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# The Cut Direct

The Cut Direct is a 1938 novel by American writer Phoebe Atwood Taylor using the pseudonum as Alice Tilton. It is the second of the eight Leonidas Witherall mystery series.

## Plot summary

It's a snowy day in Dalton (a New England town near Boston) and someone's trying to run over Leonidas Witherall, "the man who looks like Shakespeare". He's saved by brassy young Margie and her muscular boyfriend Cuff, but he promptly escapes them and is knocked down by another car. When he awakens, he's in the home of Bennington Brett, a former pupil, who is sitting stabbed in front of him. Witherall assembles a crew including the dead man's secretary, the lovely Miss Dallas Tring, two neighbors, Stanton Kaye, and dotty housewife Mrs. Price (who owns the fatal carving knife), whose new maid is Margie. Together, the group races around Dalton in pursuit of clues and suspects, comes dangerously close to the second murder, and resolves matters by delivering the criminals to the police complete with confessions.

## Literary significance and criticism

This is the second Leonidas Witherall mystery novel, and it parallels the tone which was maintained in the other seven. A murder occurs under embarrassing circumstances, and Leonidas forms a motley crew of assistants together in order to track down clues, chase around the town, and solve the mystery. There is a strong vein of humor and the plot is fast-moving.
The adventures of Leonidas Witherall were a short-lived radio series at about the time of this novel. In the novels, Witherall is also the author of a radio series about the adventures of stalwart Lieutenant Hazeltine. Some supporting characters, such as Margie and Cuff from this novel, are found in others as well.
# Dhata

In Hinduism, Dhata (Sanskrit: धाता) or Dhatr (Sanskrit: धातृ), is the name of the solar deity, one of the Adityas. He is also a god of health and magic. He is invoked in tantra by drawing tantras and chanting Vedic hymns. Often invoked during major yagnas such as Ashwamedha yagna.
Dhata is evidenced as an Aditya in both Hindu epics - the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. He is described to fought Arjuna and Krishna in burning of Khandava Forest episode in the epic Mahabharata. The Bhagavata Purana also mentions Dhata as the seventh son of Aditi and Kashyapa. In this text, he has four wives — Kuhu, Sinivali, Raka, and Anumati — who gave birth to his sons — Sayam, Darsha, Pratar and Purnamasa respectively. In the Agni Purana, he is associated with the colour yellow and the zodiac cancer.
# Zekra Alwach

Thikra or Zekra Muhammed Jaber Alwash (Arabic: ذكرى محمد جابر علوش) was the mayor of Baghdad from February 2015 until September 2020, superseding Naim Aboub al-Kaabi, and preceding Manhal Al Habbobi. Alwach has a Bachelor in engineering from Baghdad University of Technology, a Master in construction project management from University of Baghdad and a PhD in construction project management from Baghdad University of Technology. She started her career in 1993 as an engineer in construction projects and was responsible for administrative responsibilities until she was appointed director general of the Ministry of Higher Education, and is regarded as highly skilled technocrat. Alwach reported directly to the former Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi. In her only interview with an English-language publication Alwach talked about the challenges of governing a war-torn city, the weight of responsibility she feels to succeed and the struggle for women’s rights in Iraq. She was married to Major General Ali Araji.
# Zumurrud Khatun

Zumurrud Khatun (Arabic: زمرد خاتون) (died after 1139), was the regent of Damascus between 1135 and 1138.
She was the daughter of Safwat al-Mulk and the half-sister of Duqaq. She married Buri b. Tughtekin. In 1132, her son Shams al-Mulk Isma'il became king of Damascus. She was not on good terms with her eldest son. It is clear from the events described about her life, that she did not live in gender segregation secluded in a harem.
Her son allegedly invited Imad al-Din Zengi to take power in Damascus. The army commanders came to her and asked her to intervene against her son's rule. Zumurrud Khatun commissioned her own mamluk soldiers to assassinate her son in her presence in the citadel of Damascus on 14 February 1135. She had his body thrown out the window, and her action was greeted with blessings.
After the assassination of her eldest son, she had her second son Shihab al-Din Mahmud placed on the throne. She sat side by side with Mahmud, and they received the oath of loyalty from the elite of Damascus together. The elite explicitly greeted them both as rulers:
    "Emirs, soldiers and nobles were forced to recognize him and give the oath of allegiance to both of them, that they would sincerely serve both, and support their supporters and sight their enemies."
To receive the oath of loyalty in this manner was almost unique for a woman in a Muslim state, but the Caliph did not contest her position and she was allowed to continue as formal regent of her son. She appointed Fayruz as deputy of Hims in 1136, and as one of the regents of her son. This act caused the commander Baswaj and other elites to protest directly to her, which demonstrates that she was the acknowledged ruler of the state.
Her rule continued until May 1138, when she was suggested marriage by Imad al-Din Zengi. Unable to turn down this political match, she married him and abandoned her regency and moved to Aleppo. When her son was killed in 1139, she asked her new spouse to invade Damascus to avenge her son's murder.
# Lun Maung

General Lun Maung (Burmese: လွန်းမောင်) is a retired Burmese military officer who served as the Union Auditor General of Myanmar from 2003 to 28 August 2012. After retiring from his post, he ran a restaurant in Bilin Township, Mon State in July 2013, and kept a low profile. He is an outlier among retiring Burmese generals, many of whom leave office with rich business interests. Lun Maung is nicknamed as the "waiter general" by the media.

## Career

Lun Maung was born into an ethnic Shan family. He graduated from the 12th intake of the Defence Services Academy in the 1960s. During Than Shwe's military rule, Lun Maung served as both the military inspector general and the national auditor general. When President Thein Sein took office in 2011, he was reappointed auditor general but forced to retire in 2012. After his story became popular on social media, the government reoffered him a position, but he refused. In 2019, he became a senior member of the newly founded Democratic Party of National Politics (DNP), led by former military generals. Many believe the party was established at the instruction of former Senior General Than Shwe.
# Yagodino

Yagodino (Russian: Ягодино) is a rural locality (a village) in Posyolok Urshelsky, Gus-Khrustalny District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 13 as of 2010.

## Geography

Yagodino is located 36 km west of Gus-Khrustalny (the district's administrative centre) by road. Tikhonovo is the nearest rural locality.
# Mongoy

Mongoy (Russian: Монгой) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Bauntovsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 205 as of 2010. There are 8 streets.

## Geography

Mongoy is located by the Amalat river in the Vitim Plateau, 80 km southeast of Bagdarin (the district's administrative centre).
# Chollerford

Chollerford is a village in Northumberland, England, approximately four miles (seven km) north of Hexham (via the A6079 road) on the B6318, the Military Road, not far from Hadrian's Wall. There is a roundabout in the village where the B6318 and B6320 roads meet and the traffic light-controlled Chollerford Bridge crosses the River North Tyne. Beside the river is The George Hotel.

## History

The Battle of Heavenfield was fought nearby in 633 or 634 between a Northumbrian army under Oswald of Bernicia and a Welsh army under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. The battle is commemorated by a stone cross at the side of the B6318. GoogleMap

## Governance

Chollerford is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham. Joe Morris of the Labour Party is the Member of Parliament.
Before Brexit European Parliament voters elected MEPs for the North East England constituency.
For Local Government purposes, it is served by Northumberland County Council, a unitary authority.

## Transport

Chollerford was served by Humshaugh railway station (renamed from Chollerford in 1919) on the Border Counties Railway, which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858 and the remainder in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956.
The station is now a private house.
# Meritt Records (1979)

Meritt Records was a jazz record label started by Jerry Valburn in 1979. It made limited-edition reissues of early jazz that could be bought only through mail-order by members of the Meritt Record Society. Valburn also issued the Duke Ellington Treasury Series. These were recordings of radio broadcasts Ellington made for the U.S. Treasury Department in 1945–1946.
# Tarany

Tarany (Slovene: Taran) is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. It is one of the villages in which some traditions of the Somogy Slovenes have survived.
# Humam

Humam (Arabic: همام) is an Arabic name. Notable people with this name include:
* Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam, Egyptian jurist
* Hakim Humam, 16th century Mughal official
* Humam Hamoudi, Iraqi politician
* Humam Tariq (born 1996), Iraqi football player
# Hamayouni Decree

The Hamayouni Decree (also "Hamayonic", "Hamayoni") (Arabic: الخط الهمايونى) or "Hamayony Khat" is a clause in Egyptian law that placed restrictions on the construction and maintenance of Coptic places of worship. The decree was part of the Ottoman Reform Edict of 1856 which sought to address inequalities between Muslim and non-Muslim citizens, mainly affecting the Coptic Christian minority. The law mandated that the Ottoman Sultan must issue permits for any construction or maintenance of churches, and the Coptic Pope had to apply for all such permits. After the end of Ottoman rule, only the king, and then the President of Egypt could issue these permits, although in 1999, under the administration of Hosni Mubarak, the law was changed to also allow Egyptian Governors to grant permits. The decree is often confused with the 1934 Ten Conditions of Al-Ezabi, which enlarged the restrictions and added ten limiting conditions. Although the original decree amended a ban on the construction of Coptic churches, today it is the subject of controversies over religious freedom.

## History and revisions

While ostensibly part of the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire in the 1800s, the special restrictions on churches trace back to the Pact of Umar in the 7th century. This treaty included a provision against the building of new churches or other religious buildings, and became the jurisprudential basis for subsequent interactions between Muslim leaders and non-Muslim citizens.
# Shaun Vandiver

Shaun Garin Vandiver (born June 15, 1968) is a retired American college and professional basketball player and currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of Wyoming. Vandiver served as the head basketball coach at Emporia State University from 2011 to 2018. Born in Chicago, the Bolingbrook, Illinois native was selected 25th overall in the 1991 NBA draft, from Hutchinson Community College and the University of Colorado Boulder. A 6'10" (2.08 m) and 240 lb (109 kg) power forward was also an outstanding basketball player in the European leagues in Italy (for Mangiaebevi Bologna in 1991–92 and Pfizer Reggio Calabria in 1994–95) and Spain (Caja Bilbao in 1995–96).

## College career

Vandiver played one season for the Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons, before transferring to the University of Colorado Boulder. He was the Big Eight Conference's rookie of the year in 1988, and was a two time First Team All Big 8 selection in 1990 and 1991. In his final season in 1990–91, he led Colorado to a third-place finish in the National Invitation Tournament. Prior to that, Colorado had not been to the National Invitation Tournament semifinals in 22 years. Vandiver was third on the Buffaloes' all-time scoring list until being surpassed in early 2008 by Richard Roby.

## Professional career

Vandiver was selected 25th overall in the 1991 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, but did not play for them. He wound up playing the next nine years for various teams in Europe.

## Coaching career

In April 2011, Vandiver was named the head men's basketball coach at Emporia State University. Previously in the 2010–11 season, Vandiver was an assistant to head coach Leon Rice at Boise State. Prior to that he served as an assistant to Steve McClain (under whom he played at Hutchinson CC) at the University of Wyoming, a position he held since 2005. Vandiver was a graduate assistant coach with Wyoming in 2002–03, and as a full-time assistant coach at Bowling Green in 2003–04, and Northern Colorado in 2004–05. Vandiver returned to Wyoming as an assistant coach in April 2018.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference |
| Emporia State Hornets (MIAA) (2011–2018) ||||||
| 2011–12 | Emporia State | 9–18 | 5–17 |
| 2012–13 | Emporia State | 13–14 | 8–11 |
| 2013–14 | Emporia State | 18–13 | 10–10 |
| 2014–15 | Emporia State | 12–16 | 5–14 |
| 2015–16 | Emporia State | 13–16 | 10–12 |
| 2016–17 | Emporia State | 13–16 | 9–12 |
| 2017–18 | Emporia State | 9–19 | 4–15 |
| Emporia State: | Emporia State: | 87–112 | 51–91 |
| Total: | Total: | 87–112 | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

## Personal

Vandiver has five children with his wife Danielle.
# Jeannot Bemba Saolona

Jeannot Bemba Saolona (3 September 1942 - 1 July 2009) was a Congolese businessman, Minister of the Economy and Industry, and Senator for Équateur. He was regarded as the most renowned businessman of the Zaire era. He was a close confidant of Mobutu Sese Seko and is the father of Jean-Pierre Bemba.

## Background

Jeannot Bemba Saolona is the son of a Belgian father and a Congolese mother. He did not pursue advanced studies and began his career as a trader. Bemba becomes, with the help of Mobutu Sese Seko, one of the richest men in Zaire and controls a huge conglomerate, SCIBE, which invests in mining resources and import-export. Bemba's daughter, Catherine Bemba, is married to one of Mobutu's sons, Nzanga Mobutu.
He was for a long time President of the National Association of Businesses of Zaire (ANEZA), currently the Federation of Businesses of the Congo (FEC), which constitutes both the chamber of commerce and industry and the main employers' organization in the country. Bemba was then one of the pillars of the Mobutu regime.
In 1979, he created Scibe Airlift, a private airline which is part of the Scibe conglomerate. It is the country's first private airline. During the 1980s, Bemba tried to make the company successful but with the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997, it was a failure and Scibe Airlift went bankrupt in 2002. Bemba Saolona's company, Scibe CMMJ, was implicated by the United Nations in smuggling weapons to UNITA during the Angolan Civil War. He was a close confidant to President Mobutu Sese Seko.
After the overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko, Bemba was imprisoned by Laurent-Désiré Kabila. On March 14, 1999, Bemba is appointed as Minister of Economy and Industry, regaining his central role in the Congolese economic fabric. Bemba also has to deal with his son Jean-Pierre who is the head of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), a military group opposed to Kabila. In 2003, the country began a political transition to end the civil war: Jean-Pierre Bemba was appointed vice-president and Jeannot Bemba became a member of the transitional parliament. In 2006, he's elected senator of Sud-Ubangi.
On July 1, 2009, Bemba died of thrombosis in Brussels, Belgium at the age of 66.
# Vyrytovo

Vyrytovo (Russian: Вырытово) is a rural locality (a village) in Demidovskoye Rural Settlement, Gus-Khrustalny District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 13 as of 2010.

## Geography

Vyrytovo is located 53 km south of Gus-Khrustalny (the district's administrative centre) by road. Payevo is the nearest rural locality.
# Vorobiivka, Ozerna rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast

Vorobiivka (Ukrainian: Воробіївка) is a village in Ozerna rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

## History

After the liquidation of the Zboriv Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.

## Religion

* Church of the Resurrection (1992).
# Conolly's Folly

The Conolly Folly (Irish: Baois Uí Chonghaile), a.k.a. The Obelisk, is an obelisk structure located between Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth in County Kildare, Ireland. It was built in the mid-18th century by the Conolly family, then owners of the Castletown Estate. It was restored in the mid-20th century by the Irish Georgian Society, and is now a national monument in state care.

## History

The folly was built just outside Castletown Estate (containing Castletown House), which contains two follies, both commissioned by Katherine Conolly, the philanthropic widow of Speaker William Conolly. It was built at a cost of £400 to provide employment for the poor of Celbridge when the famine of 1740–41 was at its worst. The obelisk was built in 1740 after a particularly severe winter. As a folly, it could be seen from the back of Castletown some 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) away and it is built exactly perpendicular to the centre of the house. It was intended to mark the rear entrance gateway to Castletown house in conjunction with an avenue leading to the house.
The folly was built on land that was near to, but not on, the Conolly estate. It therefore belonged to neighbouring Carton, the home of the Fitzgerald family, Dukes of Leinster.
Designed by Richard Castle, it is 42 metres (140 feet) high and is composed of several arches, adorned by stone pineapples and eagles, topped by a massive obelisk pillar.
It was restored between 1962 and 1965 by the Irish Georgian Society (IGS), in what was the society's first major restoration project. The organisation now uses an image of the folly on its emblem. The folly, on its 5 acres of woodland, was acquired by the IGS in 1968 thanks to American donor Rose Saul Zalles. The grave of the co-founder of the society, Mariga Guinness (1932–1989), is located at the folly.
The site, which is designated as a "national monument in state ownership", is now in the care of the Office of Public Works (OPW). The OPW has erected modern fencing to protect the structure by preventing direct public access.

## Spelling

The name Conolly is used, rather than the more common spelling Connolly, as it was the spelling used by William Conolly and by all his descendants. It derived from the Irish 'Ui Conghaile'.
# Markus Miller

Markus Miller (born 8 April 1982) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

## Career

Born in Lindenberg im Allgäu, Miller started to play football at local amateur side FC Lindenberg and moved later to FC Wangen, another regional amateur side.
In 2000, Miller moved to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart, although he generally played for their reserve squad in the third-division Regionalliga Süd, where he made a total of 44 appearances for the team over the following two seasons. He only occasionally sat on the bench for Stuttgart's professional squad in the Bundesliga, making no first-division appearances throughout the two seasons with the club. He went on to make a move to then Regionalliga Süd side FC Augsburg for the 2002–03 season, subsequently making a total of 18 league appearances throughout the season.
In the summer of 2003, Miller made a move to 2. Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC, but failed to make a single first-team appearance in his first season with the club. However, he became the club's first-choice goalkeeper for the 2004–05 season and made his professional debut on 7 August 2004 in KSC's 1–1 home draw to Wacker Burghausen in the 2. Bundesliga. He went on to make 30 appearances in the league that season, and the following season, he played in all 34 2. Bundesliga matches for KSC.
Miller continued to be KSC's first-choice goalkeeper in the 2006–07 season of the 2. Bundesliga, missing only four matches. On 9 October 2006, he extended his contract with KSC until 30 June 2009.
Miller is often compared to KSC's goalkeeping legend Oliver Kahn, who played for the club from his childhood until the 1994 transfer to Bayern Munich, but does not feel comfortable with the comparison. The fans nicknamed him Killer Miller after a sensational DFB-Pokal performance against Mainz 05 on 21 September 2004, when he saved all three penalty attempts from the Mainz side during the penalty shootout. Another of his high-quality performances for KSC came on 16 October 2006 in away derby at 1. FC Köln in the 2. Bundesliga, where he amazingly saved several close-range shots in the second half and helped KSC to drive home one point as the match ended in a 1–1 draw.
On 6 November 2006, Miller was voted best goalkeeper in the whole Bundesliga system by users of the official Bundesliga website.
On 24 October 2008, Miller extended his contract with KSC for another year until 30 June 2010. On 6 May 2010, he confirmed that would leave Karlsruher SC after seven years at end of the season, and on 2 June 2010, he signed a two-year contract for Hannover 96.

## Honours

VfB Stuttgart
* UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000
# Supertone Records

Supertone Records was an American record label in the 1920s. Supertone Records were marketed by Sears, Roebuck & Co. in 1924 and again in 1929–1931. Supertone was one of several record disc brand names marketed by Sears. Supertone records were initially made by the Fletcher Record Company in 1924. The discs produced by Fletcher included midwestern dance bands. When Fletcher failed in mid–1924, Bridgeport Die & Machine Company began producing Supertone discs in late 1924.
Sears did not register the Supertone brand name for record production, and after Sears discontinued marketing the records, the Chicago store Straus & Schram used the name, exclusively selling records produced by Regal (Scranton Button Company), Paramount Records, then in Grey Gull between 1925 and 1928. In 1926, Pathé Records supplied pressings until late 1927–early 1928, when Columbia's Harmony division started a 1000–S series of Supertone records until mid–1928 when Sears restarted their Supertone series (then Straus & Schram Supertone's renamed Puritone).
Sears claimed and marketed the brand again in 1928. Between 1928 and through 1930, Gennett pressed Supertone Records using their own masters. When Gennett was discontinued in late 1930, Sears contracted with Brunswick Radio Corporation to produce Supertone Records, which lasted through 1931. The 1928–1930 Gennett pressed Supertone discs are most commonly seen. The earlier versions, as well as the short-lived Brunswick versions, are quite scarce.
# Ivan Pnin

Ivan Petrovich Pnin (Russian: Иван Петрович Пнин; 1773–1805) was a Russian poet and political writer. In accordance with a Russian Illegitimacy custom, Pnin's surname was the abbreviation of that of his father, Prince Nicholas Repnin.

## Biography

Born out of wedlock, he famously deplored the status of illegitimate children in his 1802 petition to Alexander I of Russia (Pnin's father was rumored to have also illegitimately fathered Poland's Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski.)
Pnin's liberal Essay on the Enlightenment in Russia (1804) attacked serfdom and therefore was banned in the Russian Empire.
The titles of Pnin's best-known poems, Man (1804) and God (1805), mirror Derzhavin's on purpose, as he sought to refute the great poet's idealism by taking up the Deist stance of Radishchev, Volney, and d'Holbach.