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# Electoral district of Castle Hill

Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Hodges of the Liberal Party.
It is a conservative urban electorate in the Hills District in Sydney's north west.

## History

The electorate formed during the redistribution in 2004 and replaced the former electorate of The Hills, which was abolished at the same time. It was first contested at the 2007 election, when it was won by Michael Richardson, previously the member for The Hills.
While the Hills District has long been Liberal heartland, Castle Hill is considered a particularly safe seat even by Hills standards. Counting its time as The Hills, the Liberals have always won an outright majority in this seat on the first count. In the first three elections after its creation, Labor was lucky to win 30 percent of the two-party vote.
After the 2015 election, it was the safest seat in the state, with a 29.4 percent swing needed for Labor to win it.
At the 2023 state election, the Liberals suffered a swing of 11.5 percent, but still retained it with 60.9 percent of the two-party vote. Labor managed 39.1 percent of the two-party vote, its best showing in the seat and its predecessors since winning 45 percent in The Hills during the "Wranslide" of 1978.

## Geography

On its current boundaries, Castle Hill takes in the suburbs of Annangrove, Glenhaven, Kenthurst, Glenorie, Castle Hill, Dural, Middle Dural, Baulkham Hills, and West Pennant Hills.

## Members for Castle Hill

| Member | Party | Period |
| Michael Richardson | Liberal | 2007–2011 |
| Dominic Perrottet | Liberal | 2011–2015 |
| Ray Williams | Liberal | 2015–2023 |
| Mark Hodges | Liberal | 2023–present |

## Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Castle Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Mark Hodges | 27,085 | 50.7 | −13.4 |
| | Labor | Tina Cartwright | 15,159 | 28.4 | +8.3 |
| | Greens | Tina Kordrostami | 4,786 | 9.0 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | My Trinh | 3,642 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | Sustainable Australia | Eric Claus | 1,403 | 2.6 | −0.5 |
| | Independent | Nathan Organ | 1,352 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 53,427 | 97.6 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,300 | 2.4 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,727 | 90.6 | −1.5 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Mark Hodges | 29,223 | 60.9 | −11.5 |
| | Labor | Tina Cartwright | 18,760 | 39.1 | +11.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −11.5 | |
# Berkan Durmaz

Berkan Durmaz (born February 20, 1997) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays as power forward.

## Professional career

Born in Osmangazi in Bursa, Durmaz cut his teeth in the youth system of Tofaş S.K., before making his debut in professional basketball during the 2015–16 season. He saw action for Tofas in the TBL as well as for the club’s reserve squad in the TBL2.
On July 2, 2021, he has signed with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Super League (BSL).
On July 4, 2023, he signed with Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
On June 27, 2024, he signed with Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).

## International career

Durmaz represented the Turkish national basketball team at the 2013 under-16 and the 2015 under-18 European Championships.
# Atrocalopteryx

Atrocalopteryx is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It was established in 2005 during a phylogenetic study of the family, and its definition is still unclear.

## Species

Species include:
* Atrocalopteryx atrata (Selys, 1853)
* Atrocalopteryx atrocyana (Fraser, 1935)
* Atrocalopteryx auco Hämäläinen, 2014
* Atrocalopteryx coomani (Fraser, 1935)
* Atrocalopteryx fasciata Yang, Hämäläinen & Zhang, 2014
* Atrocalopteryx laosica (Fraser, 1933)
* Atrocalopteryx melli (Ris, 1912)
* Atrocalopteryx oberthueri (McLachlan, 1894)
# Réunion night heron

The Réunion night heron (Nycticorax duboisi) is an extinct species of heron formerly occurring on the Mascarene island of Réunion.
It was for a long time only known from a single description, that of Dubois published in 1674. He stated:
   Bitterns or Great Egrets, large as capons, but very fat and good. They have grey plumage, each feather spotted with white, the neck and beak like a Heron, and the feet green, made like the feet of Poullets d'Inde (Porphyrio, W.R.). This bird lives on fish.
When subfossil bones were finally recovered in the late 20th century, they were initially described under a new name as the original description was believed to be invalid. However, only the genus initially assigned by Rothschild was incorrect.
The Réunion night heron was the largest Nycticorax of the Mascarene Islands and larger even than the nankeen night heron. Unlike its relatives from Mauritius and Rodrigues, it was not adapted to a terrestrial lifestyle; its wings were strong and its legs not adapted to chasing prey on foot. Dubois mentions that the birds lived on fish.

## Extinction

Of all the reports mentioning herons on Réunion, only the one of Dubois can be assigned to this species. Significantly, Jean Feuilley in 1705 did not mention these birds, and only in the second half of the 18th century are herons on Réunion referred to again, with the striated heron being the only species found, but "very rare". Thus, the Réunion night heron probably became extinct around 1700. However, as there are no good reasons for its disappearance (neither habitat destruction nor introduced predators would have affected it much, nor does it seem to have been a favourite target for hunters), it might have persisted until considerably later.
# Eugenio Staccione

Eugenio Staccione (14 April 1909 – 5 May 1967) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

## Early and personal life

Staccione was born in Turin; his older brother, Vittorio was also a professional footballer.

## Career

Staccione played for Torino, Casale, Messina, Juventus and Valle d'Aosta.

## Later life and death

After retiring from football, Staccione worked as a labourer for FIAT.
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# Réunion fody

The Réunion fody (Foudia delloni) is an extinct bird species from the family of weavers. It was endemic to the Mascarene island of Réunion.

## Taxonomy

This bird was first mentioned in a report by traveller Gabriel Dellon and a second time in 1674 by Dubois. The species, of which no museum specimens exist, was formally described as a new species by Anthony Cheke and Julian Pender Hume in their book Lost Land of the Dodo in 2008.
A type of fody on Réunion was previously mentioned as Foudia bruante by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in the work Planches Enluminées in 1776. But after a hypothesis by Cheke and Hume, Foudia bruante might be just a colour morph of the red fody, which was introduced to Réunion about 100 years after the discovery of Foudia delloni.

## Description

The Réunion fody reached roughly the size of a house sparrow. The head, neck, throat and the wing underparts of the breeding male were bright red. Back and tail were brown. The belly was pale. The head of the females and the juvenile males was brown. Neck and wings were red. The throat was pale brown.

## Extinction

The Réunion fody was once described as abundant and as a pest that destroyed entire crops. It was last seen shortly after 1672. The reason for its extinction might be predation by rats.
# Mayotte scops owl

The Mayotte scops owl (Otus mayottensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the island of Mayotte in the Comoros.

## Taxonomy

The Mayotte scops owl has been considered to be conspecific with the Pemba scops owl (Otus pembaensis), the Anjouan scops owl (Otus capnodes), the rainforest scops owl and the Torotoroka scops owl (Otus madagascariensis under O. rutilus), but this species has now been split and the Mayotte scops owl is now regarded as its own species, mainly based on its very different call. The scops owls of Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles form a clade within the genus Otus with the Oriental scops owl (Otus sunia) and are not closely related to the continental African scops owls.

## Description

The Mayotte scops owl is very similar to the rainforest scops owl (Otus rutilus) with which it was once considered conspecific. The upperparts are plain brown marked with faint light spots while the underparts are paler brown than the upperparts. The facial disk is also brownish with a contrasting darker rim restricted to just the sides and not seen above the eyes. The crown is brown with darker streaks and the flanks are more reddish-brown with short dark streaks. The eyes are yellow. The body length is 20–22 cm (7.9–8.7 in).

### Voice

The call of the Mayotte scops owl is a series of 3–11 deep, single hoots.

## Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to Maore island in Mayotte. where it is common and widespread. The habitat of the Mayotte scops owl is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

## Status

The population of the Mayotte scops owl is thought to be stable as there is no evidence for any decline or of any substantial threats, thus it is categorised as least concern.
# Apostolic Nunciature to Vanuatu

The Apostolic Nunciature to Vanuatu is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Vanuatu. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The title Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu is usually held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand; he resides in Wellington, New Zealand.

## List of papal representatives to Vanuatu
### Apostolic Nuncios

* Patrick Coveney (15 October 1996 – 25 January 2005)
* Charles Daniel Balvo (1 April 2006 – 17 January 2013)
* Martin Krebs (23 September 2013 – 16 June 2018)
* Gábor Pintér (14 January 2025 – present)
# Aquilegia cossoniana

Aquilegia cossoniana is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Africa.

## Description

Aquilegia cossoniana is a perennial herb, closely resembling Aquilegia viscosa but with larger leaves and flowers, and 4–5 or more flowering stems.

## Taxonomy

The species was first described as a variety cossoniana of the common columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris, by René Maire and Frère Sennen in 1934. It was later reassessed as a subspecies of A. vulgaris by Alain Dobignard and Denis Jordan in 1987, and finally as a species in its own right by Salvador Rivas Martínez in 2011.

### Etymology

The specific epithet cossoniana honours the French botanist Ernest Cosson. In their 1934 description of the plant as a variety of Aquilegia vulgaris, Maire and Sennen noted its similarity to A. vulgaris var. viscosa, as described by Cosson in his work Compendium florae Atlanticae. They differentiated var. cossoniana by its taller stature, larger leaves, much larger flowers, and greater number of flowering stems.

## Distribution and habitat

Aquilegia cossoniana is native to northern Morocco and northern Algeria. It was recorded by René Maire and Frère Sennen in their 1934 description as growing in several locations in the Atlas Mountains: in Morocco, on Jbel Tidirhine and near Ketama; and in Algeria in the Djurdjura range, in mountains near Akfadou, and in the Babor Mountains.

## Conservation

As of December 2024, the species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List.
# Benigna Gottliebe Biron

Benigna Gottliebe von Trotta genannt Treyden, later Biron (15 October 1703 – 5 November 1782), was a Duchess consort of Courland and lady-in-waiting to Anna of Russia, during her tenure as duchess, and a state lady during her reign as empress.

## Biography

Benigna Gottliebe was the daughter of the Baltic-German nobleman Wilhelm von Trotta genannt Treyden (d. 1725) and his wife, Anna Elisabeth von Wildemann. She was made a lady-in-waiting to the dowager duchess regent of Courland, Anna of Russia, in 1720, and in 1723 married to Anna's lover and adviser Ernst Johann von Bühren. The marriage was reportedly arranged by Anna in an attempt to conceal her own relationship with Biron.

### Russia

When Anna became Empress of Russia in 1730, the Biron couple both followed her to Russia, retaining their position as adviser and lady in waiting. Benigna is described as haughty and bad tempered and marked with smallpox, but also as a diligent parent and lady in waiting. She spent great amounts of money on clothes and jewelry and also received many costly gifts from Anna.

### Duchess of Courland

When her husband was made duke of Courland in 1737, she was decorated with the Order of Saint Catherine. She shared her husband's imprisonment in 1740 and returned with him to Courland in 1763, where she spent the rest of her life at the court in Mitau (Jelgava).
She is described as a good painter and textile artist, and she and her daughter embroidered a tapestry of silk which were displayed in the Jelgava Palace. She also published a book of religious German language poems, published in Moscow in 1777 entitled "Eine große Kreuzträgerin".

## Issue

* Peter von Biron (1724–1800)
* Hedwig Elizabeth von Biron (1727–1797)
* Karl Ernst (1728–1801)
# Amydrium medium

Amydrium medium is an epiphytic/hemiepiphytic, vining flowering plant in the arum (aroid) family, Araceae, that is native to Southeast Asia.
In modern times, Amydrium medium has become more well-known and obtainable on the plant market, largely thanks to tissue culture. Along with the type species, with its typical green leaves, several cultivars have been developed, including the teal-blue, light-gray foliage of A. medium 'Silver', or the web-like patterning of A. medium 'Spiderman'. There are also few variegated forms, such as the white-and-green marbling of 'Albo Variegata' or the lime-green and yellow-"swirled" foliage of 'Galaxy' and 'Mint'. However, despite its commercial availability, the genera Amydrium, as a whole, is still relatively unknown amongst plant hobbyists, being outcompeted by other, related genera, such as Epipremnum, Monstera, Philodendron, Scindapsus and Syngonium, to name a few.

## Distribution

Amydrium medium's native range is west from mainland Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand) and east through certain islands of Indonesia and the Philippines.
# Ganophyllum falcatum

Ganophyllum falcatum, commonly known as the scaly ash, is an evergreen rainforest tree. It grows up to 32 metres high and has rough, flaky bark. The species was described by German-Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1851 based on plant material collected from the coast of New Guinea.It is native to Africa, the Andaman Islands, Asia, Malesia and northern Australia. The ovoid fruits are consumed by fruit pigeons and cassowaries.
# Janith Silva

Janith Silva (born 16 November 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the 2010–11 Premier Trophy on 22 April 2011. In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.
# Chathura Peiris

Chathura Peiris (born 23 September 1990) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who plays for Ragama Cricket Club.
# Hasitha Lakmal de Silva

Hasitha Lakmal de Silva (born 25 March 1991) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018. He made his List A debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 12 March 2018.
# Navod Ilukwatta

Navod Ilukwatta (born 21 December 1991) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 5 February 2017.
# A Better Place

A Better Place is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Vincent Pereira. It stars Robert DiPatri and Eion Bailey. It was produced in association with View Askew, Kevin Smith's production company, and released to DVD by Synapse Films. It was nominated for the Golden Starfish Award for Best American Independent Film at the 1997 Hamptons International Film Festival. In 2016, the film screened out of jury competition, in the director-curated block, but was chosen as the Audience Favorite Feature Film of the first annual Oil Valley Film Festival.

## Plot

Barret Michaelson is an unwelcome newcomer in a public high school, often bullied by his new classmates. He has no friends until another misfit with a bad reputation, Ryan, saves him from a beating in the men's locker room. Ryan is a misanthropic existentialist with violent tendencies and a dark past. It is revealed that Ryan's father murdered his mother and then committed suicide in front of Ryan when he was only ten years old.
The two become fast friends who spend much of their time together engaged in philosophical conversation, but their friendship comes to an abrupt halt when the two are involved in an incident with a local landowner who claims they are trespassing on his land. Ryan throws a rock at the man, causing him to fall and break his neck on a rock. The two manage to successfully make it look like an accident, but the incident forces Barret to pull away from his friendship with Ryan. This causes Ryan to become very emotional, and to purchase a black market gun. Barret soon agrees that they should put the incident behind them and continue to be friends, but Ryan becomes increasingly morose and attached to Barret.
When Ryan suffers a brutal beating at the hands of the bully against whom Ryan had originally defended Barret, he is consumed by a will for revenge, and makes it clear to Barret that he intends to shoot the bully to death. Barret tries as hard as he can to dissuade Ryan, but Ryan says it's his "destiny" and insists that there is nothing Barret can do to stop him. As the moment of truth approaches, Ryan forces Barret at gun point to accompany him to the would-be crime scene. Ryan finds his enemy in a secluded area, smoking what is probably a joint (marijuana cigarette). Barret tries to warn him, but it is to no avail, and Ryan kills him. After the killing, Barret tries to incapacitate Ryan by hitting on the head with a rock, but it doesn't work. In a struggle, the gun goes off, claiming Ryan's life. Barret then shoots him once again, and tries to turn the gun on himself, but by that time the gun is out of bullets.

## Cast

* Eion Bailey as Ryan
* Robert DiPatri as Barret Michaelson
* Joseph Cassese as Todd
* Carmen Llywelyn as Augustine
* Brian Lynch as Eddie
* Bryan Sproat as Justin
* Molly Castelloe as Meg
* Jason Lee as Dennis Pepper
* Vincent Pereira as Jake
* Richard Lynch as Mr. Raimi
* Scott Mosier as Larry
* Stan Dunbar as Large rude student

## Themes

Themes include misanthropy, introversion, teen violence, suicide, fatalism, and existentialism.
# A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon is a 2001 film written, produced and directed by Nashville-based filmmaker Bart Sibrel. Sibrel is a proponent of the conspiracy theory that the six Apollo Moon landing missions between 1969 and 1972 were elaborate hoaxes perpetrated by the United States government, including NASA. The film is narrated by British stage actress Anne Tonelson.

## Overview

Sibrel claims that the Moon landing was a hoax, making claims about supposed photographic anomalies; disasters such as the destruction of Apollo 1; technical difficulties experienced in the 1950s and 1960s; and the problems of traversing the Van Allen radiation belts. Sibrel proposes that the most condemning evidence is a piece of footage that he claims was secret, and inadvertently sent to him by NASA; he alleges that the footage shows Apollo 11 astronauts attempting to create the illusion that they were 130,000 miles (210,000 km) from Earth (or roughly halfway to the Moon) when, he claims, they were only in a low Earth orbit.
The film also asserts that NASA's early inexperience in rocket technology and inconsistencies in NASA's records could point to a possible hoax, and that the Space Race was actually a race to develop armaments with the huge budget allocated to the Apollo missions. The film's premise is that NASA perpetrated a fraud because of the perception that if the United States could land men on the Moon before the Soviet Union, it would be a major victory in the Cold War, since the Soviets had been the first to achieve a successful space launch (Sputnik 1 in 1957), the first crewed space flight (Vostok 1 in 1961), and the first spacewalk (Voskhod 2 in 1965).

## Criticisms

Amanda Hess of The New York Times characterized the film as a "quasi-investigation". She referred to the film as a "'documentary'", in scare quotes, and to Sibrel as a "sincere kook", writing: "[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon] mashed up moon footage with ominous shots from the Soviet Union and Vietnam, was narrated by a severe British woman and was sold on a website called MoonMovie.com."
Jim McDade, writing in The Birmingham News, wrote that A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon is "full of falsehoods, innuendo, strident accusations, half-truths, flawed logic and premature conclusions." According to McDade, the "only thing new and weird" in the film is that the claim that video views of Earth were actually filmed through a small hole to give the impression that Apollo 11 was not in low Earth orbit. "Bart has misinterpreted things that are immediately obvious to anyone who has extensively read Apollo history and documentation or anyone who has ever been inside an Apollo Command Module or accurate mockup", says McDade.