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Rasha Shurbatji

**Rasha Sharbaji** (Arabic: رشا شربتجي )(born April 20 1975 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Syrian film director and producer.  She directed the Egyptian television series “Sharaf Fatah Al Bab” (Sharaf Opened the Door). She also directed the series "Longing". She is the daughter of Syrian director Hisham Sharbatji.  She spent her childhood with her mother in Cairo.  She worked as a kindergarten teacher in the UAE before returning to Syria to live with her father.  She married cameraman Nasser Rca.

## Work 
Rasha was an assistant to her father before directing various television series.

Syrian drama:
*Law, but...(قانون و لكن ) 2003

Television series:
*Soft Thornes (أشواك ناعمة) 2005
*Deers in the forest of the wolves (غزلان في غابة الذئاب) 2006
*Another rainy day, (يوم ممطر أخر) 2008
*Period of Shame (زمن العار) 2009
*Asaad Al-Waraq, (أسعد الوراق) 2010
*Takht-east,(تخت شرقي) 2010)
*Loin born (الولاد من الخاصرة) 2011, 2012, 2013
*The family's girls, (بنات العيلة) 2012
Ma fiyyeh 2019 
Egyptian television drama series:
*Boys of the night, (أولاد الليل) 2007
*Son of Arandilli (إبن الأرندلي) 2008
*Sharaf opened the door, (شرف فتح الباب) 2009

## References
Ben Cardin

**Benjamin Louis** "**Ben**" **Cardin** (born October 5, 1943) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He was the United States Senator from Maryland from 2007 to 2025.

Before his election to the Senate, Cardin, who has never lost an election, was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing  (1987-2007). He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates (1967–87), serving as Speaker (1979–87). He was the youngest Speaker in Maryland history.

Cardin was elected to succeed Paul Sarbanes in the 2006 U.S. Senate election, defeating Republican Michael Steele, the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, by a margin of 54% to 44%. He was re-elected in 2012 with 55% of the vote. 

He became the senior Senator on January 3, 2017 upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement.

In May 2023, Cardin announced he would not run for re-election in 2024.

## References
## Other websites
* Senator Ben Cardin  official U.S. Senate site
* Ben Cardin for Senate 
* 
*
Chris Van Hollen

**Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr.** (born January 10, 1959) is an American politician. He is the senior United States Senator from Maryland, serving since January 3, 2017.  From 2003-17, he served as the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party.

## Other websites
*Official Senator Van Hollen Website
* Chris Van Hollen for Senate
*
Police state

**Police state** is a country where activities of its people are controlled by the government with the help of a strong police force. Many times these governments use a secret police unit to supervise and limit their citizens' activities during some special circumstance. Judicial review in a police state either doesn't exist or is regularly manipulated by government officials only.

## Related pages
* Separation of powers

## References
Gary Peters

**Gary Charles Peters** (born December 1, 1958) is an American politician who is the senior United States Senator from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. Representative for  from 2013 until his election to the Senate. 

He previously represented  from 2009 to 2013. Following the redrawing of congressional district boundaries after the 2010 United States Census, Peters defeated fellow Congressman Hansen Clarke in the Democratic primary and won re-election in the newly redrawn 14th District.

## References
## Other websites
*U.S. Senator Gary Peters official U.S. Senate site
*Gary Peters for U.S. Senate
*

*
**Follow The Money* - Gary Peters
**2002 Attorney General campaign contributions
**2000 Governor campaign contributions
**1998 State Senate campaign contributions
Jon Tester

**Jonathan** "**Jon**" **Tester** (born August 21, 1956) served as the senior United States Senator from Montana from 2007 to 2025. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Tester was first elected to the Senate in 2006, beating Republican incumbent Conrad Burns in one of the closest Senate races of that year. He won re-election in 2012 against Rep. Denny Rehberg in another close race. 

Tester previously served as the president of the Montana Senate and worked as a music teacher and farmer. He became the senior Senator in 2014 when Max Baucus resigned to become U.S. ambassador to China. 

Tester lost his re-election campaign to Republican businessman Tim Sheehy in November 2024.

At the age of nine, he lost the middle three fingers of his left hand in a meat-grinder accident.

## References
## Other websites
*Senator Jon Tester  official U.S. Senate site
*Jon Tester for Senate 
*
Heidi Heitkamp

**Mary Kathryn** "**Heidi**" **Heitkamp**  (born October 30, 1955) is an American attorney and politician. She was the junior United States Senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. She lost re-election in November 2018 to Kevin Cramer.

A member of the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, she is the first woman elected to the US Senate from North Dakota. She served as the 28th North Dakota Attorney General from 1993 to 2001 and as State Tax Commissioner from 1989 to 1993.

Heitkamp ran for governor of North Dakota in 2000 and lost to Republican John Hoeven. 

Heitkamp is North Dakota's second female senator, after Jocelyn Burdick, who was appointed to the office.

In December 2016, it was reported that Heitkamp was being considered for agriculture secretary by president-elect Donald Trump, but she was not officially chosen for any cabinet positions.

## References
Arthur Beetson

**Arthur Henry** "**Artie**" **Beetson**  (22 January 1945 &ndash; 1 December 2011) was an Australian rugby league player and coach. He played between the 1960s and 1981. He was known for playing for Easts and captaining Australia. He also played for Queensland and the Parramatta Eels. He was the first Indigenous Australian to captain his country in any sport.

Beetson was born in Roma, Queensland. His mother was a member of the Stolen Generation.

Beetson died from a heart attack on 1 December 2011 on the Gold Coast, Queensland. He was 66.

## References
## Other websites
* Arthur Beetson at the Rugby League Project
Mike Lee

**Michael Shumway** "**Mike**" **Lee** (born June 4, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer who is the senior United States Senator from Utah. A member of the Republican Party, Lee has served in the U.S. Senate since January 3, 2011.

Lee tested positive for COVID-19 on October 1, 2020.

## References
## Other websites
* Senator Mike Lee official U.S. Senate website
* Mike Lee for Senate
* 
*
Ron Wyden

**Ronald Lee** "**Ron**" **Wyden**  (born May 3, 1949) is the senior United States Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996.

## Other websites
Rasha Sharbaji (disambiguation)

Rasha Sharbaji may refer to: 

*Rasha Sharbaji, Syrian mother and former political prisoner
*Rasha Sharbaji (director), Syrian television director
Maria Cantwell

**Maria Elaine Cantwell**  (born October 13, 1958) is the junior United States Senator from Washington, serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Cantwell first served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and then in the United States House of Representatives from  from 1993 to 1995, after which she worked as an executive for RealNetworks. She is Washington's second female senator, after Patty Murray. She serves as the Ranking Member on the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

While Democrats were in the majority, Cantwell served as Chairwoman of the  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship from 2014 to 2015 and Chairwoman of the Committee on Indian Affairs from 2013 to 2014. 

Upon the February 2017 resignation of Jeff Sessions, Cantwell became the most senior junior Senator.

## Other websites
*Senator Maria Cantwell official U.S. Senate site
*Maria Cantwell for Senate
*
Florence Pendleton

**Florence H. Pendleton** (January 28, 1926 &ndash; September 10, 2020) was an American politician and activist. She was the shadow senator from the District of Columbia. 

As the first shadow senator of the District of Columbia, her main goal was to promote the efforts of the District to gain full voting rights, alongside her counterpart in Seat 2. She was inaugurated as the first ever shadow senator on January 3, 1991.  She retired in 2007.

Pendleton died on September 10, 2020 in Columbus, Georgia at the age of 94.

## References
Michael Donald Brown

**Michael Donald "Mike" Brown** (born August 5, 1953) was a shadow senator from the District of Columbia. 

As a shadow senator, Brown receives no pay from the government, receives no budget from the government, and cannot vote on matters before the Senate. While he does not have an office in the United States Senate, the Government of the District provides the position with an office.

## References
Eddy Pauwels

**Eddy Pauwels** (2 May 1935 – 6 March 2017) was a former Belgian racing cyclist from 1958 to 1966. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days in total. In 1962, Pauwels won the combativity award in the Tour de France.

Pauwels died on 6 March 2017 in Brussels at the age of 81.

## References
Joe Donnelly

**Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly, Sr.** (born September 29, 1955) is an American politician. Donnelly was the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 2022 to 2024. He was the United States Senator from Indiana. He is a member of the Democratic Party, Donnelly was in the Senate from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2019.

In November 2018, Donnelly was defeated by Republican businessman Mike Braun.

In October 2021, President Joe Biden announced he would nominate Donnelly to be the U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican (Holy See). The United States Senate approved his nomination by a voice vote on January 20, 2022. On May 30, 2024, he announced that he would be stepping down from the post, effective July 8, 2024.

## References
## Other websites
* Senator Joe Donnelly  official U.S. Senate site
* Joe Donnelly for Senate
*
Tom Carper

**Thomas Richard** "**Tom**" **Carper** (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician who was the United States Senator from Delaware from 2001 to 2025.

A member of the Democratic Party, Carper served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and was the 71st Governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001.

In May 2023, Carper announced that he would not run for re-election in the 2024 election. 

## References
## Other websites
*Senator Tom Carper  official U.S. Senate site
*Tom Carper for Senate 
*

*Profile at Delaware’s Governors
*Profile at The Political Graveyard
*Board member profile  at Jobs for America’s Graduates
*Military profile at Experiencing War, Library of Congress
Ron Bass (wrestler)

**Ronald Heard** (December 21, 1948 – March 7, 2017) was a former American professional wrestler. He was  best known under the name "The Outlaw" **Ron Bass**. His gimmick was a Texan cowboy who entered World Wrestling Federation (WWF) rings to the sound of a bullwhip.

In March 2017, Bass was hospitalized in Tampa, Florida due to a burst appendix and underwent surgery.

## References
Syed Sajjad Ali Shah

**Syed Sajjad Ali Shah** (17 February 1933 &ndash; 7 March 2017) was a Pakistani politician and lawyer. He was the Chief Justice of Pakistan from 4 June 1994 to 2 December 1997.

When Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah retired as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1994, Justice Saad Saud Jan should have taken his place based on seniority. Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto threw tradition overboard, when she by-passed two senior judges and appointed Sajjad Ali Shah as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 

Later, she was fired by President Farooq Leghari on charges of corruption and Sajjad Ali Shah along with 6 other members of the Supreme Court were fired as well.

Sajjad Ali Shah was born in Karachi. He studied at the University of Karachi. Sajjad Ali Shah died of pneumonia on 7 March 2017 in Karachi, aged 84.

## References
Helen Sommers

**Helen Sommers** (March 29, 1932 – March 7, 2017) was an American politician. She served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1972 to 2009. She represented the 36th district, as a member of the Democratic Party. At the time of her retirement she was the state's longest serving legislator. 

Sommers was born in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey. She studied at the University of Washington. Sommers died on March 7, 2017 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida from natural causes, aged 84.

## References
Douglas Henry

**Douglas Henry** (May 18, 1926 – March 5, 2017) was an American politician and attorney. He was the longest-serving member of the Tennessee legislature. He was a member of the Tennessee Senate, representing the 21st district (part of Davidson County) from 1971 through his retirement in 2014.

Henry served as a state senator beginning with his election to the 87th General Assembly, prior to which he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives during the 79th General Assembly. 

Henry was a stronger supporter of education, children's welfare, and voting rights, and an opponent of abortion. He helped remove a portrait of anti-Confederate Governor William G. Brownlow and install a bust of Confederate Lieutenant General and early Ku Klux Klan member Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Tennessee State Capitol. 

Henry was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He studied at Vanderbilt University. Henry died on March 5, 2017 in Nashville from natural causes, aged 90.

## References
Lynne Stewart

**Lynne Irene Stewart** (October 8, 1939 – March 7, 2017) was an American defense attorney and convicted criminal. She was known for representing controversial, poor, and often unpopular defendants. She was convicted of helping pass messages from her client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric convicted of planning terror attacks, in 2005.

Stewart was called a "radical-leftist American lawyer" by The New York Times. and sentenced to 28 months in prison. Her felony conviction led to her being automatically disbarred. She was convicted of helping pass messages from her client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric convicted of planning terror attacks, to his followers in al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, an organization designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States Secretary of State.

She was re-sentenced on July 15, 2010, to 10 years in prison in light of her perjury at trial. She served her sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas.

Stewart was released from prison on December 31, 2013 on a compassionate release order because of her terminal breast cancer diagnosis.

## Death
Stewart died at her home in Brooklyn, New York from a stroke and complications of breast cancer, aged 77.

## References
Thanjavur Taluk

Thanjavur Taluk is a tehsil or taluk or administrative division of the Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Thanjavur, which is also the district headquarters. It itself has been further divided into two revenue blocks: Budalur block and Thanjavur block.

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Thanjavur had a population of 510,411 with 253,723  males and 256,688 females. There were 1012 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 78.51%. Of the children less than six years of age, 23,251 were male and 21,749 were female.
## References
Orathanadu Taluk

Orathanadu Taluk is a taluk of Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk are located at Orathanadu.

As of the Census of India 2011, the population of Orathanadu taluk of Thanjavur district is 1,60,367 with 40,383 households.The total population constitute, 77,719 males and 82,648 females —a sex ratio of 1063 females per 1000 males. 15,597 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 8,004 are boys and 7,593 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 75.16% with 108,813 literates.
## References
Kumbakonam Taluk

**Kumbakonam Taluk** is a taluk of Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Kumbakonam. Big towns in this taluk are Kumbakonam, Dharasuram, Thirunageswaram, Ullur, Perumandi, Natchiyar Koil, Annalagraham, Swamimalai and Cholapuram.

## Demographics 
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kumbakonam had a population of 435,962 with 216,186 males and 219,776 females. There were 1017 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 78.05. Child population in the age group below 6 was 20,558 Males and 19,889 Females.

## References
Arasalar River

Arasalar River is a branch river of Cauvery which split into 5 different rivers when it enters into Thanjavur district from Tiruchirapalli. At a village named Pullambadi the River Cauvery has been stopped by Lower Anaicut or the Grand Anaicut (Anaicut in Tamil means Dam in English) and from Thiruvaiyaru (the name of the town refers separation of 5 rivers) the Arasalar River separates from River Cauvery. This river enters into the Sea of Bay of Bengal at Karaikal.
## References
Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The **Nobel Prize in Chemistry** is a prize that was started as a result of the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895.

The prize in 2025 was given to three people, for their work on Metal–organic frameworks (picture).  Those frameworks are a class of porous polymers that are made up of metal clusters (also known as Secondary Building Units - SBUs). The prize winners are Richard Robson (chemist), Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi.

## Related page
*List of Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry
*Polymer
Shah Yaqeeq Bukhari

**Shah Aqeeq Bukhari** (c. 1432 – c. 1451) (known as **Shah Yaqeeq/Aqeeq Baba**) was a Suhrawardi Sufi. He lived in Sindh, Pakistan

## Life 
Shah Aqeeq lived from about 1432 to 1451. He is celebrated as a Suhrawardi Sufi Saint. Shah Aqeeq lived in Uch, Punjab till the age of 7 but after his father Muhammad Sharifuddin Ibn Abdullah Bhukari's death he and their brothers migrated to Sindh. In Sindh Shah Aqeeq met with Mian Usaman Shah. Severals years later he became the successor of Mian Usman Shah.

## Urs (annual death anniversary) 
The urs () is celebrated every year in the month of the Jumada al-awwal The *Urs is (*anniversary of his death celebrated in the town of *Shah Aqeeq*, in Chuhar Jamali in Sujawal District, and there is a shrine to Shah Aqeeq where he is venerated as a "spiritual surgeon" and many visitors believe they are cured of disease. (In 1986, a biography was written about him by Habibu Sindhi and published by the Anjuman-i-Ghulaman-i-Mustafa).

## Spiritual surgeon 
Shah Aqeeq Baba is considered to be a spiritual surgeon in 'Sindh', Pakistan. People having diseases like cancer, heart/lungs/liver/brain diseases or any other diseases (even if doctors have denied) from all over the country even from outside the country come here for treatments. The treatment is followed by annunciations. Following the annunciations is considered as important and necessary.

## References 
## Further reading 
*Sindhi, Habibu, *Sawanah hayat Shah Yaqiq Shaheed Bukhari (Biography of Saint Shah Yaqiq Bukhari)*, Soshal Vailfe'ar Anjuman-i-Ghulaman-i-Mustafa (Cuhar Jamali, 1986)
Pir Baba

**Hazrat Pir Baba** Mir Syed Ali Tirmizi (Pashto: پیر بابا) was a Sufi sent Muslim saint of the Kubrawiya order who played an important role in the spread of Islam in Pakhtun. He was born around 908 Hijri (1502 AD), and he was a Syed of Arabic origin. He died in 991 Hijri (1583 AD).

Pir Khorasan is Hazrat Syed Ali Tirmizi.  He was born in 908 AH corresponding to 1502 AD in Kunduz region (Khorasan province, Tirmidh) and passed away in 991 AH corresponding to 1583 AD in Swat.  His mausoleum is Marja Khaleeq in Pacha Kalay District of Bunir (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).  His genealogy traces back to Imam zada, Hussain al Asghar,  Ibn Hazrat Imam Ali Zainul Abidin (Salamullah Alaihi).

## References
*1- Alqamri Fi Ansab Talibeen Almaroof Sadat Qabail
*2- Nasab Nama Syed Ali Tirmizi R.a
*3۔Israr E Tareeqat
*4۔Khaqariq Al Adaat
*5۔Muhadis Kabir Shah Muhammad Ghaus
Thiruvalangadu

Thiruvalangadu is a village in the Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India.This is a village located on the western suburbs of Chennai. It is famous as a sacred site for Hindus for two reasons. 

*This is the village is where Lord Shiva asked Karaikal Ammaiyar, one of the 63 nayanmars, to witness his holy dance or oordhava thaandava. She visited Thiruvalangadu and sang the Thiruvalangadu Mootha Thirupathigam.
* The famous Shaivite temple- Sri Vadaranyeswarar Temple is located here.

The population of the village as per the 2011 census is 5913. The male population is 2969. The female population is 2944.
## Reference
Amir Ohana

**Amir Ohana**, Hebrew: אמיר אוחנה , (born 15 March 1976 in Beer Sheba) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. Previously he worked at Shin Bet (internal intelligence agency of Israel). He is the Speaker of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) since 29 December 2022.

Ohana has been a Member of the Knesset for Likud since 2015. He is the first openly gay MK for his party.

From 2019 to 2020 he was justice minister in the Fourth Netanyahu Government, and from 2020 to 2021 he was minister of internal security in the Fifth Netanyahu Government.

## References 
## Other websites 
*Knesset Website
Paper towel

**Paper towels** (or kitchen paper) is an absorbent tissue made from paper instead of cloth. Unlike cloth towels, paper towels are disposable and thrown away after use. They soak up water because they are loosely woven. This lets water travel into the paper by capillary action. The water sticks to the fibers by adhesion.

In 2020, scientists from the University of Leeds performed an experiment that showed that people who dried their hands with paper towels removed more viruses than people who dried their hands with jet air dryers.  The study was performed in a hospital bathroom.

## References
Ronald Drever

**Ronald William Prest Drever** (October 1931 – 7 March 2017) was a Scottish experimental physicist. He was a Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. He co-founded the LIGO project, and was a co-inventor of the Pound–Drever–Hall technique for laser stabilization. This work was important in the first detection of gravitational waves in September 2015.

Drever died on 7 March 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland from complications of dementia, aged 85.

## References
Horst Seehofer

**Horst Lorenz Seehofer** (born 4 July 1949 in Ingolstadt) is a German conservative politician (CSU).  He was the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 and the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection from 2005 to 2008. In October 2008 he became chairman of the CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria. In 2011/12 he served as President of the Bundesrat.

## References
List of educational institutions in Karaikal, India

List of notable educational institutions in Karaikal:
# Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Karaikal.
# National Institute of Technology Puducherry ( NIT-PY ), Karaikal.
# Pondicherry University, Karaikal
# Vinayaga Mission Medical College, Karaikal.
# Aringar Anna Govt. Arts College, Karaikal.
# Avvaiyar Govt College for Women, Karaikal.
# RVS Arts and Science College, Kalikuppam, Karaikal.
# **VMI - Vruksha Montessori Internationale**
# Jawahar Navodhaya Vidyalaya, Karaikal.
# Kendriya Vidyalaya, Karaikal.
# K.M.K.Kannaiya Pillai Memorial School Karaikal.
# Nirmala Rani higher secondary school, Karaikal.
# Thanthai Periyar Govt Higher Secondary School, Karaikal.
# Don Bosco higher secondary school, Nedungadu, Karaikal.
# St.Mary's Higher Secondary school, Karaikal.
# Servite high school, Kottucherry, Karaikal.
# ONGC public school, Karaikal.
# SRVS national school, Karaikal.
# Cauvery Public School, Karaikal.
# St.Joseph French Cluny, Karaikal.
# Good Shepherd English School, Melakasakudy, Karaikal.
# Iqra Nursery & Primary School, Karaikal.
# Aiyas CBSE School, Karaikal.
# Regional Perfect Higher Secondary School, Nedungadu, Karaikal
## Other websites
* PAJANCOA & RI
* Karaikal Official Site 
* http://www.tnau.ac.in/acad/colleges.html
Alojz Benac

**Alojz Benac** (Plehan, Derventa, October 20, 1914 – Sarajevo, March 6, 1992). was a Bosnia-Herzegovinian archaeologist and historian.

He worked in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1947 to 1967 (in the role of Director from 1957 to 1967). He then left to assume a professorship in archaeology and ancient history in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo (1968–78). He later became the founder and first Director of the Centre for Balkan Studies, within the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH), of which he was General Secretary from 1971 to 1977 and President from 1977 to 1981

Benac focused his research on prehistory within the Western Balkans, and undertook numerous systematic archaeological excavations on sites including Arnautovići (Visoko), Crvena Stijena (Montenegro), Hrustovača in Hrustovo (Sanski Most), Obre I and II (Kakanj), Zecovi (Prijedor), Zelena Pećina in Blagaj (Mostar) and others.

## Related pages
*List of scientists from Europe

## References
Keren Neubach

**Keren Neubach** (Hebrew: קרן נויבך, born March 28, 1970) is an Israeli journalist, and television and radio presenter.

Neubach studied history at Tel Aviv University. She is bisexual.

## References 
* www.nrg.co.il
Tiruvallur district

**Tiruvallur district** is an administrative district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town of Tiruvallur is the district headquarters. The district has a mixture of urban and rural characteristics. The Eastern part of Tiruvallur district is dominated by urban characteristics while the Southern and Northern part of the district has influence of Andhra culture due to its position.

Tiruvallur is well known, one of the reason being the Veeraragava Temple. The new moon day is very auspicious day for the lord and so for the people of the town.ccording to 2011 census of India, Thiruvallur district had a population of 3,728,104 with a sex-ratio of 987 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.

## References
Paul Strauss

**Paul Eric Strauss** (born April 11, 1964) is a shadow senator from the District of Columbia. 

## Political career
As one of the District of Columbia's two Shadow Senators, Strauss lobbies the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives on behalf of the citizens of D.C. in their attempt to gain full federal representation, self-determination, and eventually admittance to the Union as the 51st state.

## References
Juan Carlos Touriño

**Juan Carlos Touriño** (14 July 1944 – 7 March 2017) was a Spanish football defender. He won two Spanish league titles and two Spanish Cup with Real Madrid. He made one appearance for the Spanish national team.

## Death
Touriño died at a hospital in Buenos Aires on the night of 7 March 2017 from pancreatic disease, aged 72.

## Titles
**Real Madrid**
***La Liga (3)**: 1971-72, 1973-74, 1974-75
***Copa del Rey (2)**: 1973-74, 1974–75

## References
## Other websites
* Spain statistics 
* World Football profile
Kanyakumari district

Kanyakumari district is the southernmost district in Tamil Nadu state and mainland India. It is the second largest district in the state in terms of population density and the second most urbanized, next only to Chennai district.  The district stands first in terms of literacy rate in the state. The district headquarters is Nagercoil.
## Reference
Samma dynasty

The **Samma dynasty** () ruled the region of Sindh, Kutch, parts of Punjab and Balochistan from  1351 to  1524, with their capital at Thatta in modern Pakistan; before being replaced by the Arghun dynasty.

The Samma dynasty has left its mark in Sindh with magnificent structures including the necropolis of and royalties in Thatta.

## References
Duenos inscription

The **duenos inscription**  is a Latin text found on a piece of pottery in San Vitale, Rome. The pottery was dated to the sixth century BC. The text is among the oldest known texts of old Latin. It is difficult to read because the words are not separated by spaces.

## Text and translations
Since the pottery, or *kernos*, was found in 1880, many translations have been proposed. By 1983, more than fifty different explanations of the meaning had been put forward. Due to the lack of a large body of archaic Latin, and the method by which Romans abbreviated their inscriptions, scholars have not been able to produce a singular translation that has been accepted by historians as accurate. However thanks to Arthur E. Gordon's work the reading of the text can be now considered certain.

Below is the transcription and one of many possible interpretations:
:a. The direct unicase transcription
:b. Direct transcription, in lowercase, with possible macrons and word breaks
:c. A speculative interpretation and translation into Classical Latin
:d. An English gloss (approximate translation/interpretation) of the Classical Latin rendering

**Line 1:**
:a. IOVESATDEIVOSQOIMEDMITATNEITEDENDOCOSMISVIRCOSIED
:b. *iouesāt deivos qoi mēd mitāt, nei tēd endō cosmis vircō siēd*
:c. *Iurat deos qui me mittit, ni in te* [= *erga te*] *comis virgo sit*
:d. 'The person who sends me prays to the gods, lest the girl be not kind towards thee'

**Line 2:**
:a. ASTEDNOISIOPETOITESIAIPAKARIVOIS
:b. *as(t) tēd noisi o(p)petoit esiāi pākā riuois*
:c. *at te* [... uncertain ...] *paca rivis*
:d. 'without thee [...] calm with [these] rivers'

**Line 3:**
:a. DVENOSMEDFECEDENMANOMEINOMDVENOINEMEDMALOSTATOD
:b. *duenos mēd fēced en mānōm einom duenōi nē mēd malo(s) statōd*
:c. *Bonus me fecit in manum einom bono, ne me malus [tollito, clepito]*
:d. 'A good man made me in his own[?] hands for a good man, in case an evil man take me.'

An interpretation set out by Warmington and Eichner, renders the complete translation as follows, though not with certainty:
#It is sworn with the gods, whence I'm issued:If a maiden does not smile at you,
#nor is strongly attracted to you,then soothe her with this fragrance!
#Someone good has filled me for someone good and well-mannered,and not shall I be obtained by someone bad.

## References
Alejandra Soler

**Alejandra Soler Gilabert** (July 8, 1913 &ndash; March 1, 2017) was a Spanish politician and teacher. She also worked for the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. She was born in Valencia, Spain. She took part in the revolts against Miguel Primo de Rivera's dictature and in 1934, she became a member of the communist party. 

Soler died on March 1, 2017 in Valencia, Spain from suspected heart failure, aged 103.

## Works 
* 2009, *La vida es un río caudaloso con peligrosos rápidos*

## References
Dave Valentin

**David Peter Valentin** (April 29, 1952 &ndash; March 8, 2017) was an American Latin jazz flautist. In the 1970s Valentin combined Latin music with jazz in bands with Bill O'Connell, Lincoln Goines, Richie Morales, Robby Ameen, Sammy Figueroa, and Giovanni Hidalgo. For seven years in a row he was chosen as the best jazz flautist by readers of *Jazziz* magazine. In 1985 he received a Grammy Award nomination.

Valentin died from complications of a stroke and Parkinson's disease in the Bronx, at the age of 64.

## References
Anthony Delhalle

**Anthony Delhalle** (11 January 1982 – 9 March 2017) was a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He rode a Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the FIM CEV Superbike European Championship and the Endurance FIM World Championship. 

Delhalle died, aged 35, on 9 March 2017, after falling from his bike during a test on the Circuit Paul Armagnac near Nogaro and breaking his neck.

## References
Dunn index

The **Dunn Index** (DI) is a metric for judging a clustering algorithm. A higher DI implies better clustering. It assumes that better clustering means that clusters are compact and well-separated from other clusters.

There are many ways to define the size of a cluster and distance between clusters.

The DI is equal to the minimum inter-cluster distance divided by the maximum cluster size. Note that larger inter-cluster distances (better separation) and smaller cluster sizes (more compact clusters) lead to a higher DI value.

In mathematical terms:

Let the size of cluster C be denoted by: \Delta_C

Let the distance between clusters i and j be denoted by: \delta(C_i, C_j)

DI = \frac{\min\limits_{1 \leq i\leq j \leq m} \delta(C_i,C_j)}{\max\limits_{1 \leq k \leq m} \Delta_k}
Bill Leak

**Bill Leak** (born **Desmond Robert Leak**; 9 January 1956 – 10 March 2017) was an Australian editorial cartoonist, caricaturist and portraitist.

Leak was raised in Condobolin and Beacon Hill, Sydney. Leak studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in the 1970s. 

Leak's cartoons were first published in 1983 in *The Bulletin* and after he drew for *The Sydney Morning Herald* until 1994, when he was recruited by News Limited to contribute to *The Daily-Telegraph-Mirror* and later to *The Australian*.

On 10 March 2017, Leak died in a hospital in Gosford, New South Wales following a suspected heart attack. He was 61 years old.

## References
## Other websites
* 
* Drawing and quartering our pollies – Article includes comments by Bill Leak on his cartooning and the reactions he gets
* Portrait of Bill Leak, editorial cartoonist, 1984, by Terry Mulligan
Per-Bast

**Per-Bast** was an ancient Egyptian city. It is the place where the center of the cult of Bast is. Bast is a cat-goddess who is the protectress of Ra. The name Per-Bast means "house of Bast". Per Bast was in the Nile Delta and served as the capital of the nome *Am-Khent,* the 18th nome in Lower Egypt.
Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi is a port city, a Municipal Corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city lies in the Coromandel Coast off Bay of Bengal. Thoothukudi is the headquarters of Thoothukudi district.According to Confederation of Indian Industry, Thoothukudi has the second highest Human Development Index in Tamil Nadu next to Chennai. Tuticorin City serves as the headquarters of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited. Major educational establishments in the city include Thoothukudi Government Medical College, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Marine Training Academy, V.O.C. Arts & Science College, Government Polytechnic College, and Anna University Tuticorin Campus.Tuticorin Port is one of the Fastest growing Major Ports in India. Tuticorin is an "Emerging Energy and Industrial hub of South India".
## Reference
Namakkal district

**Namakkal District** is an administrative district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The district was divided from Salem district with Namakkal town as Headquarters on  25-07-1996 and started to function independently from 01-01-1997. The district has seven taluks (subdivisions): Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Rasipuram, Velur, Sendamangalam, Komarapalayam, and Kolli Hills. It has two Revenue Divisions: Namakkal and Tiruchengode. As of 2011, Namakkal district had a population of 1,726,601 with a sex-ratio of 986 females for every 1,000 males.
## Reference
Olfactory bulb

main olfactory bulb cell nuclei.  Scale top to bottom is about 2mm]]

The **olfactory bulb** is a part of the vertebrate forebrain. It works in olfaction, or the sense of smell.

The olfactory bulb has one source of sensory input (axons from olfactory receptor neurons, and one output (mitral cell axons). It is thought that it functions as a filter. However, the olfactory bulb also gets "top-down" information from brain areas like the amygdala, neocortex, hippocampus, locus coeruleus, and substantia nigra.

Its range of functions probably include:

*discriminating between odors
*enhancing sensitivity of odor detection
*filtering out background odors 
*permitting higher brain areas involved in arousal and attention to modify the detection or discrimination of odors.

## References
Syria Direct

**Syria Direct** is a not-for-profit news organization based in Jordan.  It was started in 2013 by television news producer Amjad Tadros and the Global Peace and Development Charitable Trust. *Syria Direct* reports on the conflict from neighboring Jordan, because reporting from Syria is either restricted or too dangerous.

*Syria Direct* publishes news reports, interviews, photographs, and videos from inside Syria.  They also publish a  newsletter.  They do not accept advertising.  Their operations are funded by the Global Peace & Development Charitable Trust.

*Syria Direct* is published in English and Arabic. The articles are for readers who are already 
knowledgeable about Syria but want more detailed information.  *Syria Direct* employs about 24 Syrians and Americans who talk to Syrian activists and civilians on both sides of the conflict every day by Skype. Syrian journalists write the stories in Arabic.  The stories are translated to English, fact-checked and edited, then translated back to Arabic. Their website receives about 50,000 page views every month.  Their Facebook page has 77,000 followers. 

*Syria Direct* also has a training program for journalists from Syria. In the past, the training program has received funding from the US Embassy Amman's Public Affairs Section, the Syria office of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organization, and the Canadian Embassy in Amman. Every six months they train twelve new Syrian journalists.  The trainees' stories have been published in USA Today, CNN.com, Radio Free Europe, and international new organizations like Le Monde and The Toronto Globe and Mail.

## References 
## Other websites 
* Syria Direct on Facebook
* Syria Direct on Twitter
* Syria Direct official website
Shas

**Shas**, Hebrew: ש״ס , full name: Shomrei Sfarad, Hebrew: שומרי ספרד , meaning *(Religious) guardians of the Sephardim*, is an Israeli political party.

Its ideology is left-wing conservative, Sephardic-Mizrahic Ultra-Orthodox, and Religious Zionist.

Political leader is Aryeh Deri.

Shas was founded in 1984.

Number of seats in the 24th Knesset: 9 (/).

Participating in the Fourth Netanyahu Government and the Netanyahu-Gantz Government.

## Other websites 
*
Nagapattinam district

Nagapattinam district is the only district in India to be discontinuous or separated  into two parts. This district is located on Tamil Nadu, India. Nagapattinam district was carved out by dividing the Thanjavur district on 1991, October 19.In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Nagapattinam district one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total 640 Indian districts). 

Nagapattinam district is one of the six districts of 32 districts in Tamil Nadu currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).According to 2011 census of India, Nagapattinam district had a population of 1,616,450 with a sex-ratio of 1,025 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 
## Reference
Chermignon

**Chermignon** is a former municipality in the district Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2017, the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged into the new municipality of Crans-Montana.

## References
Bilawal Shah Noorani

**Syed Bilawal Shah Noorani** jeelani () was a mystic saint from Balochistan. Shah Noorani was the descendants of Ali Ibn Abi Talib. Noorani is considered to be a patron saint of Balochistan.

## Shrine
Noorani's shrine is popular in Balochistan, Pakistan after Hinglaj Mata Mandir.
His  shrine is located in a narrow valley between the mountains of Khuzdar District, Balochistan

## Mela / Urs (Annual Fair) 
Shah Noorani's annual *Urs* (death anniversary celebration), held on the 10th Ramadan – the ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar, brings more than half a million pilgrims from all over Pakistan.
## References
Thoothukudi district

**Thoothukudi District**, also known as **Tuticorin District** is a district in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district was formed by dividing Tirunelveli district in 1986 and Thoothukudi is the district headquarters. The district is known for pearl cultivation. There are many pearls  in the seas offshore. It was formerly ruled by one of the oldest kingdoms in India, the Pandyan Dynasty with the port of Korkai through which trade with Rome happened. The archaeological site at Adichanallur holds the remains of the ancient Tamil civilisation. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,750,176 with a sex-ratio of 1,023 females for every 1,000 males.
## References
Mizrahi Jews

**Mizrahi Jews** are one of the Jewish ethnic groups indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa. Occasionally, **Mizrahim** also refers to Jews from the Caucasus or Central Asia.
## Overview
The term is often used synonymously with Sephardi Jews, though Sephardic [means or] connotes religious practice and Mizrahi implies place of origin", according to media.

## Terminology
**Mizrahi** is a Hebrew word for *eastern*.

## Related pages
* Sephardi Jews
* Maghrebi Jews
* Ashkenazi Jews

## Footnotes
## References
Tiruvallur

Tiruvallur is a suburb city of Chennai and Grade I municipality in Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of Cooum River about  northwest of Chennai (Madras), the capital city of Tamil Nadu and located near  Tiruvallur district.It is well known because of the Veera Raghavar temple  which is one of the 108 sacred shrines of Vaishnavites. There is a pond nearby this temple, where the tank festival is held.The neighborhood is served by Tiruvallur railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. As of 2011, the town had a population of 56,074.It is one of the fast developing suburban areas in Chennai.
## reference
Sephardi Jews

**Sephardi Jews**, also known as **Sephardic Jews** or **Sephardim** (, Modern Hebrew: *Sfaraddim*, also  ''Y'hudey Spharad'', meaning "The Jews of Spain"), are a Jewish ethnic division.
They emerged as a distinct community around 1000 AD on the Iberian Peninsula. Jews set up communities throughout Muslim Spain and Portugal.

## Evolution
In the late 15th century, when all Jews were expelled from Spain, they migrated and set up new communities in the countries of England, the Netherlands, North Africa, Anatolia, the Levant (Eastern Mediterranean), and the Balkan countries, as well as the Americas, where they kept their traditions and religious practices.

For hundreds of years and through the 20th century, Sephardi Jews have continued to speak their Judeo-Spanish language, commonly called the Ladino, alongside the language of their place of residence.

## Related pages
* Yiddish
* Mizrahi Jews
* Maghrebi Jews
* Ashkenazi Jews
* Hebrew language
* Judeo-Arabic dialects
* Judeo-Aramaic languages
## References
Wesel citadel

The **Wesel citadel**, German: *Zitadelle Wesel*, is a citadel in the town of Wesel. It was built between 1688 and 1722. Architect was Johan de Corbin.

The Wesel citadel was the most important fort in Wesel.

Nowadays it is used for cultural purposes.

## Other websites 
* Wesel citadel
Robert D. Orr

**Robert Dunkerson Orr** (November 17, 1917 &ndash; March 10, 2004) was an American politician. He was the 45th Governor of Indiana from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party. He was served as United States Ambassador to Singapore from July 14, 1989 through September 12, 1992.

Orr was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was raised in Evansville, Indiana. He studied at Yale University and at Harvard University. Orr was married to Josie Wallace from 1946 until they divorce in 2000. In 2001, he married Mary Davis. Their marriage lasted until his death in 2004.

Orr died in Indianapolis, Indiana from complications of kidney surgery on March 10, 2004, aged 86.

## References
## Other websites
*Biography from the Indiana Historical Bureau 
*
*Biography from the Indianapolis Star 
*The New York Times: Robert D. Orr, 86, Governor Who Revamped Indiana Schools
*National Governors Association
Mohamed Mijarul Quayes

**Mohamed Mijarul Quayes** (; 2 April 1960 &ndash; 11 March 2017) was a Bangladeshi diplomat. He served as Bangladesh's Ambassador to Brazil from 2014 until his death. He was the Bangladesh High Commissioner to the Court of St James's, United Kingdom from 2009 to 2014.

Quayes was taken to a Brasília hospital in February 2017. He later died from multiple organ failure on 11 March. He was 56.

## References
Preto Hendrik

**Simba António Castelo** (born November 23, 1994, Luanda, Angola), better known by his stage name **Preto Hendrik**, is an African musician, of Angolan nationality, native of Luanda, member of LBA Music. began his artistic career in the year 2016, with music named "Encher a Cara", and "Fácil" with group of musicians LBA Musc in 2016.

## Discography 
### Music 
## References
## Other websites
*
Purim

**Purim**, Hebrew: פורים , meaning *allotment*, is a Jewish cheerful feast in memory of the liberation of the Jewish people during their stay in ancient Persia.

The origins of Purim are to be found in the Book of Esther.

It is celebrated on the 14th of Adar (in Jerusalem on the 15th of Adar).

## Date 
* 2017: sunset, 11 March - sunset, 12 March
Tobias Kempe

**Tobias Kempe** (born June 27, 1989 in Wesel) is a German footballer. He plays as a midfielder and striker. 

Kempe has started his senior career in 2008. Since 2016 he has been playing for 1. FC Nürnberg.

His father Thomas Kempe and his brother Dennis Kempe were/are also footballers.

## Other websites 
* www.kicker.de
Hla Myint

**Hla Myint** ( ; 1920 &ndash; 9 March 2017) was a Burmese economist. He was known as one of the pioneers of development of welfare economics. He worked on the importance of export-orientation as the most useful "engine of growth". He was born in Bassein, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma. Myint served  as Emeritus Professor of Economics, teaching development economics, at the London School of Economics from 1966 to 1985.

Myint died on 9 March 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand at the age of 97.

## Major works
* *Theories of Welfare Economics*, Longmans Green, 1948.
* *Economic Theory and the Underdeveloped Countries*, 1971
* ''Southeast Asia's Economy: Development Policies in the 1970s'' (Penguin Modern Economics Texts) Penguin Books, 1972

## Related pages
*List of scientists from Asia

## References
Keke Rosberg

**Keijo Erik Rosberg** (; born 6 December 1948), known as "**Keke**", is a Finnish former racing driver and winner of the  Formula One World Championship. He was the first Finnish driver to compete regularly in the series. Rosberg grew up in Oulu and Iisalmi, Finland. He is the father of retired Formula One driver and  Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg.

## Reference
Denny Hulme

**Denis Clive** "**Denny**" **Hulme**  (18 June 1936&nbsp;– 4 October 1992) was a New Zealand racing driver. He was born in Motueka of the South Island. 

Hulme won the  Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team. Between his first appearance at Monaco in 1965 and his final race in the 1974 United States Grand Prix. He started 112 Grand Prix, resulting eight victories and 33 trips to the podium. He also finished third in the overall standing in 1968 and 1972.

Hulme died of a sudden heart attack while driving at the Bathurst 1000 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. He was 56.

## References
Calypso music

**Calypso music** is an Afro-Caribbean style music. It started in the early 20th century  in Trinidad and Tobago. Calypso drew upon African and French influences. It became the voice of the people. 

## Instruments 
Trumpet, trombone, flute and clarinet are just a few of the instruments used.
Robin Bengtsson

**Robin Bengtsson** (born 27 April 1990 in Svenljunga, Sweden) is a Swedish singer who took part in Swedish Idol 2008. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

## Discography
### Extended plays
### Singles
#### As lead artist
#### As featured artist
## References