title: Slovakia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Slovakia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Slovakia is sending up to fifteen sportspeople to the 2018 Games. They are competing in para-alpine skiing and wheelchair curling. The team includes Henrieta Farkasova. Farkasova has the more medals won at the Winter Paralympics than any other person from Slovakia. Before the 2018 Paralympics, she had five gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal.

paragraphs: Slovakia is sending up to fifteen sportspeople to the 2018 Games. They are also sending another 15 people to assist them. The sportspeople are competing in para-alpine skiing and wheelchair curling.

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

paragraphs: People going to the Winter Games who are not athletes include Chef-de-Mission Maroš Čambal, sport administrator Tomáš Varga, medical support staff Branislav Delej, Slovenský Paralympijský Výbor representative Samuel Rosko, SZTPŠ representative Martin Čapla, SAASP representative Pavol Valent, alpine skiing representative Martin Makovnik, wheelchair curling representative František Pitoňák, sledge hockey representative Miroslav Dráb and media spokesperson Stanislav Ščepán.

paragraphs: Henrieta Farkasova went to the Games as the world champion in slalom and giant slalom.  She won gold in both races at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  Farkasova has the more medals won at the Winter Paralympics than any other person from Slovakia. Before the 2018 Paralympics, Farkasova had five gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. Born in 1986, Farkasova is blind.

paragraphs: Jakub Krako was second in Slovakia for most medals won at the Winter Paralmpics. Before 2018 Pyeongchang, he won four gold medals and two silver medals. Krako has a physical disability.

paragraphs: Farkasova 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: Henrieta Farkasova, guided by Nataly Subrtova, won the first gold medal at the Winter Paralympics. Farkasova won gold in women's downhill vision impaired race. 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 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. 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.


title: Serbia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Serbia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One person on the team is para-Nordic skier Milos Zaric. In addition to para-Nordic skier, Zaric is also a para-athlete. He is the world champion in the men's F55 javelin.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Serbia") 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: Serbia first competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2010, and had yet to win a medal going into the 2018 edition of the Games.  Serbia was represented by Jugoslav Milosevic in 2014.  He competed in para-alpine skiing.  The upper limb amputee competed in the slalom and giant slalom standing events.

paragraphs: Milos Zaric competes in two sports: para-athletics and para-Nordic skiing.  In 2017, he won a gold medal at the 2017 IPC Athletics World Championships in the men's F55 javelin. A few months later, he competed in para-Nordic skiing at the World Cup in Oberried, Germany.  The World Cup was the first time he was part of Team Serbia at an international sporting competition.

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


title: Romania at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Romania sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Romania sent only one person to the 2018 Games. The person was Mihaita Papară. He competes in para-snowboarding. Romania first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2010. The country has never won a medal at the Winter Games. At the 2010 and 2014 Games, Romania was represented by one skier, Laura Văleanu.

paragraphs: Romania sent only one person to the 2018 Games. The person was Mihaita Papara. He competes in para-snowboarding

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

paragraphs: The Romanian National Paralympic Committee has few employees. They also have very little money. Despite this, they try very hard to help all sportspeople with disabilities in Romania. Their 2014 budget was for twelve sports. Snowboard became their thirteenth sport. This happened after Mihaita Papara asked the Committee Chairperson Sally Wood Lamont to support him. In 2016, the budget for the Romanian National Paralympic Committee increased. The year of the Summer Paralympics, their budget was . In comparison, Croatia had a budget of in 2015. They money increased because Romanians did well in international competitions. Because the costs to compete are very high, the money was still not enough. There are few sponsors for disability sportspeople in Romania. The Paralympic Games do not get much media coverage. This makes it very difficult for people in Romania to go to the Paralympic Games.

paragraphs: Papară started snowboarding after a car accident. Snowboarding made his life more normal. It was more like life before his accident. He started using a new knee prosthesis in 2012. It was exhausting. He could have tried to go to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He chose not to. Because he would not have been at his best, Papară thought it was not honorable to go. He also did not have much experience competing at snowboarding. By 2018, things had changed. Papară had participated in a lot more races. He had more experience. His fitness was better. He entered his first international snowboard race in November 2014. Before his first race, a little voice in his head said, "Wait, what you're doing, it's too risky, you're going to hurt yourself, give up!" The prosthetic he uses to snowboard costs . The Romania Olympic Committee assisted in paying for part of his prosthetic.

paragraphs: Laura Văleanu is Papară's role model. Her amputation is similar to his. She was a skier. She represented Romania at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Those were the first Winter Paralympics Romania went to. Sport was a passion for her. It assisted in her recovery. Papară tried to do the same as Văleanu. Sport became a way to regain life.

paragraphs: Papară was in a car accident in 3 September 2005. Because of the accident, doctors amputated his leg. After the accident, he tried to live a normal life.  He tried to make sure his amputation did not mean he could not do things he wanted to do. He said, "The recovery after such an accident, after an amputation is very difficult and lasting. If I were to give advice to a person in the same situation, I would tell them to start a physical activity, to start sport as soon as possible."

paragraphs: Papară is from Gheorgheni, Harghita. He was born in Harghita.

paragraphs: In early February, Papară went to a World Cup in Canada. He was in the banked slalom and snowboard cross races. He said it was important people in Romania saw him snowboarding. He thinks it will help change people's mind about what people with disabilities can do. He wants to be a role model for others with disabilities.

paragraphs: The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March. It starts at 10:30 AM and goes to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March. It goes from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM. Men and women in all classes are racing at that time.


title: Poland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Poland sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People will compete in cross-country skiing, para-alpine skiing, biathlon and para-snowboarding. Team members include Katarzyna Rogowiec and Igor Sikorski.

paragraphs: In January 2018, Poland thought their team for the 2018 Games would include ten sportspeople in four sports: cross-country skiing, para-alpine skiing, biathlon and para-snowboarding. The complete list of all members of Team Poland was shared in February 2018.

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

paragraphs: It can be difficult for people with disabilities to participate in winter sports. Katarzyna Rogowiec said the reason is because people are more dependent on others. They need help to put on jackets. They may need help to get into a special chair. It can be difficult to stay warm when you do not have hands. Winter sports are also very expensive. The cost makes it difficult for many people to participate.

paragraphs: Poland did not win any medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Poland won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Polish Paralympic Committee President Łukasz Szeliga said the goal of Poland is to have better finishes than 2010 and 2014. They would like to win at least one medal.

paragraphs: The team includes Igor Sikorski. Sikorski is from Krakow.

paragraphs: In January 2018, Igor Sikorski went to the World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia. He skied really well at the competition.

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: Russia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They competed as "Neutral Paralympic Athletes" in 5 sports. Only Russian sportspeople that had not participated in doping were allowed to compete. On 26 February 2018, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said which people from Russia could compete as Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The list included 30 people. They were going to compete in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

paragraphs: Ekaterina Rumyantseva won gold and  Anna Milenina won silver in the women's 6 km biathlon standing race. In the women's 6 km biathlon visually impaired race,  Mikhalina Lysova won gold.  The medals were won on 10 March, the first day of para-Nordic skiing competition at the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: On 26 February 2018, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said which people from Russia could compete as Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The list included 30 people. They were going to compete in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and wheelchair curling. 10 people are competing in para-alpine skiing, 12 in para-Nordic skiing, 3 in para-snowboarding and 5 in wheelchair curling.  The team also includes 6 guide skiers.  There are also going to be 39 support people and officials. Despite limitations on who can compete because of the doping scandal, Neutral Paralympic Athletes from Russia will be one of the largest delegations at the Games.

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

paragraphs: The following is the list of number of competitors that could participate at the Games per sport/discipline.

paragraphs: After the 2014 Winter Paralympics, the McLaren report said 35 people from Russia had done doping during the Games in Sochi. A decision had been made by mid-2016 that Russia would not be able to compete under the Russian flag at the 2018 Games. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) set conditions for Russia's membership in November 2016. The McLaren Report, printed in December 2016, said more than 1,000 Olympic and Paralympic people had been involved with Russia's government sponsored doping program.

paragraphs: In early January 2017, the Russians asked the ban be removed. They wanted to be able to participate in specific qualifying competitions. In April 2017, a proposal was made to allow Russians to compete using a neutral flag. This was rejected. The IPC explained that people could only use a neutral flag if they were refugees or had no National Paralympic Committee.

paragraphs: In May 2017, the IPC said the Russians had until September 2017 to meet all the conditions if they wanted to go to the Winter Paralympics. If they did not meet the conditions, the Russians probably would not be able to go.

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: In October 2017, Russians were allowed to compete in qualifying as Neutral Paralympic Athletes. They were allowed to do this in alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. A decision was not made in October about their participation at the 2018 Games.

paragraphs: Because the IPC thought Russia had a doping program run by the government, Russian people were stopped from going to the Games with the Russian flag at the 2018 Games. Some Russian people competed as "Neutral Paralympic Athletes" if the IPC thought they were had not done doping. Because of this, Russians were allowed to compete in 5 sports: para-alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, snowboarding and wheelchair curling. Russians were allowed to compete because the IPC thought their National Paralympic Committee had met some of the conditions the IPC had demanded of them. More improvements were still needed though before they could compete at the Paralympics as Russia. Russia's Paralympians currently face more difficult conditions than those of Russia's Olympians. The Government of Russia has said the allegations about doping are not true. They blame the United States, saying it is a conspiracy to make sure they cannot compete. Vladmir Putin said the United States was doing this to try to prevent him from winning the election for President of Russia.

paragraphs: All eligible people from Russia would need additional testing for use of banned substances. The testing would be more than people from other countries would have to do. As of 29 January 2018, the IPC said 30 to 35 Russian sportspeople might be able to go to the Games the way to decide who was going was still taking place. The last date to win a spot at the 2018 Paralympics was 23 February.

paragraphs: The situation mirrors what happened at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where Russian sportspeople were not allowed to compete using the flag of Russia.

paragraphs: On 28 January 2018, it looked like 14 skiers from Russia could go to South Korea.

paragraphs: The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It starts 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: On 28 January 2018, it looked like 6 women and 10 men from Russia could go to South Korea. One Russian woman in her early 30s said she intended to compete in Pyeongchang. Vladimir Kiselev said he was not allowed to compete in South Korea. He said he had also been stopped from going to the 2016 Summer 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 women's 6 km biathlon standing race,  Ekaterina Rumyantseva won gold, Anna Milenina won silver, and Liudmyla Liashenko of Ukraine 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.

paragraphs: On 28 January 2018, it looked like 10 women and 7 men from Russia could go to South Korea.

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: The wheelchair curling competition starts on 10 March. Russia plays against Sweden on 15 March.


title: Norway at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Norway sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People are competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling.

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

paragraphs: Owe Lüthcke is a sledge hockey referee. The Norwegian went to Pyeongchang to referee matches. He was part of the official Norwegian delegation.

paragraphs: At the 2014 Winter Paralympics, there were 31 people from Norway competing. There were 25 men and 6 women.  They won 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

paragraphs: For the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Nord-Trøndelag County Council has some goals. These included getting more people to compete in disability sports. They also wanted to increase the level of accessibility to sports buildings and sports field in Nord-Trøndelag County and the rest of Norway.

paragraphs: In December 2017, Norway said it would not send any anti-doping officials to the Winter Olympics or Paralympics. They are tired of needing to use unpaid volunteers. They think anti-doping officials need to be paid. Anti-doping Norway chief executive Anders Solheim said, "If you sell TV rights for this arrangement for billions of dollars, then we think it's wrong that we pay for Norwegian doping controllers to help with the controls. An inspector should receive a reasonable salary and his trip paid for the three weeks he or she will be there. By not paying doping controllers, the organisers are "de facto" relying on volunteers. Anti-doping work should not be a voluntary profession for those who want to. It is downplaying the priority of our work, and we are tired of it."

paragraphs: Birgit Skarstein competes in two sports: adapted rowing and para-Nordic skiing.  She won a gold medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in the PR1 W1x.  Skarstein also went to the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and she finished fourth.  Skarstein has also went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics, competing in para-Nordic skiing.

paragraphs: Norway finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Norway played in a tournament in January in Japan. They lost to the Paralympic Games host nation South Korea 0 - 5 in the gold medal game. Norway lost to Italy 4 - 3 in overtime at a tournament in Turin in January 2018.

paragraphs: Lena Schroeder is the only woman to be competing in sledge hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. While the sport allows both men and women to compete against each other, this rarely happens at the Paralympic level.

paragraphs: Canada, Norway, Italy and Sweden were in Group A for the sledge hockey competition. They play against Italy on 10 March. They play against Canada on 12 March.

paragraphs: Wheelchair curling competition starts on 10 March. That day, Norway plays Great Britain. They play against Sweden on 13 March.


paragraphs: North Korea sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It was the first time that North Korea competed in the Winter Paralympics. The country had two skiers, Kim Jonghyon and Ma Yuchol, racing in para-Nordic skiing.

paragraphs: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said North Korea was going to participate in the Winter Games for the first time. The North Koreans will competing under a Korean unification flag like their delegation for the 2018 Winter Olympics did. This is the first time that North Korea went to the Winter Paralympics. The country had gone to the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. On 1 January 2018, Kim Jong-un said he wanted to have North Koreans competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. North Koreans had a meeting with the IPC in Lusanne, Switzerland on 20 January 2018. At the meeting, North Korea and South Korea asked the IPC if they could compete as one team. On 27 February, the two countries met at a small village on the border with South Korea. They discussed how the two countries would compete together at the Winter Games. The Government of South Korea thinks the North going to the Games is important. They think it can reduce the tensions between the two countries.

paragraphs: Two people are representing North Korea at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. They are Kim Jonghyon and Ma Yuchol. Ma is a physical education student. She was in a car accident when she was a 5-year-old. Because of the accident, doctors amputated her foot. She played table tennis. At the 2013 Asian Youth Para Games, she won a silver medal in the sport. Kim used to play table tennis. He is a student. Georgia, North Korea and Tajikistan are the three countries making their first appearance Winter Paralympics.

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

paragraphs: Two members of the Korea team are North Koreans. They are Kim Jonghyon and Ma Yuchol. They first competed internationally at the 2018 Paralympic Nordic Skiing World Cup in Oberried, Germany in January 2018. Before that, they had a national team training camp near Frankfurt. In December 2017, they worked with a Canadian coach at a national team training camp in Mount Baektu.

paragraphs: Kim was number 59 in the world in January 2018 in cross country skiing men's sitting race. He had 516.18 points. Ma was number 58 in the world in January 2018 in cross country skiing men's sitting race. He had 505.88 points.


title: New Zealand at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: New Zealand sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team is competing in para-alpine skiing and para-snowboarding.

paragraphs: New Zealand said they will have 3 sportspeople at the 2018 Games. Two will compete in para-alpine skiing and one will compete in para-snowboarding. New Zealand, Sweden and the United States were the first countries to name people to their teams after sportspeople won spots by November 2017.

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: 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.

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: Netherlands at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: The Netherlands sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Four people were going to compete in para-snowboarding. Five people were going to compete in para-alpine skiing. Anna Jochemsen and Jeffrey Stuut are standing skiers. Linda van Impelen, Jeroen Kampschreur and Niels de Langen are all competing in all 5 para-alpine sit-ski events.  Lisa Bunschoten, Mentel-Spee and Vos all competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. Renske van Beek is the only snowboarded on Team Netherlands who did not go to Sochi.

paragraphs: There were four people who could go to the Paralympics in para-snowboarding.  There were another five people who could go in para-alpine skiing.

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

paragraphs: Anna Jochemsen and Jeffrey Stuut are standing skiers. Linda van Impelen, Jeroen Kampschreur and Niels de Langen are all competing in all 5 para-alpine sit-ski events.  Kampschreur went to his first Winter Paralympics as the world champion in slalom, giant slalom and super-combined.

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: Bibian Mentel-Spee has competed at the Paralympics before, winning several medals. Chris Vos won the World Para Snowboarding Championships four times.  Lisa Bunschoten, Mentel-Spee and Vos all competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. Renske van Beek is the only snowboarded on Team Netherlands who did not go to Sochi. The South Korea Games are her first.

paragraphs: Chris Vos celebrated his 20th birthday in February. Despite his young age, people thought he could win a medal at the 2018 Winter Games. During the 2017-2018 snowboarding season, his results were not consistent but his speed was very good.  The lack of consistency was why some people thought he might not be able to win gold.

paragraphs: The program has snowboard cross 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.

paragraphs: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands is going to attend the 2018 Winter Paralympics. She is a a member of the Honourary Board of the International Paralympic Committee. She goes on 8 March 2018 and leaves 13 March 2018.


title: Mongolia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Mongolia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Ganbold Batmunkh () will compete in para-Nordic skiing. He qualified by competing at the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup.

paragraphs: In November 2017, Ganbold Batmunkh () was invited to go to the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

paragraphs: The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Mongolia") 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: Batmunkh competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  His best finish was fourteenth.  This was in the 20km Classic Style - Standing race.  He had a time of 1:11:08.3.  His best finish at the World Championships was in 2017.  He finished ninth in the 20km - Standing.  He had a result of 1:02:15.4. In September 2017, Batmunkh went to a World Cup in Germany. He already had 130 World Cup points. Fifth of those points were in the 2017/2018 season. These points made it possible for him to go to the Paralympics. Batmunkh is coached by J. Dondo () .


title: Mexico at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Mexico sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Only one person from Mexico is going to Pyeongchang. That person is para-alpine skier Arly Velásquez. Mexico arrives in South Korea to compete in their fifth Winter Paralympics.  They first went to the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin.  Mexico's best winter sport is para-alpine skiing.

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

paragraphs: Mexico arrives in Pyeongchang to compete in their fifth Winter Paralympics.  They first went to the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin.  Mexico's best winter sport is para-alpine skiing.

paragraphs: Arly Velásquez will be competing at his third Paralympics in Pyeongchang. He went to the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics. He had a big accident at the 2014 Games. Prior to the 2018 Games, Velásquez lived in Europe for six months. This was to prepare for the 2018 Games. Velásquez started alpine skiing in 2008.

paragraphs: Velásquez was born in Cancun. When he was a child, he moved to the United States. When he was a 12-year-old, he an a mountain biking accident. Because of the accident, he could not use his legs. He continues to cycle. Velásquez has represented Mexico internationally in the sport.

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.


title: Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Canada sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They are competing in para-Nordic skiing, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. 10 men and 4 women are participating in para-Nordic skiing. The team has 10 skiers, and 2 guide skiers. Canada, Norway, Italy and Sweden are in Group A for the sledge hockey competition.

paragraphs: The country has the second largest team among all nations. It has 55 people. The team also includes 16 coaches and 26 support staff. James Anseeuw is the oldest member of the team. He was 58 years old. James Dunn is the youngest member of the team. He was 27 years old.

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

paragraphs: Canada had several people going to the Games as part of their team. These were coaches, referees and sports officials. Ken Babey went to the Games as the coach of the sledge hockey team.

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 will 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. 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 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 sitting race, Kurt Oatway of Canada won gold, Andrew Kurka of the United States won silver, and Frederic Francois of France won bronze.

paragraphs: 10 men and 4 women are part of Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The team has 10 skiers, and 2 guide skiers.

paragraphs: Brian McKeever is part of the team, along with his guide skiers Graham Nishikawa and Russell Kennedy. Kennedy competed in Nordic skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Mark Arendz will be 27 years old in Pyeongchang. He competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, and he won a silver medal in the men´s sprint and a bronze medal in the men's middle distance standing. Chris Klebl was at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where he won a gold medal the men’s 10-kilometre sit ski race. Cindy Ouellet has been part of Team Canada at the Summer Paralympics, where she played wheelchair basketball. She started going to ski races a year before the 2018 Winter Games. When she was a 12-year-old, Ouellet got bone cancer. She has a disability because of the bone cancer. Before she got bone cancer, Ouellet was an alpine skier. She had dreams of going to the Winter Olympics.

paragraphs: The 2018 Games were the first Games for Collin Cameron and Emily Young. Young was a wrestler before doing 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: 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 standing race,  Benjamin Daviet of France won gold, Mark Arendz won silver and Ihor Reptyukh of Ukraine won bronze.

paragraphs: On February 21, 2018, announced the nominations of 7 athletes (five men and two women) to Team Canada.

paragraphs: Canada finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Canada played in the 2017 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in December in Charlottetown, Canada.

paragraphs: The sledge hockey team went to South Korea after winning bronze at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Canada went to Pyeongchang wanting to win a gold medal. Their biggest competitor was thought to be the United States. The United States was going to the 2018 Winter Paralympics looking to win their third consecutive Paralympic gold, having claimed gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics. In comparison, Canada had won three consecutive gold medals at the World Championships, with their most recent gold at the 2017 World Championships A-Pool.

paragraphs: The coach for the 2018 Games is Ken Babey. He said choosing the 17 players for the team was very hard.

paragraphs: Canada, Norway, Italy and Sweden were in Group A for the sledge hockey competition. Canada plays against Sweden on 10 March. They play against Italy on 11 March. They play against Norway on 12 March.

paragraphs: Wheelchair curling starts on 10 March. Canada plays against Sweden on 11 March.


title: Jedek language

paragraphs: Jedek is an Aslian language from Malaysia. It is spoken by about 280 people.


title: Justin Allgaier

paragraphs: Justin Allgaier is an American racecar driver. He currently drives in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports. Allgaier is a native of Illinois and has also driven in the ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

paragraphs: Allgaier started racing early in life, driving quarter midgets and late models.

paragraphs: Allgaier, driving for a team owned by his family, won the ARCA Racing Series championship in 2008. He won the last three races of the season and claimed the title when the two drivers above him in points, Scott Speed and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., crashed each other during the last race of the season.

paragraphs: Due to that, he signed a contract with Team Penske to drive in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He started with a few races in 2008 and ran a full season in 2009. Allgaier again drove for Penske in 2010, winning his first race. As early as September 2010, Allgaier was linked to a new team, HScott Motorsports. He wound up driving full-time in 2011 and scored his first win with the team at Chicagoland Speedway later in the year. Allgaier continued driving for the team in 2012 and 2013. He also ran a part-time Cup schedule for Phoenix Racing in late 2013.

paragraphs: In 2014, Allgaier got a full-time Cup ride with HScott Motorsports. He returned to HScott for 2015, scoring his first top-ten finish at Bristol Motor Speedway. At the end of the year, Allgaier announced that he would move back down to the Xfinity Series to drive for JR Motorsports, owned by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. After a consistent 2016 season, he won two races in 2017.


title: Lowest common denominator

paragraphs: The lowest common denominator (also least common denominator and LCD) is the least common multiple of the denominators (bottom parts) of a group of fractions. It makes it easier to add, subtract, and compare fractions.

paragraphs: The LCD of formula_1 and formula_2 is 6. This is because formula_1 and formula_2 equal formula_5 and formula_6. 6 is the smallest number that can be at the bottom of both of those fractions.

paragraphs: The same thing also works with variables:


title: Elise Christie

paragraphs: Elise Christie (born August 13th, 1990) is a British short track speed skater. She is trained by Nicky Gooch. She is devoted to 1000m short track speed skating. She has won gold medals ten times at European championships in the sport. She has won the entire event in 2015 and 2016.


title: Kenneth Haigh

paragraphs: Kenneth Haigh (25 March 1931 – 4 February 2018) was an English actor. He was born in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was known for his roles in "Man at the Top" (1970–72) and the spin-off movie "Man at the Top" (1973) and as Brutus in the 1963 movie "Cleopatra".

paragraphs: Haigh died of complications from cerebral edema on 4 February 2018 in London at the age of 86.


title: Jeff Bell

paragraphs: Jeffrey Leonard Bell (December 13, 1943 – February 10, 2018) was an American Republican Party politician, political consultant, author and former presidential speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan.

paragraphs: Bell was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 1978, was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Senate in 1982, and was the nominee against Democratic incumbent Cory Booker in 2014.

paragraphs: Bell was born in Washington, D.C.. He studied at Columbia University. Bell died in Leonia, New Jersey on February 10, 2018 of a suspected heart attack at the age of 74.


title: Vic Damone

paragraphs: Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer-songwriter, actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was best known for his performances of songs such as "You're Breaking My Heart" (a number one hit), the number four hit "On the Street Where You Live" (from "My Fair Lady"), and "My Heart Cries for You" (also No. 4).

paragraphs: Damone died of complications from respiratory failure on February 11, 2018 in Miami Beach, Florida at the age of 89.


title: Alfonso Lacadena

paragraphs: Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo (21 August 1964 – 9 February 2018), was a Spanish researcher of Mayan subjects. He was born in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was a known specialist in his writing, epigraphy, and in the deciphering of his texts and professor at the Complutense University of Madrid in the department of Anthropology of America.

paragraphs: Lacadena died on 9 February 2018 of lymphoma in Madrid at the age of 63.


title: Giuseppe Galasso

paragraphs: Giuseppe Galasso (19 November 1929 – 12 February 2018) was an Italian historian and politician. He was born in Rome. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1994.

paragraphs: Galasso died in Rome of prostate cancer on 12 February 2018 at the age of 88.


title: Jon D. Fox

paragraphs: Jon Dennis Fox (April 22, 1947 – February 11, 2018) was an American politician. He was born in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Republican Party. Fox served in the United States House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1995 through 1999.

paragraphs: Fox died on February 11, 2018 of complications from liver cancer in Abington Township at age 70.


title: Nguyễn Thị Doan

paragraphs: Nguyễn Thị Doan (born 8 November 1951) is a Vietnamese politician. Shee was Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 2007 to 2016. She is a former member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and former deputy to the National Assembly of Vietnam for Hà Nam Province.

paragraphs: Nguyễn Thị Doan became member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 11 July 1982. In June 1996 at the 8th National Party Congress, she became member of the Party Central Committee. In August 1999: At the 7th Conference of the Party Central Committee, she was elected member of the Central Commission for Inspection. In 25 July 2007 She was elected Vice-President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the first session of the Twelfth National Assembly.


title: Fethia Mzali

paragraphs: Fethia Mokhtar Mzali (6 April 1927 – 12 February 2018) was a Tunisian teacher and politician, She was born in Tunis. She became one of the country's first two female ministers in 1983. Her husband, Mohammed Mzali served as the country's Prime Minister from 1980–1986.

paragraphs: Mzali died in Tunis on 12 February 2018 of congestive heart failure in Paris at the age of 90.


title: Daryle Singletary

paragraphs: Daryle Bruce Singletary (March 10, 1971 – February 12, 2018) was an American country music singer. He was born in Cairo, Georgia. Between 1995 and 1998, he recorded for Giant Records: "Daryle Singletary" in 1995, "All Because of You" in 1996 and "Ain't It the Truth" in 1998. He reached number two with "I Let Her Lie" and "Amen Kind of Love", and number four with "Too Much Fun".

paragraphs: A third album of covers, 2007's "Straight from the Heart", was issued on the independent Shanachie Records label. He returned to Jack Noseworthy Studios (now renamed E1 Music) in 2010, to release "Rockin' in the Country".

paragraphs: Singletary died of a blood clot in Lebanon, Tennessee on February 12, 2018 at the age of 46.


title: Luo Haocai

paragraphs: Luo Haocai (; March 1934 – 12 February 2018) was a Chinese legal scholar, Supreme Court judge, and politician. He was born in Singapore. He served as professor and Vice President of Peking University, Vice President of the Supreme People's Court, Chairman of the China Zhi Gong Party (Public Interest Party), and Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

paragraphs: Luo died in Beijing on 12 February 2018 at the age of 83.


title: 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest

paragraphs: On March 11, 2016, the Donald Trump presidential campaign cancelled a planned rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), in Chicago, Illinois, due to "growing safety concerns" due to the protest of thousands of protesters in and outside his rally.

paragraphs: Thousands of anti-Trump protesters responding to civic leaders' and social media calls to shut the rally down had gathered outside the arena, and several hundred more filled seating areas within the UIC Pavilion, where the rally was to take place. When the Trump campaign announced that the rally would not take place, there was a great deal of shouting and a few small fights between Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters.

paragraphs: Trump blamed Senator Bernie Sanders Sanders for the clashes in Chicago. He said that the protesters were "Bernie's crowd" and that a protester who charged the stage at an event in Dayton, Ohio the following day was a "Bernie person", calling on Sanders to "get your people in line." Sanders later called out Trump as a "pathological liar" who leads a "vicious movement", and said that "while I appreciate that we had supporters at Trump's rally in Chicago, our campaign did not organize the protests."


title: Hua Chenyu

paragraphs: Hua Chenyu (born February 7, 1990), also known by his nickname Hua Hua, is a Chinese singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the 2013 Super Boy singing contest produced by Hunan TV, China.

paragraphs: Hua released his debut album "Quasimodo's Gift" in September 2014. The sales volume of this album ranked Top 1 in the Jingdong Top 100 Annual Sales Chart (Music). His second physical album "Aliens" was released in December 2015.


title: Tanya Monro

paragraphs: Professor Tanya Mary Monro is an award-winning Australian physicist who is known for her work in photonics. She is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation (DVCR&I) at the University of South Australia. She is also an ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow. She was the inaugural chair of photonics, an inaugural director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics and the inaugural director of the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS), and the inaugural director of the Centre of Expertise in Photonics (CoEP) within the School of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Adelaide (known as the School of Physical Sciences). She is currently a professor of physics at the University of Adelaide.


title: Korea at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

paragraphs: Korea sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. While North Korea and South Korea compete as separate countries at the 2018 Winter Games, the two countries will enter the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies under one flag. The two countries are still officially at war as the Korean War never officially ended. They had entered the Olympic Games under one flag before, including at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Winter Games. Reciprocal military threats made in August and September 2017 by the governments of North Korea and the United States made this possibility at the 2018 Games more complicated.

paragraphs: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said North Korea was going to participate in the Winter Games for the first time. The North Koreans will competing under a Korean unification flag like their delegation for the 2018 Winter Olympics did. This is the first time that North Korea went to the Winter Paralympics. The country had gone to the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. On 1 January 2018, Kim Jong-un said he wanted to have North Koreans competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. North Koreans had a meeting with the IPC in Lusanne, Switzerland on 20 January 2018. At the meeting, North Korea and South Korea asked the IPC if they could compete as one team. On 27 February, the two countries met at a small village on the border with South Korea. They discussed how the two countries would compete together at the Winter Games. The Government of South Korea thinks the North going to the Games is important. They think it can reduce the tensions between the two countries.

paragraphs: North Korea remains officially at war with South Korea, with the Korean War ending in 1953 with an armistice and not a peace treaty. The two Koreas each claim the territory of the other, and do not recognize each other as legitimate sovereign states. North Korea had nevertheless asked for the right to co-host the Summer Olympics in 1988, when Seoul made their bid to have the Games. Faced with the refusal expressed by the International Olympic Committee, the North boycotted the Games. The country then orchestrated an attack which destroyed Korean Air flight 858, killing one hundred and fifteen people. Despite these problems, at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Winter Games, the two Koreas marched together under the banner of Korean unification at the opening ceremony as a sign of reconciliation.

paragraphs: The issue of North Korea's participation in the 2018 Games is complicated by the reciprocal military threats made in August and September 2017 by the governments of North Korea, under the leadership of dictator Kim Jong-un, and the United States, led by President Donald Trump. This included North Korea conducting a nuclear test on September 3 and the firing of North Korean missiles over the territory of Japan. On January 17, following discussions between the two countries in Panmunjeom, it was confirmed that North Korea will participate in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang.


title: Tijana Bogićević

paragraphs: Tijana Bogićević is a Serbian singer. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, with the song "In Too Deep". But this did not qualify, despite the positive comments it received. Her other Eurovision participation was in 2011, as a backing vocalist for Nina.

paragraphs: She married Mark Robertson, who was a lead singer of the band Queen Of Hearts, in 2015.


title: Sherron Watkins

paragraphs: Sherron Watkins (born August 28, 1959) is an American former Vice President of Corporate Development at the erstwhile Enron Corporation. Watkins testified about her role in the Enron fraud before committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate at the beginning of 2002.

paragraphs: In August 2001, Watkins alerted then-Enron CEO Kenneth Lay of accounting irregularities in financial reports. However, Watkins has been criticized for not reporting the fraud to government authorities and not speaking up publicly sooner about her concerns, as her memo did not reach the public until five months after it was written. Ms. Watkins was represented by Houston attorney Philip H. Hilder.


title: Philip H. Hilder

paragraphs: Philip H. Hilder is an American criminal defense attorney and founder of the Houston law firm Hilder & Associates, P.C. He has represented whistle-blowers and other witnesses and defendants in several high-profile white-collar crime cases. He represented Sherron Watkins, the former Enron vice president who helped shed light on details of the company’s collapse in 2001. Ms. Watkins was named one of Time magazine’s three “Persons of the Year 2002.” Hilder was interviewed and featured in the 2005 Oscar-nominated Alex Gibney documentary, "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room."


title: Lee Tamahori

paragraphs: Lee Tamahori (born 17 June 1950) is a New Zealand filmmaker best known for directing the 1994 film "Once Were Warriors", 2001 film "Along Came a Spider" and 2002 James Bond film "Die Another Day".


title: Stamp Act 1765

paragraphs: The Stamp Act of 1765 was made by the parliament in 1765, that affected things like paper and prints or any legal document, and needed to be payed in British currency. To show that they paid, every paper had to have a revenue stamp on it. The purpose of the tax was to pay for troops in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War.


title: DirecTV

paragraphs: DirecTV (stylized as DIRECTV) is an American satellite television service provider. The company is based in California. It is part of AT&T.

paragraphs: Its satellite service began on June 17, 1994. The service provides digital satellite television to households in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean Islands.

paragraphs: DirecTV also has internet television service.

paragraphs: In 2007, DirecTV was awarded a J.D. Power award for cable and satellite TV satisfaction.

paragraphs: The customer service of DirecTV is provided by many third-party owned call centers both inside and outside the U.S.

paragraphs: In August 2008, "The Boston Globe" reported that DirecTV had been receiving as many as 20,000 complaints in almost three years to Better Business Bureau about DirecTV slipping on cancellation fees.

paragraphs: In August 2010, Better Business Bureau reported that it had gotten over 39,000 complaints in the previous three years. The BBB gave DirecTV an F (failing) grade. Many of these complaints concerned the fees for early termination, billing and service issues.


title: Better Business Bureau

paragraphs: The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a non-profit organization. It was founded in 1912. It focuses on marketplace trust. It has 106 independently incorporated local groups in the United States and Canada. The main group is in Arlington, Virginia.

paragraphs: Almost 400,000 local businesses in North America support BBB.

paragraphs: BBB isn't connected to any government agency.

paragraphs: BBB has been the subject of controversy. The controversy is mainly related to its alleged practice of giving higher ratings to businesses that pay membership fees. It says that payment from businesses is not required for them to receive an "A" rating.


title: Kya Hal Mister Panchal (TV Series)

paragraphs: Kya Haal, Mr. Paanchal is an Indian television comedy sitcom that airs on Star Bharat. The story is about a mother who demands a perfect daughter-in-law with five qualities from God for her son; however, as a result of a strange twist she ends up with five daughters-in-laws with one quality each. The Paanchal family lives in Meerut.


title: Jiji Maa

paragraphs: Jiji Maa is an Indian television soap opera produced by Jay Productions. It is a family-oriented revenge drama. The show began airing on 9 October 2017, Monday to Saturday 7:30pm on Star Bharat. The Show Stars Tanvi Dogra and Dishank Arora in Lead roles.


title: Richard Basehart

paragraphs: Richard Basehart was an American actor. He played Admiral Harriman Nelson in the television series "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea". He played Ishmael in the 1956 movie "Moby Dick".

paragraphs: In September 17, 1984 Richard Basehart died from a stroke. He was 70 year old.


title: Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea

paragraphs: Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea was an American classic television series, which run from 1964 to 1968, starring Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson, and David Hedison as captain Lee Crane. It was on American Broadcasting Company. It was created, produced and directed by Irwin Allen. Its final episode "No Way Back" was on air on the 31st of March, 1968.


title: Har Shaakh Pe Ullu Baithaa Hai

paragraphs: Har Shaakh Pe Ullu Baithaa Hai is an Indian Political Television Series that premiered on 26 February 2018 and airs on Star Plus. The Show Stars Rajiv Nigam shradha sharma Samta Sagar in Lead Roles. The show is being produced by Garima Productions.


title: Xbox One X

paragraphs: The Xbox One X, code named Project Scorpio, is the fifth video game console made by Microsoft, succeeding both the Xbox One and Xbox One S. It was announced at E3 on June 11th 2017. It was released on November 7th 2017. The Xbox One X was made with better hardware for 4k resolution screens. This console has 6 Teraflops of graphical processing power, making it the most powerful console to date. It also has 12 gigabytes of GDDR5 RAM, with 9 being available to games and the other 3 for multitasking. This new upgrade in RAM allows for data transfer speeds of up to 326GB/second. Xbox One X works with all Xbox One software and accessories and has the same 2 USB 3.0 ports on the back and 1 USB 3.0 port on the front, now moved to the right side.


title: Avinesh Rekhi

paragraphs: Avinesh Rekhi (born 5 October 1985) is an Indian television actor. He made his debut in the 2008 Bollywood movie Ru Ba Ru and his TV debut by playing the main lead in Chhal — Sheh Aur Maat by Kabir Jaiswal. He then played a positive role in Sony India serial Main Naa Bhoolungi as Neeraj and a negative role in Colors serial Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon with his character name Sultan. He has also worked in a few TV commercials. Currently he is playing the role of Uma Shankar (Male Lead) in Star Plus's show Tu Sooraj, Main Saanjh Piyaji.


title: February 2018 Israel–Syria incident

paragraphs: In February 10, 2018 an Israeli F-16 airplane was shot down by the Syrian Air defense force near the border between Syrian and Israel. Two pilots were injured. Two hours later, the Israeli force attacked Syria. Ever since the Iranian revolution 1979, it had been unusual for Israel to attack Syria. The attack can be considered part of the ongoing Iran-Israel Proxy Conflict in the Middle East. A proxy war is when two countries really mean to fight or compete with each other but instead attack each other's allies. Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not want Iranians to have bases and put troops and weapons close to Israel's borders.


title: Joseph Bonnel

paragraphs: Joseph Bonnel (4 January 1939 – 13 February 2018) was a French football midfielder. He was born in Florensac, France.

paragraphs: Bonnel was part of France in the FIFA World Cup 1966. He scored 3 goals during the 1966 season.

paragraphs: Bonnel died on 13 February 2018 at the age of 79.


title: Newton Morton

paragraphs: Newton Ennis Morton (21 December 1929 – 7 February 2018) was an American population geneticist. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. He was one of the founders of the field of genetic epidemiology.

paragraphs: Morton died on 7 February 2018 in Southampton, England at the age of 88.


title: Ben Agajanian

paragraphs: Benjamin James "The Toeless Wonder" Agajanian (August 28, 1919 – February 8, 2018) was a former American football player. He was born in Santa Ana, California. He was a placekicker in the National Football League, and also in the All-America Football Conference and American Football League.

paragraphs: Agajanian played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Dons/Rams, New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers.

paragraphs: Agajanian died in Cathedral City, California on February 8, 2018 of cardiopulmonary arrest at age 98.


title: Anne Treisman

paragraphs: Anne Marie Treisman (27 February 1935 – 9 February 2018) was an English-born American psychologist. She was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire. She worked at Princeton University's Department of Psychology. She researched visual attention, object perception, and memory.

paragraphs: Treisman was known for creating the feature integration theory of attention, first published with G. Gelade in 1980. She taught at the University of Oxford, University of British Columbia, University of California, Berkeley and Princeton.

paragraphs: In 2013, Treisman received the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama.

paragraphs: Treisman died on 9 February 2018 in New York City at the age of 82.


title: Grant McBride

paragraphs: Grant Anthony McBride (29 December 1949 – 12 February 2018) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney. McBride was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of The Entrance on the New South Wales Central Coast for the Australian Labor Party from 1992 to 2011.

paragraphs: In May 2007, McBride was appointed Assistant Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. On 8 November 2010, McBride announced that he would not run in the 2011 state election.

paragraphs: McBride died in Sydney of Alzheimer's disease on 12 February 2018 at the age of 68.


title: Josefina Samper

paragraphs: Josefina Samper Rojas (8 May 1927 – 13 February 2018) was a Spanish syndicalist and feminist. She was a member of the Communist Party of Spain and wife of Marcelino Camacho. She was born in Fondón, Spain. She also organized the children of the neighborhood to warn using cans as a drum every time the police arrived in search of the hidden Republicans.

paragraphs: On November 25, 1975, King Juan Carlos I granted a pardon to the prisoners who had been imprisoned by the 1001 Process, including Marcelino Camacho.

paragraphs: Camacho died in 2010, afterwards she maintained a great activity as a transmitter of the memory and voice of her husband, offering frequent talks throughout Spain, helping to inspire the struggle for workers' rights to the new generations.

paragraphs: Samper died on 13 February 2018 at the age of 90.


title: 1844 United States presidential election

paragraphs: In 1844, the United States chose James Polk over Martin Van Buren in the 1844 presidential election. People thought van Buren believed in dictatorship and was not fair, especially with Mexico. People also were on Polk's side because he had a good sense of leadership and was fair with everyone and tried to ignore Mexico when he had nothing to do with them.


title: Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark

paragraphs: Prince Henrik of Denmark (; born Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat (11 June 1934 – 13 February 2018), was the husband and consort of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark from 1972 until his death in 2018.

paragraphs: Henrik was born in Talence, Gironde, France.

paragraphs: Henrik served as an infantry conscript in the French Army in the Algerian War between 1959 and 1962.

paragraphs: Henrik married Margrethe at the Church of Holmen on 10 June 1967 and became her consort when she succeeded her father, King Frederick IX, as monarch of Denmark on 14 January 1972.

paragraphs: He had two sons, Crown Prince Frederik (born 1968) and Prince Joachim (born 1969). He had eight grandchildren. Throughout his time as Prince consort, Henrik voiced his opposition with fact that he never received the title of King.

paragraphs: He has also published many works of poetry. He was the first male Consort to a Danish monarch. Henrik retired from his royal duties on 1 January 2016, at the age of 81.

paragraphs: In August 2017, Henrik announced that he would not like to be buried alongside his wife Margrethe in the royal tomb.

paragraphs: On 6 September 2017, it was announced that Prince Henrik was suffering from dementia. On 28 January 2018, Prince Henrik was hospitalized at Rigshospitalet, following a visit to Egypt. It was later revealed that he had a benign tumor in the left lung and his condition worsened in February. He died a few weeks later on 13 February 2018 in Fredensborg Slot of pneumonia at the age of 83.


title: Michael Mullen

paragraphs: Michael Glenn "Mike" Mullen, AO, MSC (born October 4, 1946) is a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff. He also served in the United States Navy. He fought in the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War.


title: Imam Muslim

paragraphs: The full name of Imam Muslim is Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (815 – 875). He is a Persian, Islamic, hadith scholar. His hadith collection, known as Sahih Muslim, is one of the six major hadith collections (Kutub al-Sittah) in Sunni Islam.


title: Josiah Henson

paragraphs: Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 – May 5, 1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, he escaped to Upper Canada and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn.


title: Rombach-le-Franc

paragraphs: Rombach-le-Franc is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.


title: Lawrence Hill

paragraphs: Lawrence Hill (born 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and memoirist. He is best known for his 2013 Massey Lectures "Blood: The Stuff of Life", his 2007 novel "The Book of Negroes" and his 2001 memoir "Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada". Hill was born in Newmarket, Ontario.

paragraphs: Hill served as chair of the jury for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize.


title: Snowdrop

paragraphs: The snowdrop is Galanthus, a genus of small herbaceous plants. There are about 20 species in this genus. They have two swordlike leaves and a small white bell-like drooping flower.


title: Wayback Machine

paragraphs: The Wayback Machine is a website that has webpages from the past.

paragraphs: The Internet Archive started the Wayback Machine in October 2001.


title: Ishq Subhan Allah

paragraphs: Ishq Subhan Allah is an Indian television series that premiered on 14 March 2018 and Telecasts Monday To Friday at 10:00 P.M. And airs on Zee TV. The series is being developed and written by Danish Javed and produced by Creative Eyes Limited and broadcastes on Zee TV. The series stars Eisha Singh and Adnan Khan in lead roles.


title: Luyana language

paragraphs: Luyana, also called Luyi, is a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken mostly in Zambia.

paragraphs: The language is taught in primary schools and secondary schools.

paragraphs: The language uses the Latin alphabet. It was made in 2011.


title: Johnny Sauter

paragraphs: Jonathan Joseph "Johnny" Sauter is an American racecar driver. He currently drives in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 98 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. Sauter won the 2016 Camping World Truck Series championship.

paragraphs: Sauter gained national attention in 2001, when he won the ASA national Tour championship, when he won ten races. That same year, he ran a partial NASCAR Busch Series schedule for Richard Childress Racing. The following year, he ran a full season and earned his first win at Chicagoland Speedway. Sauter was also involved in one of the biggest crashes in NASCAR history, a thirty-plus car accident at Talladega Superspeedway. In 2003, Sauter split time between RCR and the Curb Agajanian team, driving 15 races for Curb and the other 19 for RCR. He also raced in his first five Winston Cup Series races with Morgan-McClure Motorsports.

paragraphs: In between the 2003 and 2004 seasons, Sauter signed with RCR to run the full Cup schedule and also with Brewco Motorsports to run the full Busch Series schedule. He joined teammates Kevin Harvick and Robby Gordon and crew chief Kevin Hamlin at RCR. Sauter ran the full Busch schedule, performing well on short tracks. However, he was released after thirteen Cup races.

paragraphs: After moving from ThorSport Racing to GMS Racing before 2016, Sauter won the 2016 Truck championship. During the 2017 season, he was the first driver to test a standard engine for the Truck Series.

paragraphs: On the day of the last race of 2017, Sauter said that he would return to GMS in 2018.

paragraphs: Sauter is married with kids. He was born and raised in Necedah, Wisconsin and is a lifelong Catholic.


title: Union Carbide

paragraphs: Union Carbide Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary (since 2001) of Dow Chemical Company. It currently employs more than 2,400 people. Union Carbide produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers before reaching consumers. Some are high-volume commodities and others are specialty products meeting the needs of smaller markets. Markets served include paints and coatings, packaging, wire and cable, household products, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, textiles, agriculture, and oil and gas. The company is a former component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Union Carbide was 50.9% stakeholder in Union Carbide India Limited, the company responsible for the Bhopal disaster.

paragraphs: Founded in 1917 as the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, from a merger with National Carbon Company, the company's researchers developed an economical way to make ethylene from natural gas liquids, such as ethane and propane, giving birth to the modern petrochemical industry. Before divesting them, the chemical giant owned consumer products Eveready and Energizer batteries, Glad bags and wraps, Simoniz car wax, and Prestone antifreeze. The company divested other businesses before being acquired by Dow Chemical on February 6, 2001, including electronic chemicals, polyurethane intermediates, industrial gases and carbon products.


title: Lozi people

paragraphs: The Lozi people are a group of people mainly from western Zambia. They speak the Silozi language.


title: Cyril Ramaphosa

paragraphs: Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African politician. He is the 5th and current President of South Africa since the resignation of Jacob Zuma on 14 February 2018.

paragraphs: Ramaphosa was an anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader and businessman. Ramaphosa served as Deputy President of South Africa under Zuma from 2014 to 2018. He was elected as President of the African National Congress (ANC) at the ANC National Conference in Nasrec, South of Johannesburg in December 2017.

paragraphs: On February 10, 2020, Ramaphosa became Chairperson of the African Union.


title: Débora Pérez Volpin

paragraphs: Débora Pérez Volpin (30 December 1967 – 6 February 2018) was an Argentine politician, journalist and television host. She was born in Buenos Aires. She was known as the presenter of the news Todo Noticias from 1996 until 2017 and the program " Arriba argentinos " from 2005 to 2017.

paragraphs: In 2017 she entered politics and was elected legislator of the City of Buenos Aires on the front Evolution of Martín Lousteau.

paragraphs: Pérez Volpin died of cardiopulmonary arrest in Buenos Aires on 6 February 2018 at the age of 50.


title: Martin van der Borgh

paragraphs: Martin van der Borgh (28 October 1934 – 12 February 2018) was a Dutch cyclist. Van der Borgh was born in Koningsbosch, Netherlands. Van der Borgh was active between 1954 and 1964. He won the Ronde van Limburg (1954), Tour du Nord (1961) and individual stages of the Tour de France (1960) and Tour de Luxembourg (1958, 1963). He also won the bronze medal in the road race at the 1954 UCI Road World Championships.

paragraphs: Van der Borgh died on 12 February 2018 in Brunssum, Netherlands of a stroke at the age of 83.


title: Sadako Ogata

paragraphs: Ogata died on 22 October 2019 in Tokyo at the age of 92; her death was announced on 29 October.


title: Thorvald Stoltenberg

paragraphs: Thorvald Stoltenberg (8 July 1931 – 13 July 2018) was a Norwegian politician. His ancestors stem from Tønsberg. He was the Minister of Defence (1979–81) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1987–1989 and 1990–1993) in two Labour governments.

paragraphs: Stoltenberg's son, Jens, was the 27th Prime Minister and is the Secretary General of NATO.

paragraphs: From 1989 to 1990 he was appointed Norwegian Ambassador to the UN. In 1990 he became the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, but served only one year before rejoining the Norwegian government.

paragraphs: Stoltenberg died on 13 July 2018 at the age of 87 after a short illness.


title: Morgan Tsvangirai

paragraphs: Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (; 10 March 1952 – 14 February 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician. He was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He was President of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) and a key figure in the opposition to former President Robert Mugabe.

paragraphs: Tsvangirai died on 14 February 2018 at a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa from colorectal cancer at the age of 65.


title: Tito Francona

paragraphs: John Patsy Francona (November 4, 1933 – February 13, 2018) was a Major League Baseball player. As a child, he was nicknamed "Tito" by his father. His son, Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona. He was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.

paragraphs: Francona played for the Baltimore Orioles (1956–1957), Chicago White Sox (1958), Detroit Tigers (1958), Cleveland Indians (1959–1964), St. Louis Cardinals (1965–1966), Philadelphia Phillies (1967), Atlanta Braves (1967–1969), Oakland Athletics (1969–1970) and for the Milwaukee Brewers (1970).

paragraphs: Francona died at his home in New Brighton, Pennsylvania of natural causes on February 13, 2018 at the age of 84.


title: Antoni Krauze

paragraphs: Antoni Krauze (4 January 1940 – 14 February 2018) was a Polish screenwriter and director. He studied at the National Film School in Łódź (1966). He was born in Warsaw.

paragraphs: Krauze was known for his 2011 movie, "Black Thursday". He won an award at the Polish Film Festival in 2011 and FIPRESCI Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival in 2011.

paragraphs: Krauze died on 14 February 2018 in Warsaw of a heart attack at the age of 78.


title: Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

paragraphs: On February 14, 2018, at around 2:20 pm EST, a shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. It was near dismissal time when staff and students heard gunfire and enacted a "code red" lock down. At least 17 people were killed and many others injured. Originally, 20 people were reportedly injured, and the alleged shooter is in custody with the Broward County Sheriff's Office.

paragraphs: The suspect was transported to a local hospital for unknown reasons. He was transported from that hospital by the Sheriff's Office shortly thereafter. The shooter was later identified by police as 19-year-old Nicolas de Jesus Cruz. He is an expelled student of the school. The weapon used was a semi-automatic rifle.

paragraphs: President Donald Trump tweeted "Prayers and condolences. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school". Demonstrations and petitions toward gun control are also occur.

paragraphs: If Cruz is found guilty, he could face the death penalty.


title: Northern Illinois University shooting

paragraphs: The Northern Illinois University shooting was a school shooting on February 14, 2008, at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Steven Kazmierczak opened fire with a shotgun and three pistols in a crowd of students on campus. He killed five students and injuring an additional 17 people, before shooting himself.

paragraphs: The school placed the campus on lockdown; students and teachers were told to go to a safe place, take cover, and avoid the scene and all buildings near the scene of the shootings. Six people died in the incident, including the shooter, tying it with the University of Iowa shooting as the fifth-deadliest university shooting in United States history.


title: Alea iacta est

paragraphs: Alea iacta est is a Latin phrase that means "the die has been cast (thrown)". Suetonius credits Julius Caesar as having said it on January 10, 49 B.C when he led his army across the Rubicon river in Northern Italy. It means things have happened that can't be changed back.

paragraphs: The phrase, either in Latin or in translation, is used in many different languages.


title: Marjory Stoneman Douglas

paragraphs: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7, 1890 – May 14, 1998) was an American journalist, writer, feminist, and environmentalist. She was known for her strong support for defending the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development.

paragraphs: Douglas died at the age of 108 in Miami, Florida of natural causes on May 14, 1998. Upon her death, an obituary in "The Independent" in London stated, "In the history of the American environmental movement, there have been few more remarkable figures than Marjory Stoneman Douglas."


title: Inflection point

paragraphs: An inflection point is a point on a curve where the curve changes from being concave (going up, then down) to convex (going down, then up), or the other way around.

paragraphs: An undulation point is like an inflection point but the type of curve doesn't change.


title: Falcon Heavy

paragraphs: Falcon Heavy is a reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and made by SpaceX. It is inspired from the Falcon 9 vehicle. This increases the low Earth orbit (LEO) maximum payload to , compared to for a Falcon 9 Full Thrust, for Delta IV Heavy, for the Space Shuttle and for Saturn V. Falcon Heavy is the world's fourth-highest capacity rocket ever built, after Saturn V, Energia and N1, and the most powerful rocket in operation as of 2020.

paragraphs: SpaceX conducted Falcon Heavy's first launch on February 6, 2018, at 3:45 p.m. EST (20:45 UTC). The rocket carried a Tesla Roadster belonging to SpaceX founder Elon Musk as a dummy payload into a path around the sun. The first commercial launch was on 11 April 2019, for Arabsat. It was a success.

paragraphs: Falcon Heavy was designed to carry humans into space, for example to the Moon and Mars, although as of February 2018, it is not certified and there are no plans to use it for crewed missions. It will instead be devoted to launching large satellites or space probes.


title: Lerone Bennett Jr.

paragraphs: Lerone Bennett Jr. (October 17, 1928 – February 14, 2018) was an African-American scholar, author and social historian. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was known for his analysis of race relations in the United States. His best-known works include "Before the Mayflower" (1962) and "Forced into Glory" (2000), a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was an editor for "Ebony".

paragraphs: Bennett Jr. died in Chicago, Illinois on February 14, 2018 of vascular dementia at the age of 89.


title: Bob Eubanks

paragraphs: Robert Leland Eubanks (born January 8, 1938) is an American disc jockey, television personality, and game show host, best known for hosting the game show "The Newlywed Game" on and off since 1966. He also hosted the successful revamp version of "Card Sharks" from 1986 to 1989.

paragraphs: Eubanks received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work in 2000. In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.


title: Symbol rate

paragraphs: Symbol rate (also called baud rate and modulation rate) is the number of symbols that happen each second. The name "baud rate" comes from Émile Baudot, the person who invented the Baudot code.

paragraphs: 'Symbol' in this sense means something like 'basic signal event'. The word symbol usually has a much wider meaning.


title: Mysterious Skin

paragraphs: Mysterious Skin is a Dutch-American drama movie. It was directed and produced by Gregg Araki. Araki also did the screenplay.

paragraphs: The screenplay was based on a 1995 novel.

paragraphs: The movie premiered at the 61st Venice International Film Festival in 2004. But it wasn't widely released until 2005.

paragraphs: During summer 1981, Hutchinson, Kansas, two eight-year-old boys, Brian Lackey and Neil McCormick, are teammates in Little League baseball. Both boys have life-changing events.

paragraphs: Neil is the son of an irresponsible single mother. He is already learning he's homosexual. He is sexually abused by the Little League baseball coach, who leaves town afterward.

paragraphs: Brian has a neglectful father and working mother. He remembers it starting to rain during a game. The next thing he remembers is being inside a crawl space with a bloody nose. He doesn't have any memory of the intervening five hours.

paragraphs: Neil views his sexual abuse as love; he becomes mainly attracted to middle-aged men. He begins prostituting himself at age 15. Three years later, he moves to New York City. His best friend, Wendy Peterson, lives there.

paragraphs: For years after coming to in the crawl space, Brian has heavy nosebleeds, blackouts and wets the bed. When he's 18, Brian meets a woman, Avalyn Friesen, who believes aliens kidnapped her. They form a relationship. But when she comes on to him, he panics and refuses to speak to her again.

paragraphs: While trying to untangle his confused memories, Brian sees a photo of his Little League teammate Neil; he recognizes Neil as the boy from his dreams.

paragraphs: Brian wants to meet his former teammate Neil. But instead, he meets Neil's mother and his friend Eric Pressly; through Eric, Brian learns more on Neil.

paragraphs: After being beaten and raped, Neil returns to Hutchinson to celebrate Christmas with his mother.

paragraphs: Brian and Neil meet for the first time in over a decade. They break into a house that had been rented by the baseball coach. Neil begins telling Brian of that night.

paragraphs: When the baseball game was rained out, and Brian didn't have a ride home, the coach offered to drive Brian home with Neil. But instead, they went to the coach's house, where the coach had sex with the boys, and made the boys have sex with each other.

paragraphs: After the coach and Neil put Brian's clothes back on, Brian fell down face first on the floor, causing his bloody nose.

paragraphs: Learning the truth at last, Brian breaks down crying; Neil comforts him as Christmas carolers sing "Silent Night".

paragraphs: "Mysterious Skin" got positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes rates this movie at 85%. Metacritic rated the movie 73 out of 100. And Roger Ebert gave it 3.5 stars out of four.

paragraphs: Motion Picture Association of America rated the movie NC-17; the studio appealed without success. The movie was then released unrated in the United States.

paragraphs: The movie was controversial in Australia, where Australian Family Association asked for a review of the movie's rating. They wanted to have "Mysterious Skin" banned due to its depiction of pedophilia. But the Classification Review Board voted four to two in favor of an R18 rating.

paragraphs: The movie got a Jury Award from Bergen International Film Festival in 2004. It also won the Polished Apple Awards in 2006.


title: Mastercard

paragraphs: Mastercard Incorporated (known as Mastercard) is an American multinational financial services corporation in Mastercard International Global Headquarters, Purchase, New York, United States. Its business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the "Mastercard" brand debit and credit cards to make purchases.

paragraphs: Mastercard, first known as Interbank/Master Charge, was started by several California banks as a competitor to the BankAmericard by Bank of America, later the Visa credit card by Visa Inc. From 1966 to 1979, Mastercard was named "Interbank" and "Master Charge".


title: Level-5

paragraphs: Level-5 is a video game developer in Japan, was founder in October 1998, the first game was made is Dark Cloud first game made by Level-5 game release in 2000 Japan, in North America and Europe in 2001, Level-5 work together to relationships with Sony Interactive Entertainment to publish game, in early 2010s Level-5 is one of ten largest game companies in Japan, by early 2013 they held a 3.2% game sale in market.


title: University of Bern

paragraphs: The University of Bern (, , ) is a public university in the Swiss capital of Berne. It is the third-largest university in Switzerland. It has about 18,570 students.

paragraphs: The University of Bern was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Berne. It is a comprehensive university offering a broad choice of courses and programs in eight faculties and some 160 institutes.


title: Émile Baudot

paragraphs: Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (11 September 1845 – 28 March 1903) was a French engineer and inventor. He was one of the first people to work in telecommunications. The baud, a type of measurement, was named after him.


title: Ernest P. Worrell

paragraphs: Ernest Powertools Worrell is a fictional character portrayed by the late Jim Varney. Ernest was created by the Nashville advertising agency Carden & Cherry and was used in various local television ad campaigns.

paragraphs: Ernest, almost always dressed in a denim vest and baseball cap, appeared at the door of an unseen and unheard, but seemingly unwilling, next door neighbor named Vern. The spots were structured in a way to allow the viewer to be "Vern" as Varney looked directly at the camera whenever Vern was addressed. Ernest's seemingly pointless conversations with Vern – which were actually a monologue due to Vern never responding – inevitably rambled around to a favorable description of the sponsor's product, followed by his signature close, "KnowhutImean?" While Vern is never shown to ever say anything, it is implied that he finds Ernest to be an unwelcome pest due to him trying to slam his door in Ernest's face on a few occasions. Vern also shakes his head no whenever Ernest invites him to do something. Despite having good intentions, Ernest is utterly oblivious to Vern's apparent distress regarding him and always regards Vern as his closest friend and confidant.

paragraphs: Ernest has been parodied in numerous television series, including "Beavis and Butt-Head", "Family Guy", and "The Simpsons".

paragraphs: Some of the "fake" Ernest movies from "The Simpsons" include "Ernest Needs a Kidney", "Ernest vs. the Pope", "Ernest Goes to Broadway", "Ernest Goes Straight to Video," and "Ernest Goes Somewhere Cheap".

paragraphs: In the "Beavis and Butt-Head" episode "At the Movies," the boys are watching Ernest at the drive-in. Ernest is inside the Statue of Liberty and comes across a door with a sign that reads "DO NOT ENTER." However, Ernest misreads it as "donut entry" and opens the door, falling through the statue's nose.

paragraphs: Others that have referenced the Ernest movies include "ALF", "Saved by the Bell", "Mystery Science Theater 3000", "Kenan & Kel", "The Nanny", "How I Met Your Mother", "The Big Bang Theory", "Teen Titans Go", and many more.

paragraphs: Most of Ernest's commercials were released on VHS tapes from Disney's Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures Home Video. Many are also available on DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment and Image Entertainment.

paragraphs: In 1986, a paperback book "The Ernest P. Worrell Book of Knawledge" (sic) was published by Camden and Cherry. In 1989, a 16" Ernest talking doll was produced by Kenner.

paragraphs: In October 2012, a movie reboot tentatively titled "Son of Ernest" was announced. As suggested by the title, the movie will focus on Ernest's long lost son, presumably Ernie P. Worrell (as mentioned above).


title: Vest

paragraphs: A vest is a kind of clothing. It is worn on the upper part of the body. It has no sleeves.

paragraphs: In the United States and American English, a vest is a kind of clothing sometimes worn on top of a shirt.

paragraphs: In Britain and British English, a vest is a kind of clothing worn over the chest and below all other clothes on that part of the body.


title: Hwebul

paragraphs: Hwebul (Hangul: 훼불 "hwebul", Hanja: 毁佛) is derived from a Korean term. "hwe" means "destroy, damage, break" and "bul" means "buddha, buddhist". The term means vandalizing or damaging Buddhist things. Such as setting fire or breaking into buddhist temples, destroying buddhist statues, or commit violence to monks or people who believe buddhism.

paragraphs: In 1998, A Christian destroyed about 750 Buddhist statues in a temple to change into church.

paragraphs:
In 2000, In Dongguk University, A Korean Christian vandalized.- painted a crossed shape on a buddhist statue and wrote "Only Jesus" on a stairs.
In 2006, In Busan plaza, The Korean Christians prayed that let these churches be stood and these temples be destroyed.
In 2008, In Jogyesa Temple, offering envelopes were in it and bibles were written, “Believe in Jesus, or you will go to Hell“.

paragraphs: In 2012, In Donghwasa Temple, A pastor surnamed “Seong” broke into and vandalized in it. He wrote a cursing word on the nose on the buddhist picture as he went to dharma hall. Then he tore buddhist bible and urinated in incense burner.<br>

paragraphs: In 2016, In Gaeunsa Temple, A 50 years old pastor broke statues and things.


title: Don Carter (businessman)

paragraphs: Donald J. Carter (July 5, 1933 – February 14, 2018) was an American investor and businessman. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a founding owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He was known for always wearing a cowboy hat.

paragraphs: Carter died at his home in Dallas, Texas on February 14, 2018, at the age of 84.


title: Abdon Alinovi

paragraphs: Abdon Alinovi (6 May 1923 – 15 February 2018) was an Italian politician. He was born in Eboli, Italy. He was a member of the Italian Communist Party. In 1976, Alinovi was elected in the Chamber of Deputies, representing Naples until 1992.

paragraphs: Alinovi died in Naples at the age of 94 on 15 February 2018 of Alzheimer's disease.


title: Multan Sultans

paragraphs: Multan Sultans (Saraiki and Urdu: ملتان سلطانز) is one of the six teams which plays in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team represents the city of Multan and was founded in 2017. It is owned by Nasir Schon (Schӧn Properties). Shoaib Malik is the captain of Multan Sultans, while the head coach is Tom Moody.

paragraphs: Multan Sultans (MS) is a franchise named on behalf of Multan, a city of saints in Punjab, Pakistan. The franchise introduced in Pakistan Super League during season 3, the team owned by Ali Tareen & Alamgir Khan Tareen. Sultans have not shown the best performance till yet to achieve any title of Pakistan Super League. The franchise home ground is Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan and practice matches of MS played at this stadium. Multan Sultans 2020 squad and all players list released in PSL 2019 draft.


title: Battle of Hill 60 (Western Front)

paragraphs: Hill 60 was a man-made hill created in the 1860s from what was dug out from a nearby railway line. It had a height of 150 feet and was situated to the south-east of Ypres. It had been captured by the Germans in December 1914, giving them a strategic advantage due to its height.

paragraphs: Naturally the British wanted to take it back and so in April 1915 they began tunnelling. This use of offensive mining involved digging tunnels into and under the hill in order to place 5 mines beneath the hill. When they were detonated they literally blew the top off Hill 60 allowing the British to retake the crucial position.

paragraphs: All the men who joined the Tunnelling Companies were experienced miners; they came from the coal mines in Northumberland, from the sewers in Manchester and the tubes in London. Most of them had been digging since they were 10 years old, with generations of mining history and were often shorter than regular soldiers.

paragraphs: In the barbaric, secret wars below ground; it was these men who experienced one of the highest death rates.

paragraphs: Unfortunately almost as soon as the battle for Hill 60 was finished, the Second Battle of Ypres began. In these significant battles, the Germans used chlorine gas for the first time. And by the end of the battle, the Germans had moved two miles closer to Ypres, on the eastern side of the salient.


title: Sunan ibn Majah

paragraphs: Sunan Ibn Majah (Arabic: سُنن ابن ماجه) is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections (Kutub al-Sittah). The Sunan was authored by Ibn Majah. It contains over 4,000 hadith in 32 books (kutub). Sunnis consider this collection as sixth in strength of their six major Hadith collections.


title: Nested radical

paragraphs: In algebra, a nested radical is a root that has another root inside. formula_1 and formula_2 are nested radicals.


title: Operand

paragraphs: In math, an operand is a number being worked on in an equation. In 1 + 2 = 3, 1 and 2 are operands. (1 + 2) together is also an operand.

paragraphs: In (3 + 5) × 2, (3 + 5) and 2 are the operands. (3 + 5) has operands that are separate: 3 and 5.

paragraphs: There are three ways to set operands: 1 + 2, + 1 2, and 1 2 +. The first of those is used the most.


title: Mentorship

paragraphs: Mentorship is when a person who knows a lot about a certain kind of thing helps a person who doesn't know as much about it.


title: Don't Forget

paragraphs: Don't Forget is the first studio album by American singer-songwriter Demi Lovato. It was released on September 23, 2008 through Hollywood Records. It had the singles "Get Back", "La La Land" and "Don't Forget".

paragraphs: Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Don't Forget".


title: Vestas

paragraphs: Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish maker of wind turbines. It was founded in 1945. As of 2013, it is the biggest wind turbine maker in the world.


title: Saadia Sohail Rana

paragraphs: Saadia Sohail Rana () is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, since May 2013.

paragraphs: She was born on 23 April 1968 in Lahore.<ref name="pap/2013"></ref>

paragraphs: She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on a reserved seat for women in Pakistani general election, 2013.


title: Rukhsana Kokab

paragraphs: Rukhsana Kokab () is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, since May 2013.

paragraphs: She was born on 25 September 1954 in Lahore.<ref name="pap/2013"></ref>

paragraphs: She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on a reserved seat for women in Pakistani general election, 2013.