Samantha912/NLP_A2_WTH huggingface dataset:
The Landowner Incentive Program is a United States Department of the Interior program that gives grants to state wildlife agencies for restoring rare wildlife habitat in cooperation with private landowners.  The program received its first $40 million in appropriations from the U.S. Congress in 2002.  Almost every state now has a funded program and $116 million has been appropriated since 2002.  A subprogram has also been established for Native American tribes to restore wildlife habitat on tribal lands.

The program is part of the Bush Administration's "Cooperative Conservation" initiative, which focuses on voluntary partnerships between government and non-government parties like private landowners, cooperations, state government and others to achieve progress in conserving or restoring natural resources.

Program mechanics
States compete for two sets of Landowner Incentive Program dollars.  Tier I grants provide funding to states to staff and operate programs to work with landowners.  Typically, these grants pay for a state program coordinator who works for the wildlife agency and field biologists who interact with landowners and help plan projects.  Tier II grants provide funding to states which the state in turn awards to private landowners for the protection, restoration, or management of rare wildlife habitats.  States are required to have an open, transparent process through which landowners can apply for funding and to establish an advisory panel that helps to oversee the program.  Most states have advisory programs that include representation from government agencies, farmers and ranchers, environmentalists, and academia.

History
The Landowner Incentive Program began as a Texas state program funded by the Administration of then-Governor George W. Bush and by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  In 2002, the program received $40 million from the U.S. Congress, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was unable to set up and award funding before Congress rescinded the funding from 2002 and provided $40 million in 2003.

Since 2003, state wildlife agencies have steadily accumulated more and more successes in delivering results for rare wildlife with the conservation partnerships with private landowners.  Oregon, Nebraska, Florida, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Kentucky and Minnesota have been particularly successful, winning more than $22 million in grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and working with hundreds of landowners to restore wildlife.

External links
 Cooperative Conservation Initiative
 Grants for state wildlife agencies
 Grants for Native American tribes

By state
 Arizona
 California
 Colorado
 Connecticut
 Delaware
 Florida
 Hawaii
 Illinois
 Iowa
 Kansas
 Maine
 Maryland
 Massachusetts
 Minnesota
 Nebraska
 New York
 Oregon
 Texas
  Wisconsin

United States Department of the Interior
Nature conservation in the United States
The Conseil supérieur de la langue française () is an advisory council in Quebec, Canada, whose mission is "to advise the minister responsible for the application of the Charter of the French language on any question relative to the French language in Quebec". It works in close collaboration with equivalent bodies in France, Belgium and Switzerland.

Section 185 of the Quebec Charter of the French Language establishes a Council under the name of Conseil supérieur de la langue française. It was initially created in 1977 with the adoption of the Charter.

Mandate 
The mandate of the Quebec Council is to "advise the minister responsible for the application of the Charter of the French language on any question relative to the French language in Quebec."

Specifically, the Council may:
 give its opinion to the minister on any question that he or she submits;
 inform the minister on any question which the Council believes requires the attention of the government.

Powers 
In order to carry out its mission, the Council may:
 receive and hear observations by individuals or groups; 
 carry out or have someone carry out the studies and research it finds necessary.

In addition, it may inform the public on any question relative to the French language in Quebec.

Council members 
The Council is made up of eight members appointed by the government:

Studies and Research 
The council has conducted many studies since 1978, most of which are available online for consultation. The studies touch various subjects from linguistic human rights, language shifts and assimilation, language planning, quality of written and spoken language, terminology, language demographics, challenges to linguistic and cultural diversity in the era of globalization etc.

Award 
The Council awards various prizes:
 Medal of the Ordre des francophones d'Amérique (Order of the francophones of America) — awarded since 1978
 Prix du 3 juillet 1608 (3 July 1608 Prize) — awarded since 1978
 Prix Jules-Fournier (Jules Fournier Prize) — awarded since 1981
 Prix Raymond-Charette (Raymond Charette Prize) — since 2000
 Prix Émile-Ollivier (Émile Ollivier Prize) — since 2005

See also 
 Académie française
 American French (disambiguation)

References

External links 
 Conseil supérieur de la langue française (Quebec)

Francophonie
French language in Quebec
Organizations based in Quebec City
Quebec language policy
Chilostoma ziegleri is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.  This species occurs in Austria, Italy, and Slovenia.

The threats, if any, to this species are unknown, but it appears to have a declining population.

References

Chilostoma
Gastropods described in 1836
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Christopher Daniel Ryan (3 November 1879 – 2 May 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Notes

External links 

Chris Ryan's profile at Blueseum

1879 births
1973 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Carlton Football Club players
People from Kilmore, Victoria
Vedvik or Vedvika is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.  The village is located on the north side of the island of Vågsøy, about  northeast of the village of Refvika,  west of Langenes, and about  north of Raudeberg. The population (2001) of Vedvik is 156.

Historically, Vedvik was an agricultural village focusing on milk production and sheep, but today most residents commute to Raudeberg or Måløy to work.  There is still some farming, but now it is mostly cattle.

References

Villages in Vestland
Kinn
George Thomas was an African-American who found success in the Russian Empire during the reign of Nicholas II.

Thomas moved to St. Petersburg in 1890 to become a valet. The tsars had long hired black servants, and Afro-Russians could become extremely successful (see, for example Abram Petrovich Gannibal or Ira Aldridge). Thomas became an extremely rich and successful nightclub owner, theatrical producer, and more; he owned and ran the Aquarium, which boasted a theater, an amphitheater, back rooms, and so on. As examples of his place in society, Thomas hosted men like Jimmy Winkfield, had connections with the Tsar, and once introduced Jack Johnson to Rasputin. Thomas adopted the Russian name of Fyodor.

Thomas fled to Constantinople during the Russian Revolution but was never as rich and famous as he once had been.

References

19th-century births
20th-century deaths
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Williamston Colored School, also known as E. J. Hayes School and E. J. Hayes High School, is a historic Rosenwald School building located at Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, USA. It was built between 1930 and 1931 and is a one-story, five-bay, "H"-shaped, Colonial Revival style red brick building. It has two projecting pedimented gable-front wings, a hipped roof, and large decorative brick panels in a basketweave bond. A three classroom addition was built in 1939.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

References

Rosenwald schools in North Carolina
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
School buildings completed in 1931
Buildings and structures in Martin County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Martin County, North Carolina
Sarah Mellouk (born 21 August 1998 in Trelleborg) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Malmö FF in the Division 1. Mellouk is of Algerian descent.

Honours
Rosengård
Winner
 Damallsvenskan (2): 2013, 2014

Umeå
Winner
 Elitettan (2): 2019, 2021

'''Jitex
Winner
 Division 1 Mellersta Götaland (2): 2017, 2018

References

External links
 

1998 births
Damallsvenskan players
Living people
Jitex BK players
Sweden women's youth international footballers
Swedish women's footballers
Swedish people of Algerian descent
FC Rosengård players
Umeå IK players
People from Trelleborg
Women's association football players not categorized by position
Agnes of the Palatinate (1201–1267) was a daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine and his first wife Agnes of Hohenstaufen, daughter of Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Agnes was Duchess of Bavaria by her marriage to Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria.

Family 
Agnes was the youngest of three children born to her father by both of his marriages. Her father's second wife, also called Agnes, was the daughter of Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatia. Agnes' older sister was Irmgard, wife of Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden and her brother was Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine.

Marriage 
Agnes married Otto II at Worms when he came of age in 1222. With this marriage, the Wittelsbach family inherited Palatinate and kept it as a Wittelsbach possession until 1918. Since that time also the lion has become a heraldic symbol in the coat-of-arms for Bavaria and the Palatinate.

In 1231 upon the death of Otto's father, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Otto and Agnes became Duke and Duchess of Bavaria.

After a dispute with Emperor Frederick II was ended, Otto joined the Hohenstaufen party in 1241. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was married to Frederick's son Conrad IV. Because of this, Otto was excommunicated by the pope.

Within thirty-one years of marriage, the couple had five children:

 Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (13 April 1229, Heidelberg – 2 February 1294, Heidelberg).
 Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (19 November 1235, Landshut – 3 February 1290, Burghausen).
 Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (c. 1227, Landshut – 9 October 1273), married to:
 1246 in Vohburg to Conrad IV of Germany;
 1259 in Munich to Count Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol, Duke of Carinthia.
 Sophie (1236, Landshut – 9 August 1289, Castle Hirschberg), married 1258 to Count Gerhard IV of Sulzbach and Hirschberg.
 Agnes (c. 1240–c. 1306), a nun.

Otto died 29 November 1253. Agnes died fourteen years later in 1267. She is buried at Scheyern.

Ancestry

References

Sources

1201 births
1267 deaths
13th-century German women
House of Welf
House of Wittelsbach
Daughters of monarchs
Mothers of monarchs
The Elisabeth-Anna-Palais is a secular red-brick building in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, located at the northeast of the Schlossgarten Oldenburg, close to the Schloss Oldenburg.

History
Usually the ducal family resided in Schloss Oldenburg, but Frederick Augustus (from 1900 the last ruling grand duke of Oldenburg) decided to build this as their new home, on a site now between the Schloss and the Augusteum. It was built between 1894 and 1896 to plans by the duke's chief architect Ludwig Freese. Its design imitates Baroque architecture and its southeastern corner (today its left-hand entrance) has an onion-dome-topped tower. During construction Frederick Augustus's wife Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia (1857–95) died, and the new building was named in her memory. On 24 October 1896, Frederick Augustus moved into the new residence with his family and his second wife Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born 1869, daughter of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).

However, revolutionaries forced the Grand Duke to raise the red flag from the flagpoles of the Palais and the Schloss on 8 November 1918 and three days later he renounced his dukedom and retired to his Schloss Rastede at Rastede. After his resignation, the Palais was used for other purposes. The kitchen wing to the east of the main building was demolished in the early 1960s to make room for the new "Schlosswall" street, though the Palais was now sited right on this new road and thus gained a new entrance. The Palais now houses the Sozialgericht Oldenburg.

References

External links
Sozialgericht Oldenburg

1896 establishments in Germany
Houses completed in 1896
Palaces in Lower Saxony
Buildings and structures in Oldenburg (city)
Tourist attractions in Oldenburg (city)
is a Japanese alpine skier. He competed in three events at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

References

1940 births
Living people
Japanese male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Japan
Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture
Shackell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Jason Shackell (born 1983), English footballer
Keith Shackell (born 1935), English rower
Nicholas Shackell (born 1974), English swimmer
Robin Shackell, acting Governor of Pitcairn

See also 

 Shackell Bobb, Vincentian lawyer
Woblitzsee is a lake in the Mecklenburg Lake District, in Germany. It is situated in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The town of Wesenberg can be found at the south-west end of the lake.

The lake has an elevation of  and a surface area of .

The navigable River Havel flows through the Woblitzsee, entering via a channel from the Großer Labussee. The river exits the lake at Wesenburg via a  channel to the Wangnitzsee. The Kammer Canal also connects to the Woblitzsee, allowing vessels to reach the Zierker See and Neustrelitz. The lake is navigable between these three entrances, and navigation is administered as part of the Obere–Havel–Wasserstraße.

References 

Lakes of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Federal waterways in Germany
Entada rheedii, commonly known as African dream herb or snuff box sea bean, and as the cacoon vine in Jamaica, is a large woody liana or climber of the Mimosa Family (Mimosaceae). The vine can grow as long as 120 meters (393.7 feet). Their seeds have a thick and durable seed coat which allows them to survive lengthy periods of immersion in seawater.

Naming
Though its scientific name was first published as E. rheedii, it is often written as Entada rheedei, honouring Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakestein (1637–1691).

Subspecies
The following subspecies have been used:
  Entada rheedii rheedii
  Entada rheedii sinohimalensis (Grierson & D.G.Long) Panigrahi

Traditional use
The species is employed in African traditional medicine to induce vivid dreams, enabling communication with the spirit world. The inner meat of the seed would be either consumed directly, or the meat would be chopped, dried, mixed with other herbs like tobacco and smoked just before sleep to induce the desired dreams.

The plant is also used as a topical ointment against jaundice, toothache, ulcers and to treat muscular-skeletal problems. The seeds are sought after as pieces of jewelry and as good-luck charms.

The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that Entada Scandens has the common names included "Queensland Bean". Indigenous Australians of the Cleveland Bay area referred to the plant as "Barbaddah" and that "These large beans are ... put into the stone oven and heated in the same way and for the same time as those of Avicennia tomentosa (q.v.); they are then pounded fine and put into a dilly-bag, and left for ten or twelve hours in water, then they are fit for use." (Murrell's testimony). The natives of India also eat them after roasting and soaking in water."

Distribution and habitat
Its seeds are found on east and southern African beaches, having grown on river and estuary banks and in swamp forest. As a result of its ready dispersal by sea, Entada rheedii is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas (excluding the Americas): tropical Africa, South Africa, tropical Asia and Queensland.

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References

Entheogens
rheedii
Flora of Africa
Flora of tropical Asia
Flora of Queensland
Garden plants
Decorative fruits and seeds
Plants used in traditional African medicine
Oneirogens
Bushfood
Fabales of Asia
Lavender Bay is a harbourside suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Lavender Bay is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.

The suburb takes its name from Lavender Bay, a natural feature of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) immediately west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It lies between Milsons Point and McMahons Point.  The suburb North Sydney is located, to the north. Lavender Bay is a residential suburb with expansive views of Sydney Harbour.

History

Lavender Bay was named after the Boatswain (bosun), George Lavender, from the prison hulk "Phoenix", which was moored there for many years. The bay is dual-named Gooweebahree, (also sometimes written as Quiberee) in the Dharug language of the local inhabitants, the Cammeraygal people of the Eora nation. The colonists also called it Hulk Bay and sometimes Phoenix Bay. George Lavender lived on  adjacent to the property of Billy Blue.
On 30 May 1915 Lavender Bay railway station was opened to take the place of Milsons Point railway station. This only lasted for seven weeks, as passengers refused to alight here and demanded that trains stop at Milsons Point.   During the harbour bridge construction, Lavender Bay Station was the terminus for the North Shore Line.  The area is now railway storage sidings.

Heritage listings
Lavender Bay has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
 1 Walker Street: Brett Whiteley House

Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 941 people in Lavender Bay. 57.2% of people were born in Australia and 76.1% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 33.4% and Catholic 26.4%.

Landmarks
 A wharf is located in the bay which provides access to private vessels.
 The Lavender Bay Baths (1910), also known as Cavill's Baths, a tidal swimming pool, were once popular with swimmers, located in the area beside the ferry wharf.
 Wendy Whiteley created a garden adjacent to her home, in the area between Clark Park and the old railway line. It is sometimes known as Wendy's Secret Garden, and is open to the public.

Churches
 Christ Church, Lavender Bay, a Lower North Shore landmark.
 The Jesuit Church of St Francis Xavier was founded in 1856 and is now part of North Sydney Parish.

Notable residents
 Sir Donald Bradman lived in the harbourfront Bay View Street, and was one of the first few Australians to get a private telephone number while living in Bay View Street.
Artist Norman Lindsay lived at 'Heidelberg' at 9 Bay View Street; another artist, John Firth-Smith, occupied this same house many decades later.
 Artist Brett Whiteley lived in a house overlooking the Bay with his wife Wendy Whiteley; Wendy continued to live there . In 2018 the NSW Government granted heritage status to the Whiteleys' house, its views of Sydney Harbour, and Wendy's remarkable Secret Garden in recognition of the significance of the place to the history of Australian art.

References

 
Suburbs of Sydney
Gmür is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Chiara Gmür (born 1993), Swiss alpine skier
 Felix Gmür (born 1966), Swiss Roman Catholic bishop
 Hans Gmür (1927–2004), Swiss theater director
 Martina Gmür (born 1979), Swiss visual artist
 Philipp Gmür (born 1963), Swiss lawyer
 Théo Gmür (born 1996), Swiss alpine skier

See also
The Foundation for Child Development is a United States-based non-profit organization which promotes good child development.

History and name
The organization began as a volunteer community project in 1899, then in 1908 was established as the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children. The goal of the organization then was to support disabled children. In 1972 the organization changed its name to the Foundation for Child Development.

Research

References

External links

Archives of the Foundation for Child Development, 1909-1996, held by the Rockefeller Archive Center

1899 establishments in New York City
Children's charities based in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in New York City
Medical and health foundations in the United States
Child development organizations
Horace Cumberland Disston (January 7, 1906 – September 30, 1982) was an American field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Camden, Maine.

In 1932 he was a member of the American field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played two matches as halfback.

Four years later he was a member of the American field hockey team, which lost all three matches in the preliminary round and did not advance. He played three matches as halfback.

See also
List of Princeton University Olympians

External links
 
profile

1906 births
1982 deaths
American male field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey
Field hockey players from Philadelphia
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
20th-century American people
The "Burial of the Sardine" () since 1851, is an annual Spanish ceremony celebrating the end of carnival and other festivities. The "Burials" generally consist of a carnival parade that parodies a funeral procession and culminates with the burning of a symbolic figure, usually a representation of a sardine. The "Burial of the Sardine” is celebrated on Ash Wednesday and is a symbolical burial of the past to allow society to be reborn, transformed and with new vigour.

Many Spanish festivals end with ceremonies in which a symbol representing the excesses of the festival is burned or destroyed — although some have been lost, others have been revived. Similar celebrations include the "Fiesta del Judas", the "Judas Party" (la quema del haragán), and the "Burning of the Raspajo" (la quema del raspajo). The burning of an effigy represents a regeneration and liberation — the passage of the symbol through the fire represents a purging of the vices and a restoration of the order temporarily subverted during the festival; in ceremonies of symbolical burial, the theme is one of reflection.

Popular culture
The Burial of the Sardine (1812–1819) an oil-on-panel painting of a ceremony in Madrid by Francisco Goya.

Notes

References
 

Festivals in Spain
Matteo Berretti (born 4 April 1985) is an Italian footballer who plays for Poggibonsi.

Biography
Born in Cecina, Tuscany, Berretti started his career at Cecina. In 2002, he joined Siena. He left for Aglianese on loan and in mid-2005 sold to Potenza in co-ownership deal. In June 2007 Siena sold the remains 50% registration rights to Potenza. He was the regular starter of the team, made 112 league appearances in 4 seasons. He also sold to Arezzo in another co-ownership deal in September 2008 but bought back in June 2009. He won promotion to Serie C1 as play-offs winner in 2007.

In July 2009 he joined Taranto. In June Potenza also bought back Rosario Falcone from Taranto. He only played 9 times in 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione before left for Cavese in January 2010.

In August 2010 he left for Andria. In July 2011 he was exchanged with Vito Di Bari of Andria.

References

External links
 Football.it Profile 
 
 

Italian men's footballers
ACR Siena 1904 players
Potenza SC players
Taranto FC 1927 players
Fidelis Andria 2018 players
Men's association football midfielders
Sportspeople from the Province of Livorno
1985 births
Living people
ASD Jolly Montemurlo players
ASD Città di Giulianova 1924 players
US Agropoli 1921 players
Footballers from Tuscany
People from Cecina, Tuscany