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Sola, Norway
Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålandsmarka, Sørnes, and Stenebyen. Stavanger Airport is located in Sola, just a short distance from the large Stavanger/Sandnes metropolitan area.

The 69-square-kilometre (27 sq mi) municipality is the 342nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sola is the 41st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 28,315. The municipality's population density is 411.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,066/sq mi) and its population has increased by 15.2f% over the previous 10-year period.

In the western part of Sola, there are 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) of long, sandy beaches facing the North Sea. The usually suitable wind and waves make the sandy beaches a popular place for windsurfing.

Stavanger/Sandnes
Stavanger/Sandnes is the third largest urban area in Norway. It consists of the densely built-up areas in the municipalities of Stavanger, Sandnes, Sola, and Randaberg, most of which are located on the Stavanger Peninsula, its surrounding islands, and the mainland south of the peninsula. Stavanger/Sandnes is the central part of the Stavanger Region.

On 1 January 2021, the 80.09-square-kilometre (30.92 sq mi) urban area had a population of 229,911. This gives the urban area a population density of 2,871 inhabitants per square kilometre (7,440/sq mi). The area has had a big growth in population, and is one of the fastest growing urban areas in Norway. It is expected that larger portions of Sola municipality will grow together with the urban area in the future.
Maryam Noor
Maryam Noor (Urdu: مریم نور; born Maryam Noor Sheikh on 24 February 1994) is a Pakistani actor and model. She is known for her roles in dramas, Ab Dekh Khuda Kya Karta Hai, Silsilay, O Rangreza and Malaal-e-Yaar.

O Rangreza
O Rangreza (Urdu: او رنگریزہ) is a Pakistani romantic drama television series that aired on Hum TV.  It starred Sajal Ali and Bilal Abbas Khan in the lead roles. Saji Gul wrote the drama, and Kashif Nisar directed it. Nisar had previously directed Dumpukht - Aatish-e-Ishq, which also starred Khan along with Sonia Mishal and Nauman Ijaz, both of whom starred in it as well.
K. B. Menon
Konnanath Balakrishna Menon (18 June 1897 – 6 September 1967) was an Indian academic, politician and revolutionary activist from Kerala. He was a professor at Harvard University and part of the revolutionary Ghadar Movement before returning to Kerala at the behest of Jayaprakash Narayan to champion Indian independence there in 1936. A protégé of both Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, he nonetheless eschewed nonviolence, as the mastermind behind and leader of the 27-man team behind the 1942 Keezhariyur bombings. He is remembered as the architect and father of the Quit India Movement in Kerala.

After independence, he declined a position in Nehru's Indian Congress party government, instead representing Thrithala in the Madras State Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1956, and then Vadakara as its inaugural Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha between 1957 and 1962. In 1965 he was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly as member for Quilandy.

Keezhariyur
Keezhariyur is a village near Koyilandy in Kozhikode district, that lies on the eastern shore of Akalapuzha Lake. This village is famous for the bomb case happened during Independence struggle. Malayalam is the Local Language here. Keezhariyur has its own post office and the Pincode is 673307. Keezhriyur Panchayat was formed on 27 September 1968.
Howard Dirks
Howard Leroy Dirks (August 7, 1938 –  October 26, 2018) was an American oil field technologist, restaurant owner and political figure in British Columbia. After being defeated in the 1983 provincial election, he represented Nelson-Creston in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 as a Social Credit member.

He was born in Waldheim, Saskatchewan and educated at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1961 Dirks married Lorna Mary Logan. He was an alderman for Nelson. Dirks served in the provincial cabinet as Provincial Secretary and as Minister of Development, Trade and Tourism. He was defeated by Corky Evans when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1991 and 1996; in 1996, Dirks ran as a Liberal candidate.

Dirks died on October 26, 2018, at the age of 80.

Waldheim, Saskatchewan
Waldheim is a town of 1,035 residents in the Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, 57 kilometres (35 mi) north of Saskatoon. Waldheim is located on Highway 312 in central Saskatchewan, the "Heart of the Old North-Wes". Fort Carlton, Batoche, Battle of Fish Creek, and Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm are all near Waldheim.
Kürtün Dam
The Kürtün Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Harşit River located 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Kürtün in Gümüşhane Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. Construction began in 1986 and the reservoir started to fill in 2002. The dam was completed in 2003 and its underground power station became operational in 2004. The dam is connected with a 5.6 km-long (3.5 mi) road tunnel, constructed to link the dam site to Kürtün. The hydroelectric power station, located below and just downstream of the right abutment of the dam, has an installed capacity of 80 MW.

Harşit River
The Harşit River (Turkish: Harşit Çayı, Philabonites or Χαρσιώτης River) is a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It flows through the Gümüşhane and Giresun Provinces before its terminus in the Black Sea at Tirebolu. It is interrupted by the Torul and Kürtün Dams.
Stobiecko Szlacheckie
Stobiecko Szlacheckie [stɔˈbjɛt͡skɔ ʂlaˈxɛt͡skʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ładzice, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) north-east of Ładzice, 6 km (4 mi) north-west of Radomsko, and 76 km (47 mi) south of the regional capital Łódź.

Gmina Ładzice
Gmina Ładzice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Ładzice, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Radomsko and 79 km (49 mi) south of the regional capital Łódź.

The gmina covers an area of 82.72 square kilometres (31.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,928.
Phrynomantis microps
Phrynomantis microps is an African frog with many interesting adaptations to the savannah. These frogs are also called the Accra snake-necked frog. They are found across Western and Central Africa. One of its distinguishing features is the peptide secretion on its skin, which goes beyond toxicity and seems to inhibit aggressive behavior like biting and stinging from large ants. This allows Phrynomantis microps to live in humid burrows within large ant nests and termite mounds, where they are frequently found. While Phrynomantis microps feeds on similar insects such as the termite Macrotermes bellicosus, they have never been found to feed on the ants they share the nest with. These frogs are medium-sized and have a bright red pelvic region.

Paltothyreus
Paltothyreus (also known as African stink ant) is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Paltothyreus tarsatus, the single described species, is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Workers are very large in size (17–20 mm); queens are similar to workers, but larger (23 mm) and winged.
The Scarecrow and his Servant
The Scarecrow and his Servant is a 2004 children's novel by Philip Pullman. It tells the story of a scarecrow who comes alive after being struck by lightning and sets out on a quest with Jack, an orphan he hires as his servant. As he goes on his quest he tries to reach Spring Valley to claim it for his own. He has many troubles along the way such as a bird who ate his brain and being on a deserted island.

It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award in 2005, as well as being shortlisted for the 2004 Carnegie Medal. According to the author's website, the book is being adapted by BAFTA winning writer Danny Brocklehurst and turned into a film by Aardman.

Philip Pullman
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman  is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. The first volume, Northern Lights (1995), won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The third volume, The Amber Spyglass (2000), won the Whitbread Award. In 2017, he started a companion trilogy, The Book of Dust, of which the final novel, The Rose Field, was published in October 2025.

He was knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to literature, and has been awarded several honorary doctorates and other honours.
Telly's Pop
Telly's Pop (foaled February 25, 1973 in California) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to ever win the California Triple Crown for two-year-olds.
 He was purchased for $6000 by the racing partnership of Hollywood film director and producer Howard Koch and actor Telly Savalas who named the horse for his father.

Telly Savalas
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Σαβάλας; January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on the crime drama series Kojak (1973–1978) and James Bond archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).

Savalas's other films include Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Genghis Khan (1965), Battle of the Bulge (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Horror Express (1972), Lisa and the Devil (1974), Escape to Athena (1979), Border Cop (1980) and Mind Twister (1993). For Birdman of Alcatraz, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Savalas released a cover of the Bread song "If", which became a UK number-one single in 1975.
Rafel Nadal
Rafel Nadal (born 1954, Girona) is a Spanish journalist and writer. He has published Els Mandarins (Columna, 2011); Quan érem feliços (Destino, 2012); Quan en dèiem xampany (Columna, 2013); La Maledicció dels Palmisano (Columna, 2015), a bestseller published in 22 languages; and La senyora Stendhal (Columna, 2017).

In 2012, he was awarded with Josep Pla Award for Quan érem feliços.

In 2014 he won the Maria Àngels Anglada Prize for Quan en dèiem xampany.

In 2019, he published El fill de l’italià and won the most important prize in Catalan literature, the Ramon Llull Literary Award. As a journalist, he was director of El Periódico de Catalunya between 2006 and 2010.

Maria Àngels Anglada Prize
The Maria Àngels Anglada Prize (in Catalan: Premi de Narrativa Maria Àngels Anglada; Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpɾɛ.mi ˈðə nə.rə'ti.βa məˈɾi.ə 'aɲ.ʒəlz əɲ'ɡla.ðə]) is a Catalan literary award, given annually by the Institut Ramon Muntaner ("Ramon Muntaner Secondary School"), in Figueres (Spain), with the aim of contributing to the promotion of Catalan literature, reaffirming the civic and cultural projection of the school and extolling the memory of the writer Maria Àngels Anglada (Vic, 1930 - Figueres, 1999), ex-professor of the centre. The award has the support of the Geli-Anglada family and the sponsorship of the Ajuntament de Figueres ("Figueres City Council") and the Diputació de Girona ("Girona Provincial Council"), as well as the collaboration of the Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Empordà ("Alt Empordà County Council").
Kodimoottil Sri Bhadrakaali Temple
Kodimoottil Sri Bhadrakaali Temple is the most famous temple in Parippally, Kollam in Kerala, India. The "Prathista" (idol) in this temple is Bhadrakali devi. Shiva, Ganapathi, Navagrahangal  are also there as Upaprathista.

Parippally
Parippally is a village in kalluvathukkal panchayat Kollam, Kerala, India. Parippally is approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Kollam City along NH66 and 44 kilometres (27 mi) North of capital city Thiruvananthapuram along NH66. Kollam Government Medical College is situated in Parippally.
Romane Denis
Romane Denis (born April 12, 1998) is a Canadian actress.

She is noted for her performance in the film Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun), for which she received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards, and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.

She voiced Nikki Gold in the video game Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

Nikki (comics)
Nicholette "Nikki" Gold is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes, and Al Milgrom, the character first appeared in Marvel Presents #4 (April 1976). Nicholette Gold has been a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy at various points in her history.
Dominique Daguet
Dominique Daguet (22 September 1938 – 1 November 2021) was a French writer, poet and journalist. He was the creator and animator of the literary magazine Les Cahiers bleus published in Troyes (from 1975).

He won the prix Fénéon in 1960 for his book Soleil et Lune. From 1960 onwards, he published some fifty books and developed a strong interest in the Shroud of Turin.

Daguet died on 1 November 2021, at the age of 83.

Prix Fénéon
The Fénéon Prize (Prix Fénéon), established in 1949, is awarded annually to a French-language writer and a visual artist no older than 35 years of age. The prize was established by Fanny Fénéon, the widow of French art critic Félix Fénéon. She bequeathed the proceeds from the sale of his art collection to the University of Paris, whose Vice Chancellor chairs the award jury.
Shweli I Dam
The Shweli I Dam is a gravity dam on the Shweli River about 23 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of Namhkam in Shan State, Burma. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 600 megawatts (800,000 hp) power station. Water from the dam's reservoir is diverted through a 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) long headrace tunnel to the power station downstream. The drop in elevation affords a hydraulic head of 299 metres (981 ft). Construction on the dam began in 2002 and the river was diverted on 10 December 2006. On 5 September 2008, the first generator was commissioned and the last of the six was commissioned in April 2009. The dam and the power station were constructed under the build–operate–transfer method and cost US$756.2 million. It is owned and operated by the Shweli River-I Power Station Co. The Shweli II and Shweli III Dams are planned downstream.

Shweli River
Shweli River (Burmese: ရွှေလီမြစ်; Chinese: 瑞丽江) is a river in China and Myanmar (Burma), also known as the Nam Mao (Shan: ၼမ်ႉမၢဝ်း; Tai Nüa: ᥘᥛᥳ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ) in Shan or Dai, and Ruili River in Chinese. The middle and upper reaches of the river are called the Longchuan River (龙川江) or Long River (龙江) in Chinese, or the Nam Yang (Tai Nüa: ᥘᥛᥳ ᥕᥣᥒᥰ) in Dai. The river forms 26 km of the boundary between Burma and China, and it is one of the tributaries of Myanmar's chief river, the Ayeyarwady, and originates in Yunnan Province of China. It flows through northern Shan state and Sagaing Division, and enters the Ayeyarwady at Inywa, 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Tagaung and south of Katha.
Two Thousand Acres of Sky
Two Thousand Acres of Sky  is a British television drama series which aired on BBC One from 2001 to 2003. It was created and written by Timothy Prager. The Executive Producer was Adrian Bate.

The show takes place on the fictional island of Ronansay off the coast of Skye. The actual filming location was the sea-side village of Port Logan.

In 2008, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation created a remake of the series called Himmelblå (Norwegian for 'Sky Blue') taking place on the island of Ylvingen.

Timothy Prager
Timothy "Tim" Prager, is a British television and film writer.

A graduate of Dartmouth College in the United States and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he was an assistant director at the Old Vic Company under Timothy West. He wrote (with composer Geoff Morrow) and directed Spin of the Wheel, which opened at the Comedy theatre in London in 1987, giving Maria Friedman her West End debut.
Fredda Brilliant
Fredda Brilliant (7 April 1903 – 25 May 1999) was a Polish sculptor and actress, born in Łódź, Poland.

She worked in a variety of media and is recognized as an accomplished sculptor, writer, actor, singer and script writer. Throughout her career she traveled extensively working in England, USA, Australia, India, Poland and Russia. Brilliant sculpted some of the greatest figures of her time including Jawaharlal Nehru, V.K. Krishna Menon, Indira Gandhi, U.S. President John F Kennedy, and Buckminster Fuller. She also sculpted her husband, the writer Herbert Marshall. Her writing credits include Biographies in Bronze (1986), The Black Virgin (1986), Women in power (1987) and Truth in Fiction (1986).

Brilliant's most famous work is a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi which is the centerpiece of the park in Tavistock Square, London, UK.

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Tavistock Square
A bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi by Fredda Brilliant was unveiled in 1968 at the centre of Tavistock Square in London, to mark the impending centenary of Gandhi's birth in 1869. Mahatma Gandhi had studied law at University College London nearby from 1888 to 1891, before being called to the bar at the Inner Temple.
Stillborn Records
Stillborn Records is an American-based independent record label, founded by Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, and primarily operated by Jay Reason of the Distance. Stillborn Records has released a variety of bands, mainly focused in the genres of heavy metal and hardcore punk. Stillborn Records is based in West Haven, Connecticut.

Jamey Jasta
James Vincent Shanahan (born August 7, 1977), known professionally as Jamey Jasta, is an American vocalist, record producer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of metalcore band Hatebreed. He also fronts the sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow and the metalcore band Icepick and has released several solo records. He has also produced albums for other artists.

In March 2008, Jasta was ranked at number 87 in Hit Parader's "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time". Additionally Hatebreed is viewed as an influential band in the hardcore genre.
William Gropper
William Victor Gropper (December 3, 1897 – January 3, 1977) was an American cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist. A committed radical, Gropper is best known for the political work which he contributed to such left wing publications as The Revolutionary Age, The Liberator, The New Masses, The Worker, and Morgen Freiheit.

Daily Worker
The Daily Worker was a newspaper published in Chicago, founded by communists, socialists, union members, and other activists. Publication began in 1924. It generally reflected the prevailing views of members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA); it also reflected a broader spectrum of left-wing opinion. At its peak, the newspaper achieved a circulation of 35,000. Contributors to its pages included Robert Minor and Fred Ellis (cartoonists), Lester Rodney (sports editor), David Karr, Richard Wright, John L. Spivak, Peter Fryer, Woody Guthrie, and Louis F. Budenz.

All works of the Daily Worker prior to 1964 are now in the public domain due to the nonrenewal of their copyright status.
Ludington Mariners
The Ludington Mariners (official name: Ludington Mariner Base Ball Club) were a professional Class D minor league baseball team from Ludington, Michigan. Their home field was located in Culver Park.

The team was formed in 1912 as part of the Michigan State League and played until 1914 when they took a five-year hiatus during World War I. They returned to join the Central League in 1920 until 1922. They returned, briefly, in 1926 as the Ludington Tars.

The team name would be resurrected in 1993 as the Ludington Mariners Old Time Base Ball Team, a team that plays by the 1860 rules as "50% historical reenactment, and 50% real competition."

Michigan State League
The Michigan State League was a minor league baseball league that operated in various seasons between 1889 and 1941. The league franchises were based exclusively in Michigan, with the league forming on six different occasions. Twenty two different cities hosted teams in the Michigan State league.
Bhitha, Uttar Pradesh
The village Bhitha falls in Gorakhpur district situated in Uttar Pradesh state, with a population 263. The male and female populations are 125 and 138 respectively. The size of the area is about 0.23 square kilometres.

Gorakhpur district
Gorakhpur district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This district is a part of the Gorakhpur division. The city of Gorakhpur, or Gorakhpur is the administrative headquarters of this district and Gorakhpur division. It borders Sant Kabir Nagar district to the west, Kushinagar and Deoria districts to the east, and Maharajganj and Azamgarh districts to the north and south.
2000 Hyderabad floods
The 2000 Hyderabad floods caused extensive damage and loss of life as a result of flash flooding in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Begumpet was the most impacted after a deluge of 241.5 mm was recorded on 24 August 2000.

Begumpet
Begumpet is a locality of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Begumpet is named after the daughter of the sixth Nizam (Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI), Basheer Unnisa Begum, who received it as part of her wedding dowry when she was married to the second Amir of Paigah Shams ul Umra Amir e Kabir.
2007 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2007 United States Open Championship was the 107th U.S. Open, held June 14–17 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.

Ángel Cabrera won his first major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods, who were unable to birdie the 72nd hole to force a Monday playoff. Cabrera's victory marked the first U.S. Open won by an Argentine or a South American. It was the first of his two major titles; he won the Masters in a playoff in 2009.

This was the eighth U.S. Open and eleventh professional major held at Oakmont.

Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont Country Club is a country club in Plum and Oakmont, Pennsylvania, United States. Established in 1903, the club predominantly lies in the borough of Plum, in the East Hills suburbs of Pittsburgh. Its golf course is regarded as the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the United States" and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The Pennsylvania Turnpike separates seven holes (two through eight) from the rest of the layout. Oakmont most recently hosted its record tenth U.S. Open in 2025.