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# Zurmala Stupa

Zurmala stupa is a remnant of the largest Buddhist stupa located in Termez district in Uzbekistan. It is considered to be the oldest construction still standing in Uzbekistan. It was built in the first or second century CE.
The stupa is 13.5m tall and has a diameter of about 14 m. It is made up of square bricks. Each of the bricks has a stamp which is similar to one used in Bactria during the Kushan Empire in the 3rd century AD. The fragment of kilned bricks can also be found around the stupa. It is believed that the exterior facade of the stupa was painted a bright red colour. Currently, the stupa has huge cracks around it.

## History

The early information about the stupa can be found in the diaries Xuan Jian, a Chinese buddhist priest who visited Termez in 629-630. According to him, there were more than 10 monasteries in Termez and more than 1000 monks. He mentioned that there were many stupas in the area. The study by A.S. Strelkov in 1926–1928 in the expedition by the Oriental Museum of Moscow and the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, noted the similarity with the description of Xuan Jian. Later, M.E. Masson organized an expedition to understand the general features of these monuments.
Archaeologist Alexander Strelkov, who investigated the tower in 1927, assumed that it was a Buddhist stupa. However, this statement was confirmed only half a century later during excavations led by Galina Pugachenkova. As a result of archaeological research of the monument, an assumption was made that its height is 13 meters, with a diameter of 14.5 meters. The monument is rectangular in shape (22 x 16 meters) and built of raw brick in the form of a cylindrical tower topped by a dome with bas-relief sculptures. During excavations many planks up to 3 meters long were found. Presumably the stupa was faced with red burnt bricks and stone blocks with scenes from Buddhist mythology.
# Hôtel de Ville, Niort

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation:, City Hall) is a municipal building in Niort, Deux-Sèvres, western France, standing on Place Martin-Bastard. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 2015.

## History

The first town hall in Niort was at the corner of Rue du Rempart and Rue Ricard. The aldermen relocated to an early iteration of the Pilori (the Pillory) in 1370: this square-shaped building, designed in the medieval style, was re-built by the master mason, Mathurin Berthomé, in 1535. After the French Revolution, the council was based at the governor's house in the grounds of the Donjon de Niort.
In the late 19th century, the town council decided to commission a new town hall. The site they selected was occupied by the old Collège de l'Oratoire (College of the Oratory of Jesus), which was established in Niort in 1617. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the president of France, Félix Faure, on 27 April 1897. It was designed by Georges Lasseron in the Renaissance Revival style, built in ashlar stone and was officially opened by the mayor, Ludovic Martin-Bastard, and the minister of justice, Ernest Monis, over several days between 25 and 28 May 1901.
The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of 11 bays facing onto the market square (now known as Place Martin-Bastard) with the end bays projected forward as pavilions. The central bay featured a round headed opening with a moulded surround and a keystone. The other bays on the ground floor in the central section were fenestrated by round headed windows, while the bays on the first floor were fenestrated with square headed windows. The end bays were fenestrated in a similar style and were surmounted by pyramid-shaped roofs with dormer windows. There were fine carvings between each of the bays on the first floor of the central section and there was a clock, supported by ornate carvings and surmounted by a coat of arms, above the central three bays. A tall octagonal belfry was erected behind the clock. Internally the principal rooms are the Salle du Conseil (council chamber) and the Salle de Mariages (wedding room). The paintings for these rooms were created by Charles Fouqueray.
Following the liberation of the town on 29 August 1944, during the Second World War, a crowd of some 10,000 people assembled outside the town hall to celebrate on 6 September 1944. A member of the French Resistance, Émile Bèche, was proclaimed mayor on the steps of the town hall.
In the early 21st century, two curved annexes were built to the east of the town hall to accommodate the demands for space for extra administrative staff: these buildings were designed by Jean-François Milou, and completed in March 2000. In August 2023, an extensive programme of engineering works, involving the pedestrianisation of the area around the town hall, got underway.
# National At-Large Constituency

The National At-Large and Overseas Compatriots Constituency (Chinese: 全國不分區及僑居國外國民選舉區), commonly known as the National At-Large Constituency (Chinese: 全國不分區), is a constituency of the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan's national legislature. The constituency contains 34 seats, and members are elected from party lists by proportional representation.

## Overview

The at-large constituency uses party-list proportional representation via the Hare quota. At least half of each party's elected candidate must be female.

## List of members
### 2024

* Democratic Progressive Party (13): Lin Yueh-chin [zh], Puma Shen, Ariel Chang, Hung Sun-han, Lo Mei-ling, You Si-kun, Fan Yun [zh], Ker Chien-ming, Shen Fa-hui, Chuang Jui-hsiung [zh], Michelle Lin, Jean Kuo [zh], Chen Pei-yu [zh], Wang Cheng-hsu（replacing You Si-kun), Wang Yi-chuan（replacing Hung Sun-han）
* Kuomintang (13): Han Kuo-yu, Ko Chih-en, Ko Ju-chun [zh], Weng Hsiao-ling, Chen Ching-Hui [zh], Wu Chung-hsien [zh], 林倩綺, Chen Yeong-kang, Hsu Yu-chen [zh], Hsieh Lung-chieh [zh], Su Ching-chuan, Chang Chia-chun [zh], Wang Yu-min [zh]
* Taiwan People's Party (8): Huang Shan-shan, Huang Kuo-chang, Chen Gau-tzu [zh], Wu Chun-cheng, Mạch Ngọc Trân, Lin Kuo-cheng, Lin Yi-chun, Chang Chi-kai
# Martin Tešovič

Martin Tešovič (born 26 October 1974) is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter.

## Early and personal life

Having been involved in sports since childhood, Tešovič wanted to play football, but it did not appeal to him. Tešovič developed an interest in bobsleigh following a discussion with Milan Jagnešák, who asked if he could try the sport. The former initially refused but eventually decided to try it.
Tešovič has a son named Šimon with his girlfriend, Katarína.

## Career
### Weightlifting

Tešovič competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 (10th place; middle heavyweight), 2004 (no total, 105 kg category), and 2012 (11th; 105kg category with a total of 363kg). He won the gold medal at the 1997 World Weightlifting Championships in the men's sub-heavyweight class (99kg) with a total of 400kg. He finished third place at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 412kg and was only 1kg behind the silver medalist Alexandru Bratan. Tešovič was supposed to participate at the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not enter the event due to Achilles tendon.

### Bobsleigh

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Tešovič teamed up with Milan Jagnešák, Marcel Lopuchovský, and Petr Narovec. They crashed out in the first round, but were eventually saved. At the 2013–14 Bobsleigh World Cup in Lake Placid, Tešovič finished fifth place during the four-man event with Jagnešák, Lukáš Kožienka, and Juraj Mokráš.
# Wakaf Bharu railway station

The Wakaf Bharu railway station is a Malaysian train station stationed at and named after the town of Wakaf Bharu, Tumpat, Kelantan. This is the nearest station accessible to Kota Bharu, state capital of Kelantan.

## Train services

* Ekspres Rakyat Timuran 26/27 Tumpat–JB Sentral
* Shuttle Timur 51/52/57/60 Tumpat–Gua Musang
* Shuttle Timur 55/56 Tumpat–Dabong

## Around the station

* Malaysia Federal Route 134
# Lauriane Nolot

Lauriane Nolot (born 9 December 1998) is a French professional kitesurfer. She is a two-time world champion in Formula Kite, winning in both 2023 and 2024. Nolot won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the inaugural women's Formula Kite event.

## Life

Nolot was born in Toulon on 9 December 1998. She grew up in Camps-la-Source. Her first sporting interest was horseriding. She has a degree from the University of Toulon. She started kitesurfing like her family at the age of 16. She would visit beaches with her father and brother and they became her fist competitors as she trained to be able to match or exceed their abilities. She decides to follow the evolution of the sport and learn to kitefoil, which is kitesurfing with a hydrofoil under the board. She then joined Ariane Imbert's training at Hyères in kitefoil at 19 years old while she studied for a master's degree in digital creation.
In 2021, Nolot became the French champion of France and she took the silver place at the 2021 European championships in Montpellier. In 2021 she took third place at that year's Formula Kite World Championships in Torregrande in Sardinia. However she was beaten by the British surfer Ellie Aldridge and Daniela Moroz who won the event.
The following year, she became the European champion 2022 in Greece. At the world championships in 2022 in Sardinia, she was beaten again by Daniela Moroz.
She won the Test Event (rehearsal for the Olympic Games) in Marseille.
Nolot won the World Championships in August 2023 in Bournemouth and Ellie Aldridge took the silver. There was a strong UK finish with third and fourth place also filled by British competitors, Lily Young and Katie Dabson.
In November 2023, she was nominated by World Sailing for the title of Rolex Sailor of the Year (International Sailor of the Year), and she gained the title of Sailor of the Year from the French Sailing Federation in December. She is part of the Centre national des sports de la défense [fr] training centre near Paris.
In March 2024 Nolot gained a gold medal at the Formula Kite European Championships in the Mar Menor lagoon in Spain. The top three finishers Nolot, Jessie Kampman and Poema Newland were all French riders competing intensely. It would have been an all French podium but Newland did not appear as she was "too emotional".
In May 2024 at the Formula Kite World Sailing Championships she took the World title again beating the British kitesurfer Ellie Aldridge into second place. Nolot was beaten by Aldridge who won a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the inaugural women's Formula Kite event. Nolot was awarded the silver after she fell in one of the final races.
Formula Kite :
| World Championships ||||
| Year | Where | Medal | Event |
| 2021 | Torregrande | Bronze | Formula Kite |
| 2022 | Cagliari | Silver | Formula Kite |
| 2023 | La Haya | Gold | Formula Kite |
| 2024 | Hyères | Gold | Formula Kite |
| European Championships ||||
| Year | Where | Medal | Event |
| 2021 | Montpellier | Bronze | Formula Kite |
| 2022 | Náfpaktos | Gold | Formula Kite |
| 2024 | Los Alcázares | Gold | Formula Kite |
# Andriy Pisnyi

Andriy Mykolayovych Pisnyi (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Пісний; born 20 September 1980) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Uzbek League club Mash'al Mubarek.

## Career

Pisnyi began playing football with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's youth side, and would eventually play one Ukrainian Premier League match for the club in 1998. He also played in the Ukrainian Premier League for FC Volyn Lutsk during the 2002–03 season and FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka and FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod during the 2007–08 season. Pisnyi joined FC Ihroservice Simferopol in March 2009, but would leave for Mash'al in August 2009.
# Brent Bennett

Brent Bennett is a former US Army paratrooper who was convicted by an Afghan court on 15 September 2004 for participating in torture and kidnapping, and for running a private jail in Kabul. Bennett and his associate Jonathan Idema had been operating as independent security contractors in Afghanistan, but had been representing themselves to the American and international media, members of the US military, and Afghan nationals as US government-sponsored covert operatives to track and apprehend Osama bin Laden and senior Taliban officials. The government has repeatedly denied the validity of their claims.
Bennett and Idema, along with journalist Edward Caraballo were arrested by Afghan police on 5 July 2004, during a raid in which they found eight Afghan men (some hanging from their feet) bound and hooded in detention. On 15 September 2004 a three-judge Afghan panel headed by Judge Abdul Baset Bakhtyari sentenced both Idema and Bennett to a ten-year prison term, while Caraballo received eight years. Idema and Bennett's sentences were later cut to five and three respectively. Caraballo claimed he was filming Idema and Bennett for a documentary on counterterrorism. Four Afghans working with Idema were sentenced to between one and five years imprisonment.
On 30 September 2006, after serving more than two years of his sentence, Bennett was released from prison and flown out Afghanistan. US officials secured Bennett a passport and a ticket out of the country.
# Sheptytsky Square

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Sheptytsky Square (Ukrainian: Майдан Шептицького, romanized: Maidan Sheptytskoho) is a square in the old town of Ivano-Frankivsk, commemorated to the head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Metropolitan Archbishop Lviv Andrey Sheptytsky who initially served in the town as bishop.
The square is located in the center of the town, directly adjacent to the Market Square separated from it by a row of private multi-story apartment buildings. The northern end of the square faces the Roman Catholic collegiate church of the Blessed Virgin Mary building which at the moment contains an art museum. The southern end faces the Greek Catholic Cathedral of Holy Resurrection located in a former Jesuit church and the western side of the square contains the building of a former Jesuit college now used the Ivano-Frankivsk Medical University.
# 1965 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1965 in Singapore.

## Incumbents

* President: Yusof Ishak (starting 9 August)
* Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (starting 9 August)

## Events
### January

* 6 January – The Orchard Theatre (present-day Cathay Cineleisure Orchard) was opened.

### March

* 10 March – Indonesian saboteurs carry out the MacDonald House bombing, killing 3 people.

### May

* 9 May – Lee Kuan Yew begins campaigning for a Malaysian Malaysia. It began with the formation of the Malaysian Solidarity Convention.

### July

* 10 July – A by-election was held in Hong Lim after Ong Eng Guan of the United People's Party resigned. After the vote, Lee Khoon Choy from the People's Action Party was elected into Hong Lim constituency, defeating Ong Chang Sam of the Barisan Sosialis.

### August

* 7 August- The Independence of Singapore Agreement was signed by both Malaysia and Singapore
* 9 August –
** The Malaysian Parliament votes to expel Singapore from the Federation; Singapore becomes independent after separating from Malaysia.
** On the same day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established, as well as the Ministry of Interior and Defence.
** TV Singapura merges with Radio Singapura to form Radio and Television Singapore (RTS).

### September

* 21 September – Singapore is admitted into the United Nations as the 117th member.

### October

* 15 October –
** Singapore becomes the 22nd member of the Commonwealth.
** The Singapore Conference Hall is officially opened.

### November

* 27 November – Singapore's first underground carpark is officially opened in Raffles Place, with a public garden built on top.

### December

* 8 December – The first sitting of Parliament commenced. However, MPs from Barisan Sosialis boycotted the first session.
* 14–21 December – Singapore took part in the 3rd South East Asian Peninsular Games. It clinched the third place, accumulating a total of 76 medals.
* 22 December – Constitutional Amendment Act is passed and Yusof bin Ishak becomes the first President of Singapore.
* 23 December – The Singapore Army Act is passed, leading to the formation of the Singapore Army.
* 30 December – The People's Defence Force Act was passed, leading to the formation of the People's Defence Force. This was done to build up the Singapore Army before the introduction of National Service.

## Births

* 12 January – Rayson Tan – Actor.
* 24 March –
** Gurmit Singh – Actor.
** Yee Jenn Jong – Politician.
* 27 March – Eric Khoo – Filmmaker.
* 28 March – Sylvia Lim – Politician.
* 19 July – Maliki Osman – Politician.
* 22 August – Chen Liping – Actress.
* 10 October – Chen Xiuhuan – Actress.
* 22 October – Ang Hin Kee – Former politician.
* Boey Kim Cheng – Poet.
* Elim Chew – Founder of 77th Street.
* Felix Cheong – Poet.
* Lily Kong - Academic.
* Haresh Sharma – Resident playwright of The Necessary Stage.
* Joash Moo – Novelist, poet, illustrator.
* Yang Libing – Actress.
# José López Portillo y Rojas

José López Portillo y Rojas (May 26, 1850 – May 22, 1923), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, was a Mexican lawyer, politician and man of letters. He served as Governor of Jalisco in 1911 and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1914 for coup leader and brief Mexican President Victoriano Huerta, during the United States occupation of Veracruz. He served as Director of the Mexican Academy of Language from 1916 to 1923.
His grandson José López Portillo y Pacheco, was the president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.

## Works

* Novels
    La Parcela (1898)
    Los Precursores (1909)
    Fuertes y débiles (1919)
    La Horma de Su Zapato
* Essays and stories
    Seis Leyendas (1883)
    Novelas Cortas (1900)
    Sucesos y Novelas Cortas (1903)
    Historias, Historietas y Cuentecillos (1918)
# Humenyuk

Humenyuk or Gumenyuk (Ukrainian: Гуменюк), traditionally transliterated as Humeniuk, Gumeniuk or Goumeniouk, is a Ukrainian surname. The Humenyuk surname may refer to:
* Irina Gumenyuk (born 1988), Russian triple jumper
* Kateryna Humenyuk (known as Assol, born 1994), Ukrainian singer
* Marianne Humeniuk (1947–2014), Canadian swimmer
* Natalia Humeniuk (soldier), spokesperson for the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine
* Nataliya Gumenyuk (born 1983), Ukrainian journalist
* Oleh Humenyuk (born 1983), Ukrainian football midfielder
* Oleksandr Humenyuk (1976–2025), Ukrainian football coach and player
* Pawlo Humeniuk (1883–1965), Ukrainian-American fiddler
* Scott Humeniuk (born 1969), retired professional ice hockey player
* Vasyl Humenyuk (born 1946), Ukrainian politician
* Walter Humeniuk (1929–1987), goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Black Hawks
# Tsuzuki Station

Tsuzuki Station (都筑駅, Tsuzuki-eki) is a railway station in Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad.

## Lines

Tsuzuki Station is served by the Tenryū Hamanako Line, and is located 53.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kakegawa Station.

## Station layout

The station has a single side platform and a single-story station building which also serves as the local bakery.

## Adjacent stations

| « | « | Service | » | » |
| Tenryū Hamanako Railroad |||||
| Tenryū Hamanako Line |||||
| Higashi-Tsuzuki | Higashi-Tsuzuki | - | Mikkabi | Mikkabi |

## Station history

Tsuzuki Station was established on April 1, 1938 as a station of the Japan National Railways Futamata Line with the completion of the Kanasashi-Mikkabi extension. Freight services were discontinued from 1962, and small parcel services from 1970, after which time the station was no longer staffed. On March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 39 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Lake Hamana
* Tōmei Expressway
# Nishi-Aioi Station

Nishi-Aioi Station (西相生駅, Nishi-Aioi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Nishi-Aioi Station is served by the Akō Line, and is located 3.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aioi, 23.7 kilometers from Himeji and 111.6 kilometers from Osaka.

## Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single-directional track. The station is staffed.

## Adjacent stations

| « | « | Service | » | » |
| JR West |||||
| Akō Line |||||
| Aioi | Aioi | - | Sakoshi | Sakoshi |

## History

Nishi-Aioi Station was opened on December 12, 1951. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 740 passengers daily

## Surrounding area

* Hyogo Prefectural Aioi Industrial High School
* Aioi Bay
* IHI Aioi Factory
* Japan National Route 250
# Tenwa Station

Tenwa Station (天和駅, Tenwa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Tenwa Station is served by the Akō Line, and is located 14.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aioi, and 4.0 kilometers from Banshū-Akō.

## Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single-directional track, with the platform on the right side when facing in the direction of Okayama. There is no station building, and the station is unattended.

## Adjacent stations

| « | « | Service | » | » |
| JR West |||||
| Akō Line |||||
| Banshū-Akō | Banshū-Akō | - | Bizen-Fukukawa | Bizen-Fukukawa |

## History

Tenwa Station was opened on May 1, 1963. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 262 passengers daily

## Surrounding area

* Mitsubishi Electric Ako Factory
* Ako City Akonishi Elementary School
* Japan National Route 250
# Yohannan Gabriel

Ishoʿyahb Ishaʿya Yohannan Gabriel (or Jean Guriel, 1758–1833) was bishop of Salmas of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1795 to his death.

## Life

Isho'yahb Gabriel was born in Khosrowa in 1758 and educated at the College of the Propaganda, which he entered in 1773. He was ordained a priest early in 1795, taking the name Yohannan. In the same year he was appointed metropolitan of Salmas and he was consecrated a bishop at Baghdad on 8 November 1795 by Yohannan Hormizd (then metropolitan of Mosul), on the instructions of the Vatican.
His appointment was resisted by a party in the Salmas district, who wanted as their bishop the priest Isaac, a nephew of the late metropolitan Ishoʿyahb Shemʿon. They sent Isaac to the Nestorian patriarch Shemʿon XVI Yohannan, who consecrated him bishop of Salmas at Qudshanis, giving him the name Ishoʿyahb Melchisedec. Eventually, following an approach by Yohannan Hormizd to the Persian authorities, Ishoʿyahb Gabriel was able to assert his authority and administer his diocese without opposition. As metropolitan of Salmas he was recognised as vicar with jurisdiction over the Mar Thoma Christians of Malabar by the Vatican in 1801.$^{:291}$
On 8 September 1804, on instructions from the Vatican, he consecrated Augustine Hindi metropolitan of Amid and patriarchal administrator in Mardin. According to Yohannan's nephew Joseph Guriel, followed by Tfinkdji, Yohannan Guriel died on 15 July 1833. According to his epitaph in the cemetery of Khosrowa, however, whose inscription styles him 'Mar Yohannan, metropolitan of Khosrowa, son of Jonas', he died on 13 July 1832.$^{:297}$