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Nole Floyd "Nokie" Edwards (May 9, 1935 – March 12, 2018) was an American musician and actor. He was a member of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a guitarist, best known for his work with The Ventures. Edwards was also an actor, who appeared briefly on "Deadwood", an American Western drama television series. Edwards died on March 12, 2018 in Yuma, Arizona of a staph infection complicated from hip surgery at the age of 82.
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre. He was born in Saratov. Tabakov acted in Anatoly Efros' "A Noisy Day" (1960), Grigori Chukhrai's "Clear Skies" (1961), Sergei Bondarchuk's "War and Peace" (1966–67), TV series "Seventeen Instants of Spring" (1973) and "D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers" (1978), the Academy Award-winning "Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears" (1980), Nikita Mikhalkov's "Oblomov" (1981) and "Dark Eyes" (1986), and "A Man from the Boulevard des Capuchines" (1987). Tabakov died at a Moscow hospital on 12 March 2018 at the age of 82.
Coventry is a town in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is in Kent County. There were 35,688 people living there at the 2020 census. The town was first settled by English colonists in the early 18th century. At that time, the town was part of Warwick. By 1741, enough farmers (about 100 families) had settled in the area. They petitioned the General Assembly of Rhode Island to create their own town. The petition was granted. The new town was named Coventry, after the English city.
Yi Jae-seon, Prince Imperial Waneun (? - October 28, 1881) was a royal family member of Korean Joseon dynastys and Korean empires. He was a illegitimate son of Heungseon Daewongun and half-brother of Gojong of Joseon and Yi Jae-myeon, Prince Imperial Heung. He is the first son of Heungseon Daewongun, and his mother Kyeseongwol was a concubine. He was executed on 28 October, 1884 during a military coup.
Desmond Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia and was a Seventh-day Adventist, which meant he was a pacifist. He did not believe in violence and chose not to use or carry weapons. He vowed not to kill.  He was a combat medic in the United States Army during World War II. During the Battle of Okinawa, he saved 75 soldiers that were left behind and wounded. He tied them in a special knot and lowered them safely down the ridge. After the war, Desmond Doss was awarded with many medals. He was the first pacifist to receive the Medal of Honor. He received the purple heart.
Manuela Saenz was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1797 during the Spanish colonial rule. She was the illegitimate child of a married Spanish nobleman. She went to school at the Convent of Santa Catalina. Manuela Saenz's nickname was Manuelita. She married a wealthy English doctor James Thorne, who was twice her age, in 1817.  She was an active member in the conspiracy against the viceroy of Perú, José de la Serna e Hinojosa during 1820. She left her husband in 1822. She had an affair with Simón Bolívar until he died in 1830. She often wore a colonel's uniform, with her two black servants Jonatás and Nathán, also in soldier's uniforms Saenz was called “la libertadora del libertador” because she saved Simon Bolivar's life. She followed Bolivar on his campaigns and saved his life in 1828. When assassins came for him she let him escape out the window. Manuela is quoted to have said "Go ahead, cowards, Kill me! Kill a woman!” when she was making time so Simon could escape. Saenz attempted to kill herself with a snake after Bolivar died, Saenz thought that no matter if Simon Bolivar died, his influence would never die because he gave so many people freedom. After Simon died she became a shopkeeper, Simon Bolivar had many lovers but it was only Saenz who he took with him into the most dangerous marches of the wars of independence in Latin America. Manuela Saenz fighting for other countries' rights. Manuela went through inequality in her childhood and she wanted independence and a change. She was fighting battles in the 1820’s. She wore men’s clothes and a mustache from a dead Spanish soldier. She smoked. Manuela Saenz acted like a nurse on the battlefield at Ayacucho, Ecuador. When the rebels won she earned a rank of lieutenant. She also acted as a nurse and a combatant spy expert, army general, mistress. After Simon Bolivar died his enemies sent Manuela out of Colombia to Peru. She continued her
Dungeons &amp; Dragons, a fantasy roleplaying game, was the subject of a Satanic panic during the 1980s. During this time, "Dungeons &amp; Dragons" (D&amp;D) was repeatedly attacked with accusations that it supported Satanism and led people to commit suicide.  Eventually, these claims were proven false. However, the panic changed D&amp;D (including its official rules) permanently. Nevertheless, millions still play D&amp;D today. Occult in the 1980s. Beginnings: The McMartin preschool case. In the 1980s, fear of the occult was a big problem. In 1983, these fears exploded when a parent at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California accused the school of sexually abusing her child in Satanic rituals.  A number of other McMartin parents soon made similar accusations. At the time, daycare centers were very new, and parents worried for their children's safety. Parents around the country started to worry that their children might also be experiencing Satanic abuse.  Initially none of the McMartin preschoolers reported any abuse. However, they began to tell wild tales of Satanic abuse after being questioned by parents, police, and others using suggestion and/or coercion. These tales fueled even more accusations, which began to spread across the country.  When all charges were finally dropped (with no convictions), the McMartin case was the longest and most expensive series of criminal trials in American history. This meant it had gotten an enormous amount of attention and that its allegations had been repeated numerous times.  Fueled by the McMartin case, fears and accusations continued to spread around the country about Satanism in various places, from schools to rock music and card games - like "Dungeons &amp; Dragons".  Suicides and harm. James Dallas Egbert III. In 1979, a Michican State University student named James Dallas Egbert III tried to kill himself. Two days after he initially disappeared, a private investigator found him alive in the university's utility tunnels. James's mother had hired the investigator after finding her son's suicide note, which said James's character in D&amp;D needed
In November 1967 civil rights leaders, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference met and decided to launch a Campaign to highlight and find solutions for many problems for the country’s many poor people. In the Poor Peoples Campaign the leaders recruited workers to help proceed in the campaign and recruit people from ten BIG cities from around the nation. King planned for 2,000 to go to Washington DC to protest for unemployment insurance, jobs, fair minimum wage and education for poor children and adults.
MOVE is a Philadelphia-based black liberation group founded by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart) in 1972. The group lives communally. The group had two major conflicts with the Philadelphia Police Department. In 1978, a standoff resulted in the death of one police officer, injuries to several other people, and life sentences for nine members.  In 1985, another standoff ended when a police helicopter dropped a bomb on their compound. This was a row house in the middle of the 6200 block of Osage Avenue. The bomb caused a fire, and killed eleven MOVE members, including five children. The fire burst out of control and destroyed 65 houses in the neighborhood, prompting widespread news coverage.
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of peaceful protests that happened in Greensboro, North Carolina. They happened from February 1 to July 25, 1960. Many of them happened at the F. W. Woolworth Company store in the town. At Woolworth’s you could only sit on the stools if you were white.  There were four men influenced by non-violent protest. The four men were young black students at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. This started because these four men wanted to prove a point about segregation. The four men were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. They were inspired by the Freedom Riders. They planned their protest very carefully. They sat at the table. They wanted to be served, but did not get served. They just sat and did not leave. On the second day there were 20 people. The sit-ins made local news.  The students wrote the following letter to the president of Woolworth's:Dear Mr. President: We the undersigned are students at the Negro college in the city of Greensboro. Time and time again we have gone into Woolworth stores in Greensboro. We have bought thousands of items at the hundreds of counters in your stores. Our money was accepted without rancor or discrimination, and with politeness towards us, when at a long counter just three feet away our money is not acceptable because of the colour of our skins...We are asking your company to take a firm stand to eliminate discrimination. We firmly believe that God will give you courage and guidance in solving the problem.  Sincerely Yours, Student Executive CommitteeThe sit-in movement then spread to other Southern cities, including Winston-Salem, Durham, Raleigh, Charlotte, Richmond, Virginia, and Lexington, Kentucky. By February 8, 500 people joined the protest. . Because of the protest the F. W. Woolworth Company department store chain stopped its policy of racial segregation.
Budget padding controversy was a controversy that affected the House of Representatives of Nigeria. It led to the suspension of Abdulmumin Jibril, the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation. He was suspended for 180 legislative days and removed as Chair, House Committee on Appropriation in June 2016 over an allegation he leveled against the speaker of the house, Yakubu Dogara and three other principal members of the house of representatives, Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun, Alhassan Doguwa and Leo Okuweh Ogor. On 20 July 2016, Jibril accused the speaker of the house and the principal officers of fraud, corruption, and padding of the 2016 budget and this led to his suspension on 28 September 2016. He was suspended for 180 legislative days. According to "Premium Times Nigeria", Jibril said "My resolve to champion this cause was borne out of patriotism and desire to complement the present administration’s anti-corruption war from the legislative front,” He claimed that the principal officers including the speaker of the House allotted to themselves a sum of N40 billion out of the 100 billion naira apportioned to the House of Representatives. He indicted the speaker and accused him of aiming to smuggle the sum of 30 billion naira into the 2016 budget. The speaker rebutted the allegation and subsequently described it as blackmail. In a counter claim, the lawmakers through the Chairman, Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas stated that his suspension was connected to his investigation by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission and abuse of power during his tenure as Chairman of Finance Committee. On 13 March 2018, his suspension was rescinded by the lawmakers after he submitted an apology letter to the House.
Infusion is the process of getting plant chemicals into a solvent such as water, oil or alcohol.  The flavours from plant material get into the solvent by putting in the plant material and letting it stay there for quite a time. This is known as steeping the material. An infusion is also the name for the resulting liquid.  The process of infusion is different from decoction, which is boiling the plant material, or percolation, in which the water goes through the material (as in a coffeemaker.
Sir David Lee Pearson (born 4 February 1974) is a Paralimpic champion on horse riding. He won fourteen gold medals. He is called the "Godfather" of para-dressage. Early life. Lee Pearson was born on 4 February 1974 in , England, with a medical condition called "". In 1980, when he was 6, Margaret Thatcher carried (lifted) him up the stairs in 10 Downing Street. Thatcher also gave him the "Children of Courage" award. Career. He wanted to go to the Paralympic Games since he watched the 1996 Summer Paralympics. Pearson won three gold medals at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, three golds at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, and three more golds at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He and his horse Gentleman won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. He and his horse Zion won a gold and a silver at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. He and his horse Breezer won three gold medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. Pearson raised Breezer since he was a foal (baby horse). Personal life. Pearson is gay. He was the first British Paralympic champion to come out, when he was 20. He is also a LGBTQ+ rights activist.
Geauga County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the 2020 census, 95,397 people lived there. The county seat is Chardon. It is named for a Onondaga or Seneca language word meaning 'raccoon', originally the name of the Grand River. Geauga County is part of the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2008, Forbes Magazine ranked Geauga County as the fourth best place in America to raise a family. About 20% of the county's population is Amish, as of 2017.
Gina Cheri Haspel (born October 1, 1956) is an American intelligence officer. Haspel was the 7th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from April 26, 2018 to January 20, 2021. She was appointed by President Donald Trump. Before, she was the 6th Deputy Director of the CIA, appointed by Trump in February 2017. On March 13, 2018, Haspel was nominated by President Trump to become the CIA Director, replacing Mike Pompeo. She is the first woman to hold the position. She was approved for confirmation by the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 16 by a 10-5 vote, with two Democrats voting in favor. She was sworn-in on May 21. Early life. Haspel was born Gina Cheri Walker on October 1, 1956 in Ashland, Kentucky. Haspel was a student at the University of Kentucky for three years and transferred for her senior year to the University of Louisville, where she graduated in May 1978. Early career. Haspel joined the CIA in January 1985 as a reports officer. She held many undercover overseas positions, for many of which she was station chief. Her first field assignment was from 1987–1989 in Ethiopia, Central Eurasia, Turkey, followed by several assignments in Europe and Central Eurasia from 1990 to 2001. From 1996 to 1998, Haspel was station chief in Baku, Azerbaijan. Deputy Director of the CIA. On February 2, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Haspel Deputy Director of the CIA. On February 8, 2017, many members of the Senate intelligence committee asked Trump to change his appointment of Haspel as Deputy Director. Director of the CIA (2018–2021). On March 13, 2018, President Donald Trump announced he would nominate Haspel to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, replacing Mike Pompeo who was set to become the new United States Secretary of State. Haspel became the first woman to become permanent Director of the CIA. Many people were against her nomination because of her support of torture and
Dakota Johnson (born October 4, 1989 in Austin, Texas) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of the actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Her maternal grandmother is actress Tippi Hedren. Dakota Johnson first appeared onscreen with her mother in the comedy-drama movie "Crazy in Alabama" in 1999. She was named Miss Golden Globe in 2006. After high school, Dakota Johnson went back to acting. She had roles in movies, including "21 Jump Street", "The Social Network" and "Need for Speed". Dakota Johnson played Anastasia "Ana" Steele in "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed". For "Fifty Shades of Grey", she got a People's Choice Award for Favorite Drama Movie Actress. She was also nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award. Since 2017, she has been in a relationship with singer Chris Martin.
Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (January 15, 1950 – March 13, 2018) was a Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager. He was the President of Botafogo FR football club. Bebeto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics. He won the 1998 World Championships with Italy men's national team. He also competed in the volleyball tournaments at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. The following year he began his career as football manager for Clube Atlético Mineiro, moving to Botafogo in 2002, bringing the team back to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2003. De Freitas died on March 13, 2018 of a heart attack in Belo Horizonte, Brazil at the age of 68.
Jens Bertil Georg Nilsson (25 September 1948 – 13 March 2018) was a Swedish politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Sweden from 2009 to 2018. He was a member of the Social Democrats, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Nilsson died on 13 March 2018 in Brussels, Belgium at the age of 69.
Conor James Lamb (born June 27, 1984) is an American politician and attorney. He is also a former United States Marine. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was the United States Representative from 2018 to 2023. Lamb was the Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district for 2018 special election. He ran against Republican Trump-backed State representative Rick Saccone. Lamb won with a narrow lead of 627 votes. Lamb was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's office in Pittsburgh, where he worked to fight the opioid epidemic by leading prosecutions of cases involving opioid-related deaths, violent crimes, and gun trafficking. In August 2021, Lamb announced that he would be running for the United States Senate in the 2022 election.
Richard Saccone (born February 14, 1958) is an American politician and author. He was in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 through 2019. He represented the state's 39th district as a Republican.  Saccone was his party's nominee for the 18th congressional district special election, which was held on March 13, 2018 running against Democrat Conor Lamb. He narrowly lost the election to Lamb by 600 votes. Saccone took part of the riots outside the United States Capitol to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
Kyrsten Lea Sinema (; born July 12, 1976) is an American politician who as the United States Senator from Arizona from 2019 to 2025. She was the U.S. Representative for . She was first elected in 2012.  Sinema is an independent. She served in both chambers of the State Legislature, being elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004 and the Arizona Senate in 2010. Sinema has worked for the adoption of the DREAM Act, pro-immigration reforms and supports same-sex marriage. She was the first openly bisexual person elected to the U.S. Congress. Sinema ran in the United States Senate election in Arizona in 2018 to replace Senator Jeff Flake, who retired from the seat. She won the Democratic nomination in August 2018 and defeated Republican Martha McSally. Sinema is the first female senator elected in Arizona and the second openly LGBT person ever to serve in the Senate, after Tammy Baldwin. On December 9, 2022, Sinema left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent.
Scream is a 1996 American slasher movie directed by Wes Craven. It was written by Kevin Williamson. The film stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Freddie Prinze Jr., Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy and Drew Barrymore. It was the first movie of the "Scream" franchise. Plot. High school student Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) receives a flirtatious phone call from an unknown person, asking her, "What's your favorite scary movie?" However, the caller turns sadistic and threatens her life. He reveals that her boyfriend Steve Orth (Kevin Patrick Walls) is being held hostage and demands she answer questions about horror films. After Casey gets one wrong, Steve is murdered. When Casey refuses to answer more questions, she is murdered by a masked killer. Her parents come home to find her corpse hanging from a tree. The following day, the news media descend on the town and a police investigation begins. Meanwhile, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) struggles with the impending first anniversary of her mother's murder by Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber). While waiting at home for her friend, Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan), Sidney and her brother Jerry Prescott (Matthew Lillard) receive a threatening phone call. After she hangs up and she and Jerry are attacked by the killer, but manage to escape. Sidney's boyfriend, Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), arrives shortly after, but after he drops his cell phone, Sidney and Jerry suspect him of making the call and flee. Billy is arrested and Sidney and Jerry spend the night at Tatum's house. Billy is released the next day. Suspicion has shifted to Sidney and Jerry's father, Neil Prescott (Lawrence Hecht), as the calls have been traced to his phone. School is suspended in the wake of the murders. After the students have left the school, Principal Himbry (Henry Winkler) is stabbed to death in his office. Tatum's boyfriend, Stu Macher (Freddie Prinze Jr.) throws a party to celebrate the school's closure
Scream 4 (stylized as SCRE4M) is a 2011 American slasher film and the fourth and most recent installment in the "Scream" series. Directed by Wes Craven (his final feature film before his death in 2015) and written by Kevin Williamson (who returned to the series after writing the first two films), the film stars an ensemble cast, which includes David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Bonnie Somerville, Paul Rudd, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Alison Brie, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudsen, Nick Palatas, Britt Robertson, Aimee Teegarden and Nico Tortorella. The plot involves Sidney Prescott returning to Woodsboro after ten years, as part of her book tour. As soon as she arrives, Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High. Originally, the series was intended to be a trilogy, but film production for a fourth installment was approved by Bob Weinstein. Filming took place in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan, from June 2010 to September 2010, with re-shoots in early 2011. "Scream 4" was released on April 15, 2011 and grossed $97 million against its $40 million budget. It received mixed reviews from critics, although many noted it as an improvement over "Scream 3". Plot. On the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro massacre, high school students Jenny Randall (Aimee Teegarden) and Marnie Cooper (Britt Robertson) are attacked and brutally murdered by a new Ghostface, but Jenny's brother Kyle Randall (Nick Palatas) manages to escape and survive. The following day, Sidney (Neve Campbell) and Jerry Prescott (Matthew Lillard) return to Woodsboro to promote Sidney's new book with their publicist Rebecca Walters (Alison Brie). After evidence is found in Sidney's rental car, Sidney, Jerry, his girlfriend Denise Thompson (Bonnie Somerville) and Jerry's old friend Douglas
Life OK was a Hindi language Indian Television Channel based in India a part of Star India. Which was fully owned by 21st Century Fox. The channel launched on 11 December 2011.and is distributed many parts of the world. The channel replaced Star India's now defunct youth oriented channel STAR One. The channel underwent an indantify change on 28 Against 2017 by replacing Life OK the entire channel name and branding has been changed and the channel known as Star Bharat.