title: Piedmont, California

paragraphs: Piedmont is a small, mostly-residential, semi-suburban city located in Alameda County, California, United States. Piedmont is completely surrounded by the city of Oakland.


title: Caduceus

paragraphs: The caduceus (; from , "kērykeion") is the staff of the messenger god Hermes in Greek mythology. It is also called the "herald's wand". The caduceus appeared as a golden staff with wings and a pair of serpents wrapped around it.


title: Eurybia (mythology)

paragraphs: In Greek mythology, Eurybia ( - "[of] wide force") was a daughter of Gaia and Pontus. She was the wife of the Titan Krios. Their children were Astraeus, Perses, and Pallas.


title: Tajikistan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Tajikistan sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Two people will be competing in para-Nordic skiing in Tajikistan's first appearance at the Winter Paralympics. They trained in Germany and China before the start of the Games.

paragraphs: Two people will compete at the Winter Paralympics in South Korea. They are both competing in para-Nordic skiing. Georgia, North Korea and Tajikistan are the three countries making their first appearance at Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: 15 National Paralympic Committees and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation signed a letter expressing support for the National Paralympic Committee of Russia in August 2017. The countries included Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Montenegro, and South Korea.  They asked the IPC Governing Board to consider letting Russia compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  The letter was signed weeks before the IPC Governing Board met in Abu Dhabi. In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport. All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.

paragraphs: Tajikistan had never competed at the Winter Paralympics before 2018. These Games are their Winter Games debut. The country has only compete at four Summer Paralympics. They were the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Games. Tajikistan has three total people compete at these four Games. They never won a medal.

paragraphs: The country did not send any competitors to the 2018 Winter Olympics. They had competed at every Winter Games since 2002. No one competed in qualifying competitions for the Olympics.

paragraphs: Tajikistan has a skier competing in para-Nordic skiing. They trained in Germany and China before the start of the Games.

paragraphs: On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM - 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.


title: American Gold Star Mothers

paragraphs: American Gold Star Mothers are the mother of a soldier that died on duty.


title: Dance Again

paragraphs: "Dance Again" is a song recorded by American entertainer Jennifer Lopez. It features Cuban-American rapper Pitbull. The song was released as the lead single from Lopez' first greatest-hits album, "Dance Again... the Hits", on April 2, 2012. The song was produced by RedOne, who also produced Lopez' and Pitbull's collaboration "On the Floor".

paragraphs: The song has reached the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Spain, Finland, Italy, and Canada and the top twenty in countries like the US, Germany, New Zealand. and the UK.

paragraphs: The music video features Lopez dancing with masked dancers, including her then-boyfriend, Casper Smart. It has reached over 428 million views on YouTube as of February 2018.


title: Flag of Mongolia

paragraphs: The flag of Mongolia (, state flag of Mongolia) was created in 1992.

paragraphs: It has a vertical bands of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and blue with the Soyombo symbol centered on the hoist-side of the red band.


title: Flag of Laos

paragraphs: The flag of Laos has three horizontal bands of red, blue, and red. There is a white circle in the center of the flag. The diameter of white circle is four-fifths the height of blue band). This became the flag on December 2, 1975 when Laos became a socialist state.


title: Brunswick monogrammist

paragraphs: The Brunswick monogrammist was a Renaissance painter, active in the first half of the 16th century. The painter's name is unknown, but he or she was very important for art history. It is probable that the painter was Dutch.


title: Deaths in March 2018

paragraphs: The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in March 2018. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

paragraphs: Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.


title: Toko Shinoda

paragraphs: She returned to Japan and continues to work. She turned 100 in March 2013.


title: Phil Haus

paragraphs: Philip Arthur Hauspurg (professionally known as Phil Haus) is an American actor and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Haus is best known as the co-founder of "Pheed", a social networking app.

paragraphs: Phil Haus graduated from Duke University with a degree in Sociology & Theatre in 2008. In 2011, Haus co-founded the social networking app "Pheed" along with OD Kobo. Pheed was ranked the number 1 downloaded app in the Apple and Google Play. In 2014, Pheed was acquired by Mobli Media Group for US$40 million, where Haus was appointed as Head of U.S. Operations. He opened the "Pheed House" on Mulholland Drive, a content creation hub for artists with the help of Snoop Dogg and Miley Cyrus. Notably, Haus also co-founded and led initial growth efforts for the Yo (app).

paragraphs: Haus appeared in a leading role in Diego Hallivis "Game Time (2011)", TV Series "Punk'd (2012)" and Comedy Central Series "Onion Sportsdome (2011)". In 2017, Haus produced a film "Curvature (2017)", which was well received by audiences.

paragraphs: According to Duke Magazine, Haus married longtime girlfriend and fellow Duke University alumnus Jessica Young in 2014.


title: Agustinia

paragraphs: Agustinia is a genus of sauropod dinosaur with a type of armour unique to "Agustinia" individuals only. It lived about 116 to 100 million years ago in Argentina. The type species ("Agustinia lugabuei") is named in honour of Dr. Giancarlo Ligabue, the discoverer of "Augustinia". The original generic name was ""Augustia"", which, as it turned out, was already preoccupied by a beetle (see also: "Megapnosaurus", "Protognathosaurus").


title: Dinosauromorpha

paragraphs: Dinosauromorpha are a clade of archosaurs that includes dinosaurs and other closely related animals. Birds are the only surviving dinosauromorphs.

paragraphs: The name was coined by Michael J. Benton in 1984. The first clade definitions were by Paul Sereno in 1991. He defined the concept as:

paragraphs: Another term, with somewhat different coverage is Avemetatarsalia.


title: Stanleycaris

paragraphs: Stanleycaris (meaning "crab of Stanley Glacier") is an extinct, monotypic genus of anomalocaridid which existed in Canada, during the middle Cambrian. Its fossils were found in the Burgess Shale in and also informally reported from Mount Odaray.

paragraphs: Putative lobopodian species "Aysheaia prolata" from Utah, United States were reinterpreted as an isolated frontal appendage of a member of the genus "Stanleycaris" by Pates, Daley & Ortega-Hernández (2017).


title: Altispinax

paragraphs: Altispinax (meaning "with high spines") is an predatory theropod dinosaur that lived near Sussex, England. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 137 million years ago. It was closely related to "Becklespinax", another dinosaur from Sussex.


title: Becklespinax

paragraphs: Becklespinax is a genus of large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England. It was found in Sussex, England and lived alongside the related "Altispinax".


title: Jimmy Hibbert

paragraphs: James "Jimmy" Hibbert is an English screen writer and voice actor best known for his work for Cosgrove Hall, mainly voicing Dr Von Goosewing, Ruffles, Gaston and many other characters in "Count Duckula", Victor in "Victor & Hugo", Bluey, Harry Slime and Bella in "Avenger Penguins" and Big Ears, Mr Plod, Mr Sparks, Mr Milko, Clockwork Clown, Gobbo and various male characters in "Noddy's Toyland Adventures".

paragraphs: Hibbert studied drama at the University of Manchester. From until 1973 until 1981, he was member of the band "Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias", performing with them on records and in the play "Sleak" produced at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1977.


title: 2011 World Series

paragraphs: The 2011 World Series is the 107th edition of the World Series, the championship game of Major League Baseball. It was between the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League and the Texas Rangers of the American League. The series lasted seven games and was won by the Cardinals.


title: Flag of Kyrgyzstan

paragraphs: The flag of Kyrgyzstan was created in 1992. The flag has a red background with a yellow sun that consists of 40 flames to represent the 40 tribes. The X shape in the middle is a Yurt.

paragraphs: It has a red field charged with a yellow sun with forty uniformly spaced rays; the sun is crossed by two sets of three lines.


title: Flag of Nepal

paragraphs: The national flag of Nepal () was created in December 1962. It is the only non-quadrilateral national flag in the world.

paragraphs: It has a combination of two red pennants) with the large blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles: the smaller upper triangle bears the white stylised moon (the rising sun on the horizontal crescent moon) and the larger lower triangle displays the white twelve-pointed sun.


title: Lawrence D. Brown

paragraphs: Lawrence David Brown (16 December 1940 – 21 February 2018) was an American educator and statistic analyzer. Miers Busch Professor and Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was president of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1992-93. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.


title: William H. T. Bush

paragraphs: William Henry Trotter "Bucky" Bush, CStJ (July 14, 1938 – February 27, 2018) was an American businessman. He was the youngest son of Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. He was the youngest brother of former President George H. W. Bush, and the uncle of former President George W. Bush.

paragraphs: Bush was the president of and director of the St. Louis-based Boatmen's Bancshares from 1978 to 1986, Bush was active in various St. Louis civic functions: he was chairman of the Board of Trustees of Saint Louis University from 1985 to 1992, chairman of the Missouri Botanical Gardens from 1991 to 1993 and president of the Municipal Opera Association from 2005 to 2006. He was also a director of Maritz, Inc, and served on the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri board of directors from 1989 to 1994.


title: Waldo R. Tobler

paragraphs: Waldo Rudolph Tobler (1930 – February 20, 2018) was an American geographer and cartographer. He was born in Portland, Oregon.

paragraphs: Tobler's idea that "Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things" is called as the "first law of geography." He has proposed a second law as well: "The phenomenon external to an area of interest affects what goes on inside".

paragraphs: Tobler was an active Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Geography until his death.

paragraphs: Tobler died in Santa Barbara, California on February 20, 2018 at the age of 87.


title: Antonio García-Trevijano

paragraphs: Antonio García-Trevijano Forte (July 18, 1927 – February 28, 2018) was a Spanish political activist, and an author. He was Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Granada and a notary, and worked as an attorney in Madrid from 1960 until his death in 2018. He was born in Granada, Spain.

paragraphs: García-Trevijano was called by the University Press of America as "a leading figure in Spanish politics since the late 1960s and probably one of the most important intellectuals of the 20th century in political and aesthetic theory".


title: Ștefan Tașnadi

paragraphs: Ștefan Tașnadi (Hungarian: István Tasnádi, 21 March 1953 – 28 February 2018) was a Romanian heavyweight weightlifter. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics. He was born in Cluj, Romania. Tașnadi took up lifting in 1970 at a sports school and from 1976 to 1984 was a member of the national team. He retired in 1984 to become a weightlifting coach.

paragraphs: Tașnadi died on 28 February 2018 in Cluj Napoca at the age of 65.


title: Luigi Taveri

paragraphs: Luigi Taveri (19 September 1929 – 1 March 2018) was a Swiss motorcycle road racer. He was born in Horgen, Switzerland. He was three times world champion in the Grand Prix road racing championship, in 1962, 1964, and 1966.

paragraphs: Taveri made his world championship debut in the 1954 season. He participated in the Isle of Man TT on several occasions from 1955 to 1966 with three victories and several second placing amongst his results.

paragraphs: During his career he rode for MV Agusta, and became a works rider for Ducati, MZ, Kreidler and in 1961 for Honda.

paragraphs: Taveri died on 1 March 2018 in Zurich of complications from a stroke at the age of 88.


title: María Rubio

paragraphs: María Rubio (September 20, 1934 – March 1, 2018) was a Mexican television, movie and stage actress. She worked with Televisa as an actress of telenovelas. She was born in Tijuana, Baja California. She was known for her roles in "¡Vivan los niños!", "Salomé", "Querida enemiga" and in "Una familia con suerte" as Inés De la Borbolla y Ruiz. She retired in 2012.

paragraphs: Rubio died in Mexico City on March 1, 2018 at the age of 83.


title: Antonio Tajani

paragraphs: Antonio Tajani (born 4 August 1953) is an Italian politician. He served as President of the European Parliament from January 2017 to July 2019. He served as European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship between 2010 and 2014. Tajani was also European Commissioner for Transport (2008–2010). He is a member of Forza Italia party.

paragraphs: Tajani studied law at the Sapienza University of Rome. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1994.


title: Textile arts

paragraphs: Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal or synthetic fibres to construct practical or decorative objects.

paragraphs: Textiles have been used since the beginning of civilization. Many methods and materials used to make them, but the functions of textiles have stayed the same.

paragraphs: The history of textile arts is also the history of international trade. Tyrian purple ("imperial purple") dye was important in the ancient Mediterranean. The Silk Road brought Chinese silk to India, North Africa, and Europe. In many countries, laws controlled who could buy and wear fine textiles. This was because they were a symbol of social class and status.

paragraphs: The Industrial Revolution started a revolution of textiles technology: the cotton gin, the spinning jenny, and the power loom mechanized production. The mechanisation of hand work was opposed by the Luddite rebellion.


title: Kaori Ishibashi

paragraphs: Kaori Ishibashi (, "Ishibashi Kaori"; born May 6, 1962) is a Japanese confectionary researcher, baking instructor, and author known for her specialty in cheesecakes. She has written 47 baking cookbooks and over 400 cheesecake recipes.

paragraphs: Kaori Ishibashi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She raised in Nagano Prefecture where she graduated from Suwafutaba High School. She went on to attend Meiji University of Integrative Medicine. She graduated as a practitioner in acupuncture and moxibustion. After graduating, she worked at Tokyo Jiyugaoka Hospital as a chiropractor and practitioner of moxibustion.

paragraphs: Ishibashi began her confectionary career as a self-taught baker starting off with wholesale business to restaurants and taking request orders for wedding cakes while working as an acupuncturist. Fascinated by the art of baking, she began reading cookbook after cookbook wondering why her finished product never turned out as expected. Unsatisfied with the conventional methods found in the cookbooks she read she decided to learn under confectioner and former house of representatives member Makiko Fujino. After 3 years under the training of Fujino, she received a diploma from Makiko Foods Studio. Thereafter she attended various culinary schools around the world such as Bellouet Conseil in France, the The Culinary Institute of America, Valrhona Chocolate School in France, and received training under various French chefs visiting Japan.

paragraphs: Ishibashi is currently living and working in Nagano, Japan as a confectionary researcher and author. She regularly publishes recipes in various magazines such as “レタスクラブ (retasukurabu), “Ｓａｉｔａ”, “おはよう奥さん” (ohayō okusan), “天然生活” (tennen seikatsu). She is also president of Cake Freak Inc. Ishibashi is currently focusing her efforts on opening her own cheesecake shop in New York City.


title: Unnax

paragraphs: Unnax is a financial technology platform that provides Banking as a Service (Baas). It provides applications to quickly, economically, and safely connect banks and companies.

paragraphs: The company was founded by Jordi Perez Roselló and Julián Díaz-Santos Hernández in 2015 at Spain. Unnax received 1.5 million euros of financing with the help of Swanlaab Venture Factory in 2017.

paragraphs: The multi-product platform offers payment solutions and money movements, financial data and tools for risk measurement, as well as products for the management of customer validation processes, identity verification instruments, fraud prevention, etc.

paragraphs: Digital sales platforms uses Unnax money movement services to solve payment management among their users. Unnax offers services to the customers of sectors such as  financial institutions, financial technology companies, lenders, e-commerce,etc.

paragraphs: The company helped Experian, a global information service company, to develop Experian Bank Reader, a service that allows to capture banking information online and verify the identity of the client.


title: Xaver Schlager

paragraphs: Xaver Schlager (born 28 September 1997) is an Austrian footballer who plays as Midfielder for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.

paragraphs: After playing for the youth team of SC St. Valentin he came to the FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy in 2011, where he played in all teams. In 2015, he was transferred to FC Liefering, the farm team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. In 2016 he signed a contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg. On May 10th 2016 he played his first match in the Austrian Bundesliga versus SV Grödig.

paragraphs: He also was captain of the FC Salzburg U19 team which won the 2016/17 UEFA Youth League.

paragraphs: He played for the Austrian U16, U17 and U19 national team. With Austria U19 he played the UEFA U19 European Championship 2015. Then he played for the U21 national team. In March 2018 he had his first appearance in th Nationalteam of Austria.


title: Pre-ejaculate

paragraphs: Pre-ejaculate (also known as pre-ejaculatory fluid, pre-seminal fluid or Cowper's fluid, and "pre-cum") is a clear, colorless, fluid that comes from a penis when a man feels sexual arousal. Pre-ejaculate functions as a lubricant.


title: Jami at-Tirmizi

paragraphs: Jami at-Tirmizi (), also known as Sunan at-Tirmizi, is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections). It was collected by At-Tirmidhi. Sunnis regard this collection as fifth in strength of their six major hadith collections.


title: Shanag

paragraphs: Shanag is a genus of small carnivourus dinosaur. It was a dromaeosaur, a relative of the "Velociraptor".

paragraphs: "Shanag" was about 1.5 meters with a weight of five kilograms when fully grown.


title: Vladimir Tsirelson

paragraphs: Vladimir Tsirelson (Kharkiv, USSR; born March 3, 1948) is a Russian scientist known for his works in quantum chemistry, crystal chemistry and chemical bond theory. He is one of the pioneers of Quantum Crystallography. Professor and holds the Quantum Chemistry Department at the D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. His works are cited more than 3000 times, h-index=28.


title: Tétouan

paragraphs: Tétouan (, , , ) is a city in northern Morocco.

paragraphs: Tétouan is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. It lies a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 60 km (40 mi) E.S.E. of Tangier.

paragraphs: 380,787 people lived there in the 2014 census.

paragraphs: The medina (old town) of Tetuan is a UNESCO World Heritage site.


title: Mario Salieri

paragraphs: Mario Salieri (born November 29, 1957) is an Italian pornographic movie director and producer. He was born in Naples, Italy.

paragraphs: Salieri started his adult movie career with semi-amateur movies shot in Amsterdam for the Italian market. Since the early 1990s, he has directed and written many adult erotic titles. He was known for his movies "La Dolce Vita" (2003), "Faust" (2002), "Casino" (2001), "Clinica della vergogna, La" (1995), "Eros e Tanatos" (1995), "Dracula" (1994), "Sceneggiata napoletana" (1994), "Adolescenza perversa" (1993), "Arabika" (1992), "Discesa all'inferno" (1991), "Napoli - Parigi, linea rovente 1" & "2" (1991), "Roma Connection" (1991) and "Roman Orgies - Italian Perversions".


title: Flag of the Republic of China

paragraphs: The flag of the Republic of China is a red flag with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays. In Chinese, the flag is commonly described as Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth(青天白日滿地紅) to reflect its property.

paragraphs: The flag was first used in mainland China as the Navy flag in 1912, and was made the official national flag of the Republic of China (ROC) in 1928 by the Kuomintang (KMT). The flag is no longer used in mainland China after the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949.


title: Flag of Malaysia

paragraphs: The flag of Malaysia, also known as the Stripes of Glory (), was created in May 1950. The flag has 14 horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, a yellow crescent and 14-point star on a blue field.


title: Flag of Uzbekistan

paragraphs: The flag of Uzbekistan was created in 1991.

paragraphs: It has three horizontal bands of blue, white and green, separated by two thin red fimbriations, with a crescent moon which is a Turkic symbol and twelve stars at the canton that represents Allah in the Arabic script.


title: Flag of Bhutan

paragraphs: It has divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange, with a white dragon called the Druk (the Thunder Dragon) holding four jewels ("norbu") in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the hoist.


title: Flag of Tajikistan

paragraphs: The national flag of Tajikistan (, ) was created in November 1992, replacing the flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic of 1953.

paragraphs: It has three horizontal tricolour of red, white and green; charged with a crown surmounted by an arc of seven stars at the center.


title: Rosenau, Haut-Rhin

paragraphs: Rosenau is a French commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department.


title: Bannio Anzino

paragraphs: Bannio Anzino is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont. It is about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania.

paragraphs: Bannio Anzino is next to these municipalities: Calasca-Castiglione, Carcoforo, Ceppo Morelli, Fobello, Rimella, Vanzone con San Carlo.


title: 24 (2016 movie)

paragraphs: 24 is an 2016's India's Tamil-language Sci-fi thriller movie. Movies' writer and director is Vikram Kumar. The story is a Time travel fiction, where film's star actor Suriya had played triple roles, alongside with lead actress' Nithya Menen, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Saranya Ponvannan.


title: Dorne Dibble

paragraphs: Dorne Allen Dibble (April 16, 1929 – March 1, 2018) was a former American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions in 1951 and again from 1953 to 1957. He studied at Michigan State. He was born in Adrian, Michigan.

paragraphs: Dibble died in Northville, Michigan on March 1, 2018 of pneumonia at the age of 88.


title: Turtle Bay, Manhattan

paragraphs: Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in the Manhattan Borough of New York state. It is most recognized for constituting the United Nations Headquarters, Chrysler Building, St Bartholomew's Church and the Grand Central Station at it's south boundary. Turtle Bay is on the far east side of Midtown Manhattan starting at 5th avenue and onwards, and between E 42nd and E 59th street vertically.


title: Anatoly Lein

paragraphs: Anatoly Yakovlevich Lein (; March 28, 1931 – March 1, 2018) was a Soviet-born American chess Grandmaster. He was born in Leningrad.

paragraphs: In 1976 Lein emigrated to the United States, finishing equal first with Leonid Shamkovich in the U.S. Open, and equal first with Bernard Zuckerman in the World Open chess tournament that year. He also played on the U.S. team in the 1978 Chess Olympiad.

paragraphs: In 2005 he was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in Miami.

paragraphs: Lein died on March 1, 2018 in Beachwood, Ohio at the age of 86.


title: Jesús López Cobos

paragraphs: Jesús López Cobos (25 February 1940 – 2 March 2018) was a Spanish conductor. He was born in Toro, Zamora.

paragraphs: From 1981 to 1990 he was general music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and from 1984 to 1988 he was music director of the Orquesta Nacional de España. From 1986 to 2001 he served as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and from 1990 to 2000 he was principal conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. From 2003 to 2010 he served as music director of the Teatro Real in Madrid.

paragraphs: López Cobos died in Berlin, Germany of neuroendocrine cancer on 2 March 2018 at the age of 78.


title: Brandon Jenkins

paragraphs: Brandon Dean Jenkins (June 7, 1969 – March 2, 2018) was an American singer-songwriter. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was part of the Red Dirt music genre. He was known for his musical tributes to the victims of the September 11 attacks.

paragraphs: Jenkins performed in the Texas and Oklahoma regions. He often played 150 shows per year and worked with Sunny Sweeney, Zane Williams, Cory Morrow, Deana Carter, Pat Green, Willie Nelson, The Mavericks and Kevin Welch.

paragraphs: Jenkins died of complications from heart surgery in Nashville, Tennessee on March 2, 2018 at the age of 48.


title: William Desmond Taylor

paragraphs: William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner; 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Irish director and actor. He was a popular person in the growing Hollywood motion picture business of the 1910s and early 1920s. He directed 59 silent movies between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915.

paragraphs: Taylor was shot and killed by an unknown suspect on 1 February 1922 at his Los Angeles home. The murder remains an official cold case (unsolved).


title: Mabel Normand

paragraphs: Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892  – February 23, 1930) was an American silent movie actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in his Keystone Studios. She appeared in 12 successful movies with Charlie Chaplin and 17 with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.


title: Mary Miles Minter

paragraphs: Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902 – August 4, 1984) was an American actress. She appeared in 54 silent era motion pictures from 1912 to 1923.

paragraphs: In 1922, Minter was involved in scandal surrounding the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, for whom she said she was in love with. Minter's reputation was ruined when her mother became a suspect, and she gave up her movie career in 1923.

paragraphs: Minter died of a stroke on August 4, 1984 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 82.


title: Olive Thomas

paragraphs: Olive Thomas (October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent movie actress and model. Her first movie, "Madcap Madge", was released in June 1917. Thomas' popularity at movie studios grew with performances in "Indiscreet Corrine" (1917) and "Limousine Life" (1918).

paragraphs: On September 10, 1920, Thomas died of acute nephritis in Paris five days after consuming mercury bichloride. Although her death was ruled accidental. Thomas' death has been called as one of the first heavily publicized Hollywood scandals.


title: Nephritis

paragraphs: Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys. It may involve the glomeruli, tubules, or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules.

paragraphs: Nephritis is often caused by infections, and toxins, but is most commonly caused by autoimmune disorders that affect the major organs like kidneys.

paragraphs: Nephritis can produce glomerular injury, by disturbing the glomerular structure with inflammatory cell proliferation. This can lead to reduced glomerular blood flow, leading to reduced urine output (oliguria) and retention of waste products (uremia). As a result, red blood cells may leak out of damaged glomeruli, causing blood to appear in the urine (hematuria).


title: Charleroi, Pennsylvania

paragraphs: Charleroi ( ) is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania. It lays along the Monongahela River. It is 21 miles south of Pittsburgh. Charleroi was settled in 1890 and incorporated in 1891. The 2010 census recorded a population of 4,120.


title: Spalding County, Georgia

paragraphs: Spalding County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is just south of Atlanta. The county seat is Griffin. Spalding County has two cities, one town, and many unincorporated areas.


title: Marc L. Marks

paragraphs: Marc Lincoln Marks (February 12, 1927 – February 28, 2018) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. Marks served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district from 1977 to 1983.

paragraphs: In 1994, Bill Clinton nominated Marks as Commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.

paragraphs: Marks was born in Farrell, Pennsylvania. He studied at University of Alabama and at University of Virginia. Marks died on February 28, 2018 in Chevy Chase, Maryland at the age of 91.


title: 2018 Italian general election

paragraphs: The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018. The election was held to elect politicians to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

paragraphs: The last election was in 2013. In that election, the social democratic Democratic Party won the most seats.

paragraphs: The populist Five Star Movement won the most votes. Three months after the election, the Five Star Movement formed a coalition with the right-wing Lega Nord. Independent Giuseppe Conte became Prime Minister of Italy on 1 June 2018.


title: Upper Kohistan District

paragraphs: Upper Kohistan is an administrative district within Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan.

paragraphs: In 2014, the government bifurcated Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan.

paragraphs: Upper Kohistan District is divided into two tehsils:


title: Albert Mkrtchyan

paragraphs: Albert Mkrtchyan (, February 27, 1937 – February 28, 2018); Armenian movie director, screenwriter, and actor. He was honored with the People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia (2003). He was born in Gyumri, Soviet Union. His best known works are "The Tango of Our Childhood", "Tghamardik" and "The Song of the Old Days".

paragraphs: Mkrtchyan died on February 28, 2018 in Yerevan, Armenia, one day after his 81st birthday.


title: Lower Kohistan District

paragraphs: Lower Kohistan is an administrative district in Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

paragraphs: In 2014, the provincial government split Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan.


title: Vanessa Goodwin

paragraphs: Vanessa Goodwin (22 April 1969 – 3 March 2018) was an Australian politician. She was the Liberal Party member for the seat of Pembroke in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from the Pembroke by-election on 1 August 2009 until her resignation due to health reasons on 2 October 2017.

paragraphs: Goodwin died from brain cancer on 3 March 2018 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 48.


title: Pattan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

paragraphs: Pattan is a town in Lower Kohistan District, Pakistan. It is also the capital of the district.


title: 2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake

paragraphs: On 26 February 2018, at 3:44 a.m. (25 February, 17:44 UTC), an earthquake of 7.5 moment magnitude struck in Hela Province, Papua New Guinea. The earthquake's epicenter was west of the town of Komo. The intensity of the earthquake was IX ("Violent") on the Mercalli intensity scale. At least 31 people were killed and a further 300 were injured.

paragraphs: The main shock struck at a depth of 35 km below the northern slopes of Mt. Sisa, and was followed by a 5.5 M aftershock less than 30 minutes later.

paragraphs: A state of emergency was declared on March 1 for the provinces of Hela, Southern Highlands, Enga and Western, together with a promise of 450 million kina (about 136 million US$) to help deal with the aftermath of the quake.


title: Ross

paragraphs: Ross ("Ros" in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county. The area once belonged to the Norwegian (West Norse) earldom of Orkney.

paragraphs: Ross-shire () is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland, Cromartyshire, Inverness-shire and an exclave of Nairnshire. It includes most of Ross as well as Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

paragraphs: Dingwall is the traditional county town.


title: Chakdara

paragraphs: Chakdara (Urdu and ) is a town in Lower Dir District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.


title: Ota Filip

paragraphs: Ota Filip (9 March 1930 – 2 March 2018) was a Czech novelist and journalist. He has written in both German and Czech.

paragraphs: During the communist era government of Czechoslovakia his works were banned or censored by the authorities, and after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact Armed Forces in 1968, he was sentenced for his dissident activities, and incarcerated between 1969–1971.

paragraphs: After he was released from political prison, he moved to Germany in 1974.


title: Asif Ali Zardari

paragraphs: Asif Ali Zardari (; ) is a Pakistani politician who was the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008-2013 and the former co-chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party.

paragraphs: He became famous after he married Benazir Bhutto in 1987, daughter of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. His wife became prime minister in 1988. He returned from self-exile from Dubai when his wife was assassinated in 2007. As new Co-chairperson he became president after his party won the 2008 general elections. He passed the 18th amendment to constitutionally reduce his powers and allied with the U.S in the war in Afghanistan.

paragraphs: Zardari was born on 26 July 1955 in Karachi, Sindh.It is also said that in 2007 he had his wife assasinated himself to bring himself to power.


title: Li Boguang

paragraphs: Li Boguang (; October 1968 – 26 February 2018) was a Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist. He was the director of the Quimin Research Institute in Beijing. Li supported farmers seeking compensation for confiscated farmland. He was arrested in 2004 following his involvement in the Tangshan protest.

paragraphs: Li died on 26 February 2018 of liver cancer on 26 February 2018 at the age of 49. His death has raised questions as to whether the Chinese government was responsible for his death. His death has been compared to Liu Xiaobo.


title: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

paragraphs: Coraopolis is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,677 at the 2010 census.

paragraphs: It is a small community located to the west of Pittsburgh, along the Ohio River and to the east of the Pittsburgh International Airport. The American Bridge Company is headquartered in Coraopolis.


title: Flag of Maldives

paragraphs: The flag of Maldives was created in July 1965.

paragraphs: It has a green rectangle centered on a red field; charged with a white crescent facing the fly-side.


title: Flag of Cambodia

paragraphs: The national flag of Cambodia (Khmer: "Tung-Cheat", "National flag") was created in 1993.

paragraphs: It has three horizontal bands of blue, red (double width) and blue, with a depiction of Angkor Wat in white centered on the red band.


title: Flag of Myanmar

paragraphs: The current flag of Myanmar (also known as Burma) was adopted on 21 October 2010 to replace the former flag in use since 1974.

paragraphs: It has a horizontal bands of yellow, green and red; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre.


title: Flag of East Timor

paragraphs: The flag of East Timor () was created in 2002.

paragraphs: It has a red field with the black isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side bearing a white five-pointed star in the center superimposed on the larger yellow triangle, also based on the hoist-side, that extends to the center of the flag.


title: Flag of Papua New Guinea

paragraphs: The flag of Papua New Guinea was created in 1971.

paragraphs: It has divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner: the upper triangle is red with the soaring raggiana bird-of-paradise and the lower triangle is black with the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star.


title: Flag of Tonga

paragraphs: It has a red field with the white rectangle on the upper hoist-side corner bearing the red Cross in the center.


title: Glenn Greenwald

paragraphs: Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American journalist and author, best known for his role in a series of reports published by "The Guardian" newspaper. The first of these reports were published in June 2013. The reports were about the United States and British global surveillance programs. They were based on classified documents disclosed by Edward Snowden. Greenwald and the team he worked with won both a George Polk Award and a Pulitzer Prize for these reports. Greenwald has written several best-selling books, including, "No Place to Hide".

paragraphs: Greenwald's work on the Snowden story was featured in the documentary, "Citizenfour", which won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Greenwald appeared on-stage with director Laura Poitras and Snowden's girlfriend, Lindsey Mills, when the Oscar was given. In the 2016 Oliver Stone feature film "Snowden", Greenwald was played by actor Zachary Quinto.

paragraphs: Before the Snowden file disclosures, Greenwald was widely considered one of the most influential opinion columnists in the United States. After working as a constitutional attorney for ten years, he began blogging on national security issues before becoming a "Salon" contributor in 2007 and then moving to "The Guardian" in 2012. He currently writes for and co-edits "The Intercept", which he founded in 2013 with Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill.


title: Jean-Guy Hamelin

paragraphs: Jean-Guy Hamelin (October 8, 1925 – March 1, 2018) was a Canadian Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Saint-Sévérin-de-Proulxville, Quebec.

paragraphs: Hamelin was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1949 in Trois-Rivières, Québec and was named first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda, Canada on November 29, 1973. He retired on November 30, 2001, succeeded by Dorylas Moreau and named Bishop Emeritus.

paragraphs: Hamelin died on March 1, 2018, aged 92 in Rouyn-Noranda.


title: Joseph Bagobiri

paragraphs: Joseph Danlami Bagobiri (8 November 1957 – 27 February 2018) was a Nigerian Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1983, Bagobiri served as bishop of Kafanchan from 1995 until his death in 2018.

paragraphs: Bagobiri died on 27 February 2018 at the age of 61.


title: Luckau

paragraphs: Luckau (Lower Sorbian: "Łuków") is a town in Brandenburg, Germany.


title: Mittenwalde

paragraphs: Mittenwalde is a town in Brandenburg, Germany.


title: Hubbard, Ohio

paragraphs: Hubbard is a city in Ohio in the United States.


title: Streetsboro, Ohio

paragraphs: Streetsboro is a city in Ohio in the United States.


title: Billy Herrington

paragraphs: Billy Herrington (July 14, 1969 – March 3, 2018) was an American pornographic movie actor and bodybuilder. He was born in North Babylon, New York. Herrington was best known for his work in gay pornography. He was bisexual. He was known for his role in "HotMen CoolBoyz" (2000). Occasionally, Herrington performed striptease acts at gay clubs in the United States.

paragraphs: On March 3, 2018, Herrington was killed in a car accident in California at the age of 48.


title: North Babylon, New York

paragraphs: North Babylon is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in Suffolk County, on the south shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 17,509 at the 2010 census. It is a suburban middle class community located within the Town of Babylon.


title: Newport, Oregon

paragraphs: Newport is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was made a city in 1882, though the name dates back to the establishment of a post office in 1868. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 9,989; while as of 2013, it had an estimated population of 10,117.


title: Kenneth Gärdestad

paragraphs: John Charles Kenneth Gärdestad (9 May 1948 – 3 March 2018) was a Swedish lyricist. He was known for writing lyrics for the songs of his brother, Ted Gärdestad. He was head architect at Kunskapsskolan. He designed several of their schools in Sweden and abroad.

paragraphs: Gärdestad won Melodifestivalen 1979 as a songwriter for the song "Satellit" performed by his brother the singer. He was born in Sollentuna, Sweden.

paragraphs: Gärdestad died on 3 March 2018, in Stockholm of pneumonia caused by influenza while suffering from skin cancer and lymphoma at the age of 69.


title: Tommy DeVito (musician)

paragraphs: Tommy DeVito (June 19, 1928 – September 21, 2020) was an American musician and singer. He was best known as a founding member, baritone vocalist, and lead guitarist of the rock band The Four Seasons.

paragraphs: DeVito died on September 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada from COVID-19 at the age of 92.


title: The Four Seasons (band)

paragraphs: The Four Seasons is an American rock and pop band that became internationally successful in the 1960s and 1970s.

paragraphs: Since 1970, they have also been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. In 1960, the band known as the Four Lovers evolved into the Four Seasons, with Frankie Valli as the lead singer, songwriter Bob Gaudio (formerly of the Royal Teens) on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals, and Nick Massi on electric bass and bass vocals.

paragraphs: The Four Seasons were one of only two American bands (the other being the Beach Boys) to enjoy major chart success before, during, and after the British Invasion.


title: Pakistan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Pakistan sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It is the first time Pakistan is competing at the Winter Paralympics. The team has only one person, para-alpine skier Insha Asfar.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Pakistan") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: ter the earthquake, TIME Magazine showed recovery efforts. Asfar was photographed. TIME Readers saw photographs of her and wanted to help. Shriners and TIME magazine readers gave Asfar and her father money so she could go to the United States for medical treatment. After several trips, Rebecca Lambert and Todd Bent offered to sponsor Asfar so she could go to school in the United States. Asfar said yes. She was spending a lot of time in the United States to get medical treatment. She said it just made sense. While in school in the United States, she learned about skiing and started skiing in races. In 2013, she participated in the Hartford Ski Spectacular. This was her first important ski race. She got a scholarship that allowed her to compete. She joined the ski team at her school, Berkshire School. She competed with them for three years. Starting in 2014, she was was coached by Erik Petersen. Her main events are the Slalom and Giant Slalom.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.


title: Arabinda Muduli

paragraphs: Arabinda Muduli (1 September 1961 – 1 March 2018) was an Indian Odia musician and singer-songwriter. Muduli was born in Khanati, Khordha District, Odisha, India. He was the student of Bhikari Bal.

paragraphs: He sang just bhajans and turned down offers to sing commercial movie songs.

paragraphs: Muduli died of cardiac arrest in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 1 March 2018 at the age of 56.

paragraphs: Muduli was awarded the "Swar Srikshetra", at the lion gate of Jagannath temple, by the Governor of Odisha in 2014. He was also honored with a Certificate of appreciation, Mumbai Odia Mahasangh in 2013.


title: Tônia Carrero

paragraphs: Maria Antonieta de Farias Portocarrero (August 23, 1922 – March 3, 2018), known professionally as Tônia Carrero, was a Brazilian actress. She was born in Rio de Janeiro. She was known for her movie role in "Tico-Tico no Fubá" and for her television roles in "Água Viva" and in "Louco Amor".

paragraphs: Carrero died in Rio de Janeiro on March 3, 2018 of post-surgery cardiac arrest at the age of 95.


title: Davide Astori

paragraphs: Davide Astori (7 January 1987 – 4 March 2018) was an Italian professional footballer. He played as a central defender. He was born in San Giovanni Bianco, Italy.

paragraphs: Astori started his senior career with Milan, spending loan spells with Pizzighettone and Cremonese. In 2008 Cagliari signed him. He played youth football for Pontisola. He made his international debut for Italy in 2011 and represented his country 14 times, scoring one goal.

paragraphs: Astori died in a hotel room in Udine, Italy of a heart attack on 4 March 2018 at the age of 31.


title: Wolfhart Westendorf

paragraphs: Wolfhart Westendorf (18 September 1924 – 23 February 2018) was a Polish-born German Egyptologist. Westendorf was born in Świebodzin, Poland. He was a co-author of the "Grundriss der Medizin der alten Ägypter", the most well published study of the subject of ancient Egyptian medicine done in any language. He had also published many other books on Egyptology and the ancient Egyptian language.

paragraphs: Westendorf died in Berlin on 23 February 2018 at the age of 93.


title: Flag of England

paragraphs: The flag of England is a red centered cross on a white background.


title: Flag of Kiribati

paragraphs: The flag of Kiribati was created in July 1979.

paragraphs: It has a horizontal bands of red and blue with the gold frigatebird ("Fregata minor", in Gilbertese: "te eitei") flying over a gold rising sun ("otintaai"), with seventeen rays centered on the upper half and three white wavy horizontal stripes on the lower half.


title: Flag of Fiji

paragraphs: The flag of Fiji was created in October 1970.

paragraphs: It has a light Blue Ensign with the coat of arms centered on the outer half of the light blue field.


title: Flag of Palau

paragraphs: It is a light blue field, it is the large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist-side of center.


title: Michel Camdessus

paragraphs: Michel Camdessus (born 1 May 1933) is a French economist and administrator. He was Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 16 January 1987 to 14 February 2000.

paragraphs: Camdessus is also a member of the Fondation Chirac's board of directors, ever since the foundation was launched in 2008 by former French president Jacques Chirac.


title: Jacques de Larosière

paragraphs: Jacques de Larosière de Champfeu (born 12 November 1929 in Paris) is a French central banker.

paragraphs: Larosière was Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 17 June 1978 to 15 January 1987, and Governor of the Banque de France from 1987 to 1993.


title: Rodrigo Rato

paragraphs: Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo (born 18 March 1949) is a Spanish politician. He served as Minister of the Economy of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He is a member of the conservative People's Party (PP). He was also First Deputy Prime Minister from 2003 to 2004. He became Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and served from 2004 to 2007.

paragraphs: Rato was arrested on 16 April 2015 for alleged fraud, embezzlement and money laundering. His name appeared in the Panama Papers. On 23 February 2017, Rato was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to 4 ½ years' imprisonment.


title: Pierre-Paul Schweitzer

paragraphs: Pierre-Paul Schweitzer (29 May 1912 – 2 January 1994) was a French lawyer. He was the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s fourth managing director and chairman of the executive board, serving from 1963 to 1973.

paragraphs: Schweitzer was commissioned as a lieutenant in the French Army after the outbreak of World War II. When France fell in 1940, he joined the French Resistance.

paragraphs: Schweitzer died on 2 January 1994 in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 81.


title: Per Jacobsson

paragraphs: Per Jacobsson (5 February 1894 – 5 May 1963) was a Swedish economist. He was managing director of the International Monetary Fund from 21 November 1956 until his death in 1963.

paragraphs: Jacobsson's daughter Moyra, an artist, married Roger Bannister, the British Olympic athlete and medical doctor who was the first person to run the four-minute mile.


title: Ivar Rooth

paragraphs: Ivar Rooth (2 November 1888 – 27 February 1972) was a Swedish lawyer and economist. He served as Governor of the Swedish National Bank from 1929 to 1948 and as the second Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1951 to 1956. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Bank of International Settlements.

paragraphs: Rooth died in Sweden on 27 February 1972 at the age of 83.


title: Camille Gutt

paragraphs: Camille Gutt (born Camille Guttenstein; 14 November 1884 – 7 June 1971) was a Belgian economist, politician, and industrialist. He served as the first Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 6 May 1946 to 5 May 1951. Gutt was responsible for saving the Belgian franc before and after World War II.


title: Sentiero del Viandante

paragraphs: The Sentiero del Viandante (in English the "Wayfarer's Path") is a footpath in Lombardy. It goes along the eastern side of Lake Como. The path starts near the Church of Saint Martin at Abbadia Lariana in the Province of Lecco and ends at a church called Madonna di Val Pozzo near Piantedo in the Province of Sondrio. The path is about 45 km long.

paragraphs: The path dates from Ancient Roman times. It originally went from Milan to the border with Switzerland. In 1989, the Province of Lecco began to clear and restore the trail. It was given the name "Sentiero del Viandante" in 1992. It is now one of the most popular hiking trails in Northern Italy.


title: H. Wayne Norman, Jr.

paragraphs: H. Wayne Norman Jr. (November 3, 1955 – , 2018) was an American politician. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of the Maryland Senate, representing District 35 in Harford and Cecil counties serving from 2014 until his death in 2018. Norman was appointed to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2008 until 2014.

paragraphs: Norman died in Annapolis, Maryland between March 2 and March 4, 2018 of a suspected heart attack at the age of 62.


title: Westmount, Quebec

paragraphs: Westmount is a suburb on the Island of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is an enclave of the city of Montreal, with a population of 19,931 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

paragraphs: Westmount was home of the Montreal Arena, the third arena in history to be built specifically for hockey.

paragraphs: The 2016 census found that 51.3% of residents spoke English, and 21.3% spoke French, as their main language.


title: Donald Knuth

paragraphs: Donald Knuth, born January 10, 1938 in Milwaukee is an American computer scientist who wrote a set of books caled "The Art of Computer Programming".


title: Flag of Nauru

paragraphs: It is a blue field with the thin yellow narrow horizontal stripe across in the center and the large white twelve-pointed star on the bottom of the stripe and near the hoist-side.


title: Heath, Ohio

paragraphs: Heath is a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,310 at the 2010 census.


title: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten

paragraphs: Prince Gustaf Adolf (22 April 1906 – 26 January 1947) was a Swedish prince, 2nd in line of succession to the Swedish throne after his father. Born in Stockholm, he was the eldest son of Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and his first wife Princess Margaret of Connaught. Prince Gustaf Adolf was the father of the current king, Carl XVI Gustaf.

paragraphs: The prince was killed on 26 January 1947 in an airplane crash at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark.


title: Time in France

paragraphs: France uses Central European Time (CET) (UTC+01:00) during the winter and Central European Summer Time (CEST) (UTC+02:00) in the summer.

paragraphs: French territories observe different time zones:

paragraphs: France observes daylight saving time (DST) starting at 02:00 local time on the last Sunday in March and ends at 03:00 local time on the last Sunday in October. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is the only French territory that uses DST and follows the schedule as Canada and the United States, starting on the second Sunday in March and ending on the first Sunday in November.


title: Primetime

paragraphs: Primetime (also known as prime time) is a timeslot on most networks running from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Eastern and 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Central and Mountain. It is the most watched timeslot on television. It is before late night television.


title: Late night television

paragraphs: Late night television is a timeslot after primetime and before the overnight graveyard slot. It runs from 11:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Eastern Time. In the United States, local news precedes the block. Shows include "The" "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS, "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on NBC, and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on ABC.


title: Matteo Salvini

paragraphs: Matteo Salvini (; born 9 March 1973) is an Italian politician He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior from 1 June 2018 through 5 September 2019. Salvini is also the Federal Secretary of Lega Nord since December 2013 and Us with Salvini since December 2014. He has been a Senator in the Italian Senate since March 2018. He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North-West Italy constituency from 2004 to 2018. Salvini is nicknamed by his supporters "The Captain" ("Il Capitano").

paragraphs: Salvini attended the University of Milan. He served on the Milan City Council from 1993 to 2012. Salvini was first elected to the European Parliament in 2004.


title: Tomas Aguon Camacho

paragraphs: Tomas Aguon Camacho (September 18, 1933 – March 5, 2018) was a Northern Mariana Islander religious figure. He was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in the Northern Mariana Islands. He served as bishop from 1984 until his retirement in 2010. He was born in Chalan Kanoa, Saipan.

paragraphs: Camacho died in Saipan on March 5, 2018 of sepsis, aged 84.


title: James Ivory

paragraphs: James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American movie director, producer, and screenwriter.

paragraphs: For his work on "Call Me by Your Name" (2017), Ivory won awards from the Academy Awards, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Writers Guild of America, the Critics' Choice Awards and the Scripter Awards, among others.

paragraphs: For winning the Oscar and BAFTA, Ivory became the oldest-ever winner in any category for both award shows.


title: Jacqueline Vaudecrane

paragraphs: Jacqueline Vaudecrane (22 November 1913 – 27 February 2018) was a French figure skater. She was born in Paris. She finished first at the French Figure Skating Championships in 1937 and 1938. Vaudecrane became a successful coach.

paragraphs: Vaudecrane died in Paris on 27 February 2018 at the age of 104.


title: Luigi Di Maio

paragraphs: Luigi Di Maio (; born 6 July 1986) is an Italian politician. He served as Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies. He was also the leader of the Five Star Movement, the anti-establishment party founded by Beppe Grillo between 2017 to 2020. He ran for Prime Minister of Italy in the 2018 general election.

paragraphs: In September 2017, Di Maio was elected the Prime Minister candidate and Political Head of the M5S, with more than 82% of votes.

paragraphs: Between 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy.

paragraphs: On 5 September 2019, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appointed him to be Minister of Foreign Affairs.


title: Timoleón Jiménez

paragraphs: Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri (born January 22, 1959 in Calarcá, Quindío), most known under the "nom de guerre" Timoleón Jiménez and the nickname Timochenko or Timochenco, is a Colombian guerrilla leader and politician. He is the former leader of the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

paragraphs: Jiménez took over the FARC leadership in November 2011 from Alfonso Cano after the leader was killed by the Colombian army.

paragraphs: In 2017, he was hospitalized for a blood clot in the brain. On March 1, 2018, he suffered a heart attack and underwent heart surgery.


title: Uttara Kannada District

paragraphs: Uttara Kannada (also known as North Canara) is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka.


title: IRZ-Stiftung

paragraphs: The German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Rechtliche Zusammenarbeit e.V. or IRZ) was set up in 1992 on the initiative of the German Federal Minister of Justice, Dr. Klaus Kinkel, as a registered non-profit association. Its headquarters are in Bonn, with an additional office in Berlin.

paragraphs: The IRZ works with institutions involved in legal and judicial reform in almost 30 partner states. This cooperation covers the states of Eastern and Southeast Europe, the MENA region and the South Caucasus, central Asia and Vietnam.

paragraphs: Within the framework of providing advice on legislation, the IRZ organises expert discussions, helps with the development of draft legislation and promotes the continued training and education of law professionals from all kinds of disciplines. To this end, seminars, workshops and conferences are organised in the relevant partner states. The main focus here is on national legal reforms and German and European law. Working visits, work placements and job shadowing are also made available in Germany for training and education purposes, allowing a direct, practice-oriented exchange of experiences with German experts. The IRZ also does everything it can to support law students by working with universities, providing supplementary studies, seminars and lectures.

paragraphs: The IRZ is supported and assisted by its members and the board of trustees. These include personalities from the worlds of politics, business, management, academia and legal associations and companies. The IRZ can also rely on support from numerous other experienced experts from a wide variety of specialist areas of the law. This means that the IRZ can guarantee specialist expert advice and non-bureaucratic, fast, flexible and coordinated support over the long term for its partner states.

paragraphs: Together with its partners, the IRZ develops and consolidates:

paragraphs: The IRZ is commissioned by the German Federal Government and is therefore primarily financed by the budget of the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and by project funding from the German Federal Foreign Office. The IRZ also carries out projects as part of the European Union Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.


title: Hans Lippershey

paragraphs: Hans Lippershey (1570 – buried 29 September 1619), was a German-Dutch spectacle-maker. He is known as the first person to build a telescope, although this is not clear who built the telescope.

paragraphs: English speakers spell "Lippershey." German and Dutch speakers spell "Lipperhey."


title: Sunan Abu Dawood

paragraphs: Sunan Abu Dawood (Arabic: سنن أبي داود) is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections). It was collected by Abu Dawood. Sunnis regard this collection as fourth in strength of their six major hadith collections.

paragraphs: Abu Dawud collected 500,000 hadith, but included only 4,800 in this collection. It took Abu Dawood 20 years to collect the hadiths.


title: Flag of the Solomon Islands

paragraphs: The flag of the Solomon Islands was created in 1977.

paragraphs: It is a thin yellow narrow diagonal stripe divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner: the upper triangle is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an "X" pattern and the lower triangle is green.


title: Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia

paragraphs: The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) was created in 30 November 1978. The blue field represents the Pacific Ocean, while the four stars represent the states in the federation: Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap.

paragraphs: It has a light blue field with four white five-pointed stars arranged in the diamond pattern in the center.


title: Flag of Tuvalu

paragraphs: The current flag of Tuvalu was instated when the country became independent in 1978, after the separation from the Gilbert Islands in 1976. It was adopted on 11 April 1997.

paragraphs: It has a light Blue Ensign with the Map of the Island of nine yellow five-pointed stars on the outer half of the flag.


title: Flag of Vanuatu

paragraphs: The flag of Vanuatu was created in 1980.

paragraphs: It has a horizontal bands of red and green with the black isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side bearing the golden boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele fern fronds in the center and the golden pall, a thin yellow narrow horizontal stripe that splits in the shape of the horizontal "Y", centered over the partition lines and was fimbriated in black against the red and the green bands while the two points of the "Y" faces on each corner and encloses the triangle on the hoist-side.


title: Flag of Samoa

paragraphs: The flag of Samoa is a red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center.


title: Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet

paragraphs: Sir William Hepburn McAlpine, 6th Baronet (12 January 1936 – 4 March 2018) was a British businessman. He was director of the construction company Sir Robert McAlpine. British Rail Class 60 60008 of EWS was named in his honour. McAlpine became involved in a plan to save the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway and became its chairman.

paragraphs: McAlpine died on 4 March 2018 at the age of 81.


title: Trevor Baylis

paragraphs: Trevor Graham Baylis (13 May 1937 – 5 March 2018) was an English inventor. He was best known for the wind-up radio. He invented it in response to the need to communicate information about AIDS to the people of Africa.

paragraphs: Baylis was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours.

paragraphs: In March 2010, Baylis stated that he was sexually abused at age 5 by a Church of England curate.

paragraphs: Baylis died on 5 March 2018 in London of natural causes at the age of 80.


title: Trumbull County, Ohio

paragraphs: Trumbull County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. 210,312 people lived there in the 2010 census. The county seat is Warren, which developed industry along the Mahoning River.

paragraphs: Trumbull County is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.


title: Kjerstin Dellert

paragraphs: Kjerstin Dellert (4 November 1925 – 5 March 2018) was a Swedish opera singer and theater manager. Dellert made her opera debut at Stora teatern (the old Gothenburg Opera stage) in Gothenburg in the 1950s.

paragraphs: Dellert was the Director of the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen. Since the mid-1990s she has been retired from the stage, officially retired from the Swedish Royal Opera since 1979.

paragraphs: Dellert died on 5 March 2018 in Stockholm of respiratory failure, aged 92.


title: Huron, Ohio

paragraphs: Huron is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States. 7,149 people lived there in the 2010 census. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Huron Township surrounds the City of Huron.


title: Uri Lubrani

paragraphs: Uriel "Uri" Lubrani (October 7, 1926 – March 5, 2018) was an Israeli diplomat and military official. In 1964, he joined the diplomatic corps of the Foreign Ministry. He was appointed ambassador to Uganda and non-resident ambassador to Burundi and Rwanda, serving until 1967. From 1967 to 1971, he was ambassador to Ethiopia.

paragraphs: From 1973 to 1978, he was head of the Israeli diplomatic mission in Iran, with the rank of ambassador.

paragraphs: Lubrani died on March 5, 2018 from natural causes in Tel Aviv at the age of 91.


title: Tate Reeves

paragraphs: Jonathon Tate Reeves (born June 5, 1974), known as Tate Reeves, is an American Republican politician. Reeves is the 65th Governor of Mississippi since January 2020. He served as the 32nd 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020.

paragraphs: Reeves was earlier elected as Mississippi’s 33rd state treasurer on November 4, 2003 and re-elected to a second term in 2007. He is the first Republican to have been state treasurer in Mississippi history.

paragraphs: After Senator Thad Cochran resigned in March 2018, news spread that Governor Phil Bryant would make Reeves Cochran's replacement. Cindy Hyde-Smith was selected as Cochran's replacement on March 21, 2018.

paragraphs: He was a candidate for Governor of Mississippi in the 2019 election. He beat Jim Hood in the general election, winning 52% of the vote.


title: Zuchon

paragraphs: Zuchon or Shichon is a hybrid breed dog or a designer dog. It is cross between Bichon Frisé and Shih Tzu.

paragraphs: The Zuchon is a small designer dog with a height around 12 inches. It weighs 12 to 14 pounds. Because it is a hybrid dog from two purebreds, it is known to have hybrid vigor (extra strength and health). When these dogs are first generation, they could possibly have better health than purebred dogs.

paragraphs: Since people are usually not allergic to them, Zuchons are generally more suitable for homes with allergy problems.


title: André S. Labarthe

paragraphs: André S. Labarthe (18 December 1931 – 5 March 2018) was a French actor, movie producer and director. He starred alongside Anna Karina in the 1962 movie "Vivre sa vie" (1962). He was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. He appeared in many movies directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

paragraphs: Labarthe was the director of many television documentaries and was known for his work "Cinéastes de notre temps". He also starred in "L'amour fou" (1969), "Les Enfants jouent à la Russie" (1993) and in "JLG/JLG – Self-Portrait in December" (1995).

paragraphs: Labarthe died in Paris on 5 March 2018 at the age of 86.


title: Alain Tanner

paragraphs: Alain Tanner (born 6 December 1929) is a Swiss movie director. His first feature movie, was "Charles, Dead or Alive" (1969). His next two movies, "La Salamandre" (1971) and "Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000" (1976) were well received.


title: Mike Espy

paragraphs: Alphonso Michael Espy (born November 30, 1953) is an American politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

paragraphs: From 1987 to 1993, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi. From 1993 to 1994 he was nominated to be the United States Secretary of Agriculture by President Bill Clinton. He was both the first African American and first person from the Deep South in that position.

paragraphs: Espy was indicted in 1997 for receiving improper gifts, but acquitted of all 30 charges in 1998.

paragraphs: On March 5, 2018, Epsy announced his candidacy for Thad Cochran's U.S. Senate seat in the wake of Cochran's retirement. On November 6, 2018, Espy and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith advanced to a run-off election where he lost to Hyde-Smith.

paragraphs: On November 30, 2018, Epsy filed to run again Hyde-Smith again for the 2020 election. He won the Democratic nomination again in March 2020.


title: Edward M. Abroms

paragraphs: Edward Michael Abroms (May 6, 1935 – February 13, 2018) was an American movie and television editor. He was nominated at the 56th Academy Awards for his work on the movie "Blue Thunder". He also received a Primetime Emmy Award for editing the "Columbo NBC Mystery Movie" in 1972. He also directed for the 1978-1979 NBC television series "The Eddie Capra Mysteries". He was born in Los Angeles, California.

paragraphs: Abroms died on February 13, 2018 of heart failure in Los Angeles at the age of 82.


title: Bette Henritze

paragraphs: Bette Joan Henritze (May 23, 1924 – February 22, 2018) was an American actress. She was born in Betsy Layne, Kentucky. She played supporting roles in movies like "The World According to Garp", "The Hospital", "Far From Heaven", and "Judy Berlin". She was most known for her work in Off-Broadway theatre. In 1967 she received the Obie Award.

paragraphs: Henritze died in Lynbrook, New York on February 22, 2018 at the age of 93.


title: Betsy Layne, Kentucky

paragraphs: Betsy Layne is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It was established in 1875 along the Levisa Fork. Its ZIP code is 41605. The 2010 census reported the population to be 688.


title: Giorgia Meloni

paragraphs: Giorgia Meloni (born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician and journalist, president of Brothers of Italy since 2014.

paragraphs: Meloni was Minister of Youth from 2008 to 2011. Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006. In 2019 she became a singer, her first single is “Io sono Giorgia (Genitore 1, Genitore 2)”


title: Moorhead, Mississippi

paragraphs: Moorhead is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,573.

paragraphs: Moorhead is along U.S. Route 82, east of Indianola. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and 0.77% is water.


title: Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

paragraphs: Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop FAA is a physicist and academic at the University of Queensland. She has led pioneering work in atom optics, laser micromanipulation, laser physics, linear and nonlinear high resolution spectroscopy, and nano-optics.

paragraphs: Halina Rubinsztein (later Rubinsztein-Dunlop) was born in Poland. She emigrated to Sweden and took her B.Sc. and PhD degree from the University of Gothenburg.

paragraphs: Rubinsztein-Dunlop moved to Australia in 1989, after her marriage to engineer Gordon Dunlop. She joined the staff of the Department of Physics at the University of Queensland. Rubinsztein-Dunlop established a research team that conducted research in laser physics. In 1995, she and a colleague established a Science in Action program, that was used to outreach educational programs for schools relating to the physical sciences.

paragraphs: Rubinsztein-Dunlop was appointed Professor of physics in 2000. She became Head of the University of Queensland Department of Physics, and later School of Mathematics and Physics from 2006-2013. She is Director of Quantum Science Laboratory and Manager of one of the scientific programs of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems. She initiated experimental programs in laser micromanipulation and atom optics at the University of Queensland. Her team was successful in demonstrating dynamical tunnelling in the Bose Einstein Condensate (BEC) Laboratory in a modulated standing wave. Rubinzstein-Dunlop's team has observed dynamical tunnelling in quantum chaotic systems.

paragraphs: Rubinsztein-Dunlop was made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2016.

paragraphs: Rubinsztein-Dunlop was awarded with an Order of Australia (AO) in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for "distinguished service to laser physics and nano-optics as a researcher, mentor and academic, to the promotion of educational programs, and to women in science".

paragraphs: Rubinsztein-Dunlop has published over 200 works in journals and books. She has also featured on radio and television.


title: False titles of nobility

paragraphs: False titles of nobility are titles of nobility which are fake. They have been invented or taken by a person or family. They are not recognised by the present or past government of the country.

paragraphs: There are a number of schemes that pretend to confer or sell such titles. They have flourished by use of the internet.

paragraphs: In monarchies, genuine titles do exist. But they may no longer be recognised by a successor state (such as a republic). Such is the case with French titles, for example. Formerly noble families often still use their old titles, and this is generally acceptable in that society. The title is borne or claimed by a hereditary heir. That is different from an invented or falsely-attributed noble title which is claimed without any historic basis.

paragraphs: Self-assumption of a title is not necessarily illegal. It depends on the law in the particular country. The bearers of some self-assumed titles do not claim that the titles have been recognized by any nation at any time.

paragraphs: Some individuals, associations or companies pretend to give a legal or official right to a title, to an individual or family. Naturally, this requires a remittance or donation, and hence the transaction may be illegal. Also, pretending to be a titled person with intent to deceive also may be an offence.


title: War Horse (novel)

paragraphs: War horse is a book originally written by Michael Morpurgo. The book has become very popular around the world. The book is about a horse who finds a new home with a loving caring family and is sent to war to become a war horse.


title: Epic TV

paragraphs: Epic TV is an Indian television channel that airs action drama comedy and narrative non-fiction and fictional programming with a focus on Indian history folklore and mythology genre. Epic television network PVT.TLD. on 19 November 2014, it airs programs in Hindi. Some of its programs like, Raja Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyaan,Kahi Suni,Dharmakshetra and Sanrachana have been added to Netflix and have been popular with the Indian diaspora.


title: 2017–2018 North Korea crisis

paragraphs: In 2017, a crisis began when North Korea threatened the United States with a nuclear weapon. They began testing missiles, which proved that North Korea could attack the United States with a missile.

paragraphs: North Korea also threatened Australia with a nuclear weapon, saying that they were following the United States for no reason.

paragraphs: By 2018, the crisis had slowed down after North Korea went into talks with South Korea. They also agreed to take part in the 2018 Winter Olympics under one team for both Koreas. North Korea then began to stop doing nuclear tests. In September 2018, a summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump happened in Singapore. North Korea agreed to stop making nuclear weapons.

paragraphs: Two other summits happened in 2019, but these did not go well and broke down.


title: Ultraman (manga)

paragraphs: Ultraman (stylized as ULTRAMAN) is a manga written by Eiichi Shimizu and drawn by Tomohiro Shimoguchi of "Linebarrels of Iron" fame. Published in "Monthly Hero's" since the magazine's inaugural issue, it is a manga sequel of the 1966 "Ultraman" television series. The series has been collected in 10 volumes as of July 2017. A 3DCG anime adaptation co-produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts is scheduled for release in 2019.


title: Ultra

paragraphs: Ultra was the name given by British military intelligence for the attack on German military codes in World War II. It included the Enigma machine and, later, the Japanese Purple machine.

paragraphs: The work on Enigma started before the war, when Polish cryptographers smuggled out an Enigma machine to England. The codename 'Ultra', however, was only given to the work in 1941.

paragraphs: Work on understanding the Enigma, and on breaking German military signals, was of vital importance in the Battle of the Atlantic, the greatest threat to Britain during the war. The key event occurred in 1941, when not just a machine, but also a codebook, was got from a German submarine.

paragraphs: Wartime signals intelligence (SIGINT) were got as follows. First of all, encrypted German radio messages in Morse code were recorded in Britain. Their place of origin was got by recording the messages at two different receiving places. The attack on the codes was done at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park.

paragraphs: Ultra became the standard term among the western Allies for all such intelligence. The name arose because the intelligence got was thought more important than the highest British security classification ("Most Secret").


title: Eleusinian Mysteries

paragraphs: The Eleusinian Mysteries () were a series of initiations held every year in honor of the Greek goddesses Demeter and Persephone. Based at the city of Eleusis (from which the name "Eleusinian" is derived), they are the "most famous of the secret religious rites of Ancient Greece." Scholars have proposed that the power of the Eleusinian Mysteries came also from drinking a psychedelic potion called "kykeon".

paragraphs: The mysteries represented the myth of the abduction of Persephone from her mother Demeter by Hades, the god of the underworld, in a cycle comprised of three phases: the "descent" (loss), the "search", and the "ascent". The main theme was the "ascent" (άνοδος) of Persephone to the mortal realm and her reunion with her mother. Those who participated in these mysteries were sworn to secrecy, and initiates were promised a reward in the afterlife. It was a major festival during the Hellenic era, and later spread to Rome. Similar religious rites appear in the agricultural societies of the Near East and in Minoan Crete.


title: Shammi

paragraphs: Shammi (24 April 1929 – 6 March 2018), born Nargis Rabadi, was an Indian movie actress. She appeared in over 200 Hindi movies. Shammi was born in Bombay, India.

paragraphs: Her famous movies as supporting actress included "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai", "Half Ticket", "Halaku", "Samaj Ko Badal Dalo", "Khuda Gawah", "Coolie No. 1", "Gopi Kishan" and "Hum Saath Saath Hain" and movies with Rajesh Khanna like "The Train", "Aanchal", "Kudrat", "Red Rose", "Awara Baap" and "Swarg".

paragraphs: Shammi died in her sleep on the March 6, 2018, from natural causes at the age of 88.


title: Putnisite

paragraphs: Putnisite is a mineral composed of strontium, calcium, chromium, sulfur, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.

paragraphs: It was discovered on the Polar Bear Peninsula in Shire of Dundas, Western Australia in 2007 during mining activity. The mineral was named after mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis.


title: Tallis Obed Moses

paragraphs: Tallis Obed Moses (born 24 October 1954) is a ni-Vanuatu pastor who has been President of Vanuatu since 6 July 2017.

paragraphs: Moses was originally from Port Vato, West Ambrym. He attended Primary School from 1964 to 1967. He later worked for the Teaching Service as a teacher in various schools, before attending the Tangoa Presbyterian Bible Institute in South Santo in 1978. He studied at the Sydney Missionary and Bible College in Australia from 1980 to 1981 and graduated with Diploma in Divinity and Mission. He later studied at Talua Ministry Training Centre between 1985 and 1986, graduating with a Diploma in Theology. He went back to Australia in 1989 and studied at the Alan Walker College of Evangelism, where he graduated in 1989 with Certificate of Merit.


title: Charles VIII of France

paragraphs: Charles VIII of France (June 30, 1470 – April 7, 1498) was the son of Louis XI, King of France and Charlotte of Savoy. He was born on June 30, 1470 in the Chateau d'Amboise, France.

paragraphs: Charles became King when aged 13. Because Charles was a minor, his older sister Anne acted as his regent, until he was 21-years-old.

paragraphs: In 1488, Anne, Duchess of Brittany was chosen to be Charles's wife. Anne, who was a wealthy, independent ruler had already agreed to marry Maximillian, the heir to the Austrian throne. To prevent the marriage, France invaded Brittany, and forced Anne to change her mind. Charles and Anne were married in December 1491.

paragraphs: As a king he was both militarily successful and diplomatically clever, and between 1494 and 1498 he completed an invasion of Italy without much opposition.

paragraphs: Although the young king was active and healthy, his children with Anne were not, and all died in infancy. So, when Charles died in an accident in April 1498, his cousin Louis succeeded him as Louis XII.


title: Earwax

paragraphs: Earwax is a sticky yellow or grey substance like wax produced by the ears. The earwax sticks to dust that gets in the ears to keep them clean. It also protects the skin of ear and protects ear from insects, water, fungi and bacteria. Some people try to remove earwax, which may damage the eardrum. The movement of jaws helps to clean the earwax naturally.


title: Bellerophon

paragraphs: Bellerophon (; gen. Βελλεροφόντης) is a hero of Greek mythology. The son of Poseidon and the mortal woman Eurynome (wife of King Glaucus of Corinth), he was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles". Bellerophon was famed for having tamed the flying Pegasus, who aided him in his greatest feat - killing the Chimera, a monster with a lion's head, the body of a goat, and a serpent's tail.


title: Jacaranda mimosifolia

paragraphs: Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to Asia that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its beautiful and long-lasting blue flowers. It is also known as jacaranda, blue jacaranda, black poui, or as the fern tree. Older sources call it Jacaranda acutifolia, but it is nowadays more usually classified as Jacaranda mimosifolia. In scientific usage, the name "jacaranda" refers to the genus Jacaranda, which has many other members, but in horticultural and everyday usage, it nearly always means the blue jacaranda.


title: Kashmir stag

paragraphs: The Kashmir stag ("Cervus canadensis hanglu"), also called hangul, is a subspecies of elk native to India. It is found in dense riverine forests in the high valleys and mountains of the Kashmir Valley and northern Chamba District in Himachal Pradesh. In Kashmir, it's found in the Dachigam National Park where it receives protection but elsewhere it is more at risk.


title: Abu Dawud

paragraphs: Abu Dawud, was a Persian scholar of hadith. He was born in Sistan, eastern Iran (then Persia) and died in 889 in Basra. He collected Sunan Abu Dawud, one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections). Imam Abu Dawud was a follower of Hanbali while some consider him Shafi. He wrote some 21 books in total. His major works include:


title: Cornbread Harris

paragraphs: James Samuel "Cornbread" Harris, Jr. (born April 23, 1927) is an American musician. He is a singer and pianist who performs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was a performer on Minnesota's first rock 'n' roll record, and is the father of record producer James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III.

paragraphs: When his father, James Samuel Harris Sr. was shot while gambling and his mother died of grieving, Harris was orphaned at age 3. He lived with foster families until he was 11 or 12 when he and his sister went to live with his grandparents in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has been married four times. One of his daughters died. He is the father of Jimmy Jam (James Harris III) who produced records for Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Usher.

paragraphs: Country music was an early influence, and Hank Williams and Gene Autry are among his early favorites.

paragraphs: Harris helped invent Augie Garcia's "Hi Yo Silver," a 1955 song that was Minnesota's first rock 'n' roll recording. He performed on the record, which he called a one-hit wonder (although Garcia is remembered as the godfather of Minnesota rock 'n' roll).

paragraphs: Harris was in the U.S. military and later worked for about 25 years for American Hoist & Derrick.

paragraphs: His repertoire includes blues and jazz and in his eighties, Harris still plays Minneapolis nightclubs including the Loring Pasta Bar in Dinkytown, Clubhouse Jäger in the North Loop and Palmer's and the Nomad World Pub on the West Bank.

paragraphs: Harris is a mentor to Cadillac Kolstad and "City Pages" calls them the "must-see dueling-piano act in town".


title: Public works administration

paragraphs: Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, it aimed at long-range recovery by spending over $4 billion on some 34,000 projects that included public buildings, highways, and parkways (i.e. the Grand Coulee Dam of the Columbia River).


title: Lin Hu (air force general)

paragraphs: Lin Hu (; 26 December 1927 – 3 March 2018) was a Chinese aviator, fighter pilot and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

paragraphs: Lin joined the Eighth Route Army to fight in the Second Sino-Japanese War before he turned 11.

paragraphs: After the Second World War, he was trained as a fighter pilot and fought in the Korean War and the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. He served as deputy commander of the PLA Air Force from 1985 to 1994 and attained the rank of lieutenant general in 1988.

paragraphs: Lin died on 3 March 2018 in Beijing at the age of 90.


title: John Hall Buchanan Jr.

paragraphs: John Hall Buchanan Jr. (March 19, 1928 – March 5, 2018) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. He was born in Paris, Tennessee. He served in the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 6th congressional district from 1965 through 1981.

paragraphs: Buchanan Jr. died of complications from dementia in Bethesda, Maryland on March 5, 2018 at the age of 89.


title: Paul Magriel

paragraphs: Paul David Magriel Jr. "(pronounced Ma-grill)" (July 1, 1946 – March 5, 2018) was an American professional backgammon player, poker player, and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He participated in the World Poker Tour placing second place and in the World Series of Poker placing eighth.

paragraphs: Magriel was a mathematics professor at the Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology) between 1969 and 1973.

paragraphs: Magriel died in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 5, 2018 of a suspected heart attack at the age of 71.


title: Jam Saqi

paragraphs: Jam Saqi (Sindhi: ڄام ساقي) (October 31, 1944 – March 5, 2018) was an Pakistani left-wing politician. He was general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan. Saqi was in jail for more than 15 years because of his political activities.

paragraphs: Saqi died in Hyderabad of kidney failure on March 5, 2018 at the age of 73.


title: Hayden White

paragraphs: Hayden White (July 12, 1928 – March 5, 2018) was an American historian in the tradition of literary criticism. He was most famous for his work "" (1973/2014). He ended his career as University Professor Emeritus at the history of consciousness department of the University of California, Santa Cruz.


title: Paul Bùi Văn Đọc

paragraphs: Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc (11 November 1944 – 6 March 2018) was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City from 2014 to 2018 and the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam from 2013 to 2016.

paragraphs: He died of a stroke in Rome on 6 March 2018 at the age of 73.


title: Peter Nicholls (writer)

paragraphs: Peter Nicholls (8 March 1939 – 6 March 2018) was an Australian literary scholar and critic. He was the creator and a co-editor of "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" with John Clute.


title: Sony Entertainment Television (India)

paragraphs: Sony Entertainment Television India is an Indian Hindi Language television channel from India. It was based general Entertainment. The was broadcast show's like, Aadalat,C.I.D,Bhoot Aaya,Maharana Pratap,Kya Hua Tera Vaada , Behyad,The Kapil Sharma Show,Hasil and Prithvi Vallabh - Itihaas Bhi,Rahasya Bhi.

paragraphs: The channel was launched on 8 November 1995, the Indian television channel was owned by Sony Pictures Networks


title: Primary progressive aphasia

paragraphs: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a type of neurological syndrome and rare type of dementia in which language capabilities slowly and progressively become impaired. As with other types of aphasia, the symptoms that accompany PPA depend on what parts of the left hemisphere are significantly damaged.


title: Neurological disorder

paragraphs: A neurological disorder is any disorder of the nervous system. Structural, biochemical or electrical abnormalities in the brain, spinal cord or other nerves can result in a range of symptoms.

paragraphs: Examples of symptoms include paralysis, muscle weakness, poor coordination, loss of sensation, seizures, confusion, pain and altered levels of consciousness.


title: Woody Durham

paragraphs: Woody Lombardi Durham (August 8, 1941 – March 7, 2018) was an American play-by-play radio announcer. He announced for the North Carolina Tar Heels football and men’s basketball programs from 1971 to 2011. He was born in Mebane, North Carolina.

paragraphs: Durham died on March 7, 2018 from complications from primary progressive aphasia in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the age of 76.


title: Helmut Maucher

paragraphs: Helmut Oswald Maucher (9 December 1927 – 5 March 2018) was a German businessman. He served as the CEO of Nestlé from June 1990 to June 1997. He was born in Eisenharz (Allgäu), Germany.

paragraphs: Maucher died in Berlin on 5 March 2018 at the age of 90.


title: Mebane, North Carolina

paragraphs: Mebane is a city located mostly in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, and partly in Orange County, North Carolina. The town was named for Alexander Mebane, an American Revolutionary War general and member of the U.S. Congress.

paragraphs: It was made as "Mebanesville" in 1881, and in 1883 the name was changed to "Mebane". It was named as a city in 1987. The population as of the 2010 census was 11,393.


title: Raymond Specht

paragraphs: Raymond Louis Specht (born July 19, 1924) is an Australian plant ecologist, conservationist and academic, who participated in the Arnhem Land Scientific Expedition of 1948.

paragraphs: Raymond Louis Specht was born in 1924 in Adelaide, South Australia to Louis and Harriet Specht. He attended Richmond Primary School and Adelaide High School, finishing high school as dux in 1941. Specht intended to pursue teaching as a career. In 1942 he was a student teacher in physics, chemistry and mathematics at Riverton High School. After attending a short course in teaching at the University of Adelaide, he enrolled in Adelaide Teachers College studying biology in 1943. He combined this with studies at the University of Adelaide, and ultimately took his BSc in botany and zoology in 1945 before taking first class honours in plant ecology in 1946.

paragraphs: Specht was invited to join the National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution sponsored Arnhem Land Scientific Expedition in 1946. After completing his Honours project he and the 15 other members of the group set out from Adelaide in March 1948. As the botanist for the group, Specht would spend 8 months with the team, collecting 25 tonnes of specimens. After the expedition ended, Specht and his specimens flew to Brisbane in 1949 where the collected materials were identified and prepared for distribution around the world. Materials were sent to six herbaria within Australia, to Kew in England, the Rijksmuseum in Leiden, the Smithsonian Institution and Arnold Arboretum in the U.S.

paragraphs: Specht returned to Adelaide and worked steadily on recording the materials recovered from the expedition over the next 14 years. The results of this would become Volume 3 of the Expedition, Botany and plant ecology (1958), co-edited with Charles P. Mountford. He also edited Volume 4 entitled Zoology (1964).

paragraphs: Specht worked as a senior research fellow at the University of Adelaide from 1950 while he worked on his MSc. He was appointed a lecturer in botany in 1951, and worked on his PhD for the next two years, on mineral nutrition and biomass relationships of the heath vegetation at Dark Island, South Australia. He rose to Senior Lecturer in 1955. In 1956, Specht earnt Fulbright, Smith Mundt and Carnegie grants to study in the U.S.

paragraphs: Specht took up a position as Reader in plant ecology at the University of Melbourne in 1961, and became Acting Head of the Department of Botany in 1964. He moved to the University of Queensland in 1966 as Professor and Head of the Department of Botany and remained there until 1989. He was Visiting Professor in the Department of Forestry at the University of Oxford in 1970. He was Visiting Professor in the Department of Botany at the University of Leeds in 1975.

paragraphs: Ray Specht married Marion Gilies in 1952. They met on a University of Queensland Science Student Expedition to Fraser Island in 1949. They had one daughter, Alison.


title: Saturated and unsaturated compounds

paragraphs: Saturated compounds contain a chain of carbon atoms linked together by single bonds. Saturated compounds are compounds like alkanes. Unsaturated compounds contain a chain of carbon atoms with a double bond between two of the carbon atoms in the chain. Unsaturated compounds are compounds like alkenes.


title: Can't Get You Out of My Head

paragraphs: "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It is the first single from her eighth studio album, "Fever". It is credited with reigniting her career in the 2000s. It is a dance-pop song. The song was reported to reach number one in her home country of Australia, along with New Zealand and every country in Europe except Finland, where it reached the top five. It reached number seven on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming her second US top-ten hit after her version of "The Locomotion" in 1988. It has become Minogue's signature song.


title: Hong Kong Time

paragraphs: Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT ; ) () is 8 hours earlier than Greenwich time ().


title: Tinda

paragraphs: Tinda (), also called "Indian squash", "round melon", "Indian round gourd", "apple gourd" or "Indian baby pumpkin", is a squash-like cucurbit grown for its immature fruit. The fruit is a vegetable that is especially popular in Southern Asia. It is the ""National vegetable of India"."


title: Indian mackerel

paragraphs: The Indian mackerel ("Rastrelliger kanagurta") is a species of mackerel in the scombrid family (family Scombridae) of order Perciformes. It is commonly found in the Indian and West

paragraphs: Pacific oceans, and their surrounding seas. It is an important food fish and is commonly used in South and South-East Asian cuisine. It is the ""National fish of India"."

paragraphs: It is known by various names, such as 'Kembung' in Indonesia, "Bangda"(बांगडा) in Marathi, "Aiyla"(അയല, ഐല) in Malayalam, "Kumula" (குமுளா) or "Kanaangeluthi" (கானாங்கெளுத்தி) in Tamil and "Bangude" (ಬಂಗುಡೆ) in Tulu, Konkani and Kannada.


title: Lebensraum

paragraphs: Lebensraum means "Living Space" in German. It is especially associated with Nazi Germany and Hitler's desire to expand the country. This belief led to the Invasion of Poland (1939) and Germany's conquering of the Sudentenland.


title: Mineralocorticoid

paragraphs: Mineralocorticoids are corticosteroids, a type of steroid hormone. Mineralocorticoids are produced in the adrenal cortex. They influence salt and water balances (electrolyte balance and fluid balance). The main mineralocorticoid is aldosterone.