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Dallas Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pseudonym Jack Ketchum, was an American author and screenwriter. He was born in Livingston, New Jersey. He was best known for writing the 1989 crime novel "The Girl Next Door". Many of his novels have been made to movies, including "Red" and "The Woman". In 2011, Ketchum received the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award for outstanding contribution to the horror genre. Ketchum died on January 24, 2018 in New York City of pancreatic cancer at the age of 71.
William C. Hancock Jr. (known as Billy Hancock) (November 4, 1946 – January 22, 2018) was an American singer, guitarist, bassist and multi-instrumental recording artist. He has made many recordings, primarily in the rockabilly genre but also has a large body of recorded work in rock 'n' roll, blues, jazz, rhythm &amp; blues, and country music. He was known for his songs "Shakin' That Rockabilly Fever" and "". Hancock died in La Plata, Maryland on January 22, 2018 of complications from cirrhosis at the age of 71.
Chartchai Chionoi (; ) Chartchai Laemfapha (; ) or birth name Naris Chionoi (; ; October 10, 1942 – January 21, 2018) was a former professional Thai boxer, WBC World champion &amp; WBA World champion in the flyweight division. Chionoi took the WBC World Flyweight Title two successive times and the WBA Title one successive times before finally relinquishing it. He was born near Hua Lamphong Station, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok. Chionoi died on January 21, 2018 of pneumonia complicated from Parkinson's disease in Bangkok at the age of 75.
Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. (born November 21, 1943) is an American politician, author and entrepreneur. He served as the 48th Governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was first elected in 2002 with 50.6% of the vote, and was reelected in 2006 with 68.0%. He served as the 66th Mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999. On December 6, 2017, Bredesen announced he would run for Bob Corker's open seat in the United States Senate, as Corker announced he would not seek reelection in 2018. In August 2018, he became the Democratic nominee. He lost the election to Marsha Blackburn.
Richard Harmon "Dick" Fulton (January 27, 1927 – November 28, 2018) was a Democratic politician. He served as a member of the Tennessee State Senate and of the United States House of Representatives, and the second mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Tennessee. Fulton died on November 28, 2018 under hospice care in Nashville at the age of 91.
Rachel Marilyn Lloyd (née Laird; January 3, 1929 – September 19, 2018) was an American businesswoman and politician. She served for ten terms as member of the United States House of Representatives serving from 1975 to 1995. Lloyd died on September 19, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tennessee from complications of pneumonia at the age of 89.
Robert Harry Lowie (born ""; June 12, 1883 – September 21, 1957) was an Austrian-born American anthropologist. Early life and education. He was born on June 12, 1883 to an Austrian mother and Hungarian father in Vienna. He lived there until he was ten years old then moved to New York City. In New York he surrounded himself with German friends and family and even continued to speak Viennese at home. For the rest of his life he felt like he was a member of both American and German-Austrian cultures. He studied Latin, Greek, philosophy, and science at the City College of New York and got graduated in 1901. Then he worked as a teacher in New York City public schools for three years. Then in 1904 he started to go to Columbia University for graduate school and it was there that he met Franz Boas, a famous anthropologist. Boas became Lowie's teacher and role model. Lowie liked Boas because both had German background and similar interest in details and not the abstractions about human cultures. As a student of Boas, Lowie was tasked with writing a thesis about the Native American Crow tribe, which made him interested in other tribes. He graduated from Columbia with his Ph.D in 1908 and worked at the Natural History Museum in New York City till 1921. He enjoyed researching and writing, so he continued to do those things throughout his life. He did extensive ethnographic field work during this time. He studied more than nine Native American tribes in his lifetime. He was a teacher at UC Berkeley from 1921 to 1950. Emphasis on individual variation. One of Boas's main interests and most passionate arguments was that of individual variation. As Stefan Bargheer writes, "the notion of individual variability in the work of Lowie […started] in the 1910s […]. Lowie's argument was initially directed against race scholars […] who argued that the Nordic race displayed a higher range of variation than other races and could thus be assumed to produce a particularly high number of exceptional individuals, which ensured the superiority of the culture produced by this race." Instead he argued
McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is a retired American artistic gymnast and singer. She won several gold medals during her career. She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team, called the Fierce Five, at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal at these Olympic Games. She also won gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and the 2013 World Championships. In 2012, Maroney won the silver medal in the vault finals. She wasn't happy with the winning. In one photograph, her lips were toward the left side of her face. Then-President Barack Obama copied the pose in November 2012. In 2016, Maroney retired from competitive gymnastics. Maroney was born in Aliso Viejo, California.
Saulieu, Burgundian: "Saûyeu", is a commune in the arrondissement of Montbard in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It is the capital of the Morvan Region. About 2,500 people were living in Saulieu in 2015.
Moshe Sharett, Hebrew: משה שרת , born "Moshe Shertok", Hebrew: משה שרתוק, (October 15, 1894 in Kherson (Russian Empire, nowadays Ukraine) - July 7, 1965 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli politician of Mapai Party. Sharett moved to Ottoman Palestine in 1906. He studied at Istanbul University and the London School of Economics. In 1920s he worked as a journalist in the United Kingdom. He returned to Mandatory Palestine in 1931, and became a member of the Assembly of Representatives. He was one of those who signed the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Sharett was chosen into the first Knesset in 1949, and stayed a Member of Knesset till his death. He was also in the government. He was Foreign Minister from 1948 to 1956. During this time he was also Prime Minister from January 26, 1954 to November 3, 1955, succeeding fellow party member David Ben-Gurion (last one succeeded Sharett). Moshe Sharett died in 1965 at the age of 80.
José S Carrión (Jumilla 1962) is a Spanish scientist, editor, science and cultural columnist and poet. His main research interest deals with the relationships between hominins and plants from a palaeoecological perspective. He has conducted and co-ordinated a number of research projects on the palaeoflora and palaeovegetation of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands, ecological changes linked to patterns and processes of human and cultural evolution, eco-cultural collapses, extinctions in plants, palaeoecology and biodiversity conservation and forest management, palaeoenvironments of arid regions, pollen analysis of biogenic materials and archaeological sites, pollen analyses of honeys, aerobiological monitoring (Burkard filters), forensic palynology, and spore and pollen-morphological studies. He is full professor of Evolutionary Botany at University of Murcia, where he leads the Research Group ECCE HOMO (Evolution, Cenozoic, Quaternary, Ecology, Homo). He is currently editor in chief of Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, and Associate Editor of Quaternary Science Reviews, Elsevier. Education. University of Murcia: 1985. BSc Biology. "Special Distinction." 1986: MSc Botany, Palynology. 1990: PhD Palynology. "Cum Laude and Special Distinction." He has been manager at the National Research Plan, Biodiversity Program in the Spanish Ministry of Economy, and participated in a number of international committees of evaluation of research activities. Publications. Articles. Carrión,s publications Poetry. Author of the book Hipocampo (Poemas). Dystonia. José S Carrión has been known in the neurological community for his success to deal with dystonia, a rare neurological disorder. He was treated through the Dr. Joaquín Farias technique. Other websites. Dissertation to the King of Spain on the occasion of the opening of the university course(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPyy7c0czao)
The domestic yak ("Bos grunniens") also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox, or hairy cattle is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. It is descended from the wild yak ("Bos mutus"). History. Scientists have used genetics and archaeology to study the history of yaks. They have found that there were domesticated yaks on the Tibetan Plateau 2,500 years ago. Use. Yaks are kept for their milk, wool, and meat. Also, they are used for transportation. Their dried droppings are burned as fuel in fires.
Hackbridge railway station is a train station at Hackbridge in the London Borough of Sutton in South London. The station is served by Southern and Thameslink. It is in Fare zone 4. Platforms. There are two platforms at this station. Platform 1 is for northbound trains to London Victoria and St Albans (via St Pancras International). Platform 2 is for southbound trains to Sutton and Epsom. Frequency. Down (Southbound). At peak hours, services run as far as Bedford, Luton, Dorking and Horsham. Buses. London Buses route 151 serve this station.
White Americans are citizens of the United States who are white people. This is the largest and most common ethnic group in the country. In 2010, 70% of the people living in the United States said they were white. About 60% of the United States population was white people who were not Hispanic. The white population in the United States has been getting smaller. More white people have died than have been born in most states. Most white Americans are of English (46.6 million), German (45 million), and Irish (38.6 million) ancestry.
Carson James Wentz (born December 30, 1992) is an American football quarterback. He plays for the Washington Commanders in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the first round of the 2016 NFL draft. He played his first NFL game in 2016. In his first year he passed for 3,782 yards and 16 touchdowns, 14 Interceptions. His team the Eagles finished the year 7–9 and missed the playoffs. In his second year he had good season 3,296 yards and 33 touchdowns and 7 Interceptions. He was seen as an MVP candidate. The. In week 14 Wentz injured his knee against the Los Angeles Rams.
Romani Americans are people in the United States who are Romani. Their ancestors mainly came to the United States from Eastern Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is estimated that there are one million Romani people in the United States. They are also known as American Gypsies. History. Spain shipped Romani slaves to Louisiana. An Afro-Romani community exists in St. Martin Parish due to intermarriage of freed Africans and Romani slaves. Romanichal and British Roma were enslaved in the Southern United States. Massive Roma migration from Europe began in the nineteenth century. Most were Romanichal. Many resided in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. They were mostly horse traders. Groups. They are different Roma groups in the USA, with different religions. Majority are Christian Dasikane Roma (Roma Gypsy has nothing to do with Romanians) from Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and few Muslim Xoraxane Roma from former Ex-Yugoslavia. Settlements. The Roma are concentrated in large cities such Chicago and Los Angeles and states such as New York, Virginia, Illinois, Texas, and Massachusets.
Banana squash is an edible squash, or gourd, in the "Cucurbita" family. developed from the butternut squash, a type of winter squash. Its name was given for its elongated shape and yellow colour.  Like the butternut squash, it has a potato-like texture and seeds in the middle. It is classified as a fruit because it has seeds. Its mild flesh can be either sweet or savoury.
Carl Emil Christiansen (31 December 1937 – 15 January 2018) was a Danish football player. Christiansen played 313 games and scored 112 goals for Esbjerg fB in Denmark. He was the top goalscorer of the 1962 Danish football championship, and played two games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team.
Ostafrikasaurus was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of southeastern Tanzania. It is known only from a fossil tooth that is long. Paleontologist Eric Buffetaut claims it is the oldest evidence of a Spinosaurid dinosaur (a type of crocodile-like dinosaur that ate fish); it appeared 148 million years ago.
Olivia Carlena Cole (November 26, 1942 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Her career began in 1954 and ended when she retired in 2011. Cole won an Emmy Award for her role as Chicken George's wife, Matilda in the 1977 miniseries "Roots". She was also known for her role as Maggie Rogers in the 1979 miniseries "Backstairs at the White House". Cole died at the age of 75 at her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on January 19, 2018, after a heart attack.
Marcos José Carvajal (; 19 August 1984 – 24 January 2018) was a Venezuelan relief pitcher. He played for the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball. Carvajal died of pneumonia on January 24, 2018 in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela at the age of 33. Other websites. Retrosheet
Gonzalo Justo Facio Segreda (28 March 1918 – 24 January 2018) was a Costa Rican lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was born in San José, Costa Rica.  Facio Segreda served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1970 to 1978, as President of the Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1956, and later served as Ambassador to the United States from 1956 to 1958, again from 1962 to 1966 and again from 1990 to 1994. Facio Segreda died on 24 January 2018 of pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's disease in Escazu, Costa Rica at the age of 99.
Renaud Gagneux (15 May 1947 – 24 January 2018) was a French composer. He was born in Paris. Gagneux studied piano with Alfred Cortot and composition with Henri Dutilleux at the École Normale in Paris. In 1966 he went to Cologne to study composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen, then with André Jolivet and Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris.  In 1972 he joined the Groupe de Recherches Musicales de l'ORTF. His many prizes include the Sacem Grand Prix for chamber music (1977), the Prix Georges Enesco (1983), the Prize for New Talent from the SACD (1989), the Composers' Prize of the Sacem (1990), and the SACEM Grand Prix 1993 for his works overall. Gagneux died in Paris on 24 January 2018 of ALS-related complications at the age of 70.
The Bristol stool scale is a medical diagnosis tool used by doctors to classify the way feces looks into seven different categories. It is also known by the names Bristol stool chart and Bristol stool form scale. It was developed at Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1997 as a clinical assessment tool, but is also used to help with patients who cannot speak, so that they can show their doctor if they have a problem with their bowels (a clinical communication aid). It is also used to help diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Understanding the scale. The seven types of feces shown by the scale are: Feces that look like Type 3 and Type 4 have a normal shape. Feces that look like Type 1 and Type 2 are a sign of constipation. Feces that look like Type 6 and Type 7 are a sign of diarrhea. Feces that look like Type 5 is a sign of lacking fiber.
Frank Joseph Varrichione (pronounced "Vair-akee-oh'-nee," January 14, 1932 – January 6, 2018) was an American athlete. He was born in Natick, Massachusetts. He played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1955 through 1960 and with the Los Angeles Rams from 1961 to 1965. Varrichione died on January 6, 2018 in Framingham, Massachusetts of skin cancer at the age of 85.
Neagu Djuvara (; August 18, 1916 – January 25, 2018) was a Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat. He was born in Bucharest. Djuvara was an active contributor to Radio Free Europe. Between 1991 and 1998, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Bucharest. During the early 1990s, he was a noted critic of Romanian political developments. Djuvara died in Bucharest of pneumonia on January 25, 2018 at the age of 101.
Lyudmila Petrovna Senchina (; 13 December 1950, – 25 January 2018) was a Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian singer (soprano).  She was also an actress, appearing in "Armed and Dangerous" (), in which Lyudmila performed a female lead role.  Works. Senchina was known for her songs "Cinderella" and " Pebbles "(), "Stones" (), "Love and Separation" (), "White Acacia" (), "Birthday" (), "White Dance" (), "Field Flowers" ()"." Awards. In 1979 she was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR and in 2002 the title of People's Artist of Russia. Merited Artist of Ukraine (2003). Senchina died on 25 January 2018 in a hospital in St. Petersburg of pancreatic cancer at the age of 67.
Patrick Kayumbu Mazimhaka (26 April 1948 – 25 January 2018) was a Rwandan politician. He was the former Deputy Chairperson of the African Union's African Commission. Mazimhaka was born in Rwanda. He was elected the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission in July 2003 held in Maputo, Mozambique, and held the office until 6 February 2008. He was, until his election, the Senior Presidential Advisor to the President of Rwanda on the Great Lakes Region.  Mazimhaka died in Delhi, India on 25 January 2018 at the age of 69.
Gustav Gerneth (15 October 1905 – 21 October 2019) was a German World War II-veteran and claimed to be the oldest man ever in Germany, as well as the oldest living man in the world at the time of his death. However, his age is not validated by Guinness World Records and Gerontology Research Group. Gerneth worked in a shipping company and at a gas plant during World War II. He was a Russian prisoner-of-war until 1947 when he was released from imprisonment. He married his wife Charlotte (died in 1988) in 1930 and the couple had three sons, all of whom now deceased.  If his claimed age is true, Gerneth became the oldest living man in Europe after Spaniard Francisco Núñez-Olivera's death on 29 January 2018, and later also the first German person to become 113 and 114 years old as well as the oldest living man in the world on 19 January 2019 after the death of Japaneseman Masazo Nonaka, who became the oldest living man after Núñez-Olivera's death (Nonaka died on 20 January Japanese time). Nonaka and Gerneth were, after the death of Americanman Richard Overton (also a World War II-veteran) on 27 December 2018, the last two living men born before 1907. Gerneth lived in Saxony-Anhalt in the same brick house with steep entrance stairs for over 40 years, before his death just a week after celebrating his claimed 114th birthday.
Megalosauroidea is a group of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs. They lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous period. Members of the group include "Spinosaurus", "Megalosaurus", and "Torvosaurus". Classification. The definition of the clade Megalosauroidea includes "Megalosaurus bucklandii" and all taxa that share a more recent common ancestor with it than they do with "Allosaurus fragilis" or the House Sparrow. Below is a cladogram showing the relationships between different members of Megalosauroidea. It is based on a study by Carrano, Benson &amp; Sampson (2012).
Alipurduar district is a district in West Bengal, India. The headquarters of this district is Alipurduar city. This district was created in the year of 2014. This is the 20th district of West Bengal. The largest clan of Oraon people in all the settlement of Oraon dominated villages and towns in Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri district is Lakhra clan. The district contains nine census towns and rural areas of 66 gram panchayats. These are under six community development blocks: Madarihat - Birpara, Alipurduar I, Alipurduar II, Falakata, Kalchini and Kumargram. The nine census towns are Paschim Jitpur, Chechakhata, Alipurduar Railway Junction, Bholar Dabri, Sobhaganj, Falakata, Jaygaon and Uttar Latabari and Uttar Kamakhyaguri.
Purba Bardhaman district is a newly created district of West Bengal. Bardhaman district of West Bengal was divided into two new districts. These were named Purba Bardhaman district and Paschim Bardhaman district. This district has its headquarters at Bardhaman city. Demographics. As of the 2011 Census of India, Purba Bardhaman district had a total population of 4,835,532. There were 2,469,310 (51%) males and 2,366,222 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 509,855.
Kolkata district is an administrative district of West Bengal. The city of Kolkata is headquarters of the district. Demographics. According to the 2011 census of India, Kolkata district has a population of 4,486,679.This gives it a ranking of 35th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of .
Aditi Sajwan (born 12 February 1992 in Dehradun, India) is an Indian television soap opera actress. She made her acting debut in Zee TV's "Meri Doli Tere Angana". After she entered Imagine TV's "Rajkumaar Aaryan" to play the role of Mayasheen, she played Yashoda in Jai Shri Krishna and she was seen in "Meera" as Meera , She was last seen on television Show "Chidiya Ghar" as Koyal. Career. Sajwan n.k has all her life lived in different states of India as her father Pradeep Shingh Sajwan had a transferrable job. She was born in Dehradun, India. Her mother, Vineeta Sajwan, is a housewife. Her younger brother is a student. Her sister is a corporate anchor by profession. Sajwan is a trends Bharata Natyam and Kathak dancer. She is also a singer. She moved to Mumbai to pursue her career as an actor. She completed her BMM degree from Mumbai itself along with her acting.
Stephen Edward Foster (30 September 1946 – 25 January 2018), better known as Steve Foster, was an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and banjo and harmonica player. He was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia.  Foster's career had mostly been as a solo artist, but he has led some very successful bands as well including Inkase, Alcheringa, Head First and Limited Edition. He was the opening act on the Brian Cadd &amp; the Bootleg Family Australian tour 1972-1973. He performed in The Mount Lofty Rangers. In September 1972, was the release of Foster's award-winning debut solo album "Coming Home In A Jar" on the Bootleg Label. In 1995 "Forever Blue", a co-write with Graham Goble, first recorded by Little River Band in 1986 on the album "No Reins", the last album recorded with John Farnham became a huge hit in Europe, rising into the Top 10. Foster was an Australia Day Ambassador. He traveled each year to visit councils across South Australia to perform and explain what it means to be a proud Australian. Foster died on 25 January 2018, in Adelaide, Australia of lung cancer at the age of 71.