On November 29, 2012, Ford was indicted on charges of bank fraud. On August 4, 2014, all 17 felony counts of bank fraud and false information against Ford were dropped by federal prosecutors.
In October 2018, Ford announced his candidacy for Mayor of Chicago for the election in 2019.
Herbert London
Herbert Ira London (March 6, 1939 – November 10, 2018) was an American conservative activist, commentator, author, and academic. London was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He was a Republican.
London was the president of the Hudson Institute from 1997 to 2011. He was a conservative columnist for "The Washington Times". London was president of the London Center for Policy Research. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
London was the Conservative nominee for Governor of New York in 1990, but lost the election to Mario Cuomo.
London died in Manhattan from complications of heart failure on November 10, 2018 at the age of 79.
Term of office
A term of office is the amount of time that a person is in a job that has to be won by an election.
Caroline Rose Hunt
Caroline Rose Hunt (January 8, 1923 – November 13, 2018) was an American heiress, hotelier and philanthropist.
At one time the wealthiest woman in the United States. She was known for being the founder of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, which she founded in 1979. She was born in El Dorado, Arkansas.
Hunt died at her mansion near Dallas on November 13, 2018 from a stroke at the age of 95.
Pumori
Pumori () (or Pumo Ri) is a mountain on the Nepal-Tibet border. It is in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Pumori lies just eight kilometres west of Mount Everest. Pumori means "the Mountain Daughter" in Sherpa language. It was named by George Mallory. "Pumo" means young girl or daughter and "Ri" means mountain in Sherpa language. Climbers sometimes refer to Pumori as "Everest's Daughter". Mallory also called it Clare Peak, after his daughter.
Pumori is a popular climbing peak. The easiest route is graded class 3, but avalanche is still a danger. Pumori was first climbed on May 17, 1962 by Gerhard Lenser on a German-Swiss expedition. Two Czechs (Leopold Sulovský and Zdeněk Michalec) climbed a new route on the south face in the spring of 1996.
An outlier of Pumori is Kala Patthar (5,643m/18,513'). It appears as a brown bump below the south face of Pumori. Many trekkers going to see Mount Everest up close will try to climb to the top of Kala Patthar.
Nearly 500 people had reached the summit of Pumori by 2005. 42 (13 after reaching the summit) people lost their lives while climbing by 2005. It's popularity increased by 2008. From the summit, high Tibetan plateau can be seen on the one side and Nepal can be seen on the other side. The western part of the Everest can also be seen from the summit. However, there have been some dangers from avalanches. Some Spanish climbing teams took heavy losses (such as in 1989 and 2001). 2015 avalanche killed and injured many people. It was likely caused by the 2015 Nepal earthquake. It is said to have started from the Pumori-Lingtren ridge.
In 1982 a group climbing to Pumori also did a ski-hike around Everest. Jim Bridwell led the climbing expedition to Pumori.
Champa
Gulshan Ara Akter Champa is a Bangladeshi film and television actress.
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Wayne Maunder
Wayne E. Maunder (December 19, 1937 – November 11, 2018) was an American actor. He was born in Four Falls, New Brunswick, but raised in Bangor, Maine. He was known for his roles in "The Seven Minutes", "Porky's", "Lancer", "Custer" and in "Chase".
Maunder died of a heart attack on November 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 80.
Katherine MacGregor
Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor (born Dorlee Deane MacGregor; January 12, 1925 – November 13, 2018) was an American actress, dancer and writer. She was born in Glendale, California. She was best known for her role as Harriet Oleson in "Little House on the Prairie".
MacGregor died on November 13, 2018 in Los Angeles from congestive heart failure at the age of 93.
Chris Porter (ice hockey)
Chris Porter (born May 29, 1984 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey left winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was drafted in the ninth round, 282nd overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Prior to his professional career, Porter played collegiate hockey at the University of North Dakota. He spent four years at the University of North Dakota appearing in 175 games for the Fighting Sioux. He made his NHL debut with the Blues in the 2008–09 season opener. He scored his first career NHL goal on October 18, 2008 against the Chicago Blackhawks.
On July 16, 2012, Porter was re-signed as a free agent by the Blues to a one-year contract.
On August 8, 2015, Porter left the Blues organization as a free agent after 8 seasons and signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. Porter failed to earn a spot on the Flyers during training camp and was placed on waivers by the team on September 30, 2015. On October 1, 2015, prior to the 2015–16 season, he was claimed by the Minnesota Wild. Over the course of the campaign with the Wild, Porter consolidated his role on the fourth line, featuring in a career best 61 games for 4 goals and 7 points.
As a free agent, Porter was unable to attain a NHL contract over the summer. On September 12, 2016, Porter signed a professional try-out contract to attend training camp in a return to the St. Louis Blues. Unable to secure a contract in his return to the Blues, Porter was released and later signed on October 31, 2016, to a professional tryout agreement with the Providence Bruins of the AHL.
Porter is close friends with University of North Dakota teammate and current NHL star of the Minnesota Wild, Zach Parise. He acted as best man at Parise's wedding as Parise did for him.
Bill Weld
William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman and Republican politician.
He was the 68th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. Bill Clinton named him to be Ambassador to Mexico in 1998, but he was not approved by the Senate. He was the Libertarian vice presidential nominee in the 2016 election.
In April 2019, Weld announced his candidacy for President of the United States in a primary challenge against President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
He resigned as governor in 1997 to focus on his nomination by President Bill Clinton for United States Ambassador to Mexico, but because of opposition by the social conservatives such as Senator Jesse Helms, he was denied a hearing and withdrew his nomination.
In May 2016, former New Mexico Governor and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson named Weld as his running mate and he became the vice presidential nominee for the 2016 election. They were later both formally nominated at the Libertarian National Convention.
In January 2019, Weld expressed interest in running for President of the United States as a Republican, challenging President Donald Trump in the primaries, in the 2020 election. In February 2019, Weld rejoined the Republican Party. He launched an exploratory committee for a possible 2020 bid.
On April 15, 2019 Weld officially announced he would be running for President, challenging incumbent Donald Trump.
Rick Yeo
J. Richard 'Rick' Yeo was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who was also a member of Michigan Tech's administration for over 20 years.