The modern city of Sulaymaniyah was founded on 14 November 1784 by the Kurdish prince Ibrahim Pasha Baban who named it after his father Sulaiman Pasha.
From its foundation Sulaymaniyah has been a center of great poets, writers, historians, politicians, scholars and singers, such as Nalî, Mahwi, and Piramerd.
Uri Avnery
Uri Avnery (, also transliterated Uri Avneri, 10 September 1923 – 20 August 2018) was an Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement.
Avnery was born as "Helmut Ostermann" in Beckum, Germany.
Avnery was a member of the Irgun as a teenager, he sat in the Knesset from 1965 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1981. He was also the owner of "HaOlam HaZeh", an Israeli news magazine, from 1950 until it closed in 1993.
He was famous for crossing the lines during the Siege of Beirut to meet Yassir Arafat on 3 July 1982, the first time the Palestinian leader ever met with an Israeli. Avnery is the author of several books about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including "1948: A Soldier’s Tale, the Bloody Road to Jerusalem" (2008); "Israel’s Vicious Circle" (2008); and "My Friend, the Enemy" (1986).
On 4 August 2018, Avnery suffered a stroke and was hospitalized in Tel Aviv in a critical condition. He died on 20 August 2018 at the age of 94.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard (Harold Rance Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor. He acted in movies and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard. He was the grandfather of the actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. He studied at the University of Oklahoma. He changed his name to "Rance Howard" when he became an actor.
Howard's career began in 1956. He appeared in many movies such as "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Chinatown" (1974), "Ed Wood" (1994), "Independence Day" (1996), "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), "Cinderella Man" (2005), "Frost/Nixon" (2008), and in "The Lone Ranger" (2013).
Howard was married to Jean Speegle from 1949 until her death in 2000. In 2001, he married Judy Howard. She died in January 2017.
Howard died on November 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California of heart failure complicated by the West Nile virus at the age of 89.
Henry Tilney
Henry Tilney is the most important man in the story by Jane Austen called Northanger Abbey.
Henry is said to be the nicest of all Jane Austen's church men (pastors). He is a good dancer and a good driver. He also talks in an amusing way.
Henry meets Catherine Morland at a dance, and they get on well. He laughs at her in a kind way. He is a guide for Catherine, and comes to love her for her honesty.
Henry's father thinks Catherine is rich. So he invites her to the family home at Northanger Abbey. Henry goes on looking after Catherine there, and they grow close. Then his father orders Catherine out of his house, as he now thinks she is poor.
Henry stands up to his father. He goes to Catherine's home, and asks her to marry him. They have to wait, but at last the father lets them marry.
Chyler Leigh
Chyler Leigh West (pronounced ; "née" Potts; born April 10, 1982), known professionally as Chyler Leigh, is an American actress, singer and model, best known for her portrayals of Janey Briggs in "Not Another Teen Movie" and Dr. Lexie Grey in the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy". In October, 2015, she began starring in the CBS/CW show "Supergirl" as Alexandra "Alex" Danvers.
In eighth grade, Leigh started modeling. She soon began acting by appearing in local television commercials and a syndicated teen news show called "Hall Pass". In 1999, Leigh and her mother relocated to Los Angeles in order for Leigh to develop a career in acting.
Leigh started acting at an early age and debuted in the film world at age 15 in 1997's "Kickboxing Academy". She started hosting in local TV shows and modeling; in 2001, Leigh nabbed the lead role in the box-office success "Not Another Teen Movie" as Janey Briggs. She also appeared in Marilyn Manson's music video "Tainted Love", a song which appeared in the film. She was ranked #65 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002. In 2002, Leigh was cast in two short-lived TV series: "Girls Club", in which she played lawyer Sarah Mickle, and "That '80s Show", in which she played punk rocker June Tuesday. She then became a series regular on the ABC legal drama "The Practice". Following that, she joined the cast of "Reunion" in September, 2005.
In ABC's "Grey's Anatomy", Leigh first appeared as a woman in Joe's bar who was noticed by Derek Shepherd while in the third-season finale, it was revealed that she was Lexie Grey. She was made an official series regular for season four, and remained so until the eighth-season finale.
Chyler Leigh also makes music with her husband Nathan West (East of Eli), under the name "WestLeigh". They have performed covers and originals songs. In 2015, for their thirteenth anniversary they wrote "Love Lit The Sky". On Saint Valentine's Day 2017 they released a single "Nowhere" and then she take part in tours.
In October, 2015, she began starring in the CBS/CW show "Supergirl" as Alexandra "Alex" Danvers.
On July 20, 2002, Leigh married fellow actor Nathan West. The couple worked together in 2000 on the television series "7th Heaven", playing Mary Camden's (Jessica Biel) troubled friends Frankie and Johnnie. Leigh and West have three children – a son and two daughters: Noah Wilde (born December 2003), Taelyn Leigh (born September 2006), and Anniston Kae (born May 7, 2009).
Leigh has said that she and her husband have a pact in which the person who guesses the baby's sex correctly gets to choose the name. When pregnant with Noah, she guessed she was having a boy so she chose the first name and Nathan gave him his middle name. For Taelyn, Nathan correctly guessed it was a girl, so he named her. Their third child, also a girl, was guessed correctly by West; he chose the name Anniston Kae.
Leigh is a Christian and credits her faith and a "really awesome church" with giving her and her husband "a reason to live." She also supports The Thirst Project, a non-profit organization in America which aims to bring safe drinking water to communities around the world.
Leigh is best friends with actress and co-star Melissa Benoist and Chyler Leigh's kids call Melissa Benoist "aunt Melissa".
Haka of Oahu
Haka (Hawaiian pronunciation: "Hah-kah") was High Chief of the island of Oahu, in ancient Hawaii.
Chief Haka was born on Oʻahu to High Chief Kapae-a-Lakona and his wife Wehina. He was a member of the House of Maweke of Tahiti. Haka was married to Kapunawahine. Their son was Kapiko-a-Haka. Kapiko-a-Haka married Ulakiokalani, and they had three daughters: Ka’auiokalani, Kaʻulala and Kamili.
Haka was killed and was succeeded by his relative Maʻilikākahi.
Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome (NPS)
Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome also known as Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome. It is an autosomal recessive progeroid syndrome. Is characterized by low birth weight an old-born baby appearance, rare hair, elongated nose, unexplained cranial stitches, a characteristic facial dysmorphia associated with fat loss, and mild mental retardation. The disease results from damage to the FBN1 gene.
There have been over 51 cases of NPS. Rarely is the case of adulthood and teenage age, the average life expectancy of NPS is 7 months. The illness syndrome was first described in 1979 as a sickness syndrome by Hans-Rudolf Wiedemann, who previously described two cases of the disease: one in 1966 and another in 1977. Thomas Rautenstrauch in 1977 recognized the syndrome of two siblings as Progeria.
NPS is associated with abnormalities in bone maturation, lipid and metabolism. Is very rare in less than 1 in million births.
Christian eschatology
Eschatology is a branch of Christian theology. At large Eschathology consists on a series of studies on the Ultimate Destiny of Humanity and the Human Soul as it is written in the Holy Bible.