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# Western Alliance Bancorporation

Western Alliance Bancorporation is a regional bank holding company headquartered in Phoenix. It is on the list of largest banks in the United States and is ranked 97th on the Forbes list of America's Best Banks.
The company's banking subsidiaries include Alliance Association Bank, a commercial bank specializing in homeowner associations in Arizona; Alliance Bank of Arizona, a retail bank; Bank of Nevada, a retail bank in Clark County, Nevada; Bridge Bank, a commercial bank in the San Francisco Bay Area with loan production offices in nine states; First Independent Bank, a retail bank in western Nevada, and Torrey Pines Bank, a retail bank in Southern California. Western Alliance also owns AmeriHome Mortgage, a mortgage loan company.

## History

The bank was founded in 1994 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 2010, it moved its headquarters to Phoenix, Arizona.
In October 2012, it acquired Western Liberty Bancorp for $55 million.
In April 2021, the company acquired AmeriHome for $1.22 billion.
During the 2023 United States banking crisis, the company's share price fell due its exposure to the technology sector and its amount of uninsured deposits; however, the share price rallied to new highs quickly.
# Al Avison

Alfred Dean Avison (July 7, 1920 – December 1984) was an American comic book artist known for his work on the Marvel Comics characters the Whizzer, which he co-created, and Captain America during the 1930–1940s period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of comic books.

## Biography
### Early life and career

Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of artist and WPA muralist George Avison, Al Avison was influenced by the work of his father and of commercial illustrator Albert Dorne. He studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. His first known comics work is co-inking Jack Kirby's lead story in Novelty Press' Blue Bolt Comics #4 (cover-dated Sept. 1940).

### Timely Comics

For Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, penciler Avison and an unknown writer co-created super-speedster the Whizzer in U.S.A. Comics #1 (Aug. 1941). The character would appear in most issues of that comic, and was part of Timely/Marvel's first superhero team, the All-Winners Squad.
After Captain America creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon moved on following Captain America Comics #10 (Jan. 1942), Avison and Syd Shores became regular pencilers of the title, with one generally inking over the other. Avison had been the inker over penciler Kirby on Captain America Comics #4-6 (June-Sept. 1941), and had penciled or inked that character's stories in All Winners Comics as early as issue #3 (Winter 1941-42). Shores would take over as regular penciller, inked by Vince Alascia, while Avison did his World War II military service.
Avison also worked as a penciler or, more often, as inker on characters including the Vision (in Marvel Mystery Comics); the Blonde Phantom; the Young Allies (in Amazing Comics, Kid Komics and Mystic Comics); the Black Marvel (in All Winners Comics); and Tommy Tyme (in Mystic Comics). With Joe Simon, he was one of two inkers on the Kirby-drawn debut of Marvel Boy in Daring Mystery Comics #6 (Sept. 1940). Avison's Timely work appears as late as Captain America Comics #71 (March 1949).

### Other work

Avison additionally worked on the original Captain Marvel for Fawcett Comics in 1941-42. He also freelanced for Harvey Comics both during and after his Timely stint, on such features as "The Red Blazer" (introducing him in Pocket Comics #1, Aug. 1941), "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "Captain Freedom" (including inking Jack Kirby's cover art on Speed Comics #16 & #18, Jan. & May 1942), "Joe Palooka", "The Green Hornet", "Humphrey", "Little Dot" and "Shock Gibson" (including the cover of Speed Comics #14, Dec. 1941), through at least the early 1950s.
Avison's last known work is penciling and inking the cover of Harvey's horror anthology Chamber of Chills #26 (Dec. 1954).
Avision was married to Margaret Bernice Callaway, and had children Todd Christopher Avison and Kimberly Dean Avison. According to his son and widow, Avison was at least one of the artists who contributed to the design of Mr. Met, the New York Mets mascot that debuted in 1963.
Avison died in December 1984 in Darien, Connecticut.
# Al Ayam (Sudan)

Al Ayam is a daily Sudanese newspaper. It is the oldest independent newspaper in Sudan.
Al Ayam was founded by Mahjoub Mohamed Salih in 1958. Twice closed by the Sudanese government during the 1960s, it became a product of it in 1970. Salih did not publish it again until 1986. It was again closed from 1989 to 2000. In 2004, it was again closed, primarily for its reporting on the crisis in Darfur. The Sudanese minister of justice ordered prosecutors in March 2004 to end indefinite closure of newspapers without trial. Nevertheless, Al-Ayamreported instances of harassment by security forces in 2006.
As of 2011, Al-Ayam had a daily circulation of 18,000 to 20,000 copies per day.
# Al Herman (vaudeville)

Al Herman (born Alexander Himan; February 25, 1885 or 1887 – July 2, 1967) was an American vaudeville performer and actor.
He was born in Scotland to Joseph Himan, of Russian origin, and his English wife Mary. Official sources give both 1885 and 1887 as his birth year. The family emigrated to the United States when Alexander was a baby, and settled in Jackson, Missouri.
By the 1910s he was established on the vaudeville circuit and was billed as "The Assassin of Grief and Remorse". He regularly performed in blackface, and used a cigar as a prop. In Portland, Oregon, in 1917, he was described as "a monologist of the impromptu sort and a talented singer. His material is extolled as being good, live, bright and breezy and he has a personality all his own making him a sure-fire applause-winner." In 1921, he appeared on stage in the Greenwich Village Follies.
He directed several silent film shorts in the 1920s, including Little Red Riding Hood and Little Miss Hollywood, both starring Baby Peggy. In 1926, he appeared in an early Lee de Forest Phonofilm. From the early 1930s, he started a film career as an actor in Hollywood, often in uncredited bit parts including a role as a reporter in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). He had credited roles in Harmony Lane (1935), Hollywood Cowboy (1937), Studio Romance (1937), Paid to Dance (1937), Oklahoma Renegades (1940), and the Broadway Brevities short Minstrel Days (1941). He continued to appear in Hollywood movies until the early 1950s.
He died in Los Angeles in 1967 at the age of about 80.
# Al Hessberg

Albert Hessberg II (June 14, 1916 – January 24, 1995) was an American college football player and lawyer.
At Yale University, Hessberg played track and was the first Jewish standout player on the Yale Bulldogs football team. Hessberg became the first Jewish member of the prestigious secret society Skull and Bones at Yale, at a time when Jews were excluded from such clubs. He graduated in 1938.
He graduated from Yale Law School in 1941. He spent the rest of his life practicing law in Albany, New York, eventually becoming senior partner at Hiscock & Barclay and president of the Albany County Bar Association. He died of cancer at age 78.
# Alan Elliott (disambiguation)

Alan Elliott may refer to:
* Alan Elliott (1925–2006), Australian rules footballer
* Allan Elliott McDonald (1903–1957), Australian politician
* Alan Elliott, film producer of Amazing Grace
# National Commission on Culture

The National Commission on Culture is a Government of Ghana agency responsible for cultural matters. It is under the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.
# Madukkarai Wall

The Madukkarai Wall is a historic border fortification demarcating the boundaries of the three ancient kingdoms of Chera, Chola, and Pandya. The wall was supposedly erected by the goddess Sellandiyamman and may have been built as early as the 1st century AD.

## Historic border fortification

The Madukkarai wall is a stone and earthen fortification with a parallel embankment in central Tamil Nadu. The wall was built during the pre-Sangam period to demarcate the trijunction of the Chera, Chola and Pandya kingdoms. People of this region believe that the Goddess Sellandiyamman miraculously erected the wall overnight to prevent border disputes.
The border between the Chera i.e. Kongu Nadu and Chola Nadu is demarcated by the Karaipottanar river.
    "The name signifies 'the river which marked the boundary', and native tradition, which appears to be founded on fact, says that the stream was once the boundary between the Pandya, Chola and Chera kingdoms. Beyond the Cauvery, an embankment runs southwards across the Kulittalai taluk, and this is supposed to be the continuation of the boundary."
The Karaipottanar river is a tributary of the Kaveri river to the north. The temple of Madukkarai Sellandiyamman at Mayanur (Tamil Nadu) is the culminating point of the wall. The wall ends at Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple.

## Importance

The wall is described as of historic importance in the 1907 (British era) gazetteer of Madras:
    "Hamlet of Tirukkambiliyur (population 1,879) 12 miles west of Kulittalai. The temple of the village goddess Sellandiyamman is supposed to mark the spot where the Chera, Chola and Pandya kingdoms met. The goddess is also supposed to be the special guardian of the Cauvery embankment here. The river takes an awkward turn just here, and the villagers say that there is a considerable danger of inundation. The goddess is the recipient of numerous vows from the inhabitants of this and the neighbouring taluks, especially on the 18th of Adi (July–August), the Padinettam perukka day. A bank runs south from the river at this point and is said to have been erected to mark the boundary of the Chola and Chera kingdoms."
The wall is of unknown age, but could be as old as the 1st century AD:
    "A stanza ascribed to the poetess Auvaiyar (whom Mr. Kanakasabhai assigns to the 1st century A.D.) gives the boundaries of the Chola kingdom as the sea on the east, on the north the Pennar river (which reaches the sea near Cuddalore), on the south the Vellar (near the southern border of the Tanjore district), and on the west Kutagiri, Kottagiri, or Kottaikarai. The last of these names means 'fort bank' and tradition says that it refers to the great embankment of which traces still stand in the Kulittalai taluk. The Karaipottanar river .. is also supposed to have formed part of the boundary and to have obtained its name from that fact."
The wall still demarcates the boundary between the Karur and Kulithalai taluks (districts) and after that, between the Dindigul and Tiruchirappalli districts.
# Managing Carmen

Managing Carmen is a 2012 play by David Williamson about a cross-dressing football player.
The play was inspired by Williamson's concern over the influence of managers in Australian Rules Football.
# Mauritia maculifera

Mauritia maculifera, common name : the blotched cowry or reticulated cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

## Description

The shells of these cowries reach on average 44–54 millimetres (1.7–2.1 in) in length, with a minimum size of 30 millimetres (1.2 in) and a maximum size of 89 millimetres (3.5 in). The dorsum surface of these smooth and shiny shells is generally dark brown, with distinct large bluish dots. On the edges there are large brown spots. The base is white or pale brown or pale pinkish. The aperture is long and narrow, with several dark brown teeth. This species can be distinguished by a characteristic brown columellar spot. In the living cowries the mantle is transparent, with blue sensorial papillae and may cover the entire shell.
| A shell of Mauritia maculifera from Rangiroa, Polynesia, lateral view, anterior end towards the right | Dorsal view of shells of Mauritia maculifera from Rangiroa, Polynesia, anterior end towards the right | Dorsal and apertural view of shells of Mauritia maculifera |

## Distribution

This quite common species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and the Seychelles and in the Pacific Ocean (from South-East Asia, Philippines, Fiji and Micronesia through western Polynesia and Hawaii).

## Habitat

This species lives in tropical shallow water, subtidal and low intertidal, usually under rocks or coral reefs at a minimum depth of about 4 metres (13 ft). As they fear the light, they start feeding at dusk mainly on sponges or coral polyps.

## Subspecies

Four subspecies have been recognized :
* Mauritia maculifera andreae Erdmann & Lorenz, 2017
* Mauritia maculifera maculifera Schilder, 1932
* Mauritia maculifera martybealsi Lorenz, 2002
* Mauritia maculifera scindata Lorenz, 2002
* Mauritia maculifera hawaiiensis Heiman, 2005: synonym of Mauritia maculifera maculifera Schilder, 1932
# Géza Tordy

Géza Tordy (1 May 1938 – 30 March 2024) was a Hungarian actor. Tordy was born in Budapest on 1 May 1938, and died on 30 March 2024, at the age of 85.

## Selected filmography

* Suburban Legend (1957)
* Pillar of Salt (1958)
* For Whom the Larks Sing (1959)
* Sleepless Years (1959)
* Danger on the Danube (1961)
* Kárpáthy Zoltán (1966)
* A Handful of Heroes (1967)
* Szerelmi álmok – Liszt (1970)
* Stars of Eger (1968)
* The Train Killer [hu] (1983)
* The Red Countess (1985)
* A három testör Afrikában (1996)
* Perlasca, un Eroe Italiano (2002)
* Hadik (2023)
# Goromuru River

The Goromuru River is a river, located in the Northern Territory in Australia.
The headwaters are found in the valleys of the Frederick Hills in Arnhem Land and flow in a northerly direction through uninhabited country for a distance of 30 kilometres (19 mi) until discharging into Arnhem Bay and eventually the Arafura Sea.
The catchment area of the river is 1,026 square kilometres (396 sq mi).
The estuary formed at the river mouth is tidal in nature and in near pristine condition. The estuary occupies an area of 53.5 hectares (132 acres) of open water. It is tide dominated in nature having a single channel and is surrounded by an area of 10.5 square kilometres (4 sq mi) covered with mangroves.
# Albert Vogel

Albert Vogel (18 June 1874, Bergen op Zoom – 8 November 1933, The Hague) was a Dutch officer, teacher and performer.

## Biography

Louis Albert Anthing Vogel was born in Bergen op Zoom and attended the H.B.S. in Haarlem and Leiden. He was trained at a military school in Kampen to become an officer in the Dutch army.
He served in the army for seven years and then left active duty to become a reserve officer; his highest rank was that of lieutenant colonel. Shortly after his active military career he started to perform in the Netherlands but also in the Dutch East Indies.
When Vogel left active duty he became active as a teacher; he taught the art of declamation at the Hogere Krijgsschool (Higher Military School) and at Leiden University. He was active as room recitator of Queen Elisabeth of Romania and was the founder of the Maatschappij tot bevordering van de Woordkunst (Society for the Advancement of the Art of Words). He was from 1926 to 1931 chairman of the Haagse Kunstkring (Art society of The Hague) and was appointed an honorary member, in 1930, by the "Société Académique d'Histoire Internationale de Paris".
He died after a short illness, aged 59. His funeral was held at a Catholic cemetery in The Hague. He was remembered by a special meeting at the Haagsche Kunstkring. He was officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau, komtur in the Order of the Crown of Romania and received several other decorations.

## Family

He and his wife, Ellen Buwalda (1890-1985), who wed in 1916, had three children: Louis Albert Anthing Vogel Jr. (1924–1982), who wrote a biography of Dutch writer Louis Couperus, and actress Ellen Vogel (1922-2015).

## Works

* (in Dutch) 1910. Het Japanse toneel
* (in Dutch) 1917. Je Maintiendrai (een boek voor leger en volk)
* (in Dutch) 1918. Voordrachtskunst
* (in Dutch) 1927. Dialogen
* (in Dutch) 1931. Rhetorica
* Albert Vogel in 1930 at the Kunstkring
* Funeral of Albert Vogel (photo published in the Limburgs Dagblad
* Monument dedicated to Albert Vogel in The Hague
# The Cheltenham Square Murder

The Cheltenham Square Murder is a 1937 detective novel by the British writer John Bude. It is the third in his series of novels featuring Superintendent Meredith. It features a closed circle of suspects as was popular in the genre of the decade as well as elements of police procedural in the style of the Inspector French novels. in 2016, it was reissued by the British Library Publishing as part of a group of republished crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

## Synopsis

In the genteel Regency Square in the spa town of Cheltenham, one of the residents is shot dead with an arrow in the back of his head. Meredith who is staying with his friend, the crime novelist Aldous Barnet, is called to the scene. He gains permission from his superiors at the Sussex Constabulary to stay and work with the local force to sole the case. The dead man was a caddish figure with several potential enemies amongst his neighbours. Intriguingly several residents of the square are also members of an archery club.
Further strands come together when a sheep is found dead in nearby Winchcombe with an arrow protruding from its body and a raid on an illegal gambling club in the suburb of Charlton Kings throws thresh light on one of the principal suspects. When an identical murder to the first takes place, an arrow flying through an open window to hit the occupant in the very same chair, the police begin to wonder if the first killing had been a case of mistaken identity.
# 1957 ACC men's basketball tournament

The 1957 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, at Reynolds Coliseum from March 7–9, 1957. North Carolina defeated South Carolina, 95–75, to win the championship. Lennie Rosenbluth of North Carolina was named tournament MVP.

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 7 | Quarterfinals March 7 | Quarterfinals March 7 | Semifinals March 8 | Semifinals March 8 | Semifinals March 8 | Championship Game March 9 | Championship Game March 9 | Championship Game March 9 |
| 1 | #1 North Carolina | 81 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Clemson | 61 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Clemson | 61 | 1 | #1 North Carolina | 61 | | | |
| | | | 4 | #20 Wake Forest | 59 | | | |
| 4 | #20 Wake Forest | 66 | 4 | #20 Wake Forest | 59 | | | |
| 5 | NC State | 57 | | | | | | |
| 5 | NC State | 57 | | | | 1 | #1 North Carolina | 95 |
| | | | | | | 6 | South Carolina | 75 |
| 2 | Maryland | 71 | | | | | | | 6 | South Carolina | 75 |
| 7 | Virginia | 68 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Virginia | 68 | 2 | Maryland | 64 | | | |
| | | | 6 | South Carolina | 74 | | | |
| 3 | Duke | 81 | 6 | South Carolina | 74 | | | |
| 6 | South Carolina | 84 | | | | | | |
# 1967 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1967 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished first in the Ivy League with a 7–0 record, 8–1 overall.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 30 | Holy Cross* | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | L 14–26 | 31,749 |
| October 7 | Connecticut* | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | W 14–6 | 31,621 |
| October 14 | at Brown | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | W 35–0 | 8,900 |
| October 21 | at Columbia | Baker FieldNew York, NY | W 21–7 | 22,000 |
| October 28 | Cornell | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | W 41–7 | 35,081 |
| November 4 | Dartmouth | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | W 56–15 | 49,362 |
| November 11 | Penn | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | W 44–22 | 31,740 |
| November 18 | at Princeton | Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ (rivalry) | W 29–7 | 43,000 |
| November 25 | Harvard | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT (The Game) | W 24–20 | 68,135 |
| *Non-conference game ||||||
# Hadesina

Hadesina is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. It consists of the following species:
* Hadesina caerulescens (Schaus, 1913)
* Hadesina divisa Dognin, 1902
* Hadesina goeleti Miller, 2008
* Hadesina limbaria Warren, 1900
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# Begon (disambiguation)

Begon or Bégon may refer to:

## Persons

* Bégon of Nîmes [fr], bishop of Nîmes 943-946
* Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French naturalist and administrator after whom begonias were named
* Michel Bégon de la Picardière, his son; an intendant of New France
* Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour, French colonial officer in Quebec
* Antoinette Begon, wife of Étienne Pascal
* Beggo, Count of Toulouse, Count of Paris. Also known as "Begon", "Beggon" etc.

## Places

* Begon or Begon II, a Sara iron mining/ironworks site in Chad
* Causse-Bégon, a commune in the Gard department in southern France
# Begone Dull Care (play)

Begone Dull Care is an 1808 comedy play by the English writer Frederick Reynolds. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 9 February 1808. The original Covent Garden cast included Alexander Pope as Sir Arthur St Albyn, Charles Kemble as Algernon St Albyn, William Thomas Lewis as Modern, John Brunton as Danvers, John Fawcett as Lord Blushdale, John Emery as Solace, William Chapman as Trusty, Samuel Simmons as Geoffrey, Sarah Smith as Selina, Mary Ann Davenport as Deborah. The Irish premiere took place at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin on 30 March 1808.
# Begonia, Queensland

Begonia is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Begonia had a population of 48 people.

## Geography

The Maranoa River flows from north-west to south-east through the locality.

## History

Begonia State School opened on 25 January 1970.

## Demographics

In the 2016 census Begonia had a population of 50 people.
In the 2021 census, Begonia had a population of 48 people.

## Education

Begonia State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls on Begonia Road off Mitchell St George Road (27°29′30″S 148°19′30″E﻿ / ﻿27.4917°S 148.3249°E﻿ / -27.4917; 148.3249﻿ (Begonia State School)). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 14 students with 3 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 13 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).
# 1969 in Portuguese television

This is a list of Portuguese television related events from 1969.

## Events

* 24 February - Simone de Oliveira is selected to represent Portugal at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Desfolhada". She is selected to be the sixth Portuguese Eurovision entry during Festival da Canção held at Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon.