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# Kalayna Price

Kalayna Price is an American author best known for her Alex Craft novels, an urban fantasy series about a witch who solves crimes by speaking to the dead. She is represented by Lucienne Diver of the Knight Agency.

## Biography

Price has a BFA in Studio art from the University of South Carolina. She is a member of Science Fiction Writers of America and is a regular contributor to Magical Words, an educational blog for writers written by writers, agents, and editors.
In the US, Price is published by Roc (Penguin USA) and Bell Bridge Books. Her Alex Craft novels are also available through Penguin in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. German rights language for both series are held by Blanvalet, and it has been announced that French, Romanian, and Polish language rights have been sold.
# Thomas F. McCran

Thomas Francis McCran (December 2, 1875 – September 19, 1925) was an American jurist and Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, President of the New Jersey Senate, and Attorney General of New Jersey.

## Early life and legal career

McCran was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1875. He was raised in Paterson and was educated in the public schools there. He attended Seton Hall College and graduated in 1896 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
He read law in the office of former State Senator William B. Gourley in Paterson and was admitted as an attorney in 1899, becoming a counselor in 1911. He practiced in Gourley's office until 1907 before opening up an office of his own.
McCran was elected City Attorney of Paterson in 1907, holding the office until 1912. He became a counselor at law in 1911 and obtained his LL.D. from Seton Hall in 1917.

## Political career

In 1909 McCran was elected as a Republican member of the State Assembly from Passaic County, and he was re-elected in 1911 and 1912. He was named floor leader by the Republican minority in 1911 and the following year, when the Republicans took control of the Assembly, he was made Speaker. While serving as Assembly Speaker, his Secretary was William Wadsworth Evans, who would later represent Passaic County in the State Assembly from 1919 to 1924.
Before the expiration of his term, he was nominated by the Republicans of Passaic County for the State Senate. The Progressive Party ran a candidate in the race, splitting the Republican vote, and the Democratic candidate Peter J. McGinnis defeated McCran by a slim margin. In 1915 he ran against McGinnis again and defeated him by a plurality of more than 8,000 votes.
In 1917 Senate Republicans named McCran majority leader, and in 1918 he was selected as Senate President. He presided as Acting Governor in the absence of Governor Walter Evans Edge.
In 1919 Governor Edge appointed him to the position of Attorney General for a five-year term. On the completion of his term he sought the Republican nomination for Governor in 1925. Despite the backing of Edge (now in the United States Senate) and the regular Republican organization, McCran was defeated for the nomination by Arthur Whitney, who had the support of the Anti-Saloon League. Whitney would go on to be defeated in the general election by Democratic candidate A. Harry Moore.

## Death

In September 1925, three months after losing the arduous gubernatorial primary, McCran died suddenly at his home in Paterson. He was diagnosed with acute indigestion and leakage of the heart. He was survived by his wife, the former Frances C. Martin (married at Passaic, June 1916), and his daughter Frances Abby McCran (born December 15, 1918).
# Pinball Heroes

Pinball Heroes is a pinball video game developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. It was ported to the PlayStation Vita as Pinball Heroes: Complete in 2013. The original version was re-released on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in 2022.

## Gameplay

Pinball Heroes is a simplistic pinball video game where points can be score by hitting objects with the ball. It exclusively features boards themed around PlayStation games at the time, including Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Pain, High Velocity Bowling, Fat Princess, Wipeout HD Fury, ModNation Racers, Everybody's Golf and MotorStorm, each of which is purchasable as separate downloadable content, though one must be purchased first to access the game. They are bundled together for the Vita release, which also features a leaderboard and social network functionality.

## Reception

Sammy Barker of Push Square gave the re-released version a 6/10 score, praising its original ideas and implementation of other franchises into the gameplay, but he criticized its technical performance for being disappointingly low effort.
# Chaudhary Tejveer Singh

Chaudhary Tejveer Singh (born 2 December 1959) is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttar Pradesh.Currently Serving as Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha. Previously He served as a member of the Lok Sabha representing Mathura (Lok Sabha constituency). He was elected to 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha.
Chaudhary Tejveer Singh,former MP of Mathura has been elected unopposed as the chairman of Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Bank. With this, Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Shivpal Singh Yadav has been discharged.He was previously the Uttar Pradesh, co-operative chairman

## Political career

* May 1996: Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
* March 1998: Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
* October 1999: Elected to 13th Lok Sabha
* August 2018: Elected as the chairman of Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Bank
* April 2024: Member of Rajya Sabha
# Samuel Hurst Seager

Samuel Hurst Seager CBE (26 June 1855 – 5 October 1933) was a notable New Zealand builder, draftsman, architect and town planner. He was born in London, England, in 1855, and as a boy emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, with his parents in 1870.
He was one of the pioneers of the New Zealand bungalow. He purchased land on Clifton Hill in Sumner and designed and established a garden suburb with eight bungalows which were sold in 1914. Seager resided at No.1 The Spur for eight years from 1902.
Two of his notable buildings are Daresbury at 67 Fendalton Road and the Christchurch Municipal Chambers.
In the 1926 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

## Gallery of his work

* Daresbury in Christchurch
* Sign of the Packhorse on the summit road (Christchurch)
* Sign of the Bellbird on the summit road (Christchurch)
* Sign of the Kiwi on the summit road (Christchurch)
* Christchurch Municipal Chambers
* Massey Memorial, Wellington
* Cranmer Bridge Club, Christchurch
# Pekanbaru United F.C.

Pekanbaru United Football Club (simply known as Pekanbaru United FC) is an Indonesian football club based in Pekanbaru, Riau. They currently compete in the Liga 4.

## History

Pekanbaru United FC was established in 2019, they are based on the interests of fostering the younger generation above the interests of groups and individuals as a manifestation to advance Pekanbaru regional football, especially Riau, and in 2020, Indonesian professional footballer, Herman Dzumafo now have a new assignment in one of these teams, he officially became the president and owner of the club. He does not work alone, he is accompanied by Musdalil Amri (vice president), Muhammad Teza Taufik (secretary) and Maria Makdalena Hutahaean (treasurer). They collaborated with one of the Liga 1 club in October 2020, Borneo. In November 2020, Pekanbaru United has officially become a new member of the PSSI Riau Provincial Association (Asprov) through the PSSI Riau Asprov annual congress.
On 6 November 2021, Pekanbaru United made their first league match debut in a 1–1 draw against club from Kampar PSBS Bangkinang at the Tuanku Tambusai Stadium.
# Perdiccas III of Macedon

Perdiccas III (Greek: Περδίκκας Γ΄) was king of the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedonia from 365 BC to 360 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II.
Son of Amyntas III and Eurydice, he was a child when in 369 BC his brother Alexander II was killed by their brother-in-law Ptolemy of Aloros, who then ruled as regent. In 365 BC, Perdiccas killed Ptolemy and assumed government.
There is very little information about the reign of Perdiccas III. He was at one time engaged in hostilities with Athens over Amphipolis, and he was distinguished for his patronage of men of letters. Among these we are told that Euphraeus of Oreus, a disciple of Plato, rose so high in Perdiccas's favour as to completely govern the young king and to exclude from his society all but philosophers and geometers.
He also served as theorodokos in the Panhellenic Games that took place in Epidaurus around 360/359 BC.
In 360 BC, Perdiccas tried to reconquer upper Macedonia from the Illyrian Bardylis, but the expedition ended in disaster, with Perdiccas being killed. Diodorus Siculus attests that four thousand men had died in the expedition, and that the remainder, panic-stricken, had become exceedingly afraid of the Illyrian armies and had lost heart for continuing the war.
Perdiccas was succeeded by his infant son, Amyntas IV. The throne was soon usurped by Perdiccas's younger brother Philip II.
# Philip (son of Antipater)

Philip (Greek: Φίλιππoς; lived from 4th century to 3rd century) was son of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, and brother of Cassander, by whom he was sent in 319 , with an army to invade Aetolia. But on his arrival in Acarnania the news that Aeacides, king of Epirus, had recovered possession of his throne, induced him to turn his arms against that monarch, whom he defeated in a pitched battle. Aeacides with the remnant of his forces having afterwards joined the Aetolians, a second action ensued, in which Philip was again victorious, and Aeacides himself fell in the battle. The Aetolians hereupon abandoned the open country, and took refuge in their mountain fastnesses. According to Justin Philip had participated with his two brothers, Cassander and Iollas, in the conspiracy for the murder of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. He was the father of Antipater Etesias.
# Secret Escapes

Secret Escapes is a members-only British travel company selling heavily discounted luxury hotel stays and trips through its website and mobile app. Secret Escapes operates in Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.

## History

Secret Escapes was formerly called DMC Cruise Limited until 16 Nov 2010 when it was re-branded as Secret Escapes by Tom Valentine and Alex Saint, after identifying a demand in luxury travel deals in the UK. In 2014, the company acquired the German mobile hotel booking application Justbook to compete with other last minute hotel mobile apps.
In July 2015 the company secured an additional $60m in funding from existing investor Octopus Investments as well as Google Ventures to fund further expansion and acquired UK based mycityvenue in an all-cash-and-stock deal, adding another 1200 venues and 1.4 million members to its portfolio. According to IBT, the company has over 19 million members and has sold 2 million room nights.
In October 2015, Secret Escapes continued its expansion in Germany by acquiring flash deal site Travista.
In 2017, Secret Escapes acquired Slevomat Group, Central and Eastern Europe's leading travel deals and experience company.
# Philip Williams (snooker player)

Philip Williams (born 3 June 1967) is a Welsh former professional snooker player. He was a professional for most seasons between 1993–94 and 2003–04, but failed to establish himself, his highest ranking position being 99. His best performances both came in 2001, when he reached the last 64 of both the Benson & Hedges Championship and the British Open.
As an amateur, he won the Welsh Championship in 2006. He then reached the quarter-final at the amateur 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Kurt Maflin 6–3. In the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championship he was beaten by Alok Kumar. In the 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship he was eliminated in the semi-finals by Alfie Burden of England. In 2010 he won the IBSF World Masters Championship in Damascus, Syria, beating Thailand's Chuchart Trairattanapradit 6 – 4.
In 2013 he was a surprise qualifier for the Last 16 of the WPBSA World Seniors Championship – his qualifying tournament wins included defeats of 2 former top 16 players, Gary Wilkinson and Patsy Fagan. He qualified again in 2021, losing to eventual winner David Lilley in the last 16.
He reached the last 16 of the World Seniors Championship once more in 2023 after winning the Golden Ticket tournament, beating Craig Steadman in the final. He will play Jimmy White at the Crucible.
# Philoxenus (general)

Philoxenus (in Greek Φιλόξενος) was a Macedonian officer appointed to superintend the collection of the tribute in the provinces north of the Taurus Mountains after Alexander the Great's return from Egypt in 331 BC. However, he did not immediately assume this command because he was sent forward by Alexander from the field of Gaugamela to take possession of Susa and the treasures there deposited, which he effected without opposition. After this, he seems to have remained quietly in the discharge of his functions in Asia Minor, until the commencement of the year 323, when he brought troops from Caria to Babylon, where he arrived just before the last illness of Alexander. In the distribution of the provinces which followed the death of that monarch, there is no mention of Philoxenus, but in 321 he was appointed by Perdiccas to succeed Philotas in the government of Cilicia. By what means he afterwards conciliated the favour of Antipater is unknown, but in the partition at Triparadisus after the fall of Perdiccas the same year, he was still allowed to retain his satrapy of Cilicia. No information exists beyond then.
# Phrataphernes

Phrataphernes (Median: Fratafarnah, Ancient Greek: Φραταφέρνης; lived 4th century BC) was a Persian who held the government of Parthia and Hyrcania, under the king Darius III Codomannus, and joined that monarch with the contingents from the provinces subject to his rule, shortly before the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC. He afterwards accompanied the king on his flight into Hyrcania.

## Service with Alexander the Great

After the death of Darius, Phrataphernes surrendered voluntarily to Alexander the Great, by whom he was kindly received, and appears to have been shortly after reinstated in his satrapy. At least he is termed by Arrian satrap of Parthia, during the advance of Alexander against Bessus, when he was detached by the king, together with Erigyius and Caranus to crush the revolt of Satibarzanes, in Aria (329 BC). He rejoined the king at Zariaspa in 328 BC. The next winter (328–327 BC), during the stay of Alexander at Nautaca, Phrataphernes was again despatched to reduce the disobedient satrap of the Mardi and Tapuri, Autophradates, a service which he successfully performed, and brought the rebel as a captive to the king, by whom he was subsequently put to death. He rejoined Alexander in India, shortly after the defeat of Porus, but he seems to have again returned to his satrapy, from whence we find him sending his son Pharasmanes with a large train of camels and beasts of burden, laden with provisions for the supply of the army during the toilsome march through Gedrosia.
From this time we hear no more of him until after the death of Alexander (323 BC). In the first division of the provinces consequent on that event, the Partition of Babylon (323 BC), he retained his government, but it is probable that he died prior to the second partition at Triparadisus (321 BC), as on that occasion we find the satrapy of Parthia bestowed on Philip, who had been previously governor of Sogdiana.
# Pigres of Halicarnassus

Pigres (Greek: Πίγρης), a native of Halicarnassus, either the brother or the son of the celebrated Artemisia, satrap of Caria. He is spoken of by the Suda as the author of the Margites and the Batrachomyomachia. The latter poem is also attributed to him by Plutarch and was probably his work. One of his feats was a very singular one, namely, inserting a pentameter line after each hexameter in the Iliad, thus: —
    Μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος.
    Μοῦσα· σὺ γὰρ πάσης πείρατ᾽ ἔχεις σοφίης.
    Sing, goddess, of the ruinous wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus.
    Muse, for you possess the means of all wisdom.
Bode (Gesch. der Hellen. Dichtkunst. i. p. 279) believes that the Margites, though not composed by Pigres, suffered some alterations at his hands, and in that altered shape passed down to posterity. Some suppose that the iambic lines, which alternated with the hexameters in the Margites, were inserted by Pigres. He was the first poet, apparently, who introduced the iambic trimeter. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. i. p. 519, &c.)

## In Literature

Pigres is one of the many historical characters featured in Gore Vidal's novel Creation. In Vidal's depiction, Pigres was Artemisia's brother - excluded by her from succession to their father's throne, living in fear of her and taking up comic poetry as a refuge.
# Colt 933

The Colt Model 933 is a compact carbine based on the AR-15, M16 rifle and M4 Carbine produced by Colt starting in 1995. Due to its compact size, the short-barreled Colt 933 continues to be used by various US Special Forces and by some foreign forces, including Israeli Special Forces.

## History

During the Vietnam War, Colt would issue a carbine variant of the M16 known as the XM177, for close-quarters combat. These rifles would have the barrel length cut down to 10 inches (25 cm) which upset the ballistics, reduced its range and accuracy, and had considerable muzzle flash and blast. Colt would partially fix this by adding a large flash suppressor, although it did not help with the rifle's loud report. Colt would later raise the barrel length from 10 inches to 11.5 Inches in response to field testing, and the rifle would be adopted as the XM177E2, which was assigned to MACV-SOG units. This reduced the muzzle flash and blast issues that the 10-inch XM177E1 had, and would be produced until 1970.
After the Vietnam War, Colt would mainly focus its attention to carbines with 14.5-inch (370 mm) or 20-inch (510 mm) barrels, but continued to make carbines with 11.5-inch (290 mm) barrels, which they called Commandos. The first of which was the Colt Model 733, which was created from whatever spare parts Colt had lying around. These became popular with police and special forces users such as Delta Force and USMC Force Recon.
In 1995, Colt would introduce the Model 933 as the M16A2 Commando, after the success of the M4 Carbine. These modernized Commandos have a "flattop" receiver, with a removable carry handle and a MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail, and semi-and-fully automatic fire capability. The parts are also interchangeable with the longer M4 Carbine. Despite suffering from some of the same issues that plagued the earlier Commando carbines, the 933 still remains popular amongst some police and special forces users. Colt would later rebrand the 933 as the M4 Commando.

## Users

* Afghanistan
* Israel
* Serbia: Used by Special Anti-Terrorist Unit.
* United States: Used by LAPD Metropolitan Division and USMC Force Recon.
# Polgasowita

Polgasowita is a town in Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is located a short distance south-east of central Colombo.
# Kalaç, Gerede

Kalaç is a village in the Gerede District, Bolu Province, Turkey. Its population is 79 (2021).
# Paul McCurrie

Paul J. McCurrie (March 27, 1929 – May 15, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey.
McCurrie was born in Kearny, and graduated in 1947 from Kearny High School. He served in the United States Navy and was commissioned an ensign. McCurrie received his law degree from Rutgers Law School and practiced law in Kearny, New Jersey. McCurrie served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1962 to 1964 and was a Democrat.
McCurrie died of COVID-19 in Newark, on May 15, 2020, at age 91. His wife had also died from the virus 3 days earlier.
# Mike Smith (activist)

Michael John Smith (born 1956/57) is a New Zealand environmental and Māori rights activist.
Smith is Māori, and identifies with the Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu iwi. He was born in the 1950s in New Zealand's Northland Region to a Māori father and Pākehā (European) mother.
Smith's activism began in 1992, when he attended a Global Earth Summits on greenhouse gas emissions. In October 1994 he created headlines in New Zealand when he attacked the lone tree on Auckland's Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill with a chainsaw, an act aimed at emphasising Māori anger at the New Zealand government's latest economic policies. There was also a feeling among some Māori that the tree — an exotic species — was inappropriate and should be replaced by a native plant. The damage resulted in Smith being arrested and receiving nine months of periodic detention. Smith has since expressed some regret at the action, especially for those for whom the tree had personal significance.
In 2024, Smith won the right to sue several major New Zealand companies over their alleged contributions to climate change. The case, Smith v Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd, is a landmark case in New Zealand tort law. It parallels similar international moves to find judicial methods to speed up action on the environment.
# Bargon

Bargon is a village in West Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

## Demographics

As of the 2011 census of India, Bargon had a population of 1008 in 212 households. Males constitute 51.19% of the population and females 48.8%. Bargon has an average literacy rate of 37.9%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 47%. In Bargon, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.
# 2024 in Colorado

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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Colorado.

## Incumbents
### State government

* Governor: Jared Polis (D)

## Events

* January 2 – A man breaks into the Colorado Supreme Court building in Denver. He holds a security guard at gunpoint and later voluntarily surrenders to police.
* January 5 – The U.S. Supreme Court grants a writ of certiorari for former president Donald Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling in Anderson v. Griswold regarding his presidential eligibility and schedules oral arguments for February 8.
* February 8 – The US Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Colorado Supreme Court had the authority to exclude former US president Donald Trump from the Colorado presidential primary ballot, for allegedly violating Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
* March 4 – Trump v. Anderson: The US Supreme Court unanimously overturns the Colorado Supreme Court ruling removing former US president Donald Trump from the Colorado presidential primary ballot, based on the lack of authority of states to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution "against federal officeholders and candidates".
* March 5 – Super Tuesday:
** The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Colorado amongst other states.
** The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Colorado amongst other states.
# Miączyn-Stacja

Miączyn-Stacja is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miączyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 24 km (15 mi) east of Zamość and 92 km (57 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.