Williamson was born in Houston, Texas, in 1952. Williamson studied theater and philosophy at Pomona College in Claremont, California for two years before dropping out in her Junior year and moving to New York City to be a cabaret singer. In 1979, Williamson returned to Houston, where she ran a metaphysical bookstore.
In 1997 Williamson published her book "Healing the Soul of America" (hardcover originally titled "The Healing of America") and began a more energetic political engagement. In this book, Williamson laid out plans to “transform the American political consciousness and encourage powerful citizen involvement to heal our society.”
She has been a guest on television programs such as "The Oprah Winfrey Show", "Good Morning America", and "Real Time with Bill Maher". In December 2006, a "Newsweek" magazine poll named her one of the fifty most influential baby boomers. She is known for her book "A Course in Miracles", a non-religious self-study program of spiritual psychotherapy.
Williamson ran and lost in the election for the seat of California's 33rd congressional district in 2014.
Famous elected and public officials endorsed her campaign, including former Governors Jennifer Granholm and Jesse Ventura; former Congressmembers Dennis Kucinich and Alan Grayson; and Van Jones, among others. Alanis Morissette wrote and performed her campaign theme song, entitled "Today".
On August 2, 2018, The Guardian reported that she was exploring the possibility of a presidential run in 2020. On January 28, 2019, Williamson formally announced her campaign in Los Angeles. After only appearing in one of the debates and low poll numbers, Williamson ended her campaign on January 10, 2020. She later endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in February 2020.
Williamson is Jewish, and was briefly married. In 1990, Williamson had her only child, India Emma.
Rick Genest
Rick Genest (August 7, 1985 – August 1, 2018) was a Canadian artist, actor, and fashion model. He was also known as Zombie Boy. Genest was featured in Lady Gaga's video for "Born This Way", with Lady Gaga wearing makeup to replicate Genest's tattoos.
He was cast as the character "foreman" in the 2013 movie "47 Ronin".
Planned to be unveiled in 2019, an sculpture of Genest called “Self-Conscious Gene” will be a new permanent fixture at the Science Museum, London, UK. The statue is to be created by British artist Marc Quinn.
On August 1, 2018, Genest was found dead after a fall from the balcony at his Plateau-Mont-Royal apartment. Police ruled his death as a suicide.
Hannie van Leeuwen
Johanna (Hannie) van Leeuwen (18 January 1926 – 1 August 2018) was a Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party (until 1980) and the Christian Democratic Appeal. She was born in Delft, the Netherlands.
Van Leeuwen was an MP from 1966 to 1978, and a Senator from 1995 to 2007.
She also was an alderwoman of Zoetermeer, and acting mayor of Hazerswoude and Nootdorp.
Hannie van Leeuwen died in Rotterdam on 1 August 2018, aged 92.
A Clergyman's Daughter
A Clergyman's Daughter is a novel by George Orwell. It was published in 1935. It tells the story of a young woman called Dorothy Hare who loses her memory and finds herself lost in London.
George Orwell spent some time living rough on the streets and working in fields in Kent so that he could understand what life was like for poor people. These experiences gave Orwell some of the ideas he used for the book.
After the book was released, Orwell said that he did not like it and he did not want it to be published again whilst he was alive. He did say that it could be published again if his family needed money after he died.
The story has five chapters which are each written in a different style.
Dorothy Hare is a young woman who lives with her father, a clergyman. He is very strict and treats Dorothy badly. She spends her days working hard for her father with no time for herself. One evening, she is invited to dinner by a male friend, Mr. Warbuton, who sexually assaults her. Afterwards, she stays up late to finish some work for the church.
Dorothy is now in London with no memory of the past eight days. She meets a group of young people who bring her to Kent to work in the fields with them. When she returns to London, it is difficult for her to find a place to stay and after a while she is homeless and has to sleep in Trafalgar Square.
Dorothy spends a night outdoors in Trafalgar Square. She is arrested and spends 12 hours in prison.
Dorothy's father sends a letter to his cousin who helps Dorothy to get a job as a school teacher. The owner of the school is only interested in making money but Dorothy tries to make the classes more interesting for the students. The owner of the school does not like this and after a while she tells Dorothy to leave the school and Dorothy loses her job.
As Dorothy leaves the school, Mr. Warbuton arrives. He tells Dorothy that someone had spread rumours about her behaving badly but nobody believed them anymore and it was safe for Dorothy to return home. Mr. Warbuton asks Dorothy to marry him but she says no and ends up back in her old routine.
Auto Club 400
The Auto Club 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held annually at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, It is held as the fifth race of the NASCAR season, held in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series the previous day, From 1997-2010, the race distance was 500 miles in distance, For the 2011 season onward, the race distance reduced to 400 miles in length.
1930 Dominican Republic hurricane
The 1930 Dominican Republic hurricane was one of the most deadly tropical cyclones in the history of the Caribbean or Atlantic basin. It was the fifth deadliest Atlantic storm on record.
The hurricane was small although strong when it went through the Caribbean.
The storm caused 2,000-8,000 deaths, mostly in the Dominican Republic.
Damage from the storm was over $50 million.
The storm also struck Cuba and southern Florida. It then brushed eastern North Carolina with strong tropical storm force winds.
Hurricane Bret
Hurricane Bret was the only hurricane to Texas in the 1990s. The storm hit a lightly populated region of Texas on August 22-23, 1999. It was a small hurricane.
Bret struck south-central Texas with winds of .
There were four indirect deaths from the storm in Texas. Bret killed no people directly.
Damage from Bret was unusually low for a major hurricane.
STP 500
The STP 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. It is held every spring at Martinsville Speedway, It was first run in 1950 and held in conjunction with the Camping World Truck Series race the previous day. Goody's Powder sponsored the race from 1996 to 2002 and again in 2007 to 2012. The race is first of two races held at the racetrack, with the other one being the First Data 500 in November.
The trophy is in the form of a grandfather clocks.
Fox NASCAR
Fox NASCAR, also known as NASCAR on Fox, is the brand name of NASCAR coverage provided by Fox Sports, that airs on Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Fox, Fox News Channel (formerly FX) and Fox Sports Net, The network covers the first sixteen Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series as well as fourteen NASCAR Xfinity Series races, and all 23 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
NASCAR on NBC
NASCAR on NBC, also known as NBC NASCAR, is the brand of NASCAR coverage on NBCuniversal networks, NBC, NBCSN, USA Network and CNBC (for 2016 only), The networks aired the final 20 races of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, final 19 races of the Xfinity Series, NBC had covered the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series from 2001 to 2006, with NBC airing the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead in 1999.
O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
The O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 is an annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.