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Joni Eareckson Tada (born October 15, 1949) is an American evangelical Christian author and radio host. She is the founder of "Joni and Friends", an organization "accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community". Tada was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Tada wrote of her life in her 1976 international best-selling autobiography, "Joni: The unforgettable story of a young woman's struggle against quadriplegia &amp; depression". Career. In November 2009, Tada signed an ecumenical statement known as the "" calling on evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox Christians to work towards changing laws which permit abortion. Tada is a conference speaker. Her articles have been published in "Christianity Today", "Today's Christian Woman", "The War Cry" (Salvation Army), and newspapers around the world. Tada has appeared four times on "Larry King Live". Personal life. In 2010, Tada was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy. Her treatment was successful and was declared cancer-free in 2015. In November 2018, Tada was diagnosed with malignant thyroid cancer.
Loop AI Labs is an AI and cognitive computing company that focuses on language understanding technology. The company was founded in San Francisco in 2012 by Italian entrepreneur Gianmauro Calafiore, who sold his company Gsmbox to in 2004 and then relocated from Italy to San Francisco. Wanting to start an artificial intelligence company, he recruited two veterans of the project, the largest government-funded AI project in history, who had worked on the project at and Stanford University's . The original company name, "Soshoma", was changed to Loop AI Labs in 2015 after the company decided to change its focus from consumer-oriented to enterprise. Loop AI Labs is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices in New York, Milan, and Singapore. The company is privately funded. On May 4, 2017, Loop AI Labs entered into a deal with , a leading European provider of mobile messaging and solutions, to bring their cognitive computing technology to LINK's business clients, which cover 234 million people across Europe.
Cornu aspersum is the garden snail. They are often called a pest. In English books it was called Helix aspersa for over two centuries, but the current classification now places it in the genus "Cornu". They are native to Europe, though have spread elsewhere. It is very similar, but smaller than the Roman snail ("Helix pomantia"). Food. These snails mainly eat plants, since they are herbivores. Reproduction. Snails are both male and female. They are able to reproduce by themselves, though normally reproduce sexually.
Umberto Borsò (3 April 1923 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian operatic tenor. He was born in La Spezia, Italy.  In 1953 and 1954, he performed in the role of Giadone in the premiere of "Medea" by Pietro Canonica conducted by Ottavio Ziino with Maria Pedrini at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome. He also sang the role of Andrea Chénier with Renata Tebaldi in 1953, again at the Teatro dell‘Opera in Rome. Borsò died on 26 November 2018 in Rome at the age of 95.
Patricia Quintana (1946 – 26 November 2018), was a Mexican Chef, writer, businesswoman and professor. She was a known international cook and expert in Mexican gastronomy. She was born in Mexico City. She studied and taught on ancestral Mexican cuisine mixed with the classical. She was the owner City of Mexico of the restaurant Izote from 2001 to the 2013, but resigned to start a banquet catering company. She was culinary ambassador of her country for the world, distinction that awarded her the Office of Tourism and the Association of Restaurants of Mexico. Quintana died in Mexico City on 26 November 2018 from an aortic aneurysm at the age of 72.
Edward Lopez Pastor (; June 28, 1943 – November 27, 2018) was an American politician. He was born in Claypool, Arizona. He was Arizona's first Hispanic congressman. Pastor was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 1991 to 2015. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He represented Arizona's 2nd congressional district from 1991 to 2003, and Arizona's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2015. The latter district was numbered as the 4th district from 2003 to 2013. Pastor died on November 28, 2018 following a heart attack in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 75.
Claypool is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,395 at the 2020 census. Claypool is located in southern Gila County at (33.408626, -110.847532), between Miami to the west and Globe, the county seat, to the east. U.S. Route 60 runs along the northern edge of the community.
Miami is a town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. Miami is a classic Western town. Miami's old downtown has been partly renovated, and the Bullion Plaza Museum features the cultural, mining and ranching history of the Miami area. According to the 2020 Census, the population of the town was 1,541. It is near Globe, Arizona.
John Patrick Murtha Jr. (; June 17, 1932 – February 8, 2010) was an American politician. He was born in New Martinsville, West Virginia. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010.  Murtha died on February 8, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia from complications of intestine surgery at the age of 77.
James Albert Smith Leach (October 15, 1942 – December 11, 2024) was an American academic and politician. He was born in Davenport, Iowa. He was the ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa from 1977 to 2007 as a Republican. Leach died on December 11, 2024 at a hospital in Iowa City, Iowa from a heart attack caused by a stroke at the age of 82.
Salome Zourabichvili (; born 18 March 1952) is a French-born Georgian politician. She was the 5th President of Georgia from 2018 to 2024. She was an Independent MP in the Parliament of Georgia from 2016 until her election as President in 2018. From 2003 till 2004 she was ambassador of France to Georgia.
The President of Georgia (, "sakartvelos prezidenti") is the head of state and supreme commander-in-chief. Their role is ceremonial as in many parliamentary democracies. Prime Minister is the head of government. The office was first introduced by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia on 14 April 1991, five days after Georgia's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. The President serves a five-year term.
The Prime Minister of Georgia is the most senior minister within the Cabinet of Georgia. He is appointed by the President of Georgia.  Georgia has had 42 Prime Ministers since 1918. Prime ministers Prime ministers Prime ministers
Charles Arthur Bowsher (May 30, 1931 – September 30, 2022) was an American politician and businessman. He was the 6th Comptroller General of the United States from 1981 to 1996. He was born in Elkhart, Indiana. Raised in Chicago, Bowsher studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the University of Chicago. He was in the United States Army from 1950 to 1952 during the Korean War. In 1956, he worked as an accountant and as a key business figure for Arthur Andersen &amp; Co.. From 1967 to 1971, he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) during the Lyndon B. Johnson presidency. Bowsher was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and was Comptroller General for 15 years from 1981 to 1996. During that period, he led the Government Accountability Office during the savings and loan crisis and other major issues. With a term limit of fifteen years, Bowsher worked for the Reagan, Bush Sr. and Clinton presidencies. In 1996, Bowsher was added to the Accounting Hall of Fame. After civil service, he is the Chairman for the Board of Directors of the Concord Coalition. Bowsher died on September 30, 2022, at home in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 91 years old.
is a Japanese contemporary artist and writer. She is well known for her repeating dot patterns in her art. She uses a variety of media. These include painting, drawing, sculpture, movies, performance and immersive installation. Her art ranges from works on paper featuring intense semi-abstract imagery, to soft sculpture known as ‘Accumulations’, to her ‘Infinity Net’ paintings. These paintings are made up of carefully repeated arcs of paint built up into large patterns. Since 1977, Kusama has lived voluntarily in a psychiatric institution. Much of her work has been marked with obsessiveness and a desire to escape from psychological trauma. In an attempt to share her experiences, she creates installations that immerse the viewer in her obsessive vision of endless dots and nets or infinitely mirrored space. Biography. Yayoi Kusama was born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Nagano. She started drawing pictures with a motif of polka dots with watercolors, pastel and oil paints at 10 years old. She entered art university in Kyoto. Afterwards, she went to the US to study art. She did intense performances whose name were “happening” there to protest wars. In 1968. her movie won the prize of the 4th Belgian International Short Film Festival. She also had exhibitions held around the world. A documentary movie about her was released in 2019. It received high evaluations. Sickness. Kusama suffers from hallucinations. Her field of vision is covered with polka dots, and she says that flowers speak to her. She has had schizophrenia from childhood. She decided to paint to run away from the hallucinations and the fear of death. Her works reflect what she sees. Art works. All of Kusama's works are expensive. Kusama became the most expensive living female artist at auction when "White No. 28" (1960) from her signature "Infinity Nets" series sold for $7.1 million at a 2014 Christie's auction.
Captain Tractor is a Canadian folk rock band, based in Edmonton, Alberta. They play a punk-influenced variant of Celtic folk music, similar to such bands as Great Big Sea, The Pogues or Spirit of the West. Their songs are often rich in local, cultural, and geographical references. The band's most famous songs have been renditions of the folk music classics "The Log Driver's Waltz" and "Drunken Sailor", as well as a cover of the Arrogant Worms' "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate". They have also developed a following for their brand of Canadian rock, with singles such as "Up the Hill", "Frozen Puck to the Head", "This Is Not a Sad Song", "Another Drinking Song", and "The Bastard of Strathcona County". In celebration of the release of the band's sixth album, 'North of the Yellowhead' (2005 Six Shooter Records), Alley Kat Brewing Company released "Captain Tractor's Yellowhead Wheat Ale". Their seventh studio album, Famous Last Words, was released on May 3, 2011. A live record, Live at the Roxy, was released in 2015. Band members. The band consists of five men, one woman, and their mascot, a deer named Bucky. The band members are: Former members include: Discography. Captain Tractor has released seven albums: They have also released a video entitled "Inconsequential Things" in 1998, and an interactive CD-ROM, "Bus Madness", in 1995. Members' solo albums:
Mike Plume (born May 28, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. Background. Canadian singer/songwriter Mike Plume fronts his roots-based namesake band. His first record, Songs From a Northern Town, was recorded in Texas and released in 1993... Touring with groups like Blue Rodeo helped built the group's following, and their 1998 album Song &amp; Dance, Man has won them more fans and awards. In 2009 he released the album "8:30 Newfoundland", followed in June 2013, with the new album "Red and White Blues".
General Sir Charles Richard Huxtable, KCB, CBE (22 July 1931 – 26 November 2018) was a senior British Army officer. He fought in the Korean War. He was Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces between 1988 and 1990. In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Huxtable died on 26 November 2018 at the age of 87.
Eldon Thomas George (May 10, 1931 – November 29, 2018) was a Canadian fossil collector and amateur geologist. He was born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. He made many important discoveries on the shores of the Minas Basin and the Bay of Fundy in the 1940s.  George found the world's smallest dinosaur tracks in 1984 near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. His other finds include many fossilized amphibian and dinosaur prints that were displayed, along with the world's smallest dinosaur tracks, at his Parrsboro Rock and Mineral Shop and Museum.  One of them is a 17-inch (45-cm) track that may have been made by a primitive, two-legged, crocodile-like creature that was nearly 20 feet (6 m) long. George's other discoveries include a fossilized insect with three pairs of wings and a tiny horseshoe crab that supplies a missing link in evolutionary history. George died on November 29, 2018 in Parrsboro at the age of 87.
Robert Morris (February 9, 1931 – November 28, 2018) was an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He was thought of as one of the most well known theorists of Minimalism along with Donald Judd. He made important works to the development of performance art, minimalism, land art, the Process Art movement and installation art. In 2013 as part of the October Files, MIT Press published a volume on Morris, examining his work and influence, edited by Julia Bryan-Wilson. Morris was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He studied at the University of Kansas, Kansas City Art Institute, Reed College and at Hunter College. Morris died on November 28, 2018 in Kingston, New York from pneumonia at the age of 87.
Donald Clarence Judd (June 3, 1928February 12, 1994) was an American artist. He worked with minimalism. In his work, Judd worked with autonomy and space that objects created by it. He was also known for his works alongside sculptor Robert Morris. When the National Endowment for the Arts supported his work, Northern Kentucky University hired Judd to build his notable aluminium sculpture that was opened in the middle of the school's campus in 1976. Another commission, "Untitled" (1984), a three-part sculpture out of concrete with steel reinforcements, was installed at Laumeier Sculpture Park. Judd was born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, but raised in Marfa, Texas. He studied at College of William and Mary, Columbia University School of General Studies and at the Art Students League of New York. Judd died on February 12, 1994 in Manhattan, New York from non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 65.
Viktor Antonovych Matviyenko (9 November 1948 – 29 November 2018) was a Ukrainian footballer and manager. He was born in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. Matviyenko won the bronze medalist in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He played for Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national team. He managed Torpedo Zaporizhya. Matviyenko died in Kyiv on 29 November 2018 at the age of 70.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 9 August 1962), commonly referred to by her initials AKK, is a German CDU politician. She was the Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2018 to 2021. She was chief minister of Saarland from 2011 to 2018, making her the first woman to lead the government of Saarland and the fourth woman to head a German state government.  From February to December 2018, she was general secretary of the CDU. She was elected CDU party leader on 7 December 2018 following Angela Merkel's retirement from that role. On 10 February 2020, Kramp-Karrenbauer announced her resignation as Chairwoman of the CDU.
Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German lawyer and politician. He is the Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2022. He was a Member of the European Parliament 1989 to 1994, a member of the Bundestag from 1994 to 2009, and as the chairman of CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 2000 to 2002. Early life. Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz was born on 11 November 1955 in Brilon in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in then-West Germany. Merz is Roman Catholic. Merz was raised in his mother's family home Sauvigny House in Brilon. Merz served his military service as a soldier in the German Army in 1975. From 1976, he studied law, first at the University of Bonn, later at the University of Marburg. After finishing law school in 1985, he became a judge in Saarbrücken. Political career. Merz joined the Young Union in 1972. After finishing law school in 1985, he worked as a judge and corporate lawyer before entering politics in 1989 when he was elected to the European Parliament. After serving one term, he was elected to the Bundestag. In 2000 he was elected chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the same year as Angela Merkel was elected chairwoman of the CDU. During this time, he had a rivalry with Merkel. After the 2002 federal election, CDU party leader Angela Merkel became the parliamentary group leader, while Merz was elected deputy parliamentary group leader. In December 2004, he resigned from this office. Afterwards, he left politics to focus on his legal career. He would return to parliament in 2021. CDU leadership campaigns. In 2018 he announced his candidacy in the CDU leadership election in December 2018. He lost the election to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. In February 2020, he announced his second candidacy for the party
The 2018 Christian Democratic Union leadership election was held in Hamburg on 7 December 2018. This is after Angela Merkel's decision in October 2018 not to stand for party leader at the 2018 party conference following the party's bad performance in the 2018 Hessian state election and low numbers in national polls. On 29 October 2018, both the CDU's General Secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn announced their candidacy in the election. This was followed by Merkel's arch-rival Friedrich Merz announced his bid on 30 October 2018. Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected leader by winning 45.05% of the vote. Merz won 39.24% of the vote and Spahn won 15.72% of the vote.
Jens Spahn (born 16 May 1980) is a German politician. He was the Federal Minister of Health from 2018 to 2021. He is a member of the lower house of the federal parliament, the Bundestag as a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). In October 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her retirement for the CDU party leadership. Spahn announced his intention to stand for election as her successor in December 2018.
Andrea Maria Nahles (born 20 June 1970) is a German politician. She was the Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from April 2018 to June 2019 and the leader of the SPD in the Bundestag from September 2017 to June 2019.  Nahles was a Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 2013 to 2017 and SPD Youth leader. She is known within the party for criticising Gerhard Schröder's Agenda 2010.
Jörg Hubert Meuthen (; born 29 June 1961) is a German economist and right wing extremist politician. He is the Federal spokesman for Alternative for Germany (AfD) since July 2015. Meuthen is professor for political economy and finance at the Academy of Kehl.
Alexander Eberhardt Gauland (born 20 February 1941) is a German politician, journalist and lawyer. He is the Leader of the German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Bundestag since September 2017 and Co Leader of the party since December 2017. He has been a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) since September 2017. Gauland was the party's co-founder and is its federal spokesman and the party leader for the state of Brandenburg.
Christian Wolfgang Lindner (born 7 January 1979) is a German politician. He is a member of the Bundestag and leader of the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP). In December 2021, he became the Minister of Finance. On 23 February 2025, Lindner resigned as party leader and announced his retirement from active politics after the FDP lost all of their seats in parliament as a result of the 2025 federal election. He is widely blamed for the party's massive loss in the Bundestag during the election.
Katja Kipping (born 18 January 1978) is a German politician. She was the Chairperson of The Left and a member of the Bundestag (German Parliament). On 10 May 2014 she was reelected, along with Bernd Riexinger, as chairperson of The Left by a national party conference. Since 2005, Kipping has been a member of the German Parliament for The Left party. She was listed as the lead candidate on the state-level party list in Saxony.
Robert Habeck (born 2 September 1969 in Lübeck) is a German writer and politician. Habeck has been the Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action since December 2021. He is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens and was their co-leader from 2018 until 2022. Habeck has been Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Energy, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas in the Albig Cabinet since 2012 and in the Cabinet Günther since 2017. Under his leadership, the Green Party became the third largest group in the Landtag after the 2017 state elections.
Albert Bryan Jr. is an American politician. He is the 30th and current Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. He defeated Governor Kenneth Mapp in the runoff election on November 20, 2018.  Bryan was commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor.
Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that makes soap operas, reality TV, comedy, game shows, and other TV programs in several Indian languages. Balaji had a partnership with White Leaf Productions from 1997 to 2006. Balaji Telefilms is promoted by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor and is a public company listed at Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India.
Marie Avgeropoulos (; born 17 June 1986) is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her role as Octavia Blake on The CW's post-apocalyptic science fiction television series "The 100" (2014–present). Early life. Avgeropoulos was born on 17 June 1986 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She grew up fishing, hunting and camping, spending most of her free time outdoors. Avgeropoulos started playing drums when she was 16. After studying broadcast journalism for two years in her hometown, Avgeropoulos moved to Europe. Several months later, she came back to Canada and settled in Vancouver. Career. One of her friends invited her for a casting call in Vancouver, which happened to be looking for drummers. A talent agent recognized her talent and invited her to appear in various national commercials. She caught the attention of director Chris Columbus. He hired Avgeropoulos for "I Love You, Beth Cooper"," "which became her first feature film role. Her appearance in the film gave her the opportunities to star in more films and television shows. In 2010, Avgeropoulos was cast as Kim Rhodes in the film "Hunt to Kill", which became her break-out role. Early in 2013, Avgeropoulos made her break-out in television after being cast for a recurring role in The CW's "Cult". However, the series failed to attract viewers and after episode 7, the show was cancelled. The remaining six episodes of the show were broadcast later in the summer. Not long after the show ended, The CW cast her as one of the main characters in their new sci-fi, "The 100", to portray the character Octavia Blake. Personal life. The 32-year-old actress and her 41-year-old boyfriend allegedly began arguing in a car on the Ventura (134) Freeway shortly after midnight 5 August 2018. Avgeropoulos was accused of striking him multiple times in the head, neck and arm, resulting in minor injuries, according to the District Attorney's Office. She was then charged with domestic violence. Avgeropoulos's boyfriend wants the charges against the actress dropped as he said she doesn't pose a threat.