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Sylvatic plague
Sylvatic plague is an infectious bacterial disease caused by the plague bacterium (Yersinia pestis) that primarily affects rodents, such as prairie dogs. It is the same bacterium that causes bubonic and pneumonic plague in humans. Sylvatic, or sylvan, means 'occurring in woodland,' and refers specifically to the form of plague in rural wildlife. Urban plague refers to the form in urban wildlife.

It is primarily transmitted among wildlife through flea bites and contact with infected tissue or fluids. Sylvatic plague is most commonly found in prairie dog colonies and some mustelids, like the black-footed ferret.

Mustelidae
The Mustelidae (/mʌˈstɛlɪdiː/; from Latin mustela, weasel) are a diverse family of carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (/ˈmʌstɪlɪdz/), they form the largest family in the suborder Caniformia of the order Carnivora with about 66 to 70 species in nine subfamilies.
Giovanni Sansone
Giovanni Sansone (24 May 1888 – 13 October 1979) was an Italian mathematician, known for his works on mathematical analysis, on the theory of orthogonal functions and on the theory of ordinary differential equations.

He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in Bologna in 1928.

Mathematical analysis
Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limits, and related theories, such as differentiation, integration, measure, infinite sequences, series, and analytic functions.

These theories are usually studied in the context of real and complex numbers and functions. Analysis evolved from calculus, which involves the elementary concepts and techniques of analysis.
Analysis may be distinguished from geometry; however, it can be applied to any space of mathematical objects that has a definition of nearness (a topological space) or specific distances between objects  (a metric space).
Vini Ciccarello
Vincenzina "Vini" Ciccarello (born 1947) is a former Australian Labor Party MP for the electoral district of Norwood in South Australia. She was also the mayor of the City of Kensington and Norwood for seven years.

Ciccarello first won the seat of Norwood at the 1997 election. She retained the seat at the 2002 and 2006 election, but lost the seat at the 2010 election to Liberal Party candidate Steven Marshall.

She was appointed as a member of the Libraries Board of South Australia in 2012.

Ciccarello stood for local government election in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters in 2018 but was not elected.

1997 South Australian state election
State elections were held in South Australia on 11 October 1997. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia John Olsen defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann, forming a minority government with the SA Nationals and independent MPs.
Manania handi
Manania handi is a species of stalked jellyfish found in the Pacific Ocean along the west coast of North America. This species can be found in shallow waters at low tide on soft substrates such as seagrass (Phyllospadix), but the related M. gwilliami have also been recovered at depths of >10 metres. This may reflect that intertidal specimens represent the fringes of a population that is typically more commonly found in the subtidal zone.

Phyllospadix
Phyllospadix, commonly known as surfgrass, is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840. Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific.

It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.
Heinrich Scheidemann
Heinrich Scheidemann (ca. 1595 – 1663) was a German organist and composer.  He was the best-known composer for the organ in north Germany in the early to mid-17th century, and was an important forerunner of Dieterich Buxtehude and J.S. Bach.

Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade
The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade (German: Ss. Cosmae et Damiani or St. Cosmae) is a Lutheran church in Stade, Germany.

The church was built in the early 12th century and extended in the 17th century. The Baroque altar was crafted by Christian Precht in 1674–1677, and the organ was built in 1668–1675 by Berendt Hus and his nephew, the famous Arp Schnitger; the latter expanded the organ in 1688. Vincent Lübeck served as organist of St. Cosmae between 1675 and 1702.
Fundora
Fundora is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Gabriela Fundora (born 2002), American boxer

Iván Fundora (born 1976), Cuban wrestler

Lazaro Fundora (born 1994), Cuban volleyball player

Melquíades Fundora (1926–2009), Cuban charanga bandleader and flautist

Sebastian Fundora (born 1997), American boxer

Sebastian Fundora
Sebastian Alexander Fundora (born 28 December 1997) is an American professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) light middleweight title since March 2024, and previously held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light middleweight title from 2024 to 2025. As of April 2025, he is ranked as the fifth-best active light middleweight by The Ring magazine.

He and his sister Gabriela are the first brother-sister duo to become world champions in boxing history.
Elspeth Duxbury
Elspeth Duxbury (23 April 1909 – 10 March 1967) was a British actress.

Born in Mhow, British India, she was known primarily for working in theatre, she had one television role in 1938 but did not make her big screen debut until 1960 in the Terry-Thomas hit comedy Make Mine Mink.

She followed this with a role on Alfred Hitchcock Presents the following year in the episode "I Spy". Concentrating more on theatre, she had two further television roles, one a biography of Alexander Graham Bell and the other in the twice weekly BBC comedy drama series Swizzlewick.

In 1966, she appeared in two films, including the fourth St Trinian's film, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery.

Her final screen role (and one she had performed on stage) was a televised version of the well known farce Big Bad Mouse with Eric Sykes and Jimmy Edwards.

Elspeth Duxbury was found dead in her room, at the St Martin's Hotel, London, on 10 March 1967 aged 57.

Mhow
Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old -Agra Mumbai Road. It is the birthplace of  B. R. Ambedkar after whom in 2003, the Government of Madhya Pradesh renamed the town Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, a social political and economic reformer and town native.
Neil Dieterich
Neil Dieterich (born March 28, 1943)  was an American politician and lawyer.

Dieterich was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received his bachelor's degrees from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and from the University of Minnesota. Dieterich also received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School and was admitted to the Minnesota bar. He lived with his wife and family in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Dieterich served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976 and in the Minnesota Senate from 1977 to 1986. He was a Democrat.

University of Minnesota Law School
The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota, a public university in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees: a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Science in Patent Law (M.S.P.L.), and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). The J.D. program offers a number of concentration opportunities, as well as dual and joint degree options with other graduate and professional schools of the university.
2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres
The 500 metres distance for men in the 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 6–8 November 2009, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 March 2010.

Tucker Fredricks of the United States won the cup, while Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands came second, and Mika Poutala of Finland came third. Defending champion Yu Fengtong of China finished in 20th place.

Mika Poutala
Mika Poutala (born 20 June 1983) is a Finnish politician and former speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport. He finished 22nd at Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres. He has a business education and represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics, and the 2018 Winter Olympics.

On 13 June 2025, he was appointed Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity in the Orpo Cabinet.
Jassian
Jassian is a  village in the Ludhiana district of the state of Punjab, India. It is located on the Northwest side of Jassian road and new elected sarpanch Harjeet Singh Cheema. The closest city to Jassian is the city of Ludhiana. It currently has a population of about 2748.

Ludhiana district
Ludhiana district is one of the 23 districts in the Indian state of Punjab. It is Punjab's largest district by both area and population. Ludhiana, the largest city in Punjab, is the district headquarters.

The main industries are bicycle parts and hosiery. Ludhiana is a hub of ladies footwear manufacturing, with around 10,000 small-scale units. The district is made up of seven tehsils, seven sub-tehsils and twelve development blocks.

Ludhiana district has the highest HDI in Punjab at 0.761 (2004 UNDP).
Dan Tuohy
Dan Tuohy (born 18 June 1985) is an English-born Ireland international rugby union player, currently playing for Vannes after leaving Stade Français. He plays as a lock. He also captained the Barbarians in their 2016 tour against the Czech Republic.

Rugby Club Vannes
RC Vannes (pronounced [van]; French: Rugby Club Vannes, Rugbi Klub Gwened) is a French rugby union club based in Vannes, currently competing in Pro D2
, the second level of the country's professional rugby system. Founded in 1950, they play at the Stade de la Rabine and traditionally wear blue and white jerseys.

The team usually competed in the third tier of French rugby, Fédérale 1. During the 2015–16 season, they beat RC Massy during the Fédérale 1 promotion semi-finals automatically accessing to the 2016–17 Pro D2, an historical reach for a Breton rugby team. Vannes beat FC Grenoble Rugby in the 2024 Pro D2 playoffs to win promotion to the Top 14 for the first time.
National Trust Party (Malaysia)
The National Trust Party (Malay: Parti Amanah Negara, AMANAH) is a political party in Malaysia advocating a reformist strand of political Islam. The party was founded as the Malaysia Workers' Party (Malay: Parti Pekerja-Pekerja Malaysia; abbrev: PPPM) before being taken over in August 2015 by Gerakan Harapan Baru, a group of moderate-to-progressive Islamist leaders from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party that had lost a party election. The party was rebranded on 16 September 2015. The party currently has eight elected Members of Parliament. It is one of the three component parties of the incumbent Pakatan Harapan coalition in Malaysia.

Political Islam
Political Islam is the interpretation of Islam as a source of political identity and action. It advocates the formation of state and society according to (the advocates understanding of) Islamic principles, where  Islam serves as a source of political positions and concepts. Political  Islam is generally used interchangeably  with  the term Islamism by authors inside and outside of academia, and thought  of as  the political element of the Islamic revival that began in the 20th century,
rather than  just any form of political activity by Muslims.  However, there have also been new attempts to distinguish between Islamism as religiously based political movements and political Islam as a national modern understanding of Islam shared by secular and Islamist actors.
Delhi Public School, Varanasi
Delhi Public School (DPS), Varanasi is a private co-educational school belonging to the Delhi Public School Society in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), DPS Varanasi commenced with its first academic session on 7 April 2003. In 2019, the school completed 10 years of its functioning. DPS Varanasi has been performing well on the academic front too with almost 40 students belonging to the 2013 Class X batch scoring a perfect 10 CGPA in the CBSE board exams.

Central Board of Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national-level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a government resolution, the Board was an experiment in inter-state integration and cooperation in the sphere of secondary education. There are more than 27,000 schools in India and 240 schools in 28 foreign countries affiliated with the CBSE. All schools affiliated with CBSE follow the NCERT curriculum, especially those in classes 9 to 12. The current Chairperson of CBSE is Rahul Singh, IAS.

The constitution of the Board was amended in 1952 to give its present name, the Central Board of Secondary Education. The Board was reconstituted on 1 July 1962 to make its services available to students and various educational institutions across the country.
Raimund von zur-Mühlen
Baron Raimund von zur-Mühlen (sometimes "Raymond", "Raimund von Zur Mühlen") (10 November 1854 in Uusna Manor (Neu-Tennasilm), Viljandi Parish (now in Viiratsi Parish), Viljandi County, Governorate of Livonia – 11 December 1931 in Wiston, near Steyning, England) was a celebrated tenor Lieder singer who also became a famous teacher of singing, instructing many famous artists. His Lieder-interpretations are legendary.

Governorate of Livonia
The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate, was a province (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, Baltic Governorate-General until 1876. Governorate of Livonia bordered Governorate of Estonia to the north, Saint Petersburg and Pskov Governorates to the east, Courland Governorate to the south, and the Gulf of Riga to the west. In 1897, the population of the governorate was 1,299,365, and it had an area of 47,030.87 square kilometres (18,158.72 mi2). The administrative centre of the governorate was the Baltic Sea port of Riga. It roughly corresponded to most of the modern Vidzeme Region of Latvia and southern Estonia.
West Hopkinton, New Hampshire
West Hopkinton is a populated place within the town of Hopkinton in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. West Hopkinton is well known for its agricultural center, preservation of historical landmarks and recreational activities within the village.

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Merrimack County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 153,808, making it the third most populous county in New Hampshire. Its county seat is Concord, the state capital. The county was organized in 1823 from parts of Hillsborough and Rockingham counties, and is named for the Merrimack River. Merrimack County comprises the Concord, NH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn constitutes a portion of the Boston–Worcester–Providence, MA–RI–NH–CT Combined Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of New Hampshire was located in Merrimack County, in the town of Pembroke.
Danny Ventre
Daniel James Ventre (born 23 January 1986 in Liverpool) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or striker for MSB Woolton.

He has previously played in the Football League for Accrington Stanley, and from 2007 to 2013 had played in the League of Ireland for Sligo Rovers.

League of Ireland Cup
The League of Ireland Cup, also referred to in Ireland as the 'League Cup', was an annual knockout competition in men's football in Ireland. It was contested by League of Ireland clubs and invited clubs from the lower levels of the Irish football league system. It has been sponsored by Electronic Arts and branded the EA Sports Cup since 2009.

The competition began in 1973–74, replacing the League of Ireland Shield and the Dublin City Cup. It has had several formats since its inception and has been a knock-out competition since 2005. As there was no European qualification for winners of the League of Ireland Cup, it had a lower status than the FAI Cup and was therefore seen as the third most important trophy in the Irish playing season.

The competition was not held in 2020 and 2021 as a result of delays and restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and has yet to resume being held as of 2025.
Blapsilon
Blapsilon is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:

Blapsilon austrocaledonicum (Montrouzier, 1861)

Blapsilon irroratum Pascoe, 1860

Blapsilon montrouzieri Thomson, 1865

Blapsilon purpureum Fauvel, 1906

Blapsilon viridicolle (Chevrolat, 1858)

Lamiinae
Lamiinae, commonly called flat-faced longhorns, are a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily includes over 750 genera, rivaled in diversity within the family only by the subfamily Cerambycinae.
Volition (film)
Volition is a 2019 Canadian science fiction thriller film written by Tony and Ryan W. Smith and directed by Tony Dean Smith. The film stars Adrian Glynn McMorran, Magda Apanowicz, John Cassini, Frank Cassini, Aleks Paunovic, and Bill Marchant. The film premiered at the 2019 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival.

Aleks Paunovic
Aleks Paunovic (born June 29, 1969) is a Canadian actor. Some of his many roles include prospector Jim McAllister on drama TV series Arctic Air (2012–2014), Julius on fantasy horror drama series Van Helsing (2016–2021), imposing warrior Wygar Oak on the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2017) and Bojan "Boki" Boscovic on dystopian thriller series Snowpiercer (2020–2024).
Postage stamps and postal history of Kyrgyzstan
The postal history of Kyrgyzstan began when the nation declared independence in August 1991. Under the Soviet Union, the Kyrgyz SSR postal service was an integral part of the Soviet system. The republic was periodically recognized in sets of stamps honoring the different parts of the USSR. Kyrgyzstan is a member state of the Universal Postal Union since 1993 with its two designated postal operators - "Kyrgyz Pochtasy" SE and "Kyrgyz Express Post" LLC.

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR) was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. It was also known by the names Kyrgyzstan and Soviet Kyrgyzstan in the Kyrgyz language, as well as Kirghizia and Soviet Kirghizia in the Russian language. Landlocked and mountainous, it bordered Tajikistan and China to the south, Uzbekistan to the west and Kazakhstan to the north. The Kirghiz branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union governed the republic from 1936 until 1990.

On 30 October 1990, the Kirghiz SSR was renamed to the Socialist Republic of Kyrgyzstan; on 15 December, after declaring its state sovereignty, it was renamed again to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. On 31 August 1991, it transformed into independent Kyrgyzstan.
Fred Hartsook
Fred Hartsook (26 October 1876 – 30 September 1930) was an American photographer and owner of a California studio chain described as "the largest photographic business in the world" at the time, who counted Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, Mary Pickford, and sitting President Woodrow Wilson among his celebrity clients. He later became the owner of the Hartsook Inn, a resort in Humboldt County, and two ranches in Southern California on which he reared prized Holstein cattle. Hartsook was married to Bess Hesby, queen of the San Francisco Pan-Pacific Exposition of 1915.

Geraldine Farrar
Alice Geraldine Farrar (February 28, 1882 – March 11, 1967) was an American lyric soprano who also frequently sang dramatic roles. She was noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." In the 1910s, she also found success as an actress in silent films. Farrar had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers".
Violet Reiser
Violet Reiser (3 July 1905 - 25 February 1981) was an American composer, educator, organist, and pianist. She published over 100 keyboard compositions, recorded commercially, and played organ in theatres and on the radio.

Reiser was born to Esther and Henry Reiser in New York City, where she lived most of her life. She studied music with Clarence Adler, David Brown, Herman Schwartzman and Gary Sheldon.

Reiser was the youngest organist to play in Loews Theatres. She performed at other New York City venues, such as the Rialto Theatre, and was the solo organist at the Pythian Temple for several years.

Reiser also played on the following commercial recordings:

In Gay Madrid (Eliot Lawrence Septet) SESAC 1107/8

Morning in Manhattan (Eddie Safranski’s Rhythm and Romance Orchestra) SESAC 909/10

Plantation Picnic (Savoy Orchestra) SESAC N 4801/2

Smitten Kittens (Buddy Weeds Quartet) SESAC PA 209/10.

Elliot Lawrence
Elliot Lawrence Broza (February 14, 1925 – July 2, 2021), known professionally as Elliot Lawrence, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.

Son of the broadcaster Stan Lee Broza, Lawrence led his first dance band at age 20, but he played swing at the time its heyday was coming to a close. He recorded copiously as a bandleader for Columbia, Decca, King, Fantasy, Vik, and SESAC between 1946 and 1960. Lawrence was music director for the Tony awards show.
Conant ministry
The Conant Ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that governed Ontario from October 21, 1942, to May 18, 1943. It was led by the 12th Premier of Ontario, Harry Nixon. The ministry was made up of members of the Liberal Party of Ontario, which commanded a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The ministry replaced the Hepburn ministry following the resignation of Premier Mitch Hepburn, who nevertheless remained in cabinet as Treasurer, appointing Conant as his hand-picked successor. The Conant ministry governed through a middle part of the 20th Parliament of Ontario.

Conant resigned after he lost the 1943 Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention. He was succeeded as Premier of Ontario by his leadership rival Harry Nixon. The Conant ministry and the Kennedy ministry are the only ministries in Ontario history to neither win nor lose an election.

Ontario Liberal Party leadership elections
This is a list of results of leadership elections for the Ontario Liberal Party, a political party in Ontario, Canada.

Note: Before 1919, the leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party were chosen by its elected Members of the Legislative Assembly. There were calls for a more open process as early as 1907.
Senekal
Senekal is a town situated on the banks of the Sand River in the eastern part of the Free State province of South Africa. It was named after Commandant FP Senekal, who led the encroachment of Basotho lands with the Boers under the Orange Free State government. Senekal died in 1865 during a skirmish whichthetho called Senekal's War.

It is the second largest town in Setsoto Municipality after Ficksburg, the seat of Setsoto. Senekal lies on the N5 national road between Winburg on the west and Bethlehem to the east. 
It has two townships, Matwabeng and OR Tambo Section, the latter being the latest, largest and fastest growing.

Free State (province)
The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Boer republic called the Orange Free State and later the Orange Free State Province.