Mikhail Afanasyevich Shakhov (; 20 November 1931 – 8 August 2018) was a Soviet bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1956 and the 1960 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956. Shakhov was born in Saratov Oblast, Russia.
Shakhov died on 8 August 2018 in Kiev, Ukraine, aged 86.
Levoncourt
Levoncourt may refer to the following places in France:
Franklin, Alabama
Franklin is a town in Macon County, Alabama, United States. The 2010 census placed the population at 149, unchanged from 2000.
Savigneux
Savigneux may refer to the following places in France:
Eclectic, Alabama
Eclectic is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Schinznach (disambiguation)
Schinznach may refer to:
Goms
Goms may refer to:
Copyright status of work by the U.S. government
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Chavornay
Chavornay is the name of several places:
Chavornay, Switzerland
Chavornay is a municipality of the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Essert-Pittet and Corcelles-sur-Chavornay merged into the municipality of Chavornay.
United Party For National Development (UPND)
United Party For National Development (UPND) is a political party in Zambia. It is the country's main opposition party. It is led by businessman Hakainde Hichilema.
2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident
On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport ("Sea–Tac") in SeaTac, Washington.
The man responsible was 29-year-old Richard Russell. He was a Horizon Air ground service operator with no piloting experience.
Russell performed an unauthorized takeoff and flew southward as F-15 fighter jets were scrambled to take down the plane. Sea–Tac air traffic control made radio contact with Russell. He was killed when the plane crashed on sparsely populated Ketron Island in Puget Sound.
Eurocentrism
Eurocentrism (also Western-centrism) is a worldview about the works and criticism of Western civilization. The exact beliefs of the term changes from the entire Western world to only Europe or even just Western Europe (especially during the Cold War).
When applied to history, it may refer to a stance towards European colonialism and other forms of imperialism.
Steve Oedekerk
Steven Brent "Steve" Oedekerk (born November 27, 1961) is an American comedian, director, editor, producer, screenwriter and actor. Oedekerk is best known for his works with actor Jim Carrey and director Tom Shadyac. He starred in the "Ace Ventura" franchise, on "Thumbmation" shorts and his movie "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist" (2002).
Acting roles
Acting roles
Santiago a mil
Santiago a Mil or Santiago by the Thousands is a large festival in Chile. It lasts three weeks in January in the country's capital, Santiago. It features open-air and indoor theater performances. The performances cost little or nothing.
SeaTac, Washington
SeaTac is a city in southern King County, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Seattle, Washington. The name "SeaTac" is a combination of "Seattle" and "Tacoma". It is named from the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
The city of SeaTac is in area and has a population of 26,909 according to the 2010 census. Residents voted for incorporation on March 14, 1989, and the city incorporated in February 1990.
Camel toe
Camel toe, or cameltoe, is slang for when the outline of a woman's labia majora is seen in tightly fitting clothes. The male equivalent of cameltoe is "mooseknuckle". It is called a "camel toe" because of how the woman's labia outline is similar to that of a camel's toe.
Camel toe happens as a result of wearing tight-fitting clothes, such as shorts, leggings or swimwear.
Labia majora
The labia majora (singular: "labium majus") are two well known areas where the skin folds that extend downward and backward from the mons pubis to the perineum. Together with the labia minora they form the labia of the vulva.
The labia majora are homologous to the male scrotum.
Labia minora
The labia minora, Latin for "smaller lips," singular: "labium minus ""smaller lip""", also known as the inner labia, inner lips, vaginal lips or nymphae, are two flaps of skin on either side of the human vagina. It is an opening in the vulva. It is between the labia majora (the Latin for "larger lips;" also called outer labia, or outer lips).
The labia minora vary widely in size, color, and shape from individual to individual.
Mons pubis
In human anatomy, and in mammals in general, the mons pubis (pubic mound, also known simply as the mons, and known specifically in females as the mons Venus or mons veneris), is a part of the body where the fatty tissue is found over the pubic symphysis of the pubic bones. The mons pubis is part of the vulva. The vulva is the part of the body where reproductive organs are located on the outside of the body.
Arthur Davies (tenor)
Arthur Davies (11 April 1941 – ) was a Welsh tenor. He had an international performance career from the 1970s through the 1990s. He performed leading roles with The Royal Opera in London, the Welsh National Opera, the Scottish Opera, and the English National Opera.
Davies was born in Wrexham, Wales. He died in August 2018 at the age of 77. His death was announced on August 9.
Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos
Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos (11 May 1932 – 11 August 2018) was a Dominican Roman Catholic prelate. He was born in Cabirmota, La Vega. Rivas Santos was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He was the Bishop of Barahona from 1976 until his resignation in 1999.
Rivas Santos died on 11 August 2018 in Jarabacoa, Dominica. He was 86.
Samir Amin
Samir Amin (3 September 1931 – 12 August 2018) was an Egyptian-French Marxian economist. He was born in Cairo. He was known for his creation of the term Eurocentrism in 1988.
Amin died on 12 August 2018 in Paris, aged 86.
Gabriela Michetti
Marta Gabriela Michetti Illia (; born 28 May 1965) is an Argentine politician. She was the 36th Vice President of Argentina from 10 December 2015 through 10 December 2019 alongside President Mauricio Macri. Her and Isabel Martínez de Perón, are the only women to hold the office.
Michetti is member of the Republican Proposal "(PRO)" and Cambiemos "(Let's change)" coalition. She was Deputy Chief of Government in Buenos Aires from 2009 to 2013, working with then-Mayor Macri. He was Senator for Buenos Aires since 2013 to 2016.
She is great-grandniece of former President of Argentina, Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia.
Parker Solar Probe
Parker Solar Probe is a NASA robotic spacecraft heading towards the outer corona of the Sun. It will reach to within 8.86 solar radii (6.2 million kilometers or 3.85 million miles) from the "surface" of the Sun and will travel, at closest approach, as fast as .
It was launched on August 12, 2018. This was the first time a NASA spacecraft was named after a living person, honoring physicist Eugene Parker.
A memory card having the names of over 1.1 million people was mounted on a plaque and installed below the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna on May 18, 2018.
The card also contains photos of Parker, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, and a copy of his 1958 scientific paper.