best friend Edgar Quintero and Gretchen's best friend Lindsay Jillian.
Aya Cash (born July 13, 1982) is an American actress. She was born in San Francisco, California and has performed in many movies and television programs. These include "You're The Worst", "The Wolf of Wall Street", "Law &amp; Order", "Mary Goes Round" and "Brotherhood". In December 2015, She was nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in "You're the Worst".
Walter Morten Grunwald (9 December 1934 – 14 November 2018) was a Danish actor, stage director and theatre manager. He was born in Odense, Denmark. Grunwald made his debut in "En blandt mange" in 1961. From 1961 until his death, he was married to actress Lily Weiding. He was known for his role as one the lead roles in the popular series of "Olsen Gang" movies. Grunwald retired in 2017. In October 2018, Grunwald was diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer. He died a month later on 14 November 2018 in Hellerup, Denmark, aged 83.
Lily Weiding (22 October 1924 – 15 June 2021) is a Danish actress. She has appeared in 31 movies and television shows from 1942 until her retirement in 2008/ Weiding was born in Copenhagen. She starred in the movie "Be Dear to Me", which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. From 1961 until his death in 2018, she was married to actor Morten Grunwald. Her other well known movie roles were "Tyrannens fald" (1942), "Lady with the Light Gloves" (1942), "De kloge og vi gale" (1945), "Tre må man være" (1959) and "Martha" (1967).
The Camp Fire is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. It was named after Camp Creek Road, where the fire began. The fire started on November 8, 2018, in Butte County, in Northern California.  The fire expanded due to strong winds. By the morning of November 15, it had caused the deaths of 77 people, injured three firefighters, covered an area of about , and had destroyed over 8,700 residences in addition to commercial buildings and other structures. Most of the damage occurred within the first two days of the fire.&lt;ref name="Afzal_11/9/2018"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;  Within the first day, the Camp Fire had destroyed the community of Concow and the town of Paradise. It burned homes, businesses, churches, a hospital, schools, and a rest home. It destroyed a bridge that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 1,500 of the 27,000 inhabitants were still living in Paradise in 2019.