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# LaRoy Baird

LaRoy Baird (February 27, 1881 – March 5, 1950) was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician.
Born in the town of Martell, Pierce County, Wisconsin, Baird received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Minnesota. He moved to Dickinson, North Dakota and practiced law. He served in the North Dakota National Guard and was involved with the Mexican Border Campaign and with World War I; he was commissioned brigadier general. From 1921 to 1927, Baird served in the North Dakota Senate. He then served as North Dakota receiver of closed banks from 1927 to 1947. From 1941 to the end of World War II, he had also served as Chairman for the North Dakota Defense Council. Baird died of heart problems in Dickinson, North Dakota.
# Ruth Meiers

Ruth Meiers (November 6, 1925 – March 19, 1987) was an American politician and the first female lieutenant governor of North Dakota. She became the 33rd lieutenant governor in 1985. Meiers was diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 1986 and died in office six months later in March 1987. The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House is named in her honor. Meiers was a social worker in Mountrail County, North Dakota. In 1974, Meiers served in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a Democrat.
Party political offices :
| Preceded byWayne Sanstead | Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota 1984 | Succeeded byLloyd Omdahl |
| Political offices |||
| Preceded byErnest Sands | Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota 1985–1987 | Succeeded byLloyd Omdahl |
# Ruhl Maulsby

Ruhl Maulsby (October 18, 1923 – February 24, 1996) was an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1979 to 1993.
# John Burroughs (governor)

John Burroughs (April 7, 1907 – May 21, 1978) was an American politician, educator, and businessman who served as the 18th governor of New Mexico. Burroughs, a Democrat, served one-term and is remembered for honest government and introduction of the concept of a state Personnel Act to improve the quality of state workers and limit somewhat the effect of political patronage.

## Early life and education

Burroughs was born in Robert Lee, Texas. He attended Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University), where he played on the football team and was a member of the Agg Club, Tech Chamber of Commerce, stock judging team, and student council. He graduated in 1929 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Husbandry, and later took graduate courses at Colorado State University.

## Career

He obtained his teaching certificate and, after several years of teaching agriculture in the New Mexico cities of Los Lunas and Clovis, went to work for an oil company located in the latter. In 1942 he entered the food processing industry. Eventually, he founded the "Cotton Oil Mill and Peanut Mill Company", which had branches in San Antonio, Texas, and Portales, New Mexico. His Texas plant made peanut butter.
A first time representative in the New Mexico legislature from Portales in 1957, Burroughs defeated incumbent Governor Edwin L. Mechem by less than one percent of the vote (103,481 to 101,567).
As governor, Burroughs stressed financial responsibility and pressed state officials to recover funds due and owing to the state. He created the New Mexico Department of Development incorporating the Tourist Bureau, the Economic Development Commission, and New Mexico Magazine under one authority. He was not re-elected. The next year he made a bid for the Democratic nomination for governor, but was stymied early in the process when his bid was quashed by the powerful Senator Clint Anderson. He ran again for governor in 1966, receiving the Democratic pre-primary convention endorsement, but was soundly defeated in the Democratic primary by Gene Lusk. Burroughs retired from politics, but still served on the New Mexico Finance Board under governors Bruce King and Jerry Apodaca.
# De Vere Watson

De Vere Watson (April 1, 1893 – November 14, 1982) was an American politician and lawyer.
De Vere Watson was born near Searsboro, Iowa, on April 1, 1893, to parents George M. and Clara Alice Watson. After graduating from Marshalltown High School in 1911, Watson pursued his law degree at the University of Iowa College of Law. Upon completing his legal education in 1915, Watson married Freole Placek. The couple moved to Council Bluffs that year, where Watson was a lawyer until his retirement in 1972. Before Placek's death in 1959, she and Watson had seven children.
Watson's legal career included stints as city attorney for Carter Lake and special city attorney for Council Bluffs, as well as for several drainage districts in western Iowa. Watson served as chair of the Republican Party in Pottawattamie County for several terms before winning his first election to the Iowa Senate in 1940. He held the District 19 seat for four terms from January 13, 1941, to January 13, 1957, and served as president pro tempore of the senate during the 56th Iowa General Assembly.
Watson died at the Missouri Valley Hospital in Missouri Valley, Iowa, on November 14, 1982, survived by his second wife Bessie and six of his children.
# Wilson Davis

Wilson Lloyd Davis (August 5, 1917 – December 18, 2003) was an American engineer and politician.
Wilson Davis, born on August 5, 1917, in Goodrich, North Dakota, was the youngest of three sons born to James Ellsworth and Helen Wilson Davis. His eldest brother John served as Governor of North Dakota from 1957 to 1961.
Wilson Davis played football, hockey, and tennis at Bismarck Senior High School. After graduating from high school, Davis earned a dual degree in mechanical engineering and business at the University of Minnesota. He subsequently worked for Honeywell, and during World War II, was a civilian engineering adviser to the United States Navy and Army Air Forces.
Davis met and married Minneapolis native Enid Dygert during his time in Minnesota. The couple moved to Keokuk, Iowa, in 1948. He acquired the Seither & Cherry Company, and expanded it into an electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor active in several states. Additionally, Davis founded the eponymous Davis Development Corporation and owned a ranch in Sheridan County, North Dakota.
Throughout his political career, Davis was affiliated with the Republican Party. He won a 1969 special election to represent the 1st district of the Iowa Senate, taking office on September 9, 1969. Prior to the 1970 Iowa Senate election, Davis was redistricted from the first district to the 50th district. Davis completed his term in office on January 7, 1973.
After retiring in the 1980s, Davis split his time between Keokuk, Iowa, and Naples, Florida. He died in Keokuk on December 18, 2003, of Alzheimer's disease complications.
# Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair may refer to:

## Arts, entertainment and media
### Literature

* Vanity Fair, a location in The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), by John Bunyan
* Vanity Fair (novel), 1848, by William Makepeace Thackeray
* Vanity Fair (magazine), contemporary American magazine
** Historical magazines named Vanity Fair, list of historical magazines with the same name, including:
*** Vanity Fair (British magazine), 1868–1914
*** Vanity Fair (American magazine 1913–1936)

### Film

* Vanity Fair (1911 film), directed by Charles Kent
* Vanity Fair (1915 film), a silent film directed by Charles Brabin and made by the Edison Company
* Vanity Fair (1922 film), a silent British film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden
* Vanity Fair (1923 film), a lost silent feature film directed by Hugo Ballin and produced by Samuel Goldwyn, with Prizmacolor sequence
* Vanity Fair (1932 film), directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Myrna Loy, with the story updated to make Becky Sharp a social-climbing governess
* Vanity Fair (2004 film), directed by Mira Nair and starring Reese Witherspoon

### Music

* Vanity Fair, a 1996 album by Seiko Matsuda
* "Vanity Fair", a song by Mr. Bungle from the 1999 album California
* "Vanity Fair", a 1952 orchestral music composition by Anthony Collins
* "Vanity Fair", a song by Squeeze from the 1981 album East Side Story
* "Vanity Fair", a 1990 song by the Ocean Blue
* "Vanity Fair", a song by World Party from the 1997 album Egyptology
* "Riding to Vanity Fair", a song by Paul McCartney from the 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
* "Vanity Fair", an overture by Percy Fletcher (1879–1932)

### Radio

* "Vanity Fair", a one-hour adaptation featuring Helen Hayes and Agnes Moorehead first broadcast on 7 January 1940 on Campbell Playhouse
* Vanity Fair, a 2004 BBC Radio broadcast adaptation by Stephen Wyatt, starring Emma Fielding as Becky
* Vanity Fair, a 2019 BBC Radio 4 three-part adaptation by Jim Poyser with additional material by Al Murray

### Television

* Vanity Fair (1939 TV series), a British television series about fashion
* Vanity Fair (American TV series), an American daytime television talk show
* Vanity Fair (1956 TV series), a British miniseries on BBC starring Joyce Redman
* Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial), a British miniseries on BBC starring Susan Hampshire
* Vanity Fair (1978 TV series), a Hong Kong television series
* Vanity Fair (1987 TV serial), a British miniseries on BBC featuring James Saxon
* Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial), a British miniseries on BBC starring Natasha Little
* Vanity Fair (2018 TV series), a British miniseries on ITV starring Olivia Cooke

### Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

* Vanity Bonfire Fair, a fictional character from the 2005 novel Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright

## Brands and enterprises

* VF Corporation, formerly Vanity Fair Mills, an apparel and footwear company
* Vanity Fair (underwear), a brand of underwear owned by Fruit of the Loom
* Vanity Fair, a brand of napkin owned by Georgia-Pacific
# New Balance 480

New Balance 480 is a basketball shoe produced by New Balance. It is the first basketball shoe created by the company and comes in a high top and low top model.

## Overview

The current 480 shoe line is actually a merger of two different shoe models, the New Balance Pride 480 and New Balance BB680. The Pride 480 is the first ever basketball shoe created by New Balance in 1983 and was released as a high top. A different model that was created as a low top version known as the BB680 was later released. Despite technically being different models, they are the same shoe just in different top heights. This is similar to the Pride 650 (high top) and P550 Oxford (low top) being the same shoe (now known as the New Balance 550).
At this point, the company was mainly known for creating running shoes and it wanted to expand into other sports. Seeing the popularity of basketball, it decided to enter the market by developing a basketball shoe. The shoe was developed to have better traction on the court and good breathability in the toe box. The shoe proved successful for the company and led to them creating more models for the sport.
In 2010, New Balance released a special model that was made to withstand a winter environment and cold climate. The shoe was only released in a high top and used the BB680 name. The shoe featured a more rugged upper and sole to protect from the weather and included metal eyelets and boot laces.
After the success of the 550 reintroduction in 2020, New Balance decided to relaunch the 480 as a lifestyle shoe in 2021. New Balance partnered with Junya Watanabe to produce a special colorway of the shoe which was soon followed by general releases.

## Models
### Numeric 480

The Numeric 480 is a skateboard variant of the shoe released in 2023. It features a thicker sole and more padding in the tongue. It comes in both low tops and high tops.

## In popular culture

The Jumpman logo for the Air Jordan brand was actually based on a photo Michael Jordan had done for the Life Magazine. In the picture, Michael Jordan could be seen wearing the New Balance 480 shoes while in the air.
# Ed Wright (politician)

Ed Wright (June 27, 1827 – December 6, 1895) was an American Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War.
Born in Salem, Ohio, Wright went to the public schools. Wright moved to Cedar County, Iowa in 1852 and was a teacher and carpenter. Wrighr served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1858 to 1862 and from 1866 to 1868. He was a Republican. He was commissioned a major in the 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, a group of soldiers that were eventually stationed in Helena, Arkansas. His was later attached to the 13th Corps and fought in the Vicksburg Campaign. During the Battle of Champion Hills, Major Wright was severely wounded at the Battle of Champion Hill. He also served in the Red River Campaign, Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign, and Savannah, Georgia. He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general dated to March 13, 1865.
In 1866, he was elected Secretary of State of Iowa three times.
# Lu Zhi (poet)

Lu Zhi (simplified Chinese: 卢挚; traditional Chinese: 盧摯; Wade–Giles: Lu Chih, ca. 1243—1315) was a Chinese writer of the Yuan dynasty. His courtesy name was Chudao (处道) and his pen name was Shuzhai (疏斋). He was born in modern Zhuozhou, Hebei, although some accounts claim he was from modern Yongjia, Zhejiang.
Lu received his Jinshi degree in 1269 and served in various administrative positions until becoming a member of the Hanlin Academy. After Kublai Khan had taken the throne, Chinese literary men were encouraged to serve the new ruling house at the palace, Lu was one of them. He was known for his works in various genres, but his sanqu lyrics have received special note as representative works of the genre’s early period. Many of the poet’s sanqu lyrics are characterized by historical themes and a desire for a reclusive life despite his position as a prominent high official of the Yuan dynasty. His works display a high level of literary accomplishment, along with forthrightness and directness of emotional expression. Much of his poetry displays a directness and clarity one would expect from anonymous and popular works.
About 120 poems are preserved in the Collected Yuan Sanqu Lyrics. Lu's collected works were lost. However his extant poetry and prose was again collected and published in 1984. Lu had an affair with the actress Zhu Lianxiu. The poems they exchanged are still extant.

## Quotations

Dongting Lake, inscribed on the Deer Antler Temple Wall
   Rains clear and clouds disperse,
   A bright moon fills the river. Winds subside and waves die down; A single leaf of a ship. Mind awake at midnight With dreams of past, present and future. Thousands of miles parted; Sadly I lean against the ship’s window
   And sleep a little.
Composed at the Lingying Inn
   Plum blossoms hold the melting snow and bear it;
   Willows lean with the eastern wind and wait their leaves. Lithe girl, wine cups, room in a tower; The red sleeved wanderer
   Sings in a soft voice Coming of Spring.
Enjoying Myself
   Soft tapping during the dance,
   Red silk in the spring wind. Soft clapping during the medley, The moon and red castanets. Golden oranges and flowing green wine, Burners with incense and candles of red. So much better than quiet talk in a cold room! When sodden drunk I then went home,
   Unable to recall who helped me on my horse.
Parting from Zhu Lianxiu
   Just found joy,
   Quickly parted. The pain, the pain, so hard the leaving! A colorful boat takes the spring and goes;
   Vain it is keeping the bright moon in the river.
# Pau Hunt

The Pau Hunt was established in 1842 by the Société d’Encouragement as a spectacle authorized by the government of Louis Philippe to hunt predatory animals such as wolves and foxes. Internationally, the Pau Hunt, dominated by American and British Masters, was one of the most renown hunts until the breakout of World War II. Its country, between Gardères and the hills surrounding Pau was nicknamed “Leicestershire in France”.
Innovative hunt masters and committee members organized their first recorded drag hunt in 1847. They organized the capture of game and its later release at meets as early as the 1850s, cross country matches and point-to-point races in the 1890s.
In 1947 the association reorganized as the "Pau Hunt Drags". Continuing its tradition of drag hunting, meets are held in unplanted fields with the expressed permission of amiable property owners.
A plethora of private photos, articles, publications, photos and works of art during its heyday are housed in private collections, including the collection of the English Club of Pau.
# Adolf Terschak

Adolf Terschak (21 April 1832 – 1 October 1901) was an Austrian flautist and composer, mainly of music for the flute. He travelled to many places, in Europe and beyond, to give concerts.

## Life

Terschak was born in Prague; when he was seven the family moved to Hermannstadt (now Sibiu) in Transylvania, where he had lessons on the flute and in harmony. He went to Vienna in 1850, where at the Vienna Conservatory he studied the flute with Franz Zierer, and counterpoint and harmony with Carl Schlesinger and Simon Sechter.
From late 1852 he toured, first to Berlin, where his playing was notable enough for him to be heard at court; then to Hamburg, and in 1853 to London, where he played at upper-class salons; then to Ireland and Scotland, and in the winter of 1853 to Paris and to southern France, finally returning to Transylvania. In February 1856 he began a tour lasting a year and a half, to Bucharest, Iași, Ukraine and Russia, including several towns in Siberia. He later visited Prague in 1860 and toured Germany in 1863. He is said to have also visited Korea, China, Japan and Iceland. He died in Breslau (now Wrocław) in 1901.

## Commentaries

His biographer in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (1882) wrote: "As far as Terschak as a flute player is concerned, his playing is soulful, pure in tone, both in forte and piano; there is an inimitable bravura in his decrescendo, the delivery is powerful and plentiful, the sound is immensely sympathetic, the technique is masterful."
H. Macaulay FitzGibbon, in The Story of the Flute (1914), wrote: "As regards his playing, his power and execution were immense, but his tone was coarse and windy; moreover he was generally out of tune, and in 1878 his attempts to tune with the orchestra at the Crystal Palace so signally failed that he left in disgust. He was a tall, strong, handsome man, but in later life he suffered much from his eyes, and his health broke down."

## Works

Terschal wrote a large number of works for the flute. He also wrote vocal and orchestral works, and an opera Thais.
H. Macaulay FitzGibbon (1914) wrote that his flute solos "vary considerably in excellence... and some of his later efforts are more like studies or finger exercises than solos. But many of his earlier compositions (such as Bahillard and La Siréne) are full of ear-haunting melody, and have rarely been equalled. Not only are they admirably written for, and extremely playable on the flute, but also the accompaniments are full and grateful to the pianist."
# Frederick Thomas Brentnall

Hon. Frederick Thomas Brentnall (17 June 1834 – 11 January 1925) was a Wesleyan preacher in New South Wales and a journalist, businessman and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

## Early life

Brentnall was born at Riddings, Derbyshire and educated at Alfreton.

## Religious life

Brentnall was sent by the British Wesleyan Conference to New South Wales in 1863 to join the ranks of the Wesleyan ministry in that colony. An affection of the throat, however, necessitated his resignation about 1883.

## Business life

Brentnall then bought an interest in the Brisbane Telegraph, and joined the literary staff, becoming Chairman of the Company upon the retirement of the Hon. James Cowlishaw in Oct. 1885. Brentnall was a director of several companies, including the Queensland Deposit Bank and Building Society, and the Queensland General Insurance Company, Ltd.

## Politics

Brentnall was appointed a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council on 17 April 1886. Although a lifetime appointment, he held it until the abolition of the Council on 23 March 1922.
Brentnall was also a member of the Coorparoo Shire Council and served as its chairman in 1888 and 1889.

## Later life

Brentnall died in Brisbane in 1925 and was buried in Balmoral Cemetery. He was survived by two daughters: Flora (Mrs E. B. Harris) and Charlotte Amelia Brentnall. His daughter, Flora Harris would help convene the Women's War Memorial Committee in Brisbane, which was instrumental in fundraising to establish a fountain in Anzac Square, following WWI. This fountain which sits alongside the carved panel carved by Daphne Mayo, honoured the men who fell during WWI.
# Everard (surname)

Everard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Charles George Everard (1794–1876), a physician, pioneer farmer and Member of the Legislative Council, in the early days of South Australia.
* Harriett Everard (1844–1882), an English singer and actress
* James Everard (born 1962), a British Army officer
* John Breedon Everard (1844–1923), an English civil engineer and architect
* John Everard (photographer), a British photographer
* John Everard I (fl. 1407–1431), MP for Rochester (UK Parliament constituency) in 1407 (in the 7th Parliament of King Henry IV, 9 Hen. 4 / 9 H. 4) and in 1411 (in the 9th Parliament of King Henry IV, 13 Hen. 4 / 13 H. 4)
* John Everard (? - died c. 1445), MP for Great Bedwyn (in the 9th Parliament of Henry V, 1420, 8 Hen. 5 / 8 H. 5) and Old Sarum (in the 2nd Parliament of Henry VI, 1423, 2 Hen. 6 / 2 H. 6)
* John Everard (Australian politician) (died 1886), an Australian politician in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
* John Everard (footballer) (1881–1952), an Australian rules footballer
* John Everard (preacher) (1584–1641), an English preacher and author
* John Everard (Member of the Parliament of Ireland) (c. 1550–1624), a 17th-century Irish judge and politician; son of Sir Redmond Everard, Member of the Parliament of Ireland for County Tipperary
* John Everard (diplomat), a former British Ambassador to Belarus, Uruguay, and North Korea
* Mathias Everard (?–died 1857), a major-general of Randilestown, County Meath
* Redmond Everard (Member of the Parliament of Ireland) (fl.1585), a 17th century Irish politician and landowner from Fethard, County Tipperary; father of Sir John Everard, Member of the Parliament of Ireland for County Tipperary
* Robert Everard (fl. in the 1st half of 17th century), an English soldier who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War
* Sarah Everard (1987-2021), a victim of deadly assault by the policeman who was a latent rapist and murderer
* Thomas Everard (died 1781), the mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
* Thomas Everard (1560–1633), an English Jesuit
* Wiliam Everard (fl. 14th century), MP for Norwich in the 4th Parliament of Henry IV (5 Hen. 4 / 5 H. 4; 1404, Jan.)
* William Everard (bap. 1602, d. in or after 1651), an early leader of the Diggers.
* William Everard (Victorian politician) (1869–1950), a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Evelyn
* William Everard (South Australian politician) (1819–1889), a member of South Australia's Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
* William Everard (brewer), the founder of Everards Brewery in Leicester
** Sir William Lindsay Everard (1891–1949), a brewer and grandson of the first William Everard, politician and philanthropist from Leicestershire, United Kingdom