He was the recipient of the 2000 University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Grawemeyer Award in Religion, and was also selected to deliver the prestigious Gifford Lectures in 1984–85.
Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene H. Peterson (November 6, 1932 – October 22, 2018) was an American-born clergyman, scholar, author, and poet. He wrote over thirty books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner "The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language" (Navpress Publishing Group, 2002), a paraphrase of the Bible.
Peterson, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died on October 22, 2018 in Lakeside, Montana from congestive heart failure at the age of 85.
John Shelby Spong
John Shelby "Jack" Spong (born June 16, 1931) is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church. From 1979 to 2000 he was Bishop of Newark, New Jersey. He is a liberal Christian theologian, religion commentator and author.
Joy Laville
Joy Laville (September 8, 1923 – April 13, 2018) was an English-Mexican artist. Her art career began and mostly developed in Mexico when she came to the country to take art classes in San Miguel de Allende.
Her work has been exhibited in Mexico and abroad including the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Museo de Arte Moderno. In 2012, she received the Bellas Artes Medal for her life’s work.
Laville was born on September 8, 1923, in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. She died in Jiutepec, Mexico on April 13, 2018 of a heart attack at the age of 94.
Isabella Biagini
Isabella Biagini (19 December 1943 – 14 April 2018) was an Italian actress and showgirl. She was born in Rome. She was known for her roles in "Love Italian Style", "Il clan dei due Borsalini", and for "The Future Is Woman".
Biagini died of complications from a stroke in Rome on 14 April 2018 at the age of 74.
Jean-Claude Malgoire
Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French conductor. He was born in Avignon, France. His early musical career was as an oboist.
In 1966, he founded La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy. In 2002, he won the Handel Music Prize.
Malgoire died on 14 April 2018 in Paris of stomach cancer at the age of 77.
Warfarin
Warfarin (or brand name "Coumadin") is a powerful water-soluble compound. It prevents blood from clotting. It does that by reducing the production of factors by the liver that promote clotting. It is called an "anticoagulant agent". It is a powerful rat poison. In concentrated form, it causes bleeding of internal organs which leads to death.
It is also used, in very low doses, to prevent thrombosis, the local coagulation or clotting of the blood in the circulatory system. This is to make heart attacks, strokes, and pulmonary embolism less likely. The degree of anticoagulation is monitored by blood tests.
2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs
On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time (UTC+3),
the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes, with manned aircraft and ship-based missiles, against multiple government sites in Syria against the Bashar al-Assad regime.
The three acting powers did so in response to the use of chemical weapons against people in Douma in eastern Ghouta on 7 April, which they think was done so by the Syrian government. Syria denied involvement in the Douma attacks and called the airstrikes a violation of international law.
President Donald Trump of the United States, Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom and President Emmanuel Macron of France ordered the strikes.
Vestal Virgin
The Vestals or Vestal Virgins were a group of priestesses of the Roman goddess Vesta, in Ancient Rome.
The Vestals were a part of the College of Pontiffs ("Collegium Pontificum"). They were responsible for looking after the "sacred fire" of Vesta, which was not allowed to go out. Unlike most other women in Roman society, the Vestals did not marry or bear children, and took a vow of chastity when they joined the priesthood.
Halberstadt CL.II
Halberstadt Cl.II was an aircraft of the German Air Force in World War I.
On October 25, 1918 a Halberstadt of Reconnaissance Flight 279 was captured
Art Bell
Arthur William Bell III (June 17, 1945 – April 13, 2018) was an American broadcaster and author. He was the founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program "Coast to Coast AM". He also created and hosted its companion show "Dreamland".
Bell died on April 13, 2018, at age 72, at his home in Pahrump, Nevada of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Vanjiar River
Vanjiar River is a branch river of Cauvery River. It flows through the districts of Thanjavur and Karaikal. This river finally merges (joins) with Arasalar River.
Franciszek Pieczka
Franciszek Pieczka (born 18 January 1928) is a Polish actor. He first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Góra. He won the award for Best Actor at the Polish Film Festival in 1976 for "The Scar".
He also starred in "Konopielka" (1982), "Axiliad" (1986), "The Mother of Kings" (1987), "Memories of a River" (1990), "Syzyfowe prace" (1998), "Quo Vadis" (2001) and "Jasminum" (2006).
Puravadayanar River
Puravadayanar River is a branch river of Cauvery River. It flows through Karaikal district. It joins the Bay of Bengal near Karaikal Port.
List of rivers of West Bengal
List of rivers of West Bengal state, located in Eastern India.
The major rivers of West Bengal state include:
Adi Ganga
Adi Ganga, also known as Gobindapur Creek, Surman’s Nullah and Tolly’s Nullah, was the main tributary (branch river) of the Hooghly River from the 15th to 17th century. But at present this river had dried up.
The Adi Ganga now flows by Tollygunge and Kudghat, Alipore, Bansdroni, Naktala, Garia, Boral, Mahamayatala, Narendrapur, Rajpur, Harinavi, Kodalia, Changaripota (now Shubhashgram), then to Mahinagar and Baruipur (earlier Atisara village), and reaches Jaynagar and Majilpur. At last Adi Ganga flows into the Bay of Bengal.
Ajay River
Ajay River is a river which flows through the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.Ajay River originates on a small hill about high, southwest of Deoghar in Jharkhand. It then flows through Jharkhand and enters West Bengal at Simjuri. It enters Katwa subdivision of Bardhaman district at Nareng village.It then joins the Bhagirathi River at Katwa Town. Total length of the Ajay is , out of which are in West Bengal. The important tributaries of the Ajay are Pathro and Jayanti in Jharkhand, and Tumuni and Kunur in Bardhaman district of West Bengal. The Ajay valley was densely forested with sal, piyasal and palas trees. But in recent times due to mining and other activities the forests were cleared. There have been at least 14 recorded floods in the 20th century caused by the Ajay river.
Auranga River (Jharkhand)
Auranga River flows through the Latehar and Palamu districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand.The Auranga originates (starts) near Soheda.It flows into the Koel near Kechki south of Daltonganj.Its main tributaries are the Sukri and Ghaghri.
Burhi Gandak River
Burhi Gandak River is a tributary of the Ganges. The Burhi (“Old”) Gandak flows parallel to and east of the Gandak River in an old channel.
The Budhi Gandak originates (starts) from Chautarwa Chaur near Bisambharpur in the district of West Champaran in Bihar. It at first flows through the East Champaran district. After flowing for a distance of about , the river takes a south-turn where two rivers - the Dubhara and the Tour join it. The total length of the river is . The drainage area of the river is .
The main tributaries of the Burhi Gandak are - Masan, Balor, Pandai, Sikta, Tilawe, Tiur, Dhanauti, Kohra, Anjankote and Danda.
Maggie De Block
Maggie Celine Louise De Block (born 28 April 1962) is a Belgian politician. She is a member of the Flemish liberal party Open Vld. She is the Minister of Social Affairs and Health since 2014 serving under the Charles Michel government.