The national flag of Colombia was created in 1861.
It has a horizontal tricolour of yellow (double-width), blue and red.
Roggenhouse
Roggenhouse is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
North Ridgeville, Ohio
North Ridgeville is a city in Ohio in the United States.
Jacobsen syndrome
Jacobsen syndrome (also known as 11q deletion syndrome) is a gene mutation caused by the deletion of certain genes on chromosome 11. The number of deleted genes can be anywhere from 5 million to 16 million pairs of DNA. The effects of Jacobsen include brain development issues, unique facial features, and often a bleeding disorder called the Paris-Trousseau syndrome.
Marie Émilie de Joly de Choin
Marie Émilie Thérèse de Joly, "Mademoiselle de Choin" (2 August 1670 – 1732), was the second wife of Louis o France, Dauphin o France, ""Grand Dauphin"". As she was a member of the minor nobility, her marriage to the dauphin of France was never publicly announced. She was introduced to court as a lady-in-waiting to The Dowager Princess o Conti who was also very close to her half brother Louis of France, Dauphin of France, ""Le Grand Dauphin"". The first wife of the Dauphin, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria died in 1690 leaving behind three children. Pregnant at the time of her secret marriage to the dauphin (thought to have taken place on 19 July 1694) she gave birth to a son who died two years after birth without being named. After the death of her husband in 1711, she retired to Paris where she died in april 1732. She was buried at the cemetery of "Saint Paul des Champs" in Paris.
Fossil word
A fossil word is a word that isn't used anymore except in one idiom or phrase.
Sohaagi Sindoor
Sohaagi Sindoor was a Bengali Soap Opera that premiered on January 18, 2016, and aired on Colors Bangla.It was produced by Chayabani Balaji. It started Ronita Das and Souptik Chakravorty in lead roles and Mallika Ghosh as the main antagonist.
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Madina Nalwanga
Madina Nalwanga (born in 2000) became famous for her lead role in Disney's Queen of Katwe. The film depicts the life of Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan girl living in a slum in Katwe. For her role in the film, she won most promising actor award at 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards in Lagos, Nigeria.
Born in the poor Kampala's slum of Katwe, she spent their childhood selling corn on the streets of Katwe.
Central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. In larger cities, the often call it the city's "financial district". It is often located at the center of the city but not always.
Examples of CBDs include Midtown Manhattan which is the largest central business district in New York City and the Xinyi Planned Area at Taipei
The city's history influences the way a CBD looks. Some cities have strong laws that forbid call buildings, to retain the character of the history and culture. This is quite common for European cities such as Paris or Vienna. In cities in the New World a single central area or downtown will often contain most of the metropolitan area's tallest buildings and act both as the CBD and the commercial and cultural city centre. Increasing urbanization in the 21st century have developed megacities, particularly in Asia, that will often have multiple CBDs scattered across the urban area.
Xinyi District
Xinyi District () is a district in Taipei City. The Taipei City government and Taipei City Council have their head offices there. Other major places in the district are Taipei 101, Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei World Trade Center, National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and various shopping malls and entertainment venues, making it the most cosmopolitan district of Taipei. Xinyi District is also thought to be the financial district of Taipei.
2018 Oaxaca earthquake
On February 16, 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude 7.2 hit in southern Mexico. One report said that a military helicopter crashed near the earthquake. It's most likely that 14 people were killed, and that 15 people were hurt from the earthquake.
Tranquillo Cremona
Tranquillo Cremona (10 April 1837 – 10 June 1878) was an Italian painter. He painted mostly portraits, but he also painted historical subjects such as "Marco Polo At The Court of Kubla Khan".
Cremona was born in Pavia. When he was a young man he trained with the artist Giovanni Carnovali. He lived in Venice from 1852 to 1859. Then he moved to Milan. In Milan he became part of the Scapigliatura movement. Cremona died in Milan from a sudden intestinal blockage. The illness was caused by poisoning from the oil paints which he made himself. He tested them by spreading them on the bare skin of his arms.
Checking account
A checking account is a deposit account held at a financial institution that allows withdrawals and deposits. Also called demand accounts or transactional accounts, checking accounts are very liquid and can be accessed using checks, automated teller machines and electronic debits, among other methods.
In Britain the term is "current account".
Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
The Biathlon events at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be held on March 10, 2018, March 13, 2018 and March 16, 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Center.
There are three types of individual events:
Categories of disabilities for the biathlon include vision impaired (VI), standing physical disability and sitting physical disability.
Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
The snowboard events at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be held on March 12, 2018 and March 16, 2018 at Bokwang Phoenix Park .
This is the first time that the discipline is officially represented at the Games. At the earlier edition of the Games, snowboarding was included with para-alpine skiing events .
Two types of events will be present:
Disability categories are either upper body (SB-UL) or lower body (SB-LL-1 and SB-LL-2). There are ten medals people can win. They are in SBX: SB-LL1 Men, SB-LL1 Women, SB-LL2M, SB-LL2W, SB-UL Men; BSL: SB-LL1 Men, SB-LL1 Women, SB-LL2M, SB-LL2W, and SB-UL Men.
Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
The Wheelchair Curling event at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be held at the Gangneung Curling Centre.
Each team needs to have one or more women.
Team members for all countries are listed in the table below.
All times are local (UTC+9).
"Saturday, 10 March, 14:35"
"Saturday, 10 March, 19:35"
"Sunday, 11 March, 9:35"
"Sunday, 11 March, 14:35"
"Sunday, 11 March, 19:35"
"Monday, 12 March, 9:35"
"Monday, 12 March, 14:35"
"Monday, 12 March, 19:35"
"Tuesday, 13 March, 9:35"
"Tuesday, 13 March, 14:35"
"Tuesday, 13 March, 19:35"
"Wednesday, 14 March, 9:35"
"Wednesday, 14 March, 14:35"
"Wednesday, 14 March, 19:35"
"Thursday, 15 March, 9:35"
"Thursday, 15 March, 14:35"
"Thursday, 15 March, 19:35"
"Friday, 16 March, 15:35"
"Saturday, 17 March, 9:35"
"Saturday, 17 March, 14:35"
Brera Academy
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the Accademia di Brera or Brera Academy, is a state-run art school in Milan, Italy. Its main building is the Palazzo Brera. The Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan's main public museum for art, is also located in the building. The Palazzo Brera was built in 1615 to designs by the Milanese architect Francesco Maria Richini (1584–1658).
The academy was founded in 1776 by Maria Theresa of Austria. Other important institutions were also housed in the Palazzo Brera during that time. These included an observatory, botanical gardens, science laboratories, a library, and the Scuole Palatine (schools for philosophy and law). The Pinacoteca di Brera as been located in the building since 1806.