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In September and October 2020, multiple people at the White House tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.  Background. On September16, it was reported that at least one unnamed staffer had tested positive. On October 1, President Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump, press advisor Hope Hicks, presidential campaign manager Bill Stepien, and former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway tested positive for the coronavirus. Claudia Conway, the daughter of Kellyanne Conway, announced on Oct 4 that she had tested positive as well. On October5, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced she had also tested positive. Trump tested positive days after the first presidential debate against Joe Biden in Cleveland, Ohio. Around eleven people tested positive who worked at the debates in Cleveland. Some of Trump's personal aides who prepared him for the debates also tested positive. Many of the cases were rooted to be at the announcement of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the United States Supreme Court on September 26 and at a Trump campaign fundraiser event in Bedminster, New Jersey on October 1. That same day, it was revealed that Senators Thom Tillis and Mike Lee both tested positive, as well as University of Notre Dame president John I. Jenkins. Three members of the White House press corps, including Michael D. Shear, also tested positive.  On October 2, Trump was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.  Also on October 2, many individuals connected to the White House were diagnosed with COVID-19. Trump response. On October 4, Trump left the hospital in order to ride past a gathering of supporters at the medical center, waving from the back seat of an SUV, before returning to the hospital. This was seen as a political stunt and many criticized Trump for possible putting other people at risk for getting infected. Many Secret Service agents were upset at Trump as he could have infected them with one agent saying: "He's not even pretending to care now". Reaction. The incident has been compared to the non-fatal shooting of Ronald Reagan in 1981, which saw similar concerns over continuity of government amid incapacitation of the president. Stock markets
Ranoidea robinsonae is a frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists saw it in Gulf Province but they think it lives in other places as well. This frog is mostly green in color on the back with pale stripes. Three adult male frogs were 28.3-28.7 mm long from nose to rear end. Some of these frogs have dark spots. Scientists say this frog is related to the dainty green tree frog.
Zuidplas is a municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. In 2019, 42,762 people lived there. It was created on 1 January 2010 from the former municipalities of Moordrecht, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel and Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle.
Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (20 November 1937 – 6 October 2010) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history. Isaac won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book "The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790". He is the only Australian historian to win a Pulitzer Prize. In 1963, he moved to Australia, where he taught at the University of Melbourne. He later worked at La Trobe University from 1971 to 1999, where he was Emeritus Professor of American History. In 1975, Isaac was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Early American History at the College of William &amp; Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Isaac was born in Cape Town. His twin brother, Glynn, was an archaeologist. His parents, William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton, were botanists.  On 6 October 2010, Isaac died of cancer in Blairgowrie, Victoria. He was 72.
Reece Mastin (born 24 November 1994) is an English-born Australian singer and songwriter. He won the third season of "The X Factor Australia" in 2011. Mastin then signed with Sony Music Australia. His first single, "Good Night", reached number one in Australia and New Zealand. The song also became Sony Music Australia's fastest selling digital single. Mastin's three studio albums are "Reece Mastin", "Beautiful Nightmare" and "Change Colours". Mastin was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. At the age of 11, he moved with his family to Greenwith, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated television series. It is an action-comedy science fiction superhero series based on the movie "". The series is made by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Television Animation. Patrick Warburton was the voice of the main character Buzz in the series. He replaced Tim Allen who provided the voice in the "Toy Story" movies. The series was broadcast for nine seasons. Synopsis. The series is set on Capital Planet and other planets. Space Rangers are led by Star Command of the Galactic Alliance. The main villain in the series is named Zurg.
Irina Vyacheslavovna Murakhtaeva (; "née" Kolebanova; 8 January 1973 – 2 October 2020), better known as Irina Slavina, was a Russian journalist. She was the editor-in-chief of the "Koza.Press", which she founded in 2015. She was born in Gorky (now known as Nizhny Novgorod). She was married and had a daughter. On 2 October 2020, Slavina died by suicide after setting herself on fire (self-immolation). She was 47. Before her death, she wrote a post on Facebook asking the public to blame the Russian Federation for her death. She carried out the action in front of the building of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
Westvoorne is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. In 2022, 14,960 people lived there. On 1 January 2023, it was merged with the former municipalities of Brielle and Hellevoetsluis to form the new municipality of Voorne aan Zee.
Molenwaard is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It was created on 1 January 2013 from the former municipalities of Graafstroom, Liesveld and Nieuw-Lekkerland. Since 2019, it has been part of the new municipality of Molenlanden.
Graafstroom is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. Since 2013, it had been part of the new municipality of Molenwaard. In 2019, it has been part of the new municipality of Molenlanden.
Liesveld is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. Since 2013, it had been part of the new municipality of Molenwaard. In 2019, it has been part of the new municipality of Molenlanden.
Nieuw-Lekkerland is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. Since 2013, it had been part of the new municipality of Molenwaard. In 2019, it has been part of the new municipality of Molenlanden.
Christine is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published on April 29, 1983. It is about a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury. On December 9, 1983 a movie of the same name was released.
Rijnwoude is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. History. Rijnwoude was created on 1 January 1991 as Rijneveld from the former municipalities of Benthuizen, Hazerswoude and Koudekerk aan den Rijn. In 1993, the municipality was renamed to Rijnwoude. In 2014, it has been part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn.
Zederik is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. History. It was created on 1 January 1986 from the former municipalities of Ameide, Hei- en Boeicop, Leerbroek, Lexmond, Meerkerk, Nieuwland, and Tienhoven aan de Lek. Zederik merged with Leerdam and Vianen to form the new municipality of Vijfheerenlanden in the province of Utrecht on 1 January 2019.
Spijkenisse is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. Since 2015, it has been part of the new municipality of Nissewaard. The city has about 72,500 people.
Ranoidea serrata (also known as the green-eyed tree frog) is a tree frog from Australia. The adult male frog is 3.7 to 5.4 cm long and the adult female is 5.8 to 8.0 cm long. This frog can be green, brown, orange or tan in color, and it often has a pattern on its back so it can look like moss or lichen to hide from larger animals that want to eat it. Scientists used to think this frog was the same species as "Ranoidea genimaculata", which is also called "green-eyed tree frog." They also thought it was the same as "Ranoidea eucnemis" and "Ranoidea myola". "Ranoidea serrata" is larger than these other frogs and the male frogs' voices sound different. It also has a larger flap of skin next to its limbs. This skin is scalloped like a serrated knife. That is why its Latin name is "serrata".
White nationalism is a type of nationalism that sees White people as a race. It also wants to keep a national identity of white people as a race.  Overview. Many believers of White nationalism see certain countries – often theirs – as being countries that are for White people only. Often, supporters of white nationalism also support Nazism, White supremacy, Ku Klux Klan and racist policies towards minorities.  A modern example of White nationalism being put into practice is the apartheid in South Africa (1948 – 1994) under the National Party's (NP) one-party rule, when non-White South Africans were subject to racial segregation from White South Africans and went through decades of hardship. Examples. Afrikaner nationalism. Afrikaner nationalism (Afrikaans: "Afrikanernasionalisme") is widely considered a modern example of White nationalism. It is an ethnonationalist ideology originated in 19th-century South Africa among a European ethnic group called the Afrikaners, who descended from mainly Dutch settlers. Idea. Afrikaner nationalism is the idea that Afrikaners are the chosen people and that Afrikaners who speak their language should unite to fight off foreign influences from Jews, British-descended English-speaking settlers of South Africa, Black people and Indian people. Proponents. A major proponent of the ideology was the secret group "Broederbond" and the National Party (NP) that ruled the country from 1948 to 1994. Other groups that supported the Afrikaner nationalist ideology included but not limited to the Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Organisations ("Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge ", FAK), the Institute for Christian National Education (NE) and the White Workers' Protection Association (WWPA). Academic views. The historian T. Dunbar Moodie described Afrikaner nationalism as a type of civil religion that had combined the history of the Afrikaners, their language and Afrikaner Calvinism as key symbols. Connections with other ideologies. Islamism. 1960s. In the 1960s, White nationalist groups partnered with Elijah Muhammad, then the leader
Charles Wallis Haeger (September 19, 1983 – October 3, 2020) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Chicago White Sox (2006–2007), the San Diego Padres (2008) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2009–2010) in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born in Livonia, Michigan. On October 3, 2020, Haeger was found to have shot himself dead near the Grand Canyon in Arizona. He was the prime suspect in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, Danielle Breed, the day before.
Haaksbergen is a municipality and town in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 24,000 people were living there in 2021. Haaksbergen lies in Twente region and borders both Achterhoek region and Germany.
Hellendoorn is a municipality and town in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 36,000 people were living there in 2021. Hellendoorn belongs to Salland region (except the very eastern part that belongs to Twente region) but administratively to Twente region.
Hof van Twente is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 35,000 people were living there in 2021. It lies in Twente region and borders Achterhoek region. It was created from the former municipalities of Diepenheim, Goor, Markelo, Ambt Delden and Stad Delden on 1 January 2001.
Olst-Wijhe is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 18,000 people were living there in 2021. It lies both in Salland and IJsselvallei regions. It was created from the former municipalities of Olst and Wijhe on 1 January 2001. The IJssel river flows through and alongside the western part of the municipality.
Rijssen-Holten is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 38,000 people were living there in 2021. It was created from the former municipalities of Holten and Rijssen on 1 January 2001. The new municipality was called Rijssen but renamed in Rijssen-Holten in 2003. Rijssen-Holten lies partially in Salland region (Holten area) and partially in Twente region (Rijssen area). Administratively the municipality belongs to Twente region. It borders Achterhoek region.
Steenwijkerland is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 44,000 people were living there in 2021. It lies in the region of Kop van Overijssel. In 2001, the municipalities of Brederwiede and IJsselham joined the municipality of Steenwijk. Last one was renamed Steenwijkerland in 2003.
Tubbergen is a municipality and town in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 21,000 people were living there in 2021. Tubbergen lies in Twente region and borders Germany.
Twenterand is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 34,000 people were living there in 2021. It was created from the former municipalities of Den Ham and Vriezenveen on 1 January 2001. The new municipality was called Vriezenveen but renamed in Twenterand in 2003. Twenterand lies partially in Twente region (Vriezenveen area) and partially in Salland region (Den Ham area, except eastern Vroomshoop). Administratively the municipality belongs to Twente region.
Zwartewaterland is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. About 23,000 people were living there in 2021. It lies both in the region of Salland and the region of Kop van Overijssel. It was created from the former municipalities of Genemuiden, Hasselt, and Zwartsluis on 1 January 2001.
Dick Johnson Is Dead is a 2020 American documentary movie, directed by Kirsten Johnson and co-written by Johnson and Nels Bangerter. The story focuses on Johnson's father Richard, who suffers from dementia, portraying different ways—some of them violent "accidents" — in which he could ultimately die. In each scenario, the elderly Johnson plays along with his daughter's black humor and imaginative fantasies. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling. It was released on Netflix on October 2, 2020. Plot. Richard Johnson (referred to as "Dick") is a retired clinical psychiatrist who is suffering from dementia. His daughter Kirsten Johnson involves him in a series of imaginative enactments of his impending death, some of them violent "accidents", such as "falling down a flight of stairs, [or] being struck in the neck and bleeding out". She also has him act out his own funeral and fantasizes about him entering the gates of heaven. Dick amiably plays along with her black humor; in one scene he proposes, "You can euthanize me."
TUT.BY is a web portal from Minsk, Belarus, in Russian and Belarusian languages. It has been runned since 2000. It is a very big website in the country.&lt;ref name="Akt 9/20"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Abstract. It is a website to read about the 2020 Belarusian protests and 2020 Belarusian presidential election, more. Because of that, at the end of September 2020, the Ministry of Information of Belarus stopped the TUT.BY’s media rights for three months from October 1. The international organization Reporters Without Borders named it a cruel attack on the web portal. The USA together with more than fifty other countries and the EU asked the Belarusian government to stop such attacks. Founder. Yuri Zisser (1960–2020) made the website in October 2000. The website worked with digital media rights since January 2019. Problems. Journalist Katsyaryna Barysevich wrote an article about the death of Raman Bandarenka in 2020. She was arrested in Minsk on November 19, 2020. On March 2, 2021, she was sentenced to a half-year in prison and got a fine for that. On May 18, 2021, the TUT.BY office and the houses of its main people were looked for. It was a result of the just opened TUT.BY tax evasion criminal case. Since that day, the domain name was stopped working, copies of the TUT.BY website and the E-mail system of TUT.BY can't be opened. The Ministry of Information of Belarus made such punishment for "prohibited information" that the website has been having over it. One example of such information was named. It was information of BYSOL. BYSOL is a foundation that helps people who got punishments because of the 2020 Belarusian protests. At least 18 people who worked for TUT.BY were arrested on May 18, 2021. As of May 25, 2021, 12 people were put in isolation centers, including
Berg en Dal is a municipality found in the Dutch province of Gelderland. In 2019, 34,798 people lived there. History. It was created on 1 January 2015 from the former municipalities of Groesbeek, Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. The resulting larger municipality kept the name of Groesbeek until 1 January 2016, when it was renamed to Berg en Dal after the village of Berg en Dal.
Berkelland is a municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. About 44,000 people were living there in 2021. Berkelland lies in Achterhoek region and borders both Twente region and Germany. It was created from the former municipalities of Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo on 1 January 2005. It is named after the Berkel river.
Bronckhorst is a municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. About 36,000 people were living there in 2021. Bronckhorst lies in the regions of Achterhoek and IJsselvallei. A small part in the southwest lies in the region of Liemers. It was created from the former municipalities of Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden, and Zelhem on 1 January 2005.
Peter Jutzeler (9 May 1940 – 28 September 2020) was a Swiss wrestler. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Erlenbach, Switzerland. Jutzeler died on 28 September 2020 at the age of 80.
Ogun or Ogoun is a spirit that appears in several African religions. He is also known as the 'God of Iron' and is present in Voodoo. Overview. Ogun is a powerful spirit of metal work. Also he is the spirit of war and patron deity of smiths and craftsmen. He was sent to earth to make it a nice place for people to live, and he has not yet finished this task. The primary symbol of Ogun is Iron.
Rijnwaarden is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It became a part of the municipality of Zevenaar in 2018. Main seat was Lobith. Rijnwaarden was situated where the Rhine river enters from Germany into the Netherlands.
Robert Kemp Adair (August 14, 1924 – September 28, 2020) was an American physicist. He latterly held the position of Sterling Professor Emeritus of physics at Yale University. He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1997, he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Adair died on September 28, 2020 in Hamden, Connecticut at the age of 96.
Nicolas Wildhaber (8 December 1929 – 26 September 2020) was a Swiss swimmer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Zürich, Switzerland. Wildhaber died on 26 September 2020, aged 90.
Riley Carlisle Darnell (May 13, 1940 – October 2, 2020) was an American Democratic politician, He was the Tennessee Secretary of State from 1993 to 2009. He was born in Clarksville, Tennessee. From 1971 to 1981, he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Between 1981 to 1993, he was a member of the Tennessee Senate. Darnell died on October 2, 2020, in Clarksville at age 80.
Ronald Peter Perranoski (April 1, 1936 – October 2, 2020) was an American Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher, who played from 1961 through 1973. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and the California Angels.  Perranoski died on October 2, 2020 in Vero Beach, Florida at the age of 84.
Rachel Frobel (née Collins, b. 1976) is an American professional wrestler who is better known by her ring name MsChif. She has been wrestling since 2001 and in that time has worked for several independent promotions across the United States, with guest matches in England and Japan. She is known for her banshee gimmick, howling at her opponents and referees who stand in her way, as well as her unusually flexible body that allows her to perform, and be subjected to, modified submission holds. For two years, between 2008 and 2010, she was a triple crown champion holding the NWA World Women's Championship for the second time, as well as the Shimmer Championship and the NWA Midwest Women's Championship. As well as being a two-time NWA World Champion, she is also a ChickFight tournament winner.
Claude Vigée (born Claude Strauss; 3 January 1921 – 2 October 2020) was a French poet. He wrote in French and Alsatian. He was born in Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin.  He taught French Language and Literature at Ohio State University, then at Wellesley College and then at Brandeis University. He lived in Israel between 1960 and 2001, where he taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem until his retirement in 1983. Vigée died on Paris on 2 October 2020 at the age of 99.
Karel Fiala (3 August 1925 – 3 October 2020) was a Czech operatic tenor and actor. He was known for his work in operas and musicals, but received worldwide attention for his role of Mozart's Don Giovanni in the movie "Amadeus". Fiala was born in Hrušov, Czechoslovakia. Fiala died on 3 October 2020 in Prague from a long-illness, aged 95.
Pradeep Maharathy (4 July 1955 – 4 October 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). He was born in Pipili, Odisha. From 1985 to 1995 and again from 2000 until his death, he was a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.  Maharathy died on 4 October 2020 from COVID-19 at a hospital in Bhubaneshwar, aged 65.
Eli Ruckenstein (August 13, 1925 – September 30, 2020) was a Romanian-born American physical chemist. He was a Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. His main research areas were catalysis, surface phenomena, colloids and emulsions.  Ruckenstein became a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1990 and was honored in 1998 of the National Medal of Science. Ruckenstein died on September 30, 2020, at the age of 95.
The Atlanta Police Department (APD) is a law enforcement agency in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. In 1873, the department was formed with 26 officers. Thomas Jones was elected the first Atlanta Chief of Police by the city council.  The 1,700+ officer force is currently being led by former Assistant Police Chief Rodney Bryant (acting), after Chief Erika Shields resigned following the killing of Rayshard Brooks. Bryant will serve as interim police chief until the city finds replacement.
Self-immolation is the act where a person sets themself on fire. It is usually done for political or religious reasons. It is often used as an extreme form of protest or in acts of martyrdom. The act of "setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest" was first recorded in Lady Morgan's "France" (1817). Real life examples:
Ibnu Saleh (8 October 1961 – 4 October 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was born in Prabumulih, Indonesia. He was a member of the Nasdem Party. Between 2016 to 2017, he was Deputy Regent of the Central Bangka Regency. In 2017, he became the Regent.  Saleh died on 4 October 2020 at a hospital in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia from COVID-19, four days before his 59th birthday.