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, and a copy of the Sikh scripture was placed inside the Gurudwara in 1604.
Its sanctum walls were covered in marble and the dome was decorated with gold foil by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the 19th century.
More than 100,000 people visit this monument every month
Sackhkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib is the official and original name of the Golden Temple.[1] It is in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India.
The Gurudwara is surrounded by a sacred pool called "sarover"and group of buildings important to the Sikh religion.
The complex is the most important pilgrimage site in Sikhism and it is also called Sri Darbar Sahib.
One of these buildings in the complex is the Sri Akal Takht, the highest religious authority for Khalsa Sikhs.
Another building is the langar, where a free simple vegetarian meal is served to all without any discrimination.
The Gurudwara is a place of worship for men and women from all walks of life and all religions to come and worship God.
The four entrances (representing the four directions) to get into the Harmandir Sahib also symbolise the openness of the Sikhs towards all people and religions.
The present-day gurdwara was rebuilt in 1764 by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia with the help of other Sikh Misls.
In the early nineteenth century, Maharaja Ranjit Singh founded the Sikh Empire and covered the upper floors of the gurdwara with gold, which gives it its distinctive appearance and its English name.[10] It contains the  Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji, the Sikh scripture.
On 4th July 1955, Indian Army entered the complex wearing shoes and caused destruction in the complex.
Also, in June 1984 the Golden Temple complex was blown apart by tanks, snipers, grenades and rocket launchers by the Indian military and government and Sri Akal Takht Sahib was destroyed and then rebuilt later.
It was once again attacked at a smaller scale by the Punjab Police, National Security Guard and Border Security Force in 1986 as part of Operation Black Thunder 1 from April-July 1986 and Operation Black Thunder 2 in May 1988.
Dover MRT Station (EW22) is an MRT Station in Singapore.
It is part of the East West MRT Line.
The station was opened on 18 October 2001.
It is the first MRT station to be built over an existing MRT line and hence it had 2 Side platforms instead of the normal Island platform.
Joo Koon MRT Station (EW29) is a MRT Station in Singapore.
It was the terminus station until the Tuas West extension is completed.
The station code was originally W14 before the opening.
However every alternate trains will still terminate here despite the opening of the TWE.
The other half of the westbound train will then proceed to Tuas after Joo Koon.
This station was announced in 2004.
Construction began on May 2006 and was completed in 28 February 2009.
Joo Koon rail accident
The Joo Koon rail accident occurred on 15 November 2017, when two trains met into accident causing 36 injuries.
The stationary train was in the process of being detrained due to a train fault.
This incident is the second train collision in Singapore MRT's history, after the Clementi rail accident in 1993.
Both trains were operating under the recently installed Thales SelTrac CBTC signalling system at time of incident, and the Minister of Transport Khaw Boon Wan expressed that he was "disturbed" by an initial finding that a "critical safety software" was inadvertently removed from the stationary train, possibly due to a malfunctioning signalling circuit, had led to the accident.
Super Elastic Bubble Plastic was the brand name for a children's toy.
It was made from the 1970s through the 80s by Wham-O. The bubbles contained polyvinyl acetate dissolved in acetone.
They also had ethyl acetate added.
The acetone evaporated when the bubbles were inflated through a drinking straw.
This left behind a solid plastic film.
They were also highly flammable.
The product was dangerous to children if spilled.
It also gave off noxious fumes.
The fumes could become concentrated inside the straw, making it dangerous to inhale through the straw while inflating a bubble.
The toy was not recommended for children under 5.
Because of these problems, Super Elastic Bubble Plastic was eventually discontinued.
Expo MRT Station (CG1/DT35) is an MRT Station in Singapore.
It  is an interchange station along the East West MRT Line and Downtown MRT Line.
It is located near the Singapore Expo.
The station was opened 10 January 2001 for the East West Line and on 21 October 2017 for the Downtown line.
It was originally named Somapah.
This station was the last station to use the old MRT station coding, E13 before it eventually phased out on 31 July 2001.
The station has been connected from the East West Line to the Downtown Line through the former public underpass from 2001 to 2011.
Exit A is a unpaid linkway from the East West Line to the Downtown Line.
Papanasam is a town in Tirunelveli district.
This town is where the Thamirabarani River rises.
In one of Papanasam's temples, a ritual is held to wash away sins.
People throw the clothes they wear into the Thamirabarani River.
The movie acted by Kamalahaasan was shot in and named Papanasam.
Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India.
He was born in a humble family, was picked up, taught and counselled by Chanakya (also known as Kautilya) – a Hindu Brahmin who wrote the Arthashastra.
Together, Chandragupta and Chanakya built one of the largest empires on the Indian subcontinent.
Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleucus I Nicator, one of the successful satrapies of Alexander the Great and married Seleucus I Nicator daughter Helena .
He was the ruler until 297 BC.
He became a Jain monk and died at Shravanabelagola of Karnataka in the same year.
Ramanathapuram district is one of the 37 districts in Tamil Nadu.
Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was born there.
It is located in south east direction of tamilnadu.
It is coastal area with more palmyra trees.
It is famous for its fishing and Production of palm sap, palm sugar,palm jaggery etc.
It is one of the biggest districts in tamilnadu by area space.
Most of the people doing agriculture as their main occupation.
Sudiyur-சூடியூர்-सूडियूर्
Paramakudi-பரமக்குடி-परमक्कुडि
Sathirakudi-சத்திரக்குடி-सत्तिरक्कुडि
Ramanathapuram-இராமநாதபுரம்-रामनाथपुरम्
Valantharavai -வாலாந்தரவை-वालान्तरवै
Uchippuli-உச்சிப்புளி-उच्चिप्पुळि
Mandapam Camp-மண்டபம் கேம்ப்-मण्डपम् केम्प्
Mandapam-மண்டபம்-मण्डपम्
Pamban-பாம்பன்-पाम्बन्
Rameswaram -இராமேஸ்வரம்-रामेश्वरम्
The Teesta River (or Tista) is a river in the Indian state of Sikkim.
The Teesta river starts at Pahunri glacier, and flows south through rapids in the Sikkim Himalaya.
The river goes by the town of Rangpo.
It changes course southwards flowing into West Bengal, before joining the Brahmaputra River.
Rivers of West Bengal
LACSA was/is the flag carrier of Costa Rica.
Pan Am founded the airline on October 17, 1945.
The first flight was on June 1, 1946.
In 1992, TACA Airlines bought 86% of LACSA.
Most of LACSA's planes were repainted in the TACA Airlines paint-job.
The original LACSA stopped flying in 2014.
However, the new LACSA is now a subsidiary of Avianca.
Rangpo is a town in East Sikkim in the Indian state of Sikkim.
The town borders West Bengal.
It is on the Teesta river.
All vehicles entering Sikkim have to stop here.
Rangpo is now the center for almost all the pharmaceutical companies.
The town is one of the fastest growing towns in the state.
Tampines MRT station (EW2/DT32) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the Downtown line and East West line in Tampines, Singapore.
The station is close to Tampines Bus Interchange and the new Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange.
It is also one of the few interchange stations where the MRT lines are not connected.
At Tampines MRT Station (DTL), the passenger service centre (control station) is only available at the exit to Tampines Bus Interchange.
While preparing for the closure of the station at overnight, passengers are not allowed to use Tampines Concourse faregates, and the shutters at the Tampines Concourse will be closed first, following by shuttering the bus interchange entrance.
The station was opened on 16 December 1989.
The Downtown Line Stage 3 station started construction in September 2011 and completed on 21 October 2017.
On August 8, 2003, a train travelling towards Boon Lay lost traction current at 10.13 pm and could not move along the track between Pasir Ris and Tampines.
An empty train was used to push the train towards Tampines and service resumed at 10.35 pm.
The same issue occured 21 minutes later and it was only fixed shortly before the end of the train service.
On 7 May 2007, a man in his 50s hit his head against a train that was entering the station and got his foot was stuck in the platform gap.
Train services towards Boon Lay were disrupted for about 8 minutes.
On 21 January 2008, a maintenance works train which was carrying out repairs between Tampines and Simei broke down.
It caused a service disruption from the start of service until 12.45pm and affected 57,000 passengers.
There are several exits in Tampines MRT Station.
However, some will not be linked together when Downtown Line opens in 2017.
Station name with respective exits signs have been put up for Tampines station for the Downtown Line in August 2017 therefore there are 7 exits for the entire station with letters ranging from A to G.
A: Eastlink Mall , Tampines Bus Interchange, Transfer to Downtown Line
B: Tampines 1
C: Tampines Mall, Century Square
D: Eastlink Mall, Tampines Bus Interchange, Transfer to East West Line Concourse
E: Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange, Tampines Concourse
F: Tampines Bus Interchange, Tampines Central 1, Our Tampines Hub
G: Lift access for Exit F
Services and Connections
The East West Line provides connection from Tampines to Simei and Pasir Ris as feeder services besides a major throughfare to Tuas Link, Joo Koon, city, Expo and Changi Airport.
The Downtown Line provides connection from Tampines to Tampines West and Tampines East stations as feeder services besides a major thoroughfare to the city and Bukit Panjang.
Karaikal district is one of the 4 districts of the Puducherry union territory.
It is the 2nd biggest district of the union territory after the Puducherry district.
The capital is Karaikal port city.
The district is made of communes Kottucherry, Nedungadu, Thirunallar, Neravy and Thirumalairajanpattinam.
The Karaikal district formed an integral part of the Pallava kingdom in the 8th century.
Thirunallar Saniswaran Temple and Karaikal Ammaiyar Temple can be found in the district.
The rivers Arasalar, Veerasolan River, Kodamurutti River, Kaveri River's other tributaries reach the sea here.
The Karaikal Port is one of the biggest in South India.
The Karaikal Airport is being constructed.
It will be the first airport built entirely with private capital.
Districts of India
In Southeast Asia, Palm leaves were used as a material to write on.
Their use is known in the 5th century BC, but may have started earlier.
To prepare them for writing, palm leaves are cooked, dried, and polished.
Due to the nature of palm leaves, the manuscripts use "landscape format".
These leaves are between  and  wide, but only  to  high.
Putrefaction is a natural process of decay.
Microorganisms break down organic materials.
Usually it occurs after the death of a plant or an animal.
The process consists of many steps.
The total time it takes is dependent on various factors, such as the availability of oxygen.
Putrefaction involves fermentation.
Putrefaction is important, because elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur which are bound in the dead matter are converted into a form that is usable by plants.
Teck Whye LRT Station (BP4) is an LRT station in Singapore.
It was opened on 6 November 1999.
The station is near ITE College West.
Previous: Keat Hong (BP3)Next: Phoenix (BP5)
Oasis LRT Station (PE6) is an LRT station in Singapore.
It is along the Punggol LRT Line.
15 June 2007: Station opened
Previous: Kadaloor (PE5)Next: Damai (PE7)
EDHEC Business School is a European higher studies establishment.
The school is in 5 places, in Paris, Lille and Nice, France, in the United Kingdom (London) and in Singapore.
It was created in 1906.
EDHEC website
Ambrosius was born in Erfurt, Germany.
His father, Christoph Bach (1613–1661) was also a musician, as was his twin brother Johann Christoph Bach (1645–1693).
In 1671, Ambrosius moved his family to Eisenach, where he was employed as a court trumpeter and director of the town musicians.
He married his first wife Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt on 1 April 1668, and they had eight children.
Four of these children became musicians, including Johann Sebastian.
Marie died and was buried on 3 May 1694.
On 27 November 1694 Ambrosius married Barbara Margaretha.
This was her third marriage; both her former husbands, including Johann Günther Bach, had died.
She had two young daughters.
Ambrosius became very sick, and died in Eisenach less than three months later.
Barbara was unable to look after all the children, so Johann Jacob Bach and Johann Sebastian Bach, moved in with the eldest son, Johann Christoph Bach.
Johann Ambrosius Bach on the Sojurn Web site
Johann Ambrosius Bach on the Bach Cantatas Web site
Johann Ambrosius
Chinatown MRT Station (NE4/DT19) is an MRT Station in Singapore.
It is an interchange station along the North East MRT Line and Downtown MRT Line.
It was the first MRT station with both lines operated by SBS Transit.
On the North East Line, it lies between the Outram Park and Clarke Quay MRT stations and between Telok Ayer and Fort Canning MRT stations on the Downtown Line.
The construction of the station was considered an engineering achievement, due to the busy traffic on the roads above and a number of nearby historical buildings that had to be preserved during the construction.
The section of track between Telok Ayer and this station is the shortest between any two stations on the MRT network; it takes around 35 to 40 seconds for a train to travel between the stations.
The distance between Chinatown and the next station, Clarke Quay, is the shortest distance between two MRT stations in Singapore, a mere 360 metres.
This station is said to be the most challenging station to build on the North-East line, due to the large number of buildings above ground, most with reinforced concrete or timber piles and all in marine clay.
Another feat was that they had to preserve Garden Bridge, a large overhead bridge on bore piles, while building the station below.
The tidal Eu Tong Sen Canal was also diverted into four two-meter diameter steel pipes slung under the temporary traffic decks (two on each side).
Part of the New Bridge Road was often closed between 12 January 1998 and 20 October 2001 for the construction of Chinatown MRT Station.
This station was named People's Park before it was renamed in 1999.
It was originally H3 / C3 before opening.
Woodleigh MRT Station (NE11) is an MRT Station in Singapore.
It is along the North East MRT Line.
The station is built on part of the former Bidadari Cemetery.
The station was built in 2003.
It remained closed for 8 years, with the train passing through without stopping, until it opened in 2011 to facilitate for recent developments around the area
20 June 2003: Station built
20 June 2011: Station opened along with Damai (PE7)
Clarke Quay MRT Station (NE5) is an MRT Station in Singapore.
The station was opened on 20 June 2003.
The station has one of the lowest riderships along the North East Line, probably because it is on the wrong side of the Singapore River, and also partly due to the lack of developments surrounding the station and its proximity with Chinatown.
It was formerly H4 / C4, before the opening.
The station is located on the opposite side of the Singapore River where Clarke Quay is actually situated.
The distance between Clarke Quay and the previous station, Chinatown, is the shortest distance between two MRT stations in Singapore, a mere 360 metres.
The reverse bungee ride, the Ministry of Sound nightclub and Club MoMo are located near to the station.
Peter Thomas (June 28, 1924 – April 30, 2016) was an American announcer and narrator of television programs, including Nova, Forensic Files and Medical Detectives.
Thomas was born in Pensacola, Florida, to Dr. John D. Thomas and Sibyl Addenbrooke.
Thomas began his career at fourteen as an announcer on a local radio show.
The station could not pay him due to his age, so they arranged for the sponsor, Piper Aircraft, to give him flying lessons in a Piper Cub.
After World War II started, Thomas left The Stony Brook School and volunteered for the United States Army in 1943.
He served with the First Infantry Division in five major campaigns.
This included the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge.
He was issued a Battle star for each of the five campaigns.
He was also awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the French Croix de guerre.
Thomas received many awards for his work.
He said that one of his best was the Oscar won by a documentary he narrated, One Survivor Remembers.
That documentary, produced by HBO, talks about the personal experience of Gerda Weissman Klein, who was imprisoned at the Nordhausen Concentration Camp when she was a teenager.
Thomas' unit helped free the prisoners at Nordhausen.
Klein and Thomas met during the making of the documentary, and again at its premiere.
Thomas also participated in an HBO movie on the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, in which he fought with the 1st Infantry Division (United States).
Thomas was also the narrator for a show that ran on The Discovery Channel in 1993 that was called How the West was Lost.
Thomas was the narrator for the two-hour Nova episode entitled D-Day's Sunken Secrets, broadcast May 28, 2014, just before the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings; he participated in the original D-Day landing on Omaha Beach.
Thomas was married to Stella (Barrineau) Thomas until her 2014 death, and lived in Naples, Florida.
He was involved in work with veterans, having served on the board of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation and in other similar roles.
He worked out of his home for recording studios all across the country.
Also he continued narrating at recording studios in New York City, where he worked for most of his career.
Prior to pursuing narration full-time, he was a New York anchor for CBS News.
Peter Thomas Tribute - from truTV's Forensic Files.
We owe our freedom to GIs who fought  by Peter Thomas, veteran of Hurtgen Forest and Battle of the bulge
Simei MRT station (EW3) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Tampines, Singapore.
This station mainly serves Simei, a residential estate which is part of the larger Tampines New Town.
Before the construction of the station, the station was known as Tampines South.
The name was changed to Simei in 1985, before the station's opening in 1989.
As like other above-ground stations built during the initial construction of the East West line, the station did not have platform screen doors.
Following successful trials at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris stations, half height platform screen doors were installed and started operation on 3 July 2011.
High-volume low-speed fans were also installed at the platform in 2011.
Sean Burke (born January 29, 1967) is a Canadian retired NHL goalie.
He played 18 seasons in the NHL.
He is a 3-time All-Star in the NHL.
He announced his retirement on September 18, 2007.
Gerard Gallant (born September 2, 1963) is a Canadian NHL coach.
He used to be the coach for the ice hockey team Vegas Golden Knights.
He was fired in 2020 after just two and a half seasons.
He used to be an NHL player.
He was born in Prince Edward Island.
He received the NHL All Star Game Coach for the 2015-16 season (Florida Panthers - Atlantic Division).
The Basseri  are a Persian nomadic and pastoral tribe of the Fars Province in Iran.
Their migratory area is around Shiraz.
The Basseri are a tribe of Khamseh confederation.
Basseries are Persian.
They are the survivors of Pasargadean tribe, the biggest tribe of Persia in Achaemenid Empire period.
They speak Persian with a different accent.
Ehsan Yousefi,nomads of Persia:The Basseri tribe;2014;Shiraz
The Tanganyika laughter epidemic is when an outbreak of laughter occurred in Tanganyika (which is modern day Tanzania), in 1962.
It spread throughout nearby villages, infecting mostly young girls.
Shiraz or Syrah is a variety of grape that is used to produce red wine.
Originally, these grapes grew in the Rhone valley, but they are now cultivated all over the world to produce red wine.
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2016.
Jean-Marie Girault, 90, French politician, Mayor of Caen (1970–2001).
Solomon W. Golomb, 83, American mathematician (pentomino), engineer and educator (University of Southern California), heart failure.
Madeleine LeBeau, 92, French actress (Hold Back the Dawn, Casablanca, 8½), complications from a fall.
Mel Bartholomew, 84, American gardener and author, creator of square foot gardening, liver cancer.
Jonathan Cainer, 58, British astrologer (Daily Mail), heart attack.
John Kaye, 60, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (since 2007), cancer.
Roger Millward, 68, British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, national team), jaw cancer.
Karel Pečko, 95, Slovenian artist.
Afeni Shakur, 69, American businesswoman (Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, Amaru Entertainment, Makaveli Branded) and political activist (Black Panthers), mother of Tupac Shakur, heart attack.
Ian Deans, 78, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1986), Parkinson's disease.
Abel Fernandez, 85, American actor (The Untouchables, Pork Chop Hill), lung cancer.
Marianne Gaba, 76, American model (Playboy) and actress (The Choppers, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine), brain cancer.
Kaname Harada, 99, Japanese World War II flying ace and anti-war activist, multiple organ failure.
Karol Machata, 88, Slovak actor (St. Peter's Umbrella, A Song About the Gray Pigeon).
Nicolas Noxon, 79, American filmmaker (Secrets of the Titanic), pancreatic cancer.
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, 81, Swedish artist (Non-Violence), pneumonia.
Jadranka Stojaković, 65, Bosnian singer-songwriter ("Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te nema", "Bistre vode Bosnom teku"), motor neurone disease.
Janusz Tazbir, 87, Polish historian.
Ángel de Andrés López, 64, Spanish actor (What Have I Done to Deserve This?,
800 Bullets), heart attack.
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 69, Burundian politician, President (1976–1987).
Bob Bennett, 82, American politician, United States Senator from Utah (1993–2011), pancreatic cancer.
Karl W. Butzer, 81, American geographer.
Olle Ljungström, 54, Swedish singer-songwriter (Reeperbahn) and guitarist ("Venuspassagen", "Peep-Show", "Intriger").
Rita Renoir, 82, French stripteaser and actress (The Red Desert, Cannabis, The Angel).
Friedrich Schattleitner, 92, Austrian sport shooter.
Sylvia Kauders, 94, American actress (Inside Llewyn Davis, Witness, Predator 2), heart attack.
Romalı Perihan, 74, Turkish actress (La Dolce Vita, Waterloo, Web of the Spider) and singer, heart attack.
Siné, 87, French political cartoonist (L'Express, Charlie Hebdo), complications from lung surgery.
Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese musician (Snowflakes Are Dancing) and composer, heart failure.
Hannes Bauer, 61, German trombonist.
Nico de Bree, 71, Dutch footballer (N.E.C., Anderlecht), cancer.
Patrick Ekeng, 26, Cameroonian footballer (Le Mans, Dinamo Bucuresti), heart attack.
Reg Grundy, 92, Australian television production mogul (Reg Grundy Organisation).
David Hall, 85, American politician, Governor of Oklahoma (1971–1975), stroke.
Margot Honecker, 89, East German politician, Minister of People's Education (1963–1989), First Lady of East Germany (1976–1989).
Candye Kane, 54, American blues singer-songwriter and pornographic actress, pancreatic cancer.
Chris Mitchell, 27, Scottish footballer (Clyde).
Valeriy Zuyev, 63, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager.
Bernardo Ribeiro, 26, Brazilian footballer (Skënderbeu, Newcastle Jets, IFK Mariehamn), heart attack.
John Stabb, 54, American punk singer (Government Issue), stomach cancer.
Philippe Beaussant, 86, French author (Lully ou le musicien du solei, Héloïse) and musicologist, member of the Académie française (since 2007).
Tonita Castro, 63, American actress (Dads, Funny People, The Book of Life), stomach cancer.
Ken Gorgal, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers).
Nick Lashaway, 28, American actor (Girls, In Time, The Last Song), traffic collision.
Elisa Mainardi, 85, Italian actress (Fellini Satyricon, Roma, And the Ship Sails On).
William Schallert, 93, American actor  (The Patty Duke Show, Get Smart, In the Heat of the Night), President of SAG (19791981), complications from peripheral neuropathy.
Anne van den Ban, 88, Dutch agricultural economist.
John Young, 67, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), founder of Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities, diabetes.
John Bradshaw, 82, American motivational speaker, writer (Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child) and television host (Bradshaw On: Homecoming), heart failure.
Gareth Gwenlan, 79, British television producer (Only Fools and Horses).
Walther Leisler Kiep, 90, German politician, member of Bundestag (1965–1967; 1980–1982), Minister of Economy (1976–1977) and Minister of Finance (1976–1980), pneumonia.
Karl Maramorosch, 101, American virologist, entomologist and plant pathologist.
Riki Sorsa, 63, Finnish singer ("Reggae OK"), cancer.
John Warr, 88, English cricketer (Middlesex County Criket Club, national team).
Mustafa Badreddine, 55, Lebanese Hezbollah military leader, airstrike.
Louis van Gasteren, 93, Dutch movie director (Hans: Het Leven Voor De Dood, De prijs van overleven), producer, and artist.
Gene Gutowski, 90, American movie producer (The Pianist, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Cul-de-sac), pneumonia.
Ilkka Hanski, 63, Finnish ecologist.
Mark Lane, 89, American lawyer, author (Rush to Judgment), and conspiracy theorist (Assassination of John F. Kennedy), heart attack.
Kang Young-hoon, 93, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1988–1990).
Peter Behrens, 68, German musician (Trio), multiple organ failure.
Tony Cozier, 75, Barbadian cricket writer and commentator.
Katherine Dunn, 70, American writer (Geek Love), lung cancer.
Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, Bangladeshi politician, leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (since 2000) and member of parliament for Pabna (1991—1996, 2001—2008), execution by hanging.
Michael Ratner, 72, American lawyer, complications from cancer.
Joe Temperley, 86, Scottish saxophonist (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), kidney failure.
Mike Agostini, 81, Trinidadian sprinter, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1954), pancreatic cancer.
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, 91, Serbian royal.
Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person (since June 2015).
Julius La Rosa, 86, American pop singer ("Anywhere I Wander", "Manhattan", "Eh, Cumpari").
Del Latta, 96, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio (1959–1989).
Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Japanese movie (Ao no Honō) and theatre director (Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus), pneumonia.
Georges Sesia, 91, French footballer (Stade Français Paris, Nancy, national team).
Sammy Ellis, 75, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), cancer.
Rodrigo Espíndola, 26, Argentine footballer (Nueva Chicago), shot.
David McNiven Garner, 87, New Zealand oceanographer.
Dick McAuliffe, 76, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), World Series winner (1968), stroke.
Baba Hardev Singh, 62, Indian spiritual guru, head of the Sant Nirankari Mission (since 1980), traffic collision.
Tony Barrow, 80, British press officer (The Beatles).
Balázs Birtalan, 46, Hungarian author and activist.
Darwyn Cooke, 53, Canadian comic book artist (Catwoman, The Spirit, DC: The New Frontier), lung cancer.
Lasse Mårtenson, 81, Finnish singer ("Laiskotellen"), brain haemorrhage.
Christy O'Connor Snr, 91, Irish golfer, uncle of Christy O'Connor Jnr.
Monteagle Stearns, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Greece (1981–1985) and Ambassador to Ivory Coast (1976–1979).
Oya Aydoğan, 59, Turkish actress (Yedi Bela Hüsnü), model and television presenter, aortic aneurysm.
Erika Berger, 76, German television presenter and author.
Clovis Maksoud, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador of the Arab League to India (1961–1966) the United Nations (1979–1990) and the United States (1979–1990), journalist (Al-Ahram) and educator (American University), cerebral hemorrhage.
Cauby Peixoto, 85, Brazilian singer ("Maxximum") and actor (Com Água na), pneumonia.
Michael Roberds, 52, Canadian actor (The New Addams Family, Elf, Hot Tub Time Machine), suspected heart attack.
Marion Tournon-Branly, 91, French architect (Fleury Abbe, Manosque, Fontenelle Abbey).
Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur, 64, British judge, Lord Mayor of London (2002–2003), heart attack.
Giovanni Coppa, 90, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2001).
Bobby Freeman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1980–1988), aneurysm.
Romaldo Giurgola, 95, American-Australian architect (Parliament House).
Aar de Goede, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973), State Secretary of Finance (1973–1977), member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).
Jim McMillian, 68, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks), NBA champion (1972), heart failure.
Emilio Navaira, 53, American country and Tejano singer (Life Is Good), heart attack.
David Rendel, 67, British politician, MP for Newbury (1993–2005), cancer.
Seán Ardagh, 68, Irish politician, TD (1997–2011).
Guy Clark, 74, American folk singer-songwriter ("Desperados Waiting for a Train", "Workbench Songs", "My Favorite Picture of You"), Grammy winner (2014), lymphoma.
Benjamin de Roo, 76, Australian gymnast, complications from a stroke.
Huguette Dreyfus, 87, French harpsichordist and educator (Schola Cantorum).
Alexandru Lăpușan, 61, Romanian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1994) and Minister of Agriculture (1992–1996).
François Maistre, 91, French actor (Angélique, Marquise des Anges, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie).
Yūko Mizutani, 51, Japanese voice actress (Minnie Mouse, Black Jack, Tenchi Muyo!)
and singer, breast cancer.
Luis H. Álvarez, 96, Mexican industrialist and politician, President of the National Action Party (1987–1993), complications from pneumonia.
Boris Schnaiderman, 99, Brazilian translator, writer and essayist.
Fritz Stern, 90, American historian.
Lino Toffolo, 81, Italian actor (Yuppi du, Brancaleone at the Crusades, Million Dollar Eel) and singer.
Alexandre Astruc, 92, French movie critic (French New Wave) and director (The Crimson Curtain, La Putain respectueuse, Amour de poche).
John Berry, 52, American guitarist (Beastie Boys), complications from dementia.
Jim Ray Hart, 74, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees).
Marco Pannella, 86, Italian politician and civil rights activist, MEP (1979–2009), lung and liver cancer.
Morley Safer, 84, American journalist (60 Minutes), pneumonia.
Alan Young, 96, Canadian-American actor (Mister Ed, The Time Machine, Ducktales).
Gert Bals, 79, Dutch footballer (Eindhoven, Ajax, Vitesse).
Patricia M. Derian, 86, American human and civil rights activist, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (1977–1981), Alzheimer's disease.
Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, 83, Spanish journalist and athlete, founder of Aventura 92.
Brandon Grove, Jr., 87, American diplomat, Ambassador to East Germany (1974–1977) and Ambassador to Zaire (1984–1987), complications from cancer.
John David Jackson, 91, Canadian physicist and educator (University of California, Berkeley).
Wheelock Whitney, Jr., 89, American businessman, sports owner (Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings), educator (Carlson School of Management), philanthropist, and politician, 1964 United States senate and 1884 Governor of Minnesota Republican-nominee.
Gaston Berghmans, 90, Belgian comedian and actor (The Silent Hedonist).
Akhtar Mansour, c.48, Afghan Islamist, Minister of the Emirate for Aviation and Tourism (1996–2001), leader of the Taliban (since 2015), airstrike.
Nick Menza, 51, American drummer (Megadeth), heart failure.
Sándor Tarics, 102, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic gold medalist (1936).
Lucjan Avgustini, 52, Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sapë (since 2006), heart attack.
Adolf Born, 85, Czech painter, filmmaker, caricaturist, illustrator and animator (Mach a Šebestová).
Leonorilda Ochoa, 76, Mexican actress (Los Beverly de Peralvillo, Capulina Speedy González, Rubí) and comedian, Alzheimer's disease.
Velimir Sombolac, 77, Serb football player (Partizan, Yugoslavia national football team, Olimpija Ljubljana) and manager (Kozara Gradiška, Republika Srpska).
Bata Živojinović, 82, Serbian actor (Walter Defends Sarajevo) and politician, member of the Serbian Parliament (1990–2004), 2002 presidential candidate, complications from gangrene.
John Brophy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Birmingham Bulls, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hampton Roads Admirals), namesake of John Brophy Award.
Joe Fleishaker, 62, American actor (Troma's War, Sgt.
Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Late Show with David Letterman), heart attack.
Zdeněk Mézl, 81, Czech illustrator and writer (A Battle for Cathedral, Hey, Slavs!),
heart attack.
Lewis Fiander, 78, Australian actor (Pride and Prejudice, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, The Abdication), stroke.
Buck Kartalian, 93, American actor (Planet of the Apes, Cool Hand Luke, The Rock).
Burt Kwouk, 85, British actor (The Pink Panther, Last of the Summer Wine, Goldfinger), cancer.
Mell Lazarus, 89, American cartoonist (Miss Peach, Momma), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Berend Jan Udink, 90, Dutch politician, Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (1972–1973), Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning (1971–1973), and Minister for Development Cooperation (1967–1971).
Nancy Dow, 79, American actress (The Beverley Hillbillies, The Wild Wild West, Pure) and model, mother of Jennifer Aniston, complications from a stroke.
Gyula Kosice, 92, Czechoslovakian-born Argentine poet and sculptor.
John Webster, 60, British theologian (Anglican Communion) and educator (St Mary's College, St Andrews).
Yang Jiang, 104, Chinese playwright, author, and translator (Don Quixote).
Kazimierz Barburski, 73, Polish fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
Loris Francesco Capovilla, 100, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
Ted Dumitru, 76, Romanian football manager (Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns), heart attack.
Hedy Epstein, 91, German-born American Holocaust survivor and political activist (International Solidarity Movement), cancer.
Angela Paton, 86, American actress (Groundhog Day, American Wedding, Lolita), heart attack.
Arturo Pomar, 84, Spanish chess grandmaster.
Bob Williams, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears), Parkinson's disease.
Kai G. Henriksen, 60, Norwegian businessman (Vinmonopolet), complications from pancreatic cancer.
František Jakubec, 60, Czech football player (Bohemians Prague, Bellinzona, Czechoslovakia national football team), heart attack.
Marshall Jones, 75, American musician (Ohio Players).
Giorgio Albertazzi, 92, Italian actor (Little World of Don Camillo, Last Year at Marienbad, Some Say No), movie director (La governante, Gradiva), screenwriter and singer (Gli angeli del potere).
Stanley Burke, 93, Canadian television journalist (The National).
David Cañada, 41, Spanish cyclist (ONCE, Mapei, Saunier Duval–Prodir), race collision.
Bryce Dejean-Jones, 23, American basketball player (New Orleans Pelicans), shot.
Marion Lambert, 73, Belgian-born Swiss art collector, road accident.
T. Marshall Hahn, 89, American academic administrator, President of Virginia Tech (1962–1974).
Ralph Ketner, 95, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Food Lion, colon cancer.
Don McNay, 57, American financial author and columnist (The Huffington Post), suspected heart attack.
Kenne Fant, 93, Swedish actor (Prison) and director (Adventures of Nils Holgersson). (
Tom Lysiak, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, national team), leukemia.
Rick MacLeish, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), kidney and liver failure.
Mohamed Abdelaziz, 68, Sahrawi politician, President (since 1976), lung cancer.
Jan Crouch, 78, American televangelist and broadcasting executive (Trinity Broadcasting Network), complications from a stroke.
Antonio Imbert Barrera, 95, Dominican politician, President (1965).
Carla Lane, 87, English television writer (The Liver Birds, Butterflies, Bread)
Rupert Neudeck, 77, German journalist and humanitarian (Cap Anamur), complications from heart surgery.
David Tod Roy, 83, Chinese translator, complications from ALS.
Kroto shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes.
He spent a large part of his career at the University of Sussex, where he was an emeritus professor.
Kroto was an early supporter of Asteroid Day.
Harry Kroto personal website
Florida State University page
University of Sheffield page
Outram Park MRT Station (EW16/NE3/TE17) is an MRT Station in Singapore.
It is an interchange station on the  East West MRT Line and North East MRT Line.
It will also be an interchange for the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line, where it would become one of three triple line interchanges in Singapore by 2022.
12 December 1987: Station opened along East West Line
20 June 2003: North East Line opened, making Outram an interchange station
29 August 2012: Thomson-East Coast Line was announced, making a triple interchange station
2021: Thomson-East Coast Line will begin operation
Previous: Tanjong Pagar (EW15)Next: Tiong Bahru (EW17)
North East Line
Previous: HarbourFront (NE1/CC29)Next: Chinatown (NE4/DT19)
Thomson-East Coast Line (U/C)
Previous: Havelock (TE16)Next: Maxwell (TE18)
East West Line: W2 (1987 - 2001)
North East Line: H2 (before opening)
Thomson-East Coast Line: N/A
GTV was a  coupe with tiny rear seats. "
GTV" means Gran Turismo Veloce (in Italian) and had a little space for luggage for longer trips.
The cabriolet Spider  had no back seat and almost no space for luggage.
The engines were 1.8, 2, 3 and 3.2-liter.
In 2003 the front looks were changed.
GTV was replaced in 2004 and 2005 by the  Alfa Romeo GT and the Alfa Romeo Brera, and in 2006 the Brera Spider.
Alfa Romeo automobiles
The splendid astrapia (Astrapia splendidissima) is a bird-of-paradise about 39 cm long.
The male is black with an iridescent yellow-green mantle (cloak).
It has a blue-green throat, dark green below.
The tail feathers are short, broad and white with black tips.
The female has a brown plumage and dark head.
Little is known about this bird.
It lives in the mountain forests of the west central highlands of New Guinea.
Its diet is fruit, insects, lizards and frogs.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B is the third generation rolling stock used on the Singapore MRT system.
The trains operate on the East West Line and North South Line.
The trains began operation on 28 January 2000.
They were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Nippon Sharyo.
21 six-carriage trains were built in Japan.
Bedok MRT Station (EW5) is an MRT Station in Singapore.
Underpasses connect the station to both sides of the road.
The station also links to Bedok Mall and the Bedok Bus Interchange.
Previous: Tanah Merah (EW4)Next: Kembangan (EW6)
Kembangan MRT Station (EW6) is an MRT Station in Singapore.
The station is above-ground with platform screen doors.
Previous: Bedok (EW5)Next: Eunos (EW7)
The 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) was an infantry regiment in the British Army.
It was created in 1758.
It turned into the Durham Light Infantry in 1881.
They fought in the Seven Year's war, The Peninsular War, Crimean War, the New Zealand Wars.
They served with distinction in the Peninsular Army under Arthur Wellesley.
They were also present during the Indian Mutiny.
In August 1756, after the British lost Minorca in the Seven Years' War, 15 regiments (including the 23rd Regiment Of Foot) were ordered to form a second battalion.
In 1758, the second battalion was separated from the 23rd and named the 68th Regiment Of Foot.
It was commanded by Colonel John Lambton (1st Earl of Durham.)
The Seven Years War
In May 175, they were stationed at the Isle of Wight, after the British allies, the Prussians, asked them to come.
They were to raid small areas of France and to put off pirates from raiding.
They were also to distract the French Imperial Army to help the Prussians who were hard pressed at the time.
The 68th were sent to the French Coast on 7 August in the Bay of Urevillie.
The troops left on 16 August.
They were sent to Lunaire bay on the 3rd of September.
They were defeated by a concentrated French force and were forced to retreat.
It is believed the British lost up to 1500 men (killed or captured).
Many of the injured died on the journey back to England due to infection on the ships.
When they landed in England, the 68th had to provide 173 men to the 61st Regiment Of Foot.
They therefore had few men left and searched the countryside for new recruits.
In March 1760, the 68th was forced to send 600 men to the West Indies.
That left the 68th with only 58 rankers.
On 2 June 1974, the regiment left Ireland with 250 privates.
They and arrived at Antigua on 21 June.
Eight years passed until six companies from the 68th were sent to fight rebellious Caribs in St. Vincent.
In March 1773.
the regiment went back to Britain.
In May 1774, they went to Scotland and Fort George.
In December 1775, they returned to Ireland.
The regiment spent seven and a half years in Ireland.
In 1779.
one of its former officers, James Hackman, was hanged for the murder of Martha Ray.
The 68th left Ireland for Portsmouth in September with 793 men.
News of the Peace of Paris caused some in the regiment to rebel.
After guarding prisoners of war, in October the regiment was sent to Jersey and Guernsey.
It left and went to Britain in June 1784.
It left for Gibraltar in early October 1785.
The 68th's stay in Gibraltar was uneventful.
The regiment was sent to the islands of Martinique, Saint Lucia and Grenada, where they fought runaway slaves.
They returned to Britain in September.
In late November, the two battalions separately went to the West Indies.
They arrived in 1801 between between late January and March, to be put on Martinique, Barbados, The Saints and Dominica.
The Treaty of Amiens was signed in 1802.
They went back to St Lucia and Martinique to the French.
However war broke out again in May 1803.
In June, the 68th was sent to retake St. Lucia.
In February 1805, having lost 500 dead and 170 injured, the 68th returned to England.
The regiment was moved to St. Vincent, and in April to Antigua.
The 68th regiment spent the winter in Ripon.
By December 1807, they received recruits and other soldiers that helped to bring the numbers of soldiers to 436.
They stayed in Yorkshire.
While in Hull, they were told to become a light infantry regiment.
Walcheren was invaded by an army of nearly 40,000 men in 15 brigades.
This was an attempt to destroy a French fleet and to turn Napoleon's attention from Austria to them.
They landed on 30 July.
On 1 August, with the 85th Regiment Of Foot, they pursued their opponents to the walls of Flushing, which fell after the siege on 15 August.
The regiment left in December to go to Deal.
In February 1811, while three companies were in civilians houses, some officers and soldiers attacked some townspeople who were insulting them.
This resulted in the court-martial, of the officers, and two Lieutenants becoming "prisoners of the civil power".
In June 1811, the regiment was sent to Portugal.
The 68th landed in Lisbon on 27 June.
By 17 July, it joined the 7th Division.
For the rest of the year, the regiment marched around Northern Portugal and Spain.
As the march progressed, so did the number of sick men.
Up to 25 men died every month throughout 1812.
Despite regular reinforcements arriving, the regiment never had more than 300 men fit for active duty.
In January 1812, the regiment deployed with the 7th Division as a reserve whilst the army captured Cuidad Ridrigo.
On 16 March, it was a reserve for the capture of Badajoz.
However they were not needed in either case and didn't get into any combat.
On 2 June, the regiment marched with the 7th Division into Spain.
They held a position near Salamanca.
The regiment was later reinforced with a company of Brunswick Oels.
The regiment was then ordered to defend the village of Moresco.
They barricaded all entrances to the village and fought off French attacks until nightfall.
Early on 22 July, the 68th and 2nd Cacadores fought with French Voltiguers.
They later held the hill until they were relieved by the 95th Regiment in the afternoon.
The 68th marched with the 7th Brigade in the battle.
It was a defeat for the French.
On 12 August, the 68th and 51st were the first regiments to march into Madrid.
On 13 August, the 68th, 51st and Chasseurs Britanniques attacked fortified buildings holding up to 200 French troops who surrendered the next day.
In September, Wellington's army besieged Burgos whilst the 68th were at Olmos covering the attackers.
The regiment went into winter quarters at Paços de Baixo and Paços de Cima in December.
Due to its weakened state with only 235 men fit for duty and 247 sick, it was briefly threatened with being combined with another weak regiment into a Provisional Battalion.
However, by April 1813 it had 429 men fit with only 97 sick.
Wellington arrived in the area of Vitoria on 20 June.
The 7th division, with the 3rd formed the left centre column of the attack the next day.
They moved south across the River Zadorra.
After advancing east, they came under heavy cannon and musket fire:
They took shelter in a ditch 200 yards from the French guns.
While the commander of the Column hesitated, Vandeleur's brigade arrived, they both advanced forward.
That night they camped.
In July 1813, the British advanced to Pyrenees.
Most of the French army retreated back to France to be organized by Soult.
Soult launched 2 assaults on Spain on 25 July.
After marching between Pamplona and Mt Achiola the regiment, with the Inglis's brigade, attacked the French on a hill near Urroz.
With the help of Chasseurs Britanniques, they pushed the French from the hill.
On 2 August, the 7th Division, with the 4th and part of the Light Division, attacked the weak centre of the remains of Soult's Corps.
At the end of the month, Soult tried to take back San Sebastian.
When they learned of the failure of the main attack, the French retired.
In October, Wellington crossed into France.
On 10 November, he attacked the position Soult had been building defences in for 3 months.
The 68th and the brigade took a number of forts, at Sare and met some resistance from the French.
Inglis wrote 'The 68th made the attack with its usual vivacity...'.
As the army went into winter quarters, the regiment had only 197 men.
The 7th Division advanced across the Nive and took positions South of the Adour, to turn Soult's attention from Wellington's main effort to them.
On 27 February, the division reached Orthez after crossing the River.
They attacked Soult's right, behind the 4th Division.
The 68th, 82nd and the Chasseurs Britanniques charged the 4th Division, and forced them out.
On 8 March, the 4th and 7th Divisions went north.
They entered Bordeaux on 12 March.
They stayed there for the rest of the month near the French troops.
Napoleon abdicated on 12 April.
The Regiment went back to Ireland arriving on the 26th.
On 7 August, the Regiment, with fewer than 900 men, went to Bekios bay on Bosporus.
They arrived there on 12 August.
They were sent to Varna on 1 September.
They were sent near Eupatoria in the Crimea on 14 September.
Two companies from the 68th were sent to escort Lord Raglan.
At the Battle of Alma, they were in reserve.
They only briefly were under cannon fire.
In late September, the regiment was sent to the south of Sevastopol.
After that they moved south.
On 25 October, the Russians tried to take the port of Balaclava, used by the allies as the port of supply.
They arrived late to the battle.
When they arrived, the Russians were retiring.
Inkerman
On 5 November, the Russians attacked the allies with 42,000 men.
The 68th had only 243 men.
They started off being the only British regiment to wear red coats.