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# Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum

The Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum is a proposed museum and monument to Lapulapu to be built at Mactan Shrine in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines.

## History

As a preparation for the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines, the Mactan Shrine park in Lapu-Lapu City was renovated. By September 2019, the initial plans for the shrine called for the replacement of the 20 m (66 ft) bronze statue of Lapulapu with a larger monument depicting the Battle of Mactan; the bronze statue is planned to be reinstalled in a courtyard of a museum to be built within the area. At around this time a design competition for the monument which was supposed to be launched the following month was being planned.
By 2020, the government abandoned plans to replace the existing Lapulapu statue. In July 2020, it was announced that the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) will have three flagship projects for the Quincentennial which includes the construction of the Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum. The NQC launched the national monument design competition in September 2020 with the winning design announced in early 2021.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Actual construction is planned for 2022 with the museum projected to open in 2023.
However, the project is not yet complete as of April 2023 due to budget constraints. Lapu-Lapu City mayor Junard Chan asked financial assistance from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), but the agency failed to allocate a budget. Chan approached Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco for a budget to build the museum.

## Architecture and design
### Museum structure

The Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum would be built along the shore of Barangay Mactan with the structure extending over water. The structure's roof is made to resemble a sakayan, to signify the Philippines' "common maritime heritage". The left and right portions of the structure would host the museum's galleries and function rooms while the middle portion is an open hallway where the Lapulapu national monument would be placed.

### National monument

The Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum will house the Lapulapu National Monument. The design of the monument will be based on the winning entry of the Lapulapu National Monument Design Competition launched by the NQC in September 2020 entitled The Watch of Mactan. The Watch of Mactan was a design by Tarlac-based architect Rex Sicat Jr. which featured a sculpture of Lapulapu on top of a trapezoidal pedestal acting as a sentry with sculptures of three warriors in a mangatang stance and figures of a mother and child at its base.
The sculpture reportedly will be 9.55 meters (31.3 ft). However, President Rodrigo Duterte made his stance known that Lapulapu's statue should be taller than 30-meter (98 ft) Magellan Monument.
# Kinito Méndez

Kinito Méndez, born José del Carmen Ramírez Méndez on November 18, 1963, is a merengue music singer.

## Biography

Mendez started his career in 1988 as one of the co-founders of the merengue band La Cocoband, along with Alfonzo "Pochy Familia" Vásquez and Bobby Rafael. Mendez wrote and arranged many of La Cocoband's songs, including "La Manito", "El Boche", "El Cacu" and "Mujer Malvada". Mendez later decided to leave and start his own project in early 1992 with Bobby Rafael which was "Rokabanda", who won Orquesta Revelación del Año in Los Premios Cassandra in 1993. With Rokabanda, Mendez produced "El Bacano", "El Ñoñito" and "los hombres maduro". In 1995, Mendez released his solo album "El Hombre Merengue", which sold 1.5 million copies.
Mendez was responsible for the 1997 song "El Vuelo 587", which pays tribute to American Airlines Flight 587, an early morning departure flight from New York City to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Mendez partially wrote the lyrics; he and Johnny Ventura were the singer, which were then turned inside one of the songs in "Merenboom, Vol. 2." Méndez himself had been a passenger on the flight before the November 12, 2001, accident flight occurred. The song was later re-released as "The Plane," or "El Avion" in Spanish. Méndez said that originally the song was intended to be about happiness while traveling to the Dominican Republic for the holidays. The aircraft on the flight crashed in 2001. Papi LaFontaine, who once served as Méndez's manager, died in the 2001 accident flight. Méndez said that he was considering writing a new song about the flight, "[b]ut it would be a slower song in tribute to all those who died."

## Discography

* El Hombre Merengue (1995)
* El Decreto de Kinito Méndez (1997)
* A Caballo... (1998)
* Su Amigo (1999)
* D'Colores (2000)
* A Palo Limpio (2001)
* Sigo Siendo el Hombre Merengue (2002)
* Celebra Conmigo (2004)
* Con Sabor a Mi (2006)
* La Fábrica (2008)

## Compilations

* Los Éxitos de Kinito Méndez (1995)
* Cachamba 96: The Unreleased Versions (1996)
* Sólo Éxitos (1998)
* 20th Anniversary (1999)
* 12 Éxitos (2001)
* 20 Éxitos (2002)
* Éxitos de Kinito Méndez (2005)
* Vida (2009)

## Pa' Ti Pa' Mi Records

* El Hombre Merengue (1996)
* Vale la Pena (1998)

## Videography

* A Caballo... (1999)
* Ayer y Hoy (2005)
# KC Lightfoot

KC Lightfoot (born November 11, 1999) is an American pole vaulter. He holds the American record with a clearance of 6.07 m (19 ft 11 in) at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville on June 2, 2023. This broke the record of 6.06 set by Sam Kendricks, the 2017 and 2019 World champion, in 2019. Lightfoot now ranks fourth on the world all-time list behind Swedish-American Mondo Duplantis (6.27 m, reigning Olympic and world champion), Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie (6.16 m indoors) and Ukrainian Sergey Bubka (6.15 m indoors, 6.14 m outdoors). He placed fourth at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
| Representing United States |||||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 15th | 5.60 m (18 ft 4 in) |

### US Track and field Championships

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| 2021 | United States Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 2nd | Pole Vault | 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in) |
| 2019 | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | 3rd | Pole Vault | 5.76 m (18 ft 11 in) |
| 2018 | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | 13th | Pole Vault | NH @ 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in) |
| 2018 | New Balance Indoor Nationals | New York, New York | 2nd | Pole Vault | 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in) |
| 2017 | 2017 USA U20 Track and Field Championships | Sacramento, California | 4th | Pole Vault | 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in) |
| 2017 | New Balance Nationals Outdoor | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6th | Pole Vault | 4.81 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| 2016 | USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships | Sacramento, California | 3rd | Pole Vault | 5.30 m (17 ft 5 in) |
He finished third at the 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a personal best jump of 5.76 m.
# Zenon Kosiniak-Kamysz

Zenon Henryk Kosiniak-Kamysz (born 25 February 1958, in Bieniaszowice) is a Polish diplomat, official, politician, serving as Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior and Administration (2001–2003) and the Ministry of National Defence (2008–2009), ambassador to Slovakia (2003–2007), Canada (2010–2013), and Singapore (2014–2018).

## Life

Kosiniak-Kamysz graduated in 1981 from the Dresden University of Technology. In 1983, he finished post-graduate studies in foreign trade at the Kraków University of Economics.
Following his studies, he worked for two years in Leipzig as deputy head of the trade company "Budimex". Next, he was deputy director of the Polish Foreign Trade Chamber office in Kraków. In 1990, he started his diplomatic career as First Secretary at the Embassy in Budapest, Hungary. From 1994 to 1996, he was the director of the departments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the Ministry of Economic Cooperation with Abroad. Between 1996 and 2001, he was the head of the Economic Section at the Embassy in Berlin, Germany.
Recommended by the Polish People's Party, in 2001 he took the post of Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, being responsible for integration with the European Union, among others. From 2003 to 30 June 2007, he served as ambassador to Slovakia. Directly after, he was once more seconded in Berlin as head of the Economic Section.
Between March 2008 and November 2009, he was Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of National Defence. From January 2010 to 16 August 2013, he was ambassador to Canada. In June 2014, he was nominated ambassador to Singapore. He was also representing Poland at the Board of Governors of the Asia–Europe Foundation. On 20 July 2018, he finished his term. Until his retirement in February 2023, he worked at the MFA Department of Economic Cooperation. In October 2024, he returned to the diplomatic service and became chargé d’affaires at the Embassy in Vienna, Austria.

## Private Life

Brother of professor Kazimierz Kosiniak-Kamysz and Andrzej Kosiniak-Kamysz, minister of health (1989–91), uncle of Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, deputy prime minister (since 2023). Married to Katarzyna Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Besides his native Polish, he speaks English, German, Slovak, and Russian.

## Honours

* Silver Cross of Merit, Poland, 2002.
* Order of the White Double Cross, Second Class, Slovakia, 2008.
* Commander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Hungary, 2009.
# Alausí railway station

Alausí railway station in Alausí, Chimborazo Province, is located on the only railway in Ecuador, which connects Quito in the north and Durán (a suburb of Guayaquil) in the south. It was opened in 1929.
The railway reached Alausí on 8 September 1902, after having gone through Nariz del Diablo, south of Alausí, in 1901.
The station used to be the departure point for the tourist trains which followed south to Sibambe station via Nariz del Diablo. Between 2013 and 2020 it was also on the route between Quito and Guayaquil, operated by the Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos.
# Steve Harrigan

Steve Harrigan is a television news correspondent who worked on foreign assignments for CNN News before joining Fox News as a Middle East correspondent in October 2001.

## Career

While working at CNN in Moscow "where he reported from inside the Kremlin when then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned in 1991, and covered the Chechen War". CNN's Moscow bureau received the Peabody Award, Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, and Overseas Press Club David Kaplan Award for excellence in reporting while he was with the network.
Harrigan reported from Georgia when it was involved in combat with Russia in 2008 and had to run to escape after being targeted by gunfire at one point. Harrigan reported from Haiti in 2010 after a major earthquake. He has also reported on Hurricane Harvey.
In 2010, Harrigan reported on Hurricane Earl (2010) and its aftermath on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. He reported on Hurricane Katrina from Gulfport, Mississippi; Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan; and conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians.
Harrigan has filed reports from 80 countries—more than any other Fox News correspondent.

## Libya controversy

On March 21, 2011 CNN foreign correspondent Nic Robertson criticized Harrigan's coverage of Operation Odyssey Dawn and allegations that the Libyan government had used foreign journalists as human shields against a coalition air-strike on Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli. The controversy arose when Harrigan refused to take part of a trip organized by the Libyan government to inspect the site of the attack. According to Robertson, the Fox News team sent a non-editorial member of their staff instead of Harrigan.

## Personal life

Harrigan graduated from Duke University and holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature. He is fluent in the Russian language.
He lives in Miami, Florida.
# Shelby County Schools (Alabama)

Shelby County Schools is the school district of Shelby County, Alabama. Its headquarters are in Columbiana.
On February 26, 2025, the Shelby County School Board terminated a cafeteria worker for soliciting donations to offset students' lunch bills.

## Schools

High Schools (9-12):
Vincent Middle/High, Shelby County High, Oak Mountain, Montevallo, Chelsea, Helena, & Calera
Middle Schools (6-8):
Oak Mountain, Columbiana, Montevallo, Chelsea, Helena, & Calera
Intermediate Schools:
Oak Mountain (4-5) Helena (3-5) Calera (4-5)
Elementary Schools:
Oak Mountain: K-3 Chelsea Park: K-5 Forest Oaks: K-5 Montevallo: K-5 Wilsonville: K-5 Inverness: K-3 Mt Laurel: K-5 Elvin Hill: K-5 Vincent: K-5 Helena: K-2 Calera: K-2
Special Needs School: Linda Nolen Learning Center (K-12)
Alternative School: New Direction

### High schools

* Calera High School
* Chelsea High School
* Helena High School
* Montevallo High School
* Oak Mountain High School
* Shelby County High School
* Shelby County Career Technical Education Center
* Vincent High School
# Hicks-Stearns Family Museum

The Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is a Victorian historic house museum located on the town green in Tolland, Connecticut. The house was built in 1788, when it served as a tavern. It was occupied by the Hicks family from 1845 until 1970. Along with the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum, the Tolland County Courthouse, and the Daniel Benton Homestead, the Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is one of Tolland's four major landmarks.

## House

The Hicks-Stearns family house is a transition home, featuring a colonial-era kitchen and a Victorian-era parlor and furnishings. Collections include family heirlooms, cloth tea balls, Victrola, and faux bamboo furniture.
The house's original owner was Benoni Shepard, a Congregationalist deacon and Tolland's first postmaster.
The museum hosts tours, concerts, and holiday programs from May through December.

## Hicks family

The house's most prominent resident was Ratcliffe Hicks (1843-1906), eldest son of Charles Hicks, a successful merchant from Providence, Rhode Island, and Maria Stearns. Ratcliffe was a Brown University graduate (1864), successful lawyer and industrialist (president of the Canfield Rubber Works in Bridgeport), and Connecticut state legislator. Ratcliffe renovated and expanded the family house with many Victorian elements, adding a front porch and a distinctive three-story tower.
When Ratcliffe Hicks died in 1906, his will established a trust (worth a quarter of his estate) to start a school of agriculture and forestry in Connecticut. The school opened in 1941 as part of the University of Connecticut. UConn's Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture and the Ratcliffe Hicks Building & Arena are named after him.
Dedicated in 1951, UConn's Elizabeth Hicks Residence Hall is a women's dormitory named after Ratcliffe's daughter, painter and philanthropist Elizabeth Hicks (1884-1974). Elizabeth willed the Tolland family home to a nonprofit trust to convert into a museum.
# Vanhojapoikia viiksekkäitä

Vanhojapoikia viiksekkäitä ("Moustached Bachelors") is a Finnish song composed and performed in by Juha Vainio. Released as a single in 1982 and the opening track to his 1983 album Sellaista elämä on, and remains one of his most popular songs to this day.
The song's lyrics tell the sad life stories of Nestori Miikkulainen, an old bachelor living on a rocky island in Lake Saimaa, and a lonely seal who lives in the waters near Nestori's cabin and comes to visit him when the old man plays his harmonica. The song's central themes are the depopulation of rural Finland, and nature preservation: the two protagonists are both said to be members of an endangered species.
The bachelor named Nestori Miikkulainen is named after a bachelor Vainio met while working for Yleisradio. He changed the last name to Miikkulainen, after his neighbor.
# Snipe Conley

James Patrick "Snipe" Conley (April 25, 1892 – January 5, 1978) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League in 1914 and 1915, and for the Cincinnati Reds in 1918. He continued to play in the minors until 1926, then came back at age 47 to pitch in two games for the minor league Dallas Rebels in 1941.

## Sources

* Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
# Gambian English

Gambian English is the variety of English spoken in The Gambia. Gambian English has fewer speakers than any other variety of West African English (WAE), and shares similarities with Sierra Leonean English. The differences between Gambian English and other dialects of African English are mostly lexical and phonological. Gambian English has been influenced by various indigenous Gambian languages.
# LGBTQ rights in Tibet

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) people in the Tibet encounter specific legal and social challenges not faced by non-LGBT residents. The Tibetan Plateau, spanning areas under the sovereignty of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India, has variations in the legal treatment of LGBT individuals between these nations. Since 1997 in China and 2018 in India, all forms of same-sex sexual activities were legalised. However, in both nations, same-sex couples lack the rights to marry or adopt children, and there is no provision for common law marriages, same-sex marriage, civil unions, or issue partnership certificates.
In India, same-sex couples have limited rights to cohabitation. In China, no explicit legal protections against discrimination for LGBT individuals, nor does it have hate crime laws that encompass sexual orientation or gender identity.
Within the Tibetan cultural context, no specific Tibetan support groups for LGBT individuals are reported. However, Han Chinese residents in Tibet have established community structures, such as LGBT-friendly bars. Interviews conducted by a Singapore-based Asian gay website state that Tibetan youth generally exhibit a relaxed attitude towards homosexuality. The cultural norm in Tibet discourages any public displays of affection, a stance influenced partly by Buddhism's glorification on celibacy, rather than a direct manifestation of homophobia.
The historical account of Ernst Schäfer’s 1938–39 German expedition to Tibet notes the presence of homosexual relationships, particularly between older lamas and younger boys, highlighting the role of homosexuality in the region's socio-political fabric. There are pages of careful observation of Himalayan people engaged in a variety of intimate acts.
Tenzin Mariko, a former Buddhist monk from Dharamshala, is recognized as the first openly transgender woman within the Tibetan community. She has actively engaged with Tibetan social organizations and has been received by religious leaders, marking a significant step towards visibility and acceptance of transgender individuals in Tibetan society.
# Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes

The Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes is a museum of national bank notes in Okoboji, Iowa. The museum was founded in 1978 by William R. Higgins, Jr.

## Collections

The museum has collections of national bank notes from Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri, and objects such as a bank teller cage, safes, and a spider printing press on loan from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
# Tholaipesi

Tholaipesi is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by newcomer K. Paneerselvam, starring Vikramaditya and Priyanka. The film was released on 24 August 2007.

## Plot

The film revolves around Vedachala, alias Veda, who continues to lead a playboy life even after his marriage with Anita. Thanks to his cellphone, Anita discovers his illicit affair with Reema. Life takes a turn for Veda. Whether he sets his house in order forms the crux.

## Cast

* Vikramaditya as Vedachala
* Priyanka Nair as Anitha
* Divya as Reema
* Aarthi
* Nizhalgal Ravi
* Karunas
* Lavanya
* Madhan Bob
* Prem

## Production

The film marked the directorial debut of Panneerselvam who earlier assisted various directors including Fazil and also penned story for the film Bramma. The film was shot at Chennai, Coutralam, Ooty, Munnar and Pondicherry.

## Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by debutant Shanthakumar.

## Critical reception

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The debutant director should be commended for trying out a new concept. But the second half could have been trimmed". Priya of Kalki wrote it is inevitable that the audience will get bored even if they try to make the characters interesting, and the film falters due to the lack of plot weight and heavy characters. Climax can be guessed. She said the film's weakness is the lack of compelling scenes.
# Niren Lahiri

Niren Lahiri or Nirendranath Lahiri (17 July 1908 – 2 December 1972) was a Bengali and Hindi film director. He received 9th Annual BFJA Awards in 1946 and 2nd National Film Awards in 1955.

## Career

Lahiri was born in Kolkata, British India in 1907. His father's name was Jitendra Nath Lahiri. Initially he started his career as an actor in Pramathesh Barua’s studio. He worked with Mr. Barua at New Theatres. He acted in Abhinav in 1940 directed by Debaki Bose. Lahiri was the music director of Ashiana, Tarubala and Annapurnar Mandir in 1936. In 1940 he made his directional debut in the film Byabodhan. He became popular after directing Bhabhi Kaal in 1945. He directed about 27 films including Bengali and Hindi cinema. Lahiri died in 1972.

## Filmography

* Raat Dastey
* Rajdrohi
* Chhabi
* Indrani (film)
* Tansen
* Boro Maa
* Madhumalati
* Prithibi Amare Chaay
* Bhola Master
* Shankar Narayan Bank
* Devimalini
* Jadubhatta
* Kalyani
* Shobha
* Kajari
* Lakh Taka
* Palli Samaj
* Subhadra
* Garobini
* Singhadwar
* Jayjatra
* Sadharan Meye
* Vijay Yatra
* Arabian Nights
* Bano Phool
* Bhabhi Kaal
* Anban
* Dampati
* Sahadharmini
* Garmil
* Mahakavi Kalidas (1942 film)
* Byabodhan