Her motivation for the previously mentioned activism began when the , , sought to impose a new contract upon junior doctors. Dr Clarke campaigned against the government, arguing in print and on screen that imposition would irrevocably damage the NHS. Her debut book 'Your Life In My Hands' was published by John Blake in July 2017.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Richard Lynn "Ricky" Stenhouse Jr. (born October 2, 1987) is an American racecar driver. He currently drives in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 17 Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He has won the Nationwide Series championship in 2010 and 2011, and has been Rookie of the Year in both the Monster Energy Cup and Nationwide Series.
Stenhouse started racing when he was six, driving go-karts. He later moved in to sprint car racing, being named Rookie of the Year in a sprint car series in 2007. He also raced for former NASCAR driver Tony Stewart in 2007. Stenhouse signed a contract with NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing in 2007, running in the ARCA Racing Series in 2008. In only his sixth stock car race, Stenhouse won for the first time at Kentucky Speedway. He won another race at Pocono Raceway and was running for the championship with Scott Speed before he and Speed crashed twice in the race so that both of them wouldn't win the championship.
After running in the ARCA series, Stenhouse drove for Roush Fenway Racing in seven Nationwide Series races in 2009 with Greg Biffle, Colin Braun and Jamie McMurray completing the schedule. He qualified first at Iowa Speedway and ran all of the races in 2010, winning the Rookie of the Year award. The following year, he won the championship. He won the championship again in 2012. After the final race of 2012, Stenhouse was disappointed because he didn't win the race.
Stenhouse made his first Sprint Cup start in 2011, driving in place of Trevor Bayne at Wood Brothers Racing. He did not run another race until the next year, when he ran four races for Roush Fenway Racing.
He ran all of the races in 2013, winning the series' Rookie of the Year award. He came back for a full season the following year but did not qualify for one race due to a new way of qualifying. In 2015, Stenhouse had some sponsorship problems, leading to a 25th place finish in the point standings. His performance went along with the team not doing as well as before. The following year, Stenhouse finshed a career-best second at Bristol Motor Speedway; however, his crew chief was suspended the following week for a steering wheel problem. Overall, it was the best year of his Cup career.
Stenhouse finally broke through to Victory Lane in the Cup Series in 2017, winning at Talladega Superspeedway in his 158th career start. A couple months later, he won again, this time at Daytona International Speedway. Both of his wins came on restrictor plate tracks. He also made the NASCAR Playoffs for the first time, making it through the Round of 16 before being cut in the Round of 12.
Stenhouse started dating another NASCAR driver, Danica Patrick, in 2013. The two split in late 2017.
Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe
The flag of São Tomé and Príncipe was created in 1975.
It has a horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and green; with a red triangle based at the hoist and two black five-pointed stars in the yellow stripe.
Flag of Cape Verde
The flag of Cape Verde was used since September 22, 1992.
The five horizontal (facing left and right) stripes are blue, white, red, white, and blue. The top stripe is half as tall as the flag. The three stripes in the middle are each one-twelfth as tall as the flag. The bottom stripe is one-fourth as tall as the flag.
The middle of the circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is on the red stripe. It is three-eighths away from the left side of the flag.
Video camera tube
The video camera tube was a type of vacuum tube used to capture television images between the 1930s and 1980s.
A video camera tube uses a lens to focus the image on a photoelectric material (a material which emits electrons when light hits it) housed at the front of a glass tube.
An electron gun at the back of the tube, like those used in a cathode ray tube, fires electrons at the material. When the photoelectric material is hit with brighter light, it produces more electrons, which cause more of the electrons fired by the electron gun to bounce back.
By measuring the number of electrons which bounced back, the video camera tube is able to tell how bright each part of the image is, and create a signal suitable for display on a cathode ray tube.
Bhootu
Bhutu (also spelled Bhootu) is a Hindi language children's comedy-drama television series that airs on Zee TV. It Stars Kinshuk Mahajan and Sana Amin Sheikh in lead roles. The Show Telecasts Monday to Friday at 6:30 P.M.
Martinism
Martinism is a form of Christian mysticism following with the fall of the first man, his state of material divine source, and the process of his return, called 'Reintegration' or illumination.
As a mystical tradition, it was first transmitted through a masonic system created around 1740 in France by Martinez de Pasqually, and later propagated in different forms by his two students Louis Claude de Saint-Martin and Jean-Baptiste Willermoz.
Deaths in February 2018
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in February 2018. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
Niranjan Bhagat
Niranjan Bhagat (18 April 1926 – 1 February 2018) was an Indian poet and commentator. He was born in Ahmedabad, India. Bhagat won the 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his work "Gujarati Sahiyta-Purvardha Uttarardha". He was also an English poet, and had written over a hundred poems in English, most being written in the style of "Gitanjali".
Bhagat died of a stroke on 1 February 2018 in Ahmedabad at the age of 91.
Eddie Shaw
Eddie Shaw (March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) was an American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. He was born in Stringtown, Mississippi. He led Howlin' Wolf's band, the Wolf Gang, from 1972, both before Wolf's death in 1976.
In 2013 and 2014, Shaw won the Blues Music Award in the category Instrumentalist – Horn.
Shaw died on January 29, 2018 in Chicago of natural causes, aged 80.
Olavi Mäenpää
Olavi Juhani Mäenpää (29 November 1950 Tyrvää – 31 January 2018 Turku) was a Finnish politician. He was the former chairman of Finnish People's Blue-whites ("Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, SKS"), a political party aligned with the far right. He was a member of the city council of Turku, his home city, since 1992 until he lost his seat in the elections in 2017.
Terry Van Ginderen
Esther Van Ginderen-Verbeeck, also known as Aunt Terry (8 September 1931 – 30 January 2018) was a Flemish television presenter and businesswoman. She was born in Hoboken, Antwerp. From 1989, when she founded VTM she worked for this channel, again for children's programs.
Van Ginderen died of pneumonia on 30 January 2018 in Bonheiden, Antwerp at the age of 86.
Rasual Butler
Rasual Butler (May 23, 1979 – January 31, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards and San Antonio Spurs. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On January 31, 2018, Butler and his girlfriend Leah LaBelle were both killed in a car accident in Los Angeles, California. He was 38 years old.
Oscar Gamble