title: Stephanie Braganza

paragraphs: Stephanie Braganza is a Canadian pop singer based in Toronto. In 2012, Stephanie won a Toronto Independent Music Awards. In April 2016, Stephanie was nominated for a Marty Awards.

paragraphs: Braganza was born in Kingston, Ontario and moved to Toronto. She graduated from Humber College with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2008 and was featured in the cover story of Humber College's EtCetera publication.

paragraphs: Stephanie is known for pop, Electronic dance music and RnB. She released her first album "Unexpected" in 2010. She co-wrote the entire album with Kolin Stewart. In 2013, She created the anthem "Time To Shine" for SIPO Foundation. Later she released her first single "2 Good 2 Be". In 2014, Stephanie released another single When "We Last Kissed" collaborated with Drega. She was invited to perform at Casino Rama, BLC Artist Cafe Stage, Mississauga Celebration Square and Yonge-Dundas Square.


title: Lotfi A. Zadeh

paragraphs: Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (; ; ; February 4, 1921 – September 6, 2017) was an Azerbaijani-born American mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher and professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.

paragraphs: Zadeh was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. His parents had the Iranian nationality, and his mother was of Russian-Jewish descent.

paragraphs: The family moved to Iran when he was ten years old. He moved to the United States in 1943-1944.

paragraphs: He studied at the University of Tehran and Columbia University. He is married to Fay Zadeh and they had two children.

paragraphs: He was best known for proposing the fuzzy mathematics relating of those fuzzy related concepts such as fuzzy logic. He was a founding member of Eurasian Academy.

paragraphs: Zadeh died on September 6, 2017 in Berkeley, California at the age of 96.


title: George Bundy Smith

paragraphs: George Bundy Smith (April 7, 1937 – August 5, 2017) was a lawyer and judge in New York State. While he was a law student at Yale University, he was part of the Freedom Ride from Atlanta, Georgia to Montgomery, Alabama.

paragraphs: Smith was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was raised in Washington, D.C.. He studied at Phillips Academy and at Yale University.

paragraphs: Smith was a judge of the New York City Civil Court from 1975 to 1979 and a justice of the New York State Supreme Court from 1980 to 1986. In 1986, Governor Mario Cuomo appointed Smith to the Appellate Division, First Department, where he served from 1986 to 1992. Smith's best-known opinion for the Court was "People v. LaValle", a 4-to-3 decision holding that New York's death penalty statute was unconstitutional due to the structure of its sentencing procedures.

paragraphs: In 2006, Governor George Pataki was urged to reappoint Smith to another term on the Court of Appeals, although Smith would have served only another 16 months on the Court before mandatory retirement at age 70.

paragraphs: Smith died on August 5, 2017 in Harlem, New York at the age of 80.


title: Unite the Right rally

paragraphs: The Unite the Right rally was a militant gathering of alt-right, neo-Nazi, white nationalist, and far-right groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11 and 12, 2017. The participants protested the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials from public spaces, specifically the "Robert Edward Lee" Sculpture in Emancipation Park.

paragraphs: Speakers scheduled to appear included Tim Treadstone, David Duke, Richard Spencer, Mike Enoch, and League of the South founder Michael Hill. Speakers claimed that Jews are ruining the West, and hailed Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. During the rally, David Duke stated that the rally intended to fulfill the "promises of Donald Trump."

paragraphs: During the rally, a car plowed into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one person, Heather Heyer, and injuring at least 24 others. A nearby police helicopter monitoring the response to the rally violence crashed, killing the two troopers on board. One of the troopers took aerial video footage of the car's impact with the crowd, this footage was used to file charges against Fields and then sealed by Prosecutor Platania to prevent the public from viewing it.

paragraphs: Witnesses described the violence as having originated from white nationalists.

paragraphs: President Donald Trump said: "We all must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Let's come together as one!" He added that he condemned "in the strongest possible terms" what he called an "egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides." Trump added that "What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order."

paragraphs: During the 2020 George Floyd protests, the United States Marine Corps made a rule against showing the Confederate flag at their bases. In the announcement, they said "events like the violence in Charlottesville in 2017 highlight the divisiveness the use of the Confederate battle flag has on our society."


title: Jim Jefferies (comedian)

paragraphs: Geoff James Nugent (born 14 February 1977), better known as Jim Jefferies, is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is well known in the United Kingdom and the United States. He also has a number of Netflix specials. In 2017, he began starring in the Comedy Central talk show "The Jim Jefferies Show".

paragraphs: Jefferies was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He has a son, Hank, with actress Kate Luyben.


title: Who You Are

paragraphs: Who You Are is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Jessie J, released on 28 February 2011 by Lava Records. The album was originally due to be released a month later but due to Jessie J's popularity the album got brought forward. The album was written over a five year period.

paragraphs: "Who You Are" received mainly positive reviews from music critics.

paragraphs: On 6 March 2011, "Who You Are" debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, behind Adele's "21". It sold 105,000 copies in its first week. In August 2013 the album was certified quadruple Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 1,200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.


title: Alive (Jessie J album)

paragraphs: Alive is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Jessie J. It was released on 23 September 2013 through Lava Music. Musically, "Alive" is a pop, dance-pop and R&B album that features influences from pop rock, soul and hip hop in its production. For the album's promotion Jessie J had shaved her hair and dyed it blonde.

paragraphs: "Alive" received mainly positive reviews from music critics.

paragraphs: "Alive" debuted and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart, selling 39,270 copies in its first week of release. The album then slipped to number seven selling 14,574 copies the following week. Altogether, "Alive" spent a total of 12 weeks inside the top 40 of the chart, and by November 2013 had been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 100,000 copies.


title: Sweet Talker (Jessie J album)

paragraphs: Sweet Talker is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Jessie J. It was released on 13 October 2014, by Lava Records and Island Records.

paragraphs: "Sweet Talker" received mixed reviews from music critics.

paragraphs: Credits for "Sweet Talker" adapted from Barnes & Noble.


title: Dementor

paragraphs: A dementor is a man-size creature in the Harry Potter books. They are black and hooded.They only lift up their hood for performing "the kiss" in which they suck out the soul. There is one way to make them go away. It's the Patronus Charm. It's very advanced magic. You perform it by saying "Expecto Patronum! " and remembering a very happy memory, a very powerful memory. Harry Potter first saw them in the third book "The prisoner of Azkaban".


title: Arrondissements of the Loiret department

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

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

paragraphs: Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

paragraphs: Since its creation, the Loiret department has had few changes:


title: Arrondissement of Orléans

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Orléans is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Orléans.

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

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Orléans is in the southwest of the Loiret, where the natural regions of Beauce, Val de Loire and Sologne meet. It is the largest "arrondissement" of the department, and the one with more people living in it, with 435,676 inhabitants.

paragraphs: It is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Pithiviers, to the northeast and east by the "arrondissement" of Montargis, to the southeast by the Cher department, to the south and west by the Loir-et-Cher department and to the northwest by the Eure-et-Loir department.

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

paragraphs: The cantons in the arrondissement of Orléans are:

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Orléans has 121 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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


title: Arrondissement of Montargis

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Montargis is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Montargis.

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

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Montargis is the most eastern of the "arrondissements" of the Loiret department. It is the second largest "arrondissement" of the department, and the second in population with 170,781 inhabitants.

paragraphs: It is bordered to the north by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the east by the Yonne department, to the southeast by the Nièvre department, to the south by the Cher department, to the west by the "arrondissement" of Orléans and to the northwest by the "arrondissement" of Pithiviers.

paragraphs: The cantons in the arrondissement of Montargis are:

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Montargis has 126 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː


title: Arrondissement of Pithiviers

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Pithiviers is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Pithiviers.

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

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" was eliminated in 1926 but it was made an "arrondissement" again in 1942.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Pithiviers is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the Loiret department. It is the smallest "arrondissement" of the department, and the one with fewest people living in it, with 63,280 inhabitants.

paragraphs: It is bordered to the north by the Essonne department, to the east by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the southeast by the "arrondissement" of Montargis, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Orléans and to the west by the Eure-et-Loir department.

paragraphs: The cantons in the arrondissement of Pithiviers are Malesherbes () and, partly, Pithiviers ().

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Pithiviers has 79 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː


title: Airbus Training Centre Europe

paragraphs: Airbus Training Centre Europe is a training centre of the company which make aircrafts Airbus.

paragraphs: It is in Blagnac, close to Toulouse (France).

paragraphs: The centre trains pilots and engineers on the Airbus aircrafts. It has 6 simulators on all Airbus family.

paragraphs: The school is member of the International Association of Aviation Personnel Schools.

paragraphs: Other training centres are in Hamburg, Miami, Beijing, Singapore, Bangalore, New Delhi and Mexico.


title: Joseph Bologna

paragraphs: Joseph "Joe" Bologna (December 30, 1934 – August 13, 2017) was an American actor and television writer. He was notable for roles in the comedy movies "My Favorite Year" and "Transylvania 6-5000". From 1996 to 1998, he voice-acted the character Inspector Dan Turpin in several episodes of "".

paragraphs: Bolgona won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1973 for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show".

paragraphs: Bologna was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Brown University. Bologna was married to Renée Taylor from 1965 until his death in 2017. They had one child together.

paragraphs: Bologna died in at a hospital in Duarte, California on August 13, 2017 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 82.


title: Renée Taylor

paragraphs: Renée Taylor (née Renée Wexler; March 19, 1933) is an American actress, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and one-time director. She is best known for having played Fran Drescher's title character's outspoken mother, Sylvia Fine, on the TV series "The Nanny".

paragraphs: Taylor won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1973 for her work on "The Carol Burnett Show".


title: Gene Sharp

paragraphs: Gene Sharp (January 21, 1928 – January 28, 2018) was an American political scientist, writer and activist. He was the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of nonviolent action. He was a retired professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He was known for his writings on nonviolent struggle.

paragraphs: Sharp was born in North Baltimore, Ohio. He studied at Ohio State University and at Oxford University.

paragraphs: Unofficial sources have claimed that Sharp was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015, and had been nominated three times, in 2009, 2012 and 2013.

paragraphs: Sharp was widely thought to be the favorite for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize award. In 2011 he was awarded the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. In 2012 he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award as well as the Distinguished Lifetime Democracy Award.

paragraphs: Sharp died on January 28, 2018 at home in Boston, Massachusetts, exactly 1 week after his 90th birthday.


title: 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake

paragraphs: The 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake was the earthquake that happened on 8 August 2017, in Zhangzha Town, Jiuzhaigou County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake was recorded at magnitude 7.0. It killed at least 24 people in the area.

paragraphs: The earthquake started at 21:19:46 China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8) on 8 August 2017 in Zhangzha Town in Jiuzhaigou County (). It had magnitude 7.0. Cities as far away as Lanzhou, Chengdu and Xi'an felt the earthquake. The centre of the earthquake was 39 kilometres from the county seat of Jiuzhaigou County, 66 kilometres from Songpan County, 83 kilometres from Zhouqu County, 90 kilometres from Zoigê County, 105 kilometres from Longnan City, and 285 kilometres from Chengdu City.

paragraphs: Northern Sichuan is in an area where there is a lot of earth movement. In this area, the Tibetan Plateau is next to the Yangtze Plate with great pressure forming faults along the edges. Jiuzhaigou County is in the Min Mountains, a range that was formed where these faults meet. The disastrous 1879 Gansu earthquake had its earthquake centre about 65 kilometres to the east of where the 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake happened. The places with lots of mountains to the south of Jiuzhaigou County were the earthquake centre of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths.

paragraphs: The China Earthquake Administration said that the graph showed that the strength of earthquake could be higher than level IX, and the earthquake centre in Zhangzha County could reach level VIII.

paragraphs: After the earthquake, all of the Jiuzhaigou County completely suffered a power failure. The people who saw the situation found that some buildings had fallen in Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area. The staff of the Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area told a reporter from Xinhua News Agency that in the fourth ditch of the Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area a house had fallen down and cracked, and the locals were stepping up to move people out.

paragraphs: The China Earthquake Administration put up a Level I reaction. It later changed to Level II. They sent the army to the earthquake area for rescue. At 21:26 CST (UTC+8), Health and Family Planning Commission of Sichuan Province started an emergency plan. The medical rescue team was going to head to the earthquake area within one hour.

paragraphs: The Red Cross Society of China, Sichuan Branch was on emergency standby (ready to act immediately), preparing for rescue. Early the next day, China's State Council Earthquake food-supply headquarters started national level Ⅱ earthquake emergency response.

paragraphs: At 06:20 CST on 9 August, a Shuajingsi Town (刷经寺镇) militia vehicle had a traffic collision with a Sichuan F (Deyang) coach in Hongyuan County, Ngawa Prefecture. Three people from the coach were injured and were being medically treated.

paragraphs: Until 9 August 2017, there were 40 people seriously injured. Seven of them were moved to other hospitals, four to West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and the rest to Jiuzhaigou County Hospital and Zhongzang Hospital.

paragraphs: The Emergency Management Office of the Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province said that until 13:10 CST on 9 August, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Zhangzha Town in Jiuzhaigou County killed 19 people and injured 247 people, including 40 people critically injured. The following day, the deaths rose to 20 with over 400 injured. Deaths and injuries mainly occurred in Zhangzha Town in Jiuzhaigou County.

paragraphs: As of 10 August 2017 10:00 CST (UTC+8), 1741 aftershocks had occurred. That included 30 major ones. Some experts said that the aftershocks might reach a magnitude of 6 after several days. The major aftershocks reported by China Earthquake Networks Center are listed below:


title: Bruno Canfora

paragraphs: Bruno Canfora (; November 6, 1924 – August 5, 2017) was an Italian composer, conductor, and music arranger. He was born in Milan. He also composed songs for Rita Pavone, Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bassey, and the Kessler Twins. His best known movie composition works are "The Man Who Wagged His Tail", "Fall of the Mohicans", and in "Destruction Force". He was the Eurovision Song Contest conductor for the 1991 contest.

paragraphs: Canfora died on August 5, 2017 in Piegaro, Italy at the age of 92.


title: Burton Gilliam

paragraphs: Burton Gilliam (born August 9, 1938) is an American actor. He was born in Dallas, Texas.

paragraphs: Gilliam appeared in the role of "Floyd", the desk clerk in the movie "Paper Moon". He has also appeared in popular motion pictures such as "Blazing Saddles" and "Back to the Future Part III". He has had roles in several other motion pictures such as "Honeymoon in Vegas", "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", "Farewell, My Lovely", "Fletch", "Gator", "Telefon", and "The Terror Within II".

paragraphs: His television appearances include "Alice", "Charlie’s Angels", "The A-Team","The Dukes Of Hazzard", "The Fall Guy", and he appeared as a regular on "Evening Shade".

paragraphs: Gilliam is married to Susan Gilliam. They have two children together. His granddaughter his gymnast Hollie Vise.


title: Do It Like a Dude

paragraphs: "Do It like a Dude" is the debut single by English singer-songwriter Jessie J. The song was released as the lead single from her debut album, "Who You Are" (2011). It was released as a download in November 2010 in the United Kingdom with a CD release in January 2011. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and in Scotland too, number eight in New Zealand and Belgium, and number eleven in Ireland. "Do It like a Dude" was awarded Best Song at the 2011 MOBO Awards.

paragraphs: "Do It like a Dude" was written by Jessie J under her real name of Jessica Cornish, George Astasio, Jason Pebworth, Jon Shave, Kyle Abrahams and Peter Ighile Jessie J had wrote the song originally for Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna because Rihanna's song "Rude Boy" was released at the time that Jessie J began to write it, She played the song to her label, Island Records, before sending it to Rihanna's management. Island then wanted the song to become Jessie's J first single, as they thought it was "amazing". Jessie J has said that she would like to perform the song live with Rihanna as Jessie J thinks that Rihanna "would kill it."


title: Loing

paragraphs: The Loing is a river in central France. It is a left tributary of the Seine. It flows through three regions of France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and Île-de-France

paragraphs: The Loing is long. Its drainage basin covers .

paragraphs: Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Épisy, Seine-et-Marne, at about from the mouth of the Loing.

paragraphs: Average monthly discharge (m/s) at Épisy

paragraphs: The Loing starts in "Puisaye", a natural region, in the "commune" of Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the south of the Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It starts at an altitude of about .

paragraphs: The Loing flows, in general, to the northwest. It goes through the following regions, departments and "communes":

paragraphs: At its end, the Loing flows into the Seine river in Saint-Mammès (bordering Veneux-les-Sablons), Seine-et-Marne department, at of altitude.

paragraphs: The Loing river gives its name to the following "communes": Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, Dammarie-sur-Loing, Conflans-sur-Loing, Châlette-sur-Loing, Fontenay-sur-Loing, Souppes-sur-Loing, La Madeleine-sur-Loing, Bagneaux-sur-Loing, Grez-sur-Loing, Montigny-sur-Loing et Moret-sur-Loing.

paragraphs: Several painters have painted the Loing river. Some of the paintings are:


title: AeronautX Luftfahrtschule

paragraphs: AeronautX Luftfahrtschule is a flight school located in Linz, Austria. It has been created in 1998.

paragraphs: It is well known for its partnership with the airline FlyNikki.

paragraphs: The school is member of the International Association of Aviation Personnel Schools.


title: Hélène Martini

paragraphs: Hélène Martini (6 August 1924 – 5 August 2017) was a French nightclub owner. He was known for her ownership with the Folies Bergères and known as The Empress of the Night. She was born in Warsaw, Poland to French parents.

paragraphs: Martini died on 5 August 2017 in Paris at the age of 92.


title: Blanche Blackwell

paragraphs: Blanche Blackwell (9 December 1912 – 8 August 2017) was a Jamaican heiress. She was born in Costa Rica. She was the mother of Chris Blackwell (Founder of Island Records) and inspirational muse to Ian Fleming and Noël Coward. She was believed by some to have been the inspiration for some of Fleming’s most memorable female characters; Pussy Galore and Honeychile Rider.

paragraphs: Blackwell died in London on 8 August 2017 at the age of 104.


title: Thomas A. Bird

paragraphs: Major Thomas Arthur Bird DSO, MC (11 August 1918 – 9 August 2017) was a British soldier of the Second World War. He was awarded two Military Crosses and the Distinguished Service Order. He later became an architect and worked in collaboration with Richard Tyler restoring country houses.

paragraphs: Bird died on 9 August 2017 at the age of 98.


title: Aung Shwe

paragraphs: Brigadier General Aung Shwe (; 19 May 1918 – 13 August 2017) was a Burmese politician and a member of General Ne Win's Burma Rifles rising to Brigadier General. He was one of the founders and former Chairman of National League for Democracy who took in charge of the party when Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo were under house arrest in the early 2000s.

paragraphs: He served as Burmese ambassador to Australia, Egypt, France, Spain and New Zealand from 1961 to 1975.

paragraphs: Shwe died on 13 August 2017 at Victoria Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar at the age of 99.


title: Frank Broyles

paragraphs: John Franklin Broyles (December 26, 1924 – August 14, 2017) was an American football player and coach, athletics administrator, and broadcaster. He served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri in 1957 and at the University of Arkansas from 1958 to 1976. Broyles also was Arkansas' athletic director from 1974 until his retirement on December 31, 2007.

paragraphs: Broyles was born in Decatur, Georgia. He studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

paragraphs: As a head football coach, Broyles compiled a record of 149–62–6. His mark of 144–58–5 in 19 seasons is the most wins and the most games of any coach in Arkansas history. With Arkansas, Broyles won seven Southwest Conference titles and his 1964 team was named a national champion by a number of selectors including the Football Writers Association of America. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

paragraphs: Broyles died in Fayetteville, Arkansas on August 14, 2017 of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 92.


title: Abdelkrim Ghallab

paragraphs: Abdelkrim Ghallab (December 31, 1919 – August 14, 2017) was a Moroccan political journalist, cultural commentator, and novelist. He was born in Fes, Morocco. He was an important figure both in the literary and political field. He studied both at the University of Al-Karaouine in Fez and at the University of Cairo.

paragraphs: Ghallab was the author of five novels and three collections of short stories. His best known novel is "Dafann al-m'd (The buried Past)", 1966. According to Simon Gikandi his Arabic style is known for its "graceful and at times scholarly classicism".

paragraphs: In 2000, the Union of Arab writers in Egypt included his novel "Al-Mu`alîm `Ali" (Master Alí) among the hundred best Arabic novels in history. In 2001, the Moroccan department of Culture published the complete works of Ghallab in five volumes. In 2004 he was awarded the Maghreb Culture prize of Tunis. His work has been translated in many languages.

paragraphs: Ghallab died in El Jadida on August 14, 2017, aged 97.


title: 2017 Ouagadougou attack

paragraphs: 18 people were killed and more than 20 were injured when jihadists opened fire on a Turkish restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 13 August 2017. The attackers took hostages after being cornered by police and were killed in an ensuing shootout.

paragraphs: Ouagadougou was also the site of a similar attack in 2016.

paragraphs: It is suspected by the government that al-Qaeda Maghreb affiliate was behind the attack.


title: Tom Petty

paragraphs: Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, voice actor and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but is also known as a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys (under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury), and his early band Mudcrutch.

paragraphs: Petty was also known for his voice role as Lucky in the television series "King of the Hill".

paragraphs: In his career, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2002, Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

paragraphs: Petty died on October 2, 2017 after he was found in his home in Santa Monica, California suffering from cardiac arrest after accidentally overdosing on prescription pain medication and fentanyl patches at the age of 66.


title: Heather Heyer

paragraphs: Heather Heyer (May 29, 1985 - August 12, 2017) was an American paralegal. She became a symbol for civil rights after she was killed during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

paragraphs: Heather Heyer was born in Charlottesville. She grew up in Ruckersville, Virginia, north of Charlottesville near Shenandoah National Park. Her mother was Susan Diane Bro of Ruckersville, Virginia. Her father was Mark Heyer of Florida. Her step-father was Kim Bro. Heyer's parents separated when she was five months old.

paragraphs: Heyer graduated from William Monroe High School in Stanardsville, Virginia. After high school, she got a job in a local restaurant, then got more waitressing shifts at another restaurant.

paragraphs: Heyer worked in the bankruptcy department of the Miller Law Group in Charlottesville. She continued to work as a waitress, and went to school at night to improve her knowledge of law.

paragraphs: On the Friday night before the rally, hundreds of white nationalists led by Richard B. Spencer marched on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Virginia. Heyer's friend was livestreaming the videos on Facebook. She saw white supremacists and neo-Nazis marching with torches and openly giving Nazi salutes. Heather’s friends said that the videos scared Heather. They decided not to go to Saturday’s much larger Unite the Right rally, because they thought it would be even more dangerous. But later that night, Heather texted her friend, "I feel compelled to go, to show solidarity."

paragraphs: On the day of the rally, many people stayed away. Those who came to the rally saw demonstrators with weapons and white nationalists with Nazi and KKK symbols. In the late morning, the local government declared a state of emergency and tried to stop the rally, but no one left. Instead they moved to other streets in the downtown area. The Virginia National Guard came to help the local police, but none of them seemed to know what to do. Some of the white nationalists, including Christopher Cantwell and former KKK grand wizard David Duke, spoke to reporters.

paragraphs: Heather arrived about 1 pm with two colleagues from the law firm wearing a black t-shirt and pants in preparation for her shift as a waitress later that night. They began walking down Water Street. A video shows Heyer stopping to speak to a woman wearing a helmet, apparently asking why she was with a hate group of violent white men. The women did not answer. They continued to Fourth Street, after encountering right-wing demonstrators, some with weapons. There, Heyer, her colleagues and other protesters were run down by a man driving his car through the crowd. Nineteen people were hurt. Heyer was the only casualty.

paragraphs: Police arrested the driver of the car, James Alex Fields Jr. of Ohio. Fields was charged in a state court with second-degree murder, and in a federal court with 30 counts of hate crimes. He was granted an attorney to advise him in a third case, a federal civil suit.

paragraphs: A memorial service was held for Heather Heyer on Wednesday, August 16 at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and US Senator Tim Kaine attended the service.

paragraphs: Susan Bro spoke to the crowd inside the 1000-seat theater, "They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what? You just magnified her." Her mother pointed to the Facebook message that Heyer posted in November: 'If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.' "I want you to pay attention, find what's wrong ... and say to yourself, what can I do to make a difference?" Bro told the crowd. "And that's how you're going to make my child's death worthwhile. I'd rather have my child, but by golly, if I've got to give her up, we're going to make it count."

paragraphs: Heyer was buried in a secret grave to protect it from neo-Nazis, and to protect the people who work there. Bro says she receives death threats from white supremacists. Some of Heyer's family could not go to her funeral because of the danger.

paragraphs: President Trump tried to call Heyer's mother, but after Trump said there was blame on “many sides”, she refused to take his calls. Bro did not agree with Trump when he said there were "very fine people" on both sides. According to Bro, "You can’t say there were good people coming into town with their fists taped prepared to draw blood and do harm. That’s not good people."

paragraphs: After the rally, the police chief of Charlottesville resigned. The city manager did not get a new contract. In November, Nikuyah Walker was elected to the city council and became the city’s first black female mayor. One year later, Jason Kessler tried to get a permit for an anniversary rally of white supremacists, but he withdrew the request. Instead he decided he wanted a rally in Washington that day. The state of Virginia and the city of Charlottesville declared a state of emergency ahead of the one-year anniversary, so they can increase security and authorize the Virginia National Guard to help.

paragraphs: One of Heyer's friends started a GoFundMe page to help her family after her death. The page raised $109,000 in less than 24 hours. Heather's mother Bro did not know what to do with the money, so she started an organization with Alfred Wilson, the African-American lawyer who hired Heyer at Miller Law Group.

paragraphs: Only fifteen days after her daughter's death, Susan Bro spoke at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California and announced the newly formed Heather Heyer Foundation. "Help me make Heather’s death count,” she said. “I want people to know that Heather never marched alone." The Heather Heyer Foundation provides scholarships to fight against hatred and promote social change, in the areas of study of law, paralegal studies, social work, social justice and education.

paragraphs: So far, the Heather Heyer Foundation has given eight scholarships worth at least $1,000. They worked with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation on several of those.

paragraphs: In December 2017, Fourth Street in Charlottesville, where Heather was killed, was given the name "Heather Heyer Way" to honor Heyer. Heyer's mother and the mayor of Charlottesville spoke at the ceremony.

paragraphs: Detroit rapper Eminem named Heyer in his song "Like Home" from the album "Revival", "If we start from scratch like a scab for scars to heal/And band together for Charlottesville/And for Heather, fallen heroes."

paragraphs: "BlacKkKlansman" (2018), which ends in a montage of the Charlottesville rally, is "in memoriam" of Heyer.


title: Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

paragraphs: , born on 4 June 1923, is a member of the Imperial House of Japan as the widow of Takahito, Prince Mikasa, the fourth son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. The Princess is the last surviving paternal aunt of the present emperor, Akihito. She is the oldest member of the Imperial Family, and the only living member who was born in the Taishō period during the reign of her father-in-law.

paragraphs: On 29 March 1941, Yuriko's engagement to her second cousin once removed, Prince Mikasa, was announced. The engagement ceremony was held on 3 October 1941, and the wedding ceremony took place on 22 October 1941. Prince and Princess Mikasa were married for 75 years, until Prince Mikasa's death in October 2016.


title: Inga Swenson

paragraphs: Inga Swenson (born December 29, 1932) is an American actress. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska.

paragraphs: Swenson is best known for her roles as Gretchen Kraus in the TV sitcom "Benson" and as Ingrid Svenson on the TV sitcom "Soap", which had the same producers. She also appeared as northern matriarch Maude Hazard in the acclaimed mini-series "North and South" in 1985 and again in 1986.


title: K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)

paragraphs: K.I.S.S. (abbreviation of Keep It Sexy & Simple) is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mýa. It is her second album to be released on Manhattan Records. The album was later re-released as a deluxe version with new songs for her American fans on February 14, 2012.

paragraphs: "K.I.S.S." received generally positive reviews from music critics.


title: Arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department

paragraphs: There are 4 arrondissements in the Eure-et-Loir department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into "arrondissements", which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

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

paragraphs: Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

paragraphs: The arrondissements of Eure-et-Loir are:

paragraphs: Since its creation, the Eure-et-Loir department has had few changes:


title: Franklin Cleckley

paragraphs: Franklin Dorrah Cleckley (August 1, 1940 – August 14, 2017) was an American lawyer. He was the Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. He taught at the law school from 1969 to 2013. He held the endowed professorship emeritus.

paragraphs: Cleckley was born in Huntington, West Virginia.

paragraphs: Cleckley became the first African-American to serve as a Justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, when Governor Gaston Caperton appointed him to the position in 1994. Justice Cleckley served on the Court until 1996.

paragraphs: Cleckley died at his home in Morgantown, West Virginia, on August 14, 2017, aged 77.


title: Jean Carnahan

paragraphs: Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20, 1933) is an American politician and writer. She served as First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and as her state's junior U.S. senator from 2001 to 2002.

paragraphs: A member of the Democratic Party, she was appointed in 2001 to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been elected but died before taking office, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate.


title: Arrondissement of Chartres

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Chartres is an arrondissement of France, in the Eure-et-Loir department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Chartres.

paragraphs: When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Chartres was part of that original department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Chartres is the most eastern of the "arrondissements" of the Eure-et-Loir department. It is the largest "arrondissement" of the department, and the one with more people living in it, with 207,869 inhabitants.

paragraphs: It is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Dreux, to the northeast by the Yvelines department, to the east by the Essonne department, to the southeast by the Loiret department, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Châteaudun and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Nogent-le-Rotrou.

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

paragraphs: The cantons in the arrondissement of Chartres are:

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Chartres has 151 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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


title: Arrondissement of Châteaudun

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Châteaudun is an arrondissement of France, in the Eure-et-Loir department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Châteaudun.

paragraphs: When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Châteaudun was part of that original department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Châteaudun is the most southern of the "arrondissements" of the Eure-et-Loir department. It has an area of and a population of 59,794 inhabitants.

paragraphs: It is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Chartres, to the east by the Loiret department, to the southeast by the Loiret department, to the south by the Loir-et-Cher department and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Nogent-le-Rotrou.

paragraphs: The cantons in the arrondissement of Châteaudun are:

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Châteaudun has 64 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː


title: Arrondissement of Dreux

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Dreux is an arrondissement of France, in the Eure-et-Loir department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Dreux.

paragraphs: When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Dreux was part of that original department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Dreux is the most southern of the "arrondissements" of the Eure-et-Loir department. It has an area of and a population of 129,431 inhabitants.

paragraphs: It is bordered to the north by the Eure department, to the east by the Yvelines department, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Chartres, to the southwest by the "arrondissement" of Nogent-le-Rotrou and to the west by the Orne department.

paragraphs: The cantons in the arrondissement of Dreux are:

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Dreux has 108 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː


title: Gunnar Birkerts

paragraphs: Gunnar Birkerts (, January 17, 1925 – August 15, 2017) was a Latvian-American architect. He was born in Riga, Latvia.

paragraphs: Birkerts, for most of his career, was based in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. Some of his designs include the Corning Museum of Glass and the Corning Fire Station in Corning, New York, Marquette Plaza in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, and the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

paragraphs: In 2014, he designed the National Library of Latvia in Riga, Latvia, aka the Castle of Light, whose architectural form references and draws inspiration from Latvian folklore.

paragraphs: Birkerts died at the age of 92 on August 15, 2017 at his home in Needham, Massachusetts of congestive heart failure.


title: Stephen Wooldridge

paragraphs: Stephen Brian Wooldridge (17 October 1977 – 14 August 2017) was an Australian racing cyclist, an Olympic and four-time world champion on the track. He was born in Sydney. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

paragraphs: In 2005, Wooldridge was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia. He was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 2015.

paragraphs: Wooldridge committed suicide on 14 August 2017 in Sydney at the age of 39.


title: Arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou

paragraphs: The arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou is an arrondissement of France, in the Eure-et-Loir department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Nogent-le-Rotrou.

paragraphs: When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Nogent-le-Rotrou was part of that original department.

paragraphs: On 10 September 1926, the "arrondissement" of Nogent-le-Rotrou was eliminated but in 1943 Nogent-le-Rotrou became again an "arrondissement" of the department.

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Nogent-le-Rotrou is the most western of the "arrondissements" of the Eure-et-Loir department. It is the smallest "arrondissement" of the department with an area of and the one with fewest people living in it, with a population of 36,668 inhabitants.

paragraphs: It is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Dreux, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Chartres, to the southeast by the "arrondissement" of Châteaudun, to the south by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the southwest by the Sarthe department and to the west by the Orne department.

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

paragraphs: The cantons in the arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou are:

paragraphs: The "arrondissement" of Nogent-le-Rotrou has 52 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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


title: Time in Ukraine

paragraphs: Ukraine observes Eastern European Time (EET) (UTC+02:00) as standard time and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) (UTC+03:00) as daylight saving time. The eastern parts and Crimea use Moscow Time (MSK) (UTC+03:00) without daylight saving time.

paragraphs: Ukraine has observed daylight saving time since 1981 (then part of the Soviet Union) switching to EEST on the last Sunday in March at 03:00 local time, and switching to EET on the last Sunday in October at 04:00 local time.


title: Flond

paragraphs: Flond is a former municipality of the district Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

paragraphs: On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Flond and Surcuolm merged into the new municipality of Mundaun.


title: Ftan

paragraphs: Ftan is a former municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

paragraphs: On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Ftan, Guarda, Sent and Tarasp merged into the municipality of Scuol.


title: Numberblocks

paragraphs: Numberblocks is a British children's CGI-animated television series. It debuted on CBeebies on 23 January 2017. It is animated by Blue-Zoo Productions, the studio that also produces "Alphablocks", which is related. It is a show to teach kid under the age of 11 how to count.

paragraphs: "Numberblocks" follows the adventures of one hundred anthropomorphic block characters in Numberland, with the number of blocks determining which numeral they stand for and a tiny black floating numerical figure above them to show how many blocks they are made of, called a numberling. When one of the blocks jumps on top of another, they transform into a different character to make a new number. The show tries to help preschool children learn numeracy skills, especially how to count and add up.


title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1248

paragraphs: Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 was a regularly-scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore to Chicago-Midway. On approach, the aircraft skid off the runway and into a street, killing a 6 year old boy in a car. It was the first fatal accident in the company's history.


title: Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler

paragraphs: Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC (born 2 February 1938) is a British politician. He was a member of Margaret Thatcher's ministry. He is currently the Lord Speaker, having assumed office at the beginning of September 2016.

paragraphs: After serving as Shadow Minister of Transport, he was appointed Minister of Transport in 1979, being responsible for making seat belts compulsory. Later, as Secretary of State for Health and Social Services, he drew public attention to the dangers of AIDS. He resigned from the cabinet as Employment Secretary, and was knighted in 1990.


title: Vera Glagoleva

paragraphs: Vera Vitalievna Glagoleva (31 January 1956 – 16 August 2017) was a Russian actress. She was born in Moscow. She was known for her roles in Christmas movies or romantic comedies. Her best known roles were in "Vyyti zamuzh za kapitana", "Bednaya Sasha", and in "Zhenshchin obizhat ne rekomenduyetsya". Glagoleva was awarded the People's Artist of Russia in 2011.

paragraphs: Glagoleva died in Baden-Baden, Germany on 16 August 2017 of cancer at the age of 61.


title: Andrzej Blumenfeld

paragraphs: Andrzej Stanisław Blumenfeld (12 August 1951 – 14 August 2017) was a Polish actor and voice dubber. He was born in Zabrze, Poland. His career began in 1973. He was known for Polish-dubbing from American movies. His best known work are "The Pianist", "Delivery Man", and "The Witcher".

paragraphs: Blumenfeld died on 14 August 2017 in Warsaw, Poland of cancer at the age of 66.


title: Aharon Yadlin

paragraphs: Aharon Yadlin (; born 17 April 1926) is a former Israeli educator and politician. He was born in Ben Shemen, Mandatory Palestine.

paragraphs: Yadlin studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

paragraphs: He was a member of the The Alignment after switching from the Labor Party.

paragraphs: He served as Deputy Minister of Education from 1964 through 1972, and as Minister of Education from 1974 through 1977 in the First Rabin Government.


title: Eugenio Polgovsky

paragraphs: Eugenio Polgovsky (June 29, 1977 – August 11, 2017) was a Mexican movie director, cinematographer and editor. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. Polgovsky was known for the Mexican documentaries "Tropic of Cancer" ( Semaine de la Critique 2005) and "Los Herederos" "The Inheritors" (Mostra of Venice, "Orrizontti" 2008 & Berlinale "Generation" 2009).

paragraphs: Polgovsky died in London on August 11, 2017 at the age of 40.


title: Vern Ehlers

paragraphs: Vernon James "Vern" Ehlers (February 6, 1934 – August 15, 2017) was the former U.S. Representative for , having served from 1993 until 2011. He was a member of the Republican Party.

paragraphs: Ehlers was the first research physicist to be elected to Congress; he was later joined by Rush Holt, Jr. (D-NJ) and Bill Foster (D-IL).

paragraphs: Ehlers served on the Kent County Board of Commissioners from 1975 to 1982. Ehlers served from 1983 to 1985 in the Michigan House of Representatives and then served from 1985 to 1993 in the Michigan Senate.

paragraphs: Ehlers died on August 15, 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 83.


title: Bessie Camm

paragraphs: Bessie Camm or Bessie Kemm (20 June 1904 – 11 May 2018), age , was a British supercentenarian and the oldest living resident of the UK, after the death of Gladys Hooper on 9 July 2016 until her death in 11 May 2018.

paragraphs: Camm was born in Swaledale, North Yorkshire on 20 June 1904. She lives in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. She worked as a nurse from 1926 until 1972. She married her husband John shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The couple had no children. When asked what the secret to long life was, she said “hard work, knowing lovely people and good food”. She died on 11 May 2018 at the age of 113.


title: Hans Streuli

paragraphs: Hans Streuli (13 July 1892 – 23 May 1970) was a Swiss politician.

paragraphs: He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council representing the Canton of Zürich on 22 December 1953. He served until 31 December 1959 when Willy Spühler took office. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party.

paragraphs: During his time in office he held the Department of Finance and was President of the Confederation in 1957.


title: Fritz Honegger

paragraphs: Fritz Honegger (25 July 1917 – 4 March 1999) was a Swiss politician.

paragraphs: He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 7 December 1977. He served until Rudolf Friedrich took the position on 31 December 1982. He was member of the Free Democratic Party.

paragraphs: During his time in office he held the Federal Department of Economic Affairs and was President of the Confederation in 1982.


title: Fuldera

paragraphs: Fuldera is a village and former municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

paragraphs: On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Fuldera, Lü, Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava merged into the municipality of Val Müstair.


title: Fadwa Soliman

paragraphs: Fadwa Soliman or Fadwa Suleiman (17 May 1970 – 17 August 2017) was a Syrian actress and activist. She was born in Aleppo, Syria. She led a Sunni-majority protest against Bashar al-Assad's government in Homs. She became one of the most recognized faces of the Syrian Civil War.

paragraphs: On 17 August 2017 Soliman died of cancer while in exile in Paris, aged 47.


title: 2017 Barcelona attack

paragraphs: On 17 August 2017, a white van hit pedestrians on La Rambla, Barcelona, leaving fourteen people dead and dozens injured. The two suspects then fled on foot.

paragraphs: At around 17:20 CEST, a white Fiat Talento drove onto the pavement of Barcelona's Las Ramblas, crashing into pedestrians between Plaça Catalunya and Gran Teatre del Liceu.

paragraphs: In the press conference held by the police at 7:00pm local time, the spokesperson confirmed the terrorist nature of the event, a dead person and 32 injured —10 of those in serious condition. Other sources are claiming the fatality count is 13.

paragraphs: Police said two men were arrested in connection with the attack; another was reported killed in a shootout with police. In Ripoll, a man in his 20s was alleged to have rented the van, but told police his ID was stolen. Amaq News Agency said the attackers were "soldiers of the Islamic State" who "carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting coalition states".

paragraphs: An explosion happened the night before the attack in the Catalan town of Alcanar. It flattened a building and killed a woman. The head of the Mossos d'Esquadra Josep Lluís Trapero said it was related to the ramming. Nine hours after the attack, police killed four people in Tarragona said to be planning a terrorist attack in Cambrils.


title: Grentzingen

paragraphs: Grentzingen is a former commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Illtal.

paragraphs: It is 25 km west of Basel and 10 km southeast of Altkirch.


title: Griesbach-au-Val

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


title: Grussenheim

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


title: Viaur

paragraphs: The Viaur is a river in southern France, left tributary of the Aveyron river. It flows through the Aveyron, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne departments.

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

paragraphs: Its discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) has been observed from 1937 to 2017 in Laguépie, a "commune" of the Tarn-et-Garonne department near the confluence with the Aveyron (river)|Aveyron]] river. Its average yearly discharge at Laguépie is .

paragraphs: Average monthly discharge (m/s) at Laguépie

paragraphs: The Viaur river starts on the sides of the "Puech del Pal" in the "commune" Vézins-de-Lévézou, in the Aveyron department, at an altitude of .

paragraphs: The Viaur passes through the departments and towns of:

paragraphs: The Viaur river flows through 30 "communes" and two of them have the name of the river: Sainte-Juliette-sur-Viaur and Saint-Just-sur-Viaur, both in the Aveyron department.

paragraphs: Finally, it flows into the Aveyron river in the "commune" of Laguépie, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, at of altitude.


title: M. T. Liggett

paragraphs: Myron Thomas "M. T." Liggett (December 28, 1930 – August 17, 2017) was an American folk sculptor. He was born near Mullinville, Kansas. He exhibited hundreds of his artworks on the roads of Mullinville.

paragraphs: His works were often made of painted, welded metal and often contained re-used farm implements, such as combine discs. His art is often critical of politicians on the local, state, and federal level. Many of his works are kinetic and move with the wind.

paragraphs: Liggett's main work was the land along his front fence, on the north side of U.S. Route 400 in Mullinville. He was also a featured artist at the Folk Art Museum in Lucas, Kansas.

paragraphs: He and some of his sculptures appear in the 2009 documentary What's the Matter with Kansas?.

paragraphs: Liggett, suffering from brain cancer, died on August 17, 2017 in Wichita, Kansas of kidney failure at the age of 86.


title: John Boorman

paragraphs: John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is an English filmmaker.

paragraphs: Boorman is best known for his feature movies such as "Point Blank", "Hell in the Pacific", "Leo the Last", "Deliverance", "Zardoz", "Excalibur", "The Emerald Forest", "Hope and Glory", "The General", "The Tailor of Panama", and "Queen and Country".

paragraphs: Boorman has directed 22 movies and received five Academy Award nominations.


title: George Edward Glass

paragraphs: George Edward Glass is an American businessman and diplomat. He has been confirmed by the United States Senate as the next United States Ambassador to Portugal. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3, 2017. He took office on August 25, 2017.

paragraphs: Glass was the owner of MGG Development LLC in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He founded Pacific Crest Securities in Portland, Oregon in 1990 and served as the company's president until 2014.

paragraphs: He is a trustee for Oregon Health & Science University and a former trustee for the University of Oregon.


title: Duke Buchan

paragraphs: Richard Duke Buchan III (born July 3, 1963) is an American entrepreneur, financier, farmer, and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Hunter Global Investors, a private investment management firm.

paragraphs: Buchan has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra. This nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 2, 2017.


title: Pete Hoekstra

paragraphs: Pieter "Pete" Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953) is an American politician of Dutch descent. He is the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands since November 2017. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 2011. Hoekstra is a member of the Republican Party.

paragraphs: In July 2017, Hoekstra was nominated to be the next United States Ambassador to the Netherlands by President Donald Trump. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 9, 2017.

paragraphs: He moved to the United States at the age of three, studied political science at Hope College and obtained an MBA at the University of Michigan.

paragraphs: Before entering into politics he was working as a marketing employee in a furniture business.

paragraphs: Hoekstra is a member of the Reformed Church in America.


title: Jamie McCourt

paragraphs: Jamie D. McCourt (born December 5, 1953) is a businesswoman and investor. She is the founder and CEO of Jamie Enterprises, and the former co-owner and executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. She became the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball, appointed first as Vice Chairman of the Dodgers in 2004, then President in 2005, and finally CEO in 2009. On June 22, 2017, she was nominated as United States Ambassador to Belgium.

paragraphs: On August 2, 2017, President Trump formally withdrew her nomination and instead nominated her as United States Ambassador to France and United States Ambassador to Monaco. This nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 2, 2017.


title: Steve King (businessman)

paragraphs: Steve King (born July 4, 1941) is an American businessman and Republican Party activist. He is the founder of King Capital LLC, an equity investment and real estate company. He is a former FBI agent.

paragraphs: In 1988, he campaigned unsuccessfully for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Wisconsin.

paragraphs: In July 2017, President Donald Trump nominated King to be the next United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 5, 2017.


title: Sharon Day

paragraphs: Sharon Day is an American politician. She is the former co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.

paragraphs: On August 3, 2017, she was confirmed as the next United States Ambassador to Costa Rica. She was nominated by President Donald Trump. She took office on September 25, 2017.


title: Kelly Craft

paragraphs: Kelly Dawn Knight Craft (; born February 24, 1962) is an American diplomat. She is the 30th and current United States Ambassador to the United Nations since September 2019. Before, she was the United States ambassador to Canada, the first woman to hold the post.

paragraphs: In 2007, she was appointed by President George W. Bush as the U.S. delegate to the United Nations, where her focus included U.S. engagement in Africa. Knight-Craft was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky. She is a member of the University of Kentucky's board of directors. She heads Kelly G. Knight LLC, a business advisory firm based in Lexington, Kentucky.

paragraphs: In June 2017, Craft was nominated to serve as United States Ambassador to Canada by President Donald Trump.

paragraphs: On February 22, 2019, President Trump nominated Craft to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. On July 31, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a vote of 56–34.

paragraphs: After two divorces, she is now married to a coal entrepreneur. During her first week as Ambassador to Canada she suggested that man-made climate change was just one possible theory.


title: Doug Manchester

paragraphs: Douglas Frederick "Doug" Manchester (born June 3, 1942) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the former chairman of Manchester Financial Group, past chairman and publisher of "The San Diego Union-Tribune". He is the nominee to become United States Ambassador to the Bahamas.

paragraphs: Manchester has built some of the tallest hotels and office buildings in San Diego, including the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina and the Manchester Grand Hyatt, and is credited as a driving force behind the development of the San Diego Convention Center. Manchester also built the triple 5-star Grand Del Mar Resort & Spa, which sold to Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in 2015, and he maintains a minority ownership.

paragraphs: Manchester built the Torrey Executive Centre, Manchester Financial Building, Whitetail Lodge and Golf Club, and is currently building the Fairmont Austin hotel in Austin, Texas.


title: John R. Bass

paragraphs: John R. Bass (born 1964) is an American diplomat. He is the current United States Ambassador to Afghanistan since December 2017. He served as the United States Ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2016. He was United States Ambassador to Georgia from 2009 to 2012.

paragraphs: President Donald Trump named him as his choice to become the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan on July 20, 2017. On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.


title: Jeffrey Dean Morgan

paragraphs: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for playing John Winchester on "Supernatural", Denny Duquette on the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy", The Comedian in the 2009 superhero movie "Watchmen", Jason Crouse on "The Good Wife", and Negan on "The Walking Dead".

paragraphs: Morgan portrays Thomas Wayne in the DC Extended Universe beginning with "" (2016).


title: Lauren Cohan

paragraphs: Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is a British American actress and model.

paragraphs: Cohan best known for her role as Maggie Rhee on "The Walking Dead" (2011–present). She is also known for her recurring roles on the television series "Supernatural" (2007–2008), "Chuck" (2011) and "The Vampire Diaries" (2010–2012), and in the comedy movie "" (2006), the psychological thriller "The Boy", and for her role in the DC Extended Universe as character Martha Wayne in "" (2016).


title: Stanislav Lyubshin

paragraphs: Stanislav Andreyevich Lyubshin (; born 6 April 1933) is a Russian actor, screenwriter and movie director. He was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1981. His debut movie was "Shchit i mech" (1968). From 1964 to 1967, he was member of the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. Since 1981 Lyubshin has been permanent member with the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT named after A. Chekhov).


title: Eberhard Jäckel

paragraphs: Eberhard Jäckel (June 29, 1929 – August 15, 2017) was a Social Democratic German historian. He was known for his studies of Adolf Hitler's role in German history. Jäckel sees Hitler as being the historical equivalent to the Chernobyl disaster.


title: Gueberschwihr

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


title: Citroën Jumpy

paragraphs: The Citroën Jumpy (Citroën Dispatch in some countries) is a series of vans and passenger vans produced by Citroën in three generations since 1994. It is builded in cooperation with Fiat and Peugeot.

paragraphs: Fiat and Peugeot made the same vehicle but with different names, The names were Fiat Scudo and Peugeot Expert.

paragraphs: Citroën created the first generation Jumpy in June 1994, In 1995 Citroën renamed their model to "'Dispatch'" in some countries. Peugeot created Peugeot Expert in July 1995.

paragraphs: In March 2004, the model was improved at the front and back, It had a new grille, new bonnet, new bumper and different headlamps.

paragraphs: The second generation Citroën Junpy/Dispatch was created in November 2006, The Peugeot Expert was created in January 2007.

paragraphs: In February 2011, the model was improved at the front and back, It had a new grille, new bonnet, new bumper and different headlamps and breaklights.

paragraphs: In July 2013, Toyota made the same vehicle but with a different name, The name was: Toyota ProAce.

paragraphs: The PSA/Fiat joint venture ended in March 2016 which meant Fiat wouldn't be creating anymore Fiat Scudos.

paragraphs: The third generation Citroën Junpy/Dispatch, Peugeot Expert and Toyota ProAce vans were created in 2016.

paragraphs: The passenger vans were created in 2016 but they have different names, They are called: Citroën SpaceTourer, Peugeot Traveller and Toyota ProAce Verso.


title: Sonny Landham

paragraphs: William M. "Sonny" Landham (February 11, 1941 – August 17, 2017) was an American actor, stunt man and politician. He played tracker Billy Sole in the action movie "Predator".

paragraphs: Landham was born in Canton, Georgia. He studied at the University of Georgia.

paragraphs: Landham spent three years in prison after being convicted on federal charges of making threatening phone calls to his wife before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction in May 2001.

paragraphs: In 2003, Landham ran in the Republican Party primary election for the post of Governor of Kentucky. He was unsuccessful in gaining the party's nomination. He ran briefly as an independent candidate, but withdrew on June 18. In January 2004, Landham announced his candidacy for the 27th State Senate District of Kentucky. He lost the election.

paragraphs: On September 19, 2006, Landham was injured in a four-car accident in Ashland, Kentucky.

paragraphs: On June 25, 2008, Landham announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Mitch McConnell on the Libertarian line. The same day Landham was accused of calling for genocide against Arabs (whom Landham referred to as "camel dung shovelers," "camel jockeys," and "rag-heads") for his comments on the political radio show "The Weekly Filibuster". hree days later, on June 28, the Kentucky Libertarians voted unanimously to withdraw Landham's nomination, citing his comments were not in keeping with the party's platform and values.

paragraphs: Landham died of congestive heart failure in Lexington, Kentucky on August 17, 2017 at the age of 78.


title: Abdirahman Jama Barre

paragraphs: Abdirahman Jama Barre (Somali: Cabdiraxmaan Jaamac Barre, Arabic: عبد الرحمن جامع بري) (1937 – 15 August 2017) was a Somali politician. He twice served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Democratic Republic, and later as the Minister of Finance. He was also the 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia. He served all three positions at the same time from 1987 through 1991.

paragraphs: Barre was born in Luuq, Italian Somaliland. He studied at the University of Padua. Barra died in San Diego, California on 15 August 2017 at the age of 79.


title: Laurie Brokenshire

paragraphs: Commodore Laurence Phillip Brokenshire CBE, RN (20 October 1952 – 4 August 2017) was a British navy officer and magician. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. He studied at the University of Exeter. His career developed as a submariner and later as a senior Royal Navy officer. He retired as officer in 2003. Laurie was accepted into the Inner Magic Circle, and became an occasional professional / semi-professional magic performer.

paragraphs: Brockenshire died of brain cancer on 4 August 2017 in Stubbington, Hampshire at the age of 64.


title: Pertti Alaja

paragraphs: Pertti Johannes Alaja (18 February 1952 – 18 August 2017) was a Finnish footballer. He was born in Helsinki, Finland. He played as a goalkeeper. He played for HJK, Haka, Oulun Työväen Palloilijat, Ikast, Edmonton Drillers, Malmö FF and for the Finland national football team.

paragraphs: Alaja was elected as the 15th president of the Football Association of Finland on 14 October 2012, replacing Sauli Niinistö.

paragraphs: Alaja died in Espoo, Finland, on 18 August 2017 of cancer at the age of 65.


title: 2017 Turku stabbings

paragraphs: On 18 August 2017, around 16:00 local time (UTC+3), several people were stabbed in central Turku, Finland. Alarm was first raised at 16:02 and by 16:05 the suspect had been captured. At least two people died in the attack.

paragraphs: On 18 August 2017, at 16:02 local time, several people were stabbed at Central Market Square in central Turku, Finland. The attacker, later described by the police as a young male of foreign background, then stabbed several people on his way to Puutori, where he was shot in the leg by the police and arrested at 16:05.

paragraphs: The Turku City Library and Hansa Emporium were evacuated, and the police initially advised people to avoid the city centre area.

paragraphs: The Finnish police increased security in Helsinki Airport and Helsinki Central railway station, along with other transport hubs across Finland.

paragraphs: At 19:00 local time, the police held a press conference where they reported that they were not investigating the incident as a terrorist attack, but the possibility that it was a terrorist attack had not been ruled out.


title: Sapa'u Ruperake Petaia

paragraphs: Sapa'u Ruperake Petaia (born 11 April 1951) is a Samoan poet and writer.

paragraphs: He is known for writing about the effects of colonialism and Western influences on Samoan culture and society.

paragraphs: Petaia was born in Samoa, and studied at the University of South Pacific in Fiji. A collection of his poems called "Blue Rain" was published in 1980 (among them the poem "Kidnapped"). Another poem called "Patches of the Rainbow" was published in 1992.


title: Herman Mandui

paragraphs: Herman Mandui (1969 - October 4, 2014) was an archaeologist from Papua New Guinea.

paragraphs: Mandui is regarded as the "godfather" of archaeology in his country. He worked on several archaeological sites, for example in the Western Highlands Province and in the eastern Goilala District.

paragraphs: He was the Chief Archeologist of Papua New Guinea from 2008 until his death in 2014.


title: Monte dei Paschi di Siena

paragraphs: Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (sometimes referred to as BMPS or MPS) claims to be the oldest surviving retail bank in the world. It has its headquarters in Siena, Italy.

paragraphs: The company's website claims that the bank was founded in the year 1472 , although there is little information to confirm this.


title: Guebwiller

paragraphs: Guebwiller is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est of eastern France.

paragraphs: It is northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains.

paragraphs: The town had a population of about 11,609 people as of 2006.


title: Morges

paragraphs: Morges is a city in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is the capital of the district Morges.


title: Fazenda Lageado

paragraphs: Fazenda Lageado is a farm museum in the city of Botucatu, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

paragraphs: The farm was created in 1870. In the first half of the twentieth century, it was one of the largest coffee producers in the state of São Paulo. Since the 1990s, the place has been called the ""Coffee Museum"".


title: Varna

paragraphs: Varna is a social concept from the Brahmin leaders of Hinduism in India

paragraphs: People became divided into four classes depending on their type of work. Brahmins were priests and teachers. Kshatriyas were the warriors. Vaishyas did agriculture, trading and commerce. The shudras were the general working class. A common misconception is that the Vaishyas and Shudras were generally looked down upon, and treated badly by Brahmins and Kshatriyas, which was true for the later part of the Vedic age. But was untrue for the earlier part. This type of social division is called the Varna system in Hinduism.


title: Girard, Ohio

paragraphs: Girard is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2010 census. It is part of Mahoning Valley.


title: Smartism

paragraphs: Smartism is a sect of Hinduism in which, in contrast with Shaivism and Vaishnavism, one may worship multiple gods. It is often referred as a "liberal" sect and is passed along familial ties.


title: Lilly Singh

paragraphs: Lilly Singh (born 26 September 1988) is a Canadian YouTuber, vlogger, comedian, television host, writer and actress. She is mostly known by her YouTube former username IISuperwomanII.

paragraphs: She began her YouTube channel in October 2010. She has gotten over 3 billion total views on YouTube and over 15 million subscribers. She has a second channel, titled "Lilly Singh Vlogs". In 2016, she was reportedly the third most paid YouTuber at $7.5 million. Also in 2016, she got her first movie, titled "A Trip to Unicorn Island". In 2017, she published her first book, titled "". In February 2019, Singh came out as bisexual. In March 2019, it was announced that she would host her own NBC late-night talk show, titled "A Little Late with Lilly Singh".


title: Pyotr Deynekin

paragraphs: Pyotr Stepanovich Deynekin (14 December 1937 – 19 August 2017) was a Soviet-Russian general. He was born in Morozovsk, Russia. In 1997, he was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation.

paragraphs: In 1969, he graduated from the USSR Air Force Academy. From 1991 to 1992, he was commander-in-chief of the air force and deputy defense minister of the USSR. In 1992, he served as commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Commonwealth of Independent States. From 1992 until his death, he was the commanding officer of the Air Force of the Russian Federation. He retired in 2002.

paragraphs: Deynekin died on 19 August 2017 in Moscow at the age of 79.


title: Alfonso Azpiri

paragraphs: Alfonso Azpiri (1947 – August 18, 2017) was a Spanish comic book artist, whose work was mainly of the adult variety. He was born in Madrid. His work has been translated and published in a number of magazines, including "Heavy Metal" and "Penthouse Comix".

paragraphs: Azpiri's best known works were Lorna, a Barbarella-like space adventurer who travels the galaxy accompanied by two droids, the R2D2-like ADL and the C-3PO-like Arnold.

paragraphs: Azpiri died on August 18, 2017 in Madrid at the age of 69 of a heart attack.


title: Duncan Russell

paragraphs: Duncan Russell (12 March 1958 – 18 August 2017) was an English football manager. He was born in London, England. He was the manager of Conference National side Mansfield Town until 12 May 2011 when they decided not to renew his contract.

paragraphs: Russell died in London of liver cancer on 18 August 2017 at the age of 59.


title: Janusz Głowacki

paragraphs: Janusz Głowacki (13 September 1938 – 19 August 2017) was a Polish-American playwright, essayist and screenwriter. He was born in Poznań, Poland.

paragraphs: His best known works include "Antigone in New York", "Fortinbras Gets Drunk", "The Fourth Sister", and "Hunting Cockroaches". He has won many awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Jurzykowski Prize, the Tony Cox Award and the Czesław Miłosz Award.

paragraphs: Głowacki died on 19 August 2017 in New York City, New York at the age of 78.


title: Sonny Burgess

paragraphs: Albert Austin "Sonny" Burgess (May 28, 1929 – August 18, 2017) was an American rockabilly guitarist and singer. He was born in Newport, Arkansas. He was known for working with fellow country musician D. J. Fontana. He gained popularity in Europe during most of his career. Burgess was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of Europe in 1999.

paragraphs: Burgess died of complications from a fall in Little Rock, Arkansas on August 18, 2017 at the age of 88.


title: D. J. Fontana

paragraphs: Dominic Joseph "D. J." Fontana (March 15, 1931 – June 13, 2018) was an American musician. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was best known as the drummer for Elvis Presley for 14 years. He played on over 460 RCA cuts with Elvis. He also played for The Blue Moon Boys and Sonny Burgess.

paragraphs: On April 4, 2009, Fontana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in the sidemen category.

paragraphs: Fontana died on June 13, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee from complications of a broken hip at the age of 87.


title: Don Shepherd

paragraphs: Donald John Shepherd (12 August 1927 – 18 August 2017) was a Welsh cricketer. He played for Glamorgan. One of the great county bowlers, he took more first-class wickets, 2,218 at 21.32 each, than any other player who never played Test cricket. He was born in Port Eynon, Glamorgan, Wales.

paragraphs: Shepherd played regularly to the end of the 1971 season, and then retired from first-class cricket after a few games in 1972. He often appeared as a summariser on BBC Radio Wales coverage of Glamorgan matches.

paragraphs: Shepherd died on 18 August 2017 in Glamorgan, Wales of vascular dementia, aged 90.


title: Venero Mangano

paragraphs: Venero Frank "Benny Eggs" Mangano (September 7, 1921 – August 18, 2017) was an American criminal. He was the underboss of the Genovese crime family. Since boss Daniel "Danny the Lion" Leo was imprisoned in 2007, Mangano was the family's senior leader outside prison. The nickname "Benny Eggs" came from his mother running an egg farm. He was released from prison on November 2, 2006, after serving a 15-year sentence for extortion.

paragraphs: From 1978 to 1990, four of the five crime families of New York formed a cartel of window replacement companies. The cartel eventually controlled over $150 million in contracts from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

paragraphs: As a member of the Genovese crime family, Mangano had a notable criminal record;

paragraphs: In 1997, while still in prison, Mangano was called to testify against boss Gigante. He refused to testify, saying, "What do you want to do, shoot me?" and "Shoot me, but I'm not going to answer any questions". He later took the witness stand, but refused to answer any questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights.

paragraphs: Mangano died of congestive heart failure in New York City on August 18, 2017 at the age of 95.


title: Dominick Cirillo

paragraphs: Dominick Vincent "Quiet Dom" Cirillo (born July 4, 1929) is an American gangster. He is a high-ranking member of the Genovese crime family, who briefly served as acting boss for the imprisoned Boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante. He was born in Harlem, New York.

paragraphs: Cirillo represented the Genoveses in their dealings with the other Mafia families of New York City after Gigante was jailed, though Gigante remained in overall charge of the family. In this way, Cirillo served as "acting boss", and was seen by US authorities as the most powerful member of the Genovese family. However, in 1998 Cirillo stepped down as acting boss because of a heart attack.

paragraphs: On August 22, 2008, the 79-year-old Cirillo was released from federal prison after serving more than three years.


title: Roger Pinto Molina

paragraphs: Roger Pinto Molina (23 April 1960 – 16 August 2017) was a Bolivian right-wing politician. Pinto was born in Santa Rosa, Beni. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1997, from the single-member constituency 67 in Pando (covering areas in the provinces Nicolás Suárez, Manuripi and General Federico Román) as a Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) candidate.

paragraphs: In 2005, Pinto was elected to the Senate as a Podemos candidate from Pando. He served as the head of the Podemos faction in the Senate. He was reelected to the Senate in 2009, as a candidate of Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence.

paragraphs: Pinto was accused of involvement in the September 11, 2008 massacre in Porvenir. Until his death, he sought refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz. He was granted asylum in Brazil but was not given safe conduct by Evo Morales Government to leave Bolivia.

paragraphs: Molina was killed in a plane crash on 16 August 2017 in Brazil at the age of 58.


title: Lucien N. Nedzi

paragraphs: Lucien Norbert Nedzi (born May 28, 1925) is a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Michigan.

paragraphs: Nedzi was born in Hamtramck, Michigan. He studied at the University of Detroit and at the University of Michigan.

paragraphs: Nedzi was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the 87th United States Congress in a special election in 1961 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Thaddeus M. Machrowicz. He was re-elected in the 1962 election and two years later he was elected from the 14th district and every two years after that until he declined to seek re-election in the 1980 election. In all, he served from November 7, 1961 to January 3, 1981.

paragraphs: Nedzi chaired the House Select Committee on Intelligence, known as the Nedzi Committee, from February 1975 until he controversially resigned in June; the successor was the Pike Committee. In addition, Nedzi chaired the Joint Committee on the Library from 1973 to 1979 and the Committee on House Administration from 1979 to 1981.


title: Weston E. Vivian

paragraphs: Weston "Wes" Edward Vivian (born October 25, 1924) is a Canadian-born American politician and retired engineer. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Michigan's 2nd congressional district from January 3, 1965 through January 3, 1967. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

paragraphs: Vivian was born in Newfoundland, Canada. He studied at Union College, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.


title: Philip Ruppe

paragraphs: Philip Edward Ruppe (born September 29, 1926) is an American politician. He is a member of the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1979 before running, unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1982.

paragraphs: He is a Korean War veteran, having served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. After leaving the U.S. House, Ruppe became active in business before running for election, without success, to the 103rd Congress.


title: Dale Kildee

paragraphs: Dale Edward Kildee (born September 16, 1929) is an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Michigan, serving from 1977 until 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

paragraphs: His district included Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. In July 2011, Kildee announced he would retire after his current term was up in 2012.


title: Colin Meads

paragraphs: Sir Colin Earl Meads (3 June 1936 – 20 August 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player, coach and manager. He was born in Cambridge, New Zealand. He played 55 test matches (133 total games), most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 1971.

paragraphs: Meads was widely considered one of the greatest players in history. Nicknamed 'Pinetree', he was an icon within New Zealand rugby, and was named the country's Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards in 1999.

paragraphs: Meads died on 20 August 2017 in Te Kuiti, New Zealand of pancreatic cancer at the age of 81.


title: Sirkka Selja

paragraphs: Sirkka Selja (20 March 1920 – 17 August 2017) was a Finnish poet and writer. She was born in Koski Hl, nowadays Hollola, Finland. Her real name was Sirkka-Liisa Tulonen.

paragraphs: Her first book was published in 1942 titled "Still I Live". In addition to poems, his production includes a play and two listening works. Selja was awarded with the State Literature Prize of Finland in 1958, the Pro Finlandia in 1970, the Aleksis Kivi Prize in 1987 and the P. Mustapää Prize in 2007.

paragraphs: Selja died on 17 August 2017 of pneumonia in Hollola, Finland at the age of 97.


title: Five Star Movement

paragraphs: The Five Star Movement (M5S; Italian: "Movimento 5 Stelle") is an Italian political party. The leader is Luigi Di Maio.

paragraphs: The party was formed by Beppe Grillo and Gianroberto Casaleggio in October 2009. Beppe Grillo served as leader of the party from 2009 to 2017. In September 2017, Luigi Di Maio became leader of the party.

paragraphs: After the 2018 elections, the Five Star Movement became the largest party in the Italian Parliament. Also, the party formed a coalition with the right-wing Lega Nord.

paragraphs: After the break of the Conte I Cabinet, the party formed a coalition in the next Cabinet with the Democratic Party.

paragraphs: From 2014, the party has was a member of the Eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group in the European Parliament. However, in 2017 party members of the Five Star Movement voted to leave the EFDD.


title: Optare Alero

paragraphs: The Optare Alero was a low-floor minibus that was built by Optare between 2001 and 2008.

paragraphs: Around 300 were built in the first five years of being built. Most Aleros were used for rural routes.


title: Nati Mistral

paragraphs: Natividad Macho Álvarez (13 December 1928 – 20 August 2017) was a Spanish movie and stage actress better known by the stage name Nati Mistral. She was born in Madrid, Spain.

paragraphs: Mistral was known for her movie roles in "The Captain's Ship" (1947), "Gold and Ivory" (1947), "Currito of the Cross" (1949), "Service at Sea" (1951), "Cabaret" (1953), "Lovers of Toledo" (1953), "My Street" (1960), and in "Mis tres amores" (1971). She won the National Theater Prize in 1997.

paragraphs: Mistral died of complications from a stroke in Madrid on 20 August 2017 at the age of 88.


title: Bou Regreg

paragraphs: The Bou Regreg () is a river in western Morocco. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean between the cities of Rabat and Salé. The mouth of this river is called Wadi Sala.

paragraphs: The river is 240 kilometres long, with a tidal estuary going approximately 24 kilometres upriver. Its average discharge is 23 m/s and can reach 1500 m/s during floods. The source of the river is the Middle Atlas mountains at an altitude of 1627 meters on the level of Jbel Mtourzgane (Province of Khemisset) and of Grou (Province of Khénifra).

paragraphs: Water quality issues of the Bou Regreg include tidal saltwater intrusion, excessive runoff of nitrates from agricultural land uses and mercury contamination from use of some pesticides in the drainage basin.

paragraphs: The Phoenicians and the Carthaginians, who founded several colonies in Morocco, inhabited the banks of the Bou Regreg approximately two kilometers from its mouth at the ancient site of Chellah. This archaeological site contains the ruins of a Roman town known as Sala Colonia and referred to as Sala by Ptolemy. Chellah was a significant ancient port city with remains including the Decumanus Maximus, or principal roadway, as well as a forum, a monumental fountain, a triumphal arch, and other Roman ruins.


title: Vicente Sota

paragraphs: Vicente Sota Barros (28 April 1924 – 16 August 2017) was a Chilean politician. He was born in Talca, Chile. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Party until switching as a member of the Party for Democracy from 1987 until his death in 2017.

paragraphs: Sota served as Deputy President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1965 through 1969 and again from 1990 through 1998. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 through 1995.

paragraphs: Sota died on 16 August 2017 in Santiago de Chile at the age of 93.


title: Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco

paragraphs: Princess Lalla Salma born Salma Bennani; (, Amazigh: ⵍⴰⵍⵍⴰ ⵙⵍⵎⴰ;10 May 1978, Fes) is the princess consort of Morocco. She is the wife of King Mohammed VI and the first wife of a Moroccan ruler to have been publicly acknowledged and given a royal title.


title: Coat of arms of Morocco

paragraphs: The current coat of arms of Morocco (formally, the royal coat of arms) was introduced 14 August 1957. It was developed by the graphic artists Gauthier and Hainaut and shows a green pentagram, specifically a two-dimensional Penrose pentacle on a red background before the Atlas Mountains and a rising sun. The royal crown is on top. Two lions function as the holders of the shield. On the ribbon underneath, the Arabic inscription is written: () ("If you glorify God, He will glorify you") (Quran, Verse 7, Sura 47).


title: Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco

paragraphs: Prince Moulay Hassan (born 8 May 2003) is the heir apparent to the Moroccan throne. He is the oldest child of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco. He has a younger sister, Princess Lalla Khadija. He is named after his grandfather Hassan II; if he ascends the throne, he is expected to reign as Hassan III.

paragraphs: In 2015 Hassan began appearing in public with his father at official engagements.


title: Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

paragraphs: Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco (born 28 February 2007) is the second child of Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife, Princess Lalla Salma. Lalla Khadija's elder brother is Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco.

paragraphs: In honour of her birth, the king granted a royal pardon to thousands of prison inmates. Khadija visited Tunisia with her mother Lalla Salma in June 2009.


title: Lalla (title)

paragraphs: Lalla () (literally, "lady") is a (Moroccan) Amazigh title of respect. The title is a prefix to her given name or personal name, and is used by females usually of noble or royal background. It may also be used to address older women out of respect. Any woman believed to be descended from Muhammad has the title of Lalla. Likewise, any man who is believed to be descended from Muhammad has the title of Sidi or Moulay (Moulay being a higher honorific).


title: Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco

paragraphs: Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco (, born 26 August 1962 in Rome, Italy) is the first daughter and eldest child of the late King Hassan II of Morocco and his second wife, Lalla Latifa Hammou.

paragraphs: After she obtained her Baccalaureat in 1981, Princess Lalla Meryem was appointed by her father as the President of Social Works of the Royal Army Forces.

paragraphs: On 15 September 1984, she married Fuad Filali (born 1957), the son of former Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Abdellatif Filali. They had two children: a daughter and a son:

paragraphs: Lalla Meryem divorced from Fuad Filali in 1999.

paragraphs: Princess Meryem has two brothers King Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid, and two sisters Lalla Asma and Lalla Hasna.

paragraphs: Holder of numerous prestigious official functions, Princess Meryem has focused much of her activities on the social and cultural realm. Princess Meryem is the President of the Moroccan association in support of UNICEF, President of the Hassan II Foundation for the Moroccans residing abroad, President of the Moroccan National Observatory of the Childs Rights and President of the Hassan II Foundation for the social works of the former soldiers and ex-combatants. In July 2001, she was nominated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador with focus her Ambassadorship on UNESCO projects for women and children. Also Member of the Honorary Committee of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children.

paragraphs: Since 2003 she is President of the National Union of Moroccan Women (UNFM).

paragraphs: Using her Royal status, she continues her work on behalf of women and children and advocate their rights on an international level.


title: Tarfaya Province

paragraphs: Tarfaya is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, which includes the southwestern part of the territory of Morocco as of before 1975, and the northern part of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 was 10420. Its main town is Tarfaya.

paragraphs: In the north-east of the province, Khenifiss National Park is located.

paragraphs: The province is divided administratively into the following:


title: Khenifiss National Park

paragraphs: Khenifiss National Park () is a national park in the southwest of Morocco, located near Akhfennir on the Atlantic coast in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. It was established in 2006. The area of the park is . The national park was created to protect desert, wetlands, and coastal dunes.

paragraphs: The park was first created as a natural reserve in 1960, and in 1980, it was classified as a wetland of international importance. In 1983, the natural reserve was transformed into a Permanent Biological Reserve, and on September 26, 2006, the national park was created.

paragraphs: The park is located at the coast of Atlantic Ocean, north of the border with Western Sahara, between the towns of Tan-Tan (north) and Tarfaya (south). The National Route 1, which runs along the Atlantic coast of Morocco, passes through the park.

paragraphs: The park includes a coastal portion, the Khenfiss lagoon, the biggest lagoon at the Moroccan coast, and the inland portion, located on desert plateaus. The lagoon is also an important bird nesting ground. Ruddy shelduck, marbled duck, and Audouin's gull inhabit the lagoon permanently, and a big number of species migrate here in winter. Every year, about 20,000 birds stay in the lagoon area in the winter season.

paragraphs: The inland part includes sabkhas and is typical for Sahara landscapes. It also includes sand dunes and limestone plateaus.

paragraphs: The government declared its intention to turn the park into a major tourist attraction specializing in ecotourism.

paragraphs: This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 12/10/1998 in the natural category.


title: Akhfennir

paragraphs: Akhfennir is a small town in Tarfaya Province, in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region of Morocco. The area is noted for Khenifiss National Park and Tarfaya-Akhfenir Wind Farm.