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# 2023 Preston provincial by-election

A by-election was held in the provincial riding of Preston in Nova Scotia on August 8, 2023, to elect a new member of the House of Assembly following the resignation of Liberal MLA Angela Simmonds.
Twila Grosse won the seat for the Progressive Conservatives.

## Results

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, August 8, 2023 Upon the resignation of Angela Simmonds :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Twila Grosse | 1,950 | 45.22 | +16.53 |
| | New Democratic | Colter Simmonds | 1,145 | 26.55 | -1.37 |
| | Liberal | Carlo Simmons | 1,021 | 23.68 | -19.71 |
| | Green | Anthony Edmonds | 101 | 2.34 | – |
| | Nova Scotians United | Bobby Taylor | 95 | 2.20 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,312 | 99.29 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 31 | 0.71 | -0.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,343 | 38.79 | -7.56 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 11,195 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +18.12 |
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia |||||||
# Clear Creek (Allamakee County, Iowa)

Clear Creek is a minor tributary of the Upper Mississippi River entirely contained within Allamakee County, Iowa. It enters the Mississippi into Navigation Pool 9 through the city of Lansing, Iowa. Iowa Highway 9 runs through its canyon. It has been restored as fishing stream for brown trout. The stream gives its name to Clear Creek Park in Lansing.
# Microhyle

Microhyle is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1905.

## Species

* Microhyle fadella (Mabille, 1882)
* Microhyle leopardella Toulgoët, 1972
* Microhyle macularia Toulgoët, 1976
* Microhyle viettei Toulgoët, 1976
# Conor Gannon

Conor Gannon (born 6 June 2002) is an Irish tennis player. He has represented his country in the Davis Cup since 2023.

## Career

Having won eight junior ITF titles, Gannon was awarded a tennis scholarship to the University of Tennessee in 2020. He switched to the University of Memphis after completing his freshman year.
Gannon received his first call-up to the Ireland Davis Cup team for a tie in Barbados in September 2022 but was not chosen to play. He made his on-court debut in September 2023, during a World Group II tie away against El Salvador, where he defeated César Cruz in the opening singles match and then combined with David O'Hare to overcome Marcelo Arévalo and Lluis Miralles in the doubles as Ireland won 4–1.
In February 2024, he was a member of the Irish team which lost to Austria in the World Group I play-offs in Limerick, playing in the doubles alongside O'Hare in a straight sets defeat to Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler.
Gannon was in the Irish squad which travelled to face Tunisia in World Group II in September 2024, suffering defeats in both his singles matches against Aziz Dougaz and Skander Mansouri, as well as in the doubles, where he partnered Michael Agwi, against Dougaz and Mansouri.
# Arboretum de Grignon

The Arboretum de Grignon (French pronunciation:; 0.8 hectares) is an arboretum located within the campus of the Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement (AgroParisTech) on Avenue Lucien Brétignières, Thiverval-Grignon, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. It is closed to the public but may be visited by groups.
The arboretum was established in 1873 by Pierre Mouillefert, professor at Grignon, who published in 1896 a pamphlet describing the arboretum at that date; however, it was lost in 1940. The arboretum grew gradually over time, with the most recent plantings between 1976-1978. Various of the trees were labeled in 1975 by Mr. George Callen of the Arboretum de Chèvreloup, and in 1991 Mr. Augustin Scalbert created a map identifying almost all trees. At that time, the arboretum contained approximately 230 specimens (66% deciduous, 34% conifers).
Unfortunately, the arboretum was heavily damaged in the storm of December 1999, which destroyed 23 trees and severely damaged 16. In response, the Association de l'arbre de fer was established in 2001 to protect and enhance the natural environment of the former Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon. In 2003 it began restoration and enlargement of the arboretum, as well as creation of a botanical trail and rehabilitation of the campus botanical garden.
Today the arboretum contains about 125 tree species and varieties, including notable, mature specimens of Cedrus atlantica, Fagus sylvatica var. "Tortuosa", Ginkgo biloba, Gleditsia triacanthos, Parrotia persica, Pinus nigra subsp. laricio, Sophora japonica "pendula", and Zelkova carpinifolia.
# Clear Creek (Kentucky)

Clear Creek is a stream in Bell County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Cumberland River.
The waters of Clear Creek was said to hold medicinal qualities.
# Muczne massacre

The Muczne massacre of 16 August 1944 was the massacre of Polish civilians committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in village Muczne located in Bieszczady County in Poland.
Among the Poles were mainly refugees after the repression of the population in Volhynia and retreating in front of - 70 Poles were murdered. They were residents of nearby villages such as foresters, priests and children. Members of the UPA murdered Poles with axes, pitchforks and scythes.
In place of the murder in 2010 the memorial and a wooden cross was erected.
# Central District (Shahrud County)

The Central District of Shahrud County (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان شاهرود) is in Semnan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shahrud.

## History

After the 2011 National Census, the village of Ruyan was elevated to city status as Rudiyan, and was renamed Ruyan again in 2021.

## Demographics
### Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the district's population was 142,663 in 39,805 households. The following census in 2011 counted 155,326 people in 45,464 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 166,963 inhabitants in 52,694 households.

### Administrative divisions

Central District (Shahrud County) Population :
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Dehmolla RD | 2,197 | 1,797 | 2,317 |
| Howmeh RD | 10,008 | 9,555 | 7,366 |
| Torud RD | 3,542 | 3,500 | 3,381 |
| Ruyan (city) | | | 3,770 |
| Shahrud (city) | 126,916 | 140,474 | 150,129 |
| Total | 142,663 | 155,326 | 166,963 |
| RD = Rural District ||||
# We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah

We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah is a book written by Patrick K. O'Donnell published on November 1, 2006.
During the battle for the Iraqi city of Fallujah, the writer joined with the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment and recorded their stories.

## Reception

The book received wide acclaim and is on the required reading list for U.S. Marines and is on the Commandant's Professional Reading List. Praise came from luminaries ranging from U.S. Marine Corps General Jim Mattis to award winning historians Carlo D'Este and Hampton Sides, among others.
New York Times bestselling author Bing West wrote of We Were One, "A magnificent tale of combat--mixing valor, grit, love, blood, and sacrifice. This book defines what it means to be a Marine grunt."
General Mattis declared the book: "a gritty, boots-on-the-ground account that enables readers to witness the overwhelming will and courage of Marines as they move against the enemy."
And per the Marine Corps Times... "First-rate reading...Admirably depicts the brutal realities of street-to-street, house-to-house fighting...Captures the sensory details and emotional drama of good men killing and dying for one another and their country."
That said, the book is not without its criticisms. Publishers Weekly writes "Though these Marines fought with great courage and the details of their battle make gripping reading, the author's uncritical cheerleading reduces their accomplishment to fantasy heroics."
Kirkus Reviews states "Clearly reflects valor and courage, but this is hardly 'history' as most understand it."
# Lynching of Mughees and Muneeb Butt

Mughees and Muneeb Butt (Urdu: مغیث اور منیب بٹ) were two Pakistani brothers who were lynched by mob on August 15, 2010 in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. The brothers were killed, hanged, and mutilated in Sialkot with the support of local police and Rescue 1122.
The lynching was witnessed by a crowd of people including nine police officials who apparently offered no intervention. The people stood there as the two innocent boys were assaulted by a crowd of people. One of the brothers escaped and asked the local rescue services for help, but they denied it and returned the boy back to the crowd where he was eventually beaten to death. The brutal killing of two brothers was recorded by some of the witnesses, which was later broadcast by the media. They were subjected to continuous punches and kicks and were beaten with wooden beams and stones.
The two brothers were accused on the spot of robbery, dacoity, and murder. A judicial inquiry found that the boys had been innocent of the charges and those police officers present at the scene of the crime had failed to stop the attack. According to an investigative report by Director General of Anti-Corruption, Kazim Malik, police officials present at the crime scene encouraged the killing of the brothers.
Shams Ali, one of the accused involved in the killing, claimed that he carried out the murders at the behest of the former District Police Officer of Sialkot, Waqar Chauhan.

## Background

Mughees Butt (17) and Muneeb Butt (15) were residents of Haji Pura, Sialkot.

## Trial

On September 20, 2011, the Anti-Terrorism Court Gujranwala (ATC) issued its verdict, sentencing seven people to death, six to life in prison, and giving all the policemen involved in the incident three-year terms. The ATC Judge Mushtaq Gondal found 10 policemen, including former DPO Waqar Chohan, guilty. Five of the accused were acquitted by the court. In total 28 people were accused in the case. Seven accused were sentenced to death, and were scheduled to be hanged on April 8, 2016, in Sialkot. However, the Supreme Court transmuted the death penalities to 10 years imprisonment on October 23, 2019.
# Baraki Barak airstrike

vteWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021) :
The Baraki Barak airstrike was a coalition airstrike that occurred on August 26, 2011, in Eastern Afghanistan. Six Afghan civilians from the same family were killed in the air strike in the Baraki Barak district of Logar province, Afghanistan. Four insurgents and three Afghan army members were also killed.
Logar provincial police chief Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewani said the operation had targeted a Taliban commander, Qari Hijran, who had a bounty on his head. The top official in the district, Mohammad Rahim Amin, claimed that the incident occurred when a local teacher provided shelter for the commander in his home.
# Michael Hawkins Jr.

Michael Hawkins Jr. (born October 29, 2005) is an American football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners.

## High school career

Hawkins attended Emerson High School in McKinney, Texas. He began his high school career at Allen High School before transferring for safety concerns following a racist incident. As a senior, he threw for 3,039 yards and 41 touchdowns, while also rushing for 1,172 yards and ten touchdowns. A four-star recruit, he committed to play college football at the University of Oklahoma over offers from TCU, Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Texas Tech, among others.

## College career

Hawkins entered his true freshman season as the backup to Jackson Arnold. In Oklahoma's fourth game of the season against Tennessee, Hawkins replaced Arnold, finishing with 132 yards passing and a touchdown in a 25–15 defeat. Following his performance against Tennessee, Hawkins was named Oklahoma's starting quarterback against Auburn. In his first career start, he threw for 161 yards while also rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown, leading Oklahoma to a 27–21 victory. Hawkins appeared as the starting quarterback for Oklahoma in the 2024 Armed Forces Bowl against Navy.

### Statistics

| Season | Team | Games | Games | Games | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Passing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing | Rushing |
| Season | Team | GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 7 | 4 | 1–3 | 76 | 120 | 63.3 | 783 | 6.5 | 3 | 2 | 123.1 | 69 | 204 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Career | Career | 7 | 4 | 1−3 | 76 | 120 | 63.3 | 783 | 6.5 | 3 | 2 | 123.1 | 69 | 204 | 3.0 | 1 |
# Yeva-Genevieve Lavlinski

Yeva-Genevieve Lavlinski is an actress and film director from the Soviet Union currently living in Los Angeles, California. Lavlinski is a law school graduate from Ukraine and a screenwriter with screenplays registered with the Writers Guild. She paints and her work is on display at Bergamot Station in California. She has acted and directed films in the United States. She has worked alongside actor Jason Statham, actress Amy Smart and actor/singer Dwight Yoakam in the film Crank: High Voltage. She directed and produced Sand Snowman, about the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the beginning of the a new Russia.
# 2011 Ras Ajdir clashes

The 2011 Ras Ajdir clashes were a series of skirmishes between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces for an important Libya–Tunisia border post in Libya's extreme northwest.
The post had been a key loyalist supply line to the capital, Tripoli, but ceased to be so after the rebels recaptured the town of Zawiya and the highway running through it.

## The battle

On the night of 13 August 2011, rebel forces assaulted the crossing. The loyalists responded with tanks and other heavy weaponry, completely repelling the rebel assault.
On 21 August 2011, rebel forces again reached the crossing, meeting stiff resistance from what were reported to be "non-uniformed Gaddafi loyalists". Rebels made gains, but were once again repulsed by artillery fire. However, rebels did not entirely abandon their efforts, and the crossing remained contested.
On 23 August 2011, the Russian Channel One news agency reported that the crossing appeared to be under the control of pro-Gaddafi forces, who prohibited journalists from entering Libya.
On 26 August 2011, witnesses reported that clashes were once again erupting between "large numbers" of rebels and loyalists for control of Ras Ajdir. The Tunisian army closed down the border in response, declaring it a "closed military zone". This time, at least 100 anti-Gaddafi forces succeeded in capturing the crossing and hoisted their flag at the border post. Tunisian authorities reopened the crossing on 28 August.
# 2011 Kohistan floods

The 2011 Kohistan floods are a series of flash floods that took place throughout the month of August 2011 in the Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan. The floods, caused by overnight heavy rains, have left at least 63 people dead and washed away dozens of houses, settlements, livestock and vegetation.
The floods were the most destructive since the deadly 2010 Pakistan floods which rampaged the whole country.
# Fort Maitland

Fort Maitland was a military fort built by the United States Army at what is now Maitland, Florida. It was built in November 1838 as a supply depot during the Second Seminole War. The fort was named after Captain W. S. Maitland, who was injured during the Battle of Wahoo Swamp and later killed himself after 9 months of trying to recover from his injuries.
# John Tanner House

The John Tanner House is a stone house located in Petersburg, Kentucky, United States, built around 1810. It is the oldest stone house existing in Boone County. It is located on Route 20 East.
It was built by John Tanner, the first Baptist preacher in Kentucky, who founded the community, originally called Tanner's Station, which became Petersburg in 1814.
# Truxa

Truxa is a 1937 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring La Jana, Hannes Stelzer, and Ernst Fritz Fürbringer. It is a Circus film, based on a novel by Heinrich Seiler. The film was released in the United States and was one of the most successful German films shown in America that year.
It was remade in Britain the following year as Star of the Circus.

## Partial cast

* La Jana as Yester, Tänzerin
* Hannes Stelzer as Husen, Drahtseilkünstler
* Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Garvin, Illusionist
* Mady Rahl as Hilde, Garvins Assistentin
* Peter Elsholtz as Truxa, Artist
* Rudi Godden as Peters, Inspizient
* Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Varieté-Direktor
* Eva Tinschmann as Frau Schilp
* Hedi Höpfner as 1. Tänzerin
* Margot Höpfner as 2. Tänzerin
* Erwin Biegel as Pipo, Clown
* Curt Lucas as Jimmy, Garvins Assistenz
* Bertold Reissig as Bühnenportier
* Alfred Stratmann as Nachtwächter
* Hermann Pfeiffer as Varieté-Agent
* Marie Sera as Therese, Yesters Gardrobiere
* Barbara Galloni as Sekretärin
* Fritz Linn as Theaterarzt
* Edgard Eitner as Drahtseilartist
* Julius Eckhoff as Varieté-Künstler
* Curt Cappi as Kellner
* Karin Luesebrink as Nummerngirl
* Hans Söhnker as Chef einer Tanzgrippe
# Véronique Claveau

Véronique Claveau is a Canadian actress and sketch comedian from Quebec, most noted for her role as Céline Dion in the Canadian production of the stage musical Titanique.

## Career

A contestant in the 2004 edition of the singing competition series Star Académie, she first became more widely known as a musical comedian, appearing for several years in the annual Revue et corrigée shows at Montreal's Théâtre du Rideau Vert, where she first established her skills as a Dion impressionist. She later joined the cast of Ici Radio-Canada Télé's annual New Year's Eve Bye Bye specials in 2014. She also had a number of roles in musical theatre, including as Amber Von Tussle in a production of Hairspray and Miss Farrell in Annie.
She has also done dubbing work, including the voice of Anna in the French translations of the Frozen films.
In 2022 she competed in the second season of Chanteurs masqués, the Quebec version of the international The Masked Singer franchise, as the "Queen of the Day and the Night", winning the season.
In 2024 she debuted in Titanique, performing the role both in the show's Montreal run at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, and its Toronto engagement at the CAA Theatre.

## Personal life

She is in a relationship with Bryan Audet, a singer and broadcaster who competed in a later edition of Star Académie. In 2022 the couple became cohosts of C'est plus qu'un jardin, a documentary television series about gardening, for Unis.
# The Best Rapper on the Scene

The Best Rapper on the Scene is a compilation album by rapper Kurtis Blow, released in 1983 on Mercury Records. The entire album consisted of material from his EP Party Time? and his 1982 album Tough. Even though none of the material is new, the album was marketed as an album (This may have been because Tough was initially classified as an EP). Even the artwork is not completely original, as the picture of Blow was taken from the front cover of Tough.

## Track listing

All songs were written by James B. Moore
* "Party Time"$^b$
* "Big Time Hood"$^b$
* "Got to Dance"$^b$ 4:17
* "One-Two-Five (Main Street, Harlem, USA)"$^b$
* "Tough"$^a$ 5:50
* "Juice"$^a$ 6:15
* "Boogie Blues"$^a$ 5:26
* "Baby You've Got to Go"$^a$ 3:12
a- Indicates material from Tough. b- Indicates material from Party Time?
# 1557 in science

The year 1557 CE in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

## Exploration

* Ottoman admiral Seydi Ali Reis writes Mirat ul Memalik ("Mirror of Countries") describing the lands he has seen on his way back from India to Constantinople.
* German adventurer Hans Staden publishes an account of his detention by the Tupí people of Brazil, Warhaftige Historia und beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der Wilden Nacketen, Grimmigen Menschfresser-Leuthen in der Newenwelt America gelegen ("True Story and Description of a Country of Wild, Naked, Grim, Man-eating People in the New World, America"), in Marburg.
* French Franciscan traveller André Thévet publishes Les Singularitez de la France antarctique in Paris describing Brazil and its native plants and animals such as manioc, pineapples, peanuts, tobacco and the macaw, toucan, sloth and tapir.

## Life sciences

* French naturalist Pierre Belon publishes Portraicts d’oyseaux, animaux, serpens, herbes, arbres, hommes et femmes d'Arabie et d'Égypte observez par P. Belon du Mans, le tout enrichi de quatrains pour la plus facile cognoissance des Oyseaux et autres portraicts in Paris.
* German botanist Adam Lonicer publishes his revision of Rösslin's herbal, the Kräuterbuch, a large part dealing with distillation.
* English chorister and agriculturalist Thomas Tusser publishes his instructional poem A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie.

## Mathematics

* Welsh-born physician and mathematician Robert Recorde publishes The Whetstone of Witte in London, the first English book on algebra, containing the first recorded use of the equals sign and also the first use in English of plus and minus signs.

## Medicine

* August 10 – French surgeon Ambroise Paré, at the Battle of St. Quentin, notes that certain maggots assist the healing of wounds.
* 1557 influenza pandemic spreads worldwide.
* Imperial Italian physician Giulio Alessandrini (a follower of Galen) publishes De medicina et medico dialogus in Zurich.
* Plusquam commentum in parvam Galeni artem by Turisanus Florentinus (died c. 1320) is printed in Venice.

## Metallurgy

* First European reference to platinum, in the writings of Italian-born humanist Julius Caesar Scaliger as a description of an unknown noble metal found between Darién and Mexico.

## Births

* Cristóbal Lechuga - soldier and mathematician, known to have published a treaty of artillery and fortification.

## Deaths

* September 1 – Jacques Cartier, Breton explorer (born 1491)
* December 13 – Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician (born 1499/1500)
* probable date – Sebastian Cabot, Venetian explorer (born c. 1474)
# Stillwater Covered Bridge No. 134

The Stillwater Covered Bridge No. 134 is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Stillwater in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is a 151-foot-long (46 m), Burr Truss arch bridge with a galvanized steel roof constructed in 1849. It crosses the Big Fishing Creek. It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

## Gallery

* Stillwater Covered Bridge No. 134 as seen from below
* Stillwater Covered Bridge No. 134 information plaque
* Interior of Stillwater Covered Bridge No. 134
* Detail of arch of Stillwater Covered Bridge No. 134
* Stillwater Covered Bridge No. 134 proximity to homes
* Fishing Creek with the Stillwater Covered Bridge in the background
# Rodrigo Corrales

Rodrigo Corrales Rodal (born 24 January 1991) is a Spanish handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Spanish national handball team.
He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

## Individual awards

* MVP of the SEHA League Final Four: 2020
* SEHA League All-Star Team Best Goalkeeper: 2019-20
* French Championship Best Goalkeeper: 2020