In February 2014, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, but insisted he would run for office again in the 2015 election. He died form the disease on January 27, 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario at the age of 70.
Mohammed Al-Mfarah
Mohammed Al-Mfarah, also known as Abu Samah () (May 20, 1945 – January 23, 2018), was a Saudi Arabian actor, playwright, director and producer. He was born in Al-Zilfi, Saudi Arabia. He worked at the ministry of health and submitted his resignation in 1975.
Al-Mfarah was known for his movie roles in "Al-Saknat Fe Klobna" (), "Secretary in the House", "Ahtarq Al-Samah" (), and "Abo Samah Fe Fanaq Al-Samrine" (). He also appeared in the plays "Al-Mohsan" () and "Bokor Wa kolampor" ().
Al-Mfarah died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 23, 2018 of laryngeal cancer at the age of 72.
Goosebumps (TV series)
Goosebumps is a Canadian-American horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's best-selling "Goosebumps" book series. It ran from October 27, 1995 through November 16, 1998. "Goosebumps" originally began airing on YTV (in English) and Canal Famille (in French) in Canada and on Fox Kids in the United States.
From October 7, 2007 to September 7, 2009, Cartoon Network aired the episodes. From September 6, 2011 until September 1, 2014, The Hub broadcast the series.
The opening sequence starts with a man dressed in black carrying his briefcase up a hill. The name engraved on the briefcase reveals the mysterious man to be "Goosebumps"' author, R. L. Stine. Hour-long specials The Haunted Mask I & II, A Night In Terror Tower, The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, Welcome to Dead House and Night of the Living Dummy III don't use the opening sequence at all but instead have R.L. Stine introducing those episodes and also appearing at the end.
Lurie Children's Hospital
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (formerly Children's Memorial Hospital) located in Magnificent Mile in Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois is a pediatric specialty hospital. The hospital has more than 1,200 physicians on its medical staff and 4,000 employees.
Based on volume, it is ranked #1 regionally in all pediatric specialties and is accredited by the Joint Commission (formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations). Physicians and staff provided highly specialized care for more than 148,000 children in 2011, from every U.S. state and 35 countries.
Cyberchase
Cyberchase was an American/Canadian animated educational children's television series on PBS Kids. The series about three children from Earth: Jackie, Matt, and Inez. They were brought into Cyberspace, a digital universe, in order to protect the world from the villain Hacker (voiced by Christopher Lloyd). These kids are able to prevent Hacker from destroying Cyberspace by means of problem-solving skills with basic math. In Cyberspace, they meet Digit (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried), a cybird that helps them on their missions.
It was first shown on WNET as a "sneak peek" on March 24, 2000, before making its official debut on January 21, 2002. In 2010, after the season eight finale, PBS put the series on hiatus, but it returned in 2013 for a ninth season, followed by a tenth season in 2015. The eleventh season premiered on October 23, 2017. There was a twelfth season that premiered on April 19, 2019.
Erica Mena
Erica Mena (Born November 8, 1987) is an actress, writer and Hip hop singer.Mena is known for her appearances in the show
.She has wrote the books "Chronicles of a Confirmed Bachelorette" and "Underneath It All".
Rashidah Ali
Rashidah Ali (better known as Rah Ali) (Born January 27, 1984). She is known for her appearances on Love & HipHop: New York. She has had a long friendship with fellow Love & HipHop: New York star: Remy Ma for some time. Though not friends anymore. She is described as wild & not one to back down from a fight. While in New York, Rah Ali attempted to fight Sky from Black Ink Crew and failed at doing so. Resulting with Rah Ali getting her wig snatched and a black eye.
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest and oldest type of international cricket. The first officially recognized Test match took place on 15–19 March 1877 and was played between England and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where Australia won by 45 runs.
The early test matches were played by England against other sides in the British Empire. First test matches took place in these years:
Test matches eventually spread to other countries around the world. Later came One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 internationals (T20s).
Test matches are a series of 5-day matches. Each team's two innings' scores are added to find the total runs. The team with more runs wins the match if the other team has completed both of their innings, with there being a tie if they have an equal number of runs; otherwise it is a draw.
Follow-on is a rule by which the team batting in second innings can be enforced to bat again just after the end of their first innings. The follow-on can be enforced by the team batted in the first innings only if their first-innings lead is at least 200 runs.
Minimum Lead Required
Timeless Test matches are Test matches with no limit on the number of days the game can be played for.
Truist Park
Truist Park, originally known as SunTrust Park, is a baseball stadium in a section of Cobb County, Georgia that has an Atlanta mailing address. It is the home of the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB).
During the stadium's planning process, it was named SunTrust Park when the Braves reached a naming agreement with the Atlanta-based SunTrust banking company. In February 2019, SunTrust merged with another banking company, BB&T, and the new company renamed itself Truist. However, the ballpark kept the SunTrust name through the 2019 season. The new name of Truist Park became official on January 14, 2020.
Nieuw-Vennep
Nieuw-Vennep is a town in the Netherlands. It is right below Amsterdam and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Around 30,000 people live in the town.
Dennis Peron
Dennis Peron (April 6, 1946 – January 27, 2018) was an American activist and businessman. He was born in New York City. He was an important figure for the legality of cannabis throughout the 1990s. He influenced many in California and led the political debate on marijuana in the United States.
Peron was openly gay and his partner died of AIDS in 1990. Peron sold cannabis and advocated for medical cannabis. In 1991, he cofounded the Cannabis Buyers Club, the first public cannabis dispensary.
In 1996, the Grassroots Party of Minnesota fielded Peron, as their first Presidential nominee, in the U.S. presidential election. Peron won 5,400 votes. In 1998, Peron ran in the Republican primary for Governor of California, but lost to Attorney General Dan Lungren.
Peron died of lung cancer in San Francisco, California on January 27, 2018 at the age of 71.
Kabul ambulance bombing
The 2018 Kabul ambulance bombing happened on 27 January 2018 near Sidarat Square in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 103 people have been killed and 235 others wounded in the suicide attack. The Taliban were behind the attack.
A bomb was hidden in an ambulance and exploded at a second police checkpoint, according to officials. Its blast also destroyed vehicles, shops, and buildings nearby.
At least 103 people were killed and 235 others were injured.
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua
Zhong Zhong ( pinyin:"Zhōng Zhōng", born 27 November 2017) and Hua Hua ( pinyin:"Huá Huá", born 5 December 2017) are identical macaques that were created through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same cloning technique that created Dolly the sheep in 1996.