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The Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, commonly known as the Quaker State 400, is a annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, It is held as the nineteenth race of the season and is held in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series, The inaugural event was held on July 9, 2011 and was won by Kyle Busch, From 2012 to 2014, the race has been held before the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Independence Day weekend, From 2015 to 2017, The race moved back two weeks preceding Daytona and New Hampshire, In 2018, the race became the 19th race of the season as the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway which became the 20th race of the season.  Martin Truex Jr. enters as defending winner.  History. The event eventuated a lawsuit in which Kentucky Speedway claimed NASCAR had violated federal antitrust laws in 2005. In 2008, The speedway was sold to Bruton Smith, hoping that the track could hold a race by 2011 and after four years, the former speedway owners abandoned the lawsuit. In August 2010, NASCAR announced that the track could hold a Cup Series event in 2011. Seven months later, Royal Dutch Shell's Quaker State brand was announced to sponsor the 267-lap race held on July 9, 2011, and was won by Kyle Busch. The race was plagued by a massive traffic problem where many of the fans were expected to attend the race were turned away after several hours on Interstate 71. Following the problem, Kentucky Speedway announced that they bought more land for parking and began to work with the state government to improve the track around the speedway in time for the 2012 race. New aero package for 2015. On June 16, 2015, NASCAR announced a new aero package would be used for the 2015 race. The changes include a smaller rear spoiler and other adjustments that significantly reduced aerodynamic downforce. The spoiler was decreased to
Kenneth Lane "Ken" Thompson (born February 4, 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American computer scientist. He is the co-creator of UNIX operating system. Education. Thompson received a Bachelor of Science (1965) and Master's degree (1966) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley. In 1969, Thompson and colleague Dennis Ritchie and Brother Max Lane created the UNIX and LINUX operating system at Bell Telephone Laboratories. UNIX was a scaled-down version of the Multics operating system, one meant to run on the new smaller minicomputers becoming available at the end of the 1960s. When re-written in the C programming language by Dennis Ritchie, UNIX became a truly portable operating system capable of running on many different hardware platforms.
Auditorium 6 is a 2017 American short comedic horror movie directed, written, produced, and edited by Chris Stuckmann. It stars Matthew Brando, KateLynn E. Newberry, Rob Grant, George Tutie, Tara O. Horvath, and Sam Liz. The movie premiered in Cleveland, Ohio on October 25, 2017. Premise. A night janitor takes a job working for an old movie theater and is warned of its sinister history. When he encounters the presence that haunts the theater, something unexpected happens. Release. The movie's premiere was held in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 25, 2017. Since then, the movie has gone to several different film festivals. Reception. Critical response. Tyler Hummel from Geeks Under Grace praised the film and said ""Auditorium 6" carries both a genuine energy, enthusiasm, and talent that suggests to me that Mr. Stuckmann could become quite a good independent director." Horror Geek Life writer Curt Oglesbee scored the film 4 out of 5 stars, and said "Chris Stuckmann‘s "Auditorium 6" is an ode to that particular relationship with film, made by movie lovers FOR movie lovers."
Timothy Lee "Tim" Richmond (June 7, 1955 – August 13, 1989). was a NASCAR driver from Ashland, Ohio. His career was cut short when he contracted HIV. He later died from complications of AIDS. Career. Unlike many other NASCAR drivers, Richmond was born into wealth and did not grow up auto racing. He did not begin racing until the age of 21, when he drove a Sprint Car owned by a friend. He continued to the open-wheel circuits, racing in the 1980 Indianapolis 500 and finishing ninth. He decided to move on into stock-car racing in NASCAR, where he spent the rest of his days. His first few seasons, he bounced from team to team looking for a permanent ride, which he found in 1982. He raced in 26 events, winning twice and finishing in the top 5 seven times, but finished 26th in Winston Cup standings. Richmond began feeling ill at the end of the 1986 season, and he checked into a clinic after the season ended. There, he was diagnosed with AIDS, which doctors still did not understand well.  Despite his illness, Richmond worked to regain his strength. He returned to racing in 1987, winning two races at Pocono and Riverside. However, as his health began to worsen, so did his results. Richmond would race in six more events before being told not to race by NASCAR.  In 1988, Richmond tried to re-enter NASCAR racing. Expressing concerns about how he had contracted HIV, NASCAR made Richmond (and Richmond alone) take a drug test. Several days later, NASCAR announced that he had tested positive for banned substances and suspended him indefinitely. Richmond was livid, insisting that he did not take any banned substances. He demanded another test, which he passed. NASCAR later admitted only Sudafed and Advil had been found in the first test. They also released the permanent ban, but refused to allow Richmond to drive again until he surrendered medical records that said he had AIDS. Richmond finally retired to West Palm Beach, Florida, where he lived in seclusion with his mother until his death on August 13, 1989
Margit Sandemo (, 23 April 1924 – 1 September 2018) was a Norwegian-Swedish author. She had been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, "The Legend of the Ice People", was published. She also wrote many other book series such as "Häxmästaren" and "Legenden om Ljusets rike". Sandemo was born on 23 April 1924 in Lena, Norway and died on 1 September 2018 in Scania, Sweden at the age of 94.
William Raymond Barry (October 4, 1928 – August 28, 2018) was an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 18 games in the National Hockey League. He also played for the Boston Bruins and the Hershey Bears in the 1951-52 season. Barry was born in Revere, Massachusetts and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He died on August 28, 2018, in Calgary, aged 89.
Shorter is a town in Macon County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 385. It was made a town in 1984.
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS or Missouri Synod) is a Lutheran denomination in the United States. It has 2 million members. This makes it the second-largest Lutheran group in the country. The LCMS was organized in 1847 at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois. At first it was called the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States (). The LCMS has congregations in all 50 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. More than half of its members are located in the Midwest. It is a member of the International Lutheran Council. The LCMS's headquarters are in Kirkwood, Missouri. The current president has been Matthew C. Harrison since September 1, 2010. History. Origins. The Missouri Synod was started by several communities of German Lutherans in the United States. F. C. D. Wyneken did mission work in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. Martin Stephan started a community of Lutherans in Perry County, Missouri, and St. Louis, Missouri. Wilhelm Löhe sent missionaries to Michigan and Ohio. The Saxon immigration. In the Kingdom of Saxony in the 19th century, Lutheran pastor Martin Stephan and many of his followers thought that their church would be forced to merge with the Reformed church. Because of this, Stephan and between 600 and 700 other Saxon Lutherans left Germany to move to the United States in November 1838. They had five ships. Their ships arrived between December 31, 1838, and January 20, 1839, in New Orleans. One ship was lost at sea. Afterwards, they settled in Perry County, Missouri. At first, Stephan was the bishop. Later, other members said that Stephan was corrupt and a fornicator, so he was kicked out. This made C. F. W. Walther the new leader. The Löhe missionaries. In 1842, a German pastor named Wilhelm Löhe started sending missionaries to America. They started congregations in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. Founding and early years. In 1844 and 1845, the three groups listed above (
Vinicius is the mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Tom is the mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The mascots represent Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vinicius represents Brazilian animals, and his body has parts of cats, monkeys, and birds. Tom represents Brazilian plant life. A Brazilian company called Birdo made the mascots. The Olympic organizers only wanted mascots made by Brazilian companies. The organizers chose Birdo's mascots in August 2013, and they showed them to the public on 23 November 2014, but the mascots did not have names yet at that time. The organizers asked the public to choose names for them. The public chose to name the mascots after Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim. Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim wrote the song "The Girl from Ipanema". The Olympic organizers made a children's television series about the mascots. The Rio organizers also made many toys and other merchandise of the mascots. The organizers gave wrestling coaches soft dolls of Vinicius. If the coaches did not like a referee's call, then they would throw the doll into the ring. Many people thought that this was funny. Paralympic medalists got special dolls of Tom. They were special because the leaves on Tom's head were the same color as their medals. Some observers liked how the mascots looked. Others thought they looked strange. History. Creation. The organizers of the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio 2016) started to ask for mascot designs in November 2012. The events were going to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, so the Olympic organizers only wanted designs from Brazilian companies. Directors from the Brazilian film festival Anima Mundi helped the Rio 2016 organizers choose the mascots. After looking at the designs, the Rio 2016 organizers chose three of them and asked children to help them choose the final mascot. The children were six to twelve years old and were from either Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo. The organizers gave the three designs to the children, but they did not tell the children that they were for the Olympics.
Arsène Tchakarian (December 21, 1916 – August 4, 2018) was a French-Armenian historian, former tailor and member of the French Resistance. He was a member of the Manouchian Group of the FTP-MOI. Tchakarian was the last surviving member of the Manouchian Group ("Groupe Manouchian"), a Paris-based resistance group led by Missak Manouchian. He was born in Sapanca, Ottoman Empire. Tchakarian died of a heart attack in Villejuif, France on August 4, 2018, aged 101.
The National Museum of Brazil () is the oldest museum and scientific institution of Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro. It was established on 6 June 1818. Until 2018, it had one of the largest collections of natural history and anthropology in the Americas. Despite this, the 200 year old museum was already in bad condition when it burned on 2 September 2018. Finance. From 2014 the museum had budget cuts that dropped its maintenance to less than R$520,000 annually. The budget was so low, there was $0.01 to spend on each of the artifacts. The building fell into disrepair, with peeling wall material, exposed electrical wiring, and a termite problem. Some of the artifacts lost in the fire included Egyptian mummies, remains from the oldest human skeleton found in the Americas, frescoes from Pompeii, and dinosaur skeletons. By June 2018, the museum's 200th anniversary, it had reached a state of near-complete abandonment. There was an offer from The World Bank to buy the museum for $80m. It was turned down because the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro would have to give up ownership. The great fire. On 2 September 2018, at around 19:30 local time, a large fire broke out at the Paço de São Cristóvão. The museum was almost completely destroyed. The museum's holdings included over 20 million items. About 90% were destroyed. Brazil's President Michel Temer called the loss of the historical and cultural heritage "incalculable". The cause of the fire is not known, but many connected it to the museum's lack of funding. No injuries were reported.
Samuel Conti (July 16, 1922 – August 29, 2018) was an American jurist. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1970 until his retirement in 1987. In 1987, he became senior judge of the court. He was born in Los Angeles, California. Conti died on August 29, 2018 in Oakland, California at the age of 96.
Sir James Alexander Mirrlees (5 July 1936 – 29 August 2018) was a Scottish economist. He was the winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989. Mirrlees died on 29 August 2018 in Cambridge, England at the age of 82.
Carilda Oliver Labra (6 July 1922 – 29 August 2018) was a Cuban poet. She was born in Matanzas. Oliver Labra studied law at the University of Havana. She was known as one of the most influential Cuban poets. Oliver Labra won many national and international prizes including the National Poetry Prize (1950), National Literature Award (1997) and the José de Vasconcelos International Prize (2002). "Me desordeno, amor, me desordeno" might be her most famous poem. Oliver Labra died of pneumonia in Matanzas on 29 August 2018, aged 96.
Paul Belville Taylor, Jr. (July 29, 1930 – August 29, 2018) was an American choreographer. He was among the last living members of the third generation of America's modern dance artists. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Taylor works include "Big Bertha" (1970), "Airs" (1978), "Arden Court" (1981), "Sunset" (1983), "Last Look" (1985), "Speaking in Tongues" (1988), "Brandenburgs" (1988), "Company B" (1991), "Piazolla Caldera" (1996), "Black Tuesday" (2001), "Promethean Fire" (2002), and "Beloved Renegade" (2008).  In 1992, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography and was awarded the Kennedy Center Honorees. Taylor died of renal failure on August 29, 2018, at a Manhattan hospital at the age of 88.
Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon (; 11 September 1937 — 30 August 2018) was a Soviet-Russian singer. He was born in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast. He performed concerts for Joseph Stalin when he was younger. His best-known song is "Instants" from the Soviet TV series "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (1973). He went to Donetsk People's Re­public and said words in support of its separatists. He got Honorary Consul of ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ in the Russian Federation. He voted "yes" to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation on March 20, 2014. He was put in the EU blacklist for that on February 16, 2015. Kobzon died on 30 August 2018 in Moscow from prostate cancer at the age of 80.
Ray (February 14, 1982 – August 30, 2018) was a Hong Kong professional wrestler. Ray made her professional wrestling debut in September 2003 and would for the next several years wrestle under different masks, before she began working for Smash in March 2010. She remained with Smash until the promotion folded in March 2012. During her career, Ray held the CMLL-Reina International Junior, International Ribbon Tag Team and WNC Women's Championships, among other titles. After being diagnosed with brain cancer in December 2015, she died on August 30, 2018 at the age of 36.
Marie Severin (; August 21, 1929 – August 29, 2018) was an American comics artist and colorist. She was best known for her work for Marvel Comics such as on "Spider-Man", "Thor", and "Iron Man" and the 1950s' EC Comics. Severin was born in East Rockaway, New York. Severin was added into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2001. Severin died in Massapequa, New York on August 29, 2018 from a stroke at the age of 89.
Susan Brown (May 4, 1932 – August 31, 2018) was an American television and movie actress and interior designer. She was born in San Francisco, California. She was best known for her roles on daytime soap operas such as in "General Hospital". In 1979, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her role on the show. Brown starred as Adelaide in "As the World Turns". Brown died in Los Angeles, California on August 31, 2018 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 86.
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza 25 January 1922 – 31 August 2018) was an Italian population geneticist. He lectured at Stanford University. Cavalli-Sforza won the Weldon Memorial Prize in 1978. He was born in Genoa, Italy. Cavalli-Sforza's "The History and Geography of Human Genes" (1994 with Paolo Menozzi and Alberto Piazza) is a standard reference on human genetic variation. Cavalli-Sforza also wrote "The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution" (together with his son Francesco). Earlier, in the 1970s, he and Walter Bodmer wrote what was the standard textbook on modern human genetics, "The Genetics of Human Populations". WHFreeman, 1971. The two, with Bodmer as first author, later wrote another more basic text, "Genetics, Evolution, and Man" WHFreeman, 1976. Together with his 1994 book they show human genetics before the genomics era began giving much more detailed data. Cavalli-Sforza died on 31 August 2018 in Belluno, Italy at the age of 96.
Muni Tarun Sagar (26 June 1967 – 1 September 2018) was an Indian "Digambara monk" and political advisor. His lectures are known as "Kadve Pravachan" (bitter discourses) because they can be critical of common practices and views. His lectures have been published in book series also titled "Kadve Pravachan". His audience often includes a majority of non-Jains. Early life. Tarun Sagar was born as Pawan Kumar Jain on 26 June 1967 in Madhya Pradesh, India. He became Kshullak at the age of 13 and Muni" as a pupil of Acharya" Pushpdant Sagar at the age of 20. Works. Tarun Sagar was known for supporting the ban on liquor, leather and meat in India. He began to publish speeches under the title "Kadve Pravachan" (Bitter Discourse) starting in 2003 in Ahmedabad. Tarun Sagar delivered his sermons Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2010 and in Haryana Legislative Assembly on 26 August 2016. He was known as a "progressive Jain monk" for his criticism of violence, corruption and conservatism, and his speeches came to be called "Katu Pravachan". Politics. While Jain monks often did not want to be related with politicians, Sagar often met politicians and government officials as a guest. He has delivered his sermons Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2010 and in Haryana Legislative Assembly on 26 August 2016. Sagar was respected by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Modi would award him Tarun Kranti Puraskar in 2012. Criticisms. In August 2016, Tarun Sagar was invited to address the Haryana Assembly by both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress party members. He talked about social and political issues and evoked applause and laughter from lawmakers. The event caused a number of tweets critical of Muni Tarun Sagar because of his nudity. He once said that Jihad is a conspiracy to convert Hindu girls into Muslims. He was also against Muslim practice in India. Death. Tarun Sagar died on 1 September 2018 from complications of jaundice in New Delhi, India at the age of 51.
Randy Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Weston's works were influenced by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Weston worked often with trombonist and arranger Melba Liston. Weston died on September 1, 2018 in New York City of heart disease at the age of 92.
Conway Victor Savage (27 July 1960 – 2 September 2018) was an Australian rock pianist and singer-songwriter. He was a member of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds from 1990 until his retirement in 2017.  Savage had a solo career and released albums, "Nothing Broken" (2000), "Wrong Man's Hands" (2004) and "Rare Songs &amp; Performances 1989–2004". He also collaborated with other artists for their albums, such as "Soon Will Be Tomorrow" (with Suzie Higgie, 1998) and "Quickie for Ducky" (with Amanda Fox and Robert Tickner, 2007). In October 2017, Savage was diagnosed with brain cancer. He died, aged 58, in Melbourne on 2 September 2018.
Carole Shelley (16 August 1939 – 31 August 2018) was an English actress. She was born in London. Her many stage roles included the character of Madame Morrible in the original Broadway cast of the musical "Wicked". She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "The Elephant Man" in 1979. She also starred in "Wicked" and in "Robin Hood". Shelley died of pancreatic cancer in Manhattan on 31 August 2018, aged 79.
Barry Du Bois (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian designer, building expert and TV personality on Network Ten. Du Bois first appeared on reality renovation show "The Renovators". Du Bois is co-host and design/building expert on lifestyle program "The Living Room". In 2017, Du Bois was diagnosed with terminal multiple myeloma.
Gareth O'Callaghan (born 24 March 1961) is an Irish author and retired radio and television presenter. He was most recently to be heard on 4fm, having presented shows on RTÉ 2fm for much of his career until 2005 and then a show on Galway Bay FM until his retirement in 2018. He is known for talking about depression and suicide awareness on his shows. In August 2018, O'Callaghan was diagnosed with a terminal form of neurodegenerative disease.
Neurodegeneration is the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, including death of neurons.  Many neurodegenerative diseases – including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's disease. Such diseases are incurable, resulting in progressive degeneration and/or death of neuron cells.  There are many parallels between different neurodegenerative disorders including atypical protein assemblies as well as induced cell death. Neurodegeneration can be found in many different levels of neuronal circuitry ranging from molecular to systemic.
St John Ambulance is a group of organizations which provide first aid and emergency medicine. They work in over 40 countries, mostly in the Commonwealth of Nations. The role of St John Ambulance varies. For example, in some parts of Australia, St John Ambulance are the main ambulance service. In most places, St John Ambulance are mostly volunteers and their role is to provide first aid at local events (e.g. sports matches, local fairs, races, etc.) and first aid training to the public. St John Ambulance is run by its founders, the Venerable Order of Saint John. The Order is a descendant of the Knights Hospitaller of the Middle Ages. They founded the first branch of St John Ambulance in the United Kingdom in the 19th century. In 1877, the St John Ambulance Association was set up to teach first aid skills. In 1887, the St John Ambulance Brigade was founded to provide first aid at local events. These two have since been merged into the English branch of St John Ambulance. First aiders for St John Ambulance are often seen wearing uniform. They originally had army ranks, though many now use non-military ranks instead. Some branches have cadets, for teenagers and older children. All branches of St John Ambulance use the eight-point Maltese Cross as their logo. This symbol appears on a number of organizations descended from the Knights Hospitaller. The Order of Malta Ambulance Corps in Ireland is an example. Other similar organizations include Red Cross and Red Crescent (a worldwide movement) and St Andrew's First Aid in Scotland.