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Siege of Sadr City
The Siege of Sadr City was a blockade of the Shi'a district of northeastern Baghdad carried out by US and Iraqi government forces in an attempt to destroy the main power base of the insurgent Mahdi Army in Baghdad. The siege began on 4 April 2004 – later dubbed "Black Sunday" – with an uprising against the Coalition Provisional Authority following the government banning of a newspaper published by Muqtada Al-Sadr's Sadrist Movement. The most intense periods of fighting in Sadr City occurred during the first uprising in April 2004, the second in August the same year, during the sectarian conflict that gripped Baghdad in late 2006, during the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, and during the spring fighting of 2008.

2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)
The 2nd Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Second Dragoons, is an active Stryker infantry and cavalry regiment of the United States Army. The Second Cavalry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army Europe and Africa, with its garrison at the Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany. It can trace its lineage back to the early part of the 19th century.
Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Stary Wielisław
The Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows is a church in the village of Stary Wielisław, Poland.

The church's history goes back to the 10th century, though the current structure dates only to the 15th.

It is one of eight International shrines of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Church possesses relics of the Holy Cross and of St. Catherine of Alexandria and replicas of nails from Jesus' cross.

Also venerated here, since 22 October 2011, are relics of St. John Paul II.

National shrine
A national shrine is a Catholic church or other sacred place which has met certain requirements and is given this honor by the national episcopal conference to recognize the church's special cultural, historical, and religious significance.
Listed buildings in Ebberston and Yedingham
Ebberston and Yedingham is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.  It contains 32 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.  Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.  The parish contains the villages of Ebberston and Yedingham, and the surrounding countryside.  Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings.  The others include churches, a churchyard cross, a former malthouse, a public house, and a former chapel.

Ebberston and Yedingham
Ebberston and Yedingham is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, in England.

The parish was formed on 1 April 1986 from the merger of Ebberston and Yedingham.  The predecessor parishes were originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire respectively, but in 1974 to 2023 were both placed in the new Ryedale district of North Yorkshire.  It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. In addition to the two villages, the parish also includes the hamlet of Bickley.

The parish covers 2,706 hectares, and in the 2021 UK census had a recorded population of 593 people.
Russell Street, Melbourne
Russell Street is a main street and thoroughfare in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. It runs roughly north-south and was laid out as a core feature of the Hoddle Grid in 1837.

Russell Street is named after John Russell, British Home Secretary and leader of the House of Commons in Lord Melbourne's cabinet. Russell himself was also a future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Hoddle Grid
The Hoddle Grid is the contemporary name given to the approximately 1.61-by-0.80-kilometre (1.00 mi × 0.50 mi)  grid of streets that form the Melbourne central business district, Australia. Bounded by Flinders Street, Spring Street, La Trobe Street, and Spencer Street, it lies at an angle to the rest of the Melbourne suburban grid, and so is easily recognisable. It is named after the surveyor Robert Hoddle, who marked it out in 1837 (to Lonsdale Street, extended to La Trobe Street the next year), based on the city grid established in the first survey of Melbourne conducted by Robert Russell (architect) in 1836, establishing the first formal town plan. This grid of streets, laid out when there were only a few hundred settlers, became the nucleus for what is now Melbourne, a city of over five million people.
William Lee J. Lowrance
William Lee Joshua Lowrance (July 26, 1836 – March 24, 1916) commanded a North Carolina regiment in the American Civil War.  At the Battle of Gettysburg he briefly led the brigade of the wounded Alfred M. Scales.

Alfred Moore Scales
Alfred Moore Scales (November 26, 1827 – February 9, 1892) was a North Carolina state legislator, Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 45th Governor of North Carolina from 1885 to 1889.
Panfilo Lacson 2010 presidential campaign
The 2010 presidential campaign of Panfilo Lacson was launched by stating on May 12, 2009, that he will run for president. That time, Lacson is only in the half of his second term as a Senator, and six years ago, he ran for president.

Panfilo Lacson 2022 presidential campaign
The 2022 presidential campaign of Panfilo Lacson was announced in a televised launch on September 8, 2021, along with his running mate Tito Sotto. Panfilo Lacson is a three-term senator of the Philippines and former chief of the Philippine National Police, while Sotto is a four-term senator who served as the president of the senate from 2018 to 2022.

Lacson and Sotto were the first tandem to announce their candidacy for president and vice president, respectively, for the 2022 Philippine presidential election. Both candidates lost to the tandem of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte, respectively.
Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti
Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti is an episcopal polity or diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese is the Anglican bishopric of the East Coast, in Tairāwhiti, of the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand; also known as the synod (or in Māori: Te Hui Amorangi).

The Pīhopatanga serves communities from Potaka in the north, to Woodville in the south. In general this covers the Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu and the Turanga-nui-a-kiwa iwi. According to the 2013 census, there are approximately 17,000 Māori Anglicans within this area. Te Tairāwhiti is one of five pīhopatanga, or episcopal units, that comprise Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, the Māori Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

The current Pīhopa o (Bishop of) Te Tairāwhiti is Donald Tamihere.

Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa
Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa is an Anglican regional bishopric or diocese (Māori: tikanga) that covers the entire country of New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa). The diocese is home to Māori Anglicans across Aotearoa (New Zealand), and is one of the three tikanga (cultural streams) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

The first Māori bishop was appointed in 1928, and the Pīhopatanga itself was established by the General Synod as an autonomous body in 1978. According to the 2001 census there were about 75,000 Māori Anglicans in Aotearoa, which made it the largest Māori denomination. The Māori tikanga is headed by Don Tamihere, Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa / Bishop of Aotearoa and Te Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti / Bishop of Tairāwhiti; Tamihere is the sixth Pīhopa o Aotearoa, succeeding Archbishop Brown Turei.
Sildajazz
Sildajazz is a jazz festival, which is held annually on the second weekend of August, in Haugesund, Norway. The inaugural festival was in 1987 with four bands, and has since grown to involve around 70 bands and close to 400 Norwegian and foreign musicians spread over more than 200 events.

Both domestic and international artists participate at the festival and each year an award Sildjazzprisen is given to a Norwegian jazz musician or band.

The festival is named after the Norwegian word for herring (sild). The reason for this can be found in the rich fishing heritage of past days, and the influence that fishing had on the creation of the city of Haugesund itself.

Sildajazzprisen
Sildajazzprisen awarded by the company Statoil to a Norwegian jazz musician or group. The award consists of a sum of money and a picture signed the year Sildajazz artist.

Statoil sildajazz Prize was first awarded in 2000.
Húsavíkurvöllur
Húsavíkurvöllur (Icelandic: [ˈhuːsaˌviːkʏrˌvœtlʏr̥], regionally also [-ˌviːkʰʏr-], lit. 'Húsavík Field' or more precisely 'Húsavík Stadium') is a multi-use stadium in Húsavík, Iceland.  It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Íþróttafélagið Völsungur. Its capacity is around 2000.

Íþróttafélagið Völsungur
Íþróttafélagið Völsungur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈiːˌθrouhtaˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈvœlsuŋkʏr̥], lit. 'Völsungur Sports Club') is an Icelandic multi-sport club from the town of Húsavík located on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi bay.
Old Pahang kingdom
The old Pahang kingdom (Malay: Kerajaan Pahang Tua) was a historical Malay polity centred in the Pahang region on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. The polity appeared in foreign records from as early as the 5th century and at its height, covered much of modern state of Pahang and the entire southern part of the peninsula. Throughout its pre-Melakan history, Pahang was established as a mueang or naksat of some major regional Malayic mandalas including Langkasuka, Srivijaya and Ligor. Around the middle of the 15th century, it was brought into the orbit of Melaka Sultanate and subsequently established as a vassal Muslim Sultanate in 1470, following the coronation of the grandson of the former Maharaja as the first Sultan of Pahang.

Sultan of Pahang
Sultan of Pahang (Malay: Sultan Pahang, Jawi: سلطان ڤهڠ) is the title of the hereditary constitutional head of Pahang, Malaysia. The current sultan is Al-Sultan Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah. He is the Head of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignities in the state. Historically, the title was also used by rulers of the Pahang Sultanate.
World Extreme Skiing Championship
The World Extreme Skiing Championships (WESC) was an extreme skiing competition held from 1991 to 2000 in Valdez, Alaska. It was brought back for one year in 2011 but was discontinued for lack of athlete interest.  Co-founder Karen Davey Stewart died in September 2015.

Valdez, Alaska
Valdez (/vælˈdiːz/ val-DEEZ; Alutiiq: Suacit) is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. In 2020, the population of Valdez was 3,985, up slightly from 3,976 in 2010. It is the third most populated city in Alaska's Unorganized Borough.

Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish Navy Minister Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán. A former Gold Rush town, it is located at the head of Port Valdez on the eastern side of Prince William Sound. Valdez was incorporated in 1901, and flourished after the road link to Fairbanks was constructed in 1910. It suffered catastrophic damage during the 1964 Alaska earthquake, and is located near the site of the disastrous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill. Today, it is one of the most important ports in Alaska, a commercial fishing port as well as a freight terminal. Valdez is the terminus for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
Harry C. Wheeler
Harry Cornwall Wheeler (July 23, 1875 – December 17, 1925) was an Arizona lawman who was the third captain of the Arizona Rangers, as well as the sheriff of Cochise County, serving from 1912 into 1918. He is known as the lead figure in the illegal mass kidnapping and deportation of some 1200 miners and family members, many of them immigrants, from Bisbee, Arizona to New Mexico in 1917. Beginning on July 12, 1917, he took total control of the town of Bisbee, controlling access and running kangaroo courts that deported numerous people.

He was born and raised in Florida and was a veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I. He served in the Arizona Rangers from 1903 to its disbanding in 1909.

Gleeson gunfight
The Gleeson gunfight, or the Gleeson shootout, was one of the last gunfights in the Old West, having occurred during the transition period between the "Old" and the "New." On March 5, 1917, the sheriff of Cochise County, Harry C. Wheeler, and his deputy, Lafe Gibson, were ambushed by a gang of Mexican alcohol smugglers near the town of Gleeson, Arizona. During the battle that followed, Wheeler and Gibson fought off the attackers and confiscated their alcohol, wounding at least one man in the process.
Peleʻioholani
Peleʻioholani (1690–1770) was a Hawaiian High Chief, the 21st Aliʻi nui of Kauai and the 25th Aliʻi nui of Oahu. He ruled an empire stretching from Niʻihau to Molokaʻi. According to ancient traditions, Peleʻioholani was a descendant of Hema and Māweke.

Aliʻi nui of Oʻahu
The aliʻi nui of Oʻahu was the sovereign and supreme ruler of one of the four main Hawaiian Islands. The monarchs of the Island of Oʻahu, like those of the other islands, claim descent from Wākea. Oʻahu was unified under the aliʻi nui in the 15th century.

Nanaulu, a fourteenth generation descendant of Wakea, was the ancestor of Kumuhonua, the first known king of Oʻahu, brother of Moikeha, King of Kauai of the second dynasty. In 1783, Oahu was conquered by the King Kahekili II of Maui whose son Kalanikūpule was, in turn, conquered by King Kamehameha I in 1795 at the Battle of Nuʻuanu. Many times the kings of Oahu had hegemony over the island of Molokai and used it as summer getaway. It was Oʻahu who brought forth the first Mo'iwahine or Queen regnant of any of the Hawaiian Islands.
United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
The Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences was a standing committee of the United States Senate from 1958 until 1977, when it was folded into the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. It was preceded by the Special Committee on Space and Astronautics, which operated from February 6, 1958, to March 11, 1959.

United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate. Besides having broad jurisdiction over all matters concerning interstate commerce, science and technology policy, and transportation, the Senate Commerce Committee is one of the largest of the Senate's standing committees, with 28 members in the 117th Congress. The Commerce Committee has six subcommittees. It is chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) as ranking member. The majority office is housed in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and the minority office is located in the Hart Senate Office Building.
Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology
The Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology (ACUA) serves as an international advisory body on issues relating to underwater archaeology, conservation, and submerged cultural resources management. The ACUA is an independent, non-profit organization closely affiliated with the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA).

Society for Historical Archaeology
The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) is a professional organization of scholars concerned with the archaeology of the modern world (15th century-present). Founded in 1967, the SHA promotes scholarly research and the dissemination of knowledge pertaining to historical archaeology. The society is specifically interested in the identification, excavation, interpretation, and conservation of sites and materials on land and underwater.  It is the largest such organization in the world and the third-largest anthropological organization in the United States.
Skeppar Karls Gränd
Skeppar Karls Gränd (Swedish: "Skipper Karl's Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Telegrafgränd and Bredgränd.

Bredgränd
Bredgränd (Swedish: Wide Alley) is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden.  Stretching from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Skeppar Karls Gränd and Kråkgränd.
The Montgomery (Chicago)
The Montgomery is a 404-foot (123 m) tall, 26-story skyscraper in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois.  It was built  in 1972 as part of the Montgomery Ward Company Complex to serve as a corporate headquarters.  The architect was Minoru Yamasaki who also designed the World Trade Center at the same time.  In 2005–2006, it was converted to residential use.

Montgomery Ward Company Complex
The Montgomery Ward Company Complex is the former national headquarters of Montgomery Ward, the United States' oldest mail order firm.  The property is located along the North Branch of the Chicago River at 618 W. Chicago Avenue in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978.
Gamlingay
Gamlingay is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about 14 miles (23 km) west southwest of Cambridge.

The 2011 census gives the village's population as 3,247 and the civil parish's as 3,568.

In addition to Gamlingay village, the parish includes the outlying areas of Gamlingay Cinques, Gamlingay Great Heath and Little Heath.

Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet
Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet KB MP (baptised 24 October 1685 – 10 June 1749) was a British landowner and initially Tory, but later Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1749. Through a donation in his will, he was the founder of Downing College, Cambridge.
Silver Screen (Poland)
Silver Screen Cinemas was a multiplex cinema operator in Poland. It opened its first theater in Warsaw in 2000.

Silver Screen at its peak operated three cinemas in Warsaw, one in Gdynia and one in Łódź. The latest of the Warsaw cinemas, opened in the beginning of 2004 in the Targówek district, has about 2600 seats divided among twelve screens. It was one of the largest cinemas in Poland.

In February 2008 it was announced that Silver Screen will merge with its rival Multikino. Since then all Silver Screen cinemas have been converted to Multikino brand, except a single one based in Łódź.

Multikino
Multikino is the second largest multiplex chain in Poland. It was responsible for opening the nation's first multiplex, located in Poznań. It is owned by Vue International, and the brand name also applies to cinemas in Lithuania.
Philippine Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia
The ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) Canonical and Official Representation in the Philippines is a jurisdiction of the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, ROCOR, the Karlovsty Synod, or the Synod), a semi-autonomous jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate under Metropolitan Nicholas (Olhovsky), First Hierarch of the ROCOR. As of August 2013, there are four missions in the country.

It is one of the two canonical jurisdictions in the Philippines under the Patriarchate of Moscow, the other being the Eparchy of the Philippines and Vietnam, administered by the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia.

Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam
The Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam (also known as the Philippine–Vietnamese Diocese or the Filipino-Vietnamese Diocese, Russian: Филиппинско-Вьетнамская епархия, romanized: Filippinsko-Vyetnamskaya yeparhiya) is a diocese of the Patriarchate of Moscow created on 26 February 2019, directly under the Patriarchal Exarchate in Southeast Asia (PESEA).
Nancy MacBeth
Nancy MacBeth ECA (née Elliott; born December 29, 1948) is a Canadian politician who was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2001. She was the first female opposition leader in the province's history. She sat as a Progressive Conservative MLA from 1986 to 1993.

Alberta Liberal Party
53°32′40″N 113°32′08″W﻿ / ﻿53.5445°N 113.5356°W﻿ / 53.5445; -113.5356

The Alberta Liberal Party (French: Parti libéral de l'Alberta) is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest active political party in Alberta and was the dominant political party until the 1921 election, with the first three provincial Premiers being Liberals.  Since 1921, it has formed the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta several times, most recently from 1993 until 2012. Fourteen Liberals have served as Leader of the Opposition of Alberta.

The party was affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada until 1976.
American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song
The American Music Award for Favorite Song – Rap/Hip Hop has been awarded since 2016. Three songs are nominated per year. Cardi B became the first artist to win the award twice. She has won three times.

American Music Awards
The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show produced by Dick Clark Productions since 1974. Nominees are selected on commercial performance such as sales and airplay. Winners are determined by a poll of the public who vote through the AMAs website.

The event originally aired on ABC after the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired. After the 2022 ceremony, when ABC's rights to broadcast the ceremony expired, the American Music Awards were put on hiatus. In March 2024, it was announced that the AMAs would move to CBS as part of a deal with its rights to broadcast the now DCP-owned Golden Globe Awards. The event remained on hiatus for 2024, with CBS airing a 50th anniversary special in October 6, ahead of a 2025 return, which was held on May 26, and hosted by Jennifer Lopez.
Boulder Wash
Boulder Wash is an ephemeral stream or wash in Clark County, Nevada. Its mouth is at its confluence with the Boulder Wash Cove of Lake Mead at an elevation 1,276 feet (389 meters) at when Lake Mead is at its full level. Currently as the reservoir is at a much lower level its mouth is found at approximately 36°10′07″N 114°33′07″W﻿ / ﻿36.16861°N 114.55194°W﻿ / 36.16861; -114.55194. Its source is at 36°13′36″N 114°31′22″W﻿ / ﻿36.22667°N 114.52278°W﻿ / 36.22667; -114.52278 at an elevation of 2,841 feet (866 meters) in the Black Mountains. It flows down a canyon into the upper Pinto Valley southwestward before turning southeastward to Boulder Wash Cove.

Boulder Wash Cove
Boulder Wash Cove is a cove in Lake Mead, in Clark County, Nevada. Boulder Wash for which the cove is named has its mouth in the cove at an elevation of 1,204 / 367 meters when the reservoir is at its full level.
George F. Johnson
George Francis Johnson (October 14, 1857 – November 28, 1948) was an American businessman. He was president of shoe manufacturer Endicott Johnson Corporation and the namesake of Johnson City, New York.

Broome County, New York
Broome County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the county had a population of 198,683. Its county seat is Binghamton. The county was named for John Broome, the state's lieutenant governor when Broome County was created. The county is part of the Southern Tier region of the state.

The county is part of the Binghamton, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to Binghamton University, one of four university centers in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.