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# Old US 41–Backwater Creek Bridge

The Old US 41–Backwater Creek Bridge is a bridge located on an abandoned section of US Highway 41 (US 41) over Backwater Creek in Baraga Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

## History

In 1913, the state of Michigan authorized the construction of trunkline roads through the state. A main trunkline route through Baraga County was designated, extending from Michigamme to Chassell. By 1915, the trunkline had been completed, and the Baraga County Road Commission spent the remainder of the decade slowly improving the route, regrading segments and replacing some bridges.
One of the improvements along the route was the construction of a bridge across the end of Keweenaw Bay, two miles (3.2 km) south of Baraga. The Michigan State Highway Department designed a long-span pony truss bridge for the crossing, designated State Trunk Line Bridge No. 86. In 1917, the department awarded contracts for the construction of the bridge: Smith-Sparks Construction Company was awarded $5,414.20 to fabricate the concrete substructure, and the Northwestern Bridge and Iron Company fabricated and installed the truss for $4,536.00. The structure was completed in 1918.
In 1926, the trunkline road was incorporated into US 41. Traffic along the route increased, and eventually a replacement bridge was built nearby. The original bridge remains, in essentially unaltered condition, and is now a privately owned structure.

## Description

The Old US 41–Backwater Creek Bridge is a rigidly connected Warren pony truss, 80 feet (24 m) long with an 18-foot-wide (5.5 m) roadway. The deck is constructed of I-beams bolted to the verticals and support stringers, over which a concrete roadway is laid. The trusses are supported by concrete abutments on all four corners, having angled wingwalls.
The bridge is historically important as an early part of the region's infrastructure, and is technologically noteworthy as one of the earliest examples of a standard highway department pony truss design in the state.
# International Society of Copier Artists

The International Society of Copier Artists (I.S.C.A) was a non-profit group founded by Louise Neaderland in 1981, intended to promote the work of photocopier artists who used the copier as a camera with which to scan and print original and experimental signed limited-edition compositions. I.S.C.A advocated for the recognition of copier art as a legitimate art form. The group is best known for producing The I.S.C.A Quarterly as well as for coordinating exhibitions of xerographic artwork, and the distribution of "The I.S.C.A Newsletter". Women made up the majority of the society's membership.

## The I.S.C.A Quarterly

The I.S.C.A. Quarterly was published from 1982 to 2003. Typically, issues were produced in limited editions of 200 copies, with an average of 45 pages of original copier art supplied by I.S.C.A. members. Over the years the form of the Quarterly mutated from a collection of unbound pages to a spiral bound journal with an Annual Bookworks Edition composed of a box of books made by I.S.C.A. members. The work produced for the Quarterly ranged widely in focus from social and political issues to personal and emotional themes. The final issue (Volume 21, #4) was published in June 2003.
# Christmas Shopping (album)

Christmas Shopping is a Christmas album by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos released in 1968 charting for one week at # 31 on Billboard's Best Best For Christmas Album chart. It is his second holiday-themed album, following 1965's Christmas with Buck Owens.
It was re-issued on CD by Sundazed Music in 1999, and again via digital download in 2011.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda called the album "a more slickly produced album than its predecessor."

## Track listing

All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.

### Side one

* "Christmas Shopping" – 2:18
* "Christmas Time Is Near" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 3:00
* "The Jolly Christmas Polka" – 2:15 (instrumental)
* "All I Want for Christmas Is My Daddy" (Owens, Jimmy Snyder) – 2:51
* "Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours" – 2:50
* "Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas" (Owens, Earl Poole Ball) – 2:36

### Side two

* "One of Everything You Got" (Owens, Bob Morris) – 2:24
* "Home on Christmas Day" – 2:13
* "Christmas Schottische" – 2:05 (instrumental)
* "A Very Merry Christmas" – 2:29
* "It's Not What You Give" (Owens, Morris) – 3:03
* "Tomorrow Is Christmas Day" (Owens, Don Rich) – 1:59
# Maytenus macrocarpa

Maytenus macrocarpa is a tree species native to the Amazon rainforest; it grows in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and northern Brazil. With a maximum recorded height of about 30 metres (98 ft), and leaves that span up to 30 centimetres (12 in) wide, this large tree contributes significantly to the forest canopy.
In the Quechua languages the tree is called chuchuhuasi (alternately spelled chuchuasi) or chuchuhuasha (alternately spelled chucchu huashu, and sometimes shortened to chuchasha). This name in all its permutations means "trembling back", due to the bark's effectiveness in relieving back pain, as well as the discomforts of arthritis and rheumatism. Indigenous peoples of the Amazon drink decoctions and tinctures of the bark as an herbal tonic. Extracts of the bark of M. krukovii are antioxidant and somewhat antimutagenic. A person can chew the bark, but it tastes very bitter.
# Reiley

Reiley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Amy Reiley, American aphrodisiac foods authority and author
* Carol E. Reiley (born 1982), American business executive, computer scientist, and model
* John Reiley Guthrie (1921–2009), United States Army four-star general
* Mame Reiley (1952–2014), president of The Reiley Group, a consulting, fundraising and events communication agency
* Reiley McClendon (born 1990), American actor
* Robert J. Reiley, AIA, (1878–1961), American architect in New York City
* Sean Patrick Reiley (born 1976), American writer known for his comedy website
* Reiley (singer) (born 1997), Faroese singer, real name: Rani Petersen
# Cassandra Fernando

Cassandra Fernando (born 2 February 1987) is a Sri Lankan-born Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), she has been the MP for the Division of Holt since the 2022 federal election.

## Early life

Fernando was born in Sri Lanka and came to Australia with her parents in 1999 at the age of 11. She grew up in Dandenong North, Victoria, and holds a diploma in hospitality and a certificate in education support.
Fernando worked at Woolworths in Dandenong Plaza for almost 15 years, including as a pastry chef. She became a delegate to the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) and subsequently worked as an SDA organiser for five years.

## Politics

In March 2022, Fernando won ALP preselection for the seat of Holt at the 2022 federal election, following the retirement of incumbent MP Anthony Byrne. She is a member of the SDA faction, which was granted the right, under the federal intervention into the Victorian branch which has led to a suspension of democratic processes in the Branch, to preselect the candidate in Holt despite the left faction having larger membership numbers.
She is the first Sri Lankan born woman to take a seat in the Australian parliament.

## Personal life

Fernando lives in Narre Warren South. She is a member of the SDA, the Cranbourne Chamber of Commerce and the Cranbourne Historical Society.
# Mohiuddin Ibnul Siraji

Mohiuddin Ibnul Siraji (Bengali: মহিউদ্দিন ইবনুল সিরাজী; born 25 August 1985) is a retired Bangladeshi professional footballer who represented the Bangladesh national team in 2006.

## Club career

In 2000, Siraji began playing in the Dhaka First Division League with Wari Club, having spent his yout career at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan. He represented Sirajganj Mohammedan Sporting Club in the 2003 National Football League. In 2005, Siraji played an integral role as Brothers Union won their second consecutive Dhaka Premier Division League title. He won four Bangladesh Premier League titles representing Abahani Limited Dhaka. He also represented Abahani in the AFC President's Cup.

## International career

In 2003, Siraji represented the Bangladesh U20 team during the 2004 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers. Siraji participated in the 2006 Asian Games with the Bangladesh U23 team. In the same year, he played in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, held on home soil, during which he appeared in all four games as the hosts crashed out of the quarter-finals.

## Honours

Abahani Limited Dhaka
* Bangladesh Premier League: 2007, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012
* Federation Cup: 2010
* Super Cup: 2010
* Bordoloi Trophy: 2010
Brothers Union
* Dhaka Premier Division League: 2005
* Federation Cup: 2005
# Divination by Mirrors for Saw and Strings

Divination by Mirrors for Saw and Strings (1998) by Michael A. Levine is a concerto scored for two string groups tuned a quarter-step apart and placed on opposite sides of the stage with a musical saw soloist playing in both pitch universes. Featuring eight sections each named for a different means of divination and organized according to dynamic symmetry (specifically the golden ratio), the piece was premiered, with soloist Dale Stuckenbruck, at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City by New Century Chamber Orchestra and New York Virtuosi.
The eight sections of the piece are
* Pyromancy
* Aeromancy
* Psychomancy
* Oneiromancy
* Sciomancy
* Meteoromancy
* Catoptromancy
* Tephramancy
Stuckenbruck's performance has been reviewed in the Sacramento Gazette as "a wonder".

## Sources

* 1 2 "Divination by Mirrors – Notes", MichaelLevineMusic.com.
* ↑ (1998). "Classical music", The New Yorker, vol. 74, iss. 1–10, p. 23.
* ↑ "Dale, sawist", Violin-Saw.com. Full review at E. Haig (October 17, 2003). "Varied Program Highlights New Century Premier", New Century Chamber Orchestra.
# Hippocrene Books

Hippocrene Books is an independent US publishing press located at 171 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY 10016. Hippocrene specializes in foreign language study guides, international cookbooks, and Polish-interest publishing.
The foreign language catalog includes the Concise, Practical, and Standard Dictionary series, the travel-oriented Dictionary & Phrasebook series, and the Hippocrene Beginner's textbook series. In the past, Hippocrene has published books on folklore, translations of classic literature, children's dictionaries, and travel guides.
The publishing side grew out of Optimum Book Marketing, established in 1970 by Polish immigrant George Blagowidow. The press takes its name from the mythical Hippocrene fountain associated with the Muses, as seen in the company logo.
Hippocrene Books, Inc., is distributed to the trade by Two River Distribution, an Ingram brand.

## History

Hippocrene was started by George Blagowidow, who was born in Poland to Russian parents and survived the Nazi occupation to escape communist Europe in 1945. After attending university in Antwerp, Belgium, he came to New York City in 1951, where he earned master’s and doctorate degrees in business from New York University. He worked at Doubleday, Macmillan, and Reader's Digest before starting his own publishing company with Hippocrene’s first list in spring 1972, featuring European literary classics in translation, including The Doll by Polish novelist Bolesław Prus.
In 1973 the company began distributing foreign-language dictionaries for a German company and continued to thrive in that niche. As of 2008, Hippocrene has published in over 112 languages, including Polish-interest books such as Quo Vadis by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz.
Polish-interest publishing led to the launch of the cookbook business, with the publishing of Best of Polish Cooking, by Karen West, in 1983. This highly successful book was followed by the publication of The Polish Country Kitchen: Expanded Edition and Polish Holiday Cookery. Hippocrene then expanded with additional ethnic cookbooks from other regions, publishing to date more than 80 titles.
# Eugene Crean

Eugene Crean (1854–1939) was an Irish nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and member of the Irish National Federation 1892–1900, the Irish Parliamentary Party 1900–1910, for the All-for Ireland Party 1910–1918.
He was born at No. 3 Douglas Street, Cork (the house is still standing), a son of Daniel Crean. He had two brothers (Patrick and Daniel) and three sisters (Honora, Margaret and Anne). Married to Hannah FitzGerald, they had six children: Daniel, Nell, Norah, May, Kay and Thomas.
A carpenter by trade, he was involved in the trade union movement in Cork city and as a representative of the Carpenters’ Society, was elected president of the Cork United Trades Workers Association. He was elected in 1886 to the Cork City Council, and was President of the Cork Trade Council in 1886 until deposed in 1890 for his opposition to Parnell in the split. He was President of the Cork County Board 1890-91.
In the 1892 general election he was chosen on the recommendation of Michael Davitt, who continued to advocate for a place for labour within the nationalist movement, as candidate for the anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation and was elected "Labour Nationalist" MP for Queen's County (Ossory Division). He retained his seat 1895–1900. Then at the suggestion of Davitt sat for South East Cork from 1900 as a member of the re-united Irish Parliamentary Party, after defeating the Healyite candidate, and was again returned in 1906. He was the last bearer of the title "Mayor of Cork" when elected in 1899, which was changed to Lord Mayor of Cork in 1900.
One of William O'Brien's closest allies, he joined with him from 1910 and was elected as an All-for-Ireland Party (AFIL) MP in both elections that year, retaining his seat until the December 1918 election when he stood down together with the other members of the AFIL party. During the previous June, when Arthur Griffith asked O’Brien to have the writ moved for his candidacy in the East Cavan by-election, O'Brien sent two AFIL MPs to Westminster where Crean moved the writ. Griffith was subsequently elected with a sizable majority.
Crean was a patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association in its early years and although a Member of Parliament for 26 years, he died in relative obscurity at his Douglas Street, Cork residence on 12 January 1939.
# Sitoh Yih Pin

Sitoh Yih Pin CBE (Chinese: 司徒宇斌; pinyin: Sītú Yǔbīn; born 2 December 1963) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Potong Pasir SMC since 2011.
An accountant by profession, Sitoh entered politics in the 2001 general election as a PAP candidate contesting against opposition Chiam See Tong, who had been representing Potong Pasir SMC since 1984, and lost to Chiam.
He lost to Chiam again in the 2006 general election, but won against Lina Loh, in the 2011 general election after Chiam went to contest in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.
Since then, he has retained his parliamentary seat in Potong Pasir SMC after winning the general elections in 2015 and 2020.

## Career
### Accounting career

Sitoh graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Accountancy in 1987. He is a registered chartered accountant in Singapore and Australia. Sitoh worked as an audit manager at KPMG before starting his own accounting firm, Nexia TS Public Accounting, in 1993.

### Political career

Sitoh entered politics in the 2001 general election as a candidate of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) contesting in Potong Pasir SMC against Chiam See Tong, an opposition Member of Parliament who had been representing Potong Pasir SMC since 1984. Sitoh lost to Chiam after garnering 47.57% of the vote against Chiam's 52.43%.
Sitoh contested in Potong Pasir SMC against Chiam again in the 2006 general election and lost again with 44.18% of the vote against Chiam's 55.82%.
During the 2011 general election, Chiam left Potong Pasir SMC to contest in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC. Chiam's wife, Lina Loh, contested in Potong Pasir SMC under the Singapore People's Party banner. Sitoh contested in Potong Pasir SMC against Loh and won by a mere 114 votes against her, receiving 50.36% of the vote against Loh's 49.64%. Sitoh thus became the Member of Parliament representing Potong Pasir SMC.
In the 2015 general election, Sitoh won again in Potong Pasir SMC against Lina Loh, garnering 66.39% of the vote and thus continuing as a Member of Parliament for a second term. In January 2017, Sitoh was co-opted into the PAP's Central Executive Committee.
Sitoh retained his parliamentary seat in the 2020 general election again after winning 60.67% of the vote against the Singapore People's Party's Jose Raymond. He also serves as an executive member of the PAP Community Foundation and was appointed as Vice-Chairperson of Jalan Besar Town Council (JBTC) since 2020.

## Other appointments

Sitoh had held and still holds executive and non-executive directorships on the boards of several companies, including Lian Beng Group, United Food Holdings, TalkMed Group and ISEC Healthcare.
# Tuba Gooding Jr.

Damon Bryson (born 1978), better known by his stage name Tuba Gooding Jr., is an American tubist and member of the hip hop band The Roots, joining the band in 2007. He plays the sousaphone in The Roots in the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
The sousaphone is a low brass instrument mainly used as a marching band tuba. Bryson was named "one of the top sousaphone players of all time" by Brass 'n Wind.
In a 2014 interview, Bryson told reporter Mister Mann Frisby that he named his 37 pound sousaphone "Onyx" because of the color.

## Early life

Bryson is from South Philadelphia. He attended Universal Audenried Charter High School. Bryson started playing in the band Brass Heaven in his 20s, playing at venues including Warmdaddy's and Chris' Jazz Cafe, in Philadelphia before he was discovered by Questlove and recruited to The Roots in 2007.

## Discography
### With The Roots

* Rising Down, (2008), Def Jam Recordings
* Undun (2011), Def Jam Recordings
* Wise Up Ghost (2013), Blue Note
* ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014), Def Jam Recordings
# White Cross, Richmond

The White Cross is a Grade II listed public house at Riverside, Richmond, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was built in the early mid-19th century, and the architect is not known.
# Pang Kim Hin

Pang Kim Hin (born c. 1949) is a businessman and former politician from Singapore. He stood as the candidate of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) in the Anson by-election in 1981. He was defeated by the leader of the Workers' Party, J.B. Jeyaretnam, becoming the first candidate from Singapore's ruling party to lose an election for a seat in Parliament since Singapore's independence.
The 1981 by-election in the constituency of Anson was called when Devan Nair stepped down from Parliament to become President of Singapore. Pang, who had never stood in a Parliamentary election before, was selected as the PAP's candidate. He faced Jeyaretnam, who had previously stood in three general elections and two by-elections in Singapore (though he had never been a candidate in Anson before), and Harbans Singh of the United People's Front.
In the election, on 21 October 1981, Pang took 6,359 votes (47.1%) to Jeyaretnam's 7,012 (51.9%). Harbans Singh took 131 votes (1.0%).
A number of factors are thought to have contributed to Pang's defeat. One of them was that he was a new face to the public in Singapore whereas Jeyaretnam was a veteran of several elections. Another factor may have been that Pang did not make use of Anson's grassroots leaders during his campaign, upsetting some of them, and that he did not connect effectively with working-class people in the constituency. Another issue surrounding the campaign was that residents in the Blair Plain area of the constituency were unhappy that they were not being given priority for HDB flats when their homes were being demolished to make way for a new Port of Singapore Authority container complex. Some voters may have used the by-election as an opportunity to express discontent regarding this.
# Mohamed Zahir Hussain

Mohamed Zahir Hussain, NIIV (Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދު ޒާހިރު ޙުސައިން) is a Maldivian politician and former teacher who is currently the chancellor of the Islamic University of Maldives.

## Education

Zahir studied at Al-Azhar University in 1971, and in 2001, received a PhD in Malaysia in 2001.

## Career

After coming back to Maldives from studying at Al-Azhar University, Zahir became an Islam teacher at Aminiya School. Later, president Ibrahim Nasir appointed Zahir as a lawyer in the Ministry of Education. During the presidency of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Zahir was appointed as the Minister of Education on 23 July 1979. During his time as the Minister of Education, Zahir oversaw the creation of multiple community schools, notables being the Science Education Centre (predecessor to CHSE), as well as the Islamic University of Maldives.
He served as the Chancellor of the Maldives National University as well as many other government positions such as Minister of Education, Minister of Youth and Sports. He resigned as Youth Minister in 2004 but was appointed as a Senior Minister (Special Advisor to the President) in 2006 and served in the Cabinet of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. He is also the chairman of the now-defunct Haveeru Daily.
In 2008, he was awarded the Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
In 20 August 2019, he was appointed as the Islamic University of Maldives, which was made during his time as Education Minister.
In November 2024, he was awarded the Highest Honour of Service to the Education sector by President Mohamed Muizzu for his services in the education sector.

## Awards and recognitions

Hussain received the National Award of Recognition in 1989, Minivan 25 National Award in 1990, the Alimas Galan journalism award, President’s Award for Special Achievement in 2001, Order of Izzuddin in 2008, and Highest Honour for Service in the Education sector in 2024.

## Family life

His wife was Naalia Ibrahim Kaleyfaan, who died in 2021 while receiving treatment in ADK Hospital. He has three children – Leena Zahir Hussain, Vail Zahir Hussain and Lubna Zahir Hussain.
# Brett Whiteley (politician)

Brett David Whiteley (born 1 July 1960, Burnie, Tasmania) is an Australian politician. Whiteley was a Member of the House of Representatives representing the federal division of Braddon. He was elected at the 2013 federal election for the Liberal Party, defeating Labor's Sid Sidebottom, but was defeated after one term by Labor's Justine Keay at the 2016 federal election.
Prior to his election to federal parliament, Whiteley was a multi- Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the state electorate of Braddon from the 2002 state election until his defeat at the 2010 state election. In his first speech to state parliament, Whiteley stated that in 1993 he opened, in conjunction with two other people, a Christian training and retreat centre in Sheffield. He worked in this role for seven years. He served as an alderman for the City of Burnie from 1999 to 2002.
In November 2012, Whiteley was endorsed as the Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Braddon. He won the seat against Labor's Sid Sidebottom with a swing of 10.0 points.
Whiteley did not live in his electorate during the 2016 election campaign, but in neighbouring Lyons, at Squeaking Point near Port Sorell.
On 27 September 2015, Prime Minister Turnbull announced that Whiteley would replace Andrew Nikolic as a Government Whip in the House of Representatives. Whiteley lost his seat at the 2016 federal election to Labor candidate Justine Keay. He was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 2018 Braddon by-election.