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Vares (surname)
Vares is a surname. In the Estonian language and some dialects of Finnish the word literally means "raven". Notable people with the surname include:

Johannes Vares (1890–1946), Estonian politician

Maria Eulália Vares, Brazilian mathematical statistician and probability theorist

Sergo Vares (born 1982), Estonian actor

Tõnis Vares (1859–1925), Estonian politician

Sergo Vares
Sergo Vares (born 14 September 1982) is an Estonian actor.

Sergo Vares was born in Rakvere. He graduated from Rakvere Gymnasium in 2001. In 2002, he enrolled at the University of Tartu to study journalism, but left to study acting at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre under course instructor Priit Pedajas, graduating in 2006. From 2006 until 2012, he worked at the NO99 Theatre. Besides theatre roles he has played also in several films and television series.
Koznik
Koznik Castle is a medieval castle in central Serbia, 10 km northwest from the town of Aleksandrovac, on a hillside of Kopaonik, on the right bank in the upper flow of the Rasina river. The castle was built on top of a steep hill dominating the surrounding terrain at 920 m altitude.

Aleksandrovac
Aleksandrovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Александровац) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of central Serbia. As of 2022, the town has a population of 5,586 inhabitants, while the municipality has 22,069 inhabitants.
Street Corner (1948 film)
Street Corner is a 1948 American exploitation film directed by Albert H. Kelley, produced by Wilshire Pictures, and featuring Johnny Duncan, Eddie Gribbon, and Marcia Mae Jones. Along with Mom and Dad, Because of Eve, and Bob and Sally, Street Corner was one of the four prominent postwar hygiene films that became part of the Modern Film hygiene consortium. The film drew controversy by showing the step-by-step procedure of a Caesarean section. In 2003, it was released on DVD by Something Weird Video.

Something Weird Video
Something Weird Video is an American film distributor company based in Seattle, Washington. They specialize in exploitation B to Z films, particularly the works of Harry Novak, Doris Wishman, David F. Friedman and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Stoneleigh-Burnham School (SBS) is a boarding and day school for girls in grades 7–12 and postgraduate year (PG Year).  Founded in 1869, the school is the result of the merger of five founding schools. At present, the School is located on a 100-acre (0.40 km2) campus in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States, in the Pioneer Valley of New England in close proximity to the Five College Consortium.

SBS is affiliated with the International Coalition of Girls' Schools (ICGS), the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), the Parents League of New York (PLNY), the Debating Association of New England Independent Schools (DANEIS), and the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA).

SBS is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

International Coalition of Girls' Schools
Founded in 1991, the International Coalition of Girls' Schools (ICGS) is a non-profit membership association serving Pre-K through 12th grade single-sex girls' schools across the globe. It includes independent, public, charter, and religiously-affiliated schools.

Until 2022, ICGS was known as the National Coalition of Girls' Schools. In 2022, NCGS agreed to merge with the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. The combined entity, known as ICGS, includes over 500 schools in 18 countries with total enrollment of over 300,000 girls.
William Hall (rugby union)
William Herdman Hall (16 August 1901 — 20 October 1983) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Belfast, Hall was rugby captain for his final year at Royal Belfast Academical Institution and then became a foundation player for Instonians, winning back to back Ulster Senior Cups in 1922 and 1923.

Hall gained six Ireland caps as a fly-half, debuting against England at Leicester in 1923. The following year, Hall formed with John McDowell an all-Instonians Ireland halfback combination for a match against France.

Royal Belfast Academical Institution
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution, known locally as Inst, is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today is Queen's University, the institution pioneered Belfast's first programme of collegiate education.The modern school educates boys from ages 11 to 18. It is one of the eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school occupies an 18-acre site in the centre of the city on which its first buildings were erected.
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction is an anthology of speculative fiction by Caribbean authors, edited by Nalo Hopkinson and published by Invisible Cities Press in 2000. It was nominated for the 2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. The book is out-of-print. Reviewing it in 2002, James Schellenberg wrote: "Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root is recommended to anyone interested in Caribbean culture. Hopkinson has done wonderful work at organizing and presenting the stories."

Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other highly imaginative realms or beings.

This catch-all genre includes, but is not limited to: fantasy, science fiction, science fantasy, superhero, paranormal and supernatural horror, alternate history, magical realism, slipstream, weird fiction, utopia and dystopia, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. In other words, the genre presents individuals, events, or places beyond the ordinary real world.

The term speculative fiction has been used for works of literature, film, television, drama, video games, radio, and hybrid media.
Paul Lannoye
Paul Lannoye (22 June 1939 – 4 December 2021) was a Belgian politician and physicist. He was born Sprimont and died in Hornu, Boussu.

He was one of the founding members of the Ecolo party and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2004. Prior to founding Ecolo, he had been a member of the Walloon Rally, which he left in 1971 to found the party Démocratie Nouvelle (DN). DN's 1973 manifesto called for a decentralised form of federalism in Belgium with a major role for popular initiatives and an economy which prioritises satisfying people's basic needs and self-cultivation over unnecessary and environmentally damaging consumption, themes which formed a major part of Ecolo's message during the first half of the 1980s. He was also a founder of the Belgian section of Friends of the Earth and served as a member of the Belgian Senate for Ecolo during the 1980s.

Lannoye died on 4 December 2021, at the age of 82, from COVID-19.

Sprimont
Sprimont (French pronunciation: [spʁimɔ̃]; Walloon: Sprumont) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Dolembreux, Gomzé-Andoumont, Louveigné, Rouvreux, and Sprimont.

Other villages: Banneux, Damré, Florzé, Lincé, Ogné, Presseux, and Rivage.

On January 1, 2006, Sprimont had a total population of 12,782. The total area is 74.2 square kilometres (28.6 sq mi) which gives a population density of 172 inhabitants/km2 (450 inhabitants/sq mi).
Mike Morrice
Michael Morrice (born July 22, 1984) is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Kitchener Centre from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Green Party, Morrice was elected to the House of Commons in the 2021 federal election, becoming the party's first MP elected in Ontario and the second elected outside of British Columbia.

Before entering federal politics, Morrice worked as a Social Entrepreneur, founding the environmental non-profit Sustainable Waterloo Region and co-founding Green Economy Canada, organizations that work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support low-carbon economic development.

Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU or simply Laurier) is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada. A "multi-campus multi-community university", Laurier offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of fields with over 17,000 full-time undergraduate students, over 1000 full-time graduate students, and nearly 4,000 part-time students as of late 2019. Laurier's varsity teams, known as the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, compete in the West Conference of the Ontario University Athletics, affiliated with U Sports.
Norman Sylliboy
Norman Sylliboy is the 11th Grand Chief or Kji-Saqmaw of the Mi'kmaq Nation.  The Mi’kmaw traditional government is known as Sante' Mawio’mi or Grand Council.

Sylliboy was elected in 2019, two years after the death of his predecessor, Ben Sylliboy. Norman Sylliboy's grandfather Gabriel Sylliboy was elected in 1918 to the position of Grand Chief.

Grand Council (Mi'kmaq)
The Grand Council (Sante' Mawio'mi or Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi) is the normal senior level of government for the Mi'kmaq, based in present-day Canada, until passage of the Indian Act in 1876, requiring elected governments. After the Indian Act, the Grand Council adopted a more spiritual function. The Grand Council was made up of representatives from the seven district councils in Mi'kma'ki and Keptinaq ("captains"), who were the district chiefs. There were also elders, the putu's, the women's council, and the Grand Chief.

The putu's recorded the Mi'kmaq Grand Council meetings by stories and the creation of wampum belts, a kind of visual history, and dealt with the treaties with other native tribes and non-native groups.

The hereditary chiefs of the traditional Grand Council continue to have a role, but the legal authority to govern has been largely transferred by the Indian Act to the elected chiefs and councils.
Cruttenden
Cruttenden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Abigail Cruttenden (born 1968), English actress

Hal Cruttenden  (born 1969), English stand-up comedian, writer and actor

Robert Cruttenden (1690–1763), London merchant, Methodist and hymn-writer

Roger Cruttenden (born 1944), English cricketer

Roy Cruttenden (born 1925), British long jumper

Roger Cruttenden
Roger Cruttenden (born 5 October 1944) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Berkshire. He was born in Hastings.

Cruttenden made two appearances for Kent Second XI between 1967 and 1968, though he played no further cricket for seven years.

Cruttenden's sole List A appearance came during the 1979 Gillette Cup competition, against Durham. Crutenden scored 26 not out in the innings, Berkshire's second highest score of the match, and took figures of 1-52.

Cruttenden continued to play for Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship throughout 1979.
Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny
"Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, initially published in the 2011 anthology The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer. It also appeared in the 2019 collection Exhalation: Stories.

Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer (born July 7, 1968) is an American author, editor, and literary critic. Initially associated with the New Weird literary genre, VanderMeer crossed over into mainstream success with his bestselling Southern Reach Series. The series' first novel, Annihilation, won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards, and was adapted into a Hollywood film by director Alex Garland. Among VanderMeer's other novels are Shriek: An Afterword and Borne. He has also edited with his wife Ann VanderMeer such influential and award-winning anthologies as The New Weird, The Weird, and The Big Book of Science Fiction.

VanderMeer has been called "one of the most remarkable practitioners of the literary fantastic in America today," with The New Yorker naming him the "King of Weird Fiction". VanderMeer's fiction is noted for eluding genre classifications even as his works bring in themes and elements from genres such as postmodernism, ecofiction, the New Weird and post-apocalyptic fiction.
Airdrome Bleriot Model XI
The Airdrome Bleriot Model XI, also referred to as the Airdrome Bleriot XI, is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of Holden, Missouri. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

The aircraft is available as a full-scale or 3/4 replica of the French Blériot XI 1909 pioneer aircraft that was designed by Louis Blériot and used to fly across the English Channel on 25 July 1909. The replica is built from modern materials and powered by modern engines.

Rotec R2800
The Rotec R2800 is a seven-cylinder 110 hp radial engine built by Rotec Aerosport Pty Ltd in Australia. The R2800 was Rotec's first (and only) engine offering when they first opened their doors in 2000. In 2005, Rotec released a more powerful variant, the Rotec R3600 adding two more cylinders for a total of nine and increasing the rated horsepower to 150. This engine and its larger cousin are frequently used on World War I aircraft, both vintage and modern reproductions. Some notable repro WW I aircraft this engine has been used in are the Fokker Triplane, Sopwith Camel and the Nieuport 17. Other experimental / homebuilt aircraft have also been fitted with the Rotec 2800, including the Kitfox Model 7; a popular kit aircraft with over 5,000 examples of all variants completed. It is unknown how many Kitfox aircraft are equipped with the Rotec 2800 engine.

These engines are not limited to only aircraft applications as JRL Cycles has converted an R2800 for use in a motorcycle.
Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Qamishli
The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Qamishli is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in the Patriarch's own ecclesiastical province 'of Cilicia', serving part of Syria.

Its cathedral eparchial (episcopal) see is the Cathedral of Saint-Joseph, in Qamishli.

Eparchy
Eparchy (Greek: ἐπαρχία eparchía "overlordship") is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an eparch, who is a bishop. Depending on the administrative structure of a specific Eastern Church, an eparchy can belong to an ecclesiastical province (usually a metropolis), but it can also be exempt. Each eparchy is divided into parishes, in the same manner as a diocese in Western Churches. Historical development of eparchies in various Eastern Churches was marked by local distinctions that can be observed in modern ecclesiastical practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches.
88th Texas Legislature
The 88th Texas Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The Texas State Legislature met in its regular session in Austin, Texas, from January 10, 2023 to May 29, 2023, followed by four called sessions.

All seats in the state house and 16 seats in the state senate were up for election in November 2022, with seats apportioned among the 2020 United States census. The Republican Party preserved their majority in both chambers.

Texas Legislature
The Texas State Legislature is the legislative branch of Texas. The Texas Legislature is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. It meets every two years in regular session, starting on the second Tuesday in January of odd-numbered years, and sessions can last up to 140 days. It’s a powerful part of the Texas government because of its control over state spending, its strong connection to the lieutenant governor, and Texas’s plural executive system.

In the 89th Legislature (2025), Republicans hold 88 of the 150 seats in the House and 20 of the 31 seats in the Senate.
Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre
The ladies' 10 kilometre cross-country race at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 28 January.  It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cortina.  Thirty-seven competitors from eleven countries participated in the event.  The Soviet Union won the top two spots when Lyubov Kozyreva edged teammate Radya Yeroshina by 5 seconds.  Swede Sonja Edström won the bronze.

Stadio della neve
Stadio della neve was a temporary stadium located in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Located in the Campo di Sotto area, the venue hosted the cross-country skiing and the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined events for the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Post Olympics the stands and scoreboard was removed with the site now a grass field.
Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon
The Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon (Russian: Лагуна Нэскэнпильгын) is a shallow coastal lake in the Chukchi Sea at the northern shore of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russia. 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the east is Kolyuchinskaya Bay and 25 kilometres (16 mi) west, Cape Serdtse-Kamen.

The length of the lagoon is 40 kilometres (25 mi) and its width is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) on average. The Fourhorn sculpin is common in its waters.

The Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon is separated from the sea by a narrow landspit which completely encloses the lagoon, isolating it from the Chukchi Sea, except for a narrow pass. 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the spit is Idlidlya Island. The Chukchi village of Neshkan is located in the spit itself, on the eastern side of the pass. Administratively the whole area around the lagoon belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation.

Chukchi people
The Chukchi, or Chukchee (Chukot: ԓыгъоравэтԓьэт, о'равэтԓьэт, ḷygʺoravètḷʹèt, o'ravètḷʹèt), are a Siberian ethnic group native to the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean all within modern Russia. They speak the Chukchi language. The Chukchi originated from the people living around the Okhotsk Sea.

According to several studies on genomic research conducted from 2014 to 2018, the Chukchi are the closest Asian relatives of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, as such they are descendants of the settlers of Beringia who remained on the Russian side when the sea levels rose.

The majority of Chukchi reside within Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, but some also reside in the neighboring Sakha Republic to the west, Magadan Oblast to the southwest, and Kamchatka Krai to the south. Some Chukchi also reside in other parts of Russia, as well as in Europe and North America. The total number of Chukchi in the world slightly exceeds 16,000.
Arcugnano
Arcugnano (Venetian: Arcugnan) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, north-eastern Italy. It is located south of A4 motorway.

The town is home to the food company Bertagni, the oldest filled pasta producer in Italy.

Also known for the Angelo Bianco  symbol of hope for end of the Corona pandemic erected by an anonymous artist in mid january 2022:

https://www.ildolomiti.it/cronaca/2022/il-mistero-dellangelo-bianco-sulla-croce-video-zaia-lopera-al-momento-e-anonima-interpretata-come-speranza-per-la-fine-della-pandemia

Autostrada A4 (Italy)
The Autostrada A4, or Autostrada Serenissima ("Serenissima motorway"), is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 523.1 kilometres (325.0 mi) long in Italy located in the regions of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia which connects Turin and Trieste via Milan and Venice crossing the entire Po Valley from west to east.

The city of Venice (or rather, Mestre, a mainland frazione of Venice) originally formed a bottleneck on the A4, but is now bypassed by the Passante di Mestre (the old route through Mestre was renumbered A57). The A4 passes just north of the city of Milan, where it is toll-free. It is a part of the E55, E64 and E70 European routes.
S.O.D. (mixtape)
S.O.D. - Swammies On Deck is a mixtape by rapper Tony Yayo hosted by G-Unit's DJ Whoo Kid. The mixtape features exclusive tracks from Tony Yayo with appearances by Maino, Max B, French Montana, Prodigy, Cory Gunz, and Ransom. It was released for digital download on September 30, 2008, on DatPiff.

Tony Yayo
Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of G-Unit, a hip hop group he formed with his childhood friends, 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. Yayo released his debut studio album, Thoughts of a Predicate Felon, on August 30, 2005, which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. After eighteen years of not releasing a sophomore follow-up due to his association with G-Unit, Yayo returned with The Loyal Mixtape, which released on February 10, 2023.

His stage name is derived from the 1983 film, Scarface, referencing the main character Tony Montana, and yayo, a slang word for cocaine.
Döttingen railway station
Döttingen railway station (German: Bahnhof Döttingen) is a railway station in the municipality of Döttingen, in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Turgi–Koblenz–Waldshut line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Aargau S-Bahn
The Aargau S-Bahn (German: S-Bahn Aargau or S-Bahnen Aargau) is an S-Bahn-style regional rail network serving the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, with some services extending into the cantons of Bern, Lucerne, Solothurn and Zug and one service to the German city of Waldshut-Tiengen. It operates within the A-Welle tariff network.
1997 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
The 1997 Arab Cup Winners' Cup was the eighth edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Ismailia, Egypt between 15 – 25 August 1997. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia.
MC Oran from Algeria won the final against Al-Shabab from Saudi Arabia.

It was decided at first that Al-Ansar would organize and host the eighth edition in Beyrouth, Lebanon from 14 to 24 August 1997 and Olympique Khouribga would participate as the holders. However it was Al-Ismaily who hosted the tournament in Ismailia.

Ismailia
Ismailia (Egyptian Arabic: الإسماعيلية el-Ismāʻīlīyah, Egyptian Arabic: [lesmæʕiˈlejjæ]) is a city in north-eastern Egypt. Situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal, it is the capital of the Ismailia Governorate. The city had an estimated population of 450,388 in 2023. It is located approximately halfway between Port Said to the north and Suez to the south. The Canal widens at that point to include Lake Timsah, one of the Bitter Lakes linked by the Canal.
Schistura pridii
Schistura pridii is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in the upper Chao Phraya basin, in streams in the Doi Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, Chiang Mai Province in Thailand. Here it inhabits torrents, with rocky gravel and pebble substrates in which it often hides.

Named in honor of Pridi Banomyong, statesman and former Prime Minister of Thailand.

In the year 2018,  this species can be successfully bred by the Department of Fisheries of Thailand, after a 12-year experiment, but the yields were low.

Nemacheilidae
The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, Afronemacheilus, found in Africa. The family includes about 790 species.