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John Van Buren (U.S. representative)
John Van Buren (May 13, 1799 – January 16, 1855) was an American attorney and politician in the U.S. state of New York. He represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and New York State Assembly in addition to serving terms as county judge and district attorney of Ulster County.

Born and educated in Kingston, Van Buren graduated from Union College, studied law, and attained admission to the bar. In addition to practicing in Kingston, Van Buren became active in the Democratic Party. The offices he held included member of the New York State Assembly (1831–1832), Judge of Ulster County (1836–1841), member of the United States House of Representatives (1841–1843), and Ulster County District Attorney (1846–1850).

Van Buren was ill for the last three months of his life. He died in Kingston, and was buried at Sharp Burial Ground in Kingston.

Union College
Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia College. In the 19th century, it became known as the "Mother of Fraternities", because three of the earliest Greek-letter fraternities were established there. Union began enrolling women in 1970, after 175 years as an all-male institution. The college offers a liberal arts curriculum across 21 academic departments, including ABET-accredited engineering degree programs.
Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Slovakia was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee. It was their first appearance at the Summer Games as an independent country following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992.

In total, 71 athletes including 58 men and 13 woman represented Slovakia in 14 different sports including athletics, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

Slovakia won a total of three medals at the games after Michal Martikán claimed gold in the canoeing men's slalom C-1, Slavomír Kňazovický won silver in the canoeing men's C-1 500 m and Jozef Gönci claimed bronze in the men's shooting 50 m rifle prone.

Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Men's 50 metre rifle prone (then known as free rifle) was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Christian Klees shot a perfect 600 in the qualification round and set a new World record after 104.8 points (of maximum 109.0) in the final. With an even better final round, Sergey Belyayev surpassed Jozef Gönci to win the silver medal.
Matsudaira Shigekatsu
Matsudaira Shigekatsu (松平 重勝, 1549 – January 6, 1620) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. Also known as Denzaburō (伝三郎). Inherited headship of the Nomi-Matsudaira (能見松平) from his father, Matsudaira Shigeyoshi. He served as a retainer first to Tokugawa Ieyasu, fighting at Komaki-Nagakute, and later was assigned to Ieyasu's sixth son Tadateru as a senior retainer. Following the dissolution of Tadateru's domain, Shigekatsu was made daimyō of the Sekiyado Domain in Shimōsa Province. Soon afterward, in 1619, he was transferred to the Yokosuka Domain, in Tōtōmi Province, rated at 26,000 koku. At this time, he also served as warden of Ieyasu's castle at Sunpu. During his career, he acquired a court rank of "junior 5th lower grade", as well as the titles of  Echizen no Kami 越前守 and Ōsumi no Kami 大隅守.

Kokushi (official)
Kokushi (国司; also read Kuni no tsukasa) were provincial officials in Classical Japan. They were nobles sent from the central government in Kyoto to oversee a province, a system that was established as part of the Taika Reform in 645, and enacted by the Ritsuryō system. There were four classes of kokushi, from the highest to the lowest: Kami (守), Suke (介), Jō (掾), and Sakan (目). In the Middle Ages, an acting governor called mokudai, the daikan of the kokushi, took over the local government of the province, while the kokushi returned to the capital to take on a supervising role.
Gortyn
Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna (Greek: Γόρτυν, Γόρτυς, or Γόρτυνα, pronounced [ˈɣortina]) is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete 45 km (28 mi) away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the village Agioi Deka. Gortyn was the Roman capital of Creta et Cyrenaica. The area was first inhabited around 7000 BC.

It is located in the valley of Messara in the south of the Psiloritis mountain, in the current position of the settlements of Metropolis and Agioi Deka, and near the Libyan Sea.

Messara Plain
The Messara Plain or simply Messara (Greek: Μεσσαρά) is an alluvial plain in southern Crete, stretching about 50 km west-to-east and 7 km north-to-south, making it the largest plain in Crete.

On a hill at its west end are the ruins of Phaistos and Hagia Triada, near the middle are the ruins of the ancient city of Gortys.

Since 1500 BC the plain has extended by up to 6 km due to a buildup of alluvial sediment. Clays from Messara have been found to be the source of significant amounts of Minoan pottery; soil and rock types from the fringes of Messara, particularly the foothills of the Asterousia Mountains at the south and the foothills to the north within the Psiloritis Mountains.

In the Messara, olive trees, vineyards and horticultural crops are grown. Part of the products grown here are placed on the domestic market. Α substantial part of the produced olive oil is then exported to European markets. The Messara Plain is also home to the indigenous Messara horse.
Will Franklin (basketball)
William Thomas Franklin (born October 19, 1949) is an American former professional basketball power forward who spent three seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a member of the Virginia Squires (1972–73) and the San Antonio Spurs (1974–76).

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he graduated from Purdue University where he played for George King, leading the Boilermakers to 3 consecutive Top 5 finishes in the Big Ten and a total record of 48–25 (overall) and 28–14 (conf).  He twice averaged a 'double-double,' leading the Boilermakers to the 1971 NIT tourney.  He finished his collegiate career with 851 points (#18 on the career list, today's #59) and 630 rebounds (#6 on the career list, today #18) He was a seventh round draft pick in the 1972 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors; he was also drafted by his hometown Virginia Squires of the ABA.

Virginia Squires
The Virginia Squires were a basketball team based in Norfolk, Virginia, and playing in several other Virginia cities. They were members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1970 to 1976.

The team originated in 1967 as the Oakland Oaks, an ABA charter franchise based in Oakland, California. They moved to Washington, D.C. as the Washington Caps in 1969 but moved to Norfolk the following year, becoming the Squires. As a regional team, they played home games in Richmond, Hampton, and Roanoke as well as a season with Norfolk. The team folded in 1976, just a month before the ABA–NBA merger commenced.
I Used to Be Famous
I Used to Be Famous is a 2022 British musical comedy-drama film made by Forty Foot Pictures for Netflix. Directed by Eddie Sternberg in his feature length debut, and starring Ed Skrein, Eleanor Matsuura and Leo Long. The film debuted on Netflix on 16 September 2022.

Ed Skrein
Edward George Skrein (/skraɪn/; born 29 March 1983) is an English actor, filmmaker, and rapper. He rose to  recognition as the  supervillain Francis Freeman / Ajax in the superhero comedy film Deadpool (2016). He also starred in the films The Transporter: Refueled (2015), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Midway (2019), Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024), and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025).
Chris Hegardt
Christopher Hegardt (born January 6, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Orange County SC in the USL Championship. He played in the Seattle Sounders Academy and for reserve side Tacoma Defiance before making his Major League Soccer debut with Charlotte FC in 2022.

Tacoma Defiance
The Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, are an American professional soccer team based in the Puget Sound region in Tukwila, Washington, United States. The team competes in MLS Next Pro, a league in the third tier of the United States soccer league system, as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders FC. Formerly, 20 percent of the club was fan-owned through the non-profit Sounders Community Trust.

The club was established in 2014 as Seattle Sounders FC 2 (S2) and originally played at Starfire Sports in Tukwila. The team moved to Tacoma's Cheney Stadium in 2018 and was rebranded as the Defiance the following season. The club operates out of the Sounders headquarters and training facility at Longacres in Renton, Washington.
2019 NHL Winter Classic
The 2019 NHL Winter Classic (officially the 2019 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic) was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 1, 2019, at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana. The 11th edition of the Winter Classic, the game matched the Chicago Blackhawks against the Boston Bruins; the Bruins won,  4–2. It was the fourth Winter Classic appearance for the Blackhawks (2009, 2015, 2017), their sixth outdoor game overall, and fifth outdoor game in six years. It was the third Winter Classic appearance for the Bruins (2010, 2016). The game was the Bruins' first Winter Classic as the visiting team, and the first time the NHL hosted an outdoor game outside a team's immediate media market (Chicago, the host team, is in an adjacent media market to the South Bend market where Notre Dame is located).

2017 NHL Winter Classic
The 2017 NHL Winter Classic (officially the 2017 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic) was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 2, 2017, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. The ninth edition of the Winter Classic, it matched the St. Louis Blues against the Chicago Blackhawks; the Blues won, 4−1. The game was announced on March 9, 2016, after news of the matchup had been leaked on February 7 before the details had been finalized, and was one of four outdoor regular season games during the 2016–17 NHL season.
Ancyle
Ancyle or Ankyle (Ancient Greek: Ἀγκυλή) was the name of two demoi of ancient Attica: Upper Ancyle and Lower Ancyle. They were located east of Athens and bordering Agryle to the south. Upper Ancyle passed from the phyle Aigeis to Antigonis in 307/306 BCE; Lower Ancyle remained in the Aigeis phyle.

In the 3rd century, in Roman times, the demoi were home to rich landed properties. Their name derives from the Greek name for "javelin" (which was thrown with a rope). The same root also appears in an epithet attributed to Cronus and to Prometheus, "of sharp wits".

Upper Ancyle
Upper Ancyle or Ankyle Kathyperthen (Ancient Greek: Ἀγκυλή καθύπερθεν) was the name of a deme of ancient Attica. It was located east of Athens and bordering Agryle to the south. Upper Ancyle passed from the phyle Aigeis to Antigonis in 307/306 BCE; Lower Ancyle remained in the Aigeis phyle.

In the 3rd century, in Roman times, the demoi were home to rich landed properties. Their name derives from the Greek name for "javelin" (which was thrown with a rope). The same root also appears in an epithet attributed to Cronus and to Prometheus, "of sharp wits".

The site of Lower Ancyle is located northeast of modern Ardettos.
Reacher season 1
The first season of the American action crime television series Reacher, based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, premiered on Amazon Prime Video on February 4, 2022.

The season, based on Killing Floor, stars Alan Ritchson, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, Chris Webster, Bruce McGill, and Maria Sten. In the season, Reacher investigates, alongside police officers Oscar Finlay and Roscoe Conklin, a local conspiracy while also trying to uncover his brother's murderer.

On February 7, 2022, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season.

Maria Sten
Maria Sten (born 29 October 1989) is a Danish actress, writer, director and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Denmark Universe 2008 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2008. She portrays Frances Neagley in the Prime Video action series Reacher (2022).
Tragano
Tragano (Greek, Modern: Τραγανό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 41.475 km2. Tragano is situated in a flat, rural area, north of the river Pineios. It is 2 km east of Stafidokampos, 4 km east of Andravida, 3 km north of Agia Mavra, 5 km northwest of Avgeio and 8 km northeast of Gastouni. It is 2 km southeast of the Andravida Air Base.

Gastouni
Gastouni (Greek: Γαστούνη) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 59.325 km2. Gastouni is situated in a flat rural area, 5 km from the Ionian Sea. The river Pineios flows into the sea near Gastouni. The town is 6 km (4 mi) south of Andravida, 4 km (2 mi) east of Vartholomio, 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Amaliada and 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos) and the railway from Patras to Pyrgos pass east of Gastouni. There is a 12th-century Byzantine church in the southwestern quarter Katholiki.
Daulat Ki Jung
Daulat Ki Jung : War of Wealth is a 1992 Hindi-language action adventure romance film starring Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla in lead roles, along with Paresh Rawal, Dalip Tahil, Kiran Kumar, Kader Khan in supporting roles. The film was a box office failure.

Dalip Tahil
Dalip Tahil (born Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his work in Baazigar (1993), Raja (1995), Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993) and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), Pyaar Ki Miss Call (2009) along with actor Gaurav Prateek. In the UK, he appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Dan Ferreira, the head of the Ferreira family, from June to December 2003.
Josh Morris (footballer, born 1991)
Joshua Francis Morris (born 30 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Beginning his career in the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers, Morris experienced loan spells with Football League teams Yeovil Town, Rotherham United, Carlisle United, and multiple stints with Fleetwood Town, before departing for Bradford City in 2015.

After a year, he moved to Scunthorpe United where he would play over 100 games and was named in the PFA League One Team of the Year for 2016–17, having scored 19 goals. In 2019 he rejoined Fleetwood, and left after a two-year spell. After one year with Salford City, Morris signed for Scottish club Motherwell in July 2022.

Internationally, Morris represented England U20 in 2011, and featured in that year's FIFA U20 World Cup.

England national under-20 football team
England national under-20 football team, also known as England Under-20s or England U20(s), represents England in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

England were champions of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, after defeating Venezuela in the final of the 2017 tournament.

From October 2023, the squad was rebranded as the England Men's Elite League Squad to reflect their participation in the Under 20 Elite League. This reverted back to England U20s in August 2025.
Matthias Hanke
Matthias Hanke (born 1965) is a German organist and church musician. He is a regional head of church music of the Protestant church in Württemberg as Landeskirchenmusikdirektor of the Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg. Previously he was responsible for the church district of Böblingen and Kirchenmusikdirektor in Sindelfingen. His church choirs and orchestra have toured internationally, and made recordings.

Württemberg
Württemberg (/ˈwɜːrtəmbɜːrɡ, ˈvɜːrt-/ WURT-əm-burg, VURT-; German: [ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk] ⓘ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.

Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württemberg now forms the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg. Württemberg was formerly also spelled Würtemberg and Wirtemberg.
MESS (festival)
The MESS International Theatre Festival (MESS) is a theatre festival that takes place annually in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the oldest living theatre festival in the Balkans, programming international experimental performances and emerging artists. MESS was the premier experimental theatre festival in the Former Yugoslavia and was named one of Living Theatre's international showcases in 1974. It survived the Siege of Sarajevo, during which it hosted directors such as Susan Sontag and Peter Schumann. It organized the first edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival in 1993 and still acts as a collective board member today. Today it is the largest theatre festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the most renowned in Europe. In 2009 it expanded its activities to the city of Zenica, which now hosts parts of the regional program.

Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann (born 11 June 1934) is the co-founder and director of the radical puppet theater company Bread & Puppet Theater.  Born in Silesia, he was a sculptor and dancer in Germany before moving to the United States in 1961. In 1963 he founded Bread & Puppet in New York City, and in 1970 moved to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, eventually settling in Glover, Vermont, where the company still performs. Schumann's best known work is the Domestic Resurrection Circus, performed annually by the Bread and Puppet Theater until 1998. He was married to theater co-founder Elka Schumann until her death in August 2021.
Annie Blake
Annie Blake is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2021 Yukon general election. She represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.

She finished in a 78–78 tie with incumbent MLA Pauline Frost on election night, which was further confirmed on a recount. Under Yukon election law, an exact tie between candidates is settled by drawing lots, and Blake was drawn as the winner. This was the second time in the history of the district, following the 1996 Yukon general election, that an election resulted in an exact tie settled in this manner.

Blake served as Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committee of the Whole of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. She also served as the Third Party critic for Health and Social Services, Justice, Tourism and Culture, and Youth Issues. She was defeated in the 2025 Yukon general election.

Yukon Legislative Assembly
The Yukon Legislative Assembly (French: Assemblée législative du Yukon) is the legislative assembly for Yukon, Canada. Unique among Canada's three territories, the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only territorial legislature which is organized along political party lines. In contrast, in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, their legislative assemblies are elected on a non-partisan basis and operate on a consensus government model.

Each member represents one electoral district, elected through first-past-the-post voting. Members of the Legislative Assembly are sworn in by the commissioner of Yukon.
Raymond Elisha
Boikanyo Raymond Elisha is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West Provincial Legislature until 2019. He served in the North West Executive Council under Premier Thandi Modise as the North West's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from 2010 to 2012 and MEC for Public Works, Roads and Transport from 2012 to 2014.

Executive Council of the North West
The Executive Council of the North West is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the North West. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the North West Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the North West, an office held since June 2024 by Lazarus Mokgosi of the African National Congress (ANC).
Spot-winged antbird
The spot-winged antbird (Myrmelastes leucostigma) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Myrmelastes
Myrmelastes is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family (Thamnophilidae). The eight recognised species inhabit the understorey of lowland and sub‑montane evergreen forests of the Amazon Basin and the Guiana Shield, from sea level to about 1 200 m. All species regularly follow marching swarms of army‑ants (Eciton spp.), feeding on arthropods flushed by the ants. The generic name, coined by Sclater in 1858, combines the Ancient Greek words for “ant” and “robber.” Molecular data place the genus in the core antbird clade, sister to Hypocnemis . Seven species are currently assessed as Least Concern and one as Near Threatened; nevertheless, progressive deforestation and forest fragmentation are causing local declines .
David Corwin
David L. Corwin is a board-certified psychiatrist, child and adolescent psychiatrist, and forensic psychiatrist. Corwin has done extensive work into the long-term impact of child violence and abuse on health, and has promoted family support and treatment programs. Corwin has worked as a consultant, a lecturer, a trainer, and an evaluator of suspected or known child sexual abuse cases throughout many countries, as well as serving as an expert witness of child sexual abuse cases. Corwin has founded, directed or chaired groups that serve to advance prevention and protection against child violence and abuse, as well as furthering the education and research of the impact of child abuse.

Expert witness
An expert witness, particularly in common law countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert. The judge may consider the witness's specialized (scientific, technical or other) opinion about evidence or about facts before the court within the expert's area of expertise, to be referred to as an "expert opinion". Expert witnesses may also deliver "expert evidence" within the area of their expertise. Their testimony may be rebutted by testimony from other experts or by other evidence or facts.