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Immortals (Achaemenid Empire)
Immortals (Greek: Ἀθάνατοι, Athánatoi), or Persian Immortals, was the name given by the Greek historian Herodotus to a 10,000-strong unit of elite heavy infantry in the Achaemenid army. They served in a dual capacity, operating as an imperial guard and contributing to the ranks of the standing army. The force mainly consisted of Persians, along with Medes and Elamites. Essential questions regarding the unit's history and organization remain unanswered due to the lack of authoritative sources.

Battle of Opis
The Battle of Opis was the last major military engagement between the Achaemenid Empire and the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which took place in September 539 BC, during the Persian invasion of Mesopotamia. At the time, Babylonia was the last major power in Western Asia that was not yet under Persian control. The battle was fought in or near the strategic riverside city of Opis, located north of the capital city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq, and resulted in a decisive victory for Persia. Shortly afterwards, the Babylonian city of Sippar surrendered to Persian forces, who then supposedly entered Babylon without facing any further resistance. The Persian king Cyrus the Great was subsequently proclaimed as the king of Babylonia and its subject territories, thus ending its independence and incorporating the entirety of the fallen Neo-Babylonian Empire into the greater Achaemenid Empire.
Richard Ashcroft
Richard Paul Ashcroft (born 11 September 1971) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He formed the alternative rock band the Verve in 1990 and served as the sole songwriter, lead singer and rhythm guitarist throughout the band's lifetime. In 2000, Ashcroft embarked on a solo career, releasing six UK top-three solo albums, including Alone with Everybody, Keys to the World and These People.

Ashcroft's songwriting has been commended by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors twice with an Ivor Novello Award. The Verve's Urban Hymns is one of the UK's best-selling albums of all time. Ashcroft's work has influenced artists such as Oasis, Coldplay, and the Britpop and indie rock genres. Noel Gallagher of Oasis described Ashcroft as a "genius", and Chris Martin of Coldplay called him "the best singer in the world".

On 10 October 2025, Ashcroft released his seventh studio album, Lovin' You.

Brit Awards 1998
Brit Awards 1998  was the 18th edition of the Brit Awards, an annual pop music awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. It was organised by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 9 February 1998 at the London Arena in London.
Han Fuju
Han Fuju or Han Fu-chü (simplified Chinese: 韩复榘; traditional Chinese: 韓復榘; pinyin: Hán Fùjǔ; Wade–Giles: Han Fu-chü; 1890 – 24 January 1938) was a Kuomintang general in the early 20th century. He rose up the ranks of the Guominjun clique in the Warlord era but then went over to the Kuomintang, and held the position of military governor of Shandong from 1930 to 1938.  Han had one wife, two concubines, and four sons.

Guominjun
The Guominjun, also known as the Kuominchun or National People's Army, and abbreviated as GMJ and KMC, was a military faction founded by Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi and Sun Yue during China's Warlord Era. The KMC had control of much of Northwest China, including Shaanxi, Chahar and Suiyuan, hence its other name, the Northwest Army (西北軍; not to be confused with the later army of the same name under Yang Hucheng).
Staff Band of the Bundeswehr
The Staff Band of the Bundeswehr (German: Stabsmusikkorps der Bundeswehr) is the main representative brass band of the Bundeswehr, stationed in Berlin. It works together with the Wachbataillon in the Berlin Garrison Command, having responsibility for protocol during state receptions of the Federal President, Chancellor and the Minister of Defense. The band is responsible for performing pieces such as the anthems of foreign countries as well as the Preussischer Präsentiermarsch during arrival honors ceremonies for visits by foreign leaders to Germany. It is among 6 other German military bands that fall under the command of the Joint Support Service.

Joint Support Service (Germany)
The Joint Support and Enabling Service (German: Streitkräftebasis, pronounced [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tˌkʁɛftəˌbaːzɪs] ⓘ, abbreviated: SKB, pronounced [ɛskaːˈbeː] ⓘ; literally Armed Forces Foundation) is a branch of the German Bundeswehr established in October 2000 as a result of major reforms of the Bundeswehr. It handles various logistic and organisational tasks of the Bundeswehr. The SKB is one of six components of the Bundeswehr, the other five being the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Joint Medical Service, and the Cyber and Information Domain Service. As of April 2020, the force is composed of 27,840 personnel. In May 2021 the minister of defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer together with inspector general Eberhard Zorn published a plan to dissolve the Joint Support and Enabling Service and to reintegrate its units into the army, navy, airforce and cyber command.
Aks (TV series)
Aks (Urdu: عکس, lit. 'Reflection') is a 2012 Pakistani drama serial which aired on ARY Digital every Wednesday since 29 August 2012. The serial is directed by Nadeem Siddiqui and written by Sarwat Nazir, starring Zhalay Sarhadi, Mohib Mirza, Saba Hameed, Aiza Khan and Naila Jaffri. The serial was last aired on 5 February 2013. It was also aired in India on Zindagi under the title Katha... Do Behnon Ki.

ARY Digital
ARY Digital HD (Urdu: ARY ڈیجیٹل) is a Pakistani television network available in Pakistan. ARY Digital was founded by a Dubai-based holding company of Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob and Salman Iqbal (ARY). The network is focused towards on Pakistani entertainment dramas, sitcoms, talk shows, web series and culture.

The channel broadcasts on cable and satellite networks, linear television as well as streaming platforms including YouTube Channel and ARY ZAP.
Greenwich Hospital from the West Side
Greenwich Hospital from the West Side is an 1850 oil painting by the British artist James Holland.  It depicts a view of Greenwich Hospital on its western side, seen looking down what is now College Walk towards Grand Square. Groups of figures are shown walking amongst the buildings including  Greenwich pensioners.  His use of contrasting light altering it from a simple topographical depiction. The painting was commissioned by Richard Hollier of nearby Maze Hill whose widow presented it to Greenwich Hospital in 1856.
 It is also known by the shorter title Greenwich Hospital.

The picture featured at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1851 held at the National Gallery. The painting was also displayed at the Salon of 1855 in Paris and again at the Exposition Universelle in 1867. Holland painted a separate Greenwich Hospital from the East in 1854. Both paintings are now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

Exposition Universelle (1855)
The Exposition Universelle of 1855 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1855 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France, from 15 May to 15 November 1855. Its full official title was the Exposition Universelle des produits de l'Agriculture, de l'Industrie et des Beaux-Arts de Paris 1855. It was the first of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937. Nowadays, the exposition's sole physical remnant is the Théâtre du Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées, designed by architect Gabriel Davioud, which originally housed the Panorama National.
Jeonju Abu Bakr Al‑Seddiq Mosque
Jeonju Abu Bakr Al‑Seddiq Mosque (Korean: 전주성원), often called as Jeonju Mosque, located in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeolla, South Korea and serves as an important center for Islamic worship and cultural exchange for both foreign residents and Korean converts.

Jeolla Province
Jeolla Province (Korean: 전라도; Hanja: 全羅道, [tɕʌ̹ɭɭa̠.do̞]) was one of the historical Eight Provinces of Korea during the Kingdom of Joseon in southwestern Korea. It consisted of the modern South Korean provinces of North Jeolla, South Jeolla and Gwangju Metropolitan City as well as Jeju Province. The provincial capital was Jeonju, the current capital of North Jeolla. The entire inland region was called Honam (lit. 'south of the lake'), which is still commonly used today.

Jeolla-do, including North and South Jeolla, was the first province/state out of the Eight Provinces system to have its 1000th year anniversary in 2018, as the name 'Jeolla-do' was established in 1018, during Hyeonjong of Goryeo's 9th year in power.

The population of Jeolla-do is 4,973,834 as of January 2024.
Bachelor griller
A bachelor griller, mini oven or mini kitchen is a countertop kitchen appliance about the size of a microwave oven but which can instead grill, bake, broil or roast food. It generally incorporates one or two heating elements at the top and bottom of the appliance, has one or two hobs (American English: burners) on the cooktop, or a ceramic hotplate, and may incorporate a rotisserie.

It can be used to fry, bake and grill (American English: broil) foods. It is an alternative to reheating prepackaged meals in a microwave oven.

Modern bachelor grillers have controller knobs to control cooking temperatures. These are steadystates, a combination of a potentiometer and a thermostat, which ensure that the temperature stays stable.

Heating element
A heating element is a device used for conversion of electric energy into heat, consisting of a heating resistor and accessories. Heat is generated by the passage of electric current through a resistor through a process known as Joule heating. Heating elements are used in household appliances, industrial equipment, and scientific instruments enabling them to perform tasks such as cooking, warming, or maintaining specific temperatures higher than the ambient.

Heating elements may be used to transfer heat via conduction, convection, or radiation. They are different from devices that generate heat from electrical energy via the Peltier effect, and have no dependence on the direction of electrical current.
Knechtsteden Abbey
Knechtsteden Abbey (German: Kloster Knechtsteden) is a former Premonstratensian abbey in Dormagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since the 1890s a house of the Spiritans. It was founded in 1130, and in 1138 building began on the church, which was created a basilica minor in 1974.

51°04′37″N 6°45′09″E﻿ / ﻿51.077°N 6.7525°E﻿ / 51.077; 6.7525

Congregation of the Holy Spirit
The Congregation of the Holy Spirit (officially the Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary; Latin: Congregatio Sancti Spiritus sub tutela Immaculati Cordis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae) is a religious congregation for men in the Catholic Church. Members are often known as Holy Ghost Fathers or, in continental Europe and the Anglosphere, as Spiritans, and members use the postnominals CSSp.
Vũng Rô Bay
Vũng Rô Bay (Vietnamese: Vịnh Vũng Rô) is a small bay in Đắk Lắk province, Vietnam. Vũng Rô is located in the commune (xã) of Hòa Xuân Nam, Phú Yên Province, located at the edge of Cả Pass mountains. The bay is the natural border of provinces of Đắk Lắk and Khánh Hòa.

Vung Ro covers an area of 16.4 square kilometres (6.3 mi2) and is surrounded by Đèo Cả, Đá Bia and Hòn Bà mountains from the north, the east and the west respectively. There are some fine sand seasides by the bay. The bay is home to coral reefs.

Cả Pass
The Cả pass (Đèo Cả) is a mountain pass in Phú Yên Province, Vietnam. The mountains are known as the Cả pass mountains (núi Cả Đèo). Historically, the Cả Pass was the second most difficult col in Vietnam after Hải Vân Pass. In 1611, the Nguyen lords pushed their border down to Cả Pass.

The pass is also known as Đèo Cục Kịch. In the French documents the pass name is "Col Babonneau".
Edward Kawak
Edward Kawak (also known as Eduardo Kawak) (February 28, 1959, in Zahlé Lebanon – May 21, 2006, in China) was a French professional bodybuilder.

Kawak moved to France and began his career in bodybuilding. After winning 5 NABBA Universe titles, Kawak moved over to the IFBB. He died from a heart attack in China.

International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation
The International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB) is an international professional sports governing body for bodybuilding and fitness. Headquartered in Las Rozas de Madrid, it oversees many of the sport's major international events, notably the World and Continental Championships.
La colombe
La Colombe (The Dove) is an opéra comique in two acts by Charles Gounod with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré based on the poem Le Faucon by Jean de La Fontaine, itself after a tale (V,9) in The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.

It premiered in a one-act version at the Theater der Stadt in Baden-Baden on 3 August 1860, where it was well received and performed four times.  It was presented in a revised two-act version, with additional music, on 7 June 1866 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris.

Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (UK: /ˌlæ fɒnˈtɛn, -ˈteɪn/, US: /ˌlɑː fɒnˈteɪn, lə -, ˌlɑː foʊnˈtɛn/; French: [ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages.

After a long period of royal suspicion, he was admitted to the Académie Française and his reputation in France has never faded since. Evidence of this is found in the many pictures and statues of the writer, later depictions on medals, coins and postage stamps.
Qa (Cyrillic)
Qa (Ԛ ԛ; italics: Ԛ ԛ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is based on the Latin letter Q (Q q). The lowercase form can look like a reversed Cyrillic letter Р, and the uppercase as well depending on font.

Qa is used in the Cyrillic alphabet of the Kurdish language, where it represents the voiceless uvular plosive /q/. It was also used to represent /q’/, the uvular ejective stop (now represented by Ҟ ҟ), in the Translation Committee's Abkhaz alphabet, published around the turn of the 20th century, and to represent /q/ in three old Ossetian alphabets (now represented by Хъ хъ).

This character appeared in newspapers and articles such as 1955's Кӧрдо or Kurdo.

In the 1930s, Qa was used in the Cyrillic script for the Assyrian language (Suret) in the USSR and represented the voiceless velar plosive.

The letter was also used in the scrapped version of the Azerbaijani alphabet. It was, however, eliminated and replaced by Ҝ in Dagestan.

Azerbaijani alphabet
The Azerbaijani alphabet has three versions, which include the Arabic, Latin, and Cyrillic alphabets.

North Azerbaijani, the main variety spoken in the Republic of Azerbaijan, is written in the Latin script. After the fall of the Soviet Union, this superseded previous versions based on the Cyrillic and Arabic scripts.

South Azerbaijani, the language spoken in Iran's Azerbaijan region, is written in a modified Arabic script since the Safavid Empire.

Azerbaijanis of Dagestan still use the Cyrillic script.
József Darvas
József Darvas (born József Dumitrás; 10 February 1912 – 3 December 1973) was a Hungarian writer and politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1950 and 1951, as Minister of Education between 1951 and 1953 and as Minister of Culture between 1953 and 1956. He was member of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary since 1971.

Education minister
An education minister (sometimes minister of education) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters. Where known, the government department, ministry, or agency that develops policy and delivers services relating to sports are listed; overseen by and responsible to the education minister. The first such ministry ever is considered to be the Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej, Lithuanian: Edukacinė komisija) founded in 1773 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Xi'an West railway station
Xi'an West railway station (Chinese: 西安西站; pinyin: Xī'ānxī zhàn) is a railway station in Wangsi Subdistrict, Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway.

The station opened as Epanggong railway station (Chinese: 阿房宫站; pinyin: Ēpánggōng zhàn) on 6 December 2017. On 28 February 2023, it was renamed Xi'an West.

Chang'an, Xi'an
Chang'an District (Chinese: 长安区; pinyin: Cháng'ān Qū; lit. 'long peace') is the second-most populous of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, in Northwest China. The district borders the prefecture-level cities of Shangluo to the southeast and Ankang to the southwest, Weiyang and Yanta Districts to the north, Baqiao District to the northeast, Lantian County to the east, and Huyi District to the west.
The Vanished (2018 film)
The Vanished (Korean: 사라진 밤) is a 2018 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Lee Chang-hee, starring Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Kang-woo and Kim Hee-ae. It is a remake of the 2012 Spanish film The Body, directed by Oriol Paulo.

Oriol Paulo
Oriol Paulo (born 30 July 1975) is a Spanish screenwriter and director. He is known for crime thriller movies such as The Body (2012) and The Invisible Guest (2016). Both films garnered international acclaim and were remade in several languages.
Joyce C. Lashof
Joyce Cohen Lashof (March 27, 1926 in Philadelphia – June 4, 2022) was an American physician, public health expert and advocate for health equity. She was the first woman to head a state public health department and the first woman to serve as dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley.

UC Berkeley School of Public Health
The University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health is one of fourteen schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. The school is currently accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.
Madara Cosmetics
MADARA Cosmetics also known as MÁDARA, is a Latvian manufacturer of organic skin care, hair care and baby care products. The ingredients include biologically certified blossoms and herbal extracts from the Northern and Baltic region. The brand name MADARA is the Latvian name for a common inhabitant of Baltic meadows – Galium mollugo, commonly known as bedstraw or wild madder. Its spatial pattern or fractal is also depicted in the logo of MADARA Cosmetics, which received the EULDA/WOLDA award and the title "Best of Latvia" in 2007.

The company was co-founded by Lotte Tisenkopfa-Iltnere. MADARA Cosmetics is a publicly traded company listed in the NASDAQ First North market.

Galium mollugo
Galium mollugo, common name hedge bedstraw or false baby's breath, is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Rubiaceae. It shares the name hedge bedstraw with the related European species, Galium album.
Heydar Mosque
The Heydar Mosque (Azerbaijani: Heydər Məscidi) is a mosque, located in the Binəqədi raion of Baku, in Azerbaijan. Opened on 26 December 2014, the mosque is named after Heydar Aliyev, a former President of Azerbaijan. It is the largest mosque in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.

The Caucasian Muslim Office appointed Imam Hafiz Abbasov and Imam Akhund Rufet Garayev for the Sunni and Shia sects, respectively.

President of Azerbaijan
The president of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Prezidenti) is the head of state of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Constitution states that the president is the embodiment of executive power, commander-in-chief, "representative of Azerbaijan in home and foreign policies", and "shall have the right of immunity [from prosecution]." The president rules through his executive office, the Presidential Administration, consisting of a group of secretaries and departmental ministers. Additionally, there is a Cabinet of Ministers regarding economic and social policy and a Security Council regarding foreign, military, and judicial matters.

The primary workplace is the presidential building (also known as the presidential apparatus) on Istiglaliyyat Street in Baku. Ilham Aliyev, son of the former president, Heydar, was elected the 4th and current president on 31 October 2003 after his father's resignation due to his deteriorating health.
Wiessner-American Brewery building
The Wiessner-American Brewery building in Baltimore, Maryland was built in 1887 by J. F. Wiessner & Sons. The Wiessner beer was in such high demand, known for quality, the brewery became one of the largest in Maryland. It closed in 1920 with prohibition. After repeal in 1933, it was used by American Brewery for the next four decades, after which it closed for good and left abandoned for another 35 years. Finally a rehabilitation was completed in 2009, costing over 20 million dollars. Today it is the headquarters of Humanim, a non-profit social services organization.

The building was added in 1973 to the National Register of Historic Places.

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is an American philanthropic organization founded by the businessman Harry Weinberg. The foundation has offices in Baltimore, Maryland and Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the largest Jewish-oriented foundation in the United States.
A. Bannari
A. Bannari is an Indian politician. He is a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected as a member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Bhavanisagar Constituency in May 2021.

Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency
Bhavanisagar is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 107. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
André van der Merwe (conductor)
André van der Merwe is a conductor, choral music arranger, and composer from Durbanville, Western Cape, South Africa. He studied for his Bachelor of Music at the University of Cape Town but due to an injury he changed his studies to a Bachelor of Drama (Directing) at the Stellenbosch University  He served as the chairperson of the National Artistic Committee the 2018 World Choir Games held in Tshwane, South Africa.

He is currently the conductor of the Stellenbosch University Choir, the Stellenberg Girls Choir and his adult choir, Voces Cordis.  The Stellenbosch University Choir has been voted best in the world by Interkultur most of the years between 2012 and 2020.

Bachelor of Music
A Bachelor of Music (BMus; sometimes conferred as Bachelor of Musical Arts) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. The degree may be awarded for performance, music education, composition, music theory, musicology / music history (musicology degrees may be a Bachelor of Arts rather than a Bachelor of Music), music technology, music therapy, sacred music, music business/music industry, entertainment, music production, or jazz studies. Since the 2010s, some universities have begun offering degrees in music composition with technology, which include traditional theory and musicology courses and sound recording and composition courses using digital technologies.
Knowledge Park II metro station
The Knowledge Park II is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Aqua Line of Noida Metro in the area of Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was opened on 25 January 2019.

Aqua Line (Noida Metro)
The Aqua Line is a line of Noida Metro, a rapid transit system in Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, India. It consists of 21 metro stations from Sector 51 in Noida to Depot in Greater Noida.

The line has been operational since 25 January 2019. It was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath.