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# North Bengal State Library

North Bengal State Library is the largest library in the North Bengal region of India, situated in the city of Cooch Behar.

## History

During the reign of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan, Colonel John Colpoys Haughton was the acting Commissioner of Cooch Behar (1864–73). Haughton established the State Library of Cooch Behar in 1870 using a collection of rare books obtained from the auction sale of M/S Rozario & Co. of London. It was opened to the public in 1882. At first, the library was housed in a "Nilkuthi" (A specifically European house or bus.) In 1895, it was handed over to the Maharaja Sir Nripendra Narayan who moved the library to Lansdown Hall, now the District Magistrate's Office.
In 1949, on the eve of merger of the Cooch Behr State with the Indian Union, the library was run by five employees, including one librarian, and was under the direct control of the State Council Minister. After the merge, the library went under the control of the Education Department and thus the District Magistrate. Its staff was reduced to one librarian and one other worker.
In 1968, the State Library was merged with the Cooch Behar district library, and renamed as North Bengal State Library.
# Groupe Kamach

KGROUP is a Central African Republic company. It was founded by Joseph Ichame Kamach in 1972. It is the largest private employer in the country. The group includes a grocery store chain, a timber and mining company, and a golf course.
# Nadine Rohr

Nadine Rohr (born 29 June 1977) is a Swiss pole vaulter.

## Personal life

She is a sister of fellow athlete Alain Rohr.

## Career

She finished thirteenth at the 2001 Summer Universiade, won the bronze medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade and the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.
Domestically, Rohr became Swiss champion every year from 1999–2001, 2003–2005 as well as 2008. Indoors, she took the Swiss title in every year from 2002 through 2006.
Overcoming the 4-metre mark in 2001 and improving to 4.21 in 2002, Rohr vaulted 4.30 metres in August 2003 in Baden. It was not accepted as a Swiss record because the "contact surface for the crossbar was too large". Nonetheless, she finally achieved a legitimate 4.30 result in June 2004 in Geneva. This is what qualified her for the 2004 Olympic Games.
4.30 was also her season's best in 2005 and 2006 (indoors), which was also the first year the Swiss indoor record was brought up to 4.30.
Following a more mediocre 2007 which was partially disrupted by a patellar tendon injury, Rohr cleared 4.40 metres in August 2008 in Fribourg. However, her clearance of 4.40 metres came too late to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games. Nadine Rohr announced her retirement in late 2008, expecting a child in the summer of 2009.

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
| Representing Switzerland |||||
| 2001 | Universiade | Beijing, China | 13th | 3.80 m |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 27th (q) | 3.80 m |
| 2003 | Universiade | Daegu, South Korea | 3rd | 4.25 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 24th (q) | 4.15 m |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | – | NM |
| 2005 | Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 2nd | 4.20 m |
# Wire brush

A wire brush is a tool consisting of a brush whose bristles are made of wire, most often steel wire. The steel used is generally a medium- to high-carbon variety and very hard and springy. Other wire brushes feature bristles made from brass or stainless steel, depending on application. Wires in a wire brush can be held together by epoxy, staples, or other binding. Wire brushes usually either have a handle of wood or plastic (for handheld use) or are formed into a wheel for use on angle grinders, bench grinders, pistol-grip drill motors, or other power tools.

## Uses

The wire brush is primarily an abrasive implement, used for cleaning rust and removing paint. It is also used to clean surfaces and to create a better conductive area for attaching electrical connections, such as those between car battery posts and their connectors, should they accumulate a build-up of grime and dirt. When cleaning stainless steel, it is advisable to use a stainless steel bristle wire brush, as a plain carbon steel brush can contaminate the stainless steel and cause rust spots to appear. Brass bristle brushes are used on softer surfaces or when it is necessary to clean a harder surface without marring it. Brass bristle brushes are also used in potentially flammable environments where non-sparking tools are required. Wire brushes are also used to clean the teeth of large animals, such as crocodiles and pigs. They are also used widely in surface engineering to clean the castings prior to painting.

## History

The origins of the wire brush are unknown, although it is believed that the Romans used similar tools in the manufacture of roof tiles. As the Roman Empire fell, the tool fell out of use.

## Barbeque grill cleaning

A number of surgeons recommend that wire brushes not be used to clean barbecue grills. In some cases, bristles break off the brush which then become deposited in food cooked on the grill. Ingestion of these bristles can cause gastrointestinal perforation.
On May 20, 2020, American food writer and grilling authority Derrick Riches called for a ban on the manufacture and sale of wire-bristle grill-cleaning brushes.
# Norris Almshouses

The Norris Almshouses were erected in 1893 on Berridge Road in Sherwood Rise, Nottinghamshire.
They comprise a row of eight one-bedroom houses for Ladies, designed by the architect Fothergill Watson and paid for by Mary Smith Norris (1827-1909) in 1893 in memory of her brother John Norris.
The charity objectives were to provide a residence available for poor widows or spinsters or married couples of not less than 60 years of age resident in the City of Nottingham or within a distance of 6 miles therefrom. Preferences shall be given to persons so qualified who are members of the Church of England or some orthodox Protestant dissenting denomination.
A restoration in 1991 included the manufacture of hand-cut bricks, a terracota dragon for the roof ridge and a specially commissioned weather cock and sundial.
The almshouses are now managed by Nottingham Community Housing Association and the Norris Homes Charity (236206) which formerly managed the properties was wound up in 2008.
# Witte

Witte (and de Witte) are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred Witte (1878–1941), German astrologer
* Carla Witte (1889–1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor and teacher
* Dave Witte, American drummer
* Earl Witte (1906–1991), American football player
* Edwin E. Witte (1887–1960), American economist, "father of social security"
* Els Witte (born 1941), Belgian historian
* Erich Witte (1911–2008), German stage actor, operatic tenor and opera director
* George Witte (21st-century), American poet
* Helmut Witte (1915–2005), German U-boat commander
* Herman Witte (1909–1973), Dutch engineer and politician
* Jean Carlo Witte (born 1977), Brazilian football (soccer) player
* Jerry Witte (1915–2002), American baseball player
* Joe Witte (born 1943), American weatherman
* John Witte (1933–1993), American football player
* John Witte, Jr. (born 1959), Canadian-American legal scholar
* Karl Witte (1800–1883), German jurist and Dante Alighieri scholar
* Keiser Witte (born 1995), American weightlifter
* Laura Witte (1869–1939), American-born suffragette active in Germany
* Les Witte (1911–1973), American college basketball player
* Luke Witte (born 1950), American basketball player
* Michael Witte (born 1944), American-born illustrator and cartoonist
* Otto Witte (1872–1958), German circus acrobat
* Philip Witte (born 1984), German field hockey player
* Russ Witte (1916–2016), American swimmer
* Sergei Witte (1849–1915), Russian policy-maker
* Terry L. Witte (born 1952), American attorney and politician
* William Witte FRSE (1907–1992), Slovak-British scholar of German language and literature
* William Henry Witte (1817–1876), American politician

## As a given name

* Witte van Haemstede (c. 1281 – 1321), Dutch nobility, son of Floris V, Count of Holland
* Witte de With (1599–1658), Dutch naval officer

## Other

* Witte Museum
* Witte Automotive
# Witte (coin)

The Witte, also called a Witten, Wittenpfennig, or Veerling, was the name of an historical north German coin stamped on both sides with a value of four pfennigs. The coin received this colloquial name because of its white appearance, which was caused by the oxidation of the copper. In documents the Witte was called the penningh van veer penninghen ("pfennig of four pfennigs"). In Denmark-Norway the coin was called the Hvide.
Witten were minted from 1330, starting in Lübeck and in the northern German cities of Hamburg and Wismar. The cities of Lüneburg, Rostock and Stralsund followed, the coins having different compositions, but a common appearance, weight and fineness based on the agreements of the Wendish Coinage Treaty. Outside of the Wendish Minting Union, Witten emerged in towns in Pomerania and in Holstein.
In the course of the 15th century, the Witte was replaced by other denominations, the Dreiling, Sechsling, Schilling and Double Schilling. After that it was only minted once more by the Wendish Minting Union, and then only for a short time at the beginning of the 16th century. These Witten were imitated in the County of Hoya, in Diepholz and Rietberg, in the Bishopric of Verden and in Stade.
# Witte Iron Works

The Witte Iron Works was a maker of hit and miss engines. The company was started in 1870 by August Witte in Kansas City. His son Ed Witte built the company's first crude gasoline engine in 1886. In 1894 gas engines would be the company's primary focus. They made the Witte's Junior Headless engine, Witte portables, and a Dragsaw. In 1911 they started manufacturing the Simplicity line of engines. These engines were the first of the Witte models to carry the walking-beam valve mechanism that characterized the entire line until November, 1923. Witte declared that their engines paid for themselves, making them practically free. Their engines could come with saws and mud pumps. In the 1930s Witte began to offer diesel engines. Witte was purchased by the United States Steel Company in 1944. In 1966, the company once again operated as a privately-owned entity.
# Witness (gospel group)

Witness was a contemporary gospel group from Detroit, Michigan. Often called the female version of Commissioned, an all-male contemporary gospel group, they were the brainchild of and chiefly produced by Michael A. Brooks, an original member and producer of Commissioned.

## History

The group hailed from Detroit, Michigan, and was originally formed as a quintet consisting of Lisa Page Brooks, Tina Brooks, Yolanda Harris, Diane Campbell, and Marvie Wright. The group was signed to the Tyscot label in 1986 where they produced their debut album Keep Looking Up, after which Wright departed the group. After the release of their fourth album Mean What You Say, Tina Brooks and Yolanda Harris also left.
In the years between Mean What You Say and the release of Standard, LouAnn Stewart joined the group; gospel singer Lizz Lee also briefly joined before being replaced by Lisa's sister Laeh Page. After the release of A Song In the Night, Campbell and Stewart left the group. Detroit singers Ayana Thomas and Candice Smith joined the group for Love Is An Action Word, but subsequently left when it went on hiatus in 1999. When Witness returned in 2003 for An Appointed Time, LouAnn Stewart rejoined the group. Tasha Page-Lockhart, daughter of Lisa Page Brooks and future Sunday Best winner, had also joined the group.
Albums We Can Make a Difference and Standard received three-star reviews from AllMusic, and albums Mean What You Say and Love Is an Action Word received four-star reviews from the publication. Witness's best-reviewed album was He Can Do the Impossible, which was awarded four and a half stars.
Cross Rhythms rated Mean What You Say a four out of ten, while giving A Song in the Night a nine out of ten. An Appointed Time was awarded a seven out of ten, and Speak to the Generations was rated an eight out of ten.
Witness also experienced Billboard success with their albums He Can Do the Impossible, We Can Make a Difference, Love Is an Action Word, A Song in the Night, and Standard.

## Accolades

Witness was nominated for a Grammy in 1991 for Best Group/Duo, and was awarded the 1991 GMWA Excellence Award for Best Group and the 1993 Stellar Award for Best Performance Group/Duo.

## Discography
### Albums

| Release date | Album title | Label |
| 1987 | Keep Looking Up | Tyscot Records |
| 1989 | I've Come Too Far | Tyscot Records |
| 1990 | We Can Make a Difference | Fix It/Polygram Records |
| 1991 | Mean What You Say | Fix It/Polygram Records |
| June 22, 1993 | Standard | CGI Records |
| September 13, 1994 | He Can Do the Impossible | CGI Records |
| April 16, 1996 | A Song in the Night | CGI Records |
| June 2, 1998 | Love Is an Action Word | CGI Records |
| November 25, 2003 | An Appointed Time | Axiom Records |
| July 19, 2005 | Speak to the Generations | Axiom Records |

### Compilations

| Release date | Album title | Label |
| 1999 | The Best of Witness | CGI Records |
# Nancy Worley

Nancy Worley (November 7, 1951 – December 29, 2021) was an American Democratic politician who served as Secretary of State of Alabama from 2003 to 2007 and Chairwoman of the Alabama Democratic Party from 2013 to 2019.

## Early life and education

Worley was born in New Hope, Alabama on November 7, 1951.
She received a B.A. degree from the University of Montevallo and an M.A. from Jacksonville State University.

## Career

Worley served on many commissions across the state of Alabama as an advocate for educators and women. She taught for 25 years in the Decatur School System, and served two terms as the president of the Alabama Education Association (AEA) from 1983-1984 and 1995-1997. She won various teaching awards including Teacher of the Year; a Teacher Hall of Fame nominee; honored by the Alabama Jaycees as Alabama’s Outstanding Young Educator; and Good Housekeeping’s "100 Young Women of Promise."
She served as Alabama Secretary of State from 2003 to 2007. In the 2006 general election, she was defeated for re-election by then-State Auditor Beth Chapman. Worley's tenure as Secretary of State included substantial reforms, including longer and uniform polling hours, voter identification, and automatic recounts in close races.
She was elected in 2013 by the Alabama Democratic Party to be chairwoman of the party in the Republican-dominated state, having previously served as interim Chair since April 2013 and Vice Chair since January 2007.
In July 2015, Worley, five other former AEA presidents, and former AEA Associate Executive Secretary Joe L. Reed, accused the National Education Association of violating its bylaws and overstepping its role in regards to the AEA.

### Legal issues and removal as chair

Worley was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury in March 2007 on five misdemeanor and one felony charge. The charges, resulting from an investigation by Alabama Attorney General Troy King, accused Worley of soliciting support from five of her employees during her unsuccessful re-election campaign in 2006. A few days after the trial started, the presiding judge dropped the felony charge, and indefinitely postponed the trial of related misdemeanor charges. In October 2012, Worley pleaded guilty via a "best interest" plea on one misdemeanor count and agreed to pay a $100 fine. Worley's lawyers revealed a letter, sent by State Treasurer Kay Ivey to her employees, soliciting campaign contributions for the 2008 presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Ivey was the Alabama chairwoman of Romney's campaign. Worley's lawyers pointed out that King had not prosecuted fellow Republican Ivey, as he had Worley.
In August 2019, Worley and Randy Kelley, state party's deputy chair, were stripped of their credentials as members of the Democratic National Committee for not complying with DNC demands for revisions to the Alabama Democratic Party's bylaws. On November 2, 2019, Worley was removed as the chair with a unanimous vote.

## Death

On December 20, 2021, it was reported that Worley was gravely ill and on life support in a Montgomery hospital. She died on December 29, at the age of 70.
# Grube (disambiguation)

Grube may refer to:
* Grube, a municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
* German name of Fouchy, a commune in Alsace, France
* Grube (Weser), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
* Grube (Wismar), a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
* Grube (surname)
# Moustached flowerpiercer

The moustached flowerpiercer (Diglossa mystacalis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It was first described by French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1846. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
# Gemini Force One

Gemini Force One is a series of science fiction books developed by television producer and writer Gerry Anderson before his death in 2012. The project was announced on the official Gerry Anderson website in July 2013, and the books were completed by author M. G. Harris based on Anderson's own notes and outlines.

## Development

After Gerry Anderson died in December 2012, his son Jamie Anderson approached children's book author M. G. Harris (known for The Joshua Files children's book series) to help finish his started book series. Using the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, the book project was launched on 5 September 2013, with a set goal of £24,350 (about $39,000). On 5 October 2013, the deadline was reached, and the project had exceeded its goal, gathering £33,463 (about $53,000). With the collected funds, Harris' agent Robert Kirby was able to negotiate a publishing deal with Orion Publishing Group, with the first book entitled Black Horizon announced for release by Orion Children's Books in 2015. Designer/illustrator Andrew Probert was also brought on board to design the various craft of the Gemini Force fleet.

## Installments
### Black Horizon

After the father of Ben Carrington dies, his mother contacts a rich entrepreneur and establishes an elite organization - the Gemini Force. The Gemini Force are a top-secret organization with the aim of providing rescue services. Ben is determined to become part of the team, but needs to prove to his mother first, that he has got what it takes.

### Ghost Mine

Ben Carrington's dream has become a reality: he's finally a member of Gemini Force. But, still suffering from the deaths of his parents, it's a bitter-sweet triumph. When news reaches GF1 of a gang of illegal 'ghost' miners trapped after a South African mining disaster, Ben is glad to spring into action with the team. But it soon emerges that the company, Auron, doesn't want its miners found. Ben must work out whom to trust if he's to ensure that Gemini Force pulls off its most difficult mission yet.

### White Storm

Ben Carrington is a member of an elite, top-secret rescue organisation - Gemini Force. When he finds himself and his friends in danger, Ben must compete with hostile ice and storms to pull off their most gruelling mission yet.

## Reception

The release of Black Horizon was met with widely positive reviews. Starburst Magazine praised author M.G. Harris as "a very skilled storyteller, weaving together narrative strands into one compelling experience", and as a Young Adult novel, a young reviewer as part of the Guardian's Children's Book site described it as "a really fun book that will never get old." Reviewers were also keen to make comparisons to Anderson's previous TV series Thunderbirds, with What Culture describing the book as "the true successor to Thunderbirds’ crown."
# Furö

Furö is an island located in the Baltic Sea five nautical miles (about 6 miles) off the east coast of Oskarshamn in Sweden.

## History

Historically the island has been used as base for fishing (mainly cod, herring and flounder). Today there are no permanent fishermen on the island. The whole island is a nature reserve and forms part of the EU-wide Natura 2000-network.

## Pilot and lighthouse

In 1874, the Swedish authorities located a lighthouse and a pilot station to Furö. The lighthouse was built at the north-western end of the island. The building was also used as accommodation for the pilots. In 1921 a new, more modern, lighthouse was raised at the reef Finnrevet just south-east off Furö. Today there are no pilots left on Furö, but their latest red wooden building from 1933 still exists, and is now used as a summer cottage. The island is today mainly used for recreation.

## Shipwrecks

The waters around Furö are quite shallow. Many ships have run aground near the island. On the night of November 28, 1949 the British steamer Britkon ran aground at Furö during a heavy gale. The fully loaded ship was stranded on the reef Finnrevet just off the island. Eleven men and women reached the shore by lifeboat. The remaining 27 of the crew was rescued by the pilots on Furö. The Britkon was hard stranded and broke in half two days later. Today nothing is visible above the surface since the wreck has been partly broken up and salvaged.
# Phyllis Bookout

Phyllis Bookout Jontz (August 1, 1935 – October 31, 1964) was a utility infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed.
Phyllis Bookout was assigned to the Fort Wayne Daisies club in its 1953 season. She did not have individual records or some information was incomplete at the time of the request. The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988, that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.

## Sources

* ↑ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Phyllis Jontz. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
* ↑ Madden, W. C. (2005) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
* ↑ Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website, baseballhall.org; accessed July 2, 2020.
# Pierre Anga

Pierre Anga (1940–1988) was a Congolese army officer who was an opposition figure to Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. He formed part of the Military Committee of the Congolese Labour Party which for the period between 18 March 1977 to 3 April 1977 acted in place of the Presidency after Marien Ngouabi was assassinated. Anga was arrested in 1987 for allegedly participating in a coup d'état against the President; during this arrest several soldiers were killed. Shortly after this coup attempt fighting broke out in the North of the country between forces led by Anga (a supporter of Joachim Yhombi-Opango) and Government forces. He was killed by Congolese security forces. He is reported to have died in the jungle of Ikongono.
# Pieris

Pieris may refer to:

## Organisms

* Pieris (plant), the andromeda or fetterbush, a plant genus in the family Ericaceae
* Pieris (butterfly), the garden whites, a butterfly genus in the family Pieridae
* Pieris, a synonym of the genus Pierella in the butterfly family Nymphalidae

## Places

* Pieris, Italy, a hamlet of San Canzian d'Isonzo in Italy
* Pieria (regional unit), also Pieris, an administrative unit and a historic region in Greece
* Pieris, an ancient name of the Greek settlement Kondariotissa
* Pieres, an ancient Thracian tribe living in the Pieria region
* Piereis, a municipal unit in Kavala regional unit, Greece

## People

* Mevan Pieris (born 1946), Sri Lankan former cricket player
* Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976), a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist and artist
* Aloysius Pieris (born 1934), Jesuit Priest and director of the Tulana Center in Sri Lanka

## Other uses

* Pieris (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology