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# Patrick Rooney Jr.

Patrick Rooney Jr. (born February 9, 1964) is a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 85th District, which includes northern Palm Beach County, from 2012 to 2016. Rooney previously represented the 83rd District from 2010 to 2012.

## History

Rooney was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Patrick Rooney Sr., into the wealthy and well-connected Rooney family, which is the majority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, and includes Dan Rooney, the former United States Ambassador to Ireland, who is Rooney's uncle, and Tom Rooney, a United States Congressman from Florida's 17th congressional district, who is Rooney's brother. He attended Clemson University, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 1986, and later Villanova University School of Law, where he got his law degree in 1989. Afterwards, Rooney attended Lehigh University, where he graduated with a Master of Business Administration in 1992, and then moved to the state of Florida later that year. Since living in Florida, Rooney has managed the Palm Beach Kennel Club, which is heavily involved in gambling and greyhound racing, and served on the South Florida Water Management District Board.

## Florida House of Representatives

In 2010, incumbent State Representative Carl J. Domino could not seek another term due to term limits, instead opting to unsuccessfully run for the Florida State Senate. Rooney ran to replace him in the 83rd District, which spanned across Palm Beach County, and encountered Nancy Cardone and Francisco Rodriguez in the Republican primary, whom he defeated comfortably with 61% of the vote. In the general election, Rooney was opposed by Mark Marciano, the Democratic nominee and an optometrist. He campaigned on making Florida more business-friendly, specifically supporting efforts to lower the corporate income tax rate and to "streamline the permitting and licensing processes." Ultimately, Rooney defeated Marciano in a landslide, winning over 63% of the vote.
When the Florida House districts were redrawn in 2012, Rooney was redistricted into the 85th District, which included most of the territory that he previously represented. He was unopposed in the primary, and in the general election, encountered Democratic nominee David Lutrin, a physical education teacher. Rooney was endorsed for re-election by the Palm Beach Post, which suggested that "he could bring a different tone to a Florida House that has been far too ideological" due to his desire for consensus-building, bipartisan legislation. In the end, he was elected over Lutrin by a solid margin, with 58% of the vote. In 2014, Rooney was re-elected to his third term in the legislature unopposed.
# Robert Wilton Bass

Robert Wilton Bass (September 16, 1921 – June 28, 1998) was a politician from Texas, United States, who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1961-1969.

## Life

Bass was born on September 16, 1921, the youngest of 6 siblings. His parents were Allie Bass and Stella Smith. Bass married Joann Sheppard and they had two children: Portia Coye Bass (1940-2008) and Penny Bass (1946-2006). He died aged 76, and was buried at Texas State Cemetery.

## Politics

He was elected in the 1960 election, and served from January 10, 1961. He also won the 1962, 1964, and 1966 elections, serving until January 14, 1969.
# Steve Burgess

Steve Alton Burgess (July 9, 1907 – May 28, 1987) was a Texas politician that served in the Texas House of Representatives for district 4, 5, and 6.

## Personal life

Steve Alton Burgess was born on July 9, 1907, in Nacogdoches, Texas, to Timothy Eugene Burgess and Mary Bell Lackey. He was a life long resident of Nacogdoches County, Texas, and was a rancher and dairyman. He had 2 children Raymond and Rochelle. He was member of First United Methodist Church. Burgess died on May 28, 1987, in Nacogdoches, Texas.

## Political career

Burgess served in the Texas House of Representatives for districts 6, 5, and 4. He later served as county judge of Nacogdoches County, Texas. Burgess was affiliated with the Democratic Party.
# Wayne Connally

Wayne Wright Connally (March 19, 1923 – December 20, 2000) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 58th district of the Texas House of Representatives. He also served as a member for the 21st district of the Texas Senate.

## Life and career

Born in Floresville, Texas, the son of Lela and John Connally Sr. His brother was John Connally, later governor of Texas. He graduated from Floresville High School in 1940 and attended the University of Texas at Austin.
Connally served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II for three years until February 1946, and later joined his brother John in politics. In 1965, Connally was elected to represent the 58th district of the Texas House of Representatives. In 1967, he was elected to the Texas Senate in the 21st district, succeeding Abraham Kazen. He was succeeded by John Traeger in 1973.
Connally moved to Cody, Wyoming and lived there until his death in December 2000 at the age of 77. His body was cremated.
# Hawkins Menefee

Hawkins Menefee (February 9, 1945 – March 13, 1974) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 84th district of the Texas House of Representatives.

## Life and career

Menefee was born in Washington, D.C. He attended Hillcrest High School, Austin College and the University of Texas.
Menefee served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974.
Menefee died on March 13, 1974, in an automobile accident, at the age of 29.
# Bob Glasgow

Robert Glasgow (February 28, 1942 – September 22, 2023) was an American Democratic Party politician from Stephenville, Texas, who held office as a member of the Senate of Texas. Glasgow was trained as a lawyer. He was the winner of the 1994 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for sponsoring a 1989 drug law that made it illegal to buy laboratory glassware without a permit.
Glasgow also served as President Pro Tem of the Senate, serving on many occasions as Governor of Texas and was honored in 1991 as Governor for a Day at a statewide ceremony at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Glasgow received his B.A. from Tarleton State University and his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. He was a member of the Tarleton Purple Association, Erath County Bar Association, Hood County Bar Association, Parker County Bar Association, Tarrant County Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Texas Bar Association. He was an active Freemason, and served for 30 years as parliamentarian for the Grand Lodge of Texas AF & AM.
Bob Glasgow died on September 22, 2023, at the age of 81.
# News Agency of Nigeria

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority. NAN was formed in part to disseminate news easily across the country and to the international community and also as a means to counter negative stories about Nigeria.

## History

On 10 May 1976, a decree establishing the agency was promulgated into law but its operations began two years after. In March 1978, a board of directors was inaugurated while on 2 October 1978 pilot news operations began.
NAN provides General News Service to subscribers in three bulletins published daily. The agency's website was launched on 8 August 2016, to offer news to the worldwide audience interested in news primarily about Nigeria.
In 2019, NAN signed a content-sharing agreement with Xinhua News Agency.
The agency has a network of reporters covering all the states of the federation proving to be a valuable source of news reports published by regional and national newspapers who lack a country wide coverage.

## Managing Director

NAN's Managing Director has been:
* Bayo Onanuga (2016–2020)
* Buki Ponle (2020–2023)
* Ali Mohammed Ali (2023–present)
# Santa Josefa

Santa Josefa, officially the Municipality of Santa Josefa (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Santa Josefa; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santa Josefa), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,432 people, making it the least populated town in the province.

## Geography

Santa Josefa is located at 7°59′N 126°02′E﻿ / ﻿7.98°N 126.03°E﻿ / 7.98; 126.03, making it the province's most southerly settlement.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 341.8 square kilometres (132.0 sq mi)  constituting 3.42% of the 9,989.52-square-kilometre- (3,856.98 sq mi) total area of Agusan del Sur.

### Climate

Climate data for Santa Josefa, Agusan del Sur :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105 (4.1) | 80 (3.1) | 58 (2.3) | 39 (1.5) | 62 (2.4) | 75 (3.0) | 69 (2.7) | 62 (2.4) | 59 (2.3) | 71 (2.8) | 69 (2.7) | 69 (2.7) | 818 (32) |
| Average rainy days | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 19.7 | 22.5 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 18.1 | 15.0 | 225.7 |
| Source: Meteoblue ||||||||||||||
Santa Josefa is classified as Type II climate which has no dry season but with pronounced maximum rain period occurring from December to January.

### Barangays

Santa Josefa is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
| PSGC | Barangay | Population | Population | Population | ±% p.a. | ±% p.a. |
| | | 2020 | 2020 | 2010 | | |
| 160310001 | Angas | 12.4% | 3,271 | 3,119 | ▴ | 0.48% |
| 160310002 | Aurora | 10.0% | 2,651 | 2,396 | ▴ | 1.02% |
| 160310003 | Awao | 8.4% | 2,232 | 2,232 | | 0.00% |
| 160310010 | Concepcion | 4.0% | 1,055 | 898 | ▴ | 1.62% |
| 160310011 | Pag-asa | 4.2% | 1,122 | 923 | ▴ | 1.97% |
| 160310005 | Patrocinio | 8.5% | 2,238 | 2,182 | ▴ | 0.25% |
| 160310006 | Poblacion | 18.8% | 4,962 | 4,783 | ▴ | 0.37% |
| 160310007 | San Jose | 9.4% | 2,486 | 2,315 | ▴ | 0.72% |
| 160310008 | Santa Isabel | 8.9% | 2,363 | 2,293 | ▴ | 0.30% |
| 160310009 | Sayon | 9.9% | 2,620 | 2,368 | ▴ | 1.02% |
| 160310004 | Tapaz | 6.5% | 1,729 | 1,647 | ▴ | 0.49% |
| | Total | Total | 26,432 | 25,156 | ▴ | 0.50% |

## Demographics

In the 2020 census, Santa Josefa had a population of 26,432. The population density was 77 inhabitants per square kilometre (200/sq mi).

## Economy

Poverty incidence of Santa Josefa
* 10
* 20
* 30
* 40
* 50
* 60
* 2006 54.00
* 2009 53.34
* 2012 36.02
* 2015 40.47
* 2018 30.96
* 2021 29.88
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
Santa Josefa's main products are rice and corn.
# Richard A. Waterfield

Richard Allen Waterfield, known as Dick Waterfield (August 24, 1939 – February 26, 2007), was a rancher in the Texas Panhandle who from 1987 to 1991 was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 88, including his native Canadian, Texas. Waterfield was particularly known for his advocacy of home meal-delivery systems for the elderly and disabled.

## Background

Waterfield was one of two sons born to Richard Bruce Waterfield and the former Marjorie Jones (1904–1961). He graduated from Canadian High School and then attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He then operated his family ranch and was the president and co-owner of Canadian Feed Yards. He was the president of the interest group, the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, and a director of the First State Bank of Canadian.

## Political career

In 1987, Waterfield succeeded the veteran Democratic State Representative John W. "Buck" Buchanan of Dumas in Moore County.
In 1990, Waterfield won the Republican nomination for Texas's 18th congressional district in a primary challenge to former U.S. Representative Bob Price of Pampa. However, Waterfield lost the general election to the incumbent Democrat Bill Sarpalius of Amarillo. Waterfield received 63,045 ballots (43.5 percent) to Sarpalius' 81,815 votes (56.5 percent). Waterfield had resigned his state House seat to make the congressional race, and in 1991, his legislative seat passed to fellow Republican David Swinford of Dumas.
In 1991, Waterfield, having relocated permanently to the capital city of Austin, became the assistant to Democrat-turned-Republican Rick Perry, the future governor of Texas who in 1990 had unseated the Democrat Jim Hightower in a heated race for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. In the new position, Waterfield worked to establish the Texas Agriculture Finance Authority. He soon resigned the position.

## Later years

After leaving the agriculture department, Waterfield was active in the Austin business community, having owned Waterworks Productions and Waterfield and Associates, Inc.
Waterfield died in Austin at the age of sixty-seven. Services were held at Riverbend Church and at the First United Methodist Church in Canadian.
# Alexander Aubert

Alexander Aubert FRS FSA, (1730–1805), was an English amateur astronomer and businessman.

## Life

He was born at Austin Friars, London, 11 May 1730. The appearance of the Great Comet of 1744 gave him, then a schoolboy at Geneva, a permanent bias towards astronomy; but he diligently prepared for a mercantile career in counting-houses at Geneva, Leghorn, and Genoa, and visited Rome in the jubilee year (1750). Returning to London in 1751, he was in the following year taken into partnership by his father. In 1753 he became a director, and some years later governor, of the London Assurance Company. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1772, and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1784.
In 1793 he received a diploma of admission to the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He observed the transit of Venus of 3 June 1769 at Austin Friars, and that of Mercury, 4 May 1786 at an observatory built by him at Loampit Hill, near Deptford, and furnished with the best instruments by Short, Bird, Ramsden, and Dollond. Except that of Count Brühl, it was at that period the only well-equipped private establishment of the kind in England. In 1788 he purchased Highbury House, Islington, for 6,000 guineas, and erected on the grounds, with the assistance of his friend John Smeaton, the celebrated engineer, a new observatory on improved plans of his own.
His mechanical knowledge caused him to be appointed chairman of the trustees for the completion of Ramsgate Harbour, and his energy contributed materially to the ultimate success of Smeaton's designs. In 1792 Aubert headed a society for the suppression of sedition, and in 1797 he organised, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of, the 'Loyal Islington Volunteers.' While staying in the house of Mr. John Lloyd, of Wygfair, St. Asaph, he was struck with apoplexy, and died 19 October 1805, at the age of 75, highly esteemed both in scientific and commercial circles, and widely popular, owing to his genial manners and unstinted hospitality. His valuable astronomical library and instruments were sold and dispersed after his death. Amongst the latter were a Dollond 46-inch achromatic, aperture 3¾ inches, and the one Cassegrain reflector constructed by Short, of 24 inches focus and 6 aperture, known among opticians as 'Short's Dumpy.' Both had been originally made for Topham Beauclerk.

## Works

Two slight papers by Aubert appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society:
* A New Method of finding Time by Equal Altitudes (lxvi 92-8)
* An Account of the Meteors of 18 Aug and 4 Oct 1783 (lxxiv, 112-15).
# Nathaniel Bliss

Nathaniel Bliss (28 November 1700 – 2 September 1764) was an English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Britain's fourth Astronomer Royal between 1762 and 1764.
Bliss studied at Oxford University and later became the Savilian Professor of Geometry. He made important meridian observations of a comet and a solar eclipse visible from Greenwich, and many of his observations proved useful in solving the longitude problem, and were bought by the Board of Longitude after his death.

## Life

Nathaniel Bliss was born in the Cotswolds village of Bisley in Gloucestershire. His father, also named Nathaniel Bliss, was a clothier. Bliss studied at Pembroke College, Oxford. He graduated B.A. in 1720 and M.A. in 1723, and married shortly afterwards.
In 1736, Bliss became rector of St Ebbe's Church in Oxford. Supported by, among others; the 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (George Parker), Savilian Professor of Astronomy James Bradley and by William Jones, Bliss succeeded Edmond Halley as Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford University in February 1742 – being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May the same year. As Savilian Professor he lectured courses in arithmetic, algebra, plane and spherical geometry, the use of logarithms and surveying instruments.
In 1762 he succeeded Bradley to become the fourth Astronomer Royal, but held the post for only two years before his unexpected death. He died in Oxford, but was buried close to Edmond Halley in St Margaret's churchyard in Lee in south-east London. As men of independent means, the first four Astronomers Royal including Bliss, were paid only a minimal salary. This situation changed when Nevil Maskelyne succeeded Bliss as Astronomer Royal upon his death – Maskelyne commanded a salary of £350 per annum, permitting him to make the post his main occupation. In 2000 the International Astronomical Union named a crater on the Moon after Bliss, in commemoration of his position as Astronomer Royal.

## Observations

George Parker, the Earl of Macclesfield, had established an observatory at Shirburn Castle in Oxfordshire. Working for and with the Earl of Macclesfield, Bliss made meridian observations of a comet approaching the Sun in 1744 at Shirburn Castle and at Greenwich. Bliss worked alongside James Bradley at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich and in June 1761, owing to the poor health of Bradley, he undertook the observations for the transit of Venus.
His assistant at the Royal Observatory was Charles Green, and upon his death, Green continued Bliss' work until the appointment of the next Astronomer Royal. In April 1764 Bliss made observations of an annular (solar) eclipse visible from Greenwich. Many of the observations made by Bliss were considered potentially useful for solving the longitude problem, important for cartography and ocean navigation, and were therefore bought by the Board of Longitude from his widow Elizabeth Bliss (née Hillman). His Greenwich observations were not published until 1805 when they were included as a supplement in an edition by Thomas Hornsby on the observations of Bradley.
# Spanish Draft Constitution of 1873

The Spanish Draft Constitution of 1873 was intended to regulate the First Spanish Republic. It was written mainly by Emilio Castelar, who intended to transform Spain from a unitary state into a federation but the project failed to gain the approval by Parliament.
The draft planned to divide the federation into seventeen states: Andalucía Alta ("Upper Andalusia"), Andalucía Baja ("Lower Andalusia"), Aragón, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Canarias (Canary Islands), Castilla la Nueva ("New Castile"), Castilla la Vieja ("Old Castile"), Cataluña ("Catalonia"), Cuba, Extremadura, Galicia, Murcia, Navarra, Puerto Rico, Valencia and Regiones Vascongadas ("Basque Provinces"). Following the creation of these states, it is also stated that the territories of the Philippine Islands, Fernando Poo, Annobón, Corisco, and the establishments of Africa shall be elevated to the status of States by the "public Powers" "in accordance to the progression" of these territories.
# John Crosley

John Crosley (1762–1817) was an English astronomer and mathematician who was an assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, a computer of the Nautical Almanac, an observer on maritime voyages of scientific exploration and a member and President of the Spitalfields Mathematical Society.

## Life

John Crosley was born in Yorkshire, but little is known of his life before his employment as an assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich to the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne. He was the Observatory's assistant in 1789–1792 and again in 1798. He was an observer appointed by the Board of Longitude between 1793 and 1798 to George Vancouver's expedition to the north-west coast of America, replacing William Gooch, who was murdered in Hawaii. During this voyage his ship, HMS Providence, was wrecked on a reef near Okinawa, and he returned to England on another sloop. His salary was £400 per annum, but he spent some years seeking compensation from the Board of Longitude for the loss of his books and instruments, ultimately receiving another £400 reward. As a Board-appointed observer he was required to use and care for the instruments with which he was issued. These included three timekeepers made by Thomas Earnshaw and one by John Arnold. He recorded all his observations and the problems encountered, including giving an account of the ship's wreck.
Crosley returned to the Royal Observatory for a few months in the summer of 1798. He was later appointed as observer to Matthew Flinders's circumnavigation of Australia (1801–1803), although ill health forced him to return in 1802, having only got as far as the Cape of Good Hope. On this voyage he made observations of position, particularly longitude, using both the astronomical lunar-distance method and timekeepers.
As well as acting as assistant to the Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, Nevil Maskelyne, Crosley was appointed by him as a computer of the Nautical Almanac, an important source of income from 1799 and for the rest of his life. He was a member of the Spitalfields Mathematical Society for 31 years and became its president from about 1800 until his death in 1817. He was recorded on a Society membership list as living at 54 North Street, City Road and, in a subsequent entry, as at 84 Leonard Street. An engraving of him that was included in a 1813 Mathematical Society Scrapbook records that he was then "13 Years President of the Mathematical Society".
# Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat

Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat (Sinhala: මහනුවර කඩවත් සතර සහ ගඟවට කෝරළේ, Tamil: கண்டிப்பட்டினம்) is a Divisional Secretariat of Kandy District, of Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Gangawata Korale is divided into 64 Grama Niladhari Divisions.

## History

Prior to its formation, Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat, including Kandy, was a part of Gangawata Korale, Yatinuwara Divisional Secretariat.
# Seiji Komatsu

Seiji Komatsu (小松正治, Komatsu Seiji, born 29 January 1992) is a Japanese sprint canoeist. Competing in the individual 200 m event he won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships and a bronze at the 2014 Asian Games.
Komatsu took up canoeing aged 13 in Miyagi Prefecture. Besides training himself, he coaches high school students, and works for the Ehime Prefecture National Sporting Performance. In 2017 he was banned from competitions for doping, but the ban was lifted next year when it was found that his rival Yasuhiro Suzuki intentionally added an anabolic steroid into Komatsu's drink.
# Gene Fondren

Gene Fondren (April 7, 1927 – October 12, 2010) was an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1969.

## Career

Fondren ran the Texas Automobile Dealers Association for thirty years. He was given the Distinguished Service Citation Award by the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1993.

## Death

He died on October 12, 2010, in Austin, Texas at age 83.