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# Cessna EC-1

The Cessna Model EC-1 was a 1930s American single-seat, free-floating high tourer glider built by the Cessna Aircraft Company in the early 1930s as a response to the Great Depression. Designed by Eldon Cessna, it was a single-seat, free-floating high glider based on the CG-2 training glider, with a 26 hp Cleone engine. Although it was not put into serial production, the EC-1 played a role in Cessna's eventual success.

## Design and development

Following the onset of the Great Depression following the Wall Street crash of 1929 in the United States, Cessna Aircraft encountered significant challenges in selling their aircraft. To address this issue, the company pursued the development of a small, cost-effective airplane that would be economical to operate. The project was led by Eldon Cessna, the son of Clyde Cessna, who was the company's leader at the time. The design of the aircraft was based on the CG-2 training glider.
In 1930, the company completed the first prototype of this aircraft, designated as the EC-1 and registered as N133V. The EC-1 was a s equipped with a 25 hp Cleone engine. A second aircraft of this type, registered as N199V, was also produced shortly after. The EC-2, a two-seat version of the aircraft, was subsequently developed and equipped with a 30 hp (22 kW) Aeronca E-107A engine. Only two prototypes, registered as N403W and N405W and painted red, were constructed under this designation. These prototypes were commonly referred to as "Baby Cessnas". Cessna did not proceed with serial production of the EC-1 or EC-2, as operations were suspended until 1934. The sole surviving EC-1 is currently on display at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum.

## Specifications

General characteristics
* Crew: 2
* Fuel capacity: 8 Gal.
Performance
# Abdul Wahab Khan (politician)

Abdul Wahab Khan (Bengali: আব্দুল ওহাব খান; 18 April 1898 – 12 July 1972) was the 3rd speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. He is the grandfather of Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy.

## Early life and family

Khan was born on 18 April 1898 to a middle-class Bengali Muslim family of Khans in the village of Rahmatpur in Babuganj, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency. The village was named after his ancestor, Rahmat Khan, an Afghan migrant who was killed in conflict with Raja Kandarpanarayan Rai of Chandradwip in the 16th century. His father, Sadat Ali Khan, was a moulvi. Khan completed his Bachelor of Arts from Brojomohun College in 1918, and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calcutta in 1921.

## Career

Khan served as an assistant public prosecutor for twenty years at the Barisal Court. He became the vice-chairman of Barisal Sadar Local Board in 1922, and then the vice-chairman of the Barisal District Board from 1927 to 1933. In 1940, he was appointed the chairman of the District Board and held this role until 1952. He served as the elected commissioner of the Barisal Municipality for three consecutive terms. In 1942, he became the vice-president of the Barisal District School Board, and was made president in 1950. He was also one of the founding members of the Krishak Sramik Party and represented them at the Bengal Legislative Assembly after winning in the 1937 Bengal elections against his rival Mawlana Abul Qasim of the All-India Muslim League. His constituency, Backergunge North, covered Babuganj, Gournadi, Wazirpur and the Kotwali metropolitan thana.
The 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election was the first legislative election in the Dominion of Pakistan, and Khan contested as a candidate of the Krishak Sramik Party under its United Front coalition. He was thus elected as a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly, and subsequently the 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan, where he was also appointed as the Speaker. Khan later lost his role as Speaker as a result of the 1958 Pakistani coup d'état. Khan competed in the 1962 Basic Democracy elections but was unsuccessful.

## Death

Khan died on 12 July 1972.
# Rockfish

Rockfish is a common term for several species of fish, referring to their tendency to hide among rocks.
The name rockfish is used for many kinds of fish used for food. This common name belongs to several groups that are not closely related, and can be arbitrary.
Specific examples of fish termed rockfish include:
* The family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world. They may be included in the family Scorpaenidae.
** Sebastes, a commercially important genus of fish in the Sebastidae inhabiting mainly the North Pacific, but with a few species in the North Atlantic and southern oceans
** In Washington State, many species of Sebastes and a few of Sebastolobus are called rockfish.
* Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
* Bull huss or bull huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
* Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
* Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
* Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
* The stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
* Striped bass (Morone saxatilis), called rockfish on the Atlantic coast of North America from New Jersey south
* Groupers, fish in the subfamily Epinephelinae
* Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as the Madeira rockfish (S. maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
* Myliobatis goodei, which is sometimes called "rockfish"

## Sources

* ↑ Rockfish Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch.
* ↑ Leschin-Hoar, C. Do Fish Names Encourage Fishy Business? National Public Radio. 30 July 2015.
* ↑ List of Rockfish (Scorpaenidae) Species. AFSC Guide to Rockfishes. Alaska Fisheries Science Center. NOAA.
* ↑ Rockfish (Sebastes spp.). Monterey Bay Aquarium.
* ↑ "Rockfish | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife". wdfw.wa.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
* ↑ Davidson, Alan (2003). North Atlantic Seafood: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes (2nd ed.). Ten Speed Press (published 1979). p. 86. ISBN 978-1-58008-450-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
# Jane Stevenson

Jane Stevenson may refer to:
* Jane Stevenson (historian) (born 1959), British historian, literary scholar, and author
* Jane Stevenson (politician) (born 1971), British politician, MP for Wolverhampton North East
# Lucy Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

Lucy Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1613 – 14 November 1679), born Lucy Davies, was a seventeenth-century English poet. Her poems were not published in her lifetime. She had ten children including Elizabeth and the 7th Theophilus Hastings.

## Biography

She was the daughter of Lady Eleanor and Sir John Davies (1569–1626) of Englefield, Berkshire, a prominent courtier in the reigns of James I and Charles I and himself a poet; her mother was notorious as the "mad prophetess" Dame Eleanor Davies (1590–1652), sister of the executed Lord Castlehaven. At the young age of ten years, her father arranged a marriage for her with Ferdinando Hastings, son and heir of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon (1586–1643). (The Earl was aristocratic but poor; Davies was wealthy and ambitious, and had earlier purchased one of the Earl's estates.) Now Lucy Hastings, she was tutored by Bathsua Makin and became fluent in French, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew; she translated the Latin poems of Peter du Moulin.
As Countess of Huntingdon, Lucy Hastings became involved in a bitter property dispute with her mother in the years 1627–33; Eleanor Davies denounced her daughter as a "Jezebel," though troubles due to her religious writings caused the older woman to be imprisoned and lose control of her property to her daughter for a decade.
Though her husband, then the 6th Earl of Huntingdon, was outwardly neutral during the English Civil War, other members of the family, including his brother Henry Hastings, were ardent Royalists. The Hastings family estate, Ashby de la Zouch Castle, was taken by Parliamentary forces in March 1646; the surrender terms demanded that the Castle be demolished, and the family moved to their estate at Donington Park.
Lucy Hastings and her husband had ten children including Lady Elizabeth Langham. Three of the sons predeceased their father; when the family's heir (another Henry Hastings) died of smallpox in June 1649, his passing inspired a collection of elegies titled Lachrymae Musarum ("Tears of the Muses"), edited by Richard Brome and containing verses by John Dryden, Andrew Marvell, Robert Herrick, and others. When the sixth Earl died on 13 February 1656, he was succeeded by Theophilus Hastings, the couple's fourth and sole surviving son.
Lucy Hastings' poetry remained unpublished during her lifetime, a fate common among women writers of her historical period. However, in the contemporary era's renewed interest in rediscovering women writers from past centuries, her work has received increased critical attention.
# Teemu Harju

Teemu Harju (born 25 May 1992) is a Finnish professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He won a silver medal at the WDF Europe Cup and represented Finland during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Harju was a prospective player. He took part in the PDC World Youth Championship three times as a qualifier from Scandinavia. His best result was at the 2012 PDC World Youth Championship, where he defeated Ryan Harrington in the first round match by 5–1 in legs. In the second round he lost to Rhys Dudley by 3–5 in legs.
At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating Nick Kenny, Jan McIntosh and Danny van Trijp on the road to the final. In the final, he lost to Jacques Labre by 2–7 in legs and becoming the first singles medalist from Finland since Ulf Ceder in 2012. In the team competition, advanced with his team to the quarter-finals, where they lost to the team from Netherlands. In the pair competition, he was eliminated in the first phase.

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014–2023 | 2024 |
| WDF Ranked televised events ||||||
| World Masters | DNP | DNP | 1R | DNP | DNP |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events ||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | NH | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | RR |
| World Youth Championship | 1R | 2R | 1R | DNP | DNP |
Performance Table Legend :
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |
# Department of Women and Child Welfare (Andhra Pradesh)

The Minister of Women & Child Welfare, is the head of the Department of Women & Child Welfare of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
The incumbent minister of the Women & Child Welfare department is the Gummadi Sandhya Rani from Telugu Desam Party.

## List of ministers

| # | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. |
| # | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term start | Term end | Duration | Election (Term) | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. |
| 1 | | | Peethala Sujatha (born 1973) MLA for Chintalapudi | 8 June 2014 | 1 April 2017 | 2 years, 297 days | 2014 (14th) | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | N. Chandrababu Naidu | |
| 2 | | | Paritala Sunitha (born 1970) MLA for Raptadu | 2 April 2017 | 29 May 2019 | 2 years, 57 days | 2014 (14th) | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | N. Chandrababu Naidu | |
| 3 | | | Taneti Vanitha (born 1973) MLA for Kovvur | 30 May 2019 | 7 April 2022 | 2 years, 312 days | 2019 (15th) | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | |
| 4 | | | K. V. Ushashri Charan (born 1976) MLA for Kalyandurg | 11 April 2022 | 11 June 2024 | 2 years, 61 days | 2019 (15th) | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | |
| 5 | | | Gummadi Sandhya Rani (born 1973) MLA for Salur | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 214 days | 2024 (16th) | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu IV | N. Chandrababu Naidu | |
# Michael Webster

Michael or Mike Webster may refer to:
* Mike Webster (1952–2002), American football player
* Mike Webster (Canadian football) (born 1944), Canadian clinical psychologist and former football player
# Woodlands

Woodlands may back-refer to:

## Geography
### Australia

* Woodlands, New South Wales
* Woodlands, Ashgrove, Queensland, a heritage-listed house associated with John Henry Pepper
* Woodlands, Marburg, Queensland, a heritage-listed house associated with Thomas Lorimer Smith
* Woodlands, Queensland, a suburb of Lockyer Valley Region
* Woodlands, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
* Woodlands, East Maitland, New South Wales, a heritage-listed residence
* Woodlands, Newcastle, New South Wales, a heritage-listed house

### Canada

* Woodlands, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta, Canada
* Woodlands County, a municipal district in Alberta, Canada
* Woodlands, North Vancouver
* Woodlands, Ontario
* Woodlands, Manitoba
* Woodlands (New Westminster), a former psychiatric hospital in British Columbia
* Rural Municipality of Woodlands, a rural municipality in Manitoba

### Ireland

* Woodlands railway station (Ireland)

### New Zealand

* Woodlands, New Zealand, a locality within Southland District
* Woodlands, Bay of Plenty, a locality within Western Bay of Plenty District

### Singapore

* Woodlands, Singapore
* Woodlands MRT station
* Woodlands North MRT station
* Woodlands South MRT station
* Woodlands Bus Interchange
* Woodlands Train Checkpoint
* Woodlands Checkpoint
* Woodlands railway station, Singapore

### South Africa

* Woodlands, Durban, a suburb
* Woodlands, Johannesburg, a suburb
* Woodlands, Mitchells Plain, a suburb of Cape Town

### United Kingdom

* Woodlands, Dorset, England
* Woodlands, Falkirk, Scotland
* Woodlands, Glasgow, Scotland
* Woodlands, Hampshire, England, village in Netley Marsh parish
* Woodlands, West Meon, Hampshire, hamlet in West Meon parish
* Woodlands, London
* Woodlands, Somerset, England
* Woodlands, South Yorkshire, England
* Woodlands, several other United Kingdom locations

### United States

* Woodlands (Gosport, Alabama), a historic house
* Woodlands, California, a census-designated place
* Barnsley Gardens, a plantation formerly known as Woodlands in Adairsville, Georgia
* Woodlands and Blythewood, Clarkesville, Georgia, a National Register of Historic Places listing in Habersham County, Georgia
* Woodlands Historic District, Lexington, Kentucky, a National Register of Historic Places listing in Fayette County, Kentucky
* Woodlands (Perryville, Maryland)
* The Woodlands (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), a historic mansion and cemetery
* Woodlands (Bamberg, South Carolina), a historic house
* Woodlands (Columbia, South Carolina), a National Register of Historic Places listing in Richland County, South Carolina
* Woodlands (Charlottesville, Virginia), a National Register of Historic Places listing in Albemarle County, Virginia
* Woodlands, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

## Other uses

* Woodlands Christian Centre, Bristol, England
* Woodlands Historic Park near Melbourne Airport
* Woodland period, indigenous cultures from ca. 1000 BCE–1000 CE in the eastern part of North America
# Kraków Governorate

Kraków Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.
Kraków Governorate was created from the Kraków Voivodeship by the Tsar's Decree in 7 March 1837. In 1842, it was renamed Kielce Governorate, and then, with the introduction of a new administrative division in Congress Poland on 1 January 1844, Kielce Governorate was merged with Sandomierz Governorate and received the name Radom Governorate.
# 2024 North Dakota State Treasurer election

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The 2024 North Dakota State Treasurer election took place on November 5, 2024, to elect the next state treasurer of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican treasurer Thomas Beadle won a second term unopposed. Primary elections took place on June 11, 2024.

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Thomas Beadle, incumbent state treasurer

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Thomas Beadle (incumbent) | 81,014 | 99.51% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 403 | 0.49% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 81,417 | 100.00% |

## General election
### Results

2024 North Dakota State Treasurer election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Thomas Beadle (incumbent) | 303,730 | 98.08% | +32.48% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 5,952 | 1.92% | +1.48% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 309,682 | 100.00% | N/A |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
# Chrysanthos of Madytos

Chrysanthos of Madytos (Greek: Χρύσανθος ὁ ἐκ Μαδύτων; c. 1770 – 1846) was a Greek poet, chanter, Archimandrite, and Archbishop, born in Madytos. In preparation of the first printed books of Orthodox chant, he was responsible for a reform of the Byzantine notation within the New Music School of the Patriarchate, along with Gregorios the Protopsaltes and Chourmouzios the Archivist who transcribed the traditional repertory into the Chrysanthine notation.

## Works

* Petros Peloponnesios (1811). Chrysanthos of Madytos (ed.). Καταβασίαι των δεσποτικών και θεομητορικών εορτών συντεθείσα (sic) μέν παρά του μουσικολογιωτάτου κυρού Πέτρου λαμπαδαρίου του Λακεδαίμονος τω δέ ,αωια΄ υπό Χρυσάνθου τα χρονικά μέτρα διαιρεθείσαι, της κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου, ήχος α΄ Πεποικιλμένη τη θεία δόξη. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
* Chrysanthos of Madytos (1821). Εισαγωγή εις το θεωρητικόν και πρακτικόν της Εκκλησιαστικής Μουσικής συνταχθείσα προς χρήσιν των σπουδαζόντων αυτήν κατά την νέαν μέθοδον παρά Χρυσάνθου του εκ Μαδύτων, Διδασκάλου του Θεωρητικού της Μουσικής. Paris: Rigniou.
* Chrysanthos of Madytos (1832), Θεωρητικὸν μεγὰ τῆς Μουσικῆς, Triest: Michele Weis, retrieved 11 April 2012.

### Publications made in his name

* Theodoros Phokaeos (1851). Drovianites, Margaritas P. Ch. (ed.). Θεωρητική και πρακτική εκκλησιαστική μουσική. Συνταχθείσα κατά μεν το πρώτον παρά του αοιδίμου Διδασκάλου Χρυσάνθου ενός των τριών της νέας Μεθόδου εφευρετών΄ αντιγραφείσα δε το δεύτερον και τρίτον παρά των άλλων δύο, Γρηγορίου Πρωτοψάλτου της Μεγάλης Εκκλησίας, και Χουρμουζίου Χαρτοφύλακος επί το συντομότερον ωσαύτως και τέταρτον παρά Θεοδώρου Φωκαέως, και διαφόροις τύποις εκδοθείσα. Ήδη δε το πέμπτον και αύθις συνταχθείσα, και όσον οιόν τε επί το μεθοδικώτερον και εξηγηματικώτερον μετενεχθείσα παρά του εκδότου Μαργαρίτου Π. Χ. Δροβιανίτου προς χρήσιν των μαθηματευόντων, νυν πρώτον τύποις εκδέδοται. Galata: E. Kayol. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
* Chrysanthos of Madytos; Gregorios the Protopsaltes; Chourmouzios Chartophylakos (1872). Menas, Domenikos (ed.). Κρηπίς του θεωρητικού και πρακτικού της εκκλησιαστικής μουσικής συνταχθείσα παρά Χρυσάνθου Μητροπολίτου Προύσης, Γρηγορίου Πρωτοψάλτου και Χουρμουζίου Χαρτοφύλακος. Athens: Ch. N. Philadelpheos. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

### Translations

* Romanou, Katy G. (2010). Great Theory of Music by Chrysanthos of Madytos translated by Katy Romanou. New Rochelle, New York: Axion Estin Foundation. ISBN 9780615342597.
* Terzopulos, Konstantinos (2012). Introduction to the New Method of Byzantine Chant Notation – An English translation of Chourmouzios' revision of Chrysanthos' Eisagoge. Saint Louis, MO: Psaltic Notes Press.
# Gordon Binns

Gordon Binns (1 March 1899 – 24 September 1976) was an Australian bank manager and amateur ornithologist, notable for his involvement with the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. He was Secretary of the organisation during the periods 1953–56 and 1959–63, and President from 1965–66.

## Early life and career

Binns was born on 1 March 1899 in Yarraville, Victoria, and spent his boyhood years in the Victorian townships of Great Western and Victoria. In 1914, after leaving school, he began working at the State Savings Bank of Victoria. At age 17, during the First World War, he enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force, as a member of the 2nd Australian Machine Gun Company. He was wounded in northern France on 10 August 1918, during the Australian attack on Lihons, and spent more than a month in hospital recovering from his injuries. After the war, he remained in England for two years, before returning to Australia and his employment at the State Savings Bank.

## Natural history

After 1938, Binns served at several bank branches in rural Victoria, including Cobram (1938–144), Ouyen (1945–47) and Terang (1948–50). During this period, he began writing about natural history, publishing "Notes for Birdland" in Savings Weekly, the journal of the State Savings Bank. For 20 years, he published "The Out of Doors", a weekly column in the Terang Express, using the pen name Neophema. In 1943, he joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. He published several articles in the Union's flagship journal, The Emu, including "Birds of Terang, South-western Victoria". In his final years with the State Savings Bank, Binns was manager at several suburban branches (1951–56), at Horsham (1957–1960) and Box Hill (1961–64). During this period, he was also a prominent member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, serving as their Secretary from 1953–56 and again from 1959–63, and President from 1965–66.

## Death and legacy

Binns died in Blackburn, Victoria on 24 September 1976, just a few months after the death of his wife, Ilma. He was survived by his three daughters, Ruth, Phyllis and Meredith, and his son Greg. In an obituary published in the journal The Emu, W.R. Wheeler wrote that "As one who worked with him on Council, I regarded his diligence and energy, particularly over his correspondence with members throughout Australia and overseas, as outstanding. He was truly one of the old school."