title: Tapioca

paragraphs: Tapioca () is a starch extracted from cassava root ("Manihot esculenta"). This species is native to the North Region of Brazil, but spread throughout the South American continent. The plant was carried by Portuguese and Spanish explorers to most of the West Indies, and continents of Africa and Asia, including the Philippines and Taiwan. It is now cultivated worldwide.


title: Konjac

paragraphs: Konjac ( ; Amorphophallus konjac; syn. "A. rivieri"; Japanese: 蒟蒻/菎蒻; こんにゃく; konnyaku; ; gonyak; ), also known as konjak, konjaku, konnyaku potato, devil's tongue, voodoo lily, snake palm, or elephant yam (though this name is also used for "A. paeoniifolius"), is a plant of the genus "Amorphophallus".


title: Iveta Mukuchyan

paragraphs: Iveta Mukuchyan () is an Armenian-German singer-songwriter, model and actress. She was born in Yerevan, Armenia. She moved to Hamburg, Germany in 1992. In 2009, Mukuchyan returned to Armenia. She competed in the "Hay Superstar" content where she finished fifth. In 2010, Mukuchyan received the "Discovery of the Year" award at the Armenia Awards in Moscow, Russia. In 2012, she took part in the The Voice of Germany. She was also named as "Sexiest Armenian".

paragraphs: In May 2016, Mukuchyan represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. She sang the song "LoveWave" and finished in the top 10. In the same year, she was also in the cast of the movie "Run Away Or Get Married".

paragraphs: Iveta Mukuchyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia on 14 October 1986. Her family moved to Germany in 1992. She returned to Armenia in 2009 where she studied jazz-vocal at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.


title: Leg-of-mutton sail

paragraphs: A leg-of-mutton sail (LOM) is a simple triangular sail set on a long spar mounted horizontally on the mast. It runs in a fore-and-aft direction. The leg-of-mutton uses a spar mounted high instead of a boom. This gives the helmsman more visibility and there is no boom hit his or her head on. It is a favorite type of sail for small boats. These include puddle ducks and canoes. A LOM is very similar to a spritsail. But instead of being square or having four corners, the LOM has three. Instead of the spar being mounted diagonally, as with the spritsail, it is mounted horizontally.


title: Medical laboratory

paragraphs: A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are usually done on laboratory specimens. This is to get information about the health of a patient. Labs perform tests on tissue, blood and other body fluids. Medical labs analyze data in five major categories. These are chemistry, immunology, hematology, microbiology and transfusion medicine.


title: Central Africa Time

paragraphs: Central Africa Time (CAT) also known as South Africa Standard Time (SAST) in South Africa, is a time zone in Africa that is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+2). It is the same time as Eastern European Time (EET) during winter, and Central European Summer Time (CEST) during summer. This time zone does not observe daylight saving time, because it is near the equator.


title: Lelio Lagorio

paragraphs: Lelio Lagorio (9 November 1925 – 7 January 2017) was an Italian politician. He was a member of the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI). He served as the first President of Tuscany from 1970 until 1978. Before that, he was mayor of Florence from 1964 to 1965. He was was born in Trieste.

paragraphs: Lagorio died on 7 January 2017 in Florence. He was 91.


title: Buckingham Canal

paragraphs: The Buckingham Canal is a canal in India. It runs from Kakinada city in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. It is a freshwater navigational canal. It runs parallel to the Coromandel Coast. The canal connects natural backwater areas along the coast to the Chennai port.

paragraphs: Buckingham Canal was built by the British during their rule in India. It was first constructed in 1806 from Chennai North to present Ennore. Later it was extended up to the Pulicat Lake, about north of Chennai. In 1837 it was extended about from north of Chennai to Vijayawada and south of Chennai to parangipettai.


title: Kosasthalaiyar River

paragraphs: The Kosasthalaiyar River is one of the three rivers flowing in the Chennai Metropolitan area. It is a long river that starts near Pallipattu, Thiruvallur District. Its northern tributary, the Nagari River, starts in Chitoor district, Andhra Pradesh. It joins the main river in the Poondi Resorvoir. It pass over the pulicat lake

paragraphs: Kosasthalaiyar River catchment area spreads in Vellore, Chitoor, North Arcot, Thiruvallur and Chennai districts. The discharge capacity of the river is 110000m/sec. The flood discharge capacity is about 125000m/sec.


title: Vattaparai Falls

paragraphs: Vattaparai Falls is a waterfall in the district of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. It is high. It is in the forest region of Keeriparai, which is also known as Keerparai reserve forest near Bhoodhapandi village on the Pazhayar River.

paragraphs: There is a Kali temple near the waterfalls. But this has been in a underdeveloped area, only a single tea shop can be seen near.This stream is pollution free and people were allowed to bathe here.


title: Agaya Gangai

paragraphs: Agaya Gangai is a waterfall in Tamil Nadu. It is in the Kolli Hills of the Eastern Ghats. The name means that the waterfall is "The Ganges of the Sky".

paragraphs: Agaya Gangai Waterfall starts near the Arapalleswarar Temple in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. The 300ft waterfall joins Aiyaru river. It is in a valley that is surrounded by mountains on all sides.

paragraphs: The caves of Korakka Siddhar and Kalaanginatha Siddhar are in the nearby forest.


title: Tilikum (orca)

paragraphs: Tilikum ( – January 6, 2017), nicknamed Tilly, was an orca, or killer whale. He was notable for his role in the deaths of three humans, including two trainers. The first death, in 1991, was a trainer at the Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In 1992, he was moved to SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, United States. In 1999, Tilikum killed a trespasser in his inclosure. In 2010, Tilikum killed trainer Dawn Brancheau. This would lead to the documentary movie "Blackfish" being based on Tilikum.

paragraphs: Born in 1981, Tilikum was captured in 1983 at Hafnarfjörður, near Reykjavík, Iceland.

paragraphs: Tilikum died on January 6, 2017 at SeaWorld Orlando of a bacterial infection, aged 35.


title: James Mancham

paragraphs: Sir James Richard Marie Mancham (11 August 1939 – 8 January 2017) was a Seychellois politician. He was the first President of Seychelles from 1976 to 1977. He was born in Victoria. He was also Prime Minister of Seychelles from 1975 to 1976.

paragraphs: Mancham died from a possible stroke on 8 January 2017 at his home in Glacis. He was 77.


title: Nat Hentoff

paragraphs: Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media.

paragraphs: Hentoff was the jazz critic for "The Village Voice" from 1958 to 2009. Following his retirement from "The Village Voice", Hentoff moved his music column to "The Wall Street Journal", who published his work until his death.

paragraphs: Hentoff was formerly a columnist for "Down Beat", "JazzTimes", "Legal Times", "The Washington Post", "The Washington Times", "The Progressive", "Editor & Publisher" and "Free Inquiry". He was a staff writer for "The New Yorker", and his writing has also been published in "The New York Times", "Jewish World Review", "The Atlantic", "The New Republic", "Commonweal" and in the Italian "Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo".

paragraphs: Hentoff died of natural causes in his Manhattan apartment on January 7, 2017, aged 91.


title: Shameless (U.S. TV series)

paragraphs: Shameless is an American comedy-drama television series which airs on Showtime. This remake of the British series is set in Chicago, although filmed in Los Angeles, with the exterior scenes shot in Chicago.

paragraphs: The series is about a dysfunctional family of an alcoholic named Frank Gallagher. He is a single father of six children. While he spends his days drunk or in search of misadventures, his kids learn to take care of themselves. His older daughter, Fiona, took responsibilities as a parent and raised her five siblings.

paragraphs: It stars William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher and Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher. It also stars Joan Cusack who plays Sheila Jackson, a woman who loves Frank and is obsessive. Justin Chatwin, Jeremy Allen White, Cameron Monaghan, Emma Kenney, Ethan Cutkosky, Steve Howey and Shanola Hampton are also in the show.

paragraphs: It first aired on January 9, 2011. It has been nominated for many awards such as Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globe Awards.


title: Jerzy Kossela

paragraphs: Jerzy Kossela (né Kosela; 15 July 1942 – 7 January 2017) was a Polish guitarist, vocalist. He was born in Częstochowa, Poland. Kossela was the founding member of the bands Electron, Niebiekso-Czarni, Pięciolinie and Czerwone Gitary.

paragraphs: Kossela died on 7 January 2017 in Gdynia, aged 74.


title: Lech Trzeciakowski

paragraphs: Lech Trzeciakowski (24 December 1931 – 7 January 2017) was a Polish historian. He was born in Poznań, Poland. Trzeciakowski served as director of the Western Institute ("Instytut Zachodni") in Poznań from 1974 to 1978.

paragraphs: Trzeciakowski died on January 7 2017 in Poznań of cancer, aged 86.


title: Ricardo Piglia

paragraphs: Ricardo Piglia (November 24, 1941 – January 6, 2017) was an Argentine one of the most famous contemporary writers in Argentina. He was born in Adrogué and raised in Mar del Plata. He was known for his fiction books "Artificial Respiration" (1980), "The Absent City" (1992), "Burnt Money" (1997); and criticism including "Criticism and Fiction" (1986), "Brief Forms" (1999) and "The Last Reader" (2005).

paragraphs: Piglia died at 75 on January 6, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina after suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for three years.


title: Francine York

paragraphs: Francine York (born Francine Yerich; August 26, 1936 – January 6, 2017) was an American movie and television actress. She was born in Aurora, Minnesota. Her career began in 1961. She was known for her role as Lydia Limpet in "Batman" and appeared on "Death Valley Days" with Ronald Reagan. She retired in 2014.

paragraphs: York died in Van Nuys, California on January 6, 2017 from cancer, aged 80.


title: Tom Harpur

paragraphs: The Reverend Thomas William "Tom" Harpur (April 24, 1929 – January 2, 2017) was a Canadian author, broadcaster, journalist, columnist and theologian. He was an ordained Anglican priest.

paragraphs: He was a known figure of the Christ myth theory. He believed in the idea that Jesus did not exist but is a fictional or mythological figure. He was the author of a number of books, including "For Christ's Sake" (1993), "Life after Death" (1996), and "The Pagan Christ" (2004).


title: Géori Boué

paragraphs: Georgette "Géori" Boué (16 October 1918 – 5 January 2017) was a French soprano. She worked with the French repertory theater areas. She was known especially for her work in "Thais". She was born in Toulouse. Her career began in 1939. She retired in 1970.

paragraphs: Boué died in Paris on 5 January 2017 at the age of 98.


title: Paul Goble

paragraphs: Paul Goble (27 September 1933 – 5 January 2017) was an English writer and illustrator of children's books. He especially wrote about Native American stories. His book "The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses" won a Caldecott Medal in 1979.

paragraphs: Goble died from Parkinson's disease on 5 January 2017, aged 83.


title: Brinicle

paragraphs: A brinicle is a column of ice that forms in seawater. The name is a combination of the words "brine", which means saltwater, and "icicle". A brinicle starts forming from the top of the water down. A brinicle freezes everything in its way as it forms. It can reach the bottom of the ocean, where it can also form ice on the seabed. It is dangerous to sea stars and sea urchins living on the bottom of the ocean. They move too slowly to get out of the way. They are very rare and only occur in places where it is very cold, such as Antarctica.


title: Angelo Sodano

paragraphs: Angelo Raffaele Sodano (born 23 November 1927) is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019. He was born in Isola d'Asti, Piedmont.

paragraphs: He was Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006, under both popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. On 27 April 2005, he was elected to succeed Benedict XVI as Dean of the College of Cardinals by his fellow Cardinal Bishops. Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve as Dean and Secretary of State at the same time.

paragraphs: On 22 June 2006, Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State on 15 September 2006. He was replaced by Tarcisio Bertone, then Archbishop of Genoa.

paragraphs: On 21 December 2019, the Legion of Christ discovered that Sodano was the one who led efforts to cover up the reports of abuse when he was serving as Secretariat of State. Sodano was accused of seeking a deal to bury documents detailing abuse. The same day, Pope Francis accepted Sodano's resignation as Dean of the College of Cardinals.


title: Spartak Belyaev

paragraphs: Spartak Belyaev (October 27, 1923 – January 5, 2017) was Russian theoretical physicist. He was born in Moscow. Belyaev was awarded a Lomonosov Gold Medal.

paragraphs: He was elected as a head of Russian Academy of Sciences and also held the same position at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. For his breakthroughs and research in physics he was awarded Feenberg medal in 2004. On May 17, 2011 he and Gerard 't Hooft were awarded a Lomonosov Gold Medal by the Russian Academy of Sciences.

paragraphs: Belyaev died on January 5, 2017 in Moscow, Russia, aged 93.


title: Cedarosaurus

paragraphs: Cedarosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous epoch. It was a herbivore of unknown size. Cedarosaurus was named for the Cedar Mountain Formation in eastern Utah, USA. It was a brachiosaurid sauropod that ate tall vegetation from the tree canopy. The skeleton was found in the Cedar Mountains the late 1990s by a team of paleontologists from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The skeleton was missing the neck, head and other parts.


title: Saurexallopus

paragraphs: Saurexallopus (Pronunciation: Saw-ex-allo-pu) is an ichnogenus, which is a trace fossil of a footprint. What made the footprint is unknown although possibly it was by a bird.


title: Dijon F.C.O.

paragraphs: Dijon Football Côte-d'Or is a football club which plays in France.


title: Otto Wichterle

paragraphs: Otto Wichterle (27 October 1913  now in the Czech Republic – 18 August 1998) was a Czech chemist known for his invention of modern soft contact lenses.

paragraphs: He decided to be a chemist after his father, which co-owned a farm machine factory. He graduated from high school in and then he studied at the of the . After he got his diploma he wanted to continue in his studies, but the Protectorate regime didn't let him do so. Fortunately, he could continue in his scientific work because he was able to take part in the research institute at 's works in Zlín. His team made the first Czechoslovak  called "silon." He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 but was released few months later. After World War II he returned to the university and started teaching and inorganic chemistry. He wrote an inorganic chemistry textbook and German and Czech organic chemistry textbook. In 1952 he was made the dean of the I in Prague.

paragraphs: Otto studied the synthesis of hydrophilous gels. He wanted to find a perfect material that can be in permanent contact with living tissues. His colleague  helped him and together they prepared a gel. This gel absorbed up to 40% of water and was transparent. This new material is the Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate). They patented it in 1953. Wichterle thought that it might be a good material for contact lenses and gained his first patent for soft contact lenses. In 1957 Wichterle produced around 100 soft lenses. The problem was that the edges tore when the lens was getting removed. He wanted to find a better way to make them. Unfortunately, he was forced to leave the because of its Communist leadership in 1958. So the research at the Institute came to an end, but he did the important experiments to transform into a good shape of a contact lens by himself at home.

paragraphs: By late 1961 produced the first four hydrogel contact lenses on a home-made apparatus built from children's building kit (Merkur). All the glass tubing was also made by himself. On Christmas afternoon he finally made a contact lens in his apparatus. He tried the lenses in his own eyes. He said that they were comfortable. He built more new prototype machines using Merkur toys with stronger motor taken from his gramophone. With these devices he made 5,500 lenses.

paragraphs: Wichterle was well-known all around the world not only because of his achievements but also because of his activities in international organizations. He is the author of a large number of studies. He is the author or co-author of approximately 180 patents and of over 200 publications.

paragraphs: In 1970, Wichterle was expelled again from his position in the institute, this time for signing "" . Full recognition did not come until the Velvet Revolution in 1989. In 1990, he was made president of the and was the honorary president of the  after that. Wichterle was a member of a number of foreign academies of science, he received many awards and honorary doctorates from several universities.

paragraphs: The asteroid number 3899 was named after Wichterle in 1993. A high school in Ostrava was named after him on September 1, 2006.


title: Quentin Matsys

paragraphs: Quentin Matsys (other spellings: Massijs, Matsijs, Metsys for the last name; Quinten or Kwinten for the first name) was a Dutch painter. He was born around 1466 in Leuven, and died in 1530 in Antwerp.


title: Peoria, Arizona

paragraphs: Peoria is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in the US state of Arizona. Most of the city is in Maricopa County. The the northern part is in Yapavai County. It is a major suburb of Phoenix. It was named for Peoria, Illinois because that is where many of the early settlers came from.

paragraphs: In the 2010 United States Census, 154,065 people lived in the city. Peoria is the the ninth largest city in Arizona. Peoria has a Mayor–council government; a mayor and six councilmen who are all elected.

paragraphs: Small groups of hunter-gatherers called Paleo-Indians moved through what would later become Peoria. Spear points found in Peoria date from 10,000–8,000 BC and show there was hunting activity here. About 1500 BC, there was farming here which indicates that semi-nomadic peoples used the area. From about 1–500 AD the peoples here settled into two areas. There were crops being raised here in the Peoria area during the spring and summer. At other times they lived in the upland areas where they gathered seeds, cholla, and cactus fruits.

paragraphs: There is evidence that the Hohokam lived here before 1150 AD. They built their houses out of wattle and daub. Later they used adobe and stone. They vanished after about the mid-1400s. They left almost no clues as to where they went or what happened to their civilization.

paragraphs: As late as the 1870s, small bands of Yavapai were farming small pieces of land in the area depending on surface runoff and springs for water.

paragraphs: European and American explorers discovered gold in 1863 near Wickenburg, Arizona. This caused a conflict with the Yavapai in the area. Ranchers were attracted to the area because of the grasslands for cattle. Relations with the Yavapai turned to war over the land. This was in part because the American Civil War caused the Army to leave the area. When the army returned, the Yavapai were eventually removed to a reservation.

paragraphs: For about 13 years, the area around what would become Peoria lay vacant. In the late 1880s, four farming families moved to Peoria from Peoria, Illinois, naming the new town after the town they came from. From that time Peoria steadily grew as a farming community. Peoria incorporated in 1954.

paragraphs: Lake Pleasant Regional Park is a large recreational area that is in Peoria. It serves the entire Phoenix area. Its main feature is the 10,000 acre (40 km² or 15.6 mi²) Lake Pleasant. It is an artificial reservoir that has campgrounds, boating and fishing.

paragraphs: Peoria also is home the Peoria Sports Complex. It is the official spring training facility for the Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres. It has the Challenger Space Center and Canyon Raceway.


title: Waterbed

paragraphs: A waterbed is a bed or mattress filled with water. Waterbeds intended for medical therapy date back to the 19th century. The modern waterbed was invented San Francisco in the late 1960s by Charlie Hall. It was patented in 1971. It became a very popular in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s.

paragraphs: Waterbeds are made of two types: hard-sided and soft-sided.


title: 2017 Fort Lauderdale airport shooting

paragraphs: The 2017 Fort Lauderdale airport shooting was an attack in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It took place at the Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood International Airport on January 6, 2017.

paragraphs: At 12:55 pm Eastern Standard Time, a man started shooting. The shooting killed five people. Forty two people were injured.


title: Devil (Islam)

paragraphs: In Islam, the Devil is known as Iblīs (Arabic: إبليس), Shayṭān, (Arabic: شيطان, plural: شياطين shayāṭīn) or Shaitan.

paragraphs: His primary activity is to incite humans to commit evil and lead the wrong path through deception. which is referred to as "whispering into the hearts".

paragraphs: The Quran mentions that satans are the assistants of those who disbelieve in God: "We have made the evil ones friends to those without faith."

paragraphs: Muhammad said that every man has his own Shaitan (Satan). Some Shaitan is attached to bad people and makes them evil. Such gangs of people are called Shayateen.

paragraphs: it actually means that It is a human weakness. Shaitan runs in the blood of human beings. Muhammad's shaitan became a Muslim,(he said it) it means it can't call him towards evil. Khata (mistake) is not a evil/sin, just mishap. No prophet of God is exempt from Shaitan. These are human weaknesses. Vision of Hadhrat Moses (as) while traveling along the sea coast when the fish got lost. He said Shaitan made him forget it.

paragraphs: There is other Shaitan who calls towards evil thing. Other Shaitan doesn't call towards sins but it causes human errors. No human is exempt from it.

paragraphs: It was a word used in olden times for 'evil mind' of a human.


title: Punica

paragraphs: Punica is a small genus of fruit-bearing deciduous shrubs or small trees. It belongs in the family Lythraceae.

paragraphs: The name of the genus "Punica" was given by Linnaeus in 1753 in "Species Plantarum" (Vol. 1, page 472). The type species is "Punica granatum" L.

paragraphs: "Punica" comes from the Latin name for the pomegranate, "malum punicum", meaning "Carthaginian apple" ("apple from Carthage").

paragraphs: The species in this genus are shrubs or small trees that could grow up to high. Leaves are opossite. Flowers and fruits are yellow to bright red.

paragraphs: Fruits are berries with a strong skin, like leather. Fruits have many seeds with and edible coats (called sacrotesta).

paragraphs: There are only two species accepted in the genus "Punica":

paragraphs: Although previously placed in its own family Punicaceae, recent phylogenetic studies have shown that "Punica" belongs in the family Lythraceae, and it is classified in that family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.


title: Unadilla, Georgia

paragraphs: Unadilla is a town in Dooly County, Georgia. The population of Unadilla was 3,717 as of 2013.


title: Needed Me

paragraphs: "Needed Me" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It is the seventh track from her eighth studio album, "Anti". The song was written by Rihanna, DJ Mustard, Adam Feeney, Brittany Hazzard, Charles Hinshaw, Derrus Rachel, Khaled Rohaim, Lewis Hughes, Nick Audino, and Te Whiti Barbrick, while DJ Mustard produced the song. It was released as a single in the US on March 26, 2016. "Needed Me" reached number seven on the "Billboard" Hot 100. On the year-end Hot 100 of 2016, the song ranked number 13. It has been certified four-times Platinum by the RIAA.


title: Mentha arvensis

paragraphs: Mentha arvensis – also known as field mint wild mint, or corn mint – is a species of Mentha genera, family "Lamiaceae".

paragraphs: It has circumboreal distribution. It is native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia. It is also found naturally in North America.

paragraphs: Field mint is a herbaceous perennial plant generally growing to and rarely up to tall. It has erect or semi-sprawling squarish stems. The leaves are paired in opposite positions. They are simple, long and broad. Leaves are hairy, and with a coarsely serrated margin. The flowers are pale purple, but rarely white or pink. These are in whorls on the stem at the bases of the leaves. Flower's Length is about . It has a five-lobed hairy calyx, a four-lobed corolla with the uppermost lobe larger than the others. It has four stamens. The fruit is a two-chambered carpel.


title: John Deely

paragraphs: John Deely (April 26, 1942 – January 7, 2017) was an American philosopher and semiotician. He was a Professor of Philosophy at Saint Vincent College and Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He was at the Center for Thomistic Studies of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

paragraphs: Deely died in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on January 7, 2017 from cancer, aged 74.


title: Heinz Billing

paragraphs: Heinz Billing (7 April 1914 – 4 January 2017) was a German physicist and computer scientist. He is thought to be a pioneer in the construction of computer systems, computer data storage and built prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector. He was award the Konrad Zuse Medal in 1987.

paragraphs: Billing was born in Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He studied at University of Göttingen. During his career, Billing worked at Aerodynamic Test Centre at Göttingen, the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, and at the Max Planck Institute for Physics. In 1943, he married Anneliese Oetker. They had three children. He turned 100 in April 2014

paragraphs: Billing died on 4 January 2017 in Garching bei München, Bavaria, Germany at the age of 102.


title: Robert Lighthizer

paragraphs: Robert Emmet Lighthizer (born October 11, 1947) is an American lawyer. He is the 18th and current United States Trade Representative since May 15, 2017.

paragraphs: Lighthizer is a partner with the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he works to gain access to foreign markets on behalf of U.S. corporations. In the 1980s, he served as deputy trade representative during President Ronald Reagan's administration.

paragraphs: Lighthizer was born in Ashtabula, Ohio. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 and a Juris Doctor in 1973 from Georgetown University.

paragraphs: From 1973 through 1978, before working in government, Lighthizer worked for the Washington, DC law firm of Covington & Burling.

paragraphs: In 1983, during the administration of President Ronald Reagan, he became deputy trade representative. He negotiated two dozen bilateral international agreements on subjects ranging from steel to grain.

paragraphs: In 1985, Lighthizer negotiated against the United States, on behalf of Brazil, in a trade dispute over ethanol. Between 1985 and 1990, Lighthizer represented five foreign clients.

paragraphs: He has been a long time supporter of the U.S. steel industry. He convinced Japan, South Korea, Mexico, and the United Kingdom to accept “voluntary restraint agreements” to limit the amount of cheap steel they could dump on the U.S. market.

paragraphs: On January 3, 2017, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced that he planned to nominate Lighthizer as U.S. trade representative, a cabinet-level position.

paragraphs: Lighthizer's nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on a 82-14 vote.

paragraphs: Lighthizer lives in Rockville, Maryland and has 2 children.


title: Lois Smith

paragraphs: Lois Smith (born November 3, 1930) is an American actress. She won a Drama Desk Award in 2006.

paragraphs: She has played supporting roles in movies including "East of Eden", "Five Easy Pieces", "Resurrection", "Fatal Attraction", "Fried Green Tomatoes", "Dead Man Walking", "Tumbleweeds", "Twister", and "Please Give".

paragraphs: In television she has performed in series that include "The Americans", "True Blood", and "Desperate Housewives".


title: Eddie Garcia

paragraphs: Eduardo Verchez García (2 May 1929 – 20 June 2019), popularly known as Eddie Garcia or Manoy, was a Filipino movie actor and movie director. He appeared in over 600 movies and TV shows as of 2019.

paragraphs: He is also the only person in the Philippines inducted into the FAMAS "Hall of Fame" in three categories: "Best Actor", "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Director".

paragraphs: On 8 June 2019, Garcia suffered a neck fracture after having a fall and was hospitalised in Manila. He was soon moved to Makati, where he died on 20 June 2019. He was 90.


title: Henry Haller

paragraphs: Henry Haller (born 1923) is a Swiss-American chef. He served as Executive Chef of the White House from 1966 to 1987. He served under the presidencies of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. He retired on October 1, 1987.

paragraphs: Haller was born in Altdorf, Switzerland. He studied as an apprentice at hotels and ski resorts in Bern, Davos and Lucerne. He married Carole Itjem in the 1950s. They have four children.


title: Mixed reality

paragraphs: A system that uses mixed reality combines reality and virtual reality.


title: Greg Jelks

paragraphs: Gregory Dion "Greg" Jelks (August 16, 1961 – January 5 or 6, 2017) was an American Australian baseball third baseman. He played with the Philadelphia Phillies of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1987. He later moved to Australia and played for Perth Heat and the national team. He was born in Centre, Alabama.

paragraphs: Jelks died sometime returning to Australia from the United States. His death was confirmed when his plane arrived in Sydney. He was 55.


title: Sex Tape (movie)

paragraphs: Sex Tape is a 2014 American comedy movie.

paragraphs: Jay and Annie Hargrove are a married couple. After having two kids, they have sex every chance they get. When Jay struggles to have an erection, Annie suggests making a sex tape. After making it, Annie asks Jay to delete the recording.

paragraphs: The son of Jay and Annie's friend says he will upload a copy of the sex tape to YouPorn unless they give him $25,000. They are not able to pay the money. Jay and Annie break into YouPorn's headquarters. They begin destroying the web servers. Their plan is stopped when an alarm sounds. The owner of YouPorn removes the sex tape.

paragraphs: Jay and Annie watch the video once themselves. After this, they take the USB flash drive and later destroy it.

paragraphs: "Sex Tape" was released on July 18, 2014.

paragraphs: The movie earned a total of $38.5 million in the United States alone. Worldwide, it earned a total of $126.1 million.

paragraphs: In the United Kingdom, it topped the box office. It earned £1.43 million. The movie opened at #1 in markets, such as Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

paragraphs: The biggest market was in countries like Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom. In those countries, the movie got back $12.14 million, $6.9 million and $7.14 million, respectively.

paragraphs: "Sex Tape" earned mostly negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has an approval rating of 17%. Metacritic gives the movie a score of 36, meaning generally unfavorable reviews.

paragraphs: "Sex Tape" won a Golden Raspberry Award for the Worst Actress. It was also nominated for Worst Screen Combo and Worst Screenplay.


title: Michael Chamberlain

paragraphs: Michael Leigh Chamberlain (27 February 1944 – 9 January 2017) was a New Zealand-born Australian writer, teacher and pastor. He was best known due to the August 1980 death of his missing daughter Azaria as the result of a dingo attack while camping near Uluru in the Northern Territory, Australia.

paragraphs: Chamberlain's then-wife Lindy was falsely convicted of the baby's murder in 1982 and he was convicted of being an accessory after the fact. The findings of a 1987 royal commission made sure that the couple was innocent, but not before they were hated by the public and negatively covered by the media.

paragraphs: Chamberlain died on 9 January 2017 at Gosford Hospital, on the New South Wales central coast, aged 72 from complications of acute myeloid leukemia.


title: Phil Rudd

paragraphs: Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis (born 19 May 1954), better known as Phil Rudd, is an Australian drummer. He is best known for being a member of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1975 to 1983, and again from 1994 to 2015. He lives in Tauranga, New Zealand. In November 2014, he was arrested for many crimes, including threatening to kill, trying to plan a murder and keeping illegal drugs. In July 2015, he was sentenced to eight months home detention.

paragraphs: Rudd was born in Melbourne. He is of a German and Irish background. His stepfather was from Lithuania. He has six children.


title: Urk

paragraphs: Urk is a town and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands. It has about 20,000 people (2016).

paragraphs: Urk is a former island and well-known for its fishery activities.


title: Dokkum

paragraphs: Dokkum is a city in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân. It has about 13,000 people (2014).


title: Ulf Dinkelspiel

paragraphs: Ulf Adolf Roger Dinkelspiel (4 July 1939 – 9 January 2017) was a Swedish politician and financier. He was a member of the Moderate Party. He served as the Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade from 1991 to 1994. He was born in Stockholm.

paragraphs: Dinkelspiel died from cancer on 9 January 2017 in Stockholm. He was 77.


title: Winschoten

paragraphs: Winschoten is a small city in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. Since 2010, it is a part of the municipality of Oldambt. It has about 18,000 people (2013).

paragraphs: There is a railway station with direct connections to Groningen and Leer (Germany).


title: Zierikzee

paragraphs: Zierikzee is a city in the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality and island of Schouwen-Duiveland. It has about 11,000 people (2015).


title: Torgny (village)

paragraphs: Torgny is a village in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Rouvroy. About 200 people live there.

paragraphs: Torgny is the southernmost settlement in Belgium.


title: Tithe

paragraphs: A tithe, means the tenth-part of something, usually income, paid to a religious organization. A tithe can be seen as a tax, a fee for a service or a voluntary contribution. Tithing came from the Book of Numbers. In ancient Israel, the tribes of Levites were the priests. The other tribes gave tithes to the tribes of Levies because they had been given no land in Canaan. Tithes may be money or crops or other valuable thing.

paragraphs: Under the Laws of Moses a tenth part is given to the priests. Then, the priests were required to give a tenth part of what they received as an offering to God. These tithes were paid once a year.

paragraphs: In France, tithes were taxes levied by The Roman Catholic Church before the French Revolution. Tithes were levied on the Third Estate (common people), which made up about 98% of the French population. The Tithes were taxes for land owned by members of the Third Estate. The tithe was abolished after the creation of The New Constitution of France in 1791, when the Constitution was completed.


title: Gouda, South Holland

paragraphs: Gouda is a town (with city rights) in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. In 2016 about 71,000 people lived there.

paragraphs: The city is famous for its Gouda cheese and stroopwafels. The city hall was built in the 15th century.


title: Jacob Cats

paragraphs: Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 in Brouwershaven - 12 September 1660 in The Hague) was a Dutch poet, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. His poems were told like nursery rhymes for many years.

paragraphs: Cats was pensionary of Middelburg and Dordrecht, and grand pensionary of Holland.


title: The Bottom

paragraphs: The Bottom is the capital of the Caribbean island of Saba. In 2001, 462 people lived there.

paragraphs: The town was first called "De Botte", which is old Dutch for "The Bowl". This is because the town made a bowl shape at the bottom of the mountains.


title: ENAC Foundation

paragraphs: The ENAC Foundation (French: "Fondation de l'École nationale de l'aviation civile") has been created in 2012. It is to promote scientific and public interest activities in aviation, aerospace and aeronautics.

paragraphs: The Foundation has been created in 2012. The first scholarships have been given in 2014, in order to help students to go abroad. In 2015, the first research activity in UAV is financed, in partnership with Ineo, Cofely and Sagem.


title: La La Land (movie)

paragraphs: La La Land is a 2016 American romantic musical drama movie. Its title is a reference to the nickname for the city of Los Angeles. It is also an idiom for being out of touch with reality.

paragraphs: On a crowded Los Angeles highway, an aspiring actress named Mia is distracted by her preparation for an upcoming audition. That leads to a moment of road rage between her and a pianist named Sebastian. Her audition is yet another failure. At the same time, Sebastian is having a problem paying his bills. This leads to an argument with his sister, Laura. Mia's car is towed. She has to walk back to her apartment.

paragraphs: Sebastian is told by the owner of a restaurant not to play any jazz. Instead, he plays simple variations of Christmas songs. But he begins a heartfelt improvisation at the restaurant. Mia overhears Sebastian playing. She is moved by his talent, and goes to watch him play. Sebastian, however, is quickly fired.

paragraphs: Months later, Mia goes to another party. She sees Sebastian again. He is now playing as the keyboardist for a 1980s pop music cover band. Mia requests that the band play "I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock of Seagulls. Afterward the two walk together and look for their cars.

paragraphs: Five years later, Mia is a famous actress. She is married to another man, with whom she has a daughter.

paragraphs: The world premiere for "La La Land" was at the Venice Film Festival. It was an opening night movie on August 31, 2016. The movie also showed at the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and many others.

paragraphs: "La La Land" has taken in more than $85 million against a budget of $30 million. The movie was released in the United States in December 2016. In January 2017, the movie showed in more theaters for a total of 1,515 theaters.

paragraphs: "La La Land" was named by Peter Travers as his favorite movie of 2016. Other critics gave the movie high marks. Rotten Tomatoes rated the movie 91%.

paragraphs: "La La Land" won a number of awards. At the Golden Globe Awards, it won seven awards. These included Best Picture-Musical or Comedy, Best Actor-Musical or Comedy and Best Actress-Musical or Comedy.


title: Angelica Ross

paragraphs: Angelica Ross (born 1980/1981) is an American activist for transgender rights. She started TransTech Social Enterprises to help transgender people. She was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

paragraphs: In 2014, Angelica Ross started the TransTech Social Enterprises organization in Chicago. Transtech is a training and design organization. It trains and contracts transgender people in technology. Transtech is a project of Allied Media Projects, an NGO in Detroit.

paragraphs: According to Ross, who transitioned in 2000, the time of gender transition can be difficult. Some people need work but do not have the skills. Other people have skills, but cannot find work because of discrimination. If people can telecommute, they can work during the time of gender transition.

paragraphs: In 2016, Ros received a Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign.


title: Charlie Brotman

paragraphs: Charles J. "Charlie" Brotman (born December 30, 1927) is an American public relations specialist and public address announcer. He is known for his presentation of U.S. presidential inaugural parades of 11 presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama.

paragraphs: Brotman has been behind the microphone for every inaugural parade in Washington, DC, since 1957, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was sworn in for his second term. Barack Obama's second inauguration in 2013 was the 15th consecutive ceremony that Brotman has announced, and his 16th overall.

paragraphs: In 2017, President-Elect Donald Trump's Presidential Inauguration Committee said that Brotman will not broadcast his inauguration, ending his broadcasting streak.


title: Leanne Pittsford

paragraphs: Leanne Pittsford (born February 19, 1981 in San Diego) is a American entrepreneur. She started the professional network Lesbians Who Tech.

paragraphs: Pittsford received a master's degree in education, equity and social justice from San Francisco State University and a bachelor's degree in political science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

paragraphs: Leanne Pittsford started her career with the organization Equality California. She wanted to repeal Proposition 8, a law in California against marriage for same sex couples. She saw there were not enough networking opportunities for lesbian women. There were not any lesbian mentors to give help and advice to new people.

paragraphs: In 2012, Pittsford started Lesbians in Tech. In 2015 she got Edie Windsor, a former manager from IBM, to speak to the organization, and started a scholarship in her name. Lesbians in Tech is now an international organization with 20 chapters from Berlin to Vermont. It has 10,000 members. In two years, they had over 200 events in 22 cities. Every year they have summits in New York, San Francisco, and Berlin. In 2015 they had their first summit in Tel Aviv.

paragraphs: In 2015, Lesbians in Tech received a $165,000 award from the Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation. They wanted to create more inclusion in the technology sector. The money will help start two programs: Bring a Lesbian to Work Day, for mentoring, and the Coding Scholarship Fund, for tuition.

paragraphs: In 2015, U.S. President Obama had an LGBT Pride reception at the White House for prominent member of the LGBT tech community. The event was attended by former Google executive and U.S. chief technology officer Megan Smith, Lesbians Who Tech founder Leanne Pittsford, and others.

paragraphs: Pittsford also helped support five other organizations for diversity in tech: AllOut, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, CODE2040, Chicana Latina Foundation, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.


title: Deaths in 2017

paragraphs: The following is a list of notable deaths in 2017. For notable deaths for a selective month during the year, please see "Months". Per month, names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.


title: Deaths in January 2017

paragraphs: The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2017. For notable deaths of other months in 2017, please see "Months".


title: Ramanuja Devnathan

paragraphs: Ramanuja Devanathan (2 April 1959 – 7 January 2017) was an Indian educator. He was the head of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan at Jammu and the former Vice Chancellor of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University. He was the Registrar of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi.

paragraphs: In 2013, Devanathan was the recipient of Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF)'s 32nd annual award. He is also the editor of 2007 edition of English-Sanskrit Dictionary.

paragraphs: Devanathan died on 7 January 2017 in Mumbai while traveling on work of a heart attack, aged 57.


title: Miriam Goldberg

paragraphs: Miriam Harris Goldberg (May 18, 1916 – January 8, 2017) was an American newspaper publisher. She was born in Chicago. From 1972 to 2017, she was the editor and publisher of the "Intermountain Jewish News" in Denver, Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1987. She turned 100 in May 2016.

paragraphs: Goldberg died on January 8, 2017 in Denver at the age of 100.


title: Zygmunt Bauman

paragraphs: Zygmunt Bauman (19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish-British sociologist and philosopher. He had been living in England since 1971.

paragraphs: Bauman was born to a Jewish family in Poland.

paragraphs: After World War II, he rose in the ranks of Poland's military and by the early 1950s he had become one of the youngest majors in the Polish army, but was driven out of Poland by a political purge in 1953 engineered by the Communist government of the Polish People's Republic.

paragraphs: He was the Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds. Bauman was one of the world's most eminent social theorists writing on issues as diverse as modernity and the Holocaust, postmodern consumerism and liquid modernity.


title: Ali Shariatmadari

paragraphs: Ali Shariatmadari (1924 – 9 January 2017) was an Iranian academic and educationist. He was Minister of Culture in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979. He was President of the Iranian Academy of Sciences from 1990 until 1998. He was also a Professor of Education at the Teacher Training University in Tehran and a member of High Council of the Cultural Revolution from 1982 until his death.

paragraphs: Shariatmadari died in Shiraz, Iran on 9 January 2017, aged 93.


title: Bayezid Osman

paragraphs: Bayezid Osman, also known as Osman Bayezid Osmanoğlu with a surname as required by the Turkish Republic, or known by the Ottoman imperial name as Prince Şehzade Bayezid Efendi (; 23 June 1924 – 6 January 2017), was the 44th Head of the Imperial House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1922. The monarchy was abolished in 1922, with the modern Republic of Turkey replacing it.

paragraphs: Osman died in New York on 6 January 2017, aged 92.


title: Progressive supranuclear palsy

paragraphs: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP; or the Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome, after the doctors who described it in 1963) is a degenerative disease involving the deterioration and death of specific volumes of the brain.

paragraphs: Males and females are affected the same equally and there is no racial, geographical or occupational predilection. Approximately 6 people per 100,000 population have PSP.


title: Peter Sarstedt

paragraphs: Peter Eardley Sarstedt (10 December 1941 – 8 January 2017) was an English singer, instrumentalist and award-winning songwriter. He was the brother of musicians Eden Kane and Robin Sarstedt. His music was traditional folk music rather than traditional rock and roll.

paragraphs: He was best known for writing and performing the single "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?". It topped the UK Singles Chart in 1969 and won the Ivor Novello Award along with "Space Oddity" by David Bowie. Sarstedt remained a one-hit wonder, despite having released numerous successful albums and singles beginning from the late 1960s and releasing two singles a year from 1967 until 1987, with the popular track "Frozen Orange Juice" and the novelty song "Take off Your Clothes" entering the top ten.

paragraphs: Sarstedt had progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) since 2015. He died on 8 January 2017 in Sussex at the age of 75.


title: Buddy Bregman

paragraphs: Buddy Bregman (July 9, 1930 – January 8, 2017) was an American arranger, television producer, and composer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

paragraphs: He worked with many of the greatest musical artists of 20th Century popular music, including: Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong, Sammy Davis Jr., Peggy Lee, Bobby Darin, Anita O'Day, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Jerry Lewis, Paul Anka, Buddy Rich, Eddie Fisher, Annie Ross, and Carmen McRae. He became Ethel Merman's personal arranger.

paragraphs: In the early 1960s Bregman became a television producer and director. After producing several TV specials in Europe, he was hired by David Attenborough for BBC 2 in 1964. In 1966, he was appointed head of light entertainment for the weekday ITV company Rediffusion London.

paragraphs: Bregman wrote "Jump Jim Crow" – a musical for the Royal Shakespeare Company. It moved into London-based independent TV and movie production.

paragraphs: Bregman died in Los Angeles, California from complications of Alzheimer's disease on January 8, 2017, aged 86.


title: Rauda Morcos

paragraphs: Rauda Morcos, Arabic: روضة مرقص , (born 1974) is a well-known Palestinian lesbian activist. She started Aswat (أصوات), the first Palestinian group for lesbian rights. In 2006, she received the Felipa de Souza Award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (Now called OutRight Action International).

paragraphs: In 2002, Morcos joined the first online group for Palestinian lesbians in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. In 2003, she was outed after she gave an interview to an Israeli newspaper. Morcos asked that her sexual orientation not be published. But the newspaper wrote “lesbian” in the headline and printed her photograph. After Morcos's sexual orientation was made public, she was harassed and physically assaulted. Her car was vandalized many times. She lost her job. She volunteered her time at Aswat until the organization had enough money to hire her.


title: Temple Run 2

paragraphs: Temple Run 2 is a video game for Android. It was released in January 17, 2013 by Imangi Studios. It was produced, designed and programmed by Keith Sheperd and Natalia Luckyanova. The art was by Kiril Tchangov. As of June 2014, Temple Run and Temple Run 2, it has been download over 1 billion times.


title: Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In

paragraphs: Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In is a book by U.S. Senator of Vermont, Bernie Sanders. It was published by Thomas Dunne Books in 2016.

paragraphs: It was released on November 15, 2016, a week after the election of Donald Trump. The book was written in the context of Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign and aimed to explain some of its rationale.

paragraphs: In the book, Sanders sets out his position on climate change, free college tuition, income inequality, close the gender wage gap and to defeat Donald Trump while campaigning for Hillary Clinton during the last three months leading to the 2016 presidential election.


title: Our Revolution

paragraphs: Our Revolution is an American progressive political action organization spun out of Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign to continue its work.

paragraphs: The organization officially launched on August 24, 2016, designated as a 501(c)(4), with a presentation that was live-streamed online via YouTube to meetings across the country and shown by Free Speech TV.

paragraphs: The organization's mission is to educate voters about issues, get people involved in the political process, and work to organize and elect progressive candidates. "Our Revolution" is also the title of a book by Sanders released in November 2016.

paragraphs: On August 29, 2016 the board of Our Revolution was announced as:


title: Versailles University Foundation

paragraphs: The Versailles University Foundation (French: "Fondation Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines") has been created in 2011. It is to promote scientific and public interest activities in medicine, sciences, disability, sustainable development.

paragraphs: The Foundation has been created in 2011. The first scholarships have been given in 2014, in order to help students to go abroad. Between October 2014 and June 2015, the Foundation works to develop the library.

paragraphs: In December 2015, a laboratory is created.


title: Boško Krunić

paragraphs: Boško Krunić (21 October 1929 in Prhovo – 23 January 2017 in Novi Sad) was a Yugoslavian Communist political figure. He was a Chairman of the Presidium of League of Communists of Yugoslavia for one year between 1987 and 1988. Krunić died on 23 January 2017 from a stroke at the age of 87.


title: Gombojavyn Ochirbat

paragraphs: Gombojavyn Ochirbat (Гомбожавын Очирбат, born 15 November 1929) is a Mongolian Communist political figure.

paragraphs: He was a General secretaries of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party from 14 March, 1990 until 13 April, 1990. During his reign, the party's leading role was abolished (on March 23).


title: Eduardo Martínez Somalo

paragraphs: Eduardo Martínez Somalo (born 31 March 1927) is a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Martínez was born in the small town of Baños de Río Tobía in La Rioja, Spain. Martínez received his episcopal consecration on 13 December 1975. He was Cardinal protodeacon from 29 January 1996 to 9 January 1999. Martínez retired as Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on 11 February 2004.


title: Kim Yong-ju

paragraphs: Kim Yong-ju (Chosŏn'gŭl: 김영주; born 21 September 1920) is a North Korean politician and the younger brother of Kim Il-sung, who ruled North Korea from 1948 to 1994.

paragraphs: Under his brother's rule, Kim Yong-ju held key posts in the Workers' Party of Korea during the 1960s and early 1970s, but he fell out of favor in 1974 following a power struggle with Kim Jong-il. Since 1998, he has held the ceremonial position of Honorary Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament.


title: Nebelhorn

paragraphs: The Nebelhorn is a -high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. It is next to the village of Oberstdorf, in Germany. Its summit is a well-known viewing point of the Alps. It also gives its name to several competitions, including the Nebelhorn Trophy, a figure skating competition.


title: Fellhorn

paragraphs: The Fellhorn is a tall mountain in the Allgäu Alps near Oberstdorf, Germany, on the border with Austria. According to Austrian information the mountain is 2039 m tall.

paragraphs: In 1972, a gondola lift, the Fellhorn Lift, was built that goes up the mountain from the Stillach valley. Its top station is at 1,967 metres. The Fellhorn/Kanzelwand Ski Region has 24 kilometres of piste and 14 lifts.


title: Back to the Future (franchise)

paragraphs: Back to the Future is an American live action trilogy, consisting of three movies:

paragraphs: The trilogy follows a teenager, who travels through time, by driving an automobile time machine, made by a scientist. Living in 1985, he travels to the past and future for several adventures in Hill Valley.


title: Ben Feringa

paragraphs: Bernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa (born May 18, 1951 in Barger-Compascuum) is a Dutch chemist, specialized in organic chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology and photochemistry.

paragraphs: Feringa studied at the University of Groningen and is also an academic at the same university.

paragraphs: In 2016, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for supramolecular chemistry, together with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Fraser Stoddart.


title: Milada Horáková

paragraphs: Dr Milada Horáková (25 December 1901, Prague - 27 June 1950, Prague) was a Czech politician and a victim of a judicial murder. She was executed by Communists on charges of treason. Moreover she was the only woman who was executed within these proceedings.

paragraphs: She was born as "Milada Králová" in Prague. She had three siblings. In 1918 she was excluded from grammar school, because she participated at antiwar demonstrations, which was banned. Nevertheless in 1921 she graduated at another grammar school. She was awarded one’s degree in 1926 at Law School at the Charles University. When she met with the senator Františka Plamínková, the founder of Women’s National Council, she joined.

paragraphs: Shortly after her studies she got married with <nowiki>Bohuslav Horák</nowiki>, an agricultural economist. In 1933 she gave birth to a girl called Jana.

paragraphs: She is considered as an important czech feminist. Moreover she participated in creating new Civil Code.

paragraphs: In her life she travelled a lot, for example to England, France and the USSR. She could even speak english, french and german.

paragraphs: After year 1939 she used to ensure flats and gain secret information. Unfourtunately on august 2 1940, her husband and her were arrested by gestapo. Two years she was kept at Charles Square, after Heydrich’s assassination was sent to Terezín. In june 1944 she was sent to Liepzig and Dresden. Prosecutor proposed her death penalty, however it was changed to 8 years of penitentiary. She was discharged by american army in <nowiki>Aichachu</nowiki> close to Munich in 1945.

paragraphs: After her exemption she returned to Prague, where she again met her husband, who survived the death march.

paragraphs: February 25 1948 – september 27 1949 at this time she was little by little excluded from all of her public positions. Horáková got into a view-finder as a suitable candidate for an action of STB called „the middle“. It was planned to execute her on september 27 1949. The attempt of arresting her was not successful because she was not at home.

paragraphs: Maltreating Horáková is proved by her fellow inmates Zdena Mašínová. The proces with Milada Horáková lasted since may 31 till june 8, 1950, and was contrived as a public political process. There was onwards learned screenplay, according to which the defendants were forced to behave.

paragraphs: Milada Horáková refused the petition for mercy. Moreover president Gottwald, formally on recommendation of Minister of Justice, signed the death penalty. Her last letter she wrote the day she was executed at 2:30 at night. Her execution was effectuated by hanging her at Pankrác prison yard on june 27, 1950 at 5:35 am.

paragraphs: During her life she was strongly influenced by thoughts of T. G. Masaryk and later even Edvard Beneš.


title: Leen Verbeek

paragraphs: Leendert "Leen" Verbeek (born March 5, 1954 in Leiderdorp) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

paragraphs: He has been King's Commissioner of Flevoland since 2008.

paragraphs: From 1990 to 1994 he was an alderman of Houten, and from 2003 to 2008 mayor of Purmerend.


title: Heliskiing

paragraphs: Heli-skiing is off-trail, downhill skiing or snowboarding that is accessed by a helicopter. This is instead of using a ski lift. As early as the late 1950s helicopters were used in Alaska and Europe to access remote terrain. The birth of heli-skiing as a commercial sport is attributed to Hans Gmoser in 1965.

paragraphs: Skiers get on the helicopter and are flown to a landing zone on the mountain. Skis, snowboards and ski poles are generally carried in an exterior basket on the helicopter. Snow conditions on the mountains vary considerably over the course of the winter. The snow is subjected to sun, wind, temperature variation, and new snowfalls. Snow conditions change almost every day. Risks include those of backcountry skiing, such as avalanches and tree wells, plus those of helicopter flight. Risks are lessened by using experienced pilots and certified guides. Also avalanche transceivers, avalanche air-bags, and radios make it safer.


title: Quirine Oosterveld

paragraphs: Quirine Oosterveld (born March 5, 1990 in Almere) is a Dutch female volleyball player.

paragraphs: Oosterveld plays for Rote Raben Vilsbiburg and played for Alterno Apeldoorn. She has been a member of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team since 2013.


title: Kanzelwand

paragraphs: Kanzelwand is a high mountain on the border between Vorarlberg, Austria and Bavaria, Germany. The summit can be accessed by the Kanzelwand lift, or by hiking. The Fellhorn/Kanzelwand ski area is located here with of pistes and 13 lifts.


title: Michiel van Hulten

paragraphs: Michiel Frans van Hulten (born February 18, 1969 in Lelystad) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

paragraphs: Van Hulten was an MEP from 1999 to 2004, and Chair of the Labour Party from 2005 to 2007.

paragraphs: His father is retired politician Michel van Hulten.


title: Clare Hollingworth

paragraphs: Clare Hollingworth (10 October 1911 – 10 January 2017) was an English journalist and author. She worked for the newspaper "The Daily Telegraph". In 1939, she became the first person to report the beginning of World War II while in Poland. She was born in Knighton, Leicester, England. In World War I, her father took over the running of his father's footwear factory, and they moved to a farm near Shepshed.

paragraphs: Hollingworth moved to Hong Kong in the 1980s. She turned 100 in 2011. She died on 10 January 2017 in Central, Hong Kong at the age of 105.


title: Mojave Desert

paragraphs: The Mojave Desert is a desert in California and Arizona.


title: Arrondissements of the Gard department

paragraphs: There are 3 arrondissements in the Gard department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into "arrondissements", which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

paragraphs: If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

paragraphs: Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

paragraphs: Gard is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. it was divided in 8 districts: Alais, Beaucaire, Nîmes, Pont-Saint-Esprit, Saint-Hippolyte, Sommières, Uzès and Le Vigan. The capital was Nîmes alternating with Alais and Uzès. In 1794, Nîmes became the only capital.

paragraphs: With the creation of the "arrondissements", the 8 districts became four "arrondissements": Nîmes, Alais, Uzès and Le Vigan. In 1926, the "arrondissement" of Uzès was eliminated.


title: The Daughter of Sláva

paragraphs: The Daughter of Sláva (in Czech "Slávy dcera") is a poetic work by Ján Kollár. It is a long cycle of sonnets. In fact, it is an epic poem written in the form of sonnet. The author was a Slovak Lutheran pastor and poet, who wrote in Czech. The work was intended to become a national epic of all the Slavic peoples. It was first printed in 1824. It was published some more times and expanded in every edition. The number of poems increased from 150 to 645.

paragraphs: There is a pun in the title of the book. "Sláva" in Czech means "Fame". Slavic people regard themselves as "the people of fame", never "the slaves", as they are considered to be in the West.

paragraphs: The work is provided with a "Prolugue" ("Předzpěv"). This part is written in hexameter and pentameter. The metre is shaped like Greek one. It is based on length of vowels.

paragraphs: "Ai, zde leží zem ta, před okem mým selzy ronícím,"

paragraphs: "někdy kolébka, nyní národu mého rakev."

paragraphs: "Stoj noho! posvátná místa jsou, kamkoli kráčíš,"

paragraphs: "k obloze, Tatry synu, vznes se, vyvýše pohled."

paragraphs: The poem is divided into five parts. They are named after the rivers. The first part is named "Sála", the second "Labe, Rén, Veltava" and the third "Dunaj". These are the rivers, Slavic nations live around. Two next parts of the poem are named "Lethe" and "Acheron". These are the rivers know from Greek mythology. All the sonnets are written in decasyllable. It is trochaic pentameter. In his poem Kollár described the past of the Slavs, full of glory, and bright future for them.

paragraphs: "A hundred times I spoke, but now I call"

paragraphs: "Let's be a whole and not a part in clans;"

paragraphs: "A dove-like nation we in scorn are styled."

paragraphs: "But doves you know are come of such a stock"

paragraphs: "That loves to live within a common flock,"

paragraphs: "And so may you apply this trait reviled."

paragraphs: "But waste and dry the circling currents."

paragraphs: "O Slavs, who are of many heads a race!"

paragraphs: "The wise indeed a death no worse can know"

paragraphs: "Than life that sloth, void, darkness doth embrace."

paragraphs: The poem is strongly influenced by Dante's "Divine Commedy". The last parts of Kollár's work are descriptions Slavic heaven and hell. Ján Kollár was a representative of the Panslavism ideology. He believed in union of all the Slavs. He opposed everything, he thought to destroy this union. He described Adam Mickiewicz, the greatest Polish poet, to be in hell. It was because Mickiewicz wrote poems about Polish people's fight against Russian tzar.


title: Honeyberry

paragraphs: Lonicera caerulea, also called honeyberry, is a fruit that is edible. It is a member of the honeysuckle family. It is easy to grow and has few pests. They are native to Russia and can tolerate very cold weather. They can survive down to . They have been raised for centuries in Asia and Eastern Europe. Honeyberry is a well-behaved plant that is not seen as being an Invasive species.


title: Arrondissement of Alès

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Alès is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Alès.

paragraphs: When the Gard department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Alès, with the name of Alais, was part of that original department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Alès is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the east by the Nîmes "arrondissement", to the south by the Le Vigan "arrondissement" and to the west by the Lozère department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Alès is the smallest "arrondissement" of the department in area, , and the second in population (151,823 inhabitants).

paragraphs: After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".

paragraphs: In the "arrondissement" of Alès, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Cazères, Escalquens and Plaisance-du-Touch. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondiissements":

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Alès has 101 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

paragraphs: The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are:


title: Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907

paragraphs: Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, was flying from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro, the plane was a Boeing 737-800 with 154 people on-board. On September 29, 2006 the plane collided with a Embraer Legacy 600 while cruising over the Amazon. The Embraer landed safety at a military base with no loss to the seven people on-board, but the 737 crashed into the Amazon killing all 154 people on-board.


title: Arrondissement of Le Vigan

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Le Vigan is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Le Vigan.

paragraphs: When the Gard department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Le Vigan was part of that original department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Le Vigan is the most western of the "arrondissements" of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Lozère department, to the northeast by the Alès "arrondissement", to the southeast by the Nîmes "arrondissement", to the south by the Hérault department and to the west by the Aveyron department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Le Vigan is the second smallest "arrondissement" of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (36,608 inhabitants).

paragraphs: There are only 4 cantons in the "arrondissement" of Le Vigan. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondiissements":

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Le Vigan has 75 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː


title: Arrondissement of Nîmes

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Nîmes is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Nîmes.

paragraphs: When the Gard department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Nîmes was part of that original department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Nîmes is the most eastern of the "arrondissements" of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the northeast by the Vaucluse department, to the east by the Bouches-du-Rhône department, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the southwest by the Hérault department and to the west by the Le Vigan and the Alès "arrondissements".

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Nîmes is the largest "arrondissement" of the department, both in area, , and population (547,598 inhabitants).

paragraphs: There are 18 cantons in the "arrondissement" of Nîmes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondiissements":

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Nîmes has 177 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː


title: Roy Innis

paragraphs: Roy Emile Alfredo Innis (June 6, 1934 – January 8, 2017) was an American activist and politician. He had been National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) since his election to the position in 1968.

paragraphs: Innis died on January 8, 2017 in his apartment in Manhattan, New York from complications of Parkinson's disease, aged 82.


title: Jovanka Nikolić

paragraphs: Jovanka Nikolić (16 December 1952 – 8 January 2017) was a Serbian author and poet.

paragraphs: She graduated from the College of Education (Physical Education) at the University of Novi Sad and the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade (Organization of stage, cultural and artistic activities). She worked in the sport organization sector and was, for a long time, involved in designing sports choreography for public ceremonies at major sports and social events.

paragraphs: Nikolić died on 8 January 2017 in Novi Sad, Serbia, aged 64.


title: Buddy Greco

paragraphs: Armando "Buddy" Greco (August 14, 1926 – January 10, 2017) was an American jazz and pop singer, pianist and actor. He records, in several genres, have sold over one million records. He appeared often in the TV series "Away We Go" and had a role in the movie "The Girl Who Knew Too Much". He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

paragraphs: Greco died on January 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada, aged 90.


title: Gardon

paragraphs: The Gardon or Gard is a river in southeastern France, in the Lozère and Gard departments in the Occitanie region. It is a right tributary of the Rhône river.

paragraphs: The Gard department is named after this river.

paragraphs: The Gardon river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of .

paragraphs: Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Sanilhac-Sagriès in the Gard department.

paragraphs: Average monthly discharge (m/s) at Sanilhac-Sagriès

paragraphs: The Gardon (known here as "Gardon d'Anduze") starts in the Cévennes, southeastern Massif Central, in the "commune" of Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle, Lozère department near "Prat Reboubalès", at an altitude of about .

paragraphs: The "Gardon d'Anduze" joins the Gardon d'Alès between the "communes" Cassagnoles and Vézénobres, at an altitude of about ; from here, the river is usually known simply as Gard.

paragraphs: The Gardon flows to the southeast, in general, and passes through the Lozère and Gard departments, in the Occitanie region, and a total of 37 "communes", most of them in the Gard department.

paragraphs: Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Rhône river near Comps at of altitude.

paragraphs: The main tributaries, with a length greater than 20 km, of the Gardon are:


title: Uta Ranke-Heinemann

paragraphs: Uta Ranke-Heinemann (born 2 October 1927 in Essen) is a German theologian, academic and author. She holds the (nondenominational) chair of History of Religion at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, her birthplace. Her father Gustav Heinemann was an SPD politician and president of Germany 1969–74.


title: Mir Hazar Khan Khoso

paragraphs: Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Urdu, ) (born 30 September 1929), was the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, from 25 March 2013 to 5 June 2013.

paragraphs: Khoso is a retired judge. He was the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court. He was the interim Prime Minister ahead of the general elections scheduled in May 2013.


title: Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar

paragraphs: Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said , () (born 16 September 1929 in Unguja) was the last Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from 1 July 1963 to 12 January 1964.

paragraphs: On 10 December 1963, Zanzibar received its independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy under Jamshid. This state of affairs was short lived and he was overthrown by the Zanzibar Revolution.

paragraphs: He fled into exile firstly to Oman and then to the United Kingdom, where, as of 2012, he continues to live in Portsmouth with his wife and six children as the Head of the Zanzibari Royal Family and as the Sovereign of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar and the Most Illustrious Order of Independence of Zanzibar. Secondly, he is married to Zuleika bin Abdullah Al Aufy.


title: Orbital revolution

paragraphs: Orbital revolution is the movement of a planet around a star, or a moon around a planet. For example, the Earth revolves around the Sun, and the Moon revolves about the Earth.

paragraphs: Planets and moons revolve in elliptical orbits. One orbital revolution of a planet takes one year, while a revolution of the Moon takes a month.

paragraphs: Astronomers usually use different words for the orbit of a planet around a star, and for the spin of a planet about its own axis. The motion in an orbit is called revolving, while the spin of a planet is called rotating. For instance, the Earth "revolve"s around the Sun completing one revolution in one year, and it "rotate"s about its axis completing one rotation in one day. But either word can be used.


title: Adenan Satem

paragraphs: Adenan bin Satem (27 January 1944 – 11 January 2017) was a Malaysian politician. He was the fifth Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1 March 2014 until his death. He was born in Kuching, Sarawak when it was under Japanese rule during World War II.

paragraphs: Satem died from a heart attack on 11 January 2017 in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. He was 72.


title: American Pit Bull Terrier

paragraphs: The American Pit Bull Terrier is a dog breed. It is a medium-sized, solidly-built, short-haired dog. Its early ancestors came from the British Isles. Originally they were bred for fighting. As early as the 13th century in Great Britain, blood sports were popular. These included bull-baiting and bear-baiting where dogs would fight against these larger animals to entertain the crowds. In the 1800s, when baiting became illegal, the dogs fought each other. Pit bulls are not always aggressive despite their bad reputation. Some owners describe them as clowns and goofballs. Depending on how they are raised and treated, they can make very good family pets.


title: Kerime Nadir

paragraphs: Kerime Nadir Azrak, (1917-1984) was a Turkish writer. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1917. She attended "Saint Joseph French High School for Girls" in Bebek, Istanbul. After starting to write poetry and stories. Her first works were published in magazines such as Servet-i Fünun, Uyanış and Yarımay magazines. Other writings were published in Aydabir, Yedigün, Hayat magazines. She wrote about 40 novels. Many became movies. She died in Istanbul on March 20, 1984.


title: Tekin Akmansoy

paragraphs: Tekin Akmansoy (born January 20, 1924, Saraykoy - died February 12, 2013) is a Turkish theater and cinema artist.

paragraphs: Tekin Akmansoy, who served in various theaters for many years, was one of the meddah traders.

paragraphs: Starting from 1974, Kayseri in the Kaynanalar Dizi has come to the forefront with the prospect of the awake businessman Nuri Kantar. This character has been portrayed in the movies of Kaynalar and Neutral Gantar family as well as the series for many years.

paragraphs: In the 1990s, her daughter Arzu Akmansoy directed and later returned to television with new series of Kaynanas, as well as series such as Görmeler. In 1998 he received the title of State Artist. Tahir revived the character of Pamukçuoğlu. Treatment with the diagnosis of pneumonia lost his life on February 12, 2013 in the hospital; He was buried next to his wife Meral Akmansoy, who died in 2002 at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, which was removed from the Teşvikiye Mosque on Thursday, February 14, 2013.


title: Cem Özer

paragraphs: Cem Özer (born October 5, 1959, Göksun, Kahramanmaraş), Turkish theater, cinema and serial player, server and writer.

paragraphs: The artist who created the Istanbul University Faculty of Law, later worked in communities such as the Dostlar Theater. He was recognized on television by the presentation of the program. He was a lucky competitor in the Dene competition. He has appeared in several motion picture films and series. Fashion designer Esin Maraşlıoğlu and actress Nurgül Yeşilçay were married.


title: Sırrı Gültekin

paragraphs: Sırrı Gültekin (born 27 July 1924, Bakırköy, Istanbul - died 7 February 2008, Istanbul), Turkish actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer.

paragraphs: Sırrı Gültekin, who started his art life in Bakırköy People's House in 1939, later entered the cadre of City Theater. After his acting career, he stepped into the cinema with the assistance of Sami Ayanoglu in 1949. Lütfi Akad, the artist was brought up by the influence, he played in a few films. Since 1954 he has been directing his own films, writing a script after 1957, and after 1963 he started producing. Up to 150 filings have been signed. Gültekin, who is a member of the Film Directors Association and presided over the Foundation of the Filmsan Foundation, has also directed series for TV.


title: Ekrem Bora

paragraphs: Ekrem Şerif Bora (born 7 March 1934, Ankara - died 1 April 2012, Istanbul) is a cinema and series player.

paragraphs: Although he was the first to participate in the competition of the cinema actress opened by Yıldız Magazine in 1953, he went to the military without translating the film. Although he was the first to participate in the competition of the cinema actress opened by Yıldız Magazine in 1953, he went to the military without translating the film. The transformation of military service translates the article (1956). The artist continued to play in motion picture films after two years, and despite continuing age, he continued to play in the series. Ekrem Bora, who was hospitalized on 8 March 2012 due to heart failure died on April 1, 2012.


title: Filiz Taçbaş

paragraphs: Filiz Taçbaş, (born 1964, Istanbul), Turkish cinema and drama player, former national tennis player.

paragraphs: When she was 10 years old, she went to the camera with Bilge Olgaç. After a long break, he continued to work on movies and series. The recognition of large audiences was made in 1992 by the headmen of the neighborhood. Taçbaş is a professional tennis player, a part of art life.

paragraphs: He got high points in 2007, entered the mill team, dressed in the form of a mill and writes articles about tennis in newspapers at the same time.


title: Osman Alyanak

paragraphs: Osman Alyanak (born 1916, Istanbul - died September 30, 1991 - Istanbul) is a Turkish play and voice actor.

paragraphs: Osman Alyanak, who has been playing football for a while in Galatasaray, started acting in operas in his art life. After short-time plays in some theatrical ensembles, he moved to camera in 1950 and played supporting roles in various movies and series. Over 150 artists were working in the production, and at the same time had worked on voice acting. Besides being known as "Oralet Osman" because of the commercial film he played for a while, "Tayyare Osman" was known in Yeşilçam.


title: Güzin Özipek

paragraphs: Güzin Özipek (born March 11, 1925 - Istanbul, August 12, 2000 - Istanbul) Opera, cinema and theater artist.

paragraphs: In 1944, Cemal Reşit Rey and Ekrem Reşit Rey brothers started to work in the artistic circles of the Air Flight operation in İzmir. One year later, he was involved in operas such as Journeys, Sweet Hard, Zırdeliler, Yaman Well, Platin Palas, the wife of Judge, and served at Muammer Karaca theater.

paragraphs: He stayed in Karaca Theater until 1956. In 1952, he starred in Istanbul Stars with Muammer Karaca and stepped into the cinema.

paragraphs: Having spent 12 years in art life after marrying and placing in Bolu, the artist returned to the stage with the musical of Keşanlı Ali Destanı in Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theater in 1965.

paragraphs: Guzin Özipek, who attracted Aydın Tezel's life, lived with his wife seven films and photoshops between 1969-1974. The artist, who played for 12 years in her role as Grandmother Leyla in her last episode of Ours, died at the age of 75 after being given the stage for 56 years.


title: Esra Akkaya

paragraphs: Esra Akkaya (born 1970, Istanbul), is a Turkish theater, cinema and series actress.

paragraphs: Esra Akkaya, known for his role as "Şirin" in the headman's section of the locality, was put into art life with Tevfik Gelenbe Theater in 1983. In 1988, she graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory and started her studies in Istanbul State Theater. She worked in Bakırköy Municipal Theater's "Free Sand Sand" and "Prometheus". She also worked in the Antalya State Theater and took part in various TV series and films outside the theater. Between 1999 and 2000, the actress was married to Yetkin Dikinciler.

paragraphs: The children's play "This is My Tale", which was written in 1994, was staged by the Mediterranean Cultures Foundation.


title: Ahmet Üstel

paragraphs: Ahmet Üstel (born 1930, Istanbul - died July 13, 1983, Istanbul) is a Turkish writer, producer and actor.

paragraphs: Ahmet Üstel, a graduate of Galatasaray High School, continued his education due to his interest in the writing of theater plays. She started acting life in acting on the Small Stage. Istanbul Theater and Kong Theater. He wrote many screenplay scenarios and radio scythe. After moving to cinema in 1952, he moved to writing altogether, leaving the actor after playing in a movie. In 1954 he founded his own production company called "Cobra". In 1957, he was the first director to experience directing, again working with the comedy genre.


title: Savaş Başar

paragraphs: Savaş Başar (born June 15, 1938 - Silifke, - died August 21, 1985 - Ankara) Theater and movie actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter.

paragraphs: In 1959 Muhsin Ertuğrul noticed himself and his friends and was taken to the positions of the State Theater. Having played in all provinces of Turkey, Savaş Başar had a well-known, well-known structure that was widely known. Outside of the theater, he took and starred in important films such as Devlan Aşkı, İffet, Ugly World, and he was also very successful in the voice-over profession. Newly snakes and single poles of theater decorate the theater and the shapes are shaped. Commissioner Colombo and McCoy were very successful in vocalizing. He died at the age of 47 at the heart attack.


title: Yücel Erten

paragraphs: Yücel Erten (born 19 October 1945, Muş), is Turkish actor, director, art director, writer, translator.

paragraphs: Born in Muş in 1945, Erten had his primary and secondary education in Antalya and Ankara. In 1969 he graduated from Ankara State Conservatory Theater Department. He started as a trainee artist at the Ankara State Theater.

paragraphs: In 1970, he went to Federal Germany to study at state universities and completed the Reji Department of the Essen Folkwang High School. At the same time, he finished his education in Interior-Costume interior specialization at school.

paragraphs: During his studies in Germany; Züricher Schauspielhaus in Switzerland, Staatstheater Hannover in Germany, Stædtische Bühnen Essen and Bühne as assistant director and assistant director in 1964. In 1974 Erten returned to his home country, completing the "Folkwang Award" by playing a performance with his diploma.

paragraphs: From October 1992, Erten worked for 16 months in the State Teatroller as General Manager and Principal. He resigned with the General Directorate in order to implement electoral methods.


title: Zeyno Günenç

paragraphs: Zeyno Günenç (born June 22, 1967, İzmit) is a theater, cinema and serialist.

paragraphs: Zeyno Günenç graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Theater Department. He worked in Bursa State Theater for three years. He resigned from this institution and went to Vancouver. Süheyl Uygur and Behzat Uygur brothers traveled to Turkey for a three-year tour of the game titled "Three Slakers". Famous with the character "Aunt Dominant Gonul" in the series named Çocuklar Duymasın ("Children's Hearing"). He married Okan Bayülgen and worked in the Tiyatrokare community. It was alleged that some of the morning program at TRT broke down due to pressures.


title: Alper Kul

paragraphs: Alper Kul (born 5 December 1975, Fatih, Istanbul), Turkish actor and writer.

paragraphs: Alper Kul was born on December 5, 1975 in Süleymaniye, Istanbul. Having completed his education at the Theater Department of the Indiana University after MSM, he acted in forms such as City Theaters, DOT, IUSB (USA), BKM. Various movies and series have appeared.

paragraphs: At the beginning of October 2, 2009, he played in the BKM for one season. His 2010 autographed son of Babamin played for three years in Turkey and Europe. He received the prize of the Year of the Year award with the AUT theater play staged for the first time in 2010. The theater play "Barcelo" written in 2011 was performed in the theater Ikincikat.

paragraphs: After the comedy theater program of 5'er Beşer started in 2011 at ATV, he made and played the project designs of the programs called "İnsanlar Alemi" and "Güldür Güldür" which started at Star TV and continued as the program.


title: Münibe Millet

paragraphs: Münibe Millet (born January 23, 1980, Elazığ) is a cinema and theater actor, theater and dance instructor.

paragraphs: He began his education at the Pera Fine Arts Theater Department and took part in many plays in Theater Pera. He got his acting aducation from Mimar Sinan University. After finishing Modern Dance Department, Millet played in cinema, serials and commercials as well as the theater. At the same time she is a theater and dance instructor and voice actor.


title: François Van der Elst

paragraphs: François "Swat" Van der Elst (1 December 1954 – 11 January 2017) was a Belgian footballer. He played as a right winger. He played from 1971 to 1986. He played for Anderlecht, New York Cosmos, West Ham United and Lokeren. He was born in Opwijk, Flemish Brabant.

paragraphs: On 1 January 2017, Van der Elst was put in an induced coma because of heart failure. He died from cardiac arrest on 11 January 2017 in Aalst, East Flanders. He was 62.


title: Egyptian goose

paragraphs: The Egyptian goose ("Alopochen aegyptiacus") is a member of the duck, goose, and swan family, Anatidae. It lives in Africa, south of the Sahara and the Nile River Valley.

paragraphs: Egyptian geese were thought to be sacred by the people in Ancient Egypt. They appeared in much of their artwork. They have been raised for food and bred in parts of Africa since they were domesticated by the ancient Egyptians. Because of their popularity as an ornamental bird, they often escape. Small feral populations have become established in Western Europe.


title: St. Helier railway station

paragraphs: St Helier railway station opened in 1930. The only operator for the station is Thameslink. The station is in Fare Zone 4.

paragraphs: There are two platforms for this station. Platform 1 is for trains towards Luton. Platform 2 is for trains towards Sutton (Surrey).

paragraphs: This list shows the frequency of trains on typical off-peak hours.

paragraphs: London buses route 154 and S4 operates at this station.

paragraphs: This table shows the departures from this station with the calling points and the time that is taken to get to the end of the line.


title: Bothriospondylus

paragraphs: "Bothriospondylus" ('excavated vertebrae') is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur known from a handful of vertebrae. it belongs to the family "Bothriospondylidae" that was coined by Richard Lydekker in 1885. The genus is based on the specimen BMNH R44529-5.


title: Richard Lydekker

paragraphs: Richard Lydekker (25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was an English paleontologist and mammalogist. He wrote a number books on natural history. He was a member of the Geological Survey of India. He later joined the British Museum of Natural History. He was responsible for creating their catalog on their vertebrate fossil collections.


title: Rubihorn

paragraphs: The Rubihorn is a mountain in Bavaria, Germany. It is tall and is to the east of Oberstdorf. With the Nebelhorn it makes part of the Daumen Group. On 9 July 1987 there was a rockfall on the north face. The remains can still be seen today.


title: Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui

paragraphs: Saeed Uz Zaman Siddiqui (1 December 1938 – 11 January 2017) (pronunciation 'sa'eed -uz- zam'an'; alternatively Saiduzzaman Siddiqui; was a Pakistani jurist and legislator. He served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan at the Supreme Court of Pakistan from November 11, 2016 until his death in 2017.

paragraphs: He was the Chief Justice of Pakistan when the 1999 military coup d'état was staged by then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf.

paragraphs: Siddiqui died at the age of 78 on 11 January 2017 in Karachi.


title: Martin Brandtner

paragraphs: Martin L. Brandtner (3 July 1938 – 3 January 2017) was an American Marine Corps lieutenant general. He served as the Director for Operations for the Joint Staff until his retirement on 1 June 1993.

paragraphs: Brandtner died on 3 January 2017, at the age of 78, in Reno, Nevada.


title: Bob McCullough

paragraphs: Robert "Bob" McCullough OAM (died 9 January 2017) was an Australian sport administrator in the area of disability sport. He was President of the Australian Paralympic Federation and the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation.

paragraphs: McCullough died in Australia on 9 January 2017.


title: David Shulkin

paragraphs: David Jonathon Shulkin (born June 22, 1959) is an American physician and politician. Shulkin was the 9th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from February 14, 2017 to March 28, 2018. He served as Under Secretary of Health for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 18, 2015 and sworn in on July 6, 2015.

paragraphs: On January 11, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Shulkin to serve as United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

paragraphs: Shulkin was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He was raised in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. He studied at Hampshire College and at Drexel University.

paragraphs: He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. He also served as president of Morristown Medical Center and as vice president of Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization.

paragraphs: He has been Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital.

paragraphs: On January 11, 2017, Shulkin was selected by President-elect Trump as Secretary of Veterans Affairs pending Senate confirmation. Shulkin resigned from a private sector position in 2015 to work in the Department of Veterans Affairs as the undersecretary of health.

paragraphs: On February 13, 2017, the Senate unanimously confirmed Shulkin as the U.S. Secretary of Veteran's Affairs with a 100-0 vote.

paragraphs: For President Trump's address to a Joint Session of Congress on February 28, 2017, Shulkin served as the designated survivor.

paragraphs: In September 2017, "The Washington Post" revealed that Shulkin spent nearly half his time on a recent international trip to Europe, covered by taxpayers, sightseeing and shopping with his wife, Merle Bari.

paragraphs: On March 28, 2018, President Trump fired Shulkin.


title: Warren Allen Smith

paragraphs: Warren Allen Smith (October 27, 1921 – January 9, 2017) was an American gay rights activist, writer and humanities humanist.

paragraphs: In 1961, Smith started the Variety Recording Studio, a major independent company off Broadway, New York City, with his business partner and longtime companion Fernando Rodolfo de Jesus Vargas Zamora. Smith ran the company for almost thirty years (1961–90). In 1969, Smith participated in the Stonewall riots.

paragraphs: Smith was one of the signatories of the 1973 "Humanist Manifesto II" as well as the Humanist Manifesto III in 2003.

paragraphs: Smith died on January 9, 2017 at the age of 95.


title: Takobeya (Japanese bureaucrats)

paragraphs: Takobeya is a room. When Japanese bureaucrats make a new law, they establish a takobeya. In general, 5-6 bureaucrats are gathered in takobeya to make a new law. Mainly a takobeya is changed from a conference room in the buildings of central government ministries.

paragraphs: Originally, takobeya means an accommodation hut for harsh labors at construction sites in the Meiji period. The work of bureaucrats in takobeya for laws are so harsh that bureaucrats call their room "Takobeya".


title: Manlio Rocchetti

paragraphs: Manlio Rocchetti (28 November 1943 – 10 January 2017) was an Italian makeup artist. He won an Academy Award at the 1989 Academy Awards for Best Makeup for the movie "Driving Miss Daisy," which he shared with Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney.

paragraphs: His career started in 1960 and he has continued working on makeup with most recently in 2012. He often works with Martin Scorsese.

paragraphs: He also won an Emmy for the makeup in "Lonesome Dove".


title: Tommy Allsup

paragraphs: Tommy Allsup (November 24, 1931 – January 11, 2017) was an American rockabilly and country swing guitarist.

paragraphs: Allsup was born near Owasso, Oklahoma in 1931. He was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.

paragraphs: He worked with entertainers such as Buddy Holly and Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Allsup was touring with Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he lost a fateful coin toss with Valens for a seat on the plane that crashed, killing Valens, Holly and Richardson on February 3, 1959.

paragraphs: Allsup died on January 11, 2017 at his home in Springfield, Missouri of complications from hernia surgery. He was 85 years old.


title: Kenny Wharram

paragraphs: Kenneth Malcolm Wharram (July 2, 1933 – January 10, 2017) was a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks from 1951 through 1952 and again from 1958 until he retired in 1969. He won a Stanley Cup in 1961. He was born in North Bay, Ontario.

paragraphs: Wharram died on January 10, 2017 from heart failure in North Bay, Ontario, aged 83.


title: Jean-Jacques Annaud

paragraphs: Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1 October 1943) is a French movie director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing "Quest for Fire" (1981), "The Name of the Rose" (1986), "The Lover" (1991), and "Seven Years in Tibet" (1997).

paragraphs: Annaud has received many awards for his work, including four César Awards, one David di Donatello Award, and one National Academy of Cinema Award. Annaud's first movie, "Black and White in Color" (1976), received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.