In September and October 2015, a wildfire called the Valley Fire burned more than 76,000 acres of land in Lake County, Napa County, and Sonoma County. The fire destroyed almost 2,000 buildings and threatened almost 7,500 buildings. The fire killed 4 people and left 3,000 people homeless. The damage is estimated at "hundred of millions of dollars".
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Get Rich or Die Tryin is the debut studio album of American rapper 50 Cent. It was released on February 4, 2003, by Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records.
"Get Rich or Die Tryin" gained positive reviews. At Metacritic, it holds an aggregate score of 73 out of 100, based on 19 reviews, which were "generally favorable reviews".
Credits for "Get Rich or Die Tryin" adapted from Allmusic.
Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain (28 February 1944 – 9 October 2015) was an Indian music composer and lyricist.
the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985. Jain was one of the most notable Hindi music directors. He started his career in the early 1970s, composing for hit movies such as "Chor Machaye Shor" (1974), "Geet Gaata Chal" (1975), "Chitchor" (1976) and "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se" (1978).
Jain died of multiple organ failure at the age of 71.
Du Runsheng
Du Runsheng (; July 18, 1913 – October 9, 2015) was a Chinese military officer, revolutionary leader, politician, and economist. He was described as "China's father of rural reform".
Du was a member of the 12th and 13th National People's Congress and a member of the Central Advisory Commission from 1987 through 1992.
He was born in Taigu County, Shanxi. He died in Beijing, China, at the age of 102.
Chop suey
Chop suey is a dish in American-Chinese cuisine. It is made with meat, often chicken, fish, pork or beef. There are also eggs and vegetables in it. It is usually served with rice or noodles.
There are many myths about chop suey. One is that in the 19th century it was invented by Chinese-American cooks working for the Transcontinental Railroad.
Chop suey appears in an 1884 article of the "Brooklyn Eagle" by Wong Chin Foo.
Hot chicken
Hot chicken, also known as Nashville hot chicken, is a type of fried chicken. It is a specialty of Nashville, Tennessee. In typical preparation, it is pieces of breast, thigh, leg or wing. The pieces are marinated in a water-based blend of seasoning, floured. They are prepared with a sauce with cayenne pepper.
Hot chicken is often served with white bread and pickles. There are many restaurants in Nashville that serve their own versions of the dish. Its popularity has spread outside the Southern United States.
In 2016, KFC began serving hot chicken in its restaurants across the United States.
Spacetoon
Spacetoon is an Arabic television channel launched in the United Arab Emirates in 2000, broadcasting to the Arab world. The channel airs Arabic dubbed versions of television shows and movies such as , Fairly OddParents, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kids Incorporated (similar to Kidsongs), Spongebob Squarepants, The Electric Company, Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi, The Smurfs, , Fraggle Rock, Transformers, Barney & Friends, Code Lyoko Hey Arnold! and Recess.
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Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes
The movie topped the Japanese box office during its opening weekend. This film (March 7–8) earning $5.3 million on 557,000 showings from 365 screens. As of April 19, 2015, it had grossed (¥3.91 billion) at the Japanese box office.
Richard F. Heck
Richard Fred Heck (August 15, 1931 – October 10, 2015) was an American chemist. He was known for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes.
Heck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on October 6, 2010, with the Japanese chemists Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki, for their work in palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions in organic synthesis.
Heck died on October 10, 2015 in Manila in hospital, aged 84. He suffered a bout of severe vomiting earlier in the week.
Unified Modeling Language
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose, developmental, modeling language in the field of software engineering. UML is used to provide a standard way to show what the design of a system looks like.
UML was originally developed to standardize the different notational systems and approaches to software design. It was developed by Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh at Rational Software in 1994–95, with further development led by them through 1996.
In 1997, UML was adopted as a standard by the Object Management Group (OMG), and has been managed by this organization ever since. In 2005 the Unified Modeling Language was also published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as an approved ISO standard.
Jim Diamond
James "Jim" Diamond (28 September 1951 – 8 October 2015) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three Top 5 hits. The first was "I Won't Let You Down" (1982), as the lead singer in the trio PhD, with Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips. His solo performance, "I Should Have Known Better", was a United Kingdom number one in 1984.
On 10 October 2015, the BBC News website announced that Diamond died in his sleep in London at the age of 64.
Polish People's Republic
Polish People's Republic was an official name of Poland from 1952 until 1989. It was on the Stalinist model.
Polish government tolerated religious beliefs, but in 1950, when Minister for Religious Affairs, Antoni Bida accused the Polish Church of hostility to the state, conflict began. This continued right up the collapse of the People's Republic of Poland, and with it communism in Poland, in 1989.
In June 1956, there was a workers strike, which was put down violently. 75 people were killed.
In October 19, 1956 arrived leaders of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. There was a political breakthrough and new Communists became the leaders.
Year 1980 was one of heavier years in history of country. A lot of protests led to created a "Solidarność", which in 1989 caused fall of communism in Poland.
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a pop song written in the 1960s by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The song is about breaking up with a lover and wanting to forget about them. However, something always reminds the singer of them.
The song was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick. Lou Johnson charted his version first in the summer of 1964. His version peaked at #49. Other versions of the song were by Sandie Shaw and Naked Eyes. The latter was a Top 20 single. The Naked Eyes song peaked at #8 on "Billboard" Hot 100 in June 1983.
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Bill Flores
William H. "Bill" Flores (born February 25, 1954) is an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for Texas from 2011 to 2021.
On September 5, 2019, Flores announced his intent to retire in the 2020 election cycle.
Darrell Issa
Darrell Edward Issa (; born November 1, 1953) is an American businessman and politician. He is the U.S. Representative for California's 50th congressional district since 2021. Before, he was the Republican U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, from 2001 to 2019.
In January 2018, Issa announced his retirement from Congress. On September 19, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Issa as Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency.
On September 26, 2019, Issa announced that he was running for California's 50th congressional district in the 2020 election. He won the general election in November 2020.
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