title: Suzy

paragraphs: Bae Su-ji (hangul: 배수지; hanja: 裴秀智; born October 10, 1994 in Gwangju) better known by her stage name Suzy, is a South Korean singer, actress, model and TV presenter. She is the maknae of the South Korean girl group miss A, debuting through JYP Entertainment in 2010. Suzy is considered the most beautiful live idol of K-pop, receiving the title "First Love of the Nation."

paragraphs: Suzy was born in Gwangju, South Korea on October 10, 1994. She attended Seoul Performing Arts High School. Before debuting, she was a model for an online mall. In 2009, Suzy auditioned for the "Superstar K" talent show. It was approved, but ended up being eliminated from the program. She then auditioned to join JYP Entertainment, getting Park Jin-young's attention and getting approved. A year later, at the same agency, Suzy formed a girl group, temporarily titled JYP Sisters, with Fei and Jia. The girls began their promotional activities in China as a promotional group for Samsung China and they released a song for a commercial called "Love Again" for the Samsung Beat Festival. The video for the song allowed auditions to insert a fourth member were opened, causing Min to enter the group, thus forming miss A.

paragraphs: In March 2010, Suzy joined members Fei and Jia to form the miss A group. The trio began their first official promotional activities in China as a group when they signed a contract with Samsung China. The group released a song used for the commercial called "Love Again" for the Samsung Beat Festival. The song was written by the Korean composer Super Changddai, and the music video was directed by Hong Won-ki. Later, a fourth member was added to the group, this being Min.

paragraphs: The female quartet made its official debut in July 2010 under JYP Entertainment with the single "Bad Girl Good Girl". After a successful seven-week promotion period, the group had their return to the music scene in October with a new title track, "Breathe," from the second single "Step Up". They promoted the song for a month and had their "farewell stage" on November 7.

paragraphs: The group returned in July 2011 with the release of their first studio album, "A Class", and the title track "Good Bye Baby". After achieving great success with their album and title track, the band performed their "farewell stage" in early September. They then turned their focus to outdoor activities, making their Chinese debut. In February 2012, they returned with a new musical style through the extended play "Touch".

paragraphs: In the last quarter of 2012, they released the mini-album "Independent Women Pt.III". The album was designed to honor the song "Independent Women" from Destiny's Child. On November 6, 2013, after more than a year of inactivity, Miss A made her comeback with a second studio album titled "Hush". The song was composed by a famous composer duo, E-Tribe. On March 30 of the following year, the group released a new hit, titled "Only You," produced by Black Eyed Pilseung, from their second mini-album, "Colors".

paragraphs: In October 2010, Suzy became host of the "Show! Music Core" of MBC with Minho and Onew, both from SHINee, and Jiyeon, from T-ara. Later she presented programs like "Inkigayo", "M! Countdown", "M! Hello Japan Countdown", 21st Seoul Music Awards, 26th Golden Disk Awards with Hongki from F.T. Island and Mnet's 20's Choice Awards with Song Joong-ki, where she won an award under the category "Hot New Star of 2011". Since then, Suzy has continued to host many music program events for major awards ceremonies.

paragraphs: In addition to her group activities, Suzy is also an actress. She made her debut in the high school drama "Dream High", which was aired on KBS from January 3 to February 28, 2011. Suzy also released a soundtrack for the drama, titled "Winter Child." The drama was a success, bringing high ratings to the range of 18 to 20 percent during its two-month broadcast. She also gained popularity in other countries and received several international awards. At the KBS Drama Awards, Suzy won the awards for Best New Actress and Best Couple, winning the latter with co-star Kim Soo-hyun.

paragraphs: In October 2011, Suzy became a member of the KBS "Invincible Youth 2" reality show. The show began filming its first episode on October 19 and aired on November 11. On November 4, 2011, it was revealed that Suzy would make a surprise appearance in the new music video of Son Ho-young, a former member of the g.o.d group, entitled "Pretty but Hateful." She captivated audiences with her natural beauty and innocent charm, and also left a strong impression for being able to cry at the beginning of the music video.

paragraphs: In 2012, Suzy showed her support for the Pink Wings campaign, organized by the Korean Citizens' Coalition for Teens, attending the special photo shoot held by Vogue Girl. On March 22, 2012, she made her film debut in the film "Introduction to Architecture" starring the younger version of the protagonist. "Architecture 101" was one of the ten most watched films in Korea in the first quarter of 2012 and reached more than 4,1 million at the box office nine weeks after theatrical release; A new box office record for Korean melodramas. Suzy made a lasting impression with her natural acting and innocent charm; And was finally honored with the title "First Love of the Nation". In the same year, Suzy also starred in KBS's drama "Big", written by Hong Sisters, opposite Gong Yoo and Lee Min-jung.

paragraphs: Suzy was announced as the first Korean female celebrity to reach more than a million followers on Twitter. She is also Korea's first female celebrity to win a rookie award for singer, drama actress and film actress, having won the Best New Actress Award at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards for her performance in "Architecture 101". December 22, 2012, Suzy won the Best Newcomer Award in the Variety category at the KBS Entertainment Awards for her role in "Invincible Youth 2", marking her 4th rookie award in different fields of entertainment and showing her versatility as a complete artist.

paragraphs: In June 2013, the historic action drama "Gu Family Book" was broadcast, where Suzy starred with Lee Seung-gi. The drama garnered extremely high ratings, peaking at number one spot in the time span from Monday to Tuesday throughout the period of its broadcast. She received recognition for her performance in the drama at the MBC Drama Awards, winning the Top Excellence Award. She also appeared on the "Healing Camp" talk show, "Are not You Happy", becoming the youngest guest on the show. The following year, Suzy made a cameo appearance in "My Love from the Star", starring Kim Soo-hyun, her previous "Dream High" co-star.

paragraphs: In 2014, Suzy was hailed "Queen of the Commercials" due to her numerous endorsements deals, ranging from cosmetics and clothing to basic commodities like sugar. In May, Suzy was cast for the movie "The Sound of a Flower" playing the character Jin Chae-sun, Korea's first female pansori singer. The film portrays the struggle of a singer who has no right to appear to the public because of her gender during the Joseon Dynasty. To prepare for the role, Suzy received Pansori training for a year. "The Sound of a Flower" premiered on November 25, 2015. In the same year, Suzy collaborated with Taiwanese singer-actor Show Luo on the single "Together In Love."

paragraphs: In January 2016, Suzy released a digital single titled "Dream" with Baekhyun, one of EXO's lead vocalists. The song quickly reached the top of the charts online in real time and debuted at the top of the Gaon weekly digital chart. "Dream" was a great success, receiving five awards from music programs and the Best Collaboration Award from the Mnet Asian Music Awards.

paragraphs: She then starred in the drama melo-romance "Uncontrollably Fond" with actor Kim Woo-bin. The drama debuted in July 2016, and was broadcast simultaneously in 11 countries; Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. Suzy has released two soundtracks for the drama, "Ring My Bell" and "When It's Good," the latter having been self-made.

paragraphs: In September 2016, a wax sculpture of her at Madame Tussauds in Hong Kong had her exhibition. Suzy is the first Korean celebrity to receive a wax sculpture in the museum of wax figures. In November 2016, it was confirmed that Suzy will be starring alongside Lee Jong-suk in the drama "While You Were Sleeping", which will premiere in 2017. This drama will mark the second collaboration between her and screenwriter Park Hye-ryun, after working together in the hit drama of 2011 "Dream High".

paragraphs: On January 23, 2017, Suzy made her debut as a solo singer through the release of the title track "Yes No Maybe" and the extended play "Yes? No?" The week before its release on January 17, "Pretend" was released, a pre-release single that quickly reached an all-kill on South Korean music charts. For the promotions of her EP, Suzy starred in her own reality show titled "Off the Record: Suzy". On February 28, 2017, she collaborated with singer Park Won in a duet titled "Don't Wait For Your Love".

paragraphs: In March 2015, it was confirmed that Suzy and South Korean actor Lee Min-ho are in a relationship. On November 16, 2017, the agencies of both artists confirmed the separation.


title: Russian presidential election, 2012

paragraphs: The 2012 Russian presidential election was a presidential election. It occurred on 4 March 2012 in the Russian Federation. The election was for an extended term of six years.

paragraphs: Incumbent president, Dmitry Medvedev, decided not to run for a second term.

paragraphs: Vladimir Putin, from United Russia, easily won the election. He received 64% of the vote.

paragraphs: The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe gave an overall positive review of the election, but they did notice some issues. They found that Putin was given more airtime than other candidates. There were also some cases of carousel voting (which is a type of electoral fraud where supporters drive to multiple polling stations and vote multiple times).

paragraphs: Ruža Tomašić, a OSCE observer from Croatia, noted that there were no violations at the five polling stations she observed.

paragraphs: A few days after the election, 15,000–20,000 people protested in Moscow against the results. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation did not recognize the results.


title: Jidai Matsuri

paragraphs: The Jidai Matsuri is a traditional Japanese festival held every year on October 22 in Kyoto, Japan. It is enjoyed by people of all ages, participating in its historic reenactment parade, dressed in historic costumes representing different periods of Japanese history.

paragraphs: This festival started when the Japanese capital of Kyoto moved to Tokyo in 1868. This involved the movement of the Emperor of Japan and his family.

paragraphs: The Jidai Matsuri begins early in the morning with small shrines brought out of the Kyoto Imperial Palace so people can pay their respects. The five-hour parade starts in the afternoon, with 2000 performers dressed as samurai, military figures, and common people from the Meiji era.


title: Meknès

paragraphs: Meknès or Meknes, Moroccan Amazigh : ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ - "Ameknas", Arab: مكناس - "Mknas", is a city in the north of Morocco. About 632,000 people were living in this city in 2014.

paragraphs: Meknès is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco. The city dates from the 11th century. It lies north of the Middle Atlas.


title: Flurlingen

paragraphs: Flurlingen is a municipality of the district of Andelfingen in the Swiss canton of Zurich.


title: Freienstein-Teufen

paragraphs: Freienstein-Teufen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Geroldswil

paragraphs: Geroldswil is a municipality of the district Dietikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Glattfelden

paragraphs: Glattfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Gossau, Zürich

paragraphs: Gossau is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Alain Defossé

paragraphs: Alain Defossé (11 February 1957 – 14 May 2017) was a French novelist and translator. He was born in Nantes, France.

paragraphs: His first novel, " Les fourmis d’Anvers", was published in 1991. He also translated several books from English into French. For example, he translated "Crazy Cock" by Henry Miller in 1990. He also translated "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis in 1993.

paragraphs: In 2006, he translated "The Night Watch" by Sarah Waters. Two years later, in 2008, he translated "Rant" by Chuck Palahniuk. Other novelists whose work he translated are Irvine Welsh and Joseph Connolly.

paragraphs: Defossé died on 14 May 2017 in Paris of lung cancer at the age of 60.


title: Dilbagh Singh Athwal

paragraphs: Dilbagh Singh Athwal (12 October 1928 – 14 May 2017) was an Indian geneticist, plant breeder and agriculturist. He was known to have been a pioneering scientist in the research in plant breeding.

paragraphs: Athwal was a former professor and the Head of the Department of Plant Breeding at Punjab Agricultural University and an associate of Norman Borlaug, the renowned biologist and Nobel Laureate, with whom he has collaborated for the introduction of high-yielding dwarf varieties of Wheat. He was well known as Father of Wheat Revolution, he was important in developing ‘PV 18’ in 1966 and the most popular amber grained wheat variety ‘Kalyansona’ in 1967. In 1967, he joined International Rice Research Institute's management team and ultimately served as the Institute’s first deputy director general.

paragraphs: Athwal died at his Princeton, New Jersey home on 14 May 2017 from complications of liver failure at the age of 88.


title: Bruce Hill (racing driver)

paragraphs: Bruce Hill (July 9, 1949 – May 14, 2017) was an American former stock car racing driver. He was born Topeka, Kansas. He competed in the Winston Cup Series, ARCA, and in the NASCAR West Series. He also competed in late model races around his hometown of Topeka later in life.

paragraphs: Hill died in 2017 due to complications from esophageal cancer at his Topeka home at the age of 67.


title: Nasser Givehchi

paragraphs: Nasser Givehchi (, November 12, 1932 – May 15, 2017) was an Iranian wrestler. He won the silver medal in the Featherweight division of Freestyle wrestling in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and also competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he managed to get to sixth place in the 62 kg division.

paragraphs: Givehchi ranked fifth at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships in Tokyo. In the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo Givehchi managed to win the bronze medal of the 62 kg division.

paragraphs: Givehchi died in Tehran, Iran on May 15, 2017 at the age of 86.


title: Jean-Yves Le Drian

paragraphs: Jean-Yves Le Drian (); born 30 June 1947) is a French politician. He is a member of the French Socialist Party. He served as the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs under President François Hollande and was nominated by Emmanuel Macron to serve as Foreign Minister in the Philippe cabinet.


title: Rhodri Morgan

paragraphs: Hywel Rhodri Morgan (29 September 1939 – 17 May 2017) was a Welsh Labour politician. He was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009. He was also the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011 and the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West from 1987 to 2001.

paragraphs: Morgan died on 17 May 2017 after collapsing at his Wenvoe, Wales home from a suspected heart attack at the age of 77.


title: Bernard Bosson

paragraphs: Bernard Bosson (25 February 1948 – 16 May 2017) was a French politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of Transport, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Public Works under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur from 1993 to 1995. He was a member of the 12th French National Assembly, representing Haute-Savoie as a member of the Union for French Democracy. He was also the mayor of Annecy.

paragraphs: Bosson died in hospital in Lyon, France on 16 May 2017 from a long-illness, aged 69.


title: Viktor Gorbatko

paragraphs: Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (; December 3, 1934 – May 17, 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions. He was awarded twice for the Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Lenin. He was born in Ventsy-Zarya, Azov-Black Sea Krai.

paragraphs: Gorbatko died of stomach cancer at his home in Moscow on May 17, 2017 at the age of 82.


title: Roxcy Bolton

paragraphs: Roxcy O'Neal Bolton (June 3, 1926 – May 17, 2017) was an American feminist and civil and women's rights activist. She was born in Duck Hill, Mississippi. In 1966, Bolton helped form Florida's National Organization for Women, serving as charter president of the Miami Chapter and National Vice President in 1969. In 1969, she successfully challenged the practice that many store restaurants had of keeping a separate "men only" section. She founded Women in Distress, a shelter for homeless women.

paragraphs: In 1972, she encouraged President Richard Nixon to issue a proclamation honoring Women's Equality Day, which he did. In 1974, she founded the nation's first Rape Treatment Center in Miami, later renamed the Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center in 1993.

paragraphs: Bolton died on the morning of May 17, 2017 at her Coral Gables, Florida home from cardiac arrest at the age of 90.


title: Tzipi Livni

paragraphs: Tziporah Malka "Tzipi" Livni, Hebrew: ציפורה מלכה "ציפי" לבני , (born July 8, 1958 in Tel Aviv) is a former Israeli politician. She was political leader of HaTnu'a ("The Movement").

paragraphs: Livni served both in the army and in the Mossad. Afterwards she studied law at Bar-Ilan University and worked as a lawyer.

paragraphs: From 1999 till 2019 (with an interruption from May 2012 until February 2013) she was a Member of Knesset.

paragraphs: In the 2000s she was many times a minister, among others justice and foreign minister. During the Second Netanyahu Government (2009-2013) she was leading the parliamentarian opposition. In 2013 she joined the Third Netanyahu Government by becoming justice minister. In 2014 prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused her and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid of trying to bring down his cabinet. They were sent away, which resulted in the downfall of his cabinet.

paragraphs: Originally she was a HaLikud politician, but in 2005 she joined Kadima. In 2012 she founded HaTnu'a. In the 2015 elections HaTnu'a formed one list with HaAvoda (Israeli Labor Party) and HaTnu'a HaYeruqa ("The Green Movement"), called HaMahaneh HaTziyoni ("The Zionist Union"). In the 20th Knesset she was leading this list with (former) HaAvoda leader Yitzhak Herzog.

paragraphs: Livni is in favour of the two-state solution, besides the State of Israel an independent State of Palestine. As a minister she spoke frequently with Palestinian politicians to achieve this goal.


title: Red-tailed black shark

paragraphs: The red-tailed black shark is a freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. Its scientific name is "Epalzeorhynchos bicolor". It is not actually a shark, just so-called in its popular name.

paragraphs: It is endemic to Thailand. It is critically endangered. It is common in aquariums, where its deep black body and vivid red or orange tail are prized. The red-tailed black sharks seen in aquariums today are all bred in captivity.


title: Budalur block

paragraphs: Budalur block is a revenue block in the Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It has 50 panchayat villages.

paragraphs: The total population of the revenue block is 26,874 according to 2011 Census of India.


title: The Emoji Movie

paragraphs: The Emoji Movie is a movie from Sony Pictures about little faces used to text with called, "emojis." Emojis are part of United States pop culture. The movie is about 3 emojis going on an epic adventure in a smartphone to save their universe from deletion. With a rating of 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it is considerably the worst animated movie of 2017.


title: Spaichingen

paragraphs: Spaichingen is a town of the district of Tuttlingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 31 December 2018, it has about 13,000 people lived there.

paragraphs: Spaichingen lies on the Prim at the foot of the Dreifaltigkeitsberg (Holy Trinity Mountain). It is 11 km northwest of Tuttlingen, and 13 km southeast of Rottweil. It has an elevation of above sea level.


title: Greifensee, Switzerland

paragraphs: Greifensee is a town in the district of Uster in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Geisingen

paragraphs: Geisingen is a town in Tuttlingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is on the Danube River, southwest of Tuttlingen, and southeast of Villingen-Schwenningen.


title: Grüningen

paragraphs: Grüningen is a municipality of the district Hinwil in the Swiss canton of Zurich.

paragraphs: In 1976, Grüningen got the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.


title: Brooks County, Texas

paragraphs: Brooks County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 7,223 people lived there. The county seat is Falfurrias. The county is named for James Abijah Brooks, a Texas Ranger and politician.


title: Brown County, Texas

paragraphs: Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 38,106 people lived there. The county seat is Brownwood. It is named for Henry Stevenson Brown, a commander at the Battle of Velasco.


title: Tom Green County, Texas

paragraphs: Tom Green County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 110,224 people lived there. The county seat is San Angelo. The county was created in 1874.


title: Live Oak County, Texas

paragraphs: Live Oak County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 11,531 people lived there. The county seat is George West. The county was named for the groves of live oak in its borders.


title: Uvalde County, Texas

paragraphs: Uvalde County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 26,405 people lived there. The county seat is Uvalde. It is named for Juan de Ugalde, the Spanish governor of Coahuila.


title: Grimes County, Texas

paragraphs: Grimes County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 26,604 people lived there. The county seat is Anderson. It is named for Jesse Grimes, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.


title: Hagenbuch

paragraphs: Hagenbuch is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Outi Ojala

paragraphs: Outi Marjatta Ojala (28 June 1946 – 16 May 2017) was a Finnish politician of the Left Alliance. She served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1991 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2007, and as a Member of the European Parliament from 1996 to 1999. She was President of the Nordic Council in 2002.


title: Anil Madhav Dave

paragraphs: Anil Madhav Dave (6 July 1956 – 18 May 2017) was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician and the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) in the Narendra Modi ministry from July 2016 till the time of his death. He was born in Badnagar, Madhya Pradesh.

paragraphs: Dave died on 18 May 2017 from cardiac arrest caused by pneumonia at a hospital in New Delhi at the age of 60


title: Reema Lagoo

paragraphs: Reema Lagoo (21 June 1958 – 18 May 2017) was an Indian theater and screen actress. She was known for her work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. She began her acting career in the Marathi theatre. She was born in Bombay, Bombay State (now in Maharashtra).

paragraphs: Lagoo starred in "Rihaee" (1988). She then starred in the blockbuster movie "Maine Pyar Kiya" (1989) as Salman Khan's mother and then in "Saajan" (1991). She starred in action drama and crime thriller "Gumrah" (1993) as Sridevi's mother , "Jai Kishen" (1994) as Akshay Kumar's mother and "Rangeela" (1995) as Urmila Matondkar's mother.

paragraphs: Her "Gumrah" (1993) was seventh-highest grosser of the year at the box office, "Jai Kishen" (1994) was a commercial success (declared 'semihit'). "Rangeela" (1995) was highest grosser of the year at the box office.

paragraphs: Lagoo died on 18 May 2017 at a hospital in Mumbai, India from cardiac arrest, aged 58.


title: Daniele Piombi

paragraphs: Daniele Piombi (14 July 1932 – 18 May 2017) was an Italian television and radio presenter and television writer. He was born in San Pietro in Casale, Italy. He was known for having been the creator, organizer and presenter of the "Premio Regia Televisiva", informally known as "Oscar TV", an award ceremony established in 1960 which rewards the best programs, directors and presenters of the Italian television.

paragraphs: Piombi died at a hospital in Milan, Italy from complications of respiratory arrest on 18 May 2017 at the age of 84.


title: Respiratory arrest

paragraphs: Respiratory arrest is the cessation of breathing due to failure of the lungs to function effectively. Apnea is the stopping of breathing. Prolonged apnea refers to a patient who has stopped breathing for a long period of time. If the heart muscle contraction is intact, the condition is known as respiratory arrest. Lack of oxygen to the brain causes loss of consciousness. Brain injury is likely if respiratory arrest goes untreated for more than three minutes, and death is almost certain if left untreated for more than five minutes.


title: Nawshirwan Mustafa

paragraphs: Nawshirwan Mustafa (22 December 1944 – 19 March 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician. He served as the General Coordinator (رێکخەری گشتی / rêkxerî giştî) of the Movement for Change () from 2009 until his death in 2017. He served as the leader of the official opposition in the Kurdistan Region. He was born in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

paragraphs: Mistafa died in Sulaymaniyah due to lung cancer on 19 May 2017 at the age of 72.


title: Salvador Sobral

paragraphs: Salvador Vilar Braamcamp Sobral (born 28 December 1989) is a Portuguese singer and activist. He won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest for Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois", written by his sister Luísa Sobral. He gave Portugal its first ever win in the contest since the country's debut in 1964, ending the longest winless run by a country in Eurovision history (53 years).

paragraphs: Under the current voting system, the highest scoring winner is him winning the contest in Kiev, Ukraine, with 758 points, with both the maximum points from the jury and the public vote being attributed to him.


title: Thiruvidaimarudur

paragraphs: Thiruvidaimarudur is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. The popular Mahalingeshwar Temple is located here.

paragraphs: The population of the town is 14,786 according to the census 2011.


title: Ammapettai, Thanjavur

paragraphs: Ammapettai is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. This town is the headquarters of Ammapettai revenue block.

paragraphs: The population of the town according to 2011 census is 14,572.


title: Thirunageswaram

paragraphs: Thirunageswaram is a panchayat town in Kumbakonam taluk, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. It is a famous for its two temples namely the Nagannatha Swami Temple and the Vaishnavite Oppiliappan Temple.

paragraphs: As of 2011 Census the population of the town is 15,082.


title: Ya'akov Litzman

paragraphs: Ya'akov Litzman, Hebrew: יעקב ליצמן , (born September 2, 1948 in Germany) is an Israeli rabbi and politician of Yahadut HaTorah HaMeuhedet ("United Torah Judaism", shortened "UTJ"). He is political leader of Agudat Yisrael ("Union of Israel"), one of the two branches of UTJ. He belongs to the Hasidism movement of Haredi Judaism.

paragraphs: Shortly after his birth Litzman migrated to the United States, followed by a migration to Israel when he was a teenager.

paragraphs: In 1999 he was elected to Israel's parliament, the Knesset. In 2015 he was appointed deputy health minister in the Fourth Netanyahu Government. Later that year he became the health minister, so he was included in the government coalition of ruling parties. In November 2017 he again became deputy health minister because he didn't agree that the government allowed repair activities on the national railway infrastructure on the Shabbat. Since May 17, 2020 he has been minister of construction in the Fifth Netanyahu Government.

paragraphs: In early April 2020, Litzman was diagnosed with COVID-19.


title: Gerrit Blaauw

paragraphs: Gerrit Anne "Gerry" Blaauw (born 17 July 1924) is a Dutch computer scientist. He is known as one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, together with Fred Brooks, Gene Amdahl, and others.

paragraphs: In 1982 he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1997 he co-authored "Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution" with Brooks.

paragraphs: Blaauw was born in The Hague. He graduated from Delft University of Technology in 1946.


title: Harry Leslie Smith

paragraphs: Harry Leslie Smith (25 February 1923 – 28 November 2018) was a British writer and political commentator. He served in the RAF during the Second World War, later moving to Canada.

paragraphs: After retiring, Smith began writing his memoirs and about the social history of Great Britain, during his youth and in the 21st century. He has written five books about Britain during the Great Depression, the Second World War, and postwar austerity.

paragraphs: Smith writes for "The Guardian" newspaper, "The New Statesman", "The Daily Mirror", "International Business Times" and the "Morning Star", and has made a number of public appearances in the UK (including the 2014 Labour Party conference and during the 2015 General Election and the 2016 EU Referendum) and Canada (in his 2015 Stand up For Progress National Tour).

paragraphs: On 20 November 2018 Smith was hospitalized in critical condition after suffering from pneumonia after having a fall at his home. He died a week later on 28 November in Belleville, Ontario at the age of 95.


title: Algolsheim

paragraphs: Algolsheim is a commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.


title: Hausen am Albis

paragraphs: Hausen am Albis is a municipality of the district Affoltern in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Brenta (river)

paragraphs: The Brenta is an important river in northeastern Italy. It begins near the "Caldonazzo" and "Levico" lakes in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and flows for more of into the Adriatic Sea to the south of the city of Venice.

paragraphs: The Brenta river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately . Its average yearly discharge is at Bassano del Grappa in the Vicenza province.

paragraphs: The Brenta, together with the Piave river, formed the Venetian Lagoon.

paragraphs: The Brenta river starts between the "Caldonazzo" and "Levico" lakes, two small lakes in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, in the comune of Caldonazzo, Trento province, at an elevation of about . From here, the river flows through the "Valsugana", the valley that goes from Bassano del Grappa to Trento, first to the east and later to the south. In this part, the Brenta is joined by its main left tributary, the Cismon stream, in the "comune" Cismon del Grappa, province of Vicenza (the Bacchiglione river is larger but it joins the Brenta near the mouth).

paragraphs: After the "comune" of Bassano del Grappa, the river flows through the "Pianura Padana" (the "Valley of the Po river"). Finally, it flows into the Adriatic Sea, near the "comune" of Chioggia in the Metropolitan City of Venice. Near the mouth, Brenta is joined in the locality "Ca' Pasqua" by the Bacchiglione river.


title: Rich Buckler

paragraphs: Richard "Rich" Buckler (February 6, 1949 – May 19, 2017) was an American comic book artist and penciller. He was best known for his work on Marvel Comics' "Fantastic Four" in the mid-1970s and for creating the character Deathlok in "Astonishing Tales" #25. Buckler drew virtually every major character at Marvel and DC, often as a cover artist. He was born in Detroit, Michigan.

paragraphs: Buckler died on May 20, 2017 of cancer at the age of 68.


title: Albert Bouvet

paragraphs: Albert Bouvet (28 February 1930 – 20 May 2017) was a French professional cyclist. He won Paris–Tours in 1956 and remained the last Frenchman to win until Jacky Durand won in 1998. His name is also associated with Paris–Roubaix, as an organiser and discoverer of new sections of pavé. He was born in Mellé, Ille-et-Vilaine.

paragraphs: Bouvet died on 20 May 2017 in Paris at the age of 87.


title: Syed Abdullah Khalid

paragraphs: Syed Abdullah Khalid (1942 – 20 May 2017) was a Bangladeshi sculptor. He was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

paragraphs: Khalid has also worked on paintings.He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2017.

paragraphs: Khalid has exhibited solo three times since and he was awarded first prize in the Second National Sculpture Exhibition organized by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in 1983. At various times he was nominated Judge by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy for national level exhibitions. He was a Professor at the Sculpture Department, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka until his death.

paragraphs: Khalid died on 20 May 2017 at a hospital in Dhaka from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 75.


title: Wayne Walker

paragraphs: Wayne Harrison Walker (September 30, 1936 – May 19, 2017) was an American professional football player and sports broadcaster. He was born in Boise, Idaho.

paragraphs: Walker played fifteen seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, as a linebacker and placekicker from 1958 through 1972. Walker played in 200 regular season games, the second most for a defensive player at the time. He played in three Pro Bowls and was thrice selected as a first-team All-NFL player.

paragraphs: After the 1972 season, he retired as a player and was a sports broadcaster for CBS and the sports director for KPIX-TV in San Francisco from 1974 to 1994. Walker was a weekend sportscaster during the off-season during his later years as a Detroit Lion.

paragraphs: In December 1999, Walker was ninth on the "Sports Illustrated" list of greatest sports figures from Idaho.

paragraphs: Walker was diagnosed with throat cancer in June 2007 and lost after chemotherapy and radiation treatment. In 2015, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He died on May 19, 2017, from complications from the disease in Boise at the age of 80.


title: Tommy Lasorda

paragraphs: Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22, 1927) is a former Major League Baseball player. He has had a lengthy career in sports management.

paragraphs: In 2009, he marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest discontinuous (he played one season with the Kansas City Athletics) tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by two seasons. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.

paragraphs: Lasorda came out of retirement to manage the United States team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He led the Americans to the gold medal, beating heavily favored Cuba, which had won the gold medals at the two previous Olympics.

paragraphs: With the death of Red Schoendienst on June 6, 2018, Lasorda is the oldest living Hall-of-Famer.


title: Kid Vinil

paragraphs: Kid Vinil, stage name of Antônio Carlos Senefonte (10 March 1955 – 19 May 2017), was a Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist. He became famous in the Brazilian rock of the 1980s. He was born in Cedral, Brazil.

paragraphs: Vinil was the vocalist of the Brazilian band "Magazine", that used to execute the songs "Tic Tic Nervoso" (composed by Marcos Serra and Antonio Luiz), "A Gata Comeu", "Sou Boy" and "Glub Glub No Clube", all three composed by Vinil himself. In the beginning of the 1980s, he had been member of "Verminose", a band of the genres punk rock and rockabilly.

paragraphs: Vinil died on 19 May 2017 from cardiac arrest in São Paulo, Brazil at the age of 62.


title: Bob Kuzava

paragraphs: Robert Leroy "Bob" Kuzava (May 28, 1923 – May 15, 2017), also known as Sarge Kuzava, was an American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (1946–1947), Chicago White Sox (1949–1950), Washington Senators (1950–1951), New York Yankees (1951–1954), Baltimore Orioles (1954–1955), Philadelphia Phillies (1955), Pittsburgh Pirates (1957) and St. Louis Cardinals (1957). He was born in Wyandotte, Michigan.

paragraphs: In 2003, Kuzava was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.

paragraphs: Kuzava died on May 15, 2017 at his Wyandotte, Michigan home from natural causes at the age of 93.


title: Gunnar Möller

paragraphs: Gunnar Möller (1 July 1928 – 16 May 2017) was a German television and movie actor. He was known for his role as Andreas in "I Often Think of Piroschka" (1955). His career began in the 1940 movie "Our Miss Doctor". He retired in 2005 with the movie "Oktoberfest".

paragraphs: Möller was born in Berlin. He was married to the actress Brigitte Rau until her death in 1979. Möller died on 16 May 2017 at his Frankfurt, Germany home from dementia-related complications at the age of 88.


title: Emile Degelin

paragraphs: Emile Degelin (16 July 1926 – 20 May 2017) was a Belgian movie director and novelist. He was known for being the director of "If the Wind Frightens You". His 1963 movie "Life and Death in Flanders" was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1969 movie "Palaver" was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His last movie, "De ooggetuige", won the audience prize at the Ghent Film Festival in 1995.

paragraphs: Degelin was born in Diest, Belgium. He died on 20 May 2017 at his home in Kessel-Lo, a borough of Leuven, Belgium from pneumonia at the age of 90.


title: Victor Găureanu

paragraphs: Victor Dan Găureanu, better known as Dan Găureanu (15 November 1967 – 20 May 2017) was a Romanian fencer. He was born in Nicolae Bălcescu, Coțușca Romania.

paragraphs: He competed in the sabre events at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Fencing Championships after he was defeated by Wiradech Kothny, who eventually won the gold medal.

paragraphs: As part of the Romanian team he earned two bronze medals at the World Championships.

paragraphs: Găureanu died on 20 May 2017 in Bucharest from a suspected case of cardiac arrest at the age of 49.


title: Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov

paragraphs: Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (Udmurt and ; 25 December 1951 – 20 May 2017) was the President of the Udmurt Republic. As President, Volkov was the highest official in the Udmurt Republic, the head of the republic's highest executive body, and leader of its two million citizens.

paragraphs: Volkov took office November 3, 2000, for a five-year term after the first presidential elections in the Udmurt Republic took place on October 15, 2000. Befor the elections, Volkov was the speaker of the Udmurtia Republican Legislature.

paragraphs: Volkov died on 20 May 2017 in Berlin, Germany, where he was being treated at a clinic for cancer at the age of 65.


title: Tom Wright (baseball)

paragraphs: Thomas Everette "Tom" Wright (September 22, 1923 – September 5, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder. He was born in Shelby, North Carolina. Wright played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball (1948–56) for four American League teams. He threw right-handed, batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed as an active player.

paragraphs: Wright played for the Boston Red Sox (1948–1951), the St. Louis Browns (1952), the Chicago White Sox (1952–1953) and for the Washington Senators (1954–1956). Wright retired after the 1957 minor league season.

paragraphs: Wright died on September 5, 2017 in Shelby, North Carolina from stroke complications at the age of 93.


title: Joy Corning

paragraphs: Joy Corning (September 7, 1932 — May 20, 2017) was an American politician and educator. She served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from January 1991 through January 15, 1999 during the governorship of Terry Branstad. She was a member of the Republican Party.

paragraphs: Corning entered the 1998 Republican Gubernatorial primary making history as the first woman to run for the Republican nomination to the office of Governor in the state’s history. After an abbreviated gubernatorial campaign, she was forced to drop out due in large part to a lack of financial support.

paragraphs: Corning was born in Bridgewater, Iowa. She graduated from the University of Northern Iowa. Corning died May 20, 2017 from liver disease in Cedar Falls, Iowa at the age of 84.


title: Kim Reynolds

paragraphs: Kimberly Kay "Kim" Reynolds (born August 4, 1959) is an American politician. She is the 43rd and current Governor of Iowa since May 24, 2017. Before, she was the 47th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from January 14, 2011 until May 24, 2017. Reynolds also served as the Chair-Elect of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA). She served as a state senator from Osceola from January 11, 2009 through November 12, 2010.

paragraphs: Reynolds assumed the office of Governor of Iowa on May 24, 2017 because Terry Branstad was confirmed as the next United States Ambassador to China. Reynolds is the first woman to hold this office.


title: Ernest Godward

paragraphs: Ernest Godward was born in Marylebone, London on 7 April 1869. He was the son of Henry Robert Godward, a fireman, and his wife, Sarah Ann Pattison. He lived in England, New Zealand and the United States. He created the spiral hairpin and a type of carburettor called a petrol economiser, which boosted engine performance and reduced fuel consumption. He also invented the Non-slip Egg Beater

paragraphs: , a new post-hole borer, a new type of hair curler, a burglar-proof window and a hedge trimmer made from bicycle parts.


title: Yung Mung Sung

paragraphs: Yung Mung Sung is an upcoming Tamil comedy drama film written and directed by M. S. Arjun. Prabhu Deva features in the leading role, while Lakshmi Menon selected as lead heroine,while Thangar Bachan and RJ Balaji play other pivotal roles. The film began production in February 2017.

paragraphs: Prabhu Deva agreed terms to work with newcomer Arjun for the comedy film "Yung Mung Sung" in January 2017, with Vasan Visual Ventures taking the role of producers. Actors Thangar Bachan and RJ Balaji were also recruited for the film, with the former signed to feature as the father of Deva's character. The team held talks with Catherine Tresa to play the lead actress, but her unavailability led the team to cast Lakshmi Menon in the role. Prabhu Deva was revealed to be playing a Kung Fu master in the film, which is a period drama that travels from the 1970s to the 1980s.

paragraphs: The film began production on 9 February 2017 following a launch event held in Chennai.


title: Automation

paragraphs: In the context of engineering, automation is when a device or a machine is changed in such a way that it can fulfill the task it was designed for without the need of human . Very often, this means that the machine is fitted with an additional system which takes control of its functions. For example, a centrifugal governor controls a steam engine.

paragraphs: Benefits of automation are that the output of the machine or device are more uniform, and that product quality is improved. A system that is not fully automated needs human interaction is needed: Many of the tasks involved are repetitive and boring. In general, machines are also designed so that humans no longer need to lift heavy weights or do dangerous things. With automation, human intervention is limited or absent.


title: Islets of Langerhans

paragraphs: The pancreatic islets or islets of Langerhans are parts of the pancreas. They have cells that make hormones. Some of these cells are beta cells that produce the hormone insulin.


title: Time in Pakistan

paragraphs: Pakistan has experimented with Daylight Saving Time (DST) a number of times since 2002, shifting local time from to during various summer periods, having the effect of making Pakistan counter-intuitively half an hour ahead of India during those times, even though India is generally to its east.

paragraphs: Daylight saving time is no longer observed in Pakistan.


title: Wels

paragraphs: Wels (Latin: Ovilava) is a city in the state of Upper Austria in Austria. It is on the Traun River near Linz. About 60,000 people lived there in 2016.


title: Kellogg's

paragraphs: Kellogg Company, or Kellogg's for short, is an American food distribution company. It is headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan.

paragraphs: Kellogg's makes cereal, toaster pastries like Pop-Tarts, fruit-flavored snacks and vegetarian foods. The company's brands are Apple Jacks, Special K, Eggo, Rice Krispies, Cocoa Krispies, and many more.

paragraphs: Kellogg's products are made in 18 countries. They are sold in more than 180 countries, like France, Australia and Russia.


title: Henggart

paragraphs: Henggart is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Herrliberg

paragraphs: Herrliberg is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Paul Judge

paragraphs: Sir Paul Rupert Judge (25 April 1949 – 21 May 2017) was an English business and political figure. He served as Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc. He also worked at Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, Tempur-Pedic, and The Abraaj Group.

paragraphs: Judge was born in London. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge and at the University of Pennsylvania. From 2002 until his death, he was married to Barbara Thomas. Judge died on 21 May 2017 in London at the age of 68.


title: Jimmy LaFave

paragraphs: Jimmy LaFave (July 12, 1955 – May 21, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. He was born in Willis Point, Texas. After moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma, LaFave created a musical style called Red Dirt music. LaFave was an Advisory Board member and regular performer at the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.

paragraphs: LaFave has recorded 15 albums and his 2007 release, "Cimarron Manifesto", reached the No. 1 mark on the Americana Music Association album chart. In 2012, LaFave released the studio album "Depending On The Distance".

paragraphs: LaFave died on May 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas from tissue cancer at the age of 61.


title: Bill White (ice hockey)

paragraphs: William Earl "Bill" White (August 26, 1939 – May 21, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. White was one of the most notable defensive defense men of the 1970s. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. He played for the Rochester Americans and the Springfield Indians in the AHL. He played in the NHL for the Los Angeles Kings and the Chicago Black Hawks.

paragraphs: White died on May 21, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario from natural causes at the age of 77.


title: Oscar Fulloné

paragraphs: Luis Oscar Fulloné Arce, better known as Oscar Fulloné (4 April 1939 – 22 May 2017) was an Argentine football coach and player. He played for Independiente Medellín and Real Oviedo before moving to England to play for Aston Villa in 1967.

paragraphs: Known as Oscar Arce during his time in England he remained in the country following his retirement from playing and was a coach for both Sheffield United and Sunderland. He became manager of Swiss side FC Sion in 1980 before going on to become one of the most successful African club managers.


title: West End Girls

paragraphs: West End Girls is a pop song from the British duo Pet Shop Boys. The song is mixed with hip hop music. The lyrics are about inner-city life and class.

paragraphs: The first version of the song was released in April 1984. It became a club hit in the United States and some European countries. When the duo signed with British record company EMI, the song was re-recorded for their first studio album "Please". In October 1985, the new version was released. It hit #1 in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1986.

paragraphs: In 1987, the song won Best Single at the BRIT Awards. In 2005, more than 20 years after its release, the song was awarded Song of the Decade between 1985 and 1994 by British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.

paragraphs: The "West End Girls" has many versions. One of them is eight minutes and nine seconds in length. Another version is seven minutes/fifty seconds long.


title: Zbigniew Wodecki

paragraphs: Zbigniew Stanisław Wodecki (6 May 1950 – 22 May 2017) was a Polish singer, musician, composer, actor and TV presenter. He was born in Kraków, Poland.

paragraphs: Wodecki was mostly known for songs “Chałupy Welcome To”, “Lubię wracać tam, gdzie byłem”, “Zacznij od Bacha” or the Polish versions of the "Maya the Honey Bee", The Gummi Bears and the "" soundtracks. He was one of the judges on the Polish version of the "Dancing with the Stars" show, "", during its first twelve seasons.

paragraphs: Wodecki died at a hospital in Warsaw, Poland on 22 May 2017 from complications of a stroke and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 67.


title: Manchester Arena bombing

paragraphs: The Manchester Arena bombing was a suicide bomb attack that occurred in Manchester, England, on the 22 May 2017. Twenty-three people were killed, including the bomber.<ref name="CBS/AP 22 May 2017, 6:46 PM"></ref>

paragraphs: The incident, described as a "huge bang", resulted across the Manchester Victoria railway station's services being blocked. Police described the reports as a "serious incident".

paragraphs: Mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram was present at the concert with his family.

paragraphs: At approximately 01:35 BST, a controlled explosion was conducted by police in Cathedral Gardens after what was believed to be an explosive device was found. The item was determined to be harmless clothing that was left behind.

paragraphs: Police were first treating this as a possible but unconfirmed terrorist attack done by a suicide bomber until confirmed as a suicide bombing hours later.

paragraphs: The bombing is the most deadly terrorist attack to occur in the United Kingdom since the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

paragraphs: The suicide bomber, Salman Ramadan Abedi, was a 22-year-old British citizen of Sunni Islam faith and was known to British security services. He was born in Manchester on 31 December 1994 to a family of refugees from Libya who had settled in south Manchester. The lone male was reported to have carried out the attack using an improvised explosive device in an act of a suicide attack.

paragraphs: The event took place just over two weeks before a general election in the United Kingdom. Both Prime Minister and Conservative leader Theresa May, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron quickly condemned the incident, expressed sympathy for the victims, and praised the response of emergency services.

paragraphs: Condolences were expressed by the leaders and governments of many countries: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Pope Francis, and Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Yousef Al-Othaimeen.

paragraphs: President Donald Trump condemned the attack and wrote on Twitter: "We stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the United Kingdom." Trump also commented on the events whilst on a visit to Israel, calling the perpetrator(s) "evil losers."

paragraphs: A one-minute silence was observed at 11.00am (BST) Thursday 25 May 2017.


title: Manchester Arena

paragraphs: The Manchester Arena is an indoor arena in Hunts Bank, Manchester, England. It is just north of the city centre, and is above Manchester Victoria station.

paragraphs: The arena has the most seats of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, and second largest in the European Union with a capacity of 21,000. It hosts music and sporting events such as boxing and swimming. The arena was a key part of Manchester's bids to host the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000 and was eventually used for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

paragraphs: On 22 May 2017, 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber at an Ariana Grande concert in the arena.


title: Nicky Hayden

paragraphs: Nicholas "Nicky" Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 – May 22, 2017), nicknamed The Kentucky Kid, was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. On September 3, 2009, it was confirmed that Hayden had signed a one-year extension of contract with Ducati for the 2010 MotoGP season, ending speculation of a move away from the team.

paragraphs: On May 17, 2017, Hayden was hit by a car while riding his bicycle near Rimini, Italy. Five days after the accident, Hayden died in the hospital in Cesena, Italy on May 22, 2017 at the age of 35.


title: Anna Halprin

paragraphs: Anna Dorothy Halprin (born Anna Schuman; 13 July 1920) is an American dancer. She helped pioneer the experimental art form known as postmodern dance and referred to herself as the breaker of modern dance.

paragraphs: Halprin, along with her contemporaries such as Trisha Brown, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer, John Cage, and Robert Morris, collaborated and built a community based around the ideas of post-modern dance. In the 1950s, she established the San Francisco Dancers’ Workshop to give artists like her a place to practice their art.


title: Winnetka, Illinois

paragraphs: Winnetka () is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located 16 miles north of downtown Chicago. The population was 12,187 at the 2010 census. In 2015, Winnetka was ranked the richest municipality in Illinois and the second richest in the United States (behind Scarsdale, New York). The area is one of the most exclusive and wealthy suburbs in the nation.


title: David Scott

paragraphs: David Randolph "Dave" Scott (born June 6, 1932), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is an American former NASA astronaut, retired U.S. Air Force officer and former test pilot. He belonged to the third group of NASA astronauts, selected in October 1963. As an astronaut, Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon.

paragraphs: As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth orbit. Scott then spent ten days in orbit as Command Module Pilot aboard Apollo 9, his second spaceflight, along with Commander James McDivitt and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart.

paragraphs: During this mission, Scott became the last American to fly solo in Earth orbit (not counting subsequent untethered EVAs). Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth human lunar landing, becoming the seventh person to walk on the Moon and the first person to drive on the Moon.


title: Elections in North Korea

paragraphs: Elections are held in North Korea. People can elect the representatives of their government, as well as the members of city councils, mayors and governors. Elections are held every 4-5 years. In North Korea, people are required to vote, and almost all people vote.


title: Sicilian Wikipedia

paragraphs: Sicilian Wikipedia is the Wikipedian edition of Sicilian language. It was created on 5th October 2004. As of May 2017 there are 25,381 articles written by registered users in this Wikipedia.This language is spoken in the Italian regions of Sicily Islands and Calabria.


title: North Luzon Expressway

paragraphs: The North Luzon Expressway, more commonly known by its abbreviation NLEx or NLEX, is a controlled-access highway in the Philippines. It connects the National Capital Region (or Metro Manila) to the provinces of the central part of Luzon, the main island in the country. Measuring 84 kilometers long, it starts at a cloverleaf-shaped interchange in Quezon City, where the controlled-access highway, the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, and the Bonifacio Avenue meet. It then passes through the settlements of Caloocan and Valenzuela in the capital area and the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga in Central Luzon. It ends at an exit in the settlement of Mabalacat and joins with the MacArthur Highway with the help of a road, continuing northward into the remaining part of Central Luzon and the Northern Luzon. The whole controlled-access highway has 4 to 8 lanes (with 2 to 4 lanes in each direction).


title: Quezon Avenue

paragraphs: Quezon Avenue is an important road in the area of Metro Manila in the Philippines. With 6 to 14 lanes (3 to 7 lanes for each direction), it measures 7.1 kilometers (4.4 miles) long. It starts at the ellipse-shaped Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City and ends at the circle-shaped Welcome Rotunda at the border between Quezon City and Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Along the way, it meets Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Gregorio Araneta Avenue. It is considered by most drivers as one of the most comfortable roads of Quezon City.

paragraphs: Quezon Avenue is named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines. It was formerly known as Don Mariano Marcos Avenue, after Mariano Marcos, the father of President Ferdinand Marcos. The road was built in the mid-1970s, during Marcos' time as the president of the country. Its name was changed to Quezon Avenue shortly after Marcos's presidency.


title: C. N. Annadurai

paragraphs: Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai was an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,South India from 1967 to 1969. He was the first member of a Dravidian party to hold that chief minister post.

paragraphs: Annadurai was famous for his oration skills, dramas and literary works in Tamil. He was the first politician from the Dravidian parties to use Tamil cinema for political propaganda. Annadurai was born in a middle-class family. He first worked as a school teacher, then moved into the political field of the Madras Presidency as a journalist. He became a member of the Dravidar Kazhagam and a big follower of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy. But later Annadurai formed a new party named Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam due to differences between ideologies.

paragraphs: Various protests against the ruling Congress government took him to prison on several occasions; the last of which was during the Madras anti-Hindi agitation of 1965. The agitation itself helped Annadurai to gain popular support for his party. His party won a landslide victory in the 1967 state elections. He legalised Self-Respect marriages, enforced a two language policy and renamed Madras State to Tamil Nadu. However, he died of cancer just two years into office. His funeral had the highest attendance web|url=http://www.arignaranna.net/englisharticles.htm|title=: : ARINGNAR ANNA : :|website=www.arignaranna.net}}</ref>


title: Madras Presidency

paragraphs: Madras Presidency was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the whole of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and parts of Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, and the union territory of Lakshadweep. The city of Madras was the winter capital of the Presidency and Ootacamund or Ooty, the summer capital. The island of Ceylon was a part of Madras Presidency from 1793 to 1798 when it was created a Crown colony.

paragraphs: In the early decades of the 20th century, many significant contributors to the Indian independence movement came from Madras. After India got its independence Madras Prescidency became Madras State and later renamed as Tamil Nadu during C.N.Annadurai's reign as the chief minister.

paragraphs: In 1822, the Madras Presidency underwent its first census, which returned a population of 13,476,923.The last census of British India held in 1941 counted a population of 49,341,810 for the Madras Presidency.According to the 1871 census, there were 14,715,000 people who spoke Tamil, 11,610,000 people who spoke Telugu, 2,324,000 people who spoke Malayalam, 1,699,000 spoke Canarese or Kannada, 640,000 people spoke Oriya and 29,400 people spoke Tulu.


title: Zulfiqer Russell

paragraphs: Zulfiqer Russell () (born November 13, 1977) is the editor of popular news online Bangla Tribune and also a popular lyricist of Bangladesh. He is a journalist by profession. He earned Citycell-Channel I Music Award in 2008, 2010 and 2013. He has received Mirchi Music Awards (Bangla) award for Best Modern Bengali song. This is the first time a Bangladeshi lyricist has won this awards. He received the award for the song, titled “Shabuj Chilo” which includes vocals by Nachiketa Chakraborty.

paragraphs: Zulfiqer Russell used to write for The Daily Ittefaq, The Daily Janakantha and many other publications from an early age. The words of a song by Mohammad Rafiquzzaman, from the movie Shuvoda, made him realise these words were not written by him. After a while, he started writing himself, but gradually realised that writing a song isn’t as easy as it sounds. Moni Zaman from the band Symphony, worked with his song for the very first time that was voiced by Tuhin. Interestingly enough, it was never released. As a lyricist actually began when working with Bappa Mazumder.

paragraphs: Zulfiqer Russell is a professional journalist. Presently he is The Editor of popular news online Bangla Tribune. Previously he worked for Maasranga Television and Bangla newspapers Daily Amader Shomoy, Ajker Kagoj and Banglabazar Patrika. He is also extensively involved and earned reputation and popularity as a lyricist. He is also well known for his lyrics in West Bengal, India. Russell has written the official welcome song "O Prithibi Ebar Eshe Bangladesh Nao chiney" of ICC world cup cricket 2011 held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. His movie "The Distant Sky" (আকাশ কত দূরে) was selected for national film grants by the Bangladeshi government in 2010. He has written more than 1000 songs since 1996. Many eminent and popular singers have sung songs written by him. Russell is also a poet. His first publication is 'Kofine Ojoggo Purush'.

paragraphs: His spouse Worda Ahmed is a fashion designer. They have a daughter, Parisa Russell.


title: Harris County, Texas

paragraphs: Harris County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 4,092,459 people lived there. The county seat is Houston. The county was founded in 1836.


title: Edwards County, Texas

paragraphs: Edwards County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 2,002 people lived there. The county seat is Rocksprings. It is named for Haden Edwards, an early settler of Nacogdoches, Texas.


title: Kerr County, Texas

paragraphs: Kerr County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 49,625 people lived there. The county seat is Kerrville. It is named for James Kerr, a congressman of the Republic of Texas.


title: Gonzales County, Texas

paragraphs: Gonzales County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 19,807 people lived there. The county seat is Gonzales. The county was made in 1836.


title: Burleson County, Texas

paragraphs: Burleson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 17,187 people lived there. The county seat is Caldwell. The county is named for Edward Burleson, a general of the Texas Revolution.


title: Fayette County, Texas

paragraphs: Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 24,554 people lived there. The county seat is La Grange. The county was made in 1837.


title: Stefano Farina

paragraphs: Stefano Farina (19 September 1962 – 23 May 2017) was an Italian football referee. He was born in Ovada, Italy.

paragraphs: Farina has refereed several high-profile matches in Serie A and the UEFA Champions League, including the 2006 UEFA Super Cup in Monaco.

paragraphs: Farina officiated in qualifiers for the 2004 and 2008 European Championships, as well as preliminary matches for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. He was known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 2001 to 2007.

paragraphs: He retired internationally in 2007 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 45.

paragraphs: Farina died suddenly in Genova, Italy on 23 May 2017 from a suspected heart attack, aged 54.


title: Moshe Gafni

paragraphs: Moshe Gafni, Hebrew: משה גפני , (born May 5, 1952 in Bnei Brak) is an Israeli rabbi and politician of Yahadut HaTorah HaMeuhedet ("United Torah Judaism", shortened UTJ). He is political leader of Degel HaTorah ("Banner of the Torah"), one of the two branches of UTJ. He belongs to the Misnagdim movement of Haredi Judaism.

paragraphs: Before entering into politics Gafni was leading a kollel.

paragraphs: He has been a Member of Knesset since 1988, with interruptions from 1992 to 1994 and from 1998 to 1999, due to rotations with Agudat Yisrael politicians of UTJ.

paragraphs: From 1990 to 1992 he was also deputy minister of religious affairs in the Fourth Shamir Government.


title: Kollel

paragraphs: A kollel or kolel (), is an educational institute for Judaism at a higher level, focused on study of Torah, Talmud and other rabbinical writings. It differs from a yeshiva because most students at a kollel are married; they also get an allowance.


title: Caixa Geral de Depósitos

paragraphs: The Caixa Geral Depositos is the largest public-sector bank in Portugal. It is owned by the Portuguese state. It was started in 1876.


title: Bohai Sea

paragraphs: The Bohai Sea () is a gulf on the northeast coast of China and it is west of the Korean Peninsula. It is a redundant place name, which mean that the words making up the place name has the same meaning, since "hăi" (海) as in "Bóhǎi" already means "sea" or "ocean". Some important port cities on the Bohai Sea coast include Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, and Dalian.


title: Redundant place name

paragraphs: A redundant place name is the name of a place in which the words that make up the name have the same meaning as each other. Since the words come from different languages, the connection between the two words may not be easily recognizable to the reader, especially if the reader only knows one language.


title: Isla Escudo de Veraguas

paragraphs: Isla Escudo de Veraguas (also: Escudo de Veraguas Island) is a small island about 18 kilometers off of the coast of Panama. There is not much information on the climate or history of the island, but the animals inhabiting the island are known, such as the pygmy three-toed sloth, or Derby's woolly opossum.

paragraphs: The climate of Escudo de Veraguas is undocumented, but the neighboring country of Panama has relatively warm temperatures, being around 70 to 90 degrees year-round.

paragraphs: The inhabitants of the island are different from the mainland species in the idea that they are smaller and more adapted to the island. Some examples:


title: Bradypus pygmaeus

paragraphs: Bradypus pygmaeus is a species of three toed sloth. It lives on the island of Escudo de Veraguas. It is listed as critically endangered on IUCN's Red List, due to its location range being less than 5 square kilometers and because of deforestation of the mangroves in which they live. The pygmy three toed sloth is not prey to any natural predator, as it lives on an isolated island where there aren't many other animals.

paragraphs: Pygmy three toed sloths eat the leaves from various trees.

paragraphs: The fur of the pygmy three toed sloth is covered with algae. The algae is camouflage. They have long arms and curved claws that help them hold onto the trees. They have a slow metabolic rate that allows them to digest one leaf in up to a month.


title: Hettlingen

paragraphs: Hettlingen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Kenny Cordray

paragraphs: Kenneth Cordray (July 21, 1954 – May 21, 2017) was an American instrumental guitarist and songwriter. He shared the stage with notable musicians and performers such as John Mayall, John Lee Hooker, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Cordray became the lead guitarist for "THE CHILDREN" under the ATCO label and later on ODE records produced by Lou Adler. He co-wrote the song ""Francine"," which peaked at 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, with Steve Perron for ZZ Top's album ""Rio Grande Mud"."

paragraphs: Cordray was shot and killed by his son on May 21, 2017 in Nassau Bay, Texas at the age of 62.


title: Mickey Roker

paragraphs: Granville William "Mickey" Roker (September 3, 1932 – May 22, 2017) was an American jazz drummer. He was born in Miami, Florida. In 1992, he replaced Connie Kay in the Modern Jazz Quartet. He played with Jimmy Oliver, Jimmy Heath, Jimmy Divine, King James and Sam Reed before moving to New York in 1959.

paragraphs: Roker died on May 22, 2017 from lung cancer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 84.


title: William Carney

paragraphs: William Carney (July 1, 1942 – May 23, 2017) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district from 1979 through 1987. Carney was a member of the Conservative Party of New York and later the Republican Party. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.

paragraphs: Carney died on May 23, 2017 in Washington, D.C. from prostate cancer at the age of 74.


title: Jerry Perenchio

paragraphs: Arnold Jerrold "Jerry" Perenchio (December 20, 1930 – May 23, 2017) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He was at one time the chairman and chief executive officer of Univision from 1992 through 2007. He was born in Fresno, California.

paragraphs: Perenchio died of lung cancer at his Los Angeles, California home on May 23, 2017 at the age of 86.


title: Kaoru Yosano

paragraphs: Yosano was a member of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the Sunrise Party of Japan and former member of the House of Representatives, serving his ninth term in the Lower House representing Tokyo's first electoral district until his defeat in the Japanese general election, 2009. Yosano was Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzō Abe from August 2007 to September 2007 and was State Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy in Tarō Asō's administration from February to September 2009.

paragraphs: Yosano died of pneumonia on May 23, 2017 in Tokyo at the age of 77.


title: Noel Kinsey

paragraphs: Noel Kinsey (24 December 1925 – 24 May 2017) was a Welsh international footballer. He played as an inside right. He won seven international caps and scored 111 goals in 444 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League.


title: Pierre Seron

paragraphs: Pierre Seron (9 February 1942 – 24 May 2017) was a Belgian comic book artist. He was born in Chênée, Belgium. He was known for his works in the series "Les Petits Hommes" ("The Little Men"), initially in collaboration with journalist Albert Despréchins, began serial publication in "Spirou" magazine on 7 September 1967, a run continuing into 2004.

paragraphs: Seron died on 24 May 2017 in Nîmes, France at the age of 75.


title: William S. Sessions

paragraphs: William Steele Sessions (May 27, 1930 – June 12, 2020) an American politician and lawyer. He served as a federal judge and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1987 through 1993 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. He served as FBI director until he was fired by President Bill Clinton.

paragraphs: Sessions was appointed by President Reagan as a Commissioner of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission, and was a Delegate for the Americas to the Executive Committee of ICPO-Interpol.

paragraphs: He was also a member of the Constitution Project's bipartisan Liberty and Security Committee.

paragraphs: Sessions died on June 12, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas from heart failure-related problems at the age of 90.


title: Hinwil

paragraphs: Hinwil is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is the capital of the district of Hinwil.


title: Altenach

paragraphs: Altenach is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.


title: Altkirch

paragraphs: Altkirch is a commune in Alsace in north-eastern France, in the Haut-Rhin department, of which it is a subprefecture. It is in the Grand Est region. Its name comes from the German "Alte Kirche" ("old church").

paragraphs: Altkirch is in the south of the Haut-Rhin department. The Ill river, a left tributary of the Rhine river, flows through the "commune".

paragraphs: It has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

paragraphs: The distances from Altkirch to other cities are:

paragraphs: The "commune" of Altkirch is surrounded by the "communes":

paragraphs: The climate of Altkirch, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

paragraphs: The inhabitants of Altkirch are known, in French, as "Altkirchois" (women: "Altkirchoises").

paragraphs: With a population of 5,738, Altkirch has a population density of inhabitants/km.

paragraphs: Altkirch is a subprefecture in the Haut-Rhin department since 1800. It is the capital of the Altkirch "arrondissement" and is also the administrative centre () of the "canton" of Altkirch formed by 64 "communes", with 47,552 inhabitants (2014).


title: Ammerschwihr

paragraphs: Ammerschwihr is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department in the eastern France. In 2014, 1,784 people lived in the commune. The inhabitants are the "Ammerschwihriens".


title: Ammerzwiller

paragraphs: Ammertzwiller or Ammerzwiller is a former commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department in the eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune Bernwiller.


title: Andolsheim

paragraphs: Andolsheim is a French commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.


title: Appenwihr

paragraphs: Appenwihr is a French commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.


title: Solanum quitoense

paragraphs: Solanum quitoense, also known as naranjilla (, "little orange") in Ecuador and Panama and as lulo (, from Quechua) in Colombia, is a perennial plant (fruit) found in South America.

paragraphs: It appears to be similar to an orange at first glance, however the inner fruit is quite different, with a ring of blue seeds surrounding a cluster of orange seeds.


title: Richard Montgomery

paragraphs: Richard Montgomery (December 2, 1738 - December 31, 1775) was a general in the American war for independence.


title: Rosa Fontana

paragraphs: Rosa Fontana – born as Rosa Engracia Sevilla Plo on January 21, 1938 – is a Spanish actress, who had roles in movies and TV series, and also worked in theatre.

paragraphs: Rosa is a daughter of poet Avelino Sevilla Hernández and his wife. Rosa was married to Rafael Rivelles and Carlos Manuel Lemos. Carlos and Rosa's daughter is actress Esperanza Lemos.


title: Hirzel

paragraphs: Hirzel is a former municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

paragraphs: On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hirzel merged into the municipality of Horgen.


title: Hittnau

paragraphs: Hittnau is a municipality of the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Ali Tanrıyar

paragraphs: Ali Tanrıyar (14 March 1914 – 25 May 2017) was a Turkish politician. He served as Minister of Interior of Turkey from December 13, 1983 through October 26, 1984. He also served as President of the Galatasaray S.K. from March 15, 1986 through March 17, 1990. He was a member of the Motherland Party.

paragraphs: Tanrıyar was born in Eleftheroupoli, Greece to Turkish parents. He studied at Istanbul University. He was the brother-in-law of former President and Prime Minister Turgut Özal. Tanrıyar died on 25 May 2017 in Istanbul at the age of 103.


title: Charles Walker (Fijian politician)

paragraphs: Charles Walker (born 12 June 1928) is a retired Fijian civil servant and Alliance Party politician and former diplomat. He was born in the village of Sawana in the Lomaloma district on Vanua Balavu island in the Lau Archipelago.

paragraphs: Walker was a Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister from 1977 through 1987. served as Ambassador to the Empire of Japan, Republic of South Korea & The People's Republic of China from 1988 through 1993.


title: Eva Estrada Kalaw

paragraphs: Eva Estrada Kalaw (June 16, 1920 – May 25, 2017) was a Filipino politician and professor. She served as a Senator in the Senate of the Philippines from 1965 through 1972. She was elected senator in 1965 under the Nacionalista Party. She was serving in Senate during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, she was part of a major transformation in Philippine domestic and foreign policies.

paragraphs: Kalaw was a candidate for President of the Philippines in 1986 and again in 1992.

paragraphs: Kalaw was born in Murcia, Tarlac, Philippine Islands. She studied at the University of the Philippines. Kalaw died on May 25, 2017 at a hospital in Manila at the age of 96.


title: Chełmno extermination camp

paragraphs: Chełmno extermination camp () was the first extermination camp (death camp) opened by Nazi Germany. It was 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the city of Łódź, Poland. In 1939, Nazi Germany had invaded Poland, and had annexed (took control of) parts of Poland.

paragraphs: The Nazis built Chełmno with the specific goal of carrying out ethnic cleansing through mass murder. The Nazis kept Chełmno open from , as part of Operation Reinhard during the most deadly phase of the Holocaust, and again from to during the Soviet counter-offensive.

paragraphs: The Nazis murdered over 150,000 people at Chełmno, including many Polish Jews from the Łódź Ghetto and the local people who lived in "Reichsgau Wartheland" ("Warthegau").

paragraphs: The Nazis killed at least 152,000 people at Chełmno. Nazi officials were eventually charged with killing at least 180,000 victims.

paragraphs: The Kulmhof Museum of Martyrdom says that around 200,000 people were killed at Chełmno.

paragraphs: Most of the people killed at Chełmno were:

paragraphs: The Nazis killed these victims using gas vans. They forced the victims into large vans, and then pumped carbon monoxide into the vans to suffocate and kill the victims.

paragraphs: Early on, the Nazis experimented at Chełmno. They developed methods which they used later during The Holocaust in Nazi-controlled Poland.

paragraphs: Russian soldiers captured the town of Chełmno on . By then, the Nazis had already destroyed evidence that the Chełmno camp ever existed. They left no prisoners behind. One of the camp's survivors, who was fifteen years old at the time, said that only three Jewish males had escaped successfully from Chełmno.

paragraphs: In 1961, the three best-known survivors testified about Chełmno at Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem. In 1962-1965, two survivors also testified at trials held in West Germany against people who worked at the camp.


title: Euclidean distance

paragraphs: In Euclidean geometry, the Euclidean distance is the usual distance between two points "p" and "q". This distance is measured as a line segment. The Pythagorean theorem can be used to calculate this distance.

paragraphs: In the Euclidean plane, if p = ("p", "p") and q = ("q", "q") then the distance is given by

paragraphs: This is equivalent to the Pythagorean theorem, where legs are differences between respective coordinates of the points, and hypotenuse is the distance.

paragraphs: Alternatively, if the polar coordinates of the point p are ("r", θ) and those of q are ("r", θ), then the distance between the points is


title: Zehava Gal-On

paragraphs: Zehava Gal-On, Hebrew: זהבה גלאון , born as "Zehava Schnipitzky", (born January 4, 1956 in Vilnius) is an Israeli activist and politician. She is political leader of Meretz ("Vigour"). She has been leading Meretz since 2012 (she did already an unsuccessful atttempt in 2007).

paragraphs: She was born in the capital of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. As a young child she moved with her parents to Israel, where she grew up for the greater part in Petah Tikva (still living in this city). She studied philology and special education, and mastered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

paragraphs: Gal-On is engaged in all sorts of rights activism, like civil and human rights but also women's rights and social justice. She held leading positions in newspaper Politika, in B'Tselem (a human rights organization concerning Israel's behaviour in the Palestinian territories) and Ratz (a forerunner of Meretz).

paragraphs: In 1999 she was chosen into the Knesset. She lost her seat in 2009 but returned in 2011. She left the Knesset in October 2017.

paragraphs: As a Member of Knesset she was chairing the parliamentarian committee with regard to women trafficking, and critized the Law of Return for being discriminatory.


title: Nawele

paragraphs: Nawele was High Chief of Oahu (a Hawaiian island). His name is pronounced in Hawaiian language as "Nah-weh-leh".

paragraphs: Nawele was born on the island of Oʻahu as a son of Chief Kahokupohakano and his wife, Kaumana II. This means that Nawele's grandfather was High Chief Elepuukahonua. After the death of Elepuʻukahonua, an unknown person ruled over Oʻahu. After the death of that man, Nawele became a High Chief.

paragraphs: The wife of Nawele was called Kalanimoeikawaikai. Their son was High Chief Lakona of Oahu. Nawele died on Oʻahu.


title: Procter & Gamble

paragraphs: Procter & Gamble (P&G) is an American corporation. The company is in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It mostly has a wide range of cleaning products and hygienic products.

paragraphs: Before selling Pringles to Kellogg's, P&G's products also included food and drink.

paragraphs: Products produced by P&G include Crest, Ivory soaps, Tide laundry detergent and Prell shampoo. In the 1880s, they created Ivory soap, a product that floats in water.

paragraphs: In January 2005, P&G announced they were buying Gillette, a company known for making razors and razor blades for shaving. P&G used to make Duracell batteries. The company makes Braun products and Oral-B toothbrushes.

paragraphs: P&G got out of the food business in 2012 when they sold Pringles to the Kellogg's food company. P&G had also sold Jif peanut butter, Crisco shortening and Folgers' coffee.

paragraphs: Procter and Gamble produced and sponsored the first serial dramas during the 1930s. Because of P&G being known for detergents, these serial dramas started being called soap operas. With television in the 1950s and 1960s, soap operas, such as "Guiding Light", went from the radio to CBS television. The last P&G produced show, "As the World Turns", left television in 2010. The only soap opera partially produced by P&G remaining on air is "The Young and the Restless" on CBS. From May 1964 to June 1999, P&G produced and sponsored "Another World" on the NBC network.


title: Jared Martin

paragraphs: Jared Christopher Martin (December 21, 1941 – May 24, 2017) was an American movie and television actor. He was best known for his role as Steven "Dusty" Farlow in the 1978 series "Dallas" and for roles on two science fiction TV shows, "The Fantastic Journey" and "War of the Worlds". He was born in Manhattan, New York.

paragraphs: Martin died on May 24, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.


title: Ezekiel Anisi

paragraphs: Ezekiel Anisi (1 September 1988 – 24 May 2017) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from August until October 2012, when he was unseated by the National Court, and from a December 2013 by-election until his death, representing the electorate of Ambunti-Dreikikir Open in East Sepik Province. He was the youngest MP in Papua New Guinea.

paragraphs: Anisi died on 24 May 2017 from possible cardiac arrest at a guesthouse in Port Moresby only weeks before the 2017 general election, aged 28.


title: Juliana Koo

paragraphs: Juliana Koo (formerly Young; née Yen; September 26, 1905 – May 24, 2017) was a Chinese-American diplomat. She served as first head of the United Nations Protocol Department. She was a supercentenarian and after emigrating to the United States, she became the third wife of diplomat and politician Wellington Koo.

paragraphs: Koo died on May 24, 2017 in New York City, aged 111.


title: Denis Johnson

paragraphs: Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American writer. He was born in Munich, Germany. Johnson best known for his short story collection "Jesus' Son" (1992) and his novel "Tree of Smoke" (2007), which won the National Book Award for Fiction. He also wrote plays, poetry and non-fiction.

paragraphs: Johnson died at his home on May 24, 2017 in Gualala, California from liver cancer at the age of 67.


title: Laura Biagiotti

paragraphs: Laura Biagiotti (; August 4, 1943 – May 26, 2017) was an Italian fashion designer. She was born in Rome, Italy. She had her first fashion show in 1972. The House of Biagiotti (based on Via dei Condotti in Rome) is now listed among the largest fashion houses in Italy with an expansion of products including accessories and watches. She moved to Beijing for some time and was the first Italian designer to present a collection in China, in April 1988.

paragraphs: Biagiotti died on May 26, 2017 in Rome from complications of a heart attack at the age of 73.


title: Marga Minco

paragraphs: Marga Minco (pseudonym of Sara Menco, born 31 March 1920) is a Dutch journalist and writer. Her real surname was Menco, but an official accidentally switched the first vowel. She was born in Ginneken to an Orthodox Jewish family. In 1957 Minco published her first book, "" ("The bitter herb"). The title of her later book was "Een leeg huis" ("An empty house").


title: Rose quartz

paragraphs: Rose quartz is a translucent pink to rose-red variety of quartz. It is rarely found as a crystal and is far more common in massive form.

paragraphs: Among gemstones, rose quartz is considered a semiprecious stone that may be used in jewelry. Rose quartz stones that are nearly transparent are sometimes cut to make flat surfaces called facets, to better reflect light.


title: Anaphrodisiac

paragraphs: An anaphrodisiac is something that makes the one who uses it less aroused. This can be a medicine, a food or a procedure. It is sometimes used to treat hypersexuals. It is also used for an animal that is in heat. Pills that lower the libido are sometimes called "antaphrodisiacs".


title: Lakona of Oahu

paragraphs: Lakona was High Chief of Oahu, a Hawaiian island.

paragraphs: Lakona was born on Oʻahu around 1340. He was the son of High Chief Nawele and his wife, Kalanimoeikawaikai. Because of his father, Lakona is also known as Lakona-a-Nawele, which means "Lakona, son of Nawele". After the death of his father, Lakona became the ruler of his island. He ruled together with his female cousin, Maelo.

paragraphs: The wife of Lakona was called Alaʻikauakoko, who is also known as Kanakoko. They had a son, Kapaealakona, who succeeded Lakona after Lakona's death.


title: Ayman Odeh

paragraphs: Ayman Odeh, Arab: أيمن عودة , Hebrew: איימן עודה , (born January 1, 1975 in Haifa) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He is political leader both of Hadash ("New") and HaReshima HaMeshutefet / al-Qa'imah al-Mushtarakah ("The Joint List").

paragraphs: Odeh is an Arab Israeli and a former Muslim. He believes in socialism. He is in favour of Arab and Jewish Israelis collaborating, and is supporting Mizrahi Israelis, who in his opinion are neglected for Israeli Jews coming from the Western world. He also advocates weaponless Palestinian actions to reach its goals.

paragraphs: He started his political career in 1998 by becoming a councillor of Haifa on behalf of Hadash. This lasted till 2005. Next year he became secretary-general.

paragraphs: After several failing attempts to become a Member of Knesset in 2009 and 2013, Odeh has eventually succeeded in 2015. The very same year he had become political leader of Hadash and of The Joint List (last one is a cooperation of the four mainly Arab parties in parliament).


title: Kapaealakona

paragraphs: Kapae-a-Lakona — also spelled Kapea-a-Lakona — was High Chief of Oahu in ancient Hawaii.

paragraphs: He was a son of High Chief Lakona of Oʻahu and his wife, Chiefess Alaʻikauakoko — daughter of a man named Pokai and his wife Hineuki. After his father's death, Kapae became the Chief of Oʻahu. Kapae married a woman named Wehina, whose parents are not known today. Wehina and Kapae's only known child was Chief Haka of Oahu.


title: Samsu-iluna

paragraphs: Samsu-iluna ruled Babylon from 1750 BC to 1712 BC. He was the son of Hammurabi, the conqueror of Mesopotamia. He became King with the death of his father in 1750 BC.


title: Sexbot

paragraphs: A sexbot is a robot that could be used for sexual intercourse. Sexbots do not exist yet, but they may exist in the future. It could be useful for people who are disabled or extremely shy. It has been predicted by some sociologists that sexbots will be used by TFLers (True Forced Loners) and people suffering from inceldom.


title: Hochfelden, Switzerland

paragraphs: Hochfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.


title: Flag of Louisiana

paragraphs: The flag of the US state of Louisiana features the image of a white pelican and her young in a nest on an azure field.<br>

paragraphs: Below the nest on a white banner is the Louisiana state motto in capital letters: "UNION CONFIDENCE JUSTICE"


title: Alistair Horne

paragraphs: Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (9 November 1925 – 25 May 2017) was a British journalist, biographer and historian of Europe, especially of 19th and 20th century France. He wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography.

paragraphs: Horne worked as a foreign correspondent for "The Daily Telegraph" from 1952 to 1955. He was the official biographer of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan

paragraphs: Horne died on 25 May 2017 at his Oxfordshire, England home at the age of 91.


title: Tom Daschle

paragraphs: Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is a policy advisor, lobbyist, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota, and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

paragraphs: Daschle was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1978 and served four terms. In 1986, he was elected to the Senate, becoming minority leader in 1994. Defeated for re-election in 2004, he took a position as a policy advisor with a lobbying firm, and also became a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He co-authored a book supporting universal health care.

paragraphs: Daschle was an early supporter of Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, and was nominated by then President-elect Obama for the position of Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after the 2008 election. However, Daschle withdrew his name on February 3, 2009, amid a growing controversy over his failure to report and pay income taxes accurately.

paragraphs: Daschle is currently working for The Daschle Group, a Public Policy Advisory of Baker Donelson, a large law firm and lobbying group.


title: Leo Varadkar

paragraphs: Leo Eric Varadkar ( ; born 18 January 1979) is an Irish politician and physician serving as the Leader of Fine Gael since 2017 and Tánaiste since 2020. He was Taoiseach and Minister for Defence from 2017 to 2020. He is the Leader of Fine Gael since June 2017 replacing Enda Kenny. He has served as Minister for Social Protection since May 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2007 for the Dublin West constituency.

paragraphs: In 2004 he was co-opted onto Fingal County Council and served as deputy mayor before his election to Dáil Éireann. He was promoted to the Front Bench by Enda Kenny as Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, remaining in this position until a 2010 reshuffle when he became Spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

paragraphs: After the formation of the Coalition Government in March 2011, he was appointed Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. A cabinet reshuffle in July 2014 saw Varadkar appointed to the position of Minister for Health. During his tenure he became the first openly gay Irish government minister.

paragraphs: Following the formation of a Fine Gael minority government in May 2016, he was appointed Minister for Social Protection.

paragraphs: After the resignation of Enda Kenny as Leader of Fine Gael in May 2017, Varadkar announced his candidacy for party leader. He faced Minister for Housing Simon Coveney in the Fine Gael leadership election. He won the election on 2 June 2017.

paragraphs: On 14 June, he was nominated as Taoiseach by Dáil Éireann and this nomination was approved by the President of Ireland. Varadkar became Ireland's first openly gay Taoiseach, as well as the youngest and the first of half-Indian descent.

paragraphs: On 26 June 2020, it was announced that Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party had agreed to form a coalition government, marking the first time the two main Irish parties had formed a government together. As part of the agreement, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin will hold the office of Taoiseach until December 2022, while Varadkar will take the position of Tánaiste. The pair will then swap roles after roughly 2½ years, with Varadkar retaking the position of Taoiseach for the remainder of the coalition's term. Martin is expected to be elected Taoiseach by the Dáil on 27 June.

paragraphs: Varadkar is openly gay. He is first openly gay cabinet member in Ireland.


title: Toni Bertorelli

paragraphs: Toni Bertorelli (18 March 1948 – 26 May 2017) was an Italian movie and television actor. He performed in over sixty movies from 1971 through 2016. He was born in Barge, Piedmont. His roles in "Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician" and Marco Tullio Giordana's "Who Killed Pasolini?" made his popular in Italy. He was known for his role as Annas ben Seth in Mel Gibson's 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ".

paragraphs: From 2016 until his death, Bertorelli played the role as Cardinal Caltanissetta in the 2016 television series "The Young Pope" alongside Jude Law and James Cromwell.

paragraphs: Bertorelli died at a hospital in Rome, Italy from complications of pancreatic cancer at the age of 69.


title: Sulaymaniyah

paragraphs: Sulaymaniyah ( Silêmanî; , "as-Sulaymāniyyah"), also called Slemani, is a city in Iraqi Kurdistan. Sulaymaniyah is surrounded by the Azmer Range, Goyija Range and the Qaiwan Range in the northeast, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluja Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with very hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Sulaymaniyah served as the capital of the historic Kurdish principality of Baban from 1784 to 1850.

paragraphs: The modern city of Sulaymaniyah was founded on 14 November 1784 by the Kurdish prince Ibrahim Pasha Baban who named it after his father Sulaiman Pasha.

paragraphs: From its foundation Sulaymaniyah has been a center of great poets, writers, historians, politicians, scholars and singers, such as Nalî, Mahwi, and Piramerd.


title: Uri Avnery

paragraphs: Uri Avnery (, also transliterated Uri Avneri, 10 September 1923 – 20 August 2018) was an Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement.

paragraphs: Avnery was born as "Helmut Ostermann" in Beckum, Germany.

paragraphs: Avnery was a member of the Irgun as a teenager, he sat in the Knesset from 1965 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1981. He was also the owner of "HaOlam HaZeh", an Israeli news magazine, from 1950 until it closed in 1993.

paragraphs: He was famous for crossing the lines during the Siege of Beirut to meet Yassir Arafat on 3 July 1982, the first time the Palestinian leader ever met with an Israeli. Avnery is the author of several books about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including "1948: A Soldier’s Tale, the Bloody Road to Jerusalem" (2008); "Israel’s Vicious Circle" (2008); and "My Friend, the Enemy" (1986).

paragraphs: On 4 August 2018, Avnery suffered a stroke and was hospitalized in Tel Aviv in a critical condition. He died on 20 August 2018 at the age of 94.


title: Rance Howard

paragraphs: Rance Howard (Harold Rance Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor. He acted in movies and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard. He was the grandfather of the actress Bryce Dallas Howard.

paragraphs: Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. He studied at the University of Oklahoma. He changed his name to "Rance Howard" when he became an actor.

paragraphs: Howard's career began in 1956. He appeared in many movies such as "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Chinatown" (1974), "Ed Wood" (1994), "Independence Day" (1996), "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), "Cinderella Man" (2005), "Frost/Nixon" (2008), and in "The Lone Ranger" (2013).

paragraphs: Howard was married to Jean Speegle from 1949 until her death in 2000. In 2001, he married Judy Howard. She died in January 2017.

paragraphs: Howard died on November 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California of heart failure complicated by the West Nile virus at the age of 89.


title: Henry Tilney

paragraphs: Henry Tilney is the most important man in the story by Jane Austen called Northanger Abbey.

paragraphs: Henry is said to be the nicest of all Jane Austen's church men (pastors). He is a good dancer and a good driver. He also talks in an amusing way.

paragraphs: Henry meets Catherine Morland at a dance, and they get on well. He laughs at her in a kind way. He is a guide for Catherine, and comes to love her for her honesty.

paragraphs: Henry's father thinks Catherine is rich. So he invites her to the family home at Northanger Abbey. Henry goes on looking after Catherine there, and they grow close. Then his father orders Catherine out of his house, as he now thinks she is poor.

paragraphs: Henry stands up to his father. He goes to Catherine's home, and asks her to marry him. They have to wait, but at last the father lets them marry.