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# Kisra of Baskinta

Amir Kisra of Baskinta was a Maronite Muqaddam and Malik of Kisrawan, whose namesake comes from him, and later Malik of Mount Lebanon.

## Life

Kisra was born sometime in the 11th century to a Maronite family in Baskinta, Lebanon. He was probably of noble descent due to his eventual ascension as muqaddam of his village.
Kisra, along with his maternal nephew Sim'an, were muqaddams of the village of Baskinta and held an autonomous jurisdiction over the Outer Kisrawan region, then known simply as "al-Hariga" (roughly translating to outer or borderlands), free from direct Crusader or Islamic control. However, Kisra still had contact with the Crusaders and often fought alongside them against Islamic forces. In one instance, he tried to hire a fellow muqaddam, Kamil of Lehfed, into his service but the latter refused pledging his fealty to the Lord of Gibelet, Hugo I Embriaco. Still seeking an alliance, Kisra tried to arrange a marriage between his son and Kamil's daughter with the marriage only taking place after Kamil got the approval of his Lord. This showed the complex political situation of the Maronites at the time with some exercising independence from any outside foreign rule while others willingly became the loyal subjects of the European newcomers.
Sim'an was summoned to Gibelet, along with the Maronite Patriarch Gregory IV of Halat and all of the Maronite bishops, and was officially appointed Malik of Kisrawan by William II Embriaco as a reward for his fighting against the Muslims for thirty years and finally defeating them at Nahr al-Kalb. Kisra later succeeded his nephew as Malik of Kisrawan and went on pilgrimage to Constantinople to pay homage to the Byzantine Emperor, John II Komnenos.
According to Gabriel ibn al-Qilai, after being received in the Byzantine court:
   The Emperor, placing a sword over Kisra's head, dubbed him malik of Mount Lebanon. He also added, rather vaguely, that the sword of Kisra was "a cross on the battlefield" (possibly meaning that it had the Crusader cruciform hilt) and that his armour bore the sign of the cross, signifying that he fought among the ranks of the Crusaders.

## Legacy

The region of al-Hariga was renamed Kisrawan in honor of Kisra and the name survives to this day as the Keserwan District.
# Anthony J. Griffin

Anthony Jerome Griffin (April 1, 1866 – January 13, 1935) was an American lawyer, war veteran, and politician from New York. He served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1918 to 1935.

## Life

He attended City College, Cooper Union, and New York University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1892, and practiced in New York City.

### Spanish-American War

Griffin organized and commanded Company F, Sixty-ninth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish–American War in 1898 and 1899. He founded and edited the Bronx Independent from 1905 to 1907.

### State legislature

Griffin was member of the State Senate (22nd D.) from 1911 to 1914, sitting in the 134th, 135th, 136th and 137th New York State Legislatures.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915.

### Congress

Griffin was elected as a Democrat to the 65th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Bruckner. He was re-elected to the 66th and to the eight succeeding Congresses, and held office from March 5, 1918, until his death on January 13, 1935, in New York City.

### Death and burial at Arlington National Cemetery

Griffin was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Following his death, Spencer Place behind the Bronx Post Office was renamed Anthony J. Griffin Place in his honor.
# Thomas Francis Smith

Thomas Francis Smith (July 24, 1865 – April 11, 1923) was a lawyer, newspaperman, and politician from New York. From 1917 to 1921, he served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

## Biography

Smith was born in New York City on July 24, 1865. He attended St. Francis Xavier College, Manhattan College, and the New York Law School from 1899 to 1901. He subsequently became a reporter on the staff of the New York World and the New York Tribune, and then a clerk of the city court in 1898–1917. Smith was admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced practice in New York City.

### Political career

Smith began his political career as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1915 and to the Democratic National Convention in 1916. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Michael F. Conry, and was reelected to the Sixty-sixth, to serve from April 12, 1917, to March 3, 1921. Smith was not a candidate for renomination in 1920.

### Later career and death

After Congress, Smith became the public administrator of New York from April 1, 1921, until his death in a taxicab accident in New York City on April 11, 1923. Smith was interred in Calvary Cemetery, in Long Island City, New York.

## Sources

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
* United States Congress. "SMITH, Thomas Francis (id: S000619)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
# Aurelie Nemours

Aurelie Nemours (29 October 1910 – 27 January 2005) was a French painter who made abstract geometrical paintings and was highly influenced by De Stijl, or neoplasticism.

## Biography

Aurelie Nemours was born 29 October 1910 in Paris, France.
In 1929 she enrolled in the École du Louvre.
In 1936, she married Auguste Nemours.
In 1941 Nemours attended to the Andre Lhote Academy. In 1945, she began writing poetry. While for the first time at the Salon of Sacred Art she exhibited in 1946 until 1979.
Nemours established her style in 1949 she then used her form of media to conduct research on the interplay of lines and their relationship to colored surfaces, angles, the point of geometric shapes, horizontal and vertical.
From 1949 through 1992 Nemours participated in the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles.
In 1950, Midi la lune, her collection of poems was published.
In the late 1950s Nemours traveled to Haiti.
Nemours exhibited at a variety of venues culminating in a retrospective at the Centre Georges Pompidou in 2004.
Nemours died 27 January 2005 in Paris.

## Artistic style

Before any development, she made measurements, studies, sketches and drawings. Then she went into the essential, black and white or color; for her, the color is "pure energy." Following an apprenticeship, she developed her vision at various studios and most notably Fernand Léger’s. Inspired by Léger, Nemour softens her edges of shapes and lines, imbuing her canvases with sensuality of the act of painting itself. She worked in black and white and bold colors, and honed her visual vocabulary to horizontal and vertical planes, right angles, lines, rectangles, and ultimately, the square, her ideal representation of universal harmony. She works in series thus from 1965- 1970: the square becomes the key size of her work. Although she stopped painting in 2002, she is honored now and in the future by the artists who have worked consistently and innovatively in the field of thought asserting their own vision.
There have been several articles about Aurelie Nemours, including '11th Edition of Artparis Welcomed 43.000 Visitors' written for ArtDaily in 2009. As well numerous works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'RYTHME DU MILLIMETRE SB' sold at Artcurial Briest-Poulain-F. Tajan 'Contemporary Art 2 ' in 2012 for $91,005.
Nemours' work was included in the 2021 exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou.
# Micromacromia flava

Micromacromia flava is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola and Zambia.
# Ernest C. Stasiun

Ernest C. Stasiun (February 20, 1923 – February 12, 1992) was an American politician who served on the Massachusetts Governor's Council from 1959 to 1965. He was convicted of bribery in 1965.

## Early life

Stasiun was born on February 20, 1923, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. During World War II he served in the United States Navy. He graduated from New Bedford High School, Alliance College, Brown University, and Columbia University and afterwards worked as a Doctor of optometry.

## Politics

Stasiun's first run for political office was in 1958, when he ran for the vacant Governor's Council seat in the 1st District. He defeated Republican Frankland W. L. Miles 55% to 45% in what was seen as a tossup race. In 1960 he was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, but withdrew in favor of Edward F. McLaughlin Jr. and was reelected to the Governor's Council. In 1963, Stasiun attempted to secure the position of registrar of motor vehicles after the Council refused to approve Governor Endicott Peabody's nominee.

## Bribery convictions

On September 11, 1963, Stasiun, his cousin, and the former city registrar of Fall River, Massachusetts, were indicted on bribery charges related to the leasing of the Registry of Motor Vehicles office in New Bedford. On January 28, 1964, he was found guilty and sentenced to two years in jail. While out on appeal, Stasiun ran for reelection. He was defeated in the Democratic primary by Nicholas W. Mitchell. On April 22, 1965, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found that Judge Amadeo V. Sgarzi issued erroneous instructions to the jury and ordered a new trial for Stasiun and his co-defendants.
On October 13, 1964, Stasiun was one of four councilors indicted for soliciting and accepting bribes from Governor Foster Furcolo in exchange for voting in favor of the reappointment of state public works commissioner Anthony N. DiNatale. On September 28, 1965, Stasiun, Joseph Ray Crimmins, Raymond F. Sullivan, and Michael Favulli were found guilty of conspiracy and requesting bribes in connection with DiNatale's reappointment. He was sentenced to two years in jail and began serving his sentence on October 22, 1965. 3 days later he pleaded guilty in the Registry of Motor Vehicles case and was sentenced two years to be served concurrently with his other sentence. He was granted patrol on May 5, 1966. Stasiun died on February 12, 1992.
# Fritz Landertinger

Fritz Landertinger (Krems an der Donau, 26 February 1914 – Shlisselburg, 18 January 1943) was an Austrian canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won the silver medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was killed in action during World War II.
# Chris Price (footballer)

Christopher James Price (born 30 March 1960) is an English former footballer who made 561 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, playing for Hereford United, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth. He played as a right-back.

## Career

Price began his career at home town club Hereford United where he quickly became the first choice right back. In ten seasons at Hereford he amassed over 330 appearances, at the time a club record. Notably he scored the equalising goal against Arsenal in the 1984–85 FA Cup Third Round. At the end of the 1985–86 season, he was chosen Hereford's Player of the Year, and was then sold to Blackburn Rovers for £25,000, stepping up two divisions.
His first spell at Ewood Park lasted two seasons and he was a regular in the side.
Price was sold on to Aston Villa for £150,000 and played First Division football for the first time in his career. After four seasons as a regular at Villa Park he was sold back to Blackburn for £100,000. His second spell – although short – was very successful as he netted crucial goals which helped Rovers win promotion to the newly formed Premier League. He moved on to Portsmouth where injury ended his professional career.
Price then played for Southern League Southern Division club Cinderford Town, scoring against Conference club Bromsgrove Rovers to help Cinderford through to the Second Round proper of the 1995–96 FA Cup. After a spell on the staff of Cheltenham Town, Price was appointed manager of Newport in late 1996, a post he left at the end of the season with Newport relegated from the Southern League Premier Division. In September 1997 he returned to Cinderford as manager.
Price moved to Spain in 2003 where he was involved with Charlton Athletic's European Soccer School in Torrevieja. He then emigrated to Australia.
Price was swept out to sea by a rip current off a beach near his home in Queensland in January 2011. Local lifeguards found him a short time later face down in the water and not breathing. While he was being resuscitated, he suffered a cardiac arrest and he was taken to the Acute Care Unit at Gold Coast Hospital in Southport. After he was released home, he contracted pneumonia due to the amount of sea water that had infiltrated his lungs, for which he was placed on medication.

## Honours

Individual
* PFA Team of the Year: 1987–88 Second Division
# 1954 Chico State Wildcats football team

The 1954 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College—now known as California State University, Chico—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Gus Manolis, Chico State compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team outscored its opponents 241 to 73 for the season. The Wildcats played home games at Chico High School Stadium in Chico, California.
Manolis had previously spent four years as the head football coach at Yuba Junior College. The team operated from a "California T" formation and had between 18 and 20 returning lettermen, including end George Maderos and halfback Frank Ferraiuolo.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
| September 25 | Naval Air Station Alameda* | Chico High School StadiumChico, CA | W 19–12 |
| October 2 | Nevada | Chico High School StadiumChico, CA | W 32–0 |
| October 9 | Pepperdine* | Chico High School StadiumChico, CA | L 13–14 |
| October 16 | at Whittier* | Hadley FieldWhittier, CA | W 34–14 |
| October 23 | at Sacramento State | Charles C. Hughes StadiumSacramento, CA | W 40–0 |
| October 30 | at Humboldt State | Redwood BowlArcata, CA | W 18–7 |
| November 6 | Southern Oregon* | Chico High School StadiumChico, CA | W 39–12 |
| November 13 | Cal Aggies | Chico High School StadiumChico, CA | W 40–7 |
| November 19 | at San Francisco State | Cox StadiumSan Francisco, CA | L 6–7 |
| *Non-conference game |||||

## 1955 NFL draft

The following Chico State players were selected in the 1955 NFL draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| George Maderos | Defensive back | 21 | 250 | San Francisco 49ers |
# Jeanie McLean

Jeanie McLean, formerly known as Jeanie Dendys, is a Canadian politician, the current deputy premier of Yukon since 2023. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election. She represents the electoral district of Mountainview as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party.
Prior to entering territorial politics, McLean was the Director of Justice for the Kwanlin Dün First Nation. She has served in numerous advisory capacities, including the Yukon Policing Review and the review of the Yukon Corrections system. McLean also served for four years as the Yukon representative to the RCMP Commissioner's First Nation Policing Advisory Board.
McLean defeated Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski in his riding of Mountainview on November 7, 2016. On December 3, 2016, she was sworn in as the Yukon Minister of Tourism and Culture, as well as the Minister responsible for the Women's Directorate and the Minister responsible for the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board. She is currently also a member of the Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees.
McLean is born and raised in the Yukon and of Tahltan First Nation and Norwegian ancestry.
The Hon. Jeanie McLean was previously known as the Hon. Jeanie Dendys. She changed her surname in September 2020.

## Electoral record

vte2021 Yukon general election: Mountainview :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Jeanie McLean | 402 | 38.21 | +3.65 |
| | New Democratic | Michelle Friesen | 356 | 33.84 | -0.18 |
| | Yukon Party | Ray Sydney | 268 | 25.48 | -5.94 |
| | Independent | Coach Jan Prieditis | 26 | 2.47 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,052 | 99.91 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1 | 0.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,053 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +1.91 |
| Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021. |||||||

### Yukon general election, 2016

Mountainview :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Jeanie Dendys | 439 | 34.6% | +14.5% |
| | NDP | Shaunagh Stikeman | 432 | 34.0% | -1.0% |
| | Yukon Party | Darrell Pasloski | 399 | 31.4% | -13.3% |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,270 | 100.0% | – |
# Harvey M. Lifset

Harvey Mervin Lifset (March 6, 1916 – May 21, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was born on March 6, 1916, in Schenectady, New York, the son of Abram Lifset and Rose (Barish) Lifset. He attended Nott Terrace High School. He graduated A.B. from Union College in 1937, and LL.B. from Albany Law School in 1940. He was admitted to the bar in 1940. In May 1942, he married Violet L. Rubin, and they had two sons. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army, and finished the war as a major of the 82nd Airborne Division. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, six battle stars, and an Arrowhead device. Later he was promoted to colonel of the Army Reserve. In 1946, he began to practice law in Albany.
Lifset was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1957 to 1968, sitting in the 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th and 177th New York State Legislatures. He was Chairman of the Committee on Affairs of Cities in 1965, and Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means from 1966 to 1968.
He died on May 21, 2005, in the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home in Albany, New York.

## Sources

* ↑ New York Red Book (1961–1962; pg. 187)
* ↑ Who's Who in the East (1961; pg. 547)
* ↑ "Harvey M. Lifset" Archived 2014-11-07 at the Wayback Machine in the 2013 Honor a Veteran archives, at New York State Veteran Service Bureau
* ↑ Assemblyman Lifset To Speak at Annual Demo Winter Dinner in the Leader–Herald, of Gloversville and Johnstown, on January 19, 1968
* ↑ LIFSET, HARVEY M. Archived 2014-11-07 at the Wayback Machine in the Times Union, of Albany, on May 23, 2005
New York State Assembly :
| Preceded byJames J. McGuiness | New York State Assembly Albany County, 2nd District 1957–1965 | Succeeded bydistrict abolished |
| Preceded bynew district | New York State Assembly 112th District 1966 | Succeeded byDonald J. Mitchell |
| Preceded byPeter R. Biondo | New York State Assembly 103rd District 1967–1968 | Succeeded byFred G. Field Jr. |
| Preceded byJohn T. Satriale | New York State Assembly Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means 1966–1968 | Succeeded byWillis H. Stephens |
# Avtar

Avtar is a given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Avtar Singh Atwal, Deputy Inspector General of Police in Punjab Police
* Avtar Singh Bhadana (born 1957), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
* Avtar Singh Cheema (1933–1989), the first Indian to lead a successful expedition that climbed Mount Everest
* Avtar Gill, Indian Television and film actor
* Avtar Gill (darts player), Canadian darts player
* Avtar Singh Kang, Punjabi singer and Punjabi Folk contributor
* Avtar Singh Karimpuri, Indian politician of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
* Avtar Lit, the owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group
* Avtar Singh Malhotra (1917–2005), Punjabi politician belonging to the Communist Party of India
* Avtar Singh Paintal (1925–2004), medical scientist who made pioneering discoveries
* Avtar Singh Rikhy (born 1923), former Secretary-General of Lower House of Parliament of India
* Avtar Saini, microprocessor designer and developer
* Avtar Singh Sandhu (1950–1988), poet of the Naxalite movement in the Punjabi literature of the 1970s
* Avtar Singh (judoka) (born 1992), Indian judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil
* Avtar Singh (politician), Indian politician, member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi of India
# Matapihi

Matapihi is a suburb and peninsula of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island, surrounded on most sides by the Tauranga Harbour.
It is connectected to Mount Maunganui in the northeast by a land bridge, and Maungatapu in the southwest by Maungatapu Bridge. State Highway 29A runs through the suburb along this diagonal.

## Demographics

Matapihi covers 3.94 km$^2$ (1.52 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 820 as of June 2024, with a population density of 208 people per km$^2$.
Matapihi had a population of 729 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 54 people (8.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 48 people (7.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 189 households, comprising 372 males and 357 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female. The median age was 37.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 171 people (23.5%) aged under 15 years, 135 (18.5%) aged 15 to 29, 342 (46.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 81 (11.1%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 36.6% European/Pākehā, 77.4% Māori, 2.1% Pacific peoples, 0.8% Asian, and 1.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 4.5, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 35.4% had no religion, 32.5% were Christian, 26.7% had Māori religious beliefs and 0.4% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 87 (15.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 141 (25.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $25,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 72 people (12.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 273 (48.9%) people were employed full-time, 84 (15.1%) were part-time, and 42 (7.5%) were unemployed.

## Marae

Matapihi has two marae:
* Hungahungatoroa or Whakahinga Marae and Tāpuiti meeting house is a meeting place of the Ngāi Te Rangi hapū of Ngāi Tukairangi.
* Waikari Marae and Tapukino meeting house is a meeting place of the Ngāi Te Rangi hapū of Ngāti Tapu.

## Education

Te Kura o Matapihi is a co-educational Māori language immersion state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of 189 as of August 2024.