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1994 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1994 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994 to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Republican governor John McKernan was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Independent candidate Angus King won the election.

King defeated Democratic nominee Joseph Brennan, a former governor and congressman, Republican nominee Susan Collins, a regional coordinator of the Small Business Administration and the former Deputy Treasurer of Massachusetts, and Green nominee Jonathan Carter, an environmentalist activist. This was the first election since 1974 in which Maine elected an independent governor. Both King and Collins have represented the state's delegation in the United States Senate since 2013.

Carter's 6.4% of the vote allowed the Maine Green Independent Party to be recognized as a political party by the state.

John R. McKernan Jr.
John Rettie "Jock" McKernan Jr. (born May 20, 1948) is an American politician who served two terms as the 71st governor of Maine, from 1987 to 1995.

Born in Bangor, Maine, McKernan attended Dartmouth College and then the University of Maine School of Law. A Republican, McKernan was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives before becoming governor. He also served in the state house from 1973 to 1977 and was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1976 and 1984.
2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship
The 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship is the 12th edition of the Asia Rugby Women's Championship, and took place from 23 to 28 May and was hosted in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The winner and runner-up will classify for the inaugural edition of the WXV. The winner qualifies for WXV2, and the runner-up competes in WXV3. WXV will also provide a pathway to the 2025 Rugby World Cup, with at least the top five non-qualified teams at the end of WXV 2024 earning qualification to the tournament.

Japan defeated Kazakhstan in the final and were crowned champions. Both teams will compete in the inaugural WXV competition in October, with Japan set to compete in WXV 2 and Kazakhstan in WXV 3.

Kazakhstan women's national rugby union team
The Kazakhstan women's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Nomads, represents Kazakhstan in women's rugby union and is governed by the Kazakhstan Rugby Union. They have competed in six Rugby World Cups, having made their first appearance in 1994 in Scotland. They compete annually in the Asia Rugby Women's Championship and have won five tournaments.
Lisburn Rangers F.C.
Lisburn Rangers Football Club is a Northern Irish, intermediate-level association football club based in Lisburn and playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League.  The club has been a member of the Amateur League since 1963.

On Saturday 1 August 2009 they opened their new home at Lisburn Leisureplex with a match against Lisburn Distillery. The facilities were named "Stanley Park" after long serving clubman and Club President Stanley Coulter in a ceremony before the match.

Lisburn Rangers' reserve team are playing in Division 3B of the Northern Amateur Football League after being promoted as League Winners in 2010. After obtaining promotion in the 2015 the Reserve team now play in 3B.

Northern Amateur Football League
The Northern Amateur Football League, also known as the Northern Amateur League and often simply as the Amateur League, is an association football league in Northern Ireland. It contains 13 divisions. These comprise four intermediate sections: the Premier Division, Division 1A, Division 1B and Division 1C; three junior sections: Division 2A, Division 2B and Division 2C; and six reserve sections.
I-4 road (Bulgaria)
Republican road I-4 (Bulgarian: Републикански път I-4) is a major road in Northern Bulgaria. It runs between I-3 road, at the town of Yablanitsa, and I-2 road, at the city of Shumen. The total length of the road is 264.3 km (164.2 mi) and it follows European route E772. The road passes through the provinces of Lovech, Gaborovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Targovishte and Shumen.

I-2 road (Bulgaria)
Republican road I-2 (Bulgarian: Републикански път I-2) is a major first class road in northeastern Bulgaria. It runs between the cities of Ruse, at border with Romania, and Varna, at the Black Sea coast. It is 203 km (126 mi) long. In half of its length, between Shumen and Varna, it runs parallel to the Hemus motorway (A2). It is part of the European route E70. The road passes through the provinces of Ruse, Razgrad, Shumen and Varna.
Madureira Esporte Clube
Madureira Esporte Clube, usually abbreviated to Madureira, is a Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the neighbourhood of Madureira. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.

Campeonato Carioca
The Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (English: Rio de Janeiro State Championship), most known as Campeonato Carioca and commonly as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ).

The first season of the Campeonato Carioca was played in 1906. Rivalries amongst four of the most prestigious Brazilian teams (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama) have marked the history of the competition. Flamengo leads the title count with 39, followed by Fluminense (33), Vasco da Gama (24), Botafogo (21), America (7), Bangu (2), São Cristóvão and Paissandu (1 each).
Aird baronets
The Aird baronetcy, of Hyde Park Terrace in Paddington in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 March 1901 for the civil engineering contractor and Conservative politician John Aird.

The present Baronet is a co-heir to the barony of Willoughby de Eresby

Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet
Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet (3 December 1833 – 6 January 1911) was an English civil engineering contractor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also served as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Paddington North from 1887 to 1906, was the first Mayor of Paddington in 1900, and became an enthusiastic collector of British art.
Seiya Suzuki
Seiya Suzuki (鈴木 誠也, Suzuki Seiya; Japanese pronunciation: [sɯ̥dzɯꜜkʲi̥ seːꜜja], born August 18, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Suzuki is a five-time NPB All-Star, six-time NPB Best Nine Award winner, and a five-time winner of the NPB Golden Glove Award. Internationally, Suzuki represents Japan.

Seiya Suzuki is the third Cubs player in the last 100 seasons to start his career with an 8-game hitting streak, joining Andy Pafko (9 in 1943) and Joe Munson (8 in 1925). He is the second Japanese player with an 8-game hit streak to begin his MLB career.

Best Nine Award
The Best Nine Award is an annual Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) honor bestowed upon the best players across the Central League and Pacific League at each position during the season. As determined by a pool of journalists, one player from each position, plus one for the designated hitter in the Pacific League since 1975, is selected for the honor. The Central League plans to utilize the designated hitter starting in the 2027 season, which may possibly mean that they may amend the Best Nine Award to accommodate for a best player at the DH position just like the Pacific League does.
Stiliana Nikolova
Stiliana Nikolova (Bulgarian: Стилияна Николова; born 22 August 2005) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 European all-around champion, the 2025 World all-around silver medalist, 2022 World all-around bronze medalist and hoop, clubs, and ribbon silver medalist, the 2023 World ball bronze medalist and team competition champion, and a two-time (2022, 2023) European all-around bronze medalist and champion in the team competition. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she came in 11th place in all-around qualifications. At the junior level, she is the 2020 European Junior ribbon champion and ball silver medalist.

At the national level, she is a three-time (2023-2025) national champion and the 2022 national all-around silver medalist. She is also a two-time (2019, 2020) Bulgarian Junior all-around champion.

2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was the 38th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which took place on 15-19 June 2022 at the Expo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Moxi (DVR)
Moxi was a line of high-definition digital video recorders produced by Moxi Digital Digeo and Arris International. Moxi was originally released only to cable operators, but in December 2008 it was released as a retail product. Moxi was removed from the market in November 2011. The former retail product, the Moxi HD DVR, provided a high-definition user interface with support for either two or three CableCARD TV tuners. Arris also offered a companion appliance, the Moxi Mate, which could stream live or recorded TV from a Moxi HD DVR.

High-definition video
High-definition video (HD video) is video of higher resolution and quality than standard-definition. While there is no standardized meaning for high-definition, generally any video image with considerably more than 480 vertical scan lines (North America) or 576 vertical lines (Europe) is considered high-definition. 480 scan lines is generally the minimum even though the majority of systems greatly exceed that. Images of standard resolution captured at high frame rate (60 frames/second North America, 50 FPS Europe), by a high-speed camera may be considered high-definition in some contexts. Some television series shot on high-definition video are made to look as if they have been shot on film, a technique which is often known as filmizing.
Pietro Piacentini
Pietro Piacentini (26 November 1898 – 25 November 1963) was an Italian Air Force general during World War II, Minister of the Air Force, and Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force from 19 June to 12 December 1944.

Minister of the Air Force (Italy)
The minister of the air force of Italy, was the minister responsible for the Ministry of Aeronautics, which oversaw both military aviation — the Regia Aeronautica ("Royal Air Force") until 1946, then the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) until 1947 — and civil aviation. The position was created in 1925 during the Mussolini Cabinet and was abolished in 1947 with the creation of the position of Minister of Defence.
Ego the Living Planet
Ego the Living Planet is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Thor #132 (September 1966) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.

The character has made limited appearances in animation and video games, while Kurt Russell portrayed the character in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), in which Ego claims to be a Celestial and father of Peter Quill and Mantis. Russell also voiced alternate timeline versions of Ego in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021).

Thor (comic book)
Thor, or The Mighty Thor, is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character Thor and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original Thor comic book series which debuted in 1966.
Subhash Mondal
Subhash Mondal (born 1968) is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He is a former three time member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Bhatar Assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district. He won the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress. Earlier, he was elected in the 1996 and 2001 elections representing the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1996. The election took place simultaneously with the 1996 Indian general election. This was the last election Jyoti Basu contested, as he retired from politics in 2000.
MicroG
MicroG (typically styled as microG) is a free and open-source implementation of proprietary Google libraries that serves as a replacement for Google Play Services on the Android operating system. It is maintained by the German developer Marvin Wißfeld. He describes microG as "the framework (libraries, services, patches) to create a fully-compatible Android distribution without any proprietary Google components".

Proprietary software
Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.

Proprietary software is a subset of non-free software, a term defined in contrast to free and open-source software; non-commercial licenses such as CC BY-NC are not deemed proprietary, but are non-free. Proprietary software may either be closed-source software or source-available software.
Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad
Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad ibn Mas'ud ibn Bishr Abu 'Ali al-Tamimi al-Yarbu'i al-Khurasani (Arabic: الفضيل بن عياض بن مسعود بن بشر أبو على التميمي اليربوعي الخراساني, romanized: Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ ibn Bishr ibn Masūd Abū ʻAlī at-Tamīmī al-Yarbūʻī al-Khurāsānī; died 803/AH 187), also known as Abu Ali and as al-Talaqani, was a famous Islamic Sunni Scholar.

His story is often confused with that of Fuḍayl Ibn Yahya, a contemporary who was the official to the Caliph Harun al-Rashid.

Banu Tamim
The Banū Tamīm (Arabic: بَنُو تَمِيم) are an Arab tribe that originated in Najd and Hejaz in the Arabian Peninsula. They are mainly present in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Jordan and Lebanon, and have a strong presence in Algeria, and Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Libya. They are also present in many other parts of the Middle East and North Africa region such as Egypt and Khuzestan in Iran. The word Tamim in Arabic means strong and solid. It can also mean those who strive for perfection.
Star Search (Singaporean TV series) season 9
Star Search 2007 is the 9th installment of Star Search. It marked the return of the talent-search program. From May 2007, Star Search 2007 travelled to China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore in its search for new talents.

Star Search (Singaporean TV series)
Star Search (Chinese: 才华横溢出新秀; pinyin: Cai Hua Heng Yi Chu Xing Xiu) is a television show organised by Mediacorp to scout for Chinese language-speaking acting talent. The first season premiered in 1988 and has produced 12 installments since. The most recent twelfth season premiered in 2024.
The Big Picture (Elton John album)
The Big Picture is the twenty-fifth studio album by British musician Elton John. It was released on 22 September 1997 through The Rocket Record Company and Mercury Records. The album was recorded at Townhouse Studios in London and is John's last release to date to be produced by Chris Thomas.

Upon its release, The Big Picture was a commercial success, reaching the top five of the UK Albums Chart and the top 10 of the United States Billboard 200 and numerous other countries. Three songs—"Something About the Way You Look Tonight", "Recover Your Soul", and "If the River Can Bend"—were released as singles to promote the album, with the former being the most successful, particularly upon its re-release as a double A-side with "Candle in the Wind 1997", which became the best-selling single in Billboard history. The album would go on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA on August 19, 1998, for US sales in excess of 1,000,000 copies.

Townhouse Studios
The Town House (also known as Townhouse Studios) was a recording studio located at 140 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush in London, built in 1978 under the direction of Richard Branson for Virgin Records. The studios changed ownership and eventually ceased operation in 2008, with luxury apartments now in its place.

Artists that recorded at the Town House included Elton John, Queen, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey, Simple Minds,   The Jam, Asia, Bryan Ferry, Coldplay, Muse, Duran Duran, Jamiroquai, Kylie Minogue, Oasis, XTC, Robbie Williams, Peter Gabriel, Midnight Oil and Joan Armatrading. Studio Two's "Stone Room" was an especially popular place to record drum sounds during the 1980s, directly as a result of producer Hugh Padgham's treatment of the drums on Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight".
1972 NCAA University Division baseball tournament
The 1972 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball.  The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its twenty-sixth year.  Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative.  These events would later become known as regionals.  Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 28 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.  The twenty-sixth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux.  The Most Outstanding Player was Russ McQueen of the University of Southern California.

USC Trojans baseball
The USC Trojans baseball program represents the University of Southern California in college baseball. Established in 1888, the team is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Big Ten Conference.  USC’s home field is Dedeaux Field, which is named in honor of former head coach and National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Rod Dedeaux.

The USC Trojans are the most successful team in the history of American college baseball, having won more baseball national championships than any other program across all divisions of college baseball, with 12 national championships.

USC's most notable baseball coach was Rod Dedeaux, who coached from 1942 to 1986 and led the school to 11 of its NCAA championships, including five straight from 1970 to 1974.  The first Trojan national championship came in 1948.  The 12th and most recent NCAA championship came in 1998.
Boston Music Awards
Founded in 1987, the Boston Music Awards are a set of music awards given annually that showcase talent in the Boston, Massachusetts, area.

Past shows have featured such notable talent as Aerosmith, Paula Cole, Esperanza Spalding, Boston, Rubyhorse, Bang Camaro, the Dresden Dolls, Dropkick Murphys, JoJo, Killswitch Engage, Pat Metheny, Amanda Palmer, Phish, Donna Summer, Shea Rose, James Taylor and Jada.

The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls is an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (lead vocals and piano; additional: keyboards, harmonica, ukulele) and Brian Viglione (drums and backing vocals; additional: guitar, bass guitar). The two describe their style as "Brechtian punk cabaret", a phrase invented by Palmer because she was "terrified" that the press would invent a name that "would involve the word gothic". The Dresden Dolls aesthetic exemplifies dark cabaret.
Nolden Gentry
Nolden Gentry (born August 30, 1937) was an American college basketball standout for Iowa in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A forward, Gentry averaged 10.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game in his three years of varsity basketball for the Hawkeyes, earning a varsity letter each year. Graduating from Rockford West High School, Gentry led the Warriors to the IHSA state championship during consecutive seasons in 1955 and 1956.

Illinois High School Boys Basketball Championship
The Illinois High School Boys Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held each spring in the United States.  It is organized by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).

From 1908 to 1971, it was a single tournament contested by nearly all high schools in Illinois.  In 1972, the tournament was divided into two divisions based on school size, (A and AA), each producing a separate champion.  In 2008, the tournament was divided into four separate divisions (1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A being the larger schools).  The Illinois High School Basketball Championship was the first tournament to be called 'March Madness'.  The term was first used about the Illinois tournament in 1939, decades before it was used about NCAA basketball tournament.
Brent Barton
Brent Barton (born March 11, 1980) is a Democratic politician from the US state of Oregon. He was elected in 2008 to the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 51, which encompasses parts of Clackamas County and Multnomah County, and includes all or part of the cities of Boring, Clackamas, Damascus, Estacada, and Oregon City. In the 2010 election, Barton ran unsuccessfully for the Oregon State Senate, declining to run for reelection to his House seat. In 2012, he ran again for the House, this time defeating Republican Steve Newgard with 51% of the vote. He retired in 2016, and was succeeded by Mark Meek.

2012 Oregon legislative election
The 2012 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were on May 15, 2012, and the general election was on November 6, 2012. Sixteen of the Oregon State Senate's 30 seats were up for election, as were all 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives.

In the Senate, the Democrats kept a 16–14 majority, identical to their advantage in the previous legislative session. In the House, Democrats took a 34–26 majority, up from a 30–30 split in the previous session.
Flag of the United Nations
The flag of the United Nations is a sky blue banner containing the United Nations' emblem in the centre. The emblem on the flag is coloured white; it is a depiction of the world map in the azimuthal equidistant projection (centred on the North Pole and the International Date Line), surrounded by a pair of olive branches, a symbol of peace. The emblem was officially adopted on 7 December 1946, and the flag containing the emblem was officially adopted on 20 October 1947.

Olive branch
The olive branch, a ramus of Olea europaea, is a symbol of peace. It is generally associated with the customs of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and is connected with supplication to divine beings and persons in power. Likewise, it is found in most cultures of the Mediterranean Basin and thence expanded to become an almost universally recognized peace symbol in the modern world.
Josh Bassett
Josh Marcus Andrew Bassett (born 17 March 1992) is an English professional rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the RFU Championship. His regular position is Wing. He has previously played for Bedford Blues in the RFU Championship and for Wasps, Harlequins and Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby.

Champ Rugby
Champ Rugby (formerly the RFU Championship) is an English rugby union competition among fourteen clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when English clubs were first organised into leagues. Historically the competition provided automatic promotion to the top-flight PREM Rugby, but following a vote by the RFU Council on 27 February 2026, automatic promotion and relegation between the two tiers was abolished from the 2026–27 season. Champ Rugby remains a required pathway to the PREM under the new criteria-based expansion model, under which any club seeking admission to the PREM must first have played at least one season in the Champ.