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# Sikhism in Iraq

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Sikhism in Iraq (Arabic: السيخية في العراق, romanized: alsiykhiat fi aleiraq) does not have a permanent population, but has a historical presence because of travels by Guru Nanak and Sikh soldiers stationed in Iraq during World War I and World War II.
It is likely that some Sikhs may be still be in Iraq but their numbers may be very small.

## Guru Nanak's journey

Guru Nanak traveled vast distances in four major journeys with his Muslim Minstrel, Bhai Mardana. During one of those journeys, he traveled across the Muslim world and at one point stayed outside of Baghdad. According to historical sources he held a dialogue with Sheikh Bahlool Dana, a Sufi saint. At some point, a shrine to Guru Nanak was built alongside Bahlool Dana's tomb. In the chaos following the 2003 invasion of Iraq looters or vandals stripped the monument of religious texts and a plaque commemorating the meeting.
The Monument still exists but condition of the structure is not good, people reside nearby call this Baba Nanak Shrine, it is close to Al Muthunna near to Baghdad. Guru Nanak is traditionally locally known as Nanak Peer in Iraq.

## World Wars

During both world wars Sikh soldiers in the British Army were posted in Iraq. During World War I the shrine to Guru Nanak was rediscovered by a Sikh captain, Dr Kirpal Singh, after being forgotten for centuries. In the early 1930s Sikh soldiers repaired the shrine and during World War II continued its upkeep.
# Barahna

Barahna is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies in 2003. The name is derived from baran-barahn, the Bundjalung word for "spider". Originally placed with the Stiphidiidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders after the results of a 2017 genetic study.

## Species

As of September 2019 it contains eight species, found in Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland:
* Barahna booloumba Davies, 2003 (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
* Barahna brooyar Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland)
* Barahna glenelg Davies, 2003 – Australia (Victoria)
* Barahna myall Davies, 2003 – Australia (New South Wales)
* Barahna scoria Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland)
* Barahna taroom Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland)
* Barahna toonumbar Davies, 2003 – Australia (New South Wales)
* Barahna yeppoon Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
# Dave May

David LaFrance May (December 23, 1943 – October 20, 2012) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1967 through 1978 for the Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. May was a member of the AL pennant winning Orioles team in 1969 and, was an American League All-Star player with the Brewers in 1973. He was the father of MLB scout David May Jr. and MLB player Derrick May.

## Biography

A native of New Castle, Delaware, he graduated from William Penn High School. He signed with the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 186 pounds (84 kg). The only year he spent in the Giants organization was in 1962 with the Salem Rebels, in which he led the team with a .379 batting average.
May appeared in his first Major League game with the Baltimore Orioles. During the time he was with Baltimore (1967–1970), he never had higher than a .242 batting average and 152 at bats. He was dealt from the Orioles to the Brewers for Dick Baney and Buzz Stephen before the trade deadline on June 15, 1970. However, upon coming to the Brewers, he became an effective hitter. In his first full season in Milwaukee, 1971, May hit 16 home runs and had 65 RBI, and batted .277. After an off year in 1972, he rebounded to finish eighth in the MVP voting in 1973 with a .303 batting average, 25 home runs, and 93 RBI. He also led the league in total bases, and placed in second in hits. May is one of two Delawareans to make the All-Star Game. However, his production declined in 1974, so the Brewers traded him to the Atlanta Braves for Hank Aaron.
May was part of a five-for-one trade that sent him, Ken Henderson, Roger Moret, Adrian Devine, Carl Morton and $200,000 from the Braves to the Rangers for Jeff Burroughs on December 9, 1976. May was traded back to Milwaukee at trade deadline in 1978 to help the team on a pennant push. As the Brewers faded, he was traded just before the August waiver wire deadline to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
May went to spring training with the Philadelphia Phillies and was their final cut before the 1979 season. He signed and played for Santo Domingo in the fledgling Inter-American League until it went defunct during the 1979 season. May then became a minor league coach, serving as a roving hitting instructor for the Atlanta Braves in 1981 and 1982
May was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1984.
May died at age 68 in Bear, Delaware, on October 20, 2012.
# KVTX-LD

KVTX-LD (channel 45) is a low-power television station in Victoria, Texas, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned by Morgan Murphy Media alongside ABC affiliate KAVU-TV (channel 25) and four other low-power stations: NBC affiliate KMOL-LD (channel 17), CBS affiliate KXTS-LD (channel 41), Cozi TV affiliate KQZY-LD (channel 33), and Univision affiliate KUNU-LD (channel 21). Morgan Murphy Media also provides certain services to Fox affiliate KVCT (channel 19) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with SagamoreHill Broadcasting. All of the stations share studios on North Navarro Street in Victoria and transmitter facilities on Farm to Market Road 236 west of the city.
Even though KVTX-LD has a digital signal of its own, the low-power broadcasting radius only covers the immediate Victoria area. Therefore, the station can also be seen through a 16:9 widescreen standard definition simulcast on KVCT's second digital subchannel in order to reach the entire market; this signal can be seen on channel 19.2 from the same Farm to Market Road 236 transmitter site west of Victoria.

## Subchannel

Subchannel of KVTX-LD :
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
| 45.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KVTX-LD | Telemundo |
# Romy Kermer

Romy Kermer (later Oesterreich; born 28 July 1956) is a German figure skating coach and former competitive pair skater. With Rolf Oesterreich, she is the 1976 Olympic silver medalist.

## Personal life

Romy Kermer was born on 28 July 1956 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. After marrying Rolf Oesterreich in late 1976, she changed her name to Romy Oesterreich.

## Career

Romy Kermer began skating in Karl-Marx-Stadt, where she became a pair skater. Early in her career, she competed with Tassilo Thierbach and Andreas Forner.
1972 she moved to Berlin and skated there at the club SC Dynamo Berlin. Her coach was Heidemarie Seiner-Walther. She continued to represent SC Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1973, when she changed clubs as well. Her pair skating partner became Rolf Oesterreich. Kermer/Oesterreich won the silver medal at the Winter Olympics 1976 in Innsbruck. In March 1976, they were both awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit for their Olympic success.
Romy Oesterreich became a figure skating coach at the club SC Berlin. One of her students, Philipp Tischendorf, won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix 2005 in Bratislava.

## Results
### With Rolf Oesterreich

International :
| Event | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
| Winter Olympics | | | | 2nd |
| World Championships | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
| European Champ. | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
| National |||||
| East German Champ. | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st |

### With Andreas Forner

International :
| Event | 1972–72 |
| Blue Swords | 2nd |
| Prize of Moscow News | 6th |
# Webster McDonald

Webster "Mac" McDonald (January 1, 1900 – June 12, 1982) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1920 to 1940 with several teams.
In the 1928 to 1930 seasons, McDonald was scouted by and went to play for a white team in Minnesota, where he was often the only African American player on the team. Joining him in later seasons were Negro league players Hooks Foreman, and Dave Brown.
At age 52, McDonald received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.
# Fuiono Senio

Fuiono Senio (died 17 May 1997) was a chief and environmentalist from Falealupo village on the island of Savai'i in Western Samoa.
A logging company offered funds to the Samoan government to build a school for Senio's village if they could log the rainforest nearby. As the loggers were about to start work, a visiting biologist offered to raise funds if logging stopped. The village elders agreed to accept the offer and set aside the rainforest from the coast to the interior ridge of Savai'i, as a rainforest preserve. The loggers returned, and Senio ran in front of them and threatened them with a machete, telling them to go away. This act became well known throughout the South Pacific, where similar problems affected many poor island communities.
He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1997, shared with Paul Alan Cox, for their contributions to the protection of rainforests of Falealupo.
He died of liver cancer a month after receiving the Goldman prize.
# Massage Parlours Act 1978

The Massage Parlours Act was an Act of Parliament in New Zealand regulating massage parlours.
It was repealed by the Prostitution Reform Act 2003.
# Craig Powell (American football)

Craig Steven Powell (born November 13, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 through 1998. He played college football at Ohio State University.

## NFL career

Powell was the Cleveland Browns' final first-round pick before the team moved to Baltimore. After leaving the NFL in 1998, Powell later moved to the XFL in 2001, playing one season for the San Francisco Demons after being selected 38th overall in the 2001 XFL draft.
# 2021 in Bulgaria

Events in the year 2021 in Bulgaria.

## Incumbents

* President: Rumen Radev
* Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov (until 12 May), Stefan Yanev (from 12 May until 13 December), Kiril Petkov (from 13 December)

## Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria

### March

* 22 March – Two Russian diplomats were declared persona non grata and expelled after being implicated in a GRU spy ring.

### July

* 30 July – Caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov announced that the government would impose stricter restrictions until August 31 following a surge in COVID-19 cases.

### September

* 7 September – The government imposed new COVID-19 restrictions after a rapid surge in COVID-19 infections.
* 8 September – Thousands of people went to the streets in Sofia to protest the government's decision of imposing stricter COVID-19 restrictions.

### November

* 14 November – General elections were held in the country to elect both the President and the National Assembly.
* 23 November – A Macedonian bus carrying 52 people crashed and caught fire on the Struma motorway near the village of Bosnek, south-west of Sofia, killing 45 people, including twelve children. It was the deadliest road accident in Bulgarian history and was referred to as the deadliest bus crash in Europe in a decade.

## Deaths

* 6 January – Filip Trifonov, actor (b. 1947).
* 26 January – Georgi Ananiev, politician and former Minister of Defence (b. 1950).
* 6 May – Vanya Kostova, singer (b. 1957).
* 8 May – Georgi Dimitrov, footballer (b. 1959).
* 27 May – Lorina Kamburova, actress (b. 1991).
* Tinka Dineva
* Gergana Kofardzhieva
* Klara Marinova
* Denis Teofikov
* Georgi Penkov
* Petio Petkov
* Angel
# Macaria notata

Macaria notata, the peacock moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a Holarctic species.

## Distribution

Distributed in Central and North Europe, Russia Transcaucasia, Iran, Issyk Kul Russian Far East Siberia and Japan in the Palearctic. South Canada, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, NA.Georgia in the Nearctic.

## Description

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. The forewing has a small excision, or is at least faintly sinuous, in the anterior half of distal margin; 1st and 2nd subcostal stalked or more often coincident throughout, arising from cell. Hindwing whitish with moderate ochreous-grey dusting, a rust-coloured costal patch distally to the postmedian line of the forewing and a dark line round the distal marginal excision; the dark marks distally to the middle of the postmedian line are usually very well developed, but variable.
The combination of the black spot in the form of a paw print in the middle of the whitish grey brown speckled forewing, the well defined cut in the front half of the rear edge of the forewing and the strongly pointed rear wing, distinguishes notata from other Macaria with the exception of Macaria alternata. Certain identification requires examination of the genitalia.
The moth flies from May to June .
The caterpillars mainly feed on birch.
# ISO 4031

ISO 4031 is a superseded international standard first issued in 1978 by the International Organization for Standardization. It defined the representation of local time differentials, commonly referred to as time zones. It has since been superseded by ISO 8601. This newer standard has set out the formats for local time differentials since 1988, so ISO 4031 is no longer in use.
# Svetlana Mičić

Svetlana Mičić (born 28 May 1960) is a Yugoslavian handball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
# The Emperor of Gladness

The Emperor of Gladness is a 2025 novel by Vietnamese American writer Ocean Vuong. It was announced in April of 2024 and is scheduled for release on May 13, 2025. Penguin Press will publish the novel in the United States, and Jonathan Cape will publish it in the United Kingdom.

## Background

The novel draws upon Vuong's real-life experiences in the service industry, as well as elder care. In writing it, Vuong specifically pushed back against the idea of writing a model minority narrative of rags to riches: "As I grew up in my family and my community, the most common thing—the best scenario—was someone works the same job for 30 years, drives the same car, lives in the same apartment. That's not failure. That's a decent life."

## Synopsis

The novel follows a 19-year-old boy named Hai who lives in East Gladness, a town in Connecticut. Right before he jumps off of a bridge to commit suicide, an old woman suffering from dementia, named Grazina, urges him to reconsider. From then on, Hai becomes Grazina's caretaker.

## Critical reception

In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews lauded Vuong's ability to explore the issue of war "outside of conventional realism or combat porn" and considered The Emperor of Gladness to be "a messy but worthy exploration of how hurt and self-deception leaches into everyday life. A sui generis take on the surprising and cruel ways violence is passed on across generations."

## Lists

The book became one of the most highly anticipated book releases for 2025 following its announcement. Time called it one of the 39 most anticipated books of the year. British GQ said, "Expect the kind of prose and emotional sensitivity that make the soul swoon."
Pride named it one of their 10 most anticipated LGBTQ+ books of 2025, stating, "Prose or poetry, regardless of premise, I'll pick up anything he writes because it is always, without fail, an ineffably moving slice of the human experience." Electric Literature similarly called it one of the most anticipated queer books for spring 2025. Sally Tamarkin, writing for Them, wrote: "I am already preparing myself for more of Vuong’s heart-rending prose."
Book Riot reported that the novel was one of three books listed in Goodreads' Most Anticipated Contemporary & Historical Fiction of 2025.
# Fawzia Yusuf Adam

Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam (Somali: Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam, Arabic: فوزية يوسف الحاج أدم) is a Somali politician. From 4 November 2012 to 17 January 2014, she served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia. In January 2024, she was nominated by Somalia for the position of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.

## Career
### Appointment

On 4 November 2012, Adam was named Foreign Minister and deputy Prime Minister of Somalia by Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. She is the first woman to have been selected for the position. Adan was also appointed Deputy Prime Minister.

### Asset recovery

In November 2012, the Somali federal authorities issued an official request to the United Nations Security Council for assistance in recovering public assets and funds that were being held abroad. The state properties had been frozen by foreign administrations, institutions and firms after the collapse of Somalia's central government in 1991 in order to prevent unauthorized use. In January 2013, Adan and other members of Somalia's reconstituted Cabinet began a formal assessment and recovery process of Somali national assets, which include ships and planes that are believed to be held in Italy, Germany and Yemen.

### Memorandum of Understanding

In late May 2013, Adan and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral cooperation. The agreement re-establishes formal diplomatic ties between Somalia and the UAE, and also focuses on the political, security, economic, investment and development sectors. Additionally, the Emirati government announced that it would re-open its embassy in Mogadishu.

### Cooperation agreement

In August 2013, follow a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, Adan announced that the Somali authorities looked forward to cooperation with the Chinese government in the energy, infrastructure, national security and agriculture sectors, among others. Wang also praised the traditional friendship between both nations and re-affirmed China's commitment to the Somali peace process. In September 2013, both governments signed an official cooperation agreement in Mogadishu as part of a five-year national recovery plan in Somalia. The pact will see the Chinese authorities reconstruct several major infrastructural landmarks in the Somali capital and elsewhere, including the National Theatre, a hospital, and the Mogadishu Stadium. Additionally, Chinese ambassador Liu Guangyoun indicated that China would re-open its embassy in Mogadishu on land that had been donated for the purpose by the Somali government.

### End of term

Adan's term as Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister ended on 17 January 2014, when new Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed appointed Abdirahman Duale Beyle as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ridwan Hirsi Mohamed as Deputy Prime Minister.

### 2022 presidential election

Adam is running for the presidency of Somalia in the 2022 Somali presidential election.
# Amy Nauiokas

Amy Nauiokas is an American financial services executive and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Anthemis Group, an asset manager focused on financial services companies, and the founder of Archer Gray, a media production company. She previously worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and Barclays Stockbrokers.

## Wall Street career

Nauiokas began her career on Wall Street, first at Deutsche Bank and Bear Stearns, eventually rising to the position of senior managing director at Cantor Fitzgerald, where she was responsible for bringing the firm's brokerage business online. In 2004, Nauiokas left the firm for Barclays Capital. At the time of her departure, she was Cantor's director of marketing, investor relations, and human resources. At Barclays Capital, Nauiokas was in charge of the firm's eCommerce effort. She remained in that position until 2006, when she became CEO of Barclays Stockbrokers.

## Anthemis

After leaving Barclays Stockbrokers in 2008, Nauiokas co-founded Nauiokas Park, a venture capital firm focused on disruptive financial technologies. The firm became Anthemis Group in fall 2010. In recent company materials Anthemis reported assets under management of $1.2 billion and that it had "built, seeded, and scaled, over 200 financial services companies." In April 2023, the firm laid off 28% of staff as part of a restructuring and in the following month canceled a SPAC.

## Archer Gray

In 2009, Nauiokas began independently financing and producing movies and plays, such as Once (winner of eight Tony Awards) and The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete. In 2011, Nauiokas founded Archer Gray to invest in media startups and in the development of film, television, and plays.

### Filmography

* Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012)
* The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (2013)
* Ten Thousand Saints (2015)
* The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
* Mr Holmes (2015)
* 20th Century Women (2016)
* Can You Ever Forgive Me, (2018) directed by Marielle Heller and starring Melissa McCarthy.
* Dead Ringers (2023)
* The Persian Version (2023)
* Nightbitch (2024)

## Personal life

Nauiokas graduated from Dickinson College in 1994 with a B.A. in International Studies. She received a master's degree in International Business from Columbia University. She is a trustee of Dickinson. In 2010, Nauiokas launched Bubble Foundation to offer exercise and nutrition programming to low-income children in New York City charter schools. It later merged with Edible Schoolyard.
Nauiokas is married to Barclays banker Harry Harrison and was previously wed to James Connolly, an artist and chef. Her family divides their time between New York City and Washington Depot, Connecticut, where they own an Equestrian Center.