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# Baiterek (monument)

Baiterek (Kazakh: Бәйтерек, romanized: Bäiterek; "tall poplar tree") is a monument and observation tower in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. A tourist attraction popular with foreign visitors and Kazakhs, it is emblematic of the city, which became capital of the country in 1997. The tower is located on Nurjol Boulevard, and is considered a symbol of post-independence Kazakhstan.

## Design

The project was launched on the initiative of the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev; the architect of the project is Akmurza Rustembekov.
The 105 meters tall structure rises from a wide flat base within a raised plaza. It consists of a narrow cylindrical shaft, surrounded by white branch-like girders that flare out near the top, supporting a gold-mirrored 22 meter diameter sphere. The base contains a ticket booth and exhibition space, with two lifts rising within the shaft to the observation deck within the 'egg'. Entrances to the monument are sunk below eye level, reached by stairs from the surrounding plaza.
The observation deck is 97 meters above ground level. It consists of two levels, one with 360 degree views of Astana and beyond, with a second, higher level, reached by a flight of stairs. The top level features a gilded hand print of the right hand of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the first President of independent Kazakhstan, mounted in an ornate pedestal. A plaque invites visitors to place a hand in the imprint and make a wish. Alongside the handprint, and also oriented in the direction of the presidential palace, is a wooden sculpture of a globe and 16 radiating segments, commemorating the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held several times in Astana, previously known as "Nur-sultan"

## Symbolism

The monument was built as a symbol of the transfer of the capital from Alma Ata to Astana in 1997.
The monument is meant to embody a folktale about a mythical tree of life and a magic bird of happiness: the bird, named Simurgh, laid her egg in the crevice between two branches of the tree.
The significance of "Baiterek" as a symbol of a new stage in the life of the Kazakh people is emphasized by the artistic composition "Ayaly alakan" (Kazakh: Аялы алақан - "caring hands") with an imprint of the president's right hand, located at a height of 97 meters, which symbolizes 1997 - the year of the proclamation Astana as the new capital of the state and, accordingly, a new starting point in the history of the country.

## Photo gallery

* The 10,000 Kazakhstani tenge banknote showing the image of the Bayterek tower
* View from the top floor of Bayterek
# Baldersbæk

Baldersbæk is a house and forest estate 25 km northwest of Vejen, Denmark. Planted by Holger Petersen in the 1890s, Baldersbæk Plantation is the largest of the so-called "Copenhagener Plantations" (Danish: Københavnerplantager). The plantations were created in the years around 1900 by wealthy Copenhageners to promote soil melioration in Western Jutland. Villa Baldersbæk was constructed for him in 1910. The adjacent park features a number of monuments by Anders Bundgaard as well as other features. The estate is now owned by the Holger Petersen Foundation. The park is open to the public.

## History

In 1880, Holger Petersen co-founded Plantningsselskabet Staushede. In 1891, he bought an old farm and planted the Baldersbæk plantation, which was more than 500 hectares (1,200 acres). In 1895, he also purchased Hølund in partnership with Christian Dalgas. On a journey to the area in 1892, he also convinced other wealthy businessmen to invest in plantations. He became a board member of Hedeselskabet in 1907 and was its vice chairman from 1910.
In 1910, Petersen constructed a country house on the Baldersbæk estate. He also commissioned the sculptor Anders Bundgaard to design a number of sandstone monuments for the park.
After Holger Petersen's death, Baldersbæk was passed to the Holger Petersen Foundation. In 2013–14, Baldersbæk's park was refurbished with funding from Realdania.

## House and park

Villa Baldersbæk was constructed to designs by Bernhard and Valdemar Ingemann with inspiration from Frederiksdal House.
The park was designed by the landscape architect Erstad-Jørgensen. Features comprised a carp pond, winding paths, cottages, monuments and fountains.
Anders Bundgaard's sandstone monuments include a statue of Holger Petersen and the Three-Hundreds-Stone. The three-metre-tall Three-Hundreds-Stone from 1912 stands at the spot where the three historical hundreds of laugs, Malt and Skads meet. The three men depicted on the stone are Hedeselskabet-founder Enrico Dalgas, innkeeper in Hovborg J. K. Sørensen and chief forester J. C. Sørensen. They all made significant contributions to the planting of the heaths around Hovborg.
Other features include some of the original sandstone sculptures from Børsen in Copenhagen. Petersen sponsored a renovation of the building and was given some of the ornaments that were renewed.

## Gallery

* Holger Petersen statue
* The Three-Hundreds-Stone
* Fountain
# Band-tailed sierra finch

The band-tailed sierra finch (Rhopospina alaudina) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae and is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

## Gallery

* in Ecuador
* von Kittlitz's illustration (1832)
Media related to Rhopospina alaudina at Wikimedia Commons
# Dasymutilla nigripes

Dasymutilla nigripes is a species of velvet ant native to North America. This species is widespread throughout the United States and is also found in Alberta in Canada.$^{:391–392}$
# Arthur Beales

Arthur Beales (1871-1955) was the first official photographer for the Toronto Harbour Commission, first hired in 1914, and only retiring in 1951. His job was physically challenging, as he climbed cranes and towers, carrying the heavy and inconvenient cameras of the time.
When his car was hit by a train, in 1920, Beales was blinded in one eye, and had to use clever techniques to compensate for his loss of depth perception. Kevin Plummer, writing in the Torontoist, quotes an official biography that said Beales felt the facial scarring left from his accident had closed off the option of working as a portrait photographer.
# Mateusz Gniazdowski

Mateusz Gniazdowski (born 1974 in Warsaw) is a Polish political scientist, expert on Central European issues. Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Czech Republic, heading the Polish diplomatic mission in Prague during the period: 16 September 2022 – 31 July 2024.

## Life

In 2000, Gniazdowski graduated with honours from Political Science at the University of Warsaw. He previously graduated from the Secondary Technical Aviation School in Warsaw (1994) and also studied at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology (1994–95). He received his doctoral degree from the Slovak Academy of Sciences. From 2004 to 2010 he worked at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). He was deputy head of the PISM Research Office and coordinator of the programme for bilateral relations in Europe. In 2010, he joined the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW). He was head of the Central European Department. Between 15 February 2016 and September 2022 he was Deputy Director there. On 22 August 2022 he was nominated as Polish ambassador to the Czech Republic. He took his post on 16 September 2022, and presented his credentials to President Miloš Zeman on 21 September 2022. He concluded his tenure as head of the Polish Embassy in Prague on July 31 and was recalled to the headquarters in Warsaw. President of Poland Andrzej Duda, as in the case of other ambassadors, did not agree to his dismissal.
In his work as an analyst, he specialized in the internal and foreign policy and regional cooperation of the Central European countries, especially the Visegrad Group; public diplomacy; historical issues in foreign policy. In his academic work, he primarily focused on the history of Polish-Czech and Polish-Slovak relations in the 20th century. He is a co-author or editor of several book publications and has written numerous scholarly articles.
He was chairman of the Policy Board of the Czech-Polish Forum, a member of the Polish-Slovak Commission for the Humanities at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, and at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of Slovakia. He was a member of the Editorial Committee of the Polish Diplomatic Review [Polski Przegląd Dypomatyczny], and co-coordinator of the Polish part of the Think Visegrad – V4 Think Tank Platform.
He is married with two daughters.

## Honours

* Bene Merito honorary badge, Poland, 2022
# Bellavista railway station

Bellavista is a railway station on the Monte Generoso railway, a rack railway that connects Capolago with the summit of Monte Generoso in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Bellavista is the principal intermediate station on the line, and at one time the junction point for the Tramway Bellavista.

## Bellavista station

The station has a passing loop and an additional siding. It is the principle intermediate station, and the normal passing point of uphill and downhill trains. The station incorporates a popular station buffet, a picnic area, and a children's play area. The environs of the station are wooded, and include views over Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano.
The station is served by the following passenger trains:
| Operator | Train Type | Route | Typical Frequency | Notes |
| Monte Generoso railway | | Capolago Lago - Capolago-Riva San Vitale - San Nicolao - Bellavista - Generoso Vetta | 9 per day; hourly | Operates in summer only; only 1 train per day between Capolago Lago and Capolago-Riva San Vitale |
There is also road access from Mendrisio to Bellavista, the highest point on the mountain with such access. A hiking trail links Bellavista to the summit.

## Tramway Bellavista

In 1867, well before the railway opened, Carlo Pasta built a hotel near to the current location of the Bellavista station. In 1891, shortly after the line opened, a 0.4-kilometre (0.25 mi) long tramway was opened to link the station with the hotel. The line was built to 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge, and used a single, horse-drawn, tramcar. Sources differ on the closure date of the line, with both 1913 and 1938 being quoted.
The lean-to shed behind Bellavista station building, in which the line's tramcar was kept, can still be seen, as can parts of the trackbed. The hotel has since been demolished, and is now a picnic site.
# Stephen Bickford

Stephen Bickford (born 27 September 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.
Son of 1948 Melbourne Premiership player George Bickford, Bickford was named Rookie of the Year in 1980. After a second season of 6 games, he left the club after 1981. He later served on the club's board from 1999 to 2008.
# August Heinrich Andreae

August Heinrich Andreae (4 December 1804, Garbsen – 6 January 1846, Hanover) was a German architect, painter, and etcher.

## Biography

His father was a pastor. He first studied architecture with Diederich Christian Ludwig Witting [de] in Hanover. This was followed by studies with Friedrich Weinbrenner in Karlsruhe (1823), and Georg Moller in Darmstadt (1826). Soon after, he applied for a position with the Royal Hanoverian Court Building Office, but was rejected. Instead, he volunteered at the War Chancellery [de], and became a construction supervisor.
When he had gained some experience, he took and passed the state examination, and created several apartments in Hanover, which established his reputation. In 1829, he succeeded Justus Gerhard Kahle (retired) as Hannover's Master Builder. His first major project was the new city hospital, which occupied him until 1832. His design incorporated elements from Italian Renaissance architecture. The building was heavily remodeled twice, in 1858 and 1933, and ultimately destroyed by an air raid during World War II.
In 1835, he designed the replacement building for the Altes Rathaus (old town hall). The prison wing was built from 1839 to 1841, but the court wing was not completed until 1850, four years after his death. During construction of the prison wing, he visited southern Germany and Venice. In 1845, he built a water tower for the waterworks.
In recognition of his work, the city provided him with a house and garden. Shortly after moving in, he married a woman from Oldenburg. Only a few months later, he fell ill with consumption.
He died the following year, and was interred at the Old St. Nicholas Cemetery [de]. A street was named after him in 1847, but it was torn up in 1865 to make room for a storage facility.
# Robbedale Formation

The Robbedale Formation is a geological formation dating to the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous, about 142 million years ago. It is on the island of Bornholm, Denmark.
# Olszynka, Opole Voivodeship

Olszynka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubrza, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Lubrza, 9 km (6 mi) east of Prudnik, and 41 km (25 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole. Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.
# Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro

Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro is a 2015 stand-up comedy tour documentary film starring Tig Notaro and Jon Dore. The film premiered on March 16, 2015 at the South by Southwest Film Festival and aired on Showtime on April 17, 2015.

## Synopsis

Comedian Tig Notaro travels across the country in order to put on a series of performances in the homes, back yards, barns, and basements of her most loyal fans.

## Cast

* Tig Notaro - Herself (headlining comedian)
* Jon Dore - Himself (opening comedian)
* Nick Kroll - Himself (comedian friend)
* Steve Agee - Himself (early touring comedian)
* Martha Kelly Herself (early touring comedian)
* Doug Lehmann - Himself (Mystery Twins opening band)
* Stephanie Brush - Herself (Mystery Twins opening band)
* Jeff Garlin - Himself (closing credits screening)
* Seth Meyers - Himself (closing credits screening)

## Production

On July 2, 2013 Showtime's YouTube channel posted a video of Tig on the beach in Seal Beach, California asking fans to propose different shows by going to www.tigroadtrip.com and asking her to perform on rooftops, backyards, basements, living rooms, garages or barns. In an interview with Dan Casey at Nerdist, Notaro said, "I’ve been doing this for the past decade, and it was just kind of like this idea that my friend Martha and I had to bypass the – yeah, I guess the grind of the comedy club scene, and just see if we could freshen things up a bit, and make things a little awkward."

## Filming

The documentary was filmed starting in early August 2013. The stops of the tour that were finally included in the film are:
* Topanga Canyon, California (geodome)
* Chicago (car, hotel, comedy club)
* Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, Indiana (lake house)
* East Nashville, Tennessee (East Room/abandoned church)
* Clarksdale, Mississippi (sharecropper cabin)
* Pluto, Mississippi (cornfield)
* Pass Christian, Mississippi (house party, also Tig's hometown)
# Matthew Bourke

Matthew Bourke (born 9 September 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Recruited from Xavier College, Bourke made his debut in round 10 of the 1989 VFL season, against the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco. It was his only appearance for Hawthorn, unable to get back into a side which went on to claim the premiership. He didn't feature at all in the 1990 season and was then selected by Fitzroy at pick three in the 1991 Pre-Season Draft. In 1991 he made two appearances with Fitzroy, in rounds two and three.
# Greg Faull

Greg Faull (born 26 February 1969) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Faull came to Collingwood from the Mininera & District Football League's SMW Rovers.
He made one senior appearance for Collingwood in the 1987 VFL season, their 23-point win over the Brisbane Bears at Carrara Oval.
# Orgia

In ancient Greek religion, an orgion (ὄργιον, more commonly in the plural orgia) was an ecstatic form of worship characteristic of some mystery cults. The orgion is in particular a cult ceremony of Dionysos (or Zagreus), celebrated widely in Arcadia, featuring "unrestrained" masked dances by torchlight and animal sacrifice by means of random slashing that evoked the god's own rending and suffering at the hands of the Titans. The orgia that explained the role of the Titans in Dionysos's dismemberment were said to have been composed by Onomacritus. Greek art and literature, as well as some patristic texts, indicate that the orgia involved snake handling.

## Summary

Orgia may have been earlier manifestations of cult than the formal mysteries, as suggested by the violently ecstatic rites described in myth as celebrated by Attis in honor of Cybele and reflected in the willing self-castration of her priests the Galli in the historical period. The orgia of both Dionysian worship and the cult of Cybele aim at breaking down barriers between the celebrants and the divinity through a state of mystic exaltation:
   Dionysian orgy allowed the Bacchant to emerge from the 'ego' to be united with the god in the ecstatic exaltation of omophagia, dancing and wine. … This kind of bodily mysticism and psychosomatic liberation had only temporary effects each time—the period of the ekstasis.
Initiates of the Orphic and Bacchic orgia practiced distinctive burial customs (see Totenpass) expressive of their beliefs in an afterlife; for instance, it was forbidden for the dead to wear wool.
Members of a group devoted to performing orgia are called orgeônes, whose activities were regulated by law. The cult of the Thracian goddess Bendis was organized at Athens by her orgeônes as early as the Archaic period.
The participation of women in orgia, which in some manifestations was exclusive to women, sometimes led to prurient speculation and attempts to suppress the rites. In 186 BC, the Roman senate tried to ban Dionysian religion as subversive both morally and politically.
Isidore of Seville says that the Latin equivalent of orgia was caerimoniae (English "ceremonies"), the arcane rites of ancient Roman religion preserved by the various colleges of priests.
# Ian Herman

Ian Herman (born 11 October 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).
# Stephen McBurney

Stephen McBurney (born 14 November 1967) is a former Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League, and the most recent Australian Building and Construction Commissioner between February 2018 and February 2023.
In his umpiring career, he umpired 383 career games in the AFL, up to the completion of the 2011 AFL season.
McBurney was named the All Australian Umpire for the 2003 and 2007 seasons and umpired the AFL Grand Final in 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2009.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Laundy, Craig. "Appointment of ABCC Commissioner". Ministers' Media Centre - Department of Employment, Skills, Family and Small Business. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
* ↑ AFL umpire profile
* ↑ Stephen McBurney Profile at afl.com.au. Accessed on 21 September 2008
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# Ian Todd (footballer)

Ian Todd (born 11 September 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

## Reference list

* ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 830. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
# Mark Withers (footballer)

Mark Withers (born 3 March 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.
From 1984 to 1986 Withers played with Melbourne and joined Brisbane in 1987 for their inaugural season. He won the Bears' best and fairest in 1988 and was their top disposal-getter that year.
# Rodney Wright (Australian footballer)

Rodney Wright (born 29 December 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
# The Murder of Princess Diana

The Murder of Princess Diana is a 2007 Lifetime movie, directed by John Strickland and starring Jennifer Morrison as an American reporter. The film was based on the book by Noel Botham. Reg Gadney and Emma Reeves wrote the teleplay.

## Cast

* Jennifer Morrison: Rachel Visco
* Grégori Derangère: Thomas Sylvestre
* Kevin McNally: Charles Davis
* François Marthouret: Bertrand
* Lucien Jean-Baptiste: Martin
* Myriam Muller: Lucille Lechaim
* Raymond Coulthard: Anthony
* Denis Braccini: Henri Paul
* Nathalie Brocker: Princess Diana

## Reception

A review by Mike Hale in The New York Times described it as being "a compendium of Diana conspiracy theories" and "an uneasy combination of crime thriller, romantic melodrama and snuff film, it doesn’t ask us to suspend our disbelief so much as overcome our gag reflex". Barry Garron of the Associated Press previewed the film: "Although filmed on location, the production values are about what you might expect from a film school project".
# Christmas Is Calling

L'album de Noël is a 2000 English language Christmas album by Canadian singer Roch Voisine. He simultaneously released a French language Christmas album titled L'album de Noël.

## Track listing

* Silent Night
* White Christmas
* Winter Wonderland
* Joy To The World
* Sleigh Ride
* Little Drummer Boy
* I'll Be Home For Christmas
* O Christmas Tree
* Happy Christmas
* The Christmas Song
* What Child Is This
* Silver Bells
* Blue Christmas
* Christmas Is Calling
* O Holy Night
# Coelodonta tologoijensis

Coelodonta tologoijensis is an extinct species of rhinoceros belonging to the genus Coelodonta, related to the woolly rhinoceros. It is known from fossils found in Siberia and Mongolia, dating from the Early Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene. One skull found in the Kyffhauser hills near the town of Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, dating to approximately 450,000 years was formerly assigned to the species by researchers, which would have made it the earliest known member of Coelodonta in Europe, However, a 2022 study refuted the assignment of the Bad Frankenhausen skull to C. tologoijensis, interpreting it as the skull of the woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) instead, meaning that the species is currently confined to Asia.