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# Abingdon Square Park

Abingdon Square Park is located in the New York City borough of Manhattan in Greenwich Village. The park is bordered by Eighth Avenue, Bank Street, Hudson Street and West 12th Street.
Abingdon Square Park is one of New York City's oldest parks, and at 0.25 acres (1,000 m$^2$), one of it smallest. It is maintained by the Abingdon Square Conservancy, a community-based park association, in cooperation with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

## History

New York City acquired the land on which the park resides on April 22, 1831, and it was enclosed with a cast-iron fence in 1836. In the 1880s, an effort was initiated by Mayor Abram Stevens Hewitt to expand public access to parks. Architect Calvert Vaux was part of a group that created a new design for Abingdon Square.
The square was part of a 300-acre (1.2 km$^2$) estate purchased by Sir Peter Warren in 1740. Abingdon Square was named for a prominent eighteenth-century area resident, Charlotte Warren, who married Englishman Willoughby Bertie, the 4th Earl of Abingdon and received the land as a wedding gift from her father. Although most explicitly British place names in Manhattan were altered after the Revolutionary War, Abingdon Square retained its name due to the well-known patriotic sympathies of Charlotte and the Earl.
In 2005, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation recognized the park's then-recent renovation with a Village Award. On August 3, 2009, a small garden was established inside the park as a memorial to Adrienne Shelly, an actress and film producer who was slain in her office located in 15 Abingdon Square.

## Conservancy

Abingdon Square Conservancy is a non-profit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Conservancy's mission is to enhance and maintain the Square as a scenic and historic landmark. The Conservancy is solely dependent on private donations for its operations and receives no public funding.
The Conservancy employs a horticulturalist to design and maintain plantings, provide gardening services, liaise with the City, and supervise maintenance in the park. A groundskeeper is employed to keep the Square clean. The Square is maintained in cooperation with the New York City Parks and Recreation Department, which collects trash and locks and unlocks the gates.
Annual Conservancy events include a spring tulip display, Tulip Celebration (a member appreciation cocktail party), a carved Pumpkin Patch on Halloween night and a winter holiday decoration and light display.

## Transportation

The M11, M12 and M14A SBS bus lines terminate at Abingdon Square. The New York City Subway's 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station is also nearby.
# Alabama Sports Hall of Fame

The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) is a state museum located in Birmingham, Alabama, dedicated to communicating the state’s athletic history. The museum displays over 5,000 objects related to athletes who were born in Alabama or earned fame through athletics that reflects positively upon the state, usually through excellence at an educational institution or sporting event in Alabama. The ASHOF was established by state legislative act on August 14, 1967.

## Membership

The ASHOF currently lists over 300 inductees, including five of the top 15 athletes selected as the greatest of the last century by ESPN. Nationally prominent members include Jesse Owens, Hank Aaron, Joe Louis, Willie Mays, Carl Lewis, Chase Riddle, Don Hutson, Shug Jordan, Howard Hill, and Paul "Bear" Bryant. A complete list can be found on the museum’s official website.
The museum has an annual induction banquet each year, where it inducts between six and eight persons who have contributed to the athletic arena in some capacity. At least two of these inductees are in the "seniors" category, which covers persons before the modern sports era.
Each year also brings a "Distinguished Sportsman" inductee. This is usually an Alabama sportsman, but may instead be a "Distinguished American Sportsman", if voted as such by the Board of Directors. Two notable examples of an American Sportsman are president George Herbert Walker Bush and Bob Hope.

## Facility

The ASHOF is located in a 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m$^2$) building in downtown Birmingham, adjacent to the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex and across an intersection from the Southeastern Conference headquarters. The current museum building was completed in 1992. The collection spans three floors of the building. The facility includes the 75 seat Bryant-Jordan Theater.

## Collection

Over 5,000 objects are displayed in the museum. The Heisman Trophies won by Auburn University athletes Pat Sullivan and Bo Jackson are both displayed, as is a houndstooth hat worn by University of Alabama coach “Bear” Bryant, life size dioramas, athletic equipment and historic uniforms.

## Museum leadership

The current executive director is Scott Myers, the former Managing Partner of the Alabama Steeldogs arena football team. Mr. Myers replaced William Legg, who helped spearhead the revitalization of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 with a new facility. The current museum is a showplace of sports memorabilia and is often used as an example of how an effective sports museum should be presented.
The curator responsible for the display of artifacts is Dr. Avalee Willoughby. She was recognized in 2007 with the Frank "Pig" House Award.
# Bird/Boyd Farm House

The Bird/Boyd Farm House is a single-family home located at 14215 Bird Road in Byron, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

## History

Brothers Elijah and Edward Bird were early settlers in this area, and owned the land this house sits on. It is reasonably certain that one of them constructed this house in about 1846. It was owned by the Bird family until at least the early 1980s.

## Description

The Bird/Boyd Farm House is a L-shaped frame Greek Revival structure. The facade has a classically ornamented entrance, pilasters on the corners of the building, and a wide frieze with a boxed cornice running across the top. The ell portion of the house is fronted by a recessed porch.
# Taurus (astrology)

Taurus (♉︎; Ancient Greek: Ταῦρος, romanized: Taûros, Latin for "bull") is the second astrological sign in the modern zodiac. It spans from 30° to 60° of the zodiac. This sign belongs to the Earth element or triplicity, as well as a fixed modality, quality, or quadruplicity. It is a Venus-ruled sign, the Moon is in its exaltation here at exactly 3°. The Sun transits this sign from approximately April 20 until May 20 in western astrology. Taurus is one of the three earth signs, alongside Capricorn and Virgo. Taurus's opposite sign is Scorpio.

## History

The bestial sign of Taurus is associated with several myths and bull worship from several ancient cultures. It was the first sign of the zodiac established among the Mesopotamians, who called it "The Great Bull of Heaven", as it was the constellation through which the Sun rose on the vernal equinox at that time, that is the Early Bronze Age, from about 4000 BC to 1700 BC.
The zodiac sign of Taurus does not entirely align with the constellation of Taurus. Taurus represents the 30 degrees following Aries in the zodiac circle. Aries marks the beginning of spring and new life, while Taurus, a fixed sign, continues and stabilizes what Aries started. During Taurus, life reaches its full bloom, symbolizing growth and steadfastness.

## Astrological associations

Earth is the element associated with Taurus, and alongside Virgo and Capricorn, it forms the Earth triplicity.
# Tiny Ruys

Martinus Johannes Maria "Tiny" Ruys (8 May 1957 – 11 January 2025) was a Dutch football player and coach.

## Playing career

Ruijs joined Fortuna Sittard from NEC and played 231 games for the club, clinching promotion to the Eredivisie with them in 1981. He played in 13 Eredivisie matches for NEC and 65 for Fortuna.

## Managerial career

Ruys was in charge of the United Arab Emirates in 2001, and has also managed Dutch club teams Fortuna Sittard and MVV. He left MVV after he was threatened by his own supporters and then managed SV Meerssen and EVV whom he left early due to health issues.

## Death

Ruys died on 11 January 2025, at the age of 67.
# Hunter station (New York Central Railroad)

Hunter was a former station on the Hunter Branch of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D) and was the busiest station on the branch lines of the U&D. Within several yards of the station were the Standard Oil Co. and the Otto Gordon Coal Co. The village of Hunter, which the station serviced, was also home to several popular resorts.
The station was built in 1882, and was the last station to be built by the narrow-gauge Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain Railroad. The U&D incorporated the smaller railroad in 1899. The station was expanded in 1900.
The U&D was taken over by the New York Central Railroad in 1932, and Hunter station was one of only two stations on the branch lines. However, the branch lines of the U&D were abandoned in 1939, and scrapped in 1940.
The station is now a private dwelling and the freight house is a tool shed.
# Richard Buchanan (American football)

Richard Lawrence Buchanan Jr. (born May 8, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and the World League of American Football (WLAF). He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats. Buchanan played for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, and the Frankfurt Galaxy of the WLAF.
# Don Nicholas

Donald Leigh Nicholas (October 30, 1930 – October 23, 2007) was an American professional baseball player who played from 1948 to 1959. Initially a shortstop in minor league baseball, then an outfielder, Nicholas received two brief trials in the Major Leagues with the 1952 and 1954 Chicago White Sox as a pinch hitter and pinch runner. The native of Phoenix, Arizona, batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) tall and weighed 150 pounds (68 kg).
Nicholas originally signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a successful base stealer during his minor league career, surpassing the 30-stolen-base mark at least three times during his career. Purchased by the White Sox after the 1951 minor league season, Nicholas made his MLB debut on April 16, 1952, when he pinch ran for Eddie Robinson in a 1–0 defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Indians. The following day, he pinch hit for pitcher Howie Judson and was retired by Mike Garcia. Four days later, he batted for Hal Brown and bounced out to St. Louis Browns pitcher Ned Garver. After spending the rest of 1952 and all of 1953 in the White Sox' farm system, Nicholas made Chicago's opening day roster in 1954. He pinch hit once (and received a base on balls) and scored three runs, but was sent to the Triple-A Havana Sugar Kings at the May cutdown date and played the rest of his career in the minors.
# Hunts Point station (Metro-North)

Hunts Point station is a planned passenger rail station on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, to be located in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. The station is planned to open in 2027 as part of the Penn Station Access project, which will add four stations in the Bronx. The station will be located north of Hunts Point Avenue, behind the former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad station, which was designed by Cass Gilbert.
A 63-month design-build contract for the project was issued in December 2021. Groundbreaking took place in December 2022.
# Marcus Wilson (American football)

Edmond Marcus Wilson (born April 16, 1968) is a former American football running back who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Raiders and Green Bay Packers. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the sixth round of the 1990 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Virginia and attended Greece Olympia High School in Rochester, New York.
# Alfred Carter (footballer)

Alfred Burton Carter (20 October 1877 – 1960) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County.
# Hyde Park station (New York Central Railroad)

Hyde Park is a former New York Central Railroad station located where Crum Elbow Creek flows into the Hudson River in Hyde Park, New York. A one-story wooden station was first established by the Central at the spot in 1851 by the Hudson River Railroad, connecting New York City and Albany. It was replaced by the existing building, built in a combination of the Mission and Spanish Revival styles by Warren and Wetmore, the railroad's preferred architects who had also designed Grand Central Terminal and the nearby Poughkeepsie station, in 1914.
The station saw heavy use throughout the early years of its existence, due to the proximity of estates such as the Vanderbilt Mansion and, later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's frequent retreats to his home in Hyde Park. Roosevelt is known to have passed through the station twice during his presidency: in 1939 when he greeted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom on their 1939 visit, and posthumously in 1945, when his body was unloaded there in preparation for burial. However, even by Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term, it was only a local stop on local New York City–Albany trains, with the named trains bypassing the station.
When passenger rail transport in the U.S. declined as air and auto established themselves as alternatives in mid-century, the station began to see less traffic. Regular train service was suspended in 1953, after which it may have become a flag stop. It was listed by the Central as a station until 1958, after which the outer two of the line's four tracks were torn up and the tunnel to the southbound platforms closed off. Eventually the Central sold the station building to the Town of Hyde Park, one of many assets it divested itself of as it tried to stay afloat.
Local youths began fixing the station up for use as a teen center, but they failed to finish the project. By 1975 the abandoned building had fallen into disrepair and become heavily vandalized. It was one day away from demolition when the Hudson Valley Railroad Society (HVRS) took possession, renting the station from the town for a dollar per year for fifteen years. The HVRS completed the extensive interior and exterior renovations needed, including completely restoring the tiled roof, and began converting it into a regional rail museum, raising operating funds with an annual model train show.
The tracks, fenced off for safety reasons, remain in use by CSX and Amtrak's Empire Service. The station could possibly become part of an active passenger station again if the idea of extending Metro-North's Hudson Line commuter rail service northward from its current terminus at Poughkeepsie is ever realized.
# 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the third edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. France hosted the championship, during 4–15 May. Host France defeated Spain in the final to win the competition for the first time.

## Qualifying

There were two qualifying rounds.
* Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship first qualifying round
* Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship second qualifying round

## Match Officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |

### Group B

| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
# Melchior Ndadaye International Airport

Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (IATA: BJM, ICAO: HBBA) is an airport in Bujumbura, the former capital of Burundi. It is Burundi's only international airport and the only one with a paved runway.

## History

The airport was opened in 1952. On 1 July 2019, the airport was renamed Melchior Ndadaye International Airport after the first democratically elected president of Burundi who was murdered in a coup d'état in October 1993, three months after being elected. This event sparked the decade-long Burundian Civil War.

## Location

The airport is in the extreme northwest of Bujumbura Mairie Province. It is bounded by Bujumbura Rural Province to the north and west, by the RN4 coastal highway running along the shore of Lake Tanganyika to the south, and by the Mutimbuzi River and the RN5 highway to the east. The Mpanda River, a tributary of the Ruzizi River, flows past the north end of the airport.
In October 2018 the Burundi Civil Aviation Authority began dredging the Mutimbuzi River to prevent it from flooding into the airport. Drains would also be installed to prevent flooding. Removal of alluvium and other waste from the river would begin downstream and continue up to the NR5 highway from Bujumbura to Rugombo. In May 2021 the Mpanda River threatened to break the dam that protects the infrastructure of the Melchior Ndadaye International Airport.

## Airlines and destinations

As of December 2018, the following airlines maintain regular scheduled service to Bujumbura International Airport:

### Passenger

| Airlines | Destinations |
| Air Tanzania | Dar es Salaam, Kigoma |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta |
| RwandAir | Kigali |
| Uganda Airlines | Entebbe |

### Cargo

| Airlines | Destinations |
| Ethiopian Airlines Cargo | Addis Ababa, Kigali |
# Catholic Peace Fellowship

The Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF) is a prominent Catholic pacifist organization founded in 1964 to promote nonviolence and social justice, particularly in response to the Vietnam War. The CPF emerged from the broader peace movement of the 1960s and has played a significant role in shaping American Catholic attitudes towards war and peace.

## Origins and Founding

The CPF was established by members of the Catholic Worker movement, including Jim Forest, Tom Cornell, and the Berrigan brothers, Daniel and Philip. Its formation was inspired by the need for Catholic pacifists to expand their efforts and reach out to the broader Catholic community. The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), an interfaith peace organization, played a crucial role in the CPF's creation, with John Heiderbrink, FOR's interfaith director, actively working to organize Catholics into an affiliate.

## Mission and Activities

The CPF's primary objectives include:
* Counseling conscientious objectors
* Organizing demonstrations against war
* Publishing articles and materials on Catholic pacifism
* Stimulating debate on the morality of war within the Catholic community
One of the CPF's most significant early contributions was the publication of a booklet on Catholics and conscientious objection, which received the imprimatur of Cardinal Spellman.

## Impact on the Vietnam War Era

During the Vietnam War, the CPF played a central role in American Catholic peacemaking3. The organization:
* Provided a religious context for Catholics to protest the war
* Maintained a religious voice in the larger secular antiwar movement
* Developed protest tactics and arguments against the war that reflected Catholic teachings
The CPF's efforts contributed to the erosion of liberal Catholic support for the Vietnam War and influenced the American Catholic bishops' renunciation of the war in 1969.

## Significance in American Catholicism

The CPF challenged traditional relationships within the American Catholic Church by empowering lay Catholics to take the lead in protesting the Vietnam War. This shift prepared lay Catholics to participate more fully in the Church's mission and in shaping the post-Vatican II agenda of the American Catholic Church.

## Legacy and Continued Relevance

As of 2025, the Catholic Peace Fellowship continues to promote peace and nonviolence in accordance with Catholic social teaching. The organization's history offers valuable insights into the complexity of the antiwar movement and the evolution of Catholic peacemaking in the United States.
# Mayura (mythology)

Mayura (Sanskrit: मयूर Mayūra) is a Sanskrit word for peacock which is one of the sacred birds of the Hindu culture. It is referred to in a number of Hindu scriptures. It is also a contemporary Hindu name used in many parts of India.

## Background

The legend states that the Mayura was created from the feathers of Garuda, another divine bird of Hindu culture. Garuda is believed to be a vahana (conveyance) of Vishnu, one of the Trimurti. In images of the mayura as a mythical bird, it is depicted as killing a snake, which according to a number of Hindu scriptures, is a symbol of cycle of time.

## Significance

Mayura is associated with a number of gods and deities of the Hindus including the following:
* A story in the Uttara Ramayana elaborates on Indra, who unable to defeat Ravana, sheltered under the wing of a peacock and later blessed it with a "thousand eyes" and fearlessness from serpents. Another story has Indra who after being cursed with a thousand ulcers was transformed into a peacock with a thousand eyes. The thousand eyes refer to the eyespots on the feathers.
* Kartikeya is generally depicted with a mayura and the mayura also serves as his conveyance.
* The mayura named Paravani serves as the conveyance of the god Kartikeya.
* Krishna is generally depicted with peacock feathers adorning his head.
* Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, is the goddess of prosperity, luck and beauty; she is symbolized by the mayura.
* Mayuresvara an incarnation of Ganesha, whose mount is a peacock (in the Ganesha Purana)
* The mayura named Citramekhala is associated with Saraswati, a deity representing benevolence, patience, kindness, compassion and knowledge.
* Sri Chanda Bhairavar, one of the Ashta Bhairava ("Eight Bhairavas"); whose mount is a peacock.
* Vikata (Vikaṭa) ("unusual form", "misshapen"), an avatar of Ganesha, whose mount is a peacock (in the Mudgala Purana).
In general, feathers of mayura are considered sacred and are used to dust the religious images and implements of Hindus.
In Asian folklore, especially in that of the Vedda of Sri Lanka the peacock deserves a charm of praise since this bird kills centipedes and snakes.
# Adam Elias von Siebold

Adam Elias von Siebold (5 March 1775 in Würzburg – 12 June 1828 in Berlin) was a German Gynecologist.

## Life

He was the youngest son of Carl Caspar von Siebold (1736–1807). Siebold was professor of anatomy, surgery und midwifery of the University of Würzburg. Unlike his brothers, he originally wanted to become a Merchant, eventually, however, he began to study medicine.
Through his teachings he influenced Johann Christian Stark (1753–1811) in Jena, Friedrich Benjamin Osiander (1759–1822) in Göttingen and later, Johann Lukas Boër (1751–1835) in Wien.
He authored several textbooks and is attributed to the following quote: Peace and silence, time and patience, respect for nature and the bithgiving woman, and the art of waiting, when Mother Nature rules.
He died aged 53 of a stomach condition. He was survived by two sons and four daughters, amongst them the doctor and Zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804–1885).

## Selected works

* Ausführliche Beschreibungen der Heilquellen zu Kissingen und ihre Auswirkung besonders bei Frauenzimmerkrankheiten, 1828, .

## Legacy

The Siebold-Gymnasium in Würzburg is named after him.