title: Non-coding DNA

paragraphs: Non-coding DNA sequences are those parts of an organism's DNA that do not code for protein sequences.

paragraphs: Some non-coding DNA is transcribed into functional non-coding RNA molecules (e.g. transfer RNA, ribosomal RNA, and regulatory RNAs), while others are not transcribed or give rise to RNA transcripts of unknown function. The amount of non-coding DNA varies greatly among species. For example, over 98% of the human genome is noncoding DNA, while only about 2% of a typical bacterial genome is non-coding DNA.

paragraphs: Initially, a large proportion of non-coding DNA had no known biological function. It was known as "junk DNA", particularly in the press. However, it has been known for years that many non-coding sequences are functional. These include genes for functional RNA molecules and DNA sequences such as "start replication" signals, centromeres, and telomeres.

paragraphs: Other noncoding sequences have likely, but not yet discovered, functions. This is inferred from the high levels of sequence similarity seen in different species of DNA.

paragraphs: The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project suggested in September 2012 that over 80% of DNA in the human genome "serves some purpose, biochemically speaking". This conclusion was strongly criticized by some other scientists.


title: Time of My Life (2011 TV series)

paragraphs: Time of My Life is a 2011 Philippine drama billed as a "danserye" (dance TV series), created and developed by GMA Network, starring Mark Herras and Kris Bernal. It premiered on August 1, 2011 on GMA Network in the Philippines and on August 3, 2011 on GMA Pinoy TV.

paragraphs: The very first danserye is based on original concept created for GMA Television by Senedy Que with head writer Des Garbes Severino, choreographers Miggy Tanchanco (modern) and Donald Balbuena (ballroom), and directors Mark Reyes (musicals) and Andoy Ranay (drama). In 2010 it was planned for a working title Jump. It is supposed to be replacing "Tween Hearts" but the GMA Network decided to put it on the Primetime block. The show is slated for 2011 despite 2010. Several auditions across the Philippines were held. And the auditionees were seen in Party Pilipinas (until it was premiered on August 2011), with a working title Time of My Life.


title: Quantitative easing

paragraphs: Quantitative easing (QE) is something a central bank can do to help the economy. It is done by buying bonds or other assets. With this, the interest rate will decrease and the rate of inflation will go up. It is usually used when inflation is very low or negative. It is used when normal expansionary monetary policy doesn't work.

paragraphs: Quantitative easing can help bring an economy out of recession. The International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and other economists say that quantitative easing after the 2007-2008 financial crisis helped stop some problems from getting worse.

paragraphs: QE is used by the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan. It has helped to cause a bull market on stock exchanges.

paragraphs: The US Federal Reserve used policies similar to quantitative easing during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

paragraphs: A policy called "quantitative easing" (量的金融緩和, "ryōteki kin'yū kanwa") was first used by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to stop domestic deflation in the early 2000s. The BOJ had kept short-term interest rates at close to zero since 1999. The Bank of Japan had for many years, and as late as February 2001, said that "quantitative easing ... is not effective". They did not like to use it for monetary policy.

paragraphs: The Bank of Japan says that they started quantitative easing on 19 March 2001.


title: Officer Candidate School

paragraphs: Officer Candidate School or Officer Cadet School (OCS) are military institutions which train civilians and enlisted personnel to be officers in the armed forces of a country. Different countries and services run their Officer Candidate schools differently. Most schools are for less than one year. An OCS is different from a service academies which include academic instruction leading to a Bachelor degree. Another difference is that an OCS is taught almost exclusively by the military.


title: Loch Sheldrake, New York

paragraphs: Loch Sheldrake is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Fallsburg, New York, in Sullivan County, New York. The zip code for Loch Sheldrake is 12759.

paragraphs: The community was originally named Sheldrake before the railroad came. Because it sat next to a lake it was renamed Loch Sheldrake. The pond there was also renamed Loch Sheldrake Lake. It is bordered by the hamlet of Hurleyville, the Town of Liberty, the hamlet of Hasbrouck, the hamlet of Divine Corners, and the hamlet of Woodbourne. The commercial center of Loch Sheldrake is the intersection of County Road 104 and New York State Route 52, at the edge of Loch Sheldrake lake.


title: Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

paragraphs: Kitty Hawk is a town in northeastern North Carolina. It is on the Outer Banks. There were 3,272 people living there at the 2010 census.

paragraphs: In 1903, Kitty Hawk got famous when the Wright brothers made the first powered airplane flight at Kill Devil Hills on December 17.


title: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

paragraphs: Kill Devil Hills is a town in the northeast region of North Carolina. At the 2010 census, 6,683 people lived there. The Wright brothers had their first powered airplane flight in 1903.

paragraphs: The town received municipal charters in 1953.


title: Ocean City, Maryland

paragraphs: Ocean City is a town in southeast Maryland. It is near the Atlantic Ocean. The town had 7,102 people as of the 2010 census. Between 320,000 and 345,000 people visit the town every year.

paragraphs: The town was founded in 1875. It was incorporated five years later.


title: 120th Infantry Regiment (United States)

paragraphs: The 120th Infantry Regiment ("Third North Carolina") is an infantry regiment of the United States Army National Guard. The unit is a part of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the North Carolina Army National Guard. Currently, 1st Battalion is the only active battalion in the regiment. The 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment (1/120th IN) is headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina. The 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment was most famous for its actions in the Battle of Mortain. There they stopped a German advance. This allowed an American from 7-13 August 1944. The 2/120th's actions kept the American forces moving as Allied forces pushed through Northern France after the Normandy invasion.


title: 75th Infantry Division (United States)

paragraphs: The 75th Infantry Division was a division of the United States Army in World War II. It was also active from 1952 to 1957 as a combat division of the United States Army Organized Reserves. The 75th was activated 15 April 1943, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

paragraphs: In 1993, the division was activated again as the 75th Division (Training Support) in the Army Reserve, and remains active. In January 2003, numerous units of the 75th Division (Training Support) were mobilized to train other Army Reserve and National Guard units deploying overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF). Several of the division's units remain mobilized even to the present day.


title: L'Wren Scott

paragraphs: Luann Bambrough (also L'Wren Scott; April 28, 1964 – March 17, 2014) was an American model and fashion designer. She was the girlfriend of singer Mick Jagger for the last 13 years of her life.

paragraphs: Scott made costumes for many movies, such as "Eyes Wide Shut".

paragraphs: Scott was born in New York City. She was adopted and was raised in Utah.

paragraphs: On March 17, 2014, she was found dead in her Manhattan apartment. She committed suicide by hanging.


title: Marek Galiński

paragraphs: Marek Galiński (1 August 1974 – 17 March 2014) was a Polish professional mountain biker. He won eight Polish national championship titles. He also competed for Poland in the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. He was born in Opoczno.

paragraphs: Galiński was killed in a car accident on 17 March 2014 in Jędrzejów. He was 39 years old. He was outlived by wife and two children.


title: Clarissa Dickson Wright

paragraphs: Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright (24 June 1947 – 15 March 2014) was an English celebrity chef, television personality, businesswoman and barrister. She was best known as one half, along with the late Jennifer Paterson, of BBC Two's "Two Fat Ladies" (1996–99). She was born in St John's Wood, London. She was a Roman Catholic.

paragraphs: Dickson Wright died on 15 March 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland, having been in hospital for several weeks. She was 66 years old. She was outlived by her two sisters.


title: Gary Bettenhausen

paragraphs: Gary Bettenhausen (November 18, 1941 – March 16, 2014) was an American auto racing driver. He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1993. He was born in Blue Island, Illinois and was raised in Tinley Park, Illinois.

paragraphs: Bettenhausen died on March 16, 2014 in Monrovia, Indiana. He was 72 years old.


title: Caernarfon Castle

paragraphs: Caernarfon Castle is a castle in Wales. It is a World Heritage Site.


title: Castle of Mey

paragraphs: The Castle of Mey is a castle on the far north coast of Scotland in the county of Caithness. It is best known as the home of the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.


title: Blarney Castle

paragraphs: Blarney Castle is a 15th-century castle in County Cork in Ireland. Blarney is in the historic Irish Province of Munster. The Blarney Stone is in the castle. The Blarney Stone is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Ireland.

paragraphs: Blarney Castle is a well preserved 15th century building. It is in the small town of Blarney, County Cork in Ireland. Blarney is about 6 miles northwest of the city of Cork. There are not many good buildings in County Cork that were built before the 19th century. The castle is also one of Ireland's oldest and most historic castles. The walls of the castle are up to 18 feet thick.

paragraphs: Blarney Castle was built in 1446 by Dermot MacCarthy. He was King of South Munster. The castle is the third building on the site. The first was built of wood. In about 1210 a stone building was built in place of the wooden one. Finally, in 1446 the current castle was built by MacCarthy.

paragraphs: Queen Elizabeth I of England wanted the castle. She told the Earl of Leicester to get it for her. However, he was never able to get it because MacCarthy always made excuses to stop it happening.

paragraphs: Oliver Cromwell's army won the castle by force. They did not capture the soldiers living in it though. They had escaped through tunnels and caves underneath.

paragraphs: The Blarney Stone is a slab of limestone. The size of the stone is about 4 feet long and 1 foot wide. It is built into the castle's battlements 83 feet up from the ground.

paragraphs: There are lots of myths about where the stone came from. Some say it came from the prophet Jeremiah. Some say it came from Stonehenge. It is supposed to have been given to Dermot MacCarthy by Robert the Bruce. The gift was for help fighting against the English at the 1314 battle of Bannockburn.

paragraphs: In 2014 scientists in Scotland examined a piece of the stone. They found that it was a piece of limestone from close to the castle. The stone is about 330 million years old.

paragraphs: The Blarney stone is one of Ireland's biggest tourist attractions. Hundreds of tourists visit Blarney Castle every day. The visitors go to kiss the Blarney Stone. People think that kissing the stone will give them the "gift of the gab" (make them good at talking). There is usually a long queue of people waiting to kiss it. To kiss the stone people have to lie on their backs and let their heads hang back over a ledge.


title: Devon Werkheiser

paragraphs: Devon Werkheiser (born March 8, 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter and musician.

paragraphs: He is best known for his role as Ned Bigby in the Nickelodeon sitcom "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide", he is also known for his role as main character Nolan Byrd in the TV movie "Shredderman Rules". Werkheiser was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Johns Creek, Georgia.


title: Order of Leopold (Belgium)

paragraphs: The Order of Leopold (, ) is one of the three (current) Belgian national honorary orders of knighthood. It is the highest order of Belgium. It is named in honour of King Leopold I. It consists of a military, a maritime and a civilian division. The maritime division is only awarded to personnel of the merchant navy, and the military division to military personnel. The decoration was established on 11 July 1832. It is awarded for extreme bravery in combat or for meritorious service of immense benefit to the Belgian nation. The Order of Leopold is awarded by Royal Decree.

paragraphs: During the Second World War, the Order of Leopold was awarded to officers of foreign militaries who had helped to liberate Belgium from the occupation of German forces. Famous recipients include Brand Whitlock, George S. Patton, Bernard Montgomery, Dwight Eisenhower, and Wesley Clark. Medal of Honor recepient Sergeant Francis S. Currey was awarded the Order of Leopold for his actions at Malmedy, Belgium in late 1944. The medal was also granted to Karel Bossart in 1962, and Josip Broz Tito in 1970.


title: Jack Kinzler

paragraphs: Jack Albert Kinzler (January 9, 1920 – March 4, 2014) was an American NASA engineer. He was the chief of the Technical Services Center at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. He was known within the agency as Mr. Fix It. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for creating the solar shield that saved Skylab. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

paragraphs: Kinzler died from natural causes on March 4, 2014 in Taylor Lake Village, Texas. He was 94 years old.


title: Prickly pear

paragraphs: The prickly pear is Opuntia: a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. There are about 190 different species of Opuntia.

paragraphs: The genus is named after the Ancient Greek city of Opus. There, according to Theophrastus, an edible plant grew which could be propagated by rooting its leaves.

paragraphs: Prickly pears (mostly "Opuntia stricta") were originally imported into Australia in the 18th century for gardens. They were later used as a natural agricultural fencing. They quickly became a widespread invasive weed. They changed of farming land into an impenetrable green jungle of prickly pear, in places high.

paragraphs: In 1919, the Australian federal government established the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board to coordinate efforts with state governments to eradicate the weed. Early attempts at mechanical removal and poisonous chemicals failed, so in a last resort, biological control was attempted. There is a moth, "Cactoblastis cactorum", from South America, whose larvae eat prickly pear. It was introduced in 1925 and rapidly reduced the cactus population. A memorial hall in Chinchilla (Queensland) commemorates the moth. This is one of the earliest known examples of the biological control of pests.


title: Magnetic field line

paragraphs: A magnetic field line or magnetic flux line shows the direction of a magnet's force and the strength of a magnet.

paragraphs: The idea of lines of force was invented by Michael Faraday. His theory is that all of reality is made up of force itself. His theory predicts that electricity, light, and gravity have finite propagation delays. Einstein's theory agrees with this.

paragraphs: One can make magnetic field lines show as if they were physical phenomena. For example, iron filings placed in a magnetic field line up to form lines that correspond to 'field lines'.

paragraphs: If there are a lot of lines through a magnet and not a great space between them, the magnet is strong. If the lines between a magnet are far apart and there aren't many lines, the magnet is weak. A way of determining the strength of a magnet is to do an experiment with iron filings. The iron filings will get attracted to the magnet and move into the shape of the flux lines. You then look at the shape of the iron filings and see the gap between the flux lines. This gives you an idea of the strength of the magnet.

paragraphs: The use of iron filings to display a field "alters the magnetic field so that it is much larger along the "lines" of iron". This caused by the large permeability of iron relative to air. Magnetic fields' "lines" are also visually displayed in polar auroras, when particles cause visible streaks of light that line up with the local direction of Earth's magnetic field.

paragraphs: Magnetic field lines are like the contour lines (constant altitude) on a topographic map in that they represent something continuous, and a different mapping scale would show more or fewer lines. There is an advantage to using magnetic field lines as a representation. Many laws of magnetism (and electromagnetism) can be stated completely and concisely using simple concepts such as the 'number' of field lines through a surface. These concepts can be quickly 'translated' to their mathematical form.

paragraphs: The actual magnetic field "itself" does not have "lines" in it; the "lines" are solely the iron filings becoming polarized themselves, reacting to each other and the field, lining up N and S with respect to each other "in" the field. If you could see the actual "fields" of force, it would be shaded and gradient, with a heavier, thicker shade near the stronger part of the magnet, fading the further you get from the source. And in all 3 dimensions, which iron filing demonstrations cannot reproduce. Ferrofluids will react in all 3 dimensions and can more accurately reproduce a field, except for gravity creating a weight restriction. Holding a strong magnet in front of a CRT-type monitor with a white screen can also give a representation of the fields, without any "lines of force" visible. The issue with using ferro/magnetic materials to view a field is, the materials themselves become magnetized and change the original field to include their own influence.


title: Thorny devil

paragraphs: The thorny devil (Moloch horrid us) is also called the thorny dragon, Moloch, or mountain devil. It is an Australian lizard, that lives in desert regions of central Australia.

paragraphs: The thorny devil grows up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long and can live for 15 to 20 years. The females are larger than the males. Most of these lizards are colored in camouflaging shades of desert browns and tans. These colors change from pale colors during warm weather and to darker colors during cold weather. These animals are covered entirely with conical spines that are mostly uncalcified (not bony).

paragraphs: Female thorny devils lay ten eggs during the September-December season (or Spring-Summer). They put the eggs in a burrow about 30 cm deep. These eggs hatch after about three or four months, but not all babies will survive, because of predators like wild birds and goannas.

paragraphs: The thorny devil is found in the arid regions of central Australia. It lives in sand, spinifex grasslands and scrub.

paragraphs: They only eat ants, and may eat thousands of ants in a day. The thorny devil's mouth is so specialized that it can only use it to eat ants, for example it cannot lick up water, and has developed other ways to drink. Ideally adapted to its harsh, desert habitat, it uses narrow channels between the scales on its stomach and legs to collect morning dew and water from damp\wet sand. The water travels up these channels to the lizard’s mouth.


title: Address Resolution Protocol

paragraphs: Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a network layer protocol used to convert an IP address into a physical address (called a DLC address), such as an Ethernet address. A host wishing to obtain a physical address broadcasts an ARP request onto the TCP/IP network. The host on the network that has the IP address in the request then replies with its physical hardware address.

paragraphs: There is also Reverse ARP (RARP) which can be used by a host to discover its IP address. In this case, the host broadcasts its physical address and a RARP server replies with the host's IP address.


title: Markus Brüderlin

paragraphs: Markus Brüderlin (1958 – 16 March 2014) was a Swiss art historian, curator and writer. From 2006 to his death, he was the director of the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. He was born in Basel.

paragraphs: Brüderlin died unexpectedly on 16 March 2014 at his home in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. He was 55 years old.


title: Summerhill School

paragraphs: Summerhill School is an independent British boarding school which was founded in 1921 by A.S. Neill (Alexander Sutherland Neill). He believed the school should fit the child, not than the other way around.

paragraphs: Summerhill is run as a democratic community. Decisions are made in school meetings, which anyone, staff or pupil, may attend, and at which everyone has an equal vote. These meetings serve as both a legislative and judicial body. Summerhill is the oldest "children's democracy" in the world. It is probably the most famous alternative or 'free' school.

paragraphs: Members of the community are free to do as they please, so long as their actions do not cause any harm to others, according to Neill's principle "Freedom, not Licence". This extends to the freedom for pupils to choose which lessons, if any, they attend.

paragraphs: The school is not large. It varies 6080 boys and girls with ages ranging from 5 to 17. The school is now owned by Zoë Readhead, the daughter of A.S. Neill.

paragraphs: Apparently it does. The most recent OFSTED inspection of the school reported:

paragraphs: The school did have trouble with OFSTED in the past:

paragraphs: Annual fees are significantly less than most independent schools:


title: Network Functions Virtualization

paragraphs: It aims to reduce costs and complexity in communication networks, while facilitating faster creation of new communication services.


title: Frightwig

paragraphs: Frightwig are an American punk rock band that was founded in 1982. All of the members are women. They are feminists. Deanna Ashley and Mia Levin started the band in San Francisco. In 1984 they released their first album "Cat Farm Faboo". In 1986 their second album was released. In 1993 they released an extended play called "Phone Sexy". In 1994 the band broke up. The band got back together in 2012.


title: Carrickfergus Castle

paragraphs: Carrickfergus Castle is Norman castle in Carrickfergus, County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It was built in 1177 by John de Courcy.


title: Dunluce Castle

paragraphs: Dunluce Castle is a medieval castle on the north coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It is east of Portrush.


title: Rachel Jackson

paragraphs: Rachel Donelson Jackson (June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president. She died before her husband's inauguration. She was never First Lady.

paragraphs: Young Rachel was very pretty, with dark brown hair and beautiful eyes. Her family moved from Virginia to Nashville, Tennessee. The Robards family was quite wealthy and important in Nashville. Rachel was married to Captain Lewis Robards in Kentucky. She met Andrew Jackson while living with her mother. Andrew was staying at her mother's house. One time, she sent a letter home asking one of her brothers to come to Kentucky. She wanted to go home again. Jackson went to Kentucky instead of her brother.

paragraphs: Rachel Donelson Robards and Andrew Jackson wanted to get married. They could not because Rachel was already married to Lewis Robards. She tried to get a divorce in 1790. She and Andrew thought that her husband would get a divorce. They got married in 1791 in the town of Natchez, Mississippi. Their marriage was unlawful (against the law). She and Andrew tried to get a real divorce until 1794. They married again in 1794 when her marriage with Lewis Robards ended. No one knows if she knew that she broke the law.

paragraphs: Rachel moved to the Hermitage outside Nashville with Andrew. They were quite wealthy. They owned many slaves on their plantation. Rachel managed the household. She ran the plantation while Andrew was away.

paragraphs: Rachel died in 1828. This was the year her husband Andrew became president. He thought she died because other people said mean things about her. They talked about her marriage. Many people said she broke the law to marry Andrew on purpose. This made her very sad. She was buried in a corner of the Hermitage garden.

paragraphs: People thought Rachel and Andrew were very different. Andrew was tall, important, and neat. Rachel was short, quiet, and common. One girl who visited their house would not have guessed that they were married. She thought they were too different. The visitor said that Rachel was kind and motherly, not elegant or graceful. Rachel had lived in the frontier (newly-lived in areas) her whole life. She had no reason to become elegant.

paragraphs: Rachel loved Andrew very much. She was sad every time he went away. Once, she travelled to meet him, which was not common for women to do. She was very worried when he was in danger. She became quite sick from stress. Her marriage was very important to her. A visitor once said that their love was very great. Andrew Jackson always treated Rachel like she was the best thing in his life. Rachel was always devoted to Andrew.


title: Mareike Carrière

paragraphs: Mareike Carrière (26 July 1954 – 17 March 2014) was a German actress, spokesperson and translator. She was best known for having television show appearances. She was born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany.

paragraphs: Carrière died from cancer on 17 March 2014 in Hamburg, Germany. She was 59 years old. She was outlived by her husband and by her brother, Mathieu.


title: Cocteau Twins

paragraphs: Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band. Robin Guthrie and Will Heggie started the band in 1979 in Grangemouth. The band was named after the song "The Cocteau Twins" by Johnny and the Self-Abusers. The band's first album "Garlands" was released by 4AD records in 1982. In 1996 the band released their last album "Milk and Kisses". In 1997 the band broke up.


title: Dokka Umarov

paragraphs: Doku (Dokka) Khamatovich Umarov (; ; also called by the Arabized name of "Dokka Abu Usman") (13 April 1964 – "reported" March 18, 2014) was a Chechen Islamist militant in Russia. Umarov claimed responsibly for some attacks on Russian civilians. This earned himself a media nickname of "Russia's Bin Laden".

paragraphs: Umarov was the first emir of the Caucasus Emirate (from 2007 to 2013).

paragraphs: On 18 March 2014, the Russian government said that Umarov was dead.


title: Franco Zeffirelli

paragraphs: Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019) was an Italian director and producer of movies and television. He was also an opera director and a designer of Italian operas.

paragraphs: He was a former senator of Catania (1994–2001). His political party was the "Forza Italia" party.

paragraphs: He received an honorary knighthood from the British government in 2004 when he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

paragraphs: Zeffirelli was born Gianfranco Zeffirelli on 12 February 1923 in Florence, Italy. He was openly gay. In 2007 and 2018, he was accused of sexually harassing an actor and a movie director. Zeffirelli died after a long illness on 15 June 2019 in Rome at the age of 96.


title: Fouad Mebazaa

paragraphs: Fouad Mebazaa ( ""; born 15 June 1933) is a Tunisian politician. He was the President of Tunisia from 15 January 2011 to 13 December 2011.


title: Moncef Marzouki

paragraphs: Moncef Marzouki (, "al-Munṣif al-Marzūqī", born 7 July 1945) is a Tunisian politician. On 12 December 2011, he was elected President of Tunisia. He served as Interim President of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014.

paragraphs: A failed presidential candidate, Chahed came in eleventh place in the 2019 election.


title: Alexander Pochinok

paragraphs: Alexander Petrovich Pochinok (12 January 1958 – 16 March 2014 ) was a Russian economist and politician. He was the Minister of Taxes and Levies from 1999 to 2000 and Minister of Labor and Social Development from 2000 to 2004.

paragraphs: Pochinok died of cardiac arrest in Moscow, aged 56.


title: Oswald Morris

paragraphs: Oswald Norman Morris OBE, DFC, AFC, BSC (22 November 191517 March 2014) was a British Academy Award-winning cinematographer. He was known for his works in "Fiddler on the Roof" and in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips".

paragraphs: Morris died at his home in Dorset, England, at the age of 98.


title: Steve Weeks

paragraphs: Stephen K. Weeks (born June 30, 1958) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach of the Chicago Blackhawks. Weeks played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the New York Rangers, Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, and Ottawa Senators.

paragraphs: He was drafted with the 176th overall pick by the New York Rangers in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraphs: He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1993. After he retired, he became the goaltending consultant and also an assistant coach for the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes organization. After his time there was done, he became the goaltending coach for the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2008. On August 12, 2013, he was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as their Goaltending Coach.


title: Kyozan Joshu Sasaki

paragraphs: Joshu Sasaki died at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on July 27, 2014, aged 107.


title: Angry Birds Epic

paragraphs: Angry Birds Epic is a role-playing video game developed by Chimera Entertainment and published by Rovio Entertainment. The game was available on iOS in Australia, Canada and New Zealand on March 12, 2014 and was released worldwide on June 12, 2014.


title: Scott Niedermayer

paragraphs: Scott Niedermayer (born August 31, 1973) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman and current assistant coach of the Anaheim Ducks. He played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks.

paragraphs: Before playing in the NHL, Niedermayer played 2 seasons with the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL. He was drafted with the 3rd overall pick by the New Jersey Devils in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He played 12 seasons with the New Jersey Devils and 5 seasons with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim/Anaheim Ducks. During his time in New Jersey, he reached the Stanley Cup Finals four times and won three Stanley Cups with the team. He was also able to win the James Norris Memorial Trophy in the 2003–04 NHL season after he finished second in league scoring among defencemen, recorded a plus-minus rating of +20 and lead the Devils to a modern NHL record low 164 goals against.

paragraphs: Niedermayer was an unrestricted free agent after the 2004–05 NHL lockout. The Devils offered him a five-year contract worth $7.8 million per season (the maximum allowed under the new salary cap), but he decided to sign a four-year contract worth $6.75 million per season with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He signed with the Mighty Ducks because he wanted to try to win a Stanley cup with his brother Rob. Scott was named captain of the Ducks when he arrived in Anaheim.

paragraphs: When the Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007, Scott, as team captain, had the choice of who to hand the Stanley Cup to first. He chose to hand the Cup off to his brother Rob first. He later stated: "You don't really dream of passing it to your brother. I never have. To be able to do that is definitely a highlight of my career." He was also able to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

paragraphs: He retired from playing professional ice hockey on June 22, 2010. After he retired he stayed with the Ducks as a consultant to general manager Bob Murray. He took the role of assistant coach with the Ducks in the 2012–13 NHL season. Niedermayer is the only player in hockey history to win every major North American and world title a Canadian can win: the Memorial Cup, World Junior championship, Stanley Cup, World Championship, World Cup and Olympic gold medal. His jersey number #27 was retired by the New Jersey Devils in 2011 and the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL retired his jersey number #28 which he wore while playing with them. He was inducted into both the BC Hockey Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 11, 2013.

paragraphs: He has also competed in the Olympics with Canada. His first Olympics were in 2002 where he helped Canada defeat the United States, 5–2 in the final as the country won its first Olympic gold medal in hockey in 50 years. His last Olympics were in 2010. He was named captain of Team Canada for the tournament that was held in his home province, in Vancouver. He was able to lead Canada to the gold medal, after they defeated the United States 3–2 in overtime.

paragraphs: He was born in Edmonton, Alberta but lived in Cassiar, British Columbia for three years before settling in Cranbrook, British Columbia. He has a father named Bob, who worked as a doctor in Cassiar as well as Cranbrook, and has a mother named Carol who worked as a teacher. His younger brother Rob was also an NHL player.

paragraphs: He is married to his wife Lisa and they have four sons: Logan, Jackson, Joshua and Luke. The family live in Newport Beach, California and often return to Cranbrook, where they spent the off-seasons when he was playing. Niedermayer is an environmentalist and joined WWF-Canada to speak out in favour of efforts to maintain British Columbia's natural wilderness.


title: Kaiser Kalambo

paragraphs: Kaiser Kalambo (6 July 1953 – 18 March 2014) was a Zambian association football player and coach. He represented Zambia in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. He was named Zambian captain in 1980. The same year in which he was voted Zambian footballer of the year. Later, he coached several club sides in Zambia and Botswana. He was born in Luanshya, Copperbelt.

paragraphs: Kalambo died from prostate cancer on the morning of 18 March 2014 at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. He was 60 years old.


title: Escolania de Montserrat

paragraphs: Escolania de Montserrat is a boys' choir in the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat. The abbey is near Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). The boys are sopranos and altos. Sometimes the Montserrat Chapel Choir sings with them, when needed for the music they are performing.

paragraphs: The Escolania of Montserrat belongs to the Monastery of Monserrat. It is one of the oldest boys choirs in Europe. Records show that the Escolania has been a religious and musical institution since the 14th century. There are more than fifty boys in the choir, from ages nine to fourteen. The boys are from various towns in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian community. At the Escolania, they complete courses at the primary, and beginning of secondary levels. They also study music. The Escolania takes pride in providing high-level musical education. Each student must study two instruments: the piano, and a second orchestral instrument of their choice. They also study Musical Language, Orchestra, and participate in the choir (the distinguished focus of the school).

paragraphs: The school choir sings every day in the Basilica. They often sing in front of large groups of pilgrims and visitors from around the world. More people attend the midday singing of "Salve Regina" than any other performance. They choir have released many albums. They have toured in several countries, including Hungary, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Russia. They have performed in Russia three times (Moscow 2011 & 2013, and St. Petersburg 2011).


title: Abbot Oliba

paragraphs: Oliba (c. 971–1046) was the Count of Berga (998–1003) and Ripoll and later became Bishop of Vic (1018–1046) and Abbot of Sant Miquel de Cuixà. Hewas one of the spiritual founders of Catalonia. At that time, he may have been the most important churchman of his age in the Iberian Peninsula.

paragraphs: Oliba was also a writer. He and his monks in the "scriptorium" at Ripoll wrote a lot of works about his world. His most important writing may have been his translations of Arabic manuscripts into Latin.

paragraphs: We don't know exactly when Oliba was born but it was near 971. He was born to a rich family. He was the third son of a Catalan count, which is a type of nobleman. He gave up his possessions to take up the Benedictine habit in the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. He had three brothers and a sister.

paragraphs: In 988, Count Oliba Cabreta took the habit, meaning he became a monk, and retired to Montecassino with St. Romuald, which met in Cuixà.

paragraphs: Oliba begin to perform his duties as a count, a type of medieval nobleman. His brother Bernard inherited Besalú and Guifré Cerdanya, Oliva received Berga and Ripoll.

paragraphs: Between 988 and 1002, Oliva was Count of Berga and Ripoll. He was associated with his brother Guifré.

paragraphs: Oliba promoted the idea of Peace and Truce of God (Catalan: "Pau i Treva de Déu"), until 1022. In 1027, he signed an agreement with other bishops and noblemen in Toulouges (Roussillon). In this treaty, they all agreed to decide on days when no one would fight battles with anyone else and fugitives could run to churches.

paragraphs: Oliba was very influential. In 1023, King Sancho III of Navarre asked him for advice because he wanted his sister Urraca to her second cousin Alfonso V of León. Obliba said not to do it, but Sancho ignored him. His letters to the various contemporaneous kings of Spain indicate to us that Alfonso and his successor, Vermudo III, were regarded as "imperatore. "And the king of Navarre was a mere "rex".

paragraphs: Oliba started or reformed the monasteries of Montserrat (1025), Fluvià, and Canigó. He consecrated or patronized many other churches, such as the Collegiate Basilica of Manresa. He started the Assemblies of Peace and Truce, which later became Catalonia's "corts", or parliament. He improved the decoration of his own church at Ripoll and rededicated it on January 15, 1032. He was a close advisor to Count Berengar Raymond I of Barcelona and he rebuilt the cathedral of Vic with help from Countess Ermesinda. The new cathedral was rededicated to Peter and Paul on August 31, 1038. He died at his monastery at Cuixà in 1046.

paragraphs: In August 1002, when Oliba was 31 years, he became a monk of the Benedictine Order in the Monastery of Ripoll.

paragraphs: In 1008, after the death of Abbot Seniofré, Olive was elected abbot, or leader, of the monastery. Months later he was also elected abbot of the Monastery of St. Miquel de Cuixà. Oliba decided the monastaries should be more austere and disciplined.

paragraphs: By the next year, Oliba had become a little famous. In 1009, he was also elected abbot of Sant Martí del Canigó. Other monasteries liked his way of running things, such as the monasteries of Sant Feliu and Sant Sadurní Tavèrnoles.

paragraphs: Oliba spent his time and energy defend the property and rights of churches against attacks by his manor. In 1011, he went to the Vatican to meet the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Sergius IV, and he won a number of bulls, which are papal rulings, for his monasteries. These papal bulls had significant power: the Pope, whom medieval Catholics considered God's representative on earth, said that the monasteries and lands owned were under the protection of St. Peter and the attack on the monastery was an aggression against the authority of the Pope.

paragraphs: In the late tenth century, Catalonia became an important place for culture and art. The people there had access to Arabic science and the places where monks wrote and made copies of other pieces of writing, called "scriptoria", became some of the best in Europe.

paragraphs: Ripoll was the most important scriptorum in Catalonia. With help from things he learned at Ripoll, Pope Sylvester II introduced the Arabic numbers, the concept of zero, and the astrolabe to Europe. During Oliba's time, the library at Ripoll gained three the number of pieces of writing, together with the Bobbio, it became one of the most important libraries in the Christian world during the middle ages.

paragraphs: Oliba made architectural modifications to this monastery. Oliba had a walkway built around the sanctuary with three apses. Then, he built a dome over the altar and the crypt. He also erected Nativity, Chapel of the Trinity and the two towers Lombard, of which only one is still standing today.

paragraphs: The monastery of St. Martí del Canigó was founded by Oliba's brother, Count Gifré II of Cerdanya-Conflent. Gifré took an old church at the foot of Canigó and became an important monastery.

paragraphs: In 1009, this church and its community was made up of monks from Cuixà. It was ruled by Abbot Oliba through his community until 1014, when it had enough monks appoint an abbot of its own.


title: Yun Hyon-seok

paragraphs: Yun Hyok-seok (, October 7, 1984 - April 26, 2003) was a South Korean activist, poet and writer. He fought for human rights, civil rights, LGBT rights and peace. His nickname was Yook Woo Dang (), which means "six friends". He wrote using the names Sulheon(, ) and Midong(, , "Beauty Boy"), Donghwa(동화, 童花, Boy's flower), Roman Catholic baptismal name is Antonio.

paragraphs: Yun was born in Incheon. His family is Catholic. He later moved to Seoul. While he was a student, he began writing and poetry. In March 2000, he started going to Incheon Seil high school. At high school, he came out as gay. This made him isolated from his classmates. By November 2002, he left high school. He began living in a neighbourhood of Dongdaemun District of Seoul.

paragraphs: Yun's nickname, Yook Woo Dang, means "six friends". It refers to alcohol, tobacco, sleeping pills, foundation make-up, green tea and rosary beads. His penname Sulheon came from Heo Chohui's nickname "Nanseolheon". Heo Chohui was a female poet and painter during the Joseon dynasty in Korea.

paragraphs: In 2002 and 2003, Yun became an activist for human rights and peace. In March 2003, he was a conscientious objector to South Korea's conscription military service. But his opinions did not matter to some Koreans, because of his sexuality. In early April 2003, some South Korean Christian organisations gave a statement against homosexuality. Yun spoke out against this and wrote an article to some South Korean newspapers and the foreign press.

paragraphs: In April 26, 2003, Yun committed suicide, in Dongdaemun in Seoul. He hanged himself. He did it to protest discrimination against gay people in South Korea.


title: Kresten Bjerre

paragraphs: Kresten Bjerre (22 February 1946 – 19 February 2014), nicknamed Generalen ("The General"), was a Danish association footballer. He played for Houston Stars in the United States and for the European clubs PSV Eindhoven and R.W.D. Molenbeek. He was born in Copenhagen.

paragraphs: Bjerre died from cancer on 19 February 2014 in Odense. He was 67 years old.


title: Antti Raanta

paragraphs: Antti Raanta (born May 12, 1989) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Chicago Blackhawks and the New York Rangers.

paragraphs: Before playing in the NHL, Raanta played 4 seasons in the SM-liiga with Lukko and Ässät.

paragraphs: During his time with Ässät, he won the Lasse Oksanen trophy for the SM-liiga best player of regular season and the Jari Kurri trophy for the best player of the playoffs with .955 SV%. He went 21-10-11 and recorded five shutouts in 45 games. He finished with a 1.85 goals-against average and .943 save percentage.

paragraphs: On June 3, 2013, he signed a one-year entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. He was assigned to their AHL-affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs. On November 17, 2013, he was recalled by the Blackhawks from the Rockford IceHogs because backup goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was injured in a loss versus the Nashville Predators the previous night.

paragraphs: On December 30, 2013, he was able to earn his first career shutout when the Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings at home. He was able to stop all 26 shots that he had faced, and improved to 10-1-3 on the season. He was named the Rookie of the Month, along with Martin Jones, for December 2013, going 8-1-3 with one shutout.

paragraphs: On June 27, 2015, Raanta was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for Ryan Haggerty.


title: Miquel Crusafont i Pairó

paragraphs: Miquel Crusafont i Pairó (1910, Sabadell, Spain—1983) was a Catalan palaeontologist. He specialised in mammal bones.

paragraphs: Crusafont obtained a Degree in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona in 1933. He got a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Madrid in 1950.

paragraphs: In 1961, he was appointed Professor of Palaeontology at the University of Oviedo. He later became Professor of Anthropology at the Societatis Iesu (Barcelona).

paragraphs: In 1969, Crusafont founded the Provincial Palaeontology Institute. It has been known as the Miquel Crusafont Palaeontology Institute since 1983.

paragraphs: The prehistoric mammal "Crusafontia" was named for Crusafont.


title: Non-commissioned officer

paragraphs: A non-commissioned officer (sometimes spelled noncommissioned officer and shortened to NCO or non-com (US)), called a sub-officer in some countries, is a military officer who has not been given a commission. Non-commissioned officers, in the English-speaking world, usually obtain their position of authority by promotion through the enlisted ranks.

paragraphs: NCO's usually include all grades of corporal and sergeant; in some countries, warrant officers also do the same things as NCOs. In the navy and depending on the country, some or all grades of petty officer may be counted as NCO's. There are different classes of non-commissioned officer, including junior non-commissioned officers (JNCO) and senior (or staff) non-commissioned officers (SNCO).


title: Durrington Walls

paragraphs: Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. It is 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury.

paragraphs: Excavations in 2013 by a team has revealed a huge settlement; 1,000 homes have been found, supporting a population of 4,000 people at one time. The village was carbon dated to about 2600 B.C.

paragraphs: The monument was on "an extraordinary scale" and unique, researchers said.

paragraphs: The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes team has been creating an underground map of the area in a five-year project.

paragraphs: Remote sensing and geophysical imaging technology has been used to reveal evidence of nearly 100 stones without the need for excavation.

paragraphs: The monument is just under two miles (3km) from Stonehenge, Wiltshire, and is thought to have been a Neolithic ritual site.

paragraphs: It is the "largest Neolithic settlement in the whole of northern Europe". At 500m in diameter, the henge is the largest in Britain and recent evidence suggests that it was a complementary monument to Stonehenge.

paragraphs: What visibly remains of Durrington Walls today is the 'walls' of the henge monument. This is now a ridge surrounding a central basin. Originally the ditch was some 5.5m deep, 7m wide at its bottom and 18m wide at the top. The bank was in some areas 30m wide. There were two entrances through the bank and ditch – at the north western and south eastern ends. The henge enclosed several timber circles and smaller enclosures – not all of which have been excavated. Several Neolithic house floors have been found next to and under the eastern bank of the henge. Their density suggests that there was a very large village on the sloping river bank on this side.

paragraphs: About three feet underneath Durrington Walls, there are remains of about 90 standing stones, maybe from an earlier time. The stones are in a "slightly curved row." They were found in 2015, using special archaeological research tools and methods including ground-penetrating radar. Scientists do not know if this feature is the same age as early Stonehenge or not.


title: Bill Gramática

paragraphs: Guillermo C. "Bill" Gramática (born July 10, 1978) is a retired American Football placekicker. He played college football for the University of South Florida. He played 34 games in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the Arizona Cardinals and 1 game with the Miami Dolphins. Gramática is probably best known for tearing the ACL in his right knee after jumping up to celebrate and tearing it on landing. After he retired, Bill and his brother Martín run a company called Gramatica Group LLC which specializes in energy-efficient construction.


title: Sergey Aksyonov

paragraphs: Sergey Valeryevich Aksyonov (, ; born November 26, 1972) is a Russian politician. Aksyonov is the Prime Minister of Crimea. He is the first Prime Minister of Crimea since it gained independence in March 2014.


title: Joseph Murray

paragraphs: Joseph Edward Murray (April 1, 1919 – November 26, 2012) was an American plastic surgeon.

paragraphs: He is best known for performing the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954.

paragraphs: He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for "discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease". He shared the prize with E. Donnall Thomas. He attended Harvard Medical School in 1974.

paragraphs: During World War II he was in the Medical Corps of the United States Army.


title: Brendan Byrne

paragraphs: Brendan Thomas Byrne (April 1, 1924 – January 4, 2018) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Byrne served as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from January 15, 1974 to January 19, 1982. Byrne was born and raised in West Orange, New Jersey.

paragraphs: Byrne died on January 4, 2018 in Livingston, New Jersey of a lung infection at the age of 93.


title: George Emil Palade

paragraphs: George Emil Palade (November 19, 1912 – October 8, 2008) was a Romanian cell biologist. He is best known for the innovations in electron microscopy and cell fractionation which helped lay the foundations of modern molecular cell biology.

paragraphs: Palade was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974. He won the award "for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell". He shared it with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. Palade was described as "the most influential cell biologist ever"


title: Donald Regan

paragraphs: Donald Thomas "Don" Regan (December 21, 1918 – June 10, 2003) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party.

paragraphs: Regan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He studied at Harvard College and at Harvard Law School. Regan married Ann Buchanan in 1942.

paragraphs: He was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1981 to 1985 under the Ronald Reagan administration. He then served as Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 under Reagan as well.

paragraphs: In 1987, Regan resigned due to personal anger against First Lady Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan's cabinet.

paragraphs: Reagan then quickly retired in his Virginia home. He painted many painting and he was paid to have some of them displayed on museums. Regan had four children with his wife Ann.

paragraphs: Regan died of cancer in a hospital near his home in Williamsburg, Virginia, aged 84. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.


title: Dilip Kumar

paragraphs: Dilip Kumar (born 11 December 1922, as Muhammad Yusuf Khan) is an Indian movie actor. He is well known in the Indian cinema industry. He worked in many movies along with fellow Indian actor Pran. His career has lasted for almost 60 years. He is known for his role as King Dilip Dilip in the Indian classic "Tragedy King".

paragraphs: He holds the "Guinness World Record" for winning the maximum number of awards by an Indian actor.

paragraphs: Kumar was born Muhammad Yusuf Khan on 11 December 1922 in Peshawar, British India, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.


title: Dadasaheb Phalke

paragraphs: Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (30 April 1870 – 16 February 1944) was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter. He is known as "the father of Indian cinema". The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, awarded to people who worked for a long time to the Indian cinema, was created in his honor by the Government of India in 1969.


title: Ashok Kumar

paragraphs: Ashok Kumar () (13 October 1911–10 December 2001) or Dadamoni was an Indian movie actor. The Government of India honored him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1988 and the Padma Bhushan in 1998 for his work to the Indian cinema.

paragraphs: Kumar was born Kumudlal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency. Kumar died at the age of 90 in Mumbai from heart failure at his home in Chembur.


title: Robert F. Furchgott

paragraphs: Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was an American biochemist.

paragraphs: He discovered a substance in endothelial cells that relaxes blood vessels. He called it endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF). He later worked out EDRF's nature and mechanism of action, and determined that EDRF was nitric oxide (NO), which is an important compound in many aspects of cardiovascular physiology. The research that was done was important in explaining the action of Viagra, treatment of blue babies, and other medical as well as health-related issues. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system". He shared the prize with Louis Ignarro and Ferid Murad. He also won a Gairdner Foundation International Award in 1991 and a Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1996.


title: Trouble with the Curve

paragraphs: The movie Trouble with the Curve is a sports drama movie. It is about sports related issues around Atlanta. Clint Eastwood plays Gus, and Amy Adams plays his daughter Mickey.

paragraphs: The movie was released in September of 2012. It underwent some controversy for troubles related to plagiarism.


title: Acadie–Bathurst Titan

paragraphs: The Acadie–Bathurst Titan are a Canadian ice hockey team. The team began playing in 1969. The team currently plays in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). They play their home games in Bathurst, New Brunswick at the K. C. Irving Regional Centre.

paragraphs: The team was first created in 1969 and played in Rosemont National as the Rosemont, Quebec. They moved to Laval to become the Laval National, and later the Laval Voisins. In 1985, they were known as the Laval Titan, and in 1994, they became the Laval Titan Collège Français from a merger with the Verdun Collège Français. In 1998, the moved to Bathurst and became the Acadie–Bathurst Titan

paragraphs: The Titan organization have won President's Cup five times. In the 1999–2000 season, they had the first female to be drafted by a QMJHL team when they drafted Charline Labonté, a 17-year-old Quebec goaltender who spent parts of two seasons with the team.


title: Ben Scrivens

paragraphs: Ben Scrivens (born September 11, 1986 in Spruce Grove, Alberta) is a Canadian professional goaltender for the Edmonton Oilers. Scrivens was undrafted but signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2010. On January 29, 2014, Scrivens stopped all 59 shots that the Oilers defence allowed and set a new NHL record for most saves in a shutout. He is also referred to as ScrVezina.


title: Uwe Timm (libertarian writer)

paragraphs: Uwe Timm (5 February 1932 – 7 March 2014) was a German writer, anarchist, and anti-militarist. He was the co-editor of "espero". He was born in Hamburg, Nazi Germany.

paragraphs: Timm died on 7 March 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. He was 82 years old.


title: Andy Lehrer

paragraphs: Andy Z. Lehrer (16 May 1930 – January or February 2014) was a Romanian entomologist. From 1996 until his death, he worked as a research associate in the laboratory of Zoology at the University of Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel. For several years, he studied flesh flies and blow flies all over the world.

paragraphs: Lehrer was born born in Iaşi, Iaşi County. He died in early 2014, aged 83.


title: Vancouver International Film Festival

paragraphs: The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual movie festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is held for two weeks in late September and early October. It is held by Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society and it began in 1982. It is among the five largest movie festivals in North America. The Festival screens the largest selection of East Asian movies outside of that region, it is one of the biggest showcases of Canadian film in the world, and it has one of the a largest nonfiction program outside of a Documentary Film Festival.


title: Vancouver Marathon

paragraphs: The BMO Vancouver Marathon is an annual marathon which is run on the first Sunday of every May in Vancouver, British Columbia. The distance of the race is 26 miles and 385 yards and is the largest international marathon event in Canada. The current sponsor for the marathon is Bank of Montreal.

paragraphs: It is certified by both the International Association of Athletics Federations & Association of International Marathons and Distance Races as a qualifying marathon race. It started in 1972 after a small group of 46 runners ran five loops of Stanley Park to finish the first Vancouver International Marathon (which was known as Lions Gate Road Runners International Marathon). A Full Marathon is a Boston Marathon qualifying event and is 42 km, and a Half Marathon is 21 km.

paragraphs: The Forbes 2014 Travel Guide named the BMO Vancouver Marathon one of the world’s Top Ten Marathons Worth Travelling For that marathon season. It also made their top ten marathon destinations in 2012.


title: Khushwant Singh

paragraphs: Khushwant Singh (2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian writer, poet and journalist. His work was mostly in English. He was best known for his secularism. He was born in Hadali, British India, which is now Sargodha District, Pakistan.

paragraphs: Singh died from natural causes on the morning of 20 March 2014 at his home in New Delhi. He was 99 years old.


title: Clive James

paragraphs: Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian writer, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist. He is best known for his autobiographical series "Unreliable Memoirs".

paragraphs: James was born in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales. He has lived in the United Kingdom since 1961. He has two children. He was an atheist.

paragraphs: James was diagnosed with leukemia and emphysema in 2010. He died on 24 of November 2019 in Cambridge at the age of 80.


title: Titanotylopus

paragraphs: Titanotylopus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae. It was endemic to North America from the Miocene through Pleistocene 10.3 million years ago—300,000 years ago. It existed for about .

paragraphs: Its name is derived from the Greek words Τιτάν, τύλος and πούς — "Titan", "knob" and "foot"; thus, "giant knobby-foot."


title: Francesc Macià i Llussà

paragraphs: Francesc Macià i Llussà (1859 - 1933) was the 122nd President of Catalonia. He was also a Catalan officer in the Spanish Army.

paragraphs: Macià achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel during his military career.

paragraphs: He condemned the assault of some Spanish officers on the journal "La Veu de Catalunya" in 1905. He was forced to abandon the army.

paragraphs: In 1922 he founded the independentist party Estat Català.

paragraphs: In 1926 he attempted a revolt against the Spanish dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera. This uprising was based in Prats de Molló (Roussillon). It was aborted by the French Gendarmerie, but it gained a lot of popularity for his cause in Catalonia.

paragraphs: In 1931 Macià proclaimed the "Free Catalan Republic" in Barcelona. He was forced afterwards to settle for partial autonomy within the new Spanish Republic. Macià was the President of Generalitat from 1932 until his death in 1933. He is buried at the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona's Montjuïc hill.


title: Jacob Parrott

paragraphs: Jacob Wilson Parrott (July 17, 1843–December 22, 1908) was the first person to be given the Medal of Honor.

paragraphs: Parrott was from Fairfield County, Ohio. He joined the 20th OVI for 90 days. When he finished that he returned to his home town of Kenton, Ohio. He joined the United States Army in 1861 as a private in Company K, 33rd Ohio Infantry. He first fought in the Battle of Ivy Mountain. In April 1862, he volunteered to take part in a raid with twenty-one others (later known as "Andrews' Raiders" because they operated under the command of James J. Andrews). After going behind Confederate lines and stealing the locomotive "General," they were captured and imprisoned. Parrott was severely beaten 110 times to try to make him talk. He and fourteen others managed to escape. Only six of them reached friendly lines. He was later exchanged. He met President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C.. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton game him the Medal of Honor. He served with the Union Army for the rest of the war. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1863 after the Battle of Stones River. H was commissioned as a first lieutenant in 1864.

paragraphs: He returned to Kenton, Ohio after the war. He remained a cabinet maker. He ran a stone quarry south of Kenton, Ohio. Parrott suffered a heart attack and died while walking home from the county courthouse in Kenton, Ohio. He is buried in Grove Cemetery, on State Route 309, east edge of Kenton, Ohio.


title: Seasonal affective disorder

paragraphs: Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also called winter depression, winter blues, summer depression and seasonal depression, is a mood disorder that happens in people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year. They show depressive symptoms at the same time each year, usually in the winter.

paragraphs: Some people think that SAD is related to not having enough serotonin because they don't get enough sunlight, which could cause serotonin polymorphisms. Serotonin polymorphisms could be the cause in SAD, although it has been disputed (people think it's not correct).

paragraphs: Treatments include light therapy, medication, ionized-air administration, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and taking the hormone melatonin at the right time. Doctors often cure SAD with bright light therapy, although normal light therapy is the most common treatment for SAD. Part of light therapy can include being in sunlight, either directly from being outside, or by using a computer controlled heliostat (a device that includes a mirror, usually a plain mirror, usually turns to keep reflecting sunlight on a specific object) to reflect into the windows of a home or office. Physical exercise is also a good form of therapy for SAD, especially when combined with other forms of treatments.


title: Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games

paragraphs: Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games is a 2014 American computer-animated comedy/adventure movie. It is the third installment in the "Alpha and Omega" franchise. Like the second one, this movie is directed by Richard Rich and Perry Andelin Blake and written by Tom Kane. "Alpha and Omega 3" follows the story of The Great Wolf Games, a contest where puppies from different packs compete. Runt, Stinky and Claudette also join in, even though their pack "took a pass on the games", with Humphrey as their coach.

paragraphs: The movie is a sequel to "Alpha and Omega" and "". It came out on iTunes on March 4, 2014 and it's available for download. It was released on March 25, 2014 as a Walmart Exclusive. Just like the second movie, "Alpha and Omega 3" received mixed reviews by critics (having 44% in Rotten Tomatoes and a 42 out of 100 in Metacritic) and mostly positive reviews by fans (with audience rating of 77%). However, it wasn't as successful as "Alpha and Omega 2".

paragraphs: Kate, Humphrey, and the puppies are back in Jasper. Kate has to leave on hunting trip with the others. Humphrey has to take care of the puppies. Runt, Stinky and Claudette hear about The Great Wolf Games from another puppy from the Northern Pack named Fleet. He has a crush on Claudette and tells them that the Western Pack won't be in the games. Claudette insists on forming their own team with Brent a grizzly bear cub, and Agnes a porcupine. Humphrey becomes their coach.

paragraphs: Director Richard Rich said there would be a third and fourth movies in the franchise. He directs "Alpha and Omega 3". Tom Kane wrote the script. He was also the uncredited co-director. "Alpha and Omega 3" came out on iTunes in March 4, 2014. It came out on March 25, 2014 as a Walmart Exclusive.

paragraphs: Once again, "Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games" received mixed reviews from critics. It had a 44% rating in Rotten Tomatoes and a 42 out of 100 in Metacritic. The movie's consensus in Rotten Tomatoes is: "Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games" does have improved animation, lovable characters and it'll definitely entertain kids and die hard fans of the franchise, but it seems to suffer from a lazy story and a thinly-written script". Critics noted the animation's improvement, nice humor, likable characters and improved ending, but criticized the movie's story and the absence of the rest of the main characters. However, fans of the franchise had mostly positive reactions for the movie. Though they expressed disappointment on the story and for the lack of the original characters, they praised the movie on everything else. "Alpha and Omega 3" had a fresh audience rating of 77% on the Rotten Tomatoes Community.

paragraphs: "" came out on iTunes on September 23, 2014. It was released on DVD, Digital HD and Pay-Per-View on October 7.


title: Iñaki Azkuna

paragraphs: Iñaki Azkuna Urreta (14 February 1943 – 20 March 2014) was a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party. From 1999 until his death, he was mayor of the city of Bilbao, Biscay in the Basque Country. In 2012, he won the World Mayor Prize, honoring the most outstanding mayors in the world. He was born in Durango, Biscay.

paragraphs: Azkuna died from prostate cancer on 20 March 2014 in Bilbao, Biscay. He was 71 years old.


title: Lucius Shepard

paragraphs: Lucius Shepard (August 21, 1943 – March 18, 2014) was an American writer. He mostly worked as a science fiction and fantasy writer. His best known book works were "The Jaguar Hunter" (1987), "Life During Wartime" (1990), and "The Ends of the Earth" (1991). He also wrote the comic book series "Vermillion" (1996–97) for Helix of DC Comics. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.

paragraphs: Shepard died on March 18, 2014 in Portland, Oregon. He was 70 years old.


title: Maddie Blaustein

paragraphs: Madeleine "Maddie" Blaustein (October 9, 1960 – December 11, 2008) was an American voice actress. Until her death, Blaustein was the voice of Sartorius in "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX". She was also the voice of Meowth in the "Pokémon" anime.

paragraphs: Blaustein was born intersex. She was a male when she was born, and lived as male for many years until changing to female.


title: Bert I. Gordon

paragraphs: Bert I. Gordon (born September 24, 1922) is an American movie maker. He made many movies that are science fiction. He made his first movie when he was 32 in 1955, called "King Dinosaur". In the movie, a group of astronauts go to another planet and find lots of strange creatures.

paragraphs: In an interview with Shout! Factory, he explained he always wanted to make movies ever since one of his relatives gave him a video camera.

paragraphs: Gordon had a daughter, Susan. She was a child actor. She even starred in Bert's movie, "Tormented".


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title: Trans-Saharan trade

paragraphs: Trans-Saharan trade was when people traveled across the Sahara to reach sub-Saharan Africa from the North African coast, Europe, or the Levant. The trade existed during the prehistoric times. The trade became popular from the 8th century until the late 16th century. The trade was also used to transport slaves and food to different places.


title: Nicholas of Cusa

paragraphs: Nicholas of Kues (1401 – August 11, 1464) or Nicolaus Cusanus and Nicholas of Cusa, was a German philosopher, theologian, jurist, and astronomer. He was one of the first German proponents of Renaissance humanism.


title: Werner Forssmann

paragraphs: Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann (29 August 1904 – 1 June 1979) was a German physician. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956. Forssmann studied the active principles and discovered cardiac catheterization.


title: Bernard Katz

paragraphs: Sir Bernard Katz (26 March 1911 – 20 April 2003) was a British physician of Jewish-German descent. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970. He studied the active principles of nerve biochemistry.


title: Panasonic

paragraphs: Panasonic Corporation, formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, is a multinational electronics company. Panasonic is known for their electronics products. The company was created by Konosuke Matsushita in 1918. It is the fourth-largest television manufacturer in the world. The company was known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. from 1935 to October 1, 2008.


title: Suzanne Moore

paragraphs: Suzanne Moore (born 1958) is an English journalist. Moore was born in Ipswich to an American father and a Tory mother. She is a feminist.


title: Military occupation

paragraphs: Military or belligerent occupation is a control by a certain ruling power over a territory, which is not under the formal sovereignty of that entity, without the violation. The territory is then known as the "occupied" territory and the ruling power the "occupant".


title: Deaths in July 2016

paragraphs: The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2016. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.


title: Vasyl Slipak

paragraphs: Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak (, December 20, 1974 – June 29, 2016) was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer. From 1994, he performed in France at such venues as Paris Opéra and Opéra Bastille. For his opera performance, Slipak received several awards, including "Best Male Performance" for the Toreador Song. Hero of Ukraine.

paragraphs: Following the outbreak of the War in Donbass|pro-Russian insurgency in Donbass, Slipak returned to Ukraine and join in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. In 2015, Slipak joined the fights against pro-Russian insurgents as a member of the 7th Battalion of the Volunteer Ukrainian Corps of the Right Sector.

paragraphs: On 29 June 2016, Slipak was killed by a sniper shot near Luhanske, Bakhmut Raion. He was aged 41.


title: Alfred Oftedal Telhaug

paragraphs: Alfred Oftedal Telhaug (25 September 1934 – 10 June 2016) was a Norwegian educator.

paragraphs: Telhaug was born in Skudeneshavn. He graduated from Stavanger Cathedral School in 1953, the University of Oslo in 1962, and took the Ph.D. degree at the University of Trondheim in 1990.

paragraphs: He was assigned with "Norges Lærerhøgskole" in Trondheim (later the Norwegian University of Science and Technology) from 1967 to 2001, and chaired the University's Institute of Pedagogy for three periods. From 1973 to 1981, he edited the journal "Norsk Pedagogisk Tidsskrift".

paragraphs: His publications include "Fra parallelle skoler til enhetsskole" from 1974, "Vår nye videregående skole" from 1975, "Norsk skoleutvikling etter 1945" from 1982, and "Norsk utdanningspolitisk retorikk 1945–2000" from 1999. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.


title: Giuseppe Virgili

paragraphs: Giuseppe Virgili (24 July 1935 – 10 June 2016) was an Italian footballer. He played as a striker.

paragraphs: He was born in Udine, Italy. Virgili played for Udinese, Fiorentina, Torino, Bari, Livorno and Taranto. He entered the Fiorentina Hall of Fame in 2013.

paragraphs: He also scored two goals in 7 appearances for the national team.

paragraphs: Virgili died in hospital at the age of 80, following an illness.


title: Rudi Altig

paragraphs: Rudi Altig (18 March 1937 – 11 June 2016) was a German professional track and road racing cyclist. He won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked as a television commentator.

paragraphs: Altig died on 11 June 2016 in Remagen, Germany, as a result of cancer, aged 79.


title: Scotty Moore

paragraphs: Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III (December 27, 1931 – June 28, 2016) was an American guitarist and recording engineer. He was best known for his work with Elvis Presley in the first part of his career, between 1954 and the beginning of Elvis's Hollywood years.

paragraphs: Moore died on June 28, 2016, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 84.


title: Buddy Ryan

paragraphs: James David "Buddy" Ryan (February 17, 1931 – June 28, 2016) was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). During his 35-season coaching career, Ryan served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals, and the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears and Houston Oilers of the NFL.

paragraphs: Ryan died at his ranch in Shelbyville, Kentucky on June 28, 2016 from cancer, aged 85.


title: Lake Chungará

paragraphs: Lake Chungará (from Aymara: "chunkara" "moss on the stone") is a lake in the extreme north of Chile, in the Altiplano of the Arica y Parinacota region. It is the 29th highest lake in the world (and the 10th highest in South America).

paragraphs: The lake is near the volcanos Parinacota () and Pomerape (). It is part of the Lauca National Park, in the Putre comuna. The lake is at about to the east of the town of Putre and about to the west of the border with Bolivia.

paragraphs: In the lake and streams nearby, there are some small fish that are endemic to the lake basin: pencil catfish, "Trichomycterus chungaraensis", and "Orestias chungarensis".


title: Shaibu Amodu

paragraphs: Shuaibu Amodu (18 April 1958 – 10 June 2016) was a Nigerian football coach and player. Amodu has managed a number of club sides in Nigeria, such as BCC Lions, El-Kanemi Warriors, and Shooting Stars; he also managed Orlando Pirates in South Africa.

paragraphs: He first managed the Nigerian national team from April 2001 to February 2002.

paragraphs: Amodu died on 10 June 2016 in Benin City, aged 58.


title: Dan Patrick

paragraphs: Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), known professionally as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor. He currently hosts "The Dan Patrick Show" broadcast on radio and on television. He also currently co-hosts NBC's "Football Night in America" and serves as a senior writer for "Sports Illustrated". He previously worked at ESPN for 18 years, where he often anchored the weeknight and Sunday 11 p.m. edition of "SportsCenter".


title: Sully (movie)

paragraphs: Sully is a 2016 American biographical drama movie directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood. It is written by Todd Komarnicki. It is about the US Airways Flight 1549 and Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, based on the autobiography "" by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow.

paragraphs: The movie stars Tom Hanks as Sullenberger, with Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany, Jamey Sheridan, and Jerry Ferrara. The movie was released by Warner Bros. on September 9, 2016.


title: Asghar Bichareh

paragraphs: Asghar Bichareh (Persian اصغر بیچاره; June 11, 1927 – June 11, 2016) was an Iranian photographer and actor. Bichareh was a photographer for the Iranian movie and music industries. He acted in over 23 movies. Bichareh was known for his collection of old cameras and cinema and theater photos.

paragraphs: Bichareh died of laryngeal cancer on his 89th birthday on June 11, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.


title: Bryan Robinson

paragraphs: Bryan Keith Robinson, nicknamed "Big Dog", (June 22, 1974June 11, 2016) was an American football defensive tackle. He was originally signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 1997.

paragraphs: Robinson also played for the Chicago Bears, the Miami Dolphins, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Arizona Cardinals.

paragraphs: On June 11, 2016, Robinson was found dead in a Milwaukee motel room, aged 41.


title: Lars Skytøen

paragraphs: Lars Mauritz Skytøen (13 December 1929 – 11 June 2016) was a Norwegian politician. He was a member of the Labour Party. He was Minister of Industry and Craft 1979-1981.


title: Kunio Hatoyama

paragraphs: Hatoyama died on 20 June 2016 in a hospital in Tokyo, at the age of 67.


title: Henk Hofland

paragraphs: Hendrik Johannes Adrianus "Henk" Hofland (; 20 July 1927 – 21 June 2016) was a Dutch journalist, commentator, essayist and columnist. H.J.A. Hofland, as he is also commonly known, is often referred to as the éminence grise of Dutch journalism.

paragraphs: In 1999 he was named Dutch "Journalist of the century" in a nationwide poll among his fans. He once called himself as belonging to the "anarcho-liberal community", though his political orientation is that of the secular center of society.


title: Al Howie

paragraphs: Al Howie (September 16, 1945 – June 21, 2016) was a Canadian long-distance runner. He was born in Glasgow to Canadian parents. He won more than fifty marathons, ultramarathons and multiday races in over 20 years. He won the 1991 Trans Canada Highway run (7295 kilometers) in the record time of 72 days and 10 hours. He won six-day foot races in California and seven-day races in New York. He was known as theSpartan Tartan. In 1987, Mr. Howie married Claudia Cole.

paragraphs: Howie died in Duncan, British Columbia from complications of diabetes, aged 70.


title: Joan Acker

paragraphs: Joan Elise Robinson Acker (March 18, 1924 – June 22, 2016) was an American feminist sociologist, researcher, writer, and educator. She was a part of the University of Oregon faculty since 1967. Acker was thought as one of the leading analysts regarding gender and class within the second wave of feminism.


title: John William Ashe

paragraphs: John William Ashe (20 August 1954 – 22 June 2016) was an Antiguan politician. He was the President of the United Nations General Assembly at its 68th session, which ran September 2013 to September 2014. He was also the ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda between 1995 and 2004.

paragraphs: Ashe died from a heart attack at his home in Dobbs Ferry, New York on 22 June 2016 while awaiting trial by the United States Federal Court. He was 61.


title: Zurlon Tipton

paragraphs: "This is about the American football player. For other people called Tipton, see Tipton (disambiguation)."

paragraphs: Zurlon Tipton (April 27, 1990 – June 28, 2016) was an American football running back. He played college football at Central Michigan and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He was born in Detroit, Michigan.

paragraphs: Tipton died on June 28, 2016 at a hospital in Detroit, Michigan after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach, aged 26.


title: Mrinal Sen

paragraphs: Mrinal Sen (also spelled "Mrinal Shen", 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian filmmaker. He was born in Kolkata. He was thought to be one of the greatest ambassadors of Indian parallel cinema on the global stage. His works was known for its artistic depiction of social reality.

paragraphs: Sen died on 30 December 2018 in Kolkata, West Bengal at the age of 95. The cause was a heart attack.


title: Inocente Carreño

paragraphs: Inocente José Carreño (28 December 1919 – 29 June 2016) was a Venezuelan composer and academic. He won the Venezuelan National Prize for Music in 1989. He was born in Porlamar, Venezuela.

paragraphs: Carreño died on 29 June 2016 from complications of pneumonia in Porlamar, Venezuela, aged 96.


title: Pee-wee's Big Holiday

paragraphs: Pee-wee's Big Holiday is a 2016 American adventure comedy movie. It was directed by John Lee and written by Paul Reubens and Paul Rust. The film stars Reubens as Pee-wee Herman. The film was released on March 18, 2016 on Netflix.

paragraphs: "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film got an 82% approval rating. 44 reviews gave it an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's said, "The simple story is a little short on laughs, but there's plenty of sweet wackiness for Pee-wee Herman fans to enjoy". On Metacritic, the film scorde 63 out of 100, from 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".


title: UEFA Euro 1992

paragraphs: The UEFA Euro 1992 was the 9th UEFA European Football Championship tournament. Its formal name was the "1992 UEFA European Football Championship". It was held in 10 June to 26 June. All the European football teams could compete. The defending champion was Netherlands. The tournament was hosted in Sweden. 8 teams were qualified for the final group stage. The winner of the tournament was Denmark after defeating Germany.


title: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

paragraphs: The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from September 2014 to November 2015. It

paragraphs: was played to determine who will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016. The top scorer of the tournament was Poland's Robert Lewandowski with 13 goals. 53 teams participated in the qualification tournament.

paragraphs: France automatically qualified because they are hosts. 23 other teams qualified for the tournament.

paragraphs: This table was made up of each teams performance during the main qualification stage. The best third-place team automatically qualified, but the rest had to go to the play-offs.


title: Kuk (mythology)

paragraphs: Kuk (also spelled as Kek or Keku) is the ancient Egyptian deity of night and darkness. As a concept, Kuk was viewed as having male and female qualities. His female form was known as Kauket (also spelled as Keket), which is simply the female form of the word "Kuk".

paragraphs: "Kuk"'s male form was seen as a frog, or as a frog-headed man. The female form was seen as a snake, or a snake-headed woman. He also symbolized the unknown and chaos. Kuk was the god of the hours before dawn and was known as "Bringer-in-of-the-Light" as he guided the sun barge of the god Ra toward the sky from the underworld. Kauket, his feminine balance, was depicted as a woman with the head of a serpent also called "Bringer-in-of-the-Darkness" who presided over the hours of twilight when the sun was setting and guided the sun barge into the underworld.


title: Schönwald, Bavaria

paragraphs: Schönwald is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany. It is next to the border of the Czech Republic. In 2014, the population was at 3,270 people.


title: Ingólfr Arnarson

paragraphs: Ingólfr Arnarson () and his wife, Hallveig Frodesdatter, are commonly said to be the first permanent Nordic settlers of Iceland. According to tradition, they founded Reykjavík in 874.

paragraphs: According to the Landnámabók (a book which describes the settlement of Iceland by the Norsemen), he built his house in modern-day Reykjavík and named the city as well. Medieval historian Ari Þorgilsson claimed that Arnarson was the first Nordic settler in Iceland, but Irish monks and hermits lived there before he arrived. He also claimed that the they left because they did not want to live with the newly arrived Norse pagans.

paragraphs: The Landnámabók claims that Arnarson left modern-day Norway after becoming involved in a blood feud. He had heard about an island that Garðar Svavarsson, Flóki Vilgerðarson and others found while sailing in the Atlantic ocean. With his step-brother, Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson, he sailed for Iceland. When land was in sight, he threw his high seat pillars overboard and promised to settle where the gods decided to bring them ashore. Two of his slaves then searched the coasts for three years before finding the pillars in the small bay which eventually became Reykjavík.

paragraphs: Meanwhile, Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson was murdered by his Irish slaves because of how badly he was treating-them. Ingólfr hunted them down and killed them in Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands). The islands got their name from that event, but vestmenn (west men) is a name that the Norsemen at this time sometimes used for Irishmen. He continued to live in southwestern Iceland, but nothing is known about what happened to him after settling. His son, Torstein ("Þorsteinn Ingólfsson"), was said to have founded the first parliament, in Iceland. It later became known as the Althing.


title: Keflavík

paragraphs: Keflavík (meaning "Driftwood Bay") is a town in the Suðurnes region in southwest Iceland. In 2009 its population was at 8,169 people.

paragraphs: In 1995, the town merged with Njarðvík and Hafnir to form the Reykjanesbær municipality.

paragraphs: The town was founded in the 16th century, possibly by Scottish people. Like many other Icelandic towns, the city grew with the help of the fishing industry. The city then continued to grow from flight operations done at the Keflavík International Airport (which was built by the United States during World War II). The airport used to be an important NATO military base and refueling stop for trans-Atlantic flights. It is now Iceland's main airport.

paragraphs: The airport was also used during the Cold War to monitor marine and submarine traffic from the Atlantic Ocean. The base was officially closed on 30 September 2006, when the United States withdrew the remaining 30 military personnel.

paragraphs: In Iceland, Keflavík was known for being a rich source of musicians during the 1960s and 70s, and is therefore also known as "bítlabærinn" or "The Beatle Town".

paragraphs: The town is situated on plenty of basalt ruble. On a clear day, one can see Snæfellsjökull (which is about 115 km away).

paragraphs: The city has cool summers and moderately cold winters.


title: Hochdorf, Switzerland

paragraphs: Hochdorf is a municipality of the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.


title: Melchnau

paragraphs: Melchnau is a municipality in the administrative district of Oberaargau in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.


title: Berken

paragraphs: Berken is a municipality in the administrative district of Oberaargau in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.


title: Merzligen

paragraphs: Merzligen is a municipality in the administrative district of Seeland in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.


title: Spanish treasure fleet

paragraphs: The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet from Spanish "Flota de Indias", was a convoy system adopted by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790. It linked Spain with its territories in America across the Atlantic. The convoys were general purpose cargo fleets used for transporting a wide variety of items. These included agricultural goods, lumber, various metal resources, luxuries, silver, gold, gems, pearls, spices, sugar, tobacco, silk, and other exotic goods from the Spanish Empire. They were sent to the Spanish mainland. Passengers and goods such as textiles, books and tools were transported in the opposite direction. The West Indies fleet was the first permanent transatlantic trade route in history. Similarly, the Manila galleons were the first permanent trade route across the Pacific.


title: Node.js

paragraphs: Node.js is a runtime system used mostly for making server side applications with JavaScript.


title: World Population Day

paragraphs: World Population day is an annual event. It is observed on July 11 every year. This event was made to increase awareness of the problems faced by global population and overpopulation. It was made by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987 (approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people).

paragraphs: The world population as of October 29, 2020 is approximately 7.694 billion.


title: Stayin' Alive

paragraphs: "Stayin' Alive" is a disco song by the Bee Gees from the "Saturday Night Fever" motion picture soundtrack. The song was written by the Bee Gees members (Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb) and produced by the Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson.

paragraphs: It was released on 13 December 1977 as the second single from the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. It is one of their signature songs. In 2004, "Stayin' Alive" was placed at number 189 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2004, it ranked No. 9 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. In a UK television poll on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fifth in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song".

paragraphs: On its release, "Stayin' Alive" climbed the charts to hit the number one spot on the "Billboard" Hot 100 the week of 4 February 1978, remaining there for four weeks. In the process, it became one of the band's most recognisable tunes, in part because of its place at the beginning of "Saturday Night Fever". In the US, it would become the second of six consecutive number-one singles, tying the record with the Beatles for most consecutive number ones in the US at the time (a record broken by Whitney Houston who achieved seven consecutive number-ones).


title: Mirchel

paragraphs: Mirchel is a municipality in the administrative district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.


title: Monible

paragraphs: Monible is a former municipality of the administrative district of Jura bernois in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

paragraphs: On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Monible, Châtelat, Sornetan and Souboz merged into the new municipality of Petit-Val.


title: Romesh Chandra

paragraphs: Romesh Chandra (30 March 1919 – 4 July 2016) was an Indian leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He took part in the Indian independence movement as student leader of CPI after joining it in 1939. He held many posts within the party. He became president of the World Peace Council in 1977.


title: Turgay Şeren

paragraphs: Turgay Sabit Şeren (15 May 1932 – 6 July 2016) was a Turkish footballer. He was the former goalkeeper of Galatasaray. He played at Galatasaray between 1947 and 1966 and was capped 52 times for Turkey, including two matches at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

paragraphs: Şeren was awarded a testimonial match by the club in 1967 in Istanbul.


title: Valentino Zeichen

paragraphs: Valentino Zeichen (24 March 1938 – 5 July 2016), was an Italian poet and writer. He was born in Fiume, Italy. Zeichen's poetry has been praised for its ability to quickly hook the reader. His works include humor. A literary award named after him, the "Premio Zeichen", is held every December in Rome. Zeichen himself was the only member of the jury.

paragraphs: Zeichen died on 5 July 2016 in Rome, Italy, aged 78.


title: Gunnar Garbo

paragraphs: Gunnar Garbo (19 April 1924 – 29 June 2016) was a Norwegian journalist, politician and ambassador.

paragraphs: He represented the Liberal Party of Norway at the Norwegian Parliament during four electoral periods. He served from 1958 to 1973. He was leader for the party from 1964 to 1970. He was ambassador in Dar es Salaam from 1987 to 1992.


title: Ojo Maduekwe

paragraphs: Chief Ojo Maduekwe (May 6, 1945 – June 29, 2016) was a Nigerian politician. He served as the Foreign Minister of Nigeria from July 26, 2007 through March 17, 2010. He was appointed by President Umaru Yar'Adua. He left office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet. He was National Secretary of the ruling political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).


title: Donald Carr

paragraphs: Donald Bryce Carr OBE (28 December 1926 –11 June 2016) was an English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962, and scored over 10,000 runs for the county.

paragraphs: Carr later became an ICC match referee. After his retirement, he became assistant secretary of the MCC from 1963 to 1976, and then secretary to the Cricket Council and the Test and County Cricket Board – both forerunners of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) – for ten years after that. He also managed several MCC tours in the 1960s and 1970s.


title: Vladimir Dolgopolov

paragraphs: Vladimir Mikhailovich Dolgopolov (; born 24 December 1961, Leningrad – died 12 June 2016, St. Petersburg) was a Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1980 for FC Zenit Leningrad.


title: Alfonso Portugal

paragraphs: Alfonso Portugal Díaz (21 January 1934 – 12 June 2016) was a Mexican footballer. He played as defender for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Mexico City. Portugal captained Club América to the 1965–66 Mexican Primera División title. He also played for Club Necaxa. In 1967 he appeared in one match for the Chicago Spurs of the NPSL.

paragraphs: Portugal died on 12 June 2016 in Atlixco, Puebla, aged 82.


title: Vasily Bochkaryov

paragraphs: Vasily Kuzmich Bochkaryov (; 29 April 1949 – 22 June 2016) was a Russian politician. He served as Head of Zheleznodorozhny District of Penza from 1987 to 1998. He was elected Head of the Administration of Penza Oblast in April 1998. He became Governor of Penza Oblast in June 1998.


title: Jim Boyd (musician)

paragraphs: Jim Boyd (1956 – June 22, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, actor and member of The Jim Boyd Band on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington. He was born in Lancaster, California.

paragraphs: Boyd has performed in several groups, including XIT, Greywolf and Winterhawk. Boyd sang four songs with lyrics by Sherman Alexie on the soundtrack for the 1998 movie "Smoke Signals", and also appeared in Alexie's "The Business of Fancydancing".

paragraphs: Boyd died on June 22, 2016 in Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, aged 60.


title: David J. Hickson

paragraphs: David John Hickson (20 April 1931 – 22 June 2016) was a British organizational theorist. He was the Emeritus Professor of International Management and Organization at Bradford University School of Management. He was known for his work in the field of organisational development (OD).


title: Yaşar Nuri Öztürk

paragraphs: Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (February 5, 1951 – June 22, 2016) was a Turkish university professor of Islamic theology, Quranist Muslim, lawyer, columnist and a former member of Turkish parliament.

paragraphs: Öztürk died on June 22, 2016 at his home in Istanbul from stomach cancer, aged 65.


title: Harry Rabinowitz

paragraphs: Harry Rabinowitz MBE (26 March 1916 – 22 June 2016) was a South African conductor and composer of movie and television music. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was of Jewish descent.

paragraphs: Rabinowitz conducted the movie scores for many movies including "Hanover Street" (1979), "Chariots of Fire" (1981), "Heat and Dust" (1983), "The Bostonians" (1984), "Return to Oz" (1985), "Lady Jane" (1986), "Maurice" (1987), "The Remains of the Day" (1993), "The English Patient" (1996), "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), and "Cold Mountain" (2003).

paragraphs: He also composed music for television including "The Frost Report" (1966), "I, Claudius" (1976), "The Agatha Christie Hour" (1982), and "Reilly, Ace of Spies" (1983).

paragraphs: In June 2015, Rabinowitz was the guest castaway on BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs".

paragraphs: Rabinowitz died on 22 June 2016 at his home in France, aged 100.


title: Samir Roychoudhury

paragraphs: Samir Roychowdhury (Bengali: সমীর রায়চৌধুরী) (1 November 1933 – 22 June 2016) was an Indian poet and writer. He was one of the founding fathers of the Hungry Generation.


title: Amjad Sabri

paragraphs: Amjad Farid (Fareed) Sabri (23 December 1976 – 22 June 2016) was a Pakistani singer. He became one of South Asia's most famous qawwali singers.

paragraphs: Sabri was shot dead in Karachi in a targeted killing by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban on 22 June 2016, aged 39.


title: James Green

paragraphs: James Robert Green (November 4, 1944 – June 23, 2016) was an American historian. He was the Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He was also a well-known author and labor activist.

paragraphs: Green's research focuses on radical political and social movements in the U.S. (including new social movements), as well as the history of labor unions in the United States. Green writes social and political history from "the bottom up." He writes from a leftist theoretical standpoint.

paragraphs: Green died in Boston on June 23, 2016, of complications from leukemia. He was 71.


title: Stanley Mandelstam

paragraphs: Stanley Mandelstam (12 December 1928 – 23 June 2016) was a South African-born American theoretical physicist of Jewish descent. He introduced the Mandelstam variables into particle physics in 1958. It was a coordinate system for creating his double dispersion relations.

paragraphs: He was the Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Birmingham (1960-63), the Professeur Associé at Université de Paris-Sud (1979–80; 1984–85) and the Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley from 1963 until his death and was also the Professor Emeritus from 1994 until his death.


title: Paul Cox

paragraphs: Paulus Henrique Benedictus "Paul" Cox (16 April 1940 – 18 June 2016) was an award-winning Dutch-born Australian filmmaker. He was known as 'Australia's most prolific film auteur'.

paragraphs: He published "Reflections: An Autobiographical Journey" in 1998.

paragraphs: His movie-essay "The Remarkable Mr. Kaye" (2005) is a portrait of his sick friend, the actor Norman Kaye, who appeared in many of Cox movies, such as "Lonely Hearts" and "Man of Flowers". In 2006 he became the Patron of the Byron Bay Film Festival.