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# Matsuoka Toshizō

Matsuoka Toshizō (松岡俊三, 14 July 1880 – 16 February 1955), was a journalist, a 9 term member of the House of Representatives of Japan, and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Colonial Affairs in the Yonai Cabinet.

## Biography

Matsuoka was born the eldest son of Ihei Murakawa, a poor farmer in Tateoka-cho, Kitamurayama-gun, Yamagata Prefecture (now Murayama City). As boy, he worked as an apprentice to his mother's family, sake brewers in the Tochigi Prefecture. At the age of 16, he was adopted by his uncle, Shirao Matsuoka, a Buddhist priest.
Matsuoka would attend Shinshū University and Nihon Law School in Tokyo, then serve in the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War, earning a silver Golden Kite for his valor.
Following the war, he joined the Miyako Shimbun newspaper, where he served as a political reporter, editor, and eventually becoming its vice president. He ran as Yamagata's Seiyūkai representative to the lower house in the 1920 Japanese general election, holding the seat for 7 terms before joining Mitsumasa Yonai's cabinet in 1940.
During his tenure, he was a strong advocate for his rural snowbound constituents who suffered from the harsh winter climate of the region, causing poor harvests and significant property damage every year. Matsuoka's efforts established funds for the national "Snow Region Rural Economic Research Institute" (積雪地方農村経済調査所) and the "Economic Rehabilitation Agency for Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Areas in Snow Damaged Areas" (雪害地農山漁家経済更正機関), helping improve the lives of many depressed rural villages throughout the Tohoku and the Hokuriku regions.
After World War 2, Matsuoka was expelled from public office as part of the purge of government officials by the Allied forces, during which time he returned to Yamagata to help his constituents in rural areas, serving as the chairman of a Buddhist agricultural cooperative association.
Once the expulsion order was abolished after the Allied occupation ended in 1952, Matsuoka returned to the House of Representatives for 2 more terms with the forerunner to today's Liberal Democratic Party, collapsing while campaigning in Tsuruoka, Yamagata on 13 February 1955. He would die 3 days later at the age of 74 years.
He is remembered today throughout Yamagata for his long service to the region. A bronze statue of him was erected in Shinjo City in 1957. The Chichibōonji Buddhist temple on the grounds of Hongakuji cemetery in Murayama City was built by Matsuoka in 1935, containing a 300 year old Buddha inherited from his adoptive priest father, whom he prayed to for safety during a constituent tour in 1930 when he was caught in a blizzard. It is affectionately known as the "Snow Buddha" (雪の観音) shrine as a result. Murayama City also dedicates a large straw sandal (waraji) to Senso-ji and Komatsuzawa Buddhist temples every 10 years, a practice first started by Matsuoka in 1941.
# Helga Wex

Helga Wex (née Schimke, July 5, 1924 Buxtehude - January 9, 1986 Mülheim an der Ruhr) was a German CDU politician.

## Career

Helga Wex came from a social democratic family; her father Hugo Schimke was active in local politics for the SPD in Buxtehude. After studying philosophy, Helga Wex (Schimke) completed her doctorate in 1950 in Hamburg on the subject of The farewell motif in German love poetry from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century. She then completed additional courses of study at the Europa-Kolleg in Bruges and at the Academy of International Law in The Hague.
From 1953 to 1957, Wex was a ministerial advisor in the representation of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to the federal government. She joined the CDU in 1961 and was a city council member of Mülheim an der Ruhr from 1961 to 1973. She lived there with her husband Günther Wex and their two children.
She became a member of the 5th German Bundestag on April 28, 1967, which she left at the end of 1969. She rejoined the Bundestag at the beginning of the 7th parliamentary term in 1972 and remained a member until her death on January 9, 1986, in the 10th parliamentary term. She reached the Bundestag via the state list of the North Rhine-Westphalian CDU.
From 1969 to 1977, she was deputy federal chairwoman of the CDU and, as successor to Aenne Brauksiepe, a member of the executive committee.
From 1971 to 1986, she was Chairwoman of the Women's Association of the CDU, today's Frauen Union. In this office, she declared "the end of modesty" for the female section of the CDU and called for greater participation of women in the party. She raised issues such as the compatibility of family and career and fought for the right to submit motions at party conferences for the women's association, which it finally received in 1975.
In 1979, she ran against Richard von Weizsäcker for vice-president of the Bundestag within the party, but lost by a clear margin. In 1983, she became deputy chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.
In 1984, she became coordinator for German-French relations at the Foreign Office and held this office until her death. In this position, she campaigned for the expansion of reciprocal language teaching in France and Germany.
During the first CDU party donation scandal involving illegal party funding via the Staatsbürgerliche Vereinigung, Helga Wex also encouraged, among others the Gerling Group to donate money directly to her CDU district association in Mülheim an der Ruhr, bypassing the tax office and the federal party.

## Honors

* Grand Federal Cross of Merit
* Helga-Wex-Platz in Buxtehude
* Helga-Wex-Weg in Mülheim an der Ruhr (December 2022)

## Literature

* Frank Bösch: Macht und Machtverlust. The history of the CDU. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart/Munich 2002, ISBN 3-421-05601-3.
# Varahran Kushanshah

Bahram Kushanshah (also spelled Varahran), was the last Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom from 330 to 365. He was the successor of Peroz II Kushanshah.

## Name

His theophoric name "Varahran" is the New Persian form of the Middle Persian Warahrān (also spelled Wahrām), which is derived from the Old Iranian Vṛθragna. The Avestan equivalent was Verethragna, the name of the old Iranian god of victory, whilst the Parthian version was *Warθagn. The name is transliterated in Greek as Baranes, whilst the Armenian transliteration is Vahagn/Vrām.

## Reign

Unlike his immediate predecessors, Varahran's domains only included Tukharistan, as both Gandhara and Kabul had been incorporated into the Sasanian Empire by the Sasanian King of Kings Shapur II (r. 309–379). Varahran did not issue coins in Gandhara, and his predecessor Peroz II is the last known Kushano-Sassanian ruler to do so. After that point Shapur II issued his own coinage from Kabul.
Varahran Kushanshah wears a distinctive crown on his coinage, which is flat-topped with a crown ball and florets, and pearls or lotus petals as a decoration on the sides. In the second phase of his reign, the coinage of Varahran minted in Balkh incorporated the Kidarite tamga replacing the nandipada which had been in use since Vasudeva I, suggesting that the Kidarites had now taken control, first under their ruler Kirada. Ram horns were added to the effigy of Varahran on his coinage for a brief period under the Kidarite ruler Peroz, and raised ribbons were added around the crown ball under the Kidarite ruler Kidara. In effect, Varahran has been described as a "puppet" of the Kidarites.
Traditionally, these variations in the coin types of Varahran, especially the modifications of the symbols and the figure of the ruler on the obverse while maintaining the regnal legend with the name "Varahran", were explained by supposing the existence of additional rulers named Varahran, such as a "Varahran II Kushanshah" or a "Varahran III Kushanshah". According to modern scholarship however, there was only one Varahran, whose coinage went under several phases under the authority of the Kidarite rulers Kirada, Peroz and Kidara.
By 365, the Kidarite ruler Kidara I was placing his name on the coinage of the region, and assumed the title of Kushanshah. In Gandhara too, the Kidarites minted silver coins in the name of Varahran, until Kidara also introduced his own name there.
# Varcoe

Varcoe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Helen Varcoe (1907–1995), English swimmer
* Jeremy Varcoe (born 1937), British diplomat
* Stephen Varcoe (born 1948), English bass-baritone
* Travis Varcoe, (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
# Vard Mamikonian

Vard Mamikonian (Armenian: Վարդ Մամիկոնյան) was an Armenian nobleman from the Mamikonian family. He served as the marzban of Persian Armenia from 505/510 to 509/514.

## Biography

Vard Mamikonian was the third son of Hmayeak Mamikonian and Dzoyk Artsruni. He had an elder brother named Vahan I Mamikonian including two other brothers named Vasak and Artaxias. During his youth, he was a hostage in Persia, but was later released. In 505/510, he succeeded his elder brother Vahan I Mamikonian as Marzban of Persian Armenia. According to Sebeos and Stepanos Asoghik, Vard carried the Byzantine title of patrikios, however, neither the contemporary historian Ghazar Parpetsi nor other historians mentioned that he carried the title, making it probably a misinterpretation of two historians. Vard was removed from his office four years later and was deported to Persia by order of the Sasanian king Kavadh I, where he died after a short time.
Vard's removal from the Marzban office, put an end to the short-lived Armenian autonomy which lasted c. 25 years. King Kavadh I, however, maintained religious freedom in Armenia because of fear of rebellion, and in order to maintain good relations with the Byzantine Empire.

## Sources

* Basmadjian, Krikor Jacob (1914). "Chronologie de l'histoire d'Arménie". Revue de l'Orient chrétien (in French). IX (XIX): 293–294.
* Grousset, René (1947). Histoire de l'Arménie des origines à 1071 (in French). Paris: Payot.
* Toumanoff, Cyrille (1990). "Vice-rois iraniens (Marzpans) d'Arménie". Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au xixe siècle : Tables généalogiques et chronologiques (in French). Rome. pp. 506–507.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Settipani, Christian (2006). Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs. Les princes caucasiens et l'Empire du vie au ixe siècle (in French). Paris: de Boccard. ISBN 978-2-7018-0226-8.
* Dédéyan, Gérard (2007). Histoire du peuple arménien (in French). Toulouse: Éd. Privat. ISBN 978-2-7089-6874-5.
| Preceded byVahan I Mamikonian | Marzban of Persian Armenia 505/510–509/514 | Succeeded bySeveral Persian Marzbans |
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# Danica Guberinič

Danica Nana Guberinič (born 15 June 1955) is former a Yugoslav and Slovenian female professional basketball player.
# Floscopa scandens

Floscopa scandens is a species of plant in the Commelinaceae family. It is a subscandent herb commonly found near streams and marshy localities in the forests of Western Ghats.
# Flaíthnia mac Cináeda

Flaíthnia mac Cináeda (died 806) was a king of the Uí Failge, a Laigin people of County Offaly. He was the son of Cináed mac Flainn (died 770), a previous king. He ruled from 803-806.
The over king of Leinster Fínsnechta Cethardec mac Cellaig (died 808) was working to ensure his control of the church of Kildare which led to conflict with the Uí Failge. His predecessor Óengus mac Mugróin (died 803) had been assassinated by the orders of Finsnechta and in 806, Flaíthnia was himself assassinated at his royal fort at Ráith Imgáin (Rathangan, County Kildare). This was probably also the work of Finsnechta.
# North Greenwood

North Greenwood is a historically African American neighborhood in Clearwater, Florida. Home to the North Greenwood Library, former North Greenwood Cemetery, churches, a community center, and an African American history museum in a former school building (Curtis School), the area was once home to orange groves. Jack Russell Stadium where the Philadelphia Phillies held Spring training was established on city property. Pinellas Institute served black students.
North Greenwood Cemetery was rediscovered and partially excavated. A historical marker commemorates its history.
North Clearwater Performing Arts Academy home to the Dundu Dole Urban Ballet was established in North Greenwood.
The video Da Hood Gone Wild contrasting the nearby beaches with fights and drug activity in the neighborhood. Marches were held. The Blue Chip Bar was razed by the city. The recreation center and library were built. Buccaneer Field was built and anti-drug and anti-violence campaigns launched. 10News reported on the video and reactions to it.
North Greenwood Recreation & Aquatic Complex includes a playground, gym, pool, and fitness center.
In 2023 the Tampa Bay Times reported on a rejuvenation and redevelopment plan for the "struggling" 6,200 resident neighborhood. The Times described the area as a having been "a vibrant hub of Black entrepreneurship in the city." The proposal would establish a Community Redevelopment Agency in the area.
O'Neal Larkin has been involved in community revitalization efforts and hosts an annual Thanksgiving meal and celebration.
Clearwater Heights was another African American community in Clearwater.
# Fluxweed

Fluxweed is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* Descurainia sophia, a member of the family Brassicaceae
* Trichostema brachiatum, a plant endemic to North America
# Flemming Rule

The Flemming Rule of 1960 was an administrative ruling which decreed that U.S. states could not deny income assistance eligibility through the U.S. Aid to Families with Dependent Children program on the basis of a home being considered unsuitable per the woman's children being termed as illegitimate, a term for the status of a child born to parents who are unmarried to one another. It was named after Arthur Flemming, who at the time was the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
In 1960, the U.S. state of Louisiana expelled 23,000 children from its welfare program in what became known as the "Louisiana Incident." This was done because the children had been born outside of wedlock, and were considered illegitimate by the state. Similar types of welfare denial had occurred in other states. In response to this, the Louisiana Department of Health, Education and Welfare, administrator of the income assistance program, implemented the Flemming Rule.
A 1997 article by Claudia Lawrence-Webb claimed that the child welfare system had problems fairly representing children of color and signified this problem was due to the Flemming Rule. Webb suggested that the rule was implemented poorly, which led to unnecessary negative consequences for African American children. In the article, Webb also discusses how the Flemming Rule may have influenced future policies.
# Vance, West Virginia

Vance is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vance lies on the South Branch Potomac River. Most of its residents reside along West Virginia Route 28. Buffalo Creek empties into the South Branch at Vance.

## Historic site

* Fort Forman site, State Route 28
# Northeast Middle School

Northeast Middle School can refer to one of the following schools:
* Northeast Middle School (Jackson, TN), a public school in Jackson, Tennessee
* Northeast Middle School (Midland, MI), a public school in Midland, Michigan
* Northeast Middle School (Reading, Pennsylvania), a public school in Reading, Pennsylvania
* Northeast Middle School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), a public school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
* Northeast Middle School (Bristol, Connecticut)
* Northeast Middle School (Clarksville, TN), a public school in Clarksville, Tennessee
"Northeast" is also found in the name of other schools:
* Northeast College, a community college based in Houston, Texas
* Northeast Elementary School, public school in Kansas City, Missouri
* Northeast High School (disambiguation), a list of multiple high schools with the same name
# Flight from Vienna

Flight from Vienna, also known as Escape from the Iron Curtain, is a 1955 second feature British film directed by Denis Kavanagh and starring Theodore Bikel and John Bentley.

## Plot

Colonel Sandor Kosice is a Hungarian police chief who escapes to Vienna seeking political asylum. However, his motives are under suspicion. He is sent back to Budapest to organise the escape of a scientist, whom he brings back to Vienna. Kosice is flown to London, where he survives an attempt made on his life. His motives are no longer questioned and he is granted asylum.

## Cast

* Theodore Bikel as Colonel Sandor Kosice
* John Bentley as Captain Lawton
* Donald Gray as Colonel George Gordon
* Carina Helm as Irma Kosice
* Adrienne Scott
* Oscar Wegerstek
* George Roderick
* Geoffrey Wilmer
* Harold Jamieson
* J. van Boolen
* Paul Homer
* Sybil Rares

## Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A simple political thriller of modest pretensions, quite competently made and with a nicely judged performance by Theodore Bikel as Kosice."
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film described the film as: "a talky but quite convincing drama."
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Reasonably convincing drama with good performance by Bikel."
# List of convention centres in the Netherlands

There are several convention centres in the Netherlands. Traditionally there is a distinction in the Netherlands between convention centres for meetings and those for exhibitions/trade shows. Over the past decades this distinction has become blurred, as exhibition facilities have added meeting rooms and meeting centred venues have opened exhibition halls. Also, most of the bigger hotels have built meeting rooms, some of them for large scale (international) gatherings.
The following list is sorted by province:

## Drenthe

* Prins Bernhardhoeve, Zuidlaren: 16.000 m² (0,006 mi²)

## Friesland

* WTC Expo, Leeuwarden: 30.000 m² (0,01 mi²)

## Gelderland

* GelreDome, Arnhem

## Groningen

* MartiniPlaza, Groningen

## Limburg

* MECC, Maastricht: 30.000 m² (0,01 mi²)

## North Brabant

* 1931 Congrescentrum, Brabanthallen, 's-Hertogenbosch: 55.000 m²
* Evoluon, Eindhoven
* NH Conference Centre Koningshof, Veldhoven: 9.000m²

## North Holland

* Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre, Amsterdam: 112.200 m²
* Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam: 18.000 m² (up to 1300 delegates)

## South Holland

* Ahoy, Rotterdam
* De Broodfabriek, Rijswijk
* De Doelen, Rotterdam
* World Forum Convention Center, The Hague
* GIA Trade & Exhibition Centre, The Hague

## Utrecht

* Jaarbeurs, Utrecht: 100.000 m² (0,04 mi²)
# World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2007

The World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2007 were the 26th World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships, held between 6–11 March 2007 in Altenmarkt im Pongau and Flachau, Austria.

## Medal winners
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Downhill | Beat Feuz Switzerland | 1:38.41 | Matts Olsson Sweden | 1:38.85 | Bernhard Graf Austria | 1:38.96 |
| Super-G | Beat Feuz Switzerland | 1:07.77 | Joachim Puchner Austria | 1:07.85 | Bernhard Graf Austria | 1:07.96 |
| Giant Slalom | Marcel Hirscher Austria | 2:14.01 | Marcus Sandell Finland | 2:14.86 | Matts Olsson Sweden | 2:15.17 |
| Slalom | Matic Skube Slovenia | 1:49.45 | Marcel Hirscher Austria | 1:49.56 | Beat Feuz Switzerland | 1:50.73 |
| Combined | Beat Feuz Switzerland | 22.36 points | Bernhard Graf Austria | 31.31 | Miha Kürner Slovenia | 38.74 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Downhill | Tina Weirather Liechtenstein | 1:39.69 | Lara Gut Switzerland | 1:39.76 | Nicole Schmidhofer Austria | 1:40.50 |
| Super-G | Nicole Schmidhofer Austria | 1:19.34 | Tina Weirather Liechtenstein | 1:19.45 | Eva-Maria Brem Austria | 1:19.72 |
| Giant Slalom | Nicole Schmidhofer Austria | 2:14.90 | Tina Weirather Liechtenstein | 2:15.20 | Eva-Maria Brem Austria | 2:15.45 |
| Slalom | Ilka Štuhec Slovenia | 1:44.23 | Katharina Dürr Germany | 1:44.30 | Simone Streng Austria | 1:44.79 |
| Combined | Ilka Štuhec Slovenia | 35.66 points | Nicole Schmidhofer Austria | 39.12 | Maruša Ferk Slovenia | 42.16 |
# Vapi–Virar Shuttle

The 59040 Vapi - Virar Shuttle is a passenger train of the Indian Railways connecting Vapi in Gujarat and Virar of Maharashtra. It is currently being operated with 59040 train number on a daily basis.

## Service

The 59040/Vapi - Virar Shuttle has average speed of 48 km/h and covers 113 km in 2 hrs 20 mins.

## Route

The 59040/Vapi - Virar Shuttle runs from Vapi via Umargam Road, Dahanu Road, Palghar and Saphale to Virar.

## Coach composite

The train consists of 18 coaches:
* 16 General Unreserved(GEN)
* 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake(SLR)

## Traction

Train is hauled by a Locomotive shed, Vadodara based WAP-5 or Locomotive shed, Valsad based WAG-5P.

## Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 59037/59038 Virar - Surat Passenger, 59039 Virar - Valsad Shuttle, 59045 Bandra Terminus - Vapi Passenger, 59046 Valsad - Bandra Terminus Passenger.
# Girolamo Martini

Girolamo Martini (1587–1648) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ugento (1636–1648).

## Biography

Girolamo Martini was born in Naples, Italy and ordained a priest in 1613. On 3 October 1636, he was selected as Bishop of Ugento and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 30 March 1637. On 26 April 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Luigi Caetani, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana with Alessandro Gallo, Bishop of Massa Lubrense, and Antonio Tornielli, Bishop of Novara, as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Ugento until his death in 1648.
# De Beers Stadium

The De Beers Stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa was the home ground of the Griqualand West (now called Northern Cape) cricket team from 1927 to 1973. It staged a total of 88 first-class matches, in all of which Griqualand West was the home team. Their opponents were usually rival teams in the Currie Cup and the venue also hosted international touring teams including Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the Australians and the New Zealanders. With Griqualand West departing in 1973, only two List A matches were held there. Griqualand West moved to the new multi-purpose De Beers Diamond Oval ahead of the 1973–74 season (the team was renamed Northern Cape in 2015).
The stadium is a multi-purpose athletics stadium and possess facilities for track and field athletic events, a football field and a sports hall in which indoor hockey and indoor football are played.
# Matsura-gun

Matsura-gun is a historical county in Japan. It was located in Hizen Province.
The Matsura region, Sayohime's alluded place of origin, spans the current-day Nagasaki and Saga Prefectures. However, the specific mountaintop that had been dubbed Hirefurinomine (領巾麾嶺, "Scarf-Waving Peak"), as attested in the Man'yōshū, has been identified as the summit of Mount Kagami [ja], on the eastern edge of the city of Karatsu, Saga.
Some versions of the legend of Matsura Sayohime(var. Lady Otohi or Otohi-hime) are classed as the Miwasan-kei setsuwa (三輪山型説話, "stories of the Mt. Miwa pattern") But there is no enduring sign of snake worship in the original vicinity of the legend in the Matsura region, where a local shrine houses the supposed petrified remains, or bōfuseki (望夫石, "rock that contemplates the husband"), of Lady Matsura.
Kagami Shrine was the main shrine and Soja shrine of Matsura-gun
# Conway Griffith

Conway Griffith (June 10, 1853 - April 28, 1924) was an American painter. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he moved to California, where he co-founded the art colony in Laguna Beach, California. Griffith was an aquarelle, oil and watercolor painter. He was buried in the Fairhaven Cemetery in Santa Ana.
# Kot Manan

Kot Manan is a village in Sialkot District, Gujranwala Division, Punjab Province, Pakistan. It is located south south-west of the city of Sialkot. Located at Kot Manan is a park or place of interest named Gondal Poultry form.