title: Erskine Bowles

paragraphs: Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and politician from North Carolina. He was the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2005 to 2010. He was as White House Chief of Staff from 1997–98. Bowles also ran for the United States Senate from North Carolina in 2002 and 2004 but lost both times.

paragraphs: Bowles was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. His parents are Jessamine Woodward Boyce Bowles and Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles Jr.. Bowles grew up in Greensboro and graduated from Virginia Episcopal School. Then he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. He graduated with a business degree. He was in the United States Coast Guard for a short time. Next, Bowles studied at Columbia Business School. He earned an MBA. After graduation, Bowles worked for the financial firm Morgan Stanley in New York City.


title: Allan Hills 84001

paragraphs: Allan Hills 84001 (commonly abbreviated ALH84001) is a meteorite that was found in Allan Hills, Antarctica on December 27, 1984, by a team of American meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project. Like other members of the group of SNCs (shergottite, nakhlite, chassignite), ALH84001 is thought to be from Mars. However, it does not fit into any of the previously discovered SNC groups. On discovery, its mass was .


title: Jan Maxwell

paragraphs: Jan Maxwell (November 20, 1956 – February 11, 2018) was an American stage and television actress. She was a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner (2005, 2010). She was born in Fargo, North Dakota.

paragraphs: Maxwell was known for her performance in the musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (2005) and "Follies" (2012). Her other Broadway credits include, "Dancing at Lughnasa" (1992), "A Doll's House" (1997), "The Sound of Music" (1998) and "The Dinner Party" (2001).

paragraphs: In television, Maxwell starred in "The Divide" (2014), "The Good Wife" (2014), and "Gossip Girl" (2009–2011). From 1994 to 2003, she appeared in four episodes of the NBC drama "Law & Order", each time as a different character.

paragraphs: Maxwell died of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis complicated from breast cancer in New York City on February 11, 2018 at the age of 61.


title: Nicholas Shehadie

paragraphs: Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie (15 November 1925 – 11 February 2018) was an Australian rugby union sportsperson and politician. He was born in Sydney. He served as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1973 to 1975. He was a national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career Test appearances for Australia between 1947 and 1958.

paragraphs: Shehadie was an inductee into both the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame and the IRB Hall of Fame.

paragraphs: From 1957 until his death, Shehadie was married to former Governor of New South Wales Dame Marie Bashir.

paragraphs: Shehadie died on 11 February 2018 in Sydney at the age of 92.


title: Austin Asche

paragraphs: Keith John Austin Asche, AC, QC (born 28 November 1925) is an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne. He served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1993 through 1997. He was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory serving from 1986 through 1987.

paragraphs: Asche was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. John in 1993 and made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1994. He was made Honorary Freeman of the City of Darwin in 2007.


title: Ted Egan

paragraphs: Edward Joseph "Ted" Egan AO (born 6 July 1932) is an Australian folk musician and a former public servant. He served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 2003 to 2007.


title: Neil Conn

paragraphs: Neil Raymond Conn (born 17 August 1936) is an Australian economist and politician. He served as Administrator of the Northern Territory (1997-2000).

paragraphs: Conn was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as Lord Prior of the Order of Saint John in 2014. He was succeeded by Sir Malcolm Ross in 2016.


title: Peter Sinclair

paragraphs: Rear Admiral Peter Ross Sinclair (born 16 November 1934) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy. He served as the 35th Governor of New South Wales from 8 August 1990 to 1 March 1996.

paragraphs: In 1987 he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet, a position which later changed to Maritime Commander, Australia.


title: Marjorie Jackson-Nelson

paragraphs: Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (born 13 September 1931) is an Australian politician and Olympic athlete. She is a former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete.

paragraphs: Jackson-Nelson finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, six individual world records and every Australian State and National title she contested from 1950–1954.


title: Leneen Forde

paragraphs: Mary Marguerite "Leneen" Forde (born 12 May 1935) is an Canadian-born Australian educator and politician. She was a former Chancellor of Griffith University. She served as the 22nd Governor of Queensland from 1992 until 1997.


title: James Gobbo

paragraphs: Sir James Augustine Gobbo AC, CVO, QC (born 22 March 1931) is an Australian jurist and politician. He was the 25th Governor of Victoria serving from 1997 through 2000. He was born in Melbourne.

paragraphs: Gobbo was made Knight Bachelor in 1981 and became a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1993 and a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ) in 1997. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.


title: John Landy

paragraphs: John Michael Landy (born 12 April 1930) is a retired Australian middle-distance runner and politician. Landy was born in Melbourne. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run. He held the world records for the 1500 metre run and the mile race. He was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.


title: Guy Green

paragraphs: Sir Guy Stephen Montague Green, AC, KBE, CVO (born 26 July 1937) is an Australian politician. He was the Governor of Tasmania from 1995 to 2003. He was the first Tasmanian-born governor of the state, although not the first Australian-born. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania.


title: William Cox

paragraphs: William John Ellis Cox, AC, RFD, ED, QC (born 1 April 1936) is an Australian politician. He was Governor of Tasmania from 15 December 2004 to 2 April 2008. Before he was the state's Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor.


title: Paul Danblon

paragraphs: Paul Danblon (25 July 1931 – 8 February 2018) was a Belgian composer, opera director, administrator, and journalist. He was one of the first people of scientific journalism on RTBF (Radio télévision belge de la communauté française). He was born in Ghent, Belgium.

paragraphs: In 1954, Danblon joined the RTBF current events programme, "Carnets de l'Actualité". He went on to specialize in producing and presenting popular science programmes such as "La Bouteille à encre", "Connaître", and "Le point de la médecine". He is the author of two books in the area:

paragraphs: Danblon died of pulmonary edema in Brussels, Belgium on 8 February 2018 at the age of 87.


title: Midori Ito

paragraphs: Midori Ito is female figure skater from Japan. She was the world champion in 1989. She won the silver medal in the 1992 Winter Olympics. She is one of only 12 female figure skaters who have done a ratified triple Axel in competition. Ito is credited with being the first woman to successfully complete a triple axel in competition.


title: Swara Bhaskar

paragraphs: Swara Bhaskar Chitrapu () is an Indian actress who works in the Hindi film industry. Best known for her supporting work in mainstream productions and starring roles in independent films, she has won two Screen Awards and has been nominated Filmfare Award on three occasions.

paragraphs: Bhaskar was the daughter of naval officer Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar. She was born and raised in Delhi. After receiving her bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Delhi, she enrolled herself at the Jawaharlal Nehru University to complete her master's in Sociology. Bhaskar made her film debut with a supporting role in the 2009 drama Madholal Keep Walking, a commercial failure. She achieved wider recognition for her supporting role of a bride-to-be in the commercially successful romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu (2011). Her performance in the film was well received by critics and she garnered a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.


title: Gross regional domestic product

paragraphs: GRDP or gross regional domestic product is usually the measure of a region's economy. The more familiar gross domestic product (GDP) refers to the economy of a country.


title: Algebraic fraction

paragraphs: An algebraic fraction is a fraction where the top and the bottom are algebraic expressions. Two examples of algebraic fractions are formula_1 and formula_2.

paragraphs: A rational fraction is an algebraic fraction where the top and the bottom are polynomials. formula_1 is a rational fraction, but formula_2 is not. This is because the top has a square root function.

paragraphs: Turn the equation into multiplication by flipping one of the fractions. After that, do what is shown above.


title: Great Bear Lake

paragraphs: Great Bear Lake is a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is the largest lake that is entirely inside Canada. It is the fourth largest lake in North America. It is the eighth largest lake in the world.


title: Andorra at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Andorra sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They competed in para-alpine skiing. The country first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002.  The 2018 Winter Paralympics was Andorra’s fifth Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: The International Paralympic Committee confirmed that Andorra will compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in January 2018.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Andorra") that participated in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: The country first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002. The 2018 Winter Paralympics was Andorra’s fifth Winter Paralympics. Their best finish at the Winter Games was in 2010, when Paquita Ramirez Capitan was ninth in the women's Giant Slalom.


title: Argentina at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Argentina sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The people were Carles Codina and Enrique Plantey. Codina competed in para-snowboarding. Plantey competed in para-alpine skiing.

paragraphs: Argentina sent two people to Pyeongchang, South Korea. They were Carles Codina and Enrique Plantey. Codina competed in para-snowboarding. Plantey competed in para-alpine skiing.

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

paragraphs: Enrique Plantey went to a World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland in January 2018. He finished his races, where he won a place at the 2018 Paralympic Games in the giant slalom. Plantey competed at the World Cup in Kutai, Austria.  He finished tenth in the giant slalom race. Next, he went to the World Cup in Saint Moritz, Switzerland.  At that race, he finished tenth in the giant slalom, 14th in the first slalom race and 18th in the second slalom race. From January 18 to 20, Plantey raced at the World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.  He finished 13th.

paragraphs: Plantey went to the Winter Paralympics for the second time in 2018. He had gone to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. The mono-ski he used for the 2014 Winter Paralympics cost $7,000. His town paid for it.

paragraphs: Plantey started using a wheelchair after a car accident that killed his father and brother. Because of the accident, he had a spinal cord injury. Before the accident, he played rugby, soccer and paddle. After his accident, he played table tennis and wheelchair basketball. He went to a ski resort with friends in 1999. He fell in love with para-alpine skiing right away. The next year, his friends and families paid $1,000 to buy him a mono-ski so he could race more. Later, Plantey moved to the United States for some time to train seriously. When he is not skiing, Plantey is a lawyer.

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

paragraphs: Carles Codina went to the Winter Paralympics for the second time in 2018. He had gone to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He had an accident during a ski race in South Korea in 2017. He had to get better before he could race again. In January 2018, he got a place to go to the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Codina went to a World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland in January 2018.

paragraphs: Codina is from Barcelona. His parents are from Argentina. Codina could race for Spain or Argentina. He decided to race for Argentina.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.


title: Armenia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Armenia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The country sent one para-alpine skier, Sasun Hakobyan. He qualified for the Winter Games in November 2017, and was named to the team before any of the country's Olympic people.

paragraphs: Armenia sent one person to the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Sasun Hakobyan (Սասուն Հակոբյան) was chosen to represent Armenia in December 2017. He was selected for the Paralympics before any of the country's Olympic people. The total number of members of the team was five. It included four people who were there to support its skier. The team left for South Korea on 5 March 2018.

paragraphs: In late February, Armenian National Paralympic Committee President Hakob Abrahamyan was trying to add one person to the team. He wanted alpine skier Sasun Hakobyan to go to Pyeongchang too. The problem was the skier missed a qualifying competition. Armenia asked the International Paralympic Committee to allow him to compete anyway.

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

paragraphs: The Government of Armenia gave the National Paralympic Committee AMD 6.5 million for the Winter Paralympics. The money was used for airfare, uniforms and sports equipment.

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

paragraphs: Sasun Hakobyan qualified for the Winter Paralympics in November 2017. In early 2017, he participated in an international skiing competition in Iran. He is coached by Stas Nazaryan. Stasik Nazaryan qualified by competing at a race in Germany in January 2018.

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

paragraphs: Armenia first went to the Winter Paralympics for the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. The only sport the country has competed in is para-alpine skiing.  From 1998 to 2014, Armenia has been represented by standing skier Mher Avanesyan. His finish of 34th in standing slalom at the 2014 Sochi Games was his best result to date. Armenia had yet to medal going into the 2018 Winter Games.


title: Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Australia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team is competing in two sports: para-alpine skiing and para-snowboarding. Team members include co-captains Mitchell Gourley and Joany Badenhorst. Gourley first represented Australia at the Winter Paralympics in 2006, and has gone to every Winter Paralympics since. Badenhorst was the first woman from Australia to compete in para-snowboarding at the Paralympic Games. The 2018 Winter Paralympic Games will are on Seven Network. It is the first time the Paralympic Games will be on a commercial television station in Australia.

paragraphs: Mitchell Gourley and Joany Badenhorst were announced team co-captains in October 2017. Being named captain meant they had the responsibility to work with the Australian Paralympic Committee and Chef de Mission Nick Dean to unify a team that would compete in two sports: para-alpine skiing and para-snowboarding. Sean Pollard was wanting to be the last person named to the team. He went to a snowboarding competition in February 2018 in Canada. The event was the last opportunity for people to qualify for the 2018 Games. On 20 February 2018, the Australian Paralympic Committee shared their updated team list. It included 13 people. Shaun Pianta and sighted guide Jeremy O’Sullivan earned the right to go to the Games. They were waiting for approval from the International Paralympic Committee before the Australian Paralympic Committee officially said they were on Team Australia.

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

paragraphs: In March 2017, Nick Dean was appointed Chef de Mission. He previously was the Chef de Mission at the Lillehammer 1994, Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake City 2002 Games and was Deputy Chef de Mission for a further three Winter and two Summer Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2012.

paragraphs: It is expected that the final Australian team will be between 10 and 12 athletes across two sports – para-alpine skiing and para-snowboard. There is the aim to finish in the top 15 nations on the medal table. This target was set by the Australian Sports Commission’s Australia’s Winning Edge policy. The team will be missing its previous Winter Paralympic Games medalists. The missing skiers Cameron Rahles-Rahbula, Toby Kane and Jessica Gallagher.

paragraphs: The Australian Paralympic Committee thought Mitchell Gourley, Melissa Perrine, Joany Badenhorst and Ben Tudhope could be medal contenders in South Korea.

paragraphs: Mitchell Gourley first represented Australia at the Winter Paralympics in 2006, and has gone to every Winter Paralympics since. Gourley was born not having a lower left arm.

paragraphs: Lara Falk is Patrick Jensen's guide skier. She was 21 years old when she was selected for the team. She skis in front of Jensen. While going down a mountain, she tells him about pitch, rhythm and snow conditions. Her goal is to help Jensen ski the best that he can. The two started skiing together in 2016.

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

paragraphs: Joany Badenhorst won a gold medal at a World Cup event a month before the start of the 2018 Games. She won two bronze medals at World Cup events in 2017.

paragraphs: Badenhorst was the first woman from Australia to compete in para-snowboarding at the Paralympic Games. She started the sport after being observed by a snowboard coach when she was working out. The coach called her and asked if she wanted to try the sport. Badenhorst said, "why not?" and has been snowboarding ever since. Because the Australian Paralympic Committee wanted to send snowboarders to the sports debut at the 2014 Games, her training was sped up to try to make sure she could compete at the Sochi Paralympics. While practicing in Sochi minutes before the start of competition at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, she crashed and broke her patella. She also collapsed her hip and dislocated her knee.

paragraphs: Badenhorst wanted to compete in para-athletics. She almost went to the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the sport, but problems with her amputation forced her to stop competing. When she was a 10-year-old living in South Africa, she was involved in an accident with a tractor. Because of the accident, her leg was amputated.

paragraphs: Sean Pollard was attacked by a shark. This resulted in him having a disability.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM - 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

paragraphs: Australia first competed at the Winter Paralympics in 1980 in Geilo. They have competed at every Winter Paralympics since.  Michael Milton is the Australian with the most Winter Paralympic medals.  The standing para-alpine skier won eleven medals during his participation at the Winter Games. Six of his medals were gold. Australia had a sad games at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  They only won two medals at those Games.  One medal was a bronze, won by Toby Kane in the men's standing super combined. Jessica Gallagher and her guide skier Christian Geiger won Australia's other medal in 2014. It was a bronze in the women's vision impaired giant slalom.

paragraphs: The 2018 Winter Paralympic Games will are on Seven Network. It is the first time the Paralympic Games will be on a commercial television station in Australia. Seven will show highlight shows in the morning and the evening on each day of the Winter Games.


title: Austria at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Austria sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Austria is sending 13 people to compete in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-snowboarding and cross-country skiing.

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

paragraphs: Secretary General Petra Huber and Chef de Mission Julia Voglmayr traveled to South Korea for a meeting with the Chef de Missions of 32 other countries in March 2017, a year before the Games were scheduled to start.

paragraphs: If someone from Austria wins a medal, they will get a cash reward of between €4000 and €8000.

paragraphs: Gernot Morgenfurts decided he wanted to start skiing after his multiple sclerosis became worse. He physically prepared himself before starting the sport in 2015. Later that year, he participated in the Austria Cup. Morgenfurts started competing internationally during the 2016/2017 World Cup season. Because of problems with his sight, he needs a guide skier. For the 2018 Games, that skier is Christoph Gmeiner. They use headsets to talk to each other during races. Pyeongchang 2018 is his first major international skiing competition.

paragraphs: Morgenfurts was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years before the start of the 2018 Games. As the disease has progressed, his vision has become worse.

paragraphs: Thomas Grochar is a standing skier. Grochar won silver at the end of 2016/2017 World Cup season.

paragraphs: Thomas Grochar went to Slovenia in January 2018. He competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora.

paragraphs: Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl and Simon Wallner were registered to start.

paragraphs: The second event on the program was Super-G. All skiers raced between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner were scheduled to start in this event.

paragraphs: The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner are scheduled to start.

paragraphs: The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go. Claudia Lösch, Heike Eder, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Markus Gfatterhofer, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner are registered to start in the slalom.

paragraphs: The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end. Claudia Lösch, Heike Eder, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Markus Gfatterhofer, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and his guide Christoph Gmeiner should all start in this event.

paragraphs: Theo Gmur won a gold medal in the men's downhill standing race.  Arthur Bauchet of France won silver.  Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze. In the women's Super-G sitting race, Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold, Claudia Loesch of Austria won silver, and Momoka Muraoka of Japan won bronze. In the men's Super-G standing race, Theo Gmur of Switzerland won gold, Arthur Bauchet of France won silver, and Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze.

paragraphs: Carina is blind. Her brother, Julian, is her guide skier. She first competed for Austria in 2016. At the 2017 World Championships in Finsterau, Germany, Carina won 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal. Carina was awarded the Golden Lion as "Rookie of the Year" at the Leonidas Sports Gala 2017.

paragraphs: On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  Carina Edlinger and guide Julian Edlinger are scheduled to start.  The pair are then scheduled to start in the sprint classic qualification.  It takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. Carina Edlinger and guide Julian Edlinger are scheduled to participate in the 7.5 km race.  The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

paragraphs: Patrick Mayrhofer and Reinhold Schett are scheduled to start in the snowboard cross event.  The program has the race starting on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes. Patrick Mayrhofer and Reinhold Schett are both scheduled to start.

paragraphs: Austria, Switzerland and Germany are co-hosting "Alpenhaus" in Pyeongchang. It is a place where people can celebrate winning Paralympic medals.


title: Belarus at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Belarus sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People are competing in para-Nordic skiing. The team included a number of para-Nordic skiers. Several had gone to the Winter Paralympics before. The country has a history of doing well at the Winter Paralympics, having first gone in 1994. Going to South Korea, they had already won 23 Winter Paralympic medals.

paragraphs: Yury Holub, Dzmitry Loban, Lidziya Hrafeyeva and Sviatlana Sakhanenka won medals on 10 March in the biathlon. This was the first day of competition at the Winter Paralympics.

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

paragraphs: Belarus has competed in every Winter Paralympics since 1994.  Going to Pyeongchang, they had already won 23 medals at the Winter Games. Most of these medals were in cross country skiing, with only 3 medals won in another sport: biathlon. Almost half the Belarus's medals in cross country skiing were won by sit skier Liudmila Vauchock. Belarus won 3 bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. They ranked eighteenth for total medals. Their medals were won by Basil Shapteboy () and Jadwiga Skorobogataya ().

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

paragraphs: Vasili Shaptsiaboi was 38-years-old at the 2018 Games. He went to the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Games, winning 3 Paralympic bronze medals at these Games. Before the Games, he was the man from Belarus who won the most medals at the Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: Liudmila Vauchock has gone to the Paralympics before. Almost half the Belarus's medals in cross country skiing were won by Vauchock. When at home, her base for training was Raubichi. She would do three days of intense training, take a day off, and then three more days of intense training.

paragraphs: Vauchock has a disability because she fell off a dormitory roof.  The fall broke her back.  Before the accident, she was involved in athletics.  Vauchock did like skiing while she was at school.  She thought she got more mileage out of running than skiing.  Vauchock started skiing after the accident because others encouraged her to try the sport. She says skiing gives her a sense of freedom and speed.  It makes her feel independent and allows her to connect with nature.  The snow is not a hindrance, but a route to freedom. Volchek does not like attention that competing gives her.  She went to Sochi with only her older brother accompanying her. While many people in Belarus were happy with her fifth-place finish in Sochi, she cried as the result was not what she wanted.  While there are many challenges and many places in Minsk are not barrier free, she is not sad about the accident that resulted in her needing to use a wheelchair.  Without the accident happening, she does not think she would have become an elite sportsperson.

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

paragraphs: In the men's 7.5 km sitting event, Daniel Cnossen of the United States won gold, Dzmitry Loban of Belarus won silver and Collin Cameron of Canada won bronze. In the men's 7.5 km visually impaired race,  Vitaliy Luk'yanenko of Ukraine won gold, Yury Holub of Belarus won silver and Anatolii Kovalevskyi of Ukraine won bronze. In the women's 6 km biathlon sitting race,  Kendall Gretsch of the United States won gold, Oksana Masters won silver and Lidziya Hrafeyeva of Belarus won bronze. In the women's 6 km biathlon visually impaired race,  Mikhalina Lysova won gold,  Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine won silver and Sviatlana Sakhanenka of Belarus won bronze.


title: Belgium at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Belgium sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were three skiers for Belgium. They were Jasper Balcaen, Eléonor Sana and guide skier Chloé Sana.

paragraphs: Belgium sent three people to Pyeongchang. They competed in para-alpine skiing. The team included Jasper Balcaen, Eléonor Sana and guide skier Chloé Sana. Eléonor Sana as the first person to qualify for South Korea. She was selected to be the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Sana said about this, "This will be a unique moment in my life and I will try to enjoy it as much as possible."

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

paragraphs: If a person wins a gold medal, the government pays them €25,000. A silver medal is worth €15,000. If they win a bronze medal, they get €10,000. Coaches of people who win get 10% the amount given to the sportsperson.

paragraphs: Eléonor Sana has been blind since she was born. She started skiing when she was a child. She started competing in ski races three years before the 2018 Games. Her sister is Chloé Sana. She is Eléonor's guide skier. They use a microphone and a headset in their helmets to talk to each other. Eléonor and her older sister won two medals at the 2017 World Championships. One was a silver and the other was a bronze. It costs them a lot of money to participate in ski races. There is not much sponsorship in Belgium. Chloé said this can make it very difficult to compete in races. Before the 2018 Games, Chloé wanted to win a medal. At the same time, she was happy just to be going to Pyeongchang.

paragraphs: Marine Antoine went with the Sana sisters to South Korea. She was a reserve guide in case an accident or injury happened to Chloe.

paragraphs: Jasper Balcaen finished twenty-ninth at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. He wanted to do better than that in South Korea. His goal was to finish in the top ten. After being named to the team in late January 2018, he said, "I am happy and honored to be able to defend my country for the second time at the winter games. The road to this selection was not always easy and would have been impossible without my family and my 2 trainers Gustav &    Mark Scorgie. The selection is the result of Teamwork. I hope this shows that no dream is impossible as long as you keep believing in it! " He trains in Stubaital, Austria. He is able to do that because of financial support from Ligue Handisport Francophone.

paragraphs: Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

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

paragraphs: Belgian B2 classified skier Eleonor Sana won bronze in the women's downhill vision impaired race.


title: Brazil at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Brazil sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team included two men and one woman. Two people competed in para-Nordic skiing. One competed in para-snowboarding. Aline Rocha is the first woman to be part of the Brazilian team at the Winter Paralympics. It is the second time Brazil went to the Winter Paralympics. They first went in 2014 to the Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

paragraphs: Brazil sent 3 people to Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Two were para-Nordic skiers and one was a para-snowboarder. The team included Aline Rocha. She is the first woman to be part of the Brazilian team at the Winter Paralympics. The country wanted to send 5 people to South Korea. They had the right to 2 spots in December 2017. One spot was for a man and one spot was for a woman.

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

paragraphs: Brazil first competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2014 in Sochi. André Cintra competed in snowboarding. Fernando Aranha competed in cross-country skiing.

paragraphs: In 2017 when she was 26-years-old, Aline Rocha finished well in important ski races. Her finishes meant she had the right to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. One race was a World Cup in Canmore, Canada in December 2017.  She finished 15th in the 800 meter sprint race.  She also finished 15th in the 5 kilometer race.

paragraphs: Rocha started cross country skiing in 2016. She uses a mono-ski. She started skiing because Brazilian Winter Paralympic sportsperson Fernando Aranha encouraged her. In December 2016, she went to Europe. She wanted to better her skiing results. She first went to race in Sweden. In January 2017, she went to a World Cup in Ukraine. In November 2017, she went to ski races in Germany and Canada. When she trains in Brazil, she uses a roller ski. It is similar to a normal racing wheelchair. She uses ski poles with the chair. She also trains with a special wheelchair that looks like a snowboard with wheels. Her coach is Fernando Cassio Orso.

paragraphs: Before cross country skiing, Rocha competed in para-athletics. She was a T54 classified racer. She has several national records in athletics. She also went to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She finished ninth in the 1,500 meter T54 race. After the Winter Paralympics, Rocha wants to go to the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She has a goal of winning a medal in Tokyo. She quit university so she could try to win the medal in 2020.

paragraphs: Rocha has a disability. It is because of a car accident when she was a 15-year-old. The accident damaged her spinal cord.

paragraphs: Cristian Ribera was the last person named to the team for the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He was named on 15 February 2018.

paragraphs: Ribera races in a sit ski. He competed at a World Cup in Oberried, Germany in January 2018.  He was in the 7.5 km.  He finished 11th with a time of 23 minutes and 54 seconds.

paragraphs: Ribera is an 18-year-old student. He is part of the Program of Sports and Adaptive Motor Activities (Peama) and the Management of Sports and Leisure (UGEL). He wants to become a professional athlete. He thinks sports are important for including people with disabilities into society. He started skiing when he was a 15-year-old.

paragraphs: Cintra is going to his second Winter Paralympics. At the 2014 Winter Paralympics, he finished twenty-eighth. His goal for 2018 was to be better than he was in 2014.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross program has the race starting on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.


title: Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Bosnia and Herzegovina sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Only one person was on the team. It was 19-year-old para-alpine skier Ilma Kazazic.

paragraphs: Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by only one person at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Ilma Kazazic competes in slalom and giant slalom. Three people will accompany Kazazic. The total delegation is four people. The other people are team coach Leon Svetlin, doctor Mirsad Muftić, and chef-de-mission Osman Hadžić. The team departed for South Korea in late February. They arrived in the village on 6 March.

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

paragraphs: The country has never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics. Before 2018, only three people represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Winter Paralympics.  They were Nijaz Memic in 2010 and Ilma Kazazic and Senad Turkovic.  All three are para-alpine skiers.

paragraphs: Ilma Kazazic is representing Bosnia and Herzegovina. She competes in the slalom and giant slalom races. Her coach is Leon Svetlin.

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


title: Bulgaria at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Bulgaria sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The country is sending one person, para-Nordic skier Svetoslav Georgiev. Georgiev competed at the Paralympics before. In 2014, he finished 16th in the 1 km sprint qualification race.

paragraphs: Bulgaria is sending one person to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The person is blind skier Svetoslav Georgiev. Chairman of the Bulgarian Paralympic Association Iliya Lalov said they do not have high expectations. The country is good at Summer Paralympics. They are not good at winter sports like skiing.

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

paragraphs: Bulgaria has never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics. The country sent two people to the 2014 Winter Paralympics, and three people to the 2010 Winter Paralympics. The 2010 team included Joana Ermenkova, Alexander Stoyanov and Ivan Vatov.

paragraphs: Svetoslav Georgiev competed at the Paralympics before. In 2014, he finished 16th in the 1 km sprint qualification race. That was two spots ahead of the other Bulgarian, Jelez Kolev, who competed in the same race. His best international ranking has been 27th. That was in 2014. The most recent recent ranking was in January 2018. He was ranked 36th.

paragraphs: Georgiev is a member of the National Sports Academy Ski Club.  He is coached by Ivan Birnikov.  When he was young, his father encouraged him to practice sport.  He started skiing when he was a 7-year-old.  He started competing internationally in 2011. He was Bulgaria's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.  He has also represented Bulgaria in para-athletics.


title: Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Kazakhstan sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Six people and one guide skier from Kazakhstan will be going to Pyeongchang, South Korea for the 2018 Winter Paralympics. All are competing in para-Nordic skiing. There are six men and one woman. Three are going to their first Paralympic Games. They are coached by Vasily Kolomyjets (). The team spent two years preparing for the Winter Paralympics.

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

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

paragraphs: Kazakhstan is not competing in sledge hockey in 2018. The country is preparing for the future. They want to compete in sledge hockey in the future. Kazakhstan created a program in early 2018. Toyota became a sponsor in October 2017.

paragraphs: Two years before the start of the Games, Kazakstan decided they wanted to win medals in South Korea. They started on two years of planning and training to accomplish this. The team spent nearly a year training in Germany before the South Korean hosted Games. They used snow tunnels during the summer months. This allowed them to train in winter conditions all year. During the summer, they also trained using bicycles. Because of sponsorship, many team members got new prostheses while in Germany. Kolyadin said of his new prosthetic, "They created a new prosthesis. When I got it, I tried it. Now I am accustomed to using it. I think I will win by using it in the race. It takes time to learn new technology. But there is 100% control - I like it." The team went to Russia for World Cup events. They did more training in Russia. They also went to a competition in Finland. The team returned to Almaty three weeks before the Games started. This was so they could do additional training.

paragraphs: The national team had about fifteen people. Only seven are going to South Korea. Their average age is from about 27 years old to 40 years old.


title: Japan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Japan sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The group from Japan was going to compete in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and sledge hockey.

paragraphs: There were three announcements with who would go to the 2018 Winter Games representing Japan. The second announcement was made on 8 February 2018. The last announcement was made on 18 February 2018. The last announcement said two male para-alpine skiers would be going to South Korea. The country has the third largest team among all nations. It has 38 people.

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

paragraphs: Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

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

paragraphs: Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold in the women's downhill sitting race.  Momoka Muraoka of Japan won silver.  Laurie Stephens of the United States won bronze. In the men's downhill sitting race, Andrew Kurka of the United States won gold, Taiki Morri of Japan won silver and Corey Peters of New Zealand won bronze. In the women's Super-G sitting race, Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold, Claudia Loesch of Austria won silver, and Momoka Muraoka of Japan won bronze.

paragraphs: Keiichi Sato competes in two sports: para-triathlon and para-Nordic skiing.  The first sport he did was para-Nordic skiing.  As a member of Team Japan, he went to the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics.  After para-triathlon became a Paralympic sport, Sato decided to try it.  He then was part of Team Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He then went to the 2017 Triathlon World Championships.  After that, he stopped competing in para-triathlon.  He wanted to try to medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  He thought he needed to focus on para-Nordic skiing to do that.

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

paragraphs: Atsushi Yamamoto is a track and field competitor.  He won a silver medal in the men's T42 long jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.  In November 2017, he went to the World Para Snowboard World Cup in Landgraaf, Netherlands.  The World Cup was his first para-snowboarding competition.  Also there was Daniel Wagner of Denmark.  Wagner won gold in the event which Yamamoto won silver.  Both men had decided to compete internationally in snowboarding during the same year.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March. It goesfrom 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

paragraphs: Japan's team has 17 men. Their coach is Kojin Nakakita.

paragraphs: Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic were the last 3 teams that were able to go to the 2018 Games. They could go because of how they finished at the Qualification Tournament in October in Ostersund, Sweden in October 2017.

paragraphs: The United States, South Korea, the Czech Republic and Japan were in Group B for the sledge hockey competition. Japan plays against South Korea on 10 March. They play the Czech Republic on 13 March.

paragraphs: For the first time, the Paralympic Games will be live on television. The 2018 Games will be on NHK. People can watch on NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV channels. Some will be televised with a resolution of 8K. There are going to be 62 hours of live coverage.


title: Italy at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Italy sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They are competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and sledge hockey. Italy finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete in sledge hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

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

paragraphs: 17-year-old Giacomo Bertagnolli went to Slovenia in January 2018. She competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora. Giacomo won the 2017 Para Alpine World Championships in the super combined race.

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

paragraphs: Mac Marcoux won gold in the men's visually impaired downhill race.  Jakub Krako of Slovakia won silver.  Giacomo Bertagnolli of Italy won bronze. In the men's Super-G visually impaired race, Jakub Krako of Slovakia won gold, Giacomo Bertagnolli of Italy won silver, and Miroslav Haraus of Slovakia won bronze.

paragraphs: Italy finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Italy played in the 2017 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in December in Charlottetown, Canada. Norway lost to Italy 4 - 3 in overtime at a tournament in Turin in January 2018.

paragraphs: Canada, Norway, Italy and Sweden were in Group A for the sledge hockey competition. They play against Norway on 10 March. They play against Canada on 11 March.


title: Iceland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Iceland sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Iceland sent one man to Pyeongchang. He competed in para-alpine skiing.

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


title: Iran at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Iran sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Iran had 2 people at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, 1 man and 1 woman who competed in para-alpine skiing. Elaheh Gholi Fallah was announced as the flag bearer.

paragraphs: Iran had 2 people at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, 1 man and 1 woman who competed in para-alpine skiing. Elaheh Gholi Fallah was announced as the flag bearer in late February. She is the first blind person to carry the flag for Iran at the Winter Paralympics.

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


title: Hungary at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Hungary sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The country is sending three people to the games: One blind skier and his guide in para-alpine skiing and one woman para-Nordic skiing. Hungary is returning to the Paralympics after having not gone to the 2014 Games in Sochi. Zsolt Balogh will be the first person who is blind to represent Hungary at the Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: In June 2017, the National Paralympic Committee of Hungary, Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottság (MPB), announced the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had given them a quota of at least three spots.  There were two spots for para-Nordic skiing and one spot for para-alpine skiing. The spot for para-alpine skiing was because of the performance of blind skier Zsolt Balogh and his guide skier Bence Bocsi. The para-Nordic skiing spots were earned by Krisztina Lőrincz.  She is an LW10.5 classified sit skier. MPB representative Laszlo Szabó said of this, "The successes at the Rio Games gave new impetus to Hungarian athletes. We are proud to be able to represent our country at the Winter Paralympics, and in the last Winter Games organized in Sochi there was no Hungarian sportspeople. It's a great success that we can start in three of the six sports contested Winter Paralympic Games, thanks to the great athletes and their coaches whose work here is to be thanked." The three spots was one more than the government had been targeting earlier in the year. The goal was to earn two spots.

paragraphs: Zsolt Balogh and his guide skier Bence Bocsi, and Krisztina Lőrincz were officially named to the team in November 2017. Balogh is the first person who is blind to represent Hungary at the Winter Paralympics.

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

paragraphs: Hungary first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002. Their best results were at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. Agnes Vas competed in the women's slalom sitting race.  She finished ninth. Hungary did not go to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, people only competed in para-alpine skiing.

paragraphs: A joint agreement was signed by the Korean Cultural Center, the Olympic Committee of Hungary and Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottság to support and fund people to participate in the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Zsolt Balogh is blind and skis with his guide skier Bence Bocsi. After he was officially named to the team, Balogh said, "We have worked hard in preparation and qualification in recent years so it is a great pleasure for us to achieve our first goal: we can be in the games. We expect a very tough race, and there are dozens of good riders in this category. With lots of practice, good snow conditions and with a little luck, we can score good results."

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

paragraphs: Krisztina Lőrincz is an LW10.5 sit skier, competing in both cross country skiing and biathlon. In the lead up to Pyeongchang 2018, Lőrincz trained on rollers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  She practiced shooting on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  On long weekends, she would do other training focused on improving her body.  She also worked with a sports psychologist.  Lőrincz did this while working six to seven hours a day.

paragraphs: One of the main reasons Lőrincz participates in para-Nordic skiing is she enjoys shooting.  Otherwise, she prefers cycling to skiing. She narrowly missed out on going to the 2014 Winter Paralympics after trying, and failing, to qualify for the Games. Since January 2017, she has been coached by Kristóf Lágler. Her qualifying for the 2018 Winter Paralympics was easier because of the ban on Russian skiers from participating.

paragraphs: Krisztina Lőrincz represented Hungary at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in adapted rowing. She finished 11th. Outside of sports, she works as a human resources specialist. She was in a car accident in 2005. Because of that, she has a disability.

paragraphs: On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  The sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The 7.5 km race standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.


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title: Greece at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Greece sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One person is representing Greece. It is snowboarder Konstantinos Petrakis. It is the first time a snowboarder has represented Greece at the Winter Paralympics. Greece first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002. The 2018 Games are the fifth time they sent a team to the Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: Greece is going to have a team that includes one snowboarder, Konstantinos Petrakis. It is the first time a snowboarder has represented Greece at the Winter Paralympics.

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

paragraphs: Konstantinos Petrakis is from Veria. Petrakis is only racing in the snowboard cross. He has won five medals in his career in the event.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March. It goes from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women.


title: Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Great Britain sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team has people in para-snowboarding, para-alpine skiing and wheelchair curling. People are from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland Unlike football and some other sports, citizens from these countries are part of the same team at the Olympics and Paralympics. The competition was also broadcast on television on Channel 4.

paragraphs: The first team announcement for Great Britain was made on 15 January 2018. The full team for Great Britain was made on 15 February 2018. has been selected to compete in both the biathlon and cross-country skiing competitions.

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

paragraphs: Great Britain will send a total of 17 athletes to the games. This is the most sent by the British team since 2006.

paragraphs: Many times, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland compete as separate countries at sports events around the world. Because of the past, these four countries compete as one country at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Some Crown dependencies and some British Overseas Territories also are part of Great Britain for these sporting events. People in Northern Ireland do not like the name because it does not include them.

paragraphs: Before the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics, people from Great Britain had won more medals in the Winter Paralympics than the Winter Olympics. People won one bronze medal at the Winter Olympics. People won over five medals in the Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: Mille Knight became blind when she was a 6-year-old. In 2017, she finished her A Levels. That year, she also won seven gold medals at IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup races. Kelly Gallagher is blind. She skis with her guide skier Charlotte Evans. They went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Gallagher and Evans won a gold medal in the Super-G. Gallagher wanted to win more medals in South Korea.

paragraphs: Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

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

paragraphs: B2 classified skier Millie Knight won silver in women's downhill vision impaired race. In the women's Super-G visually impaired race, Henrieta Farkasova of Slovakia won gold, Millie Knight of Great Britain won silver and Menna Fitzpatrick won bronze.

paragraphs: Great Britain is not a country where people with disabilities do para-Nordic skiing. Scott Meenagh was the first para-Nordic skier to go to the Winter Paralympics in 28 years. Meenagh was a service member in Afghanistan. After an attack, he lost both of his legs. After his injuries, he tried para-athletics and adaptive rowing. In March 2016, he first tried para-Nordic skiing.

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

paragraphs: The team starts playing on 10 March. They play against Sweden on 12 March.

paragraphs: Some media for the 2018 Games in the UK is on the BBC Sport website and app and on BBC Radio 5 live. The competition was also broadcast on television on Channel 4.


title: Germany at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Germany sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were 19 people from Germany competing in South Korea. 10 were women and 9 were men. They competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair curling. Germany tried to go to the Winter Paralympics in sledge hockey. The team needed to win some competitions. Because they lost, they could not go to South Korea. Sports leaders from Germany were not happy Russia was allowed to compete at the Games. Para-Nordic skier Andrea Eskau went to her sixth Paralympic Games in 2018.

paragraphs: There were 19 people from Germany competing in South Korea. They are competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair curling. The team has 10 women and 9 men. There were 9 people going to their first Paralympic Games. The team was named by the German Disabled Sports Association 38 days before the Games started. The Chef-de-Mission was Karl Quade. People thought Germany should win a lot of medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. They thought this because Germany sent 13 people to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. These 13 people won 15 total medals.

paragraphs: Germany tried to go to the Winter Paralympics in sledge hockey. The team needed to win some competitions. Because they lost them, they could not go to South Korea.

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

paragraphs: Before the 2018 Winter Paralympics, German Disabled Sports Association President Julius Beucher and Chef-de-Mission was Karl Quade were not happy. The International Paralympic Committee said some Russians could go to South Korea to compete. Beucher and Quade did not like this. They questioned if the sportspeople from Russia were "clean". They wanted a Winter Paralympics where there was no doping.

paragraphs: Anna Schaffelhuber is one of the best people for Germany at the Winter Paralympics. She competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. She won 5 gold medals in 5 races. She goes to Pyeongchang looking to defend her crown.

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

paragraphs: Marie Bochet from France won gold in the women's downhill standing.  Andrea Rothfuss from Germany won silver.  Mollie Jepsen from Canada won bronze. Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold in the women's downhill sitting race.  Momoka Murakoa of Japan won silver.  Laurie Stephens of the United States won bronze. In the women's Super-G standing race, Marie Bochet of France won gold, Andrea Rothfuss of Germany won silver, and Alana Ramsay of Canada won bronze. In the women's Super-G sitting race, Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold, Claudia Loesch of Austria won silver, and Momoka Muraoka of Japan won bronze.

paragraphs: Martin Fleig and Anja Wicker both were members of the Germany team at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. Before the start of the 2018 Games, people thought they could win medals. Wicker won 2 medals in biathlon at earlier Paralympic Games. Clara Klug is blind. Her first Paralympic Games were in 2018. Before they left for Pyeongchang, Wicker gave Klug advice about the Paralympics.

paragraphs: Before South Korea, Andrea Eskau went to 5 Paralympic Games. These were the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics for cycling, and the 2006, 2010, 2014 Winter Paralympics for para-Nordic skiing.

paragraphs: In cross country skiing's women's 12 km sitting race, Kendall Gretsch of the United States won gold, Andrea Eskau of Germany won silver, and Oksana Masters of the United States won bronze.

paragraphs: The team starts playing on 10 March. They play Sweden on 13 March.


title: Georgia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Georgia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team has two people who are competing in para-Nordic skiing. One is a man and one is a woman.

paragraphs: Georgia leaves to go to Pyeongchang on March 6. Georgia, North Korea and Tajikstan are the three countries making their first appearance Winter Paralympics.

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

paragraphs: Temuri Dadiani competes in three sports: cycling, wheelchair fencing and para-Nordic skiing. He competed in cycling at the 2017 Invictus Games. He has a Guinness World Record. It is for doing 44 push-ups in one minute. Dadiani was in the military. While an officer in Afghanistan in August 2011, he was hit by a landmine. Doctors amputated both his legs.

paragraphs: Nino Sabashvili had a goal of winning a Paralympic medal. Her first sport is para-armwrestling. The sport is not on the program for the Summer or Winter Paralympic Games. She started para-Nordic skiing so she could compete in a sport that is on the program. She is very good at para-armwrestling. At the 2016 World Para Armwrestling Championships in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, she won two silver medals.


title: France at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: France sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There will be twelve people from France. Four people from France competed in para-snowboarding. Five people competed in para-alpine skiing. Six skiers and 2 guide skiers competed in para-alpine skiing. Marie Bochet was chosen to carry the flag during the Opening Ceremony.

paragraphs: People from France went to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and para-snowboarding. People on the team were Benjamin Daviet and Cécile Hernandez. Marie Bochet was chosen to carry the flag during the Opening Ceremony. She was chosen 100 days before the 2018 Games started. The first people were included on the team in September 2017. The list included Thomas Clarion. The team has 12 people.

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

paragraphs: Before the 2018 Winter Paralympics, France was seventh for having the most Winter Paralympic medals.  They had won 52 gold medals, 47 silver medals and 52 gold medals.  Of these 151 medals, 12 were won at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. France won 5 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 4 bronze medals in Sochi.  They ranked fifth for medals.

paragraphs: There were 5 skiers from France. They were Arthur Bauchet, Marie Bochet, Jordan Broisin, Frederic François and Yohann Taberlet. Bochet had already gone to four Winter Paralympic Games before South Korea. Bochet competes in women's standing alpine skiing.  She won gold at the 2017 Para Alpine World Championships in the Super-G and super combined.  She won four medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  She also was first at the end of four World Cup seasons in the overall category.

paragraphs: At the 9 January 2018 World Cup in Zagreb, François won gold in the men's sitting slalom race. At 41-years-old, it was his first World Cup victory. It also made him one of the oldest people to win a World Cup event. Bochet went to Slovenia in January 2018. She competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora.

paragraphs: Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

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

paragraphs: Marie Bochet from France won gold in the women's downhill standing.  Andrea Rothfuss from Germany won silver.  Mollie Jepsen from Canada won bronze. Theo Gmur won a gold medal in the men's downhill standing race.  Arthur Bauchet of France won silver.  Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze. In the women's Super-G standing race, Marie Bochet of France won gold, Andrea Rothfuss of Germany won silver, and Alana Ramsay of Canada won bronze. In the men's Super-G standing race, Theo Gmur of Switzerland won gold, Arthur Bauchet of France won silver, and Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze. In the men's Super-G sitting race, Kurt Oatway of Canada won gold, Andrew Kurka of the United States won silver, and Frederic Francois of France won bronze.

paragraphs: Benjamin Daviet was at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He did not win a medal. His best finish was seventh. The first medal he won at a major competition was in 2017 at a race in Finsterau.

paragraphs: Thomas Dubois first represented France at racing at the 2017 World Cup in Ukraine. Before that, he was the French junior champion in biathlon and cross-country skiing. He finished second in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the senior French championships. Dubois became blind when he was an 8-year-old because of a genetic disorder. He needs to ski with a guide skier. Unlike other countries, Fédération française handisport does not give money to guide skiers to help blind skiers with the cost of competing. To get the right to go to and practice for the Winter Paralympics, it cost €21,000. Dubois had to raise money to be able to pay for that. Maubourguet Lions Club helped Dubois get the money for the Winter Paralympics.

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

paragraphs: In the men's 7.5 km standing race,  Benjamin Daviet of France won gold, Mark Arendz won silver and Ihor Reptyukh of Ukraine won bronze.

paragraphs: There were 3 snowboarders from France at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Snowboarders from France went to Pirineo at the last part of January 2018 to get ready for the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Cécile Hernandez was one of the snowboarders from France. She went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. It was the first Paralympics for Montaggioni and Roulet. Hernandez and Roulet have arm disabilities. Montaggioni has a problem with her legs. They are coached by Olivier Noiret and Marcos Lorenzo.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.


title: Michael Hutchence

paragraphs: Michael Kelland John Hutchence (22 January 1960 - 22 November 1997) was an Australian recording artist and actor. He was best known as being one of the founding members and lead singer of the rock band INXS.

paragraphs: Hutchence was also the lead singer for the band Max Q and acted in the movies "Frankenstein Unbound" and "Dogs in Space".

paragraphs: In 1992, Hutchence was punched by a taxi driver in Copenhagen, knocking him to the ground. This caused Hutchence brain damage and depression.

paragraphs: In July 1996, Paula Yates gave birth to their daughter.

paragraphs: Hutchence was found dead by a hotel maid in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Double Bay, Sydney on 22 November 1997. He committed suicide by hanging himself with his snake skin belt. Hutchence had been a drug user and was using drugs just before his death.


title: Michael Bolton

paragraphs: Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), better known as Michael Bolton, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. He has eight Top 10 records and received Grammy Awards as well as the American Music Awards. He began singing in hard rock, though he later went to the soft rock styles starting in the late 1980s and has stayed there since. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut


title: Melanie Mayron

paragraphs: Melanie Joy Mayron (born October 20, 1952 near Philadelphia) is a movie actress and director who was featured in many television programs in the 1980s and 1990s. She also directed them, and directed many movies.


title: Audrina Patridge

paragraphs: Audrina Patridge (born 9 May 1985) is an American television personality and actress. She acted in several motion pictures. She is especially notable for being among the four original members of the MTV reality show "The Hills".


title: The Waltons

paragraphs: The Waltons (September 14 1972-June 4 1981) was an American television show. It was about a family in rural Virginia between the Great Depression and 1946. The series was distributed by Lorimar and syndicated via Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. Six television movies followed this: three in 1982, and another three in the 1990s. The series lasted almost nine years.


title: John Playfair

paragraphs: John Playfair FRSE, FRS (10 March 1748 – 20 July 1819) was a Scottish scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.

paragraphs: He is perhaps best known for his book "Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth" (1802), which summarised the work of James Hutton. It was through this book that Hutton's principle of uniformitarianism first reached a wide audience. The idea was later taken up by Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin. Playfair is also remembered for his proposal of an alternative to Euclid's parallel postulate.


title: Ryan Tannehill

paragraphs: Ryan Timothy Tannehill is an American quarterback who plays for the NFL's Miami Dolphins.

paragraphs: Tannehill played for Texas A&M during his college career, after graduating from Texas' Big Spring High School.

paragraphs: During the 2012 NFL Draft, Tannehill was picked 8th by the Miami Dolphins. He was the first quarterback picked by the Dolphins in the first round of any NFL Draft since Dan Marino. On July 28, 2012, Tannehill signed his rookie contract, a 4-year deal worth $12.688 million. Tannehill started his first pro career game. He played poorly, throwing 0 touchdowns and 3 interceptions against the Houston Texans. Even though he had a poor first game, Tannehill showed signs of growth throughout his rookie season. Despite playing better as the season progressed, his play was still thought to be overall mediocre, as it was overshadowed by the play of other rookie quarterbacks, such as Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, and Russell Wilson.


title: Orivesi

paragraphs: Orivesi is a town and municipality in Finland. It is in Pirkanmaa. The municipality was founded in 1865. It has been classed as a town since 1986.

paragraphs: Nearby municipalities include Juupajoki, Jämsä, Kangasala, Kuhmoinen, Ruovesi and Tampere.

paragraphs: There were more than 9,600 people in Orivesi (as of January, 2014). The name "Orivesi" means "stallion water".


title: Messier 100

paragraphs: Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321) is an example of a so-called 'grand design' spiral galaxy. It is visible in the southern part of constellation Coma Berenices. Messier 100 is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo cluster, about 55 million light-years away, with a diameter of 160,000 light years. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. Later it was entered in Messier’s catalogue of nebulae and star clusters after Charles Messier made observations of his own a month later. The galaxy was one of the first spirals discovered, and was listed as one of 14 spiral nebulae by the Earl of Rosse in 1850.

paragraphs: The galaxy has two satellite galaxies, NGC 4323 connected with M100 by a bridge of luminous matter and NGC 4328.

paragraphs: Messier 100 is considered a starburst galaxy with a radius of 1 kilo-parsec, where star formation has been taking place for least 500 million years in separate bursts. Star formation is concentrated in a ring actually two tightly wound spiral arms attached to a small nuclear bar.

paragraphs: As usual on spiral galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, in the rest of the disk both star formation and neutral hydrogen are reduced in the galaxy's disk, something caused by interactions in the Virgo cluster.


title: Akari (satellite)

paragraphs: The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

paragraphs: The satellite was launched on February 22, 2006.

paragraphs: The primary mission of "Akari" was as a space observatory to survey the entire sky in near-, mid- and far-infrared with its infrared telescope.


title: Walkie-talkie

paragraphs: A walkie-talkie is a hand held device, two way radio receiver/transmitter. It was developed in the second world war.

paragraphs: Radio engineer Alfred J. Gross worked on the early technology behind the walkie-talkie between 1934 and 1941. During the war it was developed by Donald L. Hings and engineering teams at Motorola led by Henryk Magnuski.

paragraphs: Typical walkie-talkies today are phone sized and have a push to talk button. Walkie-talkie are used for various reasons, in the military, for amateur radio, and for personal use.

paragraphs: The first walkie-talkie was so large it had to be carried in a backpack, and was called Motorola SCR-300. Mortorola also made other Walkie-talkies during World War Two. During World War Two The first hand-held Walkie-talkies were also developed by Mortorola during WWII.

paragraphs: The idea of walkie-talkies did not get much interest until the war started in 1939. After a few years the Motorola team had improved them, so that the army could use them. There were also vehicle and tank versions. The British, Germans and Americans all had their own versions.

paragraphs: Motorola also produced the hand-held radio during World War II, and it was called the "handie-talkie" (HT). The terms are often confused today, but the original walkie talkie referred to the back mounted model, while the handie-talkie was the device which could be held entirely in the hand (but had vastly reduced range).

paragraphs: Walkie-talkies are widely used in many settings, business, police force, military and recreation.


title: Abell 2142

paragraphs: Abell 2142 is a huge, X-ray luminous galaxy cluster in the constellation Corona Borealis. It is the result of an ongoing merger between two galaxy clusters. The combined cluster is six million light years across, contains hundreds of galaxies and "enough gas to make a thousand more". It is "one of the most massive objects in the universe".

paragraphs: The image on the right was taken in 1999 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory's 0.3-10.0 keV Advanced Imaging Spectrometer, and covers an area of 7.5 x 7.2 arc minutes. It shows a colossal cosmic "weather system" produced by the collision of two giant clusters of galaxies. For the first time, the pressure fronts in the system have been traced in detai. They show a bright, but relatively cool 50 million degree Celsius central region (white) embedded in large elongated cloud of 70 million degree Celsius gas (magenta), all of which is boiling in a faint "atmosphere" of 100 million degree Celsius gas (faint magenta and dark blue). The bright source in the upper left is an active galaxy in the cluster.

paragraphs: Abell 2142 is part of the Abell catalogue of rich clusters of galaxies originally published by UCLA astronomer George O. Abell (19271983) in 1958. It has a heliocentric redshift of 0.0909 (meaning it is moving away from us at 27,250 km/s) and a visual magnitude of 16.0. It is about 1.2 billion light years (380 megaparsecs) away.


title: Screen printing

paragraphs: Screen printing is a printing technique. It uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil has open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials. The ink or paint can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp image onto a material.

paragraphs: A fill blade or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing ink through the mesh openings.


title: Julianne Hough

paragraphs: Julianne Alexandra Hough (born July 20 1988) is an American dancer, country music singer and actress. She is best known for being a two-time champion on the ABC series "Dancing with the Stars". Her first album was released May 20, 2008. She acted in the 2011 remake of the movie "Footloose".

paragraphs: Hough is the second of five children. She has three sisters and a brother. All of her grandparents were professional dancers.


title: Jake Kaminski

paragraphs: Jake Kaminski (born August 11, 1988) is an American archer. He is best known for competing in the Summer Olympic Games.

paragraphs: At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the men's archery team that won a silver medal.


title: Brady Ellison

paragraphs: Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American athlete. He is an archer who competed in the Summer Olympic Games.


title: Crystal Bowersox

paragraphs: Crystal Lynn Bowersox (Born August 4, 1985, in Elliston, Ohio) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She was the runner-up in the ninth season of "American Idol". Her debut album was "Farmer's Daughter", released in 2010. She was diagnosed with diabetes when she was age 6 and has been hospitalized several times since.


title: Kyoko Yano

paragraphs: Yano played on the Japan women's national football team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.

paragraphs: She took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. She played on the team which won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics at London.


title: David Brown

paragraphs: David Brown (July 28, 1916 – February 1, 2010) was an American movie producer. Brown and business partner Richard D. Zanuck were one of the most successful producers in Hollywood in the 1960s and in the 1970s.

paragraphs: Brown was born in New York City, the son of Lillian (née Baren) and Edward Fisher Brown. He was best known as the producing partner of Richard D. Zanuck. They were jointly awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1990 for their achievements in producing. Among their films were Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" (1975), and other box office hits such as "Cocoon" (1985), "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) and "A Few Good Men" (1992).

paragraphs: Brown had one son (Bruce, from an earlier marriage) who died before him, and a half brother (Edward Fisher Brown Jr.).

paragraphs: Brown authored "Brown's Guide to the Good Life: Tears, Fears, and Boredom", which gives advice on life. He also wrote "Let Me Entertain You", an anecdotal auto-biography.

paragraphs: Brown died at his home in Manhattan from renal failure on February 1, 2010, at the age of 93.


title: Helen Gurley Brown

paragraphs: Helen Gurley Brown (February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of "Cosmopolitan" magazine for 32 years.

paragraphs: Brown was born in Green Forest, Arkansas on February 18, 1922, the daughter of Cleo and Ira Marvin Gurley.

paragraphs: After working at the William Morris Agency, Music Corporation of America, and Sam Jaffe talent agencies she went to work for Foote, Cone & Belding advertising agency as a secretary. Brown became well-known for her writing skills and moved her to the copywriting department where she advanced rapidly to become one of the nation's highest paid ad copywriters in the early 1960s. In 1959 she married David Brown, who later became the producer of "Jaws", "The Sting", "Cocoon", "Driving Miss Daisy", and other motion pictures.

paragraphs: In September, 2008, she was named the 13th most powerful American over the age of 80 by "Slate" magazine.

paragraphs: After more than 50 years of marriage, her husband, David Brown, died at age 93 on February 1, 2010.

paragraphs: Together with her husband David, Helen Gurley established the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation. This institution will be housed at both the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford University School of Engineering|Stanford's Engineering School. Their $30 million donation to the two schools will be used to develop journalism in the context of new technologies.

paragraphs: Brown died at the McKeen Pavilion at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia after a brief hospitalization; she was 90. In its statement announcing the news, Hearst Publications did not disclose a cause.


title: Muscadine

paragraphs: Muscadine is a grapevine species. It is in the southeastern United States. They grow well in a warm and humid climate.

paragraphs: Muscadine berries are bronze to dark purple to black in color when ripe. However, many wild varieties stay green. Their skin is very tough. To eat the raw fruit a person bites a small hole in the skin to suck out the pulp inside. Muscadines are not only eaten fresh, but also are used in making wine, juice, and jelly.


title: Kathy Baker

paragraphs: Katherine Whitton "Kathy" Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an American movie and television actress. She acted in the movies "Edward Scissorhands", "The Cider House Rules" and "Cold Mountain". She also acted in the TV series "Picket Fences" and "Boston Public". She was born in Midland, Texas.


title: Bill Butler (cinematographer)

paragraphs: Wilmer C. “Bill” Butler, A.S.C. (born April 7, 1921) is an American cinematographer, part of the New Hollywood generation. He shot "The Conversation" (1974), "Jaws" (1975), and three "Rocky" sequels. He completed 1975's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" after Haskell Wexler was fired from the production.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

paragraphs: Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor and writer, remembered for his roles in "From Russia with Love" (1963), "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), "The Sting" (1973), the original "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974), "Black Sunday" (1977), "The Deep" (1977) and "Jaws" (1975), where he played the shark hunter Quint. Robert Shaw was born in Westhoughton, near Bolton, Lancashire.

paragraphs: Shaw was married three times and had ten children, one of whom was adopted. His first wife was Jennifer Bourke (1952-63) with he had four daughters. His second wife was the actress Mary Ure (1963-75) with he had two sons and two daughters; this marriage ended with her death from an overdose. His third and last wife was Virginia Jansen (1976-78) with he had one son and adopted Jansen's son from a previous relationship. One of Shaw's sons by Mary Ure is the actor Ian Shaw.

paragraphs: Shaw died on August 28, 1978 from a heart attack while on the set of "Avalanche Express" in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.


title: Asuna Tanaka

paragraphs: Tanaka played on the Japan women's national football team which won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

paragraphs: She played on the women's team which won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics at London.


title: Jerry Hall

paragraphs: Jerry Faye Hall (born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas) is an American actress and model. She appeared in several movies., the most notable being "Batman" (1989).

paragraphs: In November 1990, she married Mick Jagger. They had four children. The couple divorced in 1999. Hall has appeared on many magazine covers during her fashion modeling career. In 2016, she married Rupert Murdoch.


title: Leonardo Cimino

paragraphs: Leonardo Cimino (November 4, 1917 – March 3, 2012) was an American movie, television and stage actor. In 1937, he appeared in the original stage production of Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock". Leonardo's most well known roles are in the 1983 science fiction miniseries, "V" as Abraham Bernstein and the 1987 feature film "The Monster Squad" as the "scary German guy". Born in Manhattan, Cimino was the son of Andrea and Leonilda Cimino. Cimino was married to Sharon Powers until his death. Cimino died on March 3, 2012 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his home in Woodstock, New York.


title: Warren Stevens

paragraphs: Warren Albert Stevens (November 2, 1919 – March 27, 2012) was an American stage, movie, and television actor.

paragraphs: Stevens was born on November 2, 1919 in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He studied how to act at the Actor's Studio in New York City.

paragraphs: Stevens began his acting career after being in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot during World War II. He trained at The Actor's Studio in New York. He was noticed on Broadway in the late 1940s. Then he was offered a Hollywood contract at 20th Century Fox.

paragraphs: His first Broadway role was in "The Life of Galileo" (1947). His first movie role followed in "The Frogmen" (1951). As a young studio contract player, Stevens had little choice in the jobs he took. He was in movies that included "Phone Call from a Stranger" (1952), "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" (1952), and "Gorilla at Large" (1954). His most memorable movie role was probably that of "Doc" Ostrow in the science fiction movie "Forbidden Planet" (1956). He also had a supporting role in "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954) with Humphrey Bogart.

paragraphs: Stevens was married to Susan Tucker Huntington from 1942 until they divorced. Then he was married to Barbara Finch from 1969 until they divorced. He had one child with Huntington and two with French. He lived in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California with his family.

paragraphs: Stevens died on March 27, 2012, in his home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California from a lung disease. He was survived by three of his children.