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The national flag of Nepal () was created in December 1962. It is the only national flag in the world that doesn't have four sides. The current flag was adopted on 16 December 1962, along with the formation of a new constitutional government. It borrows from the original, traditional design, used throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and is a combination of the two individual flags used by rival branches of the ruling dynasty. Appearance. It has a combination of two red pennants with the large blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles: the smaller upper triangle bears the white stylised moon (the rising sun on the horizontal crescent moon) and the larger lower triangle displays the white twelve-pointed sun. Incorrect versions. Because of the Nepalese flag's unique shape, its large-scale reproduction is difficult. It is sometimes put on a white area to make the flag a rectangle; an example is the Nepalese flag used at some venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics where the flag design was placed on a cloth with the same shape as other flags at the Olympics, with the rest of the flag left white. During a visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Janakpur, a version of the flag with incorrect shape was flown by officials, causing controversy.
William Henry Trotter "Bucky" Bush, CStJ (July 14, 1938 – February 27, 2018) was an American businessman. He was the youngest son of Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. He was the youngest brother of former President George H. W. Bush, and the uncle of former President George W. Bush. Bush was the president of and director of the St. Louis-based Boatmen's Bancshares from 1978 to 1986, Bush was active in various St. Louis civic functions: he was chairman of the Board of Trustees of Saint Louis University from 1985 to 1992, chairman of the Missouri Botanical Gardens from 1991 to 1993 and president of the Municipal Opera Association from 2005 to 2006. He was also a director of Maritz, Inc, and served on the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri board of directors from 1989 to 1994.
Waldo Rudolph Tobler (1930 – February 20, 2018) was an American geographer and cartographer. He was born in Portland, Oregon. Tobler's idea that "Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things" is called as the "first law of geography." He has proposed a second law as well: "The phenomenon external to an area of interest affects what goes on inside".  Tobler was an active Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Geography until his death. Tobler died in Santa Barbara, California on February 20, 2018 at the age of 87.
Antonio García-Trevijano Forte (July 18, 1927 – February 28, 2018) was a Spanish political activist, and an author. He was Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Granada and a notary, and worked as an attorney in Madrid from 1960 until his death in 2018. He was born in Granada, Spain. García-Trevijano was called by the University Press of America as "a leading figure in Spanish politics since the late 1960s and probably one of the most important intellectuals of the 20th century in political and aesthetic theory".
Ștefan Tașnadi (Hungarian: István Tasnádi, 21 March 1953 – 28 February 2018) was a Romanian heavyweight weightlifter. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics. He was born in Cluj, Romania. Tașnadi took up lifting in 1970 at a sports school and from 1976 to 1984 was a member of the national team. He retired in 1984 to become a weightlifting coach. Tașnadi died on 28 February 2018 in Cluj Napoca at the age of 65.
Luigi Taveri (19 September 1929 – 1 March 2018) was a Swiss motorcycle road racer. He was born in Horgen, Switzerland. He was three times world champion in the Grand Prix road racing championship, in 1962, 1964, and 1966. Taveri made his world championship debut in the 1954 season. He participated in the Isle of Man TT on several occasions from 1955 to 1966 with three victories and several second placing amongst his results. During his career he rode for MV Agusta, and became a works rider for Ducati, MZ, Kreidler and in 1961 for Honda. Taveri died on 1 March 2018 in Zurich of complications from a stroke at the age of 88.
María Rubio (September 20, 1934 – March 1, 2018) was a Mexican television, movie and stage actress. She worked with Televisa as an actress of telenovelas. She was born in Tijuana, Baja California. She was known for her roles in "¡Vivan los niños!", "Salomé", "Querida enemiga" and in "Una familia con suerte" as Inés De la Borbolla y Ruiz. She retired in 2012. Rubio died in Mexico City on March 1, 2018 at the age of 83.
Antonio Tajani (born 4 August 1953) is an Italian politician. He served as President of the European Parliament from January 2017 to July 2019. He served as European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship between 2010 and 2014. Tajani was also European Commissioner for Transport (2008–2010). He is a member of Forza Italia party. In October 2022, Tajani became the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy. Tajani studied law at the Sapienza University of Rome. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1994.
Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal or synthetic fibres to construct practical or decorative objects. Textiles have been used since the beginning of civilization. Many methods and materials used to make them, but the functions of textiles have stayed the same.  The history of textile arts is also the history of international trade. Tyrian purple ("imperial purple") dye was important in the ancient Mediterranean. The Silk Road brought Chinese silk to India, North Africa, and Europe. In many countries, laws controlled who could buy and wear fine textiles. This was because they were a symbol of social class and status. The Industrial Revolution started a revolution of textiles technology: the cotton gin, the spinning jenny, and the power loom mechanized production. The mechanisation of hand work was opposed by the Luddite rebellion.
Kaori Ishibashi (, "Ishibashi Kaori"; born May 6, 1962) is a Japanese confectionary researcher, baking instructor, and author known for her specialty in cheesecakes. She has written 47 baking cookbooks and over 400 cheesecake recipes. Biography. Kaori Ishibashi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She raised in Nagano Prefecture where she graduated from Suwafutaba High School. She went on to attend Meiji University of Integrative Medicine. She graduated as a practitioner in acupuncture and moxibustion. After graduating, she worked at Tokyo Jiyugaoka Hospital as a chiropractor and practitioner of moxibustion.  Career. Ishibashi began her confectionary career as a self-taught baker starting off with wholesale business to restaurants and taking request orders for wedding cakes while working as an acupuncturist. Fascinated by the art of baking, she began reading cookbook after cookbook wondering why her finished product never turned out as expected. Unsatisfied with the conventional methods found in the cookbooks she read she decided to learn under confectioner and former house of representatives member Makiko Fujino. After 3 years under the training of Fujino, she received a diploma from Makiko Foods Studio. Thereafter she attended various culinary schools around the world such as Bellouet Conseil in France, the The Culinary Institute of America, Valrhona Chocolate School in France, and received training under various French chefs visiting Japan. Current Projects. Ishibashi is currently living and working in Nagano, Japan as a confectionary researcher and author. She regularly publishes recipes in various magazines such as “レタスクラブ (retasukurabu), “Ｓａｉｔａ”, “おはよう奥さん” (ohayō okusan), “天然生活” (tennen seikatsu). She is also president of Cake Freak Inc. Ishibashi is currently focusing her efforts on opening her own cheesecake shop in New York City.
Xaver Schlager (born 28 September 1997) is an Austrian footballer who plays as Midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. Career. After playing for the youth team of SC St. Valentin he came to the FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy in 2011, where he played in all teams. In 2015, he was transferred to FC Liefering, the farm team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. In 2016 he signed a contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg. On May 10th 2016 he played his first match in the Austrian Bundesliga versus SV Grödig. He also was captain of the FC Salzburg U19 team which won the 2016/17 UEFA Youth League. On the 26 June 2019, Schlager signed for VfL Wolfsburg. For the 2022/23 season he joined league rivals RB Leipzig and received a four-year contract until 2026.  National team. He played for the Austrian U16, U17, U19, and U21 national team. With Austria U19 he played the UEFA U19 European Championship 2015. In March 2018 he had his first appearance in the National team of Austria.
Pre-ejaculate (also known as pre-ejaculatory fluid, pre-seminal fluid or Cowper's fluid, and pre-cum) is a clear, colorless, fluid that comes from a penis when a man feels sexual arousal. Pre-ejaculate functions as a lubricant.
Shanag is a genus of small carnivourus dinosaur. It was a dromaeosaur, a relative of the "Velociraptor".  "Shanag" was about 1.5 meters with a weight of five kilograms when fully grown.
Tétouan (, , , ) is a city in northern Morocco. Tétouan is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. It lies a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 60 km (40 mi) E.S.E. of Tangier. 380,787 people lived there in the 2014 census. The medina (old town) of Tetuan is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Mario Salieri (born November 29, 1957) is an Italian pornographic movie director and producer. He was born in Naples, Italy. Salieri started his adult movie career with semi-amateur movies shot in Amsterdam for the Italian market. Since the early 1990s, he has directed and written many adult erotic titles. He was known for his movies "La Dolce Vita" (2003), "Faust" (2002), "Casino" (2001), "Clinica della vergogna, La" (1995), "Eros e Tanatos" (1995), "Dracula" (1994), "Sceneggiata napoletana" (1994), "Adolescenza perversa" (1993), "Arabika" (1992), "Discesa all'inferno" (1991), "Napoli - Parigi, linea rovente 1" &amp; "2" (1991), "Roma Connection" (1991) and "Roman Orgies - Italian Perversions".
The flag of the Republic of China or Taiwan province is a red flag with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays. In Chinese, the flag is commonly described as Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth(青天白日滿地紅) to reflect its property. The flag was first used in mainland China as the Navy flag in 1912, and was made the official national flag of the Republic of China (ROC) in 1928 by the Kuomintang (KMT). The flag is no longer used in mainland China after the People's Republic of China was made in 1949.
The flag of Malaysia, also known as the Stripes of Glory (), was created in May 1950. The flag has 14 horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, a yellow crescent and 14-point star on a blue field. In 1997, Malaysians were asked to name the flag, and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad chose the name "Jalur Gemilang" to symbolize the country's progress and success.
The flag of Uzbekistan was created in 1991. Appearance. It has three horizontal bands of blue, white and green, separated by two thin red fimbriations, with a crescent moon which is a Turkic symbol and twelve stars at the canton.
The flag of Bhutan was created in 1969. Appearance. It has divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange, with a white dragon called the Druk (the Thunder Dragon) holding four jewels ("norbu") in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the hoist.
The national flag of Tajikistan (, ) was created in November 1992, replacing the flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic of 1953. Appearance. It has three horizontal tricolour of red, white and green; charged with a crown surmounted by an arc of seven stars at the center.
Bannio Anzino is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont. It is about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania. Bannio Anzino is next to these municipalities: Calasca-Castiglione, Carcoforo, Ceppo Morelli, Fobello, Rimella, Vanzone con San Carlo.
24 is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language Sci-fi thriller movie. It was written and directed by Vikram Kumar. The film is a Time travel fiction movie, in which film's star actor Suru had played triple roles, alongside with lead actress' Nithya Menen, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Saranya Ponvannan.
Dorne Allen Dibble (April 16, 1929 – March 1, 2018) was a former American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions in 1951 and again from 1953 to 1957. He studied at Michigan State. He was born in Adrian, Michigan. Dibble died in Northville, Michigan on March 1, 2018 of pneumonia at the age of 88.
Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in the Manhattan Borough of New York state. It is most recognized for constituting the United Nations Headquarters, Chrysler Building, St Bartholomew's Church and the Grand Central Station at its south boundary. Turtle Bay is on the far east side of Midtown Manhattan starting at 5th Avenue and onwards, and between E 42nd and E 59th street vertically.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Lein (; March 28, 1931 – March 1, 2018) was a Soviet-born American chess Grandmaster. He was born in Leningrad.  In 1976 Lein emigrated to the United States, finishing equal first with Leonid Shamkovich in the U.S. Open, and equal first with Bernard Zuckerman in the World Open chess tournament that year. He also played on the U.S. team in the 1978 Chess Olympiad. In 2005 he was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in Miami. Lein died on March 1, 2018 in Beachwood, Ohio at the age of 86.
Jesús López Cobos (25 February 1940 – 2 March 2018) was a Spanish conductor. He was born in Toro, Zamora. From 1981 to 1990 he was general music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and from 1984 to 1988 he was music director of the Orquesta Nacional de España. From 1986 to 2001 he served as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and from 1990 to 2000 he was principal conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. From 2003 to 2010 he served as music director of the Teatro Real in Madrid. López Cobos died in Berlin, Germany of neuroendocrine cancer on 2 March 2018 at the age of 78.
Brandon Dean Jenkins (June 7, 1969 – March 2, 2018) was an American singer-songwriter. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was part of the Red Dirt music genre. He was known for his musical tributes to the victims of the September 11 attacks. Jenkins performed in the Texas and Oklahoma regions. He often played 150 shows per year and worked with Sunny Sweeney, Zane Williams, Cory Morrow, Deana Carter, Pat Green, Willie Nelson, The Mavericks and Kevin Welch. Jenkins died of complications from heart surgery in Nashville, Tennessee on March 2, 2018 at the age of 48.
William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner; 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Irish director and actor. He was a popular person in the growing Hollywood motion picture business of the 1910s and early 1920s. He directed 59 silent movies between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915. Taylor was shot and killed by an unknown suspect on 1 February 1922 at his Los Angeles home. The murder remains an official cold case (unsolved).
Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892  – February 23, 1930) was an American silent movie actress, screenwriter, director, producer, and comedian. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in his Keystone Studios. She appeared in 12 successful movies with Charlie Chaplin and 17 with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902 – August 4, 1984) was an American actress. She appeared in 54 silent era motion pictures from 1912 to 1923. In 1922, Minter was involved in scandal surrounding the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, for whom she said she was in love with. Minter's reputation was ruined when her mother became a suspect, and she gave up her movie career in 1923. Minter died of a stroke on August 4, 1984 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 82.
Olive Thomas (October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent movie actress and model. Her first movie, "Madcap Madge", was released in June 1917. Thomas' popularity at movie studios grew with performances in "Indiscreet Corrine" (1917) and "Limousine Life" (1918). Oliva R. Duffy was born on October 20, 1894, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Olive or Ollie, as she was known to family and friends, did not have much of a childhood. Life in industrial Pittsburgh was depressing and grim with its smoky factories and hard living. Olive accidentally ingested bi-chloride of mercury from a French-labeled bottle in a darkened bathroom, believing it to be another medication. Found unconscious, she died five days later. The death made worldwide headlines. Olive was only 25 when she died. She was immediately rushed to a hospital. Blinded and unable to talk due to burned vocal chords, it was hard for her to communicate with the French police, who were investigating the incident. In any case, the police left satisfied the event was an accident. Thomas died a day later, with her husband and brother-in-law Owen Moore at her side. She was 25 years old. Olive's final film, Everybody's Sweetheart (1920), was released after her death. Her name lives on, steeped in her scandal, enhanced by fabrications in Hollywood Babylon. Many of her films still reportedly exist (about 12 complete and some in fragments), though they have not as of yet been released on DVD or home video. On September 10, 1920, Thomas died of acute nephritis in Paris five days after consuming mercury bichloride. Although her death was ruled accidental. Thomas' death has been called as one of the first heavily publicized Hollywood scandals. Only daughter in a family of three. Her brothers were Michael James (born February 1893) and William L. (born May 1898).
Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys. It may involve the glomeruli, tubules, or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules. Nephritis is often caused by infections, and toxins, but is most commonly caused by autoimmune disorders that affect the major organs like kidneys. Nephritis can produce glomerular injury, by disturbing the glomerular structure with inflammatory cell proliferation. This can lead to reduced glomerular blood flow, leading to reduced urine output (oliguria) and retention of waste products (uremia). As a result, red blood cells may leak out of damaged glomeruli, causing blood to appear in the urine (hematuria).
Marc Lincoln Marks (February 12, 1927 – February 28, 2018) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. Marks served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district from 1977 to 1983. In 1994, Bill Clinton nominated Marks as Commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. Marks was born in Farrell, Pennsylvania. He studied at University of Alabama and at University of Virginia. Marks died on February 28, 2018 in Chevy Chase, Maryland at the age of 91.
The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018. The election was held to elect politicians to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. The last election was in 2013. In that election, the social democratic Democratic Party won the most seats. The populist Five Star Movement won the most votes. Three months after the election, the Five Star Movement formed a coalition with the right-wing Lega Nord. Independent Giuseppe Conte became Prime Minister of Italy on 1 June 2018.
Upper Kohistan is an administrative district within Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan. In 2014, the government bifurcated Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan. Administrative divisions. Upper Kohistan District is divided into two tehsils:
Albert Mkrtchyan (, February 27, 1937 – February 28, 2018); Armenian movie director, screenwriter, and actor. He was honored with the People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia (2003). He was born in Gyumri, Soviet Union. His best known works are "The Tango of Our Childhood", "Tghamardik" and "The Song of the Old Days". Mkrtchyan died on February 28, 2018 in Yerevan, Armenia, one day after his 81st birthday.
Lower Kohistan is an administrative district in Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In 2014, the provincial government split Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan.
Vanessa Goodwin (22 April 1969 – 3 March 2018) was an Australian politician. She was the Liberal Party member for the seat of Pembroke in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from the Pembroke by-election on 1 August 2009 until her resignation due to health reasons on 2 October 2017. Goodwin died from brain cancer on 3 March 2018 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 48.
On 26 February 2018, at 3:44 a.m. (25 February, 17:44 UTC), an earthquake of 7.5 moment magnitude struck in Hela Province, Papua New Guinea. The earthquake's epicenter was west of the town of Komo. The intensity of the earthquake was IX ("Violent") on the Mercalli intensity scale. At least 31 people were killed and a further 300 were injured. The main shock struck at a depth of 35 km below the northern slopes of Mt. Sisa, and was followed by a 5.5 Mw aftershock less than 30 minutes later. A state of emergency was declared on March 1 for the provinces of Hela, Southern Highlands, Enga and Western, together with a promise of 450 million kina (about 136 million US$) to help deal with the aftermath of the quake.
Ross ("Ros" in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county. The area once belonged to the Norwegian (West Norse) earldom of Orkney.  Ross-shire () is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland, Cromartyshire, Inverness-shire and an exclave of Nairnshire. It includes most of Ross as well as Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.  Dingwall is the traditional county town.
Ota Filip (9 March 1930 – 2 March 2018) was a Czech novelist and journalist. He has written in both German and Czech. During the communist era government of Czechoslovakia his works were banned or censored by the authorities, and after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact Armed Forces in 1968, he was sentenced for his dissident activities, and incarcerated between 1969 and 1971. After he was released from political prison, he moved to Germany in 1974.
Asif Ali Zardari (; ) is a Pakistani politician who is the 11th and current President of Pakistan since 2024, and previously from 2008 to 2013 and the former co-chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party. He became famous after he married Benazir Bhutto in 1987, daughter of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. His wife became prime minister in 1988. He returned from self-exile from Dubai when his wife was assassinated in 2007. As new co-chairperson he became president after his party won the 2008 general elections. He passed the 18th amendment to constitutionally reduce his powers and allied with the U.S. in the war in Afghanistan. Early life. Zardari was born on 26 July 1955 in Karachi, Sindh.
Li Boguang (; October 1968 – 26 February 2018) was a Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist. He was the director of the Quimin Research Institute in Beijing. Li supported farmers seeking compensation for confiscated farmland. He was arrested in 2004 following his involvement in the Tangshan protest. Li died on 26 February 2018 of liver cancer on 26 February 2018 at the age of 49. His death has raised questions as to whether the Chinese government was responsible for his death. His death has been compared to Liu Xiaobo.
Coraopolis is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,559 at the 2020 census. It is a small community located to the west of Pittsburgh, along the Ohio River and to the east of the Pittsburgh International Airport. The American Bridge Company is headquartered in Coraopolis.