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2017 Meridian Canadian Open
The 2017 Meridian Canadian Open was held from January 3 to 8 at the North Battleford Civic Centre in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. This was the fourth Grand Slam of Curling event and third "major" of the 2016–17 curling season.

On the men's side, Newfoundland's Brad Gushue rink played in their fourth straight Canadian Open final, defeating the Niklas Edin team from Sweden, who were hoping to win their third Slam of the season. It was Gushue's seventh career Grand Slam. Gushue played a perfect game, curling 100% en route to defeating Edin 8-3.

On the women's side, the little-known Casey Scheidegger rink from Lethbridge, Alberta won their first Grand Slam title in their first ever Grand Slam event (excluding defunct events, which are not counted in media reports). They defeated the Silvana Tirinzoni rink from Switzerland who lost their second straight Slam final.

Grand Slam of Curling
The Grand Slam of Curling (formerly branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that were formerly part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and feature the best teams from across Canada and around the World. The Grand Slam was instituted during the 2001–02 season for men and 2006–07 for women (with the 2006 Players' Championship also considered a Slam), but some of the Grand Slam events have longer histories as bonspiels.

The Grand Slam season consists of five men's and women's events. The original four events (Masters, Open, National, and Players' Championship) are considered to be "majors". The other slam (Tour Challenge) has a unique format that sets it apart from other events in the series.
NA-98 Faisalabad-IV
NA-98 Faisalabad-IV (این اے-98، فیصل آباد-۴) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan comprising mainly Sammundri Tehsil from the former NA-79 and the town of Mamu Kanjan in Tandlian Wala Tehsil from the former NA-78. The remaining part of Tandlian Wala Tehsil, which was previously in NA-78, is now in NA-103.

Samundri Tehsil
Samundri Tehsil (Urdu/Punjabi: تحصیل سمندری) is an administrative subdivision of Faisalabad District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Samundri is the city and headquarters of the tehsil. Samundri Tehsil farms are irrigated by Gugera Branch Canal and Burala Branch Canal.

Chak 203 GB Ferozpur is the biggest village of the tehsil by area and population.

All villages of the tehsil carry the suffix GB with their Chak numbers, and the name of village usually follows it for example, Chak 141 GB and Chak 228 GB. The village numbers are designated by the water pump number the village is built upon. It has 14 villages that were made by the British government. Sugar cane is the major cash crop. wheat, cotton and vegetables are grown there. Samundri is one of the oldest tehsils of Pakistan.
CBC Radio Building
The CBC Radio Building was a landmark Streamline Moderne-style office building located in Halifax, Nova Scotia overlooking the Halifax Citadel and Halifax Public Gardens which served as the home of CBC Radio in Nova Scotia from 1944 to 2014.

Halifax Public Gardens
The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian-era public gardens formally established in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. The gardens are located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the Halifax Peninsula near the popular shopping district of Spring Garden Road and opposite Victoria Park. The gardens were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1984.
Frieda River Project
The Frieda River Project is a large open cast mine and associated infrastructure in the Sandaun and East Sepik Provinces of Papua New Guinea.  The mine is located along a tributary of the Sepik River.  The deposit is a large copper-gold porphyry deposit.  The project includes a hydroelectric scheme to provide electricity. and service by the Frieda River Airport.  In 2010, the mine had estimated reserves of 14.3 million oz of gold.

Open-pit mining
Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth.

Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or rocks are found near the surface where the overburden is relatively thin. In contrast, deeper mineral deposits can be reached using underground mining.

This form of mining carries several risks to the health and safety of miners, and can have a significant negative impact on the environment.
Antigonish Arena
Antigonish Arena is a 2,290-seat multi-purpose arena in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is home to the Junior B Antigonish Bulldogs hockey team. The arena was home to the St. Francis Xavier X-Men and X-Women hockey teams before they moved into a new on-campus arena.

Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
The Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League (formerly the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League) is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Nova Scotia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada.  The winner of the Nova Scotia playoffs competes for the Don Johnson Cup, the Atlantic Junior "B" Crown.
2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan were the defending champions but only Raja chose to defend his title, partnering Fabrice Martin. Raja lost in the quarterfinals to Guillermo Durán and Máximo González.

Bradley Klahn and Peter Polansky won the title after defeating Durán and González 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] in the final.

Máximo González
Máximo González Mereira (Latin American Spanish: [ˈmaɣsimo ɣonˈsales meˈɾejɾa]; born July 20, 1983) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 10 achieved on 11 September 2023.
Pavilion of Regalia, Royal Decorations and Coins
The Pavilion of Regalia, Royal Decorations and Coins (Thai: ศาลาเครื่องราชอิสริยยศ เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ และเหรียญกษาปณ์, RTGS: Sala Khrueang Ratcha Isariyaphon Lae Rian Kasab) is a museum showcasing regalia, royal Thai decorations of the early period, historical Thai money and ornaments used in the royal courts. It is under the supervision of the Bureau of Grand National Treasure, the Treasury Department which has the responsibility to safeguard, conserve, and display national treasures.

The museum is inside the Royal Grand Palace, at the entrance to the Emerald Buddha Temple.

Ministry of Finance (Thailand)
The Ministry of Finance (Abrv: MOF; Thai: กระทรวงการคลัง, RTGS: Krasuang Kan Khlang) is a cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand.

Considered one of the country's most important ministries, the Ministry of Finance has numerous responsibilities over public finance, taxation, the treasury, government properties, the operations of government monopolies, and revenue-generating enterprises. The ministry is also vested with the power to provide loan guarantees for governmental agencies, financial institutions, and state enterprises.
Pircancha Formation
The Pircancha Formation is a Floian to Dapingian geologic formation of southern Bolivia. The green mudstones, shales and sandstones were deposited in a shallow to open marine environment. The fossil Pircanchaspis rinconensis is named after the formation.

Mudstone
Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. Mudstone is distinguished from shale by its lack of fissility.

The term mudstone is also used to describe carbonate rocks (limestone or dolomite) that are composed predominantly of carbonate mud. However, in most contexts, the term refers to siliciclastic mudstone, composed mostly of silicate minerals.

The NASA Curiosity rover has found deposits of mudstone on Mars that contain organic substances such as propane, benzene and toluene.
Hi Izuru Tokoro
Hi Izuru Tokoro (日出処; "The Land of the Rising Sun"), also known as Sunny, is the fifth studio album by Japanese musician Ringo Sheena released on November 5, 2014, by Universal Music Japan sublabel Virgin Records. It is a compilation studio album compiling singles released since 2009 as well as new compositions.

Nippon (song)
"Nippon" is a song by Japanese musician Ringo Sheena. It was released as a single on June 11, 2014, two weeks after her self-cover album Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku and a year after her previous solo single "Irohanihoheto" / "Kodoku no Akatsuki". The song is being used as the 2014 soccer theme song for NHK., Including the NHK broadcast of 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Kofi Okyir
Kofi Okyir (born 7 June 1951) is a Ghanaian former athlete.

A specialist sprinter, Okyir ran for Angelo State University in Texas and was a teammate of Ghanaian long jumper Joshua Owusu, who he grew up with in Kumasi and had recommended Okyir to recruiters. Okyir was the NAIA champion in the 100 yard dash in 1973.

Okyir won 4 x 100 metres silver medals at the 1973 All-Africa Games and 1974 British Commonwealth Games. He holds the African record for the 100 yard dash, setting a mark of 9.40 seconds in Austin in 1974.

1974 British Commonwealth Games
The 1974 British Commonwealth Games (Māori: 1974 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The event was officially named "the friendly games".

There were 1,276 competitors and 372 officials, according to the official history, and public attendance was excellent. The main venue was the QEII Park, purpose-built for this event, which included the athletics stadium, fully covered Olympic standard pool, diving pool, and practice pools.

The Games village was located at the University of Canterbury and had accommodation in the halls of residence and a dining hall for the competitors.

The theme song was "Join Together", sung by Steve Allen. The event was held after the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Dunedin for wheelchair athletes.
Gislinge
Gislinge is a small railway town in Holbæk Municipality on the island of Zealand, Denmark. It is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of the town of Holbæk. As of 1 January 2025, Gislinge has a population of 1,582. Gislinge is located on the Odsherred railway line and is served by Gislinge railway station. The manor house Gislingegård is located just south of the town.

Holbæk
Holbæk (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhʌlˀpek]) is a town in Denmark and the seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 30,903 (1 January 2025). It is located in the northwestern part of Region Sjælland, Denmark.

Holbæk is located on Zealand, on the banks of Holbæk Fjord, an inlet of the larger Isefjord. Holbæk is a commercial and industrial center for the surrounding area. By rail, Holbæk is served by Danske Statsbaner's line from Roskilde to Kalundborg, which runs through the city. Vestsjællands Lokalbaner connects Holbæk by rail to Nykøbing Sjælland. The city is a major hub for the Movia bus routes. Holbæk has an active commercial seaport that serves as the harbor for the ferry to Orø (island). Near the harbor there is a substantial marina.
Garpön
A garpön is historically a local or regional  leader in Tibet and parts of Ladakh who has command and prominence over a district or area. He is highly regarded by the people and respected as a governor although his power and authority is informal in a given area. Ultimate leadership and spiritual leadership in Tibet was always given centrally to the Dalai Lama in the capital of Lhasa. Garpöns were usually regarded as localized ministers to maintain district order. However, with the Chinese invasion of 1949, with Tibet now under the control of the People's Republic of China, the rulership of local district garpöns has diminished somewhat in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield has cited that in Ladakh there was often a senior and a junior garpön.

In the film Seven Years in Tibet (1997 film), a garpön in western Tibet was played by Samdup Dhargyal and was cited as being the eminent ruler of the province.

Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China
Central Tibet came under the control of the People's Republic of China (PRC) after the government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which the 14th Dalai Lama ratified on 24 October 1951. This followed attempts by the Tibetan government to modernize its military, negotiate with the PRC, and the defeat of the Tibetan Army by the People's Liberation Army at Chamdo in western Kham that resulted in several thousand casualties and captives. The Chinese government calls the signing of the agreement the "Peaceful Liberation of Tibet". The events are called the "Chinese invasion of Tibet" by the Central Tibetan Administration and the Tibetan diaspora.

The Tibetan government and local social structure remained in place under the authority of China until they were dissolved after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when the 14th Dalai Lama fled into exile and repudiated the Seventeen Point Agreement, saying that he had approved it under duress.
John J. Doll
John J. Doll (September 8, 1948 – May 20, 2021) is the former Acting United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) due to the resignation of Jon W. Dudas on January 20, 2009. Before that, Doll was Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO. He joined the Patent and Trademark Office in 1974.

Doll retired from the USPTO in 2009. After leaving the USPTO, he became a patent consultant, working as an expert witness in patent matters.

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.
Amectran Exar-1
The Amectran Exar-1 was an electric sports car prototype developed by Edmond X. Ramirez, Sr. in 1979. The prototype was built by the Italian Designer and coachbuilder Pietro Frua. The car was advertised by Amectran to be the "world's first production, electronic powered automobile". The car was highly praised before the prototype was finished by the United States Secretary of Transportation. Unfortunately, the vehicle did not develop beyond a single prototype. Originally, BMW commissioned Pietro Frua to design the 1975 3.0Si concept for a 1975 autoshow. A few years later, he would reacquire the concept car and make minor changes to the car to support new electronics and a battery at the front. He then sent this chassis to Ramirez in Texas who began making it fully electric.

United States Secretary of Transportation
The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States, and is fourteenth in the presidential line of succession.

The secretary of transportation oversees the U.S. Department of Transportation, which has over 55,000 employees and thirteen agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As of January 2021, the secretary receives an annual salary of $221,400.

Sean Duffy has served as the 20th secretary of transportation since January 28, 2025. He was appointed by President Donald Trump to serve this position, and was confirmed by the Senate in a 77-22 vote.
I.O.U.S.A.
I.O.U.S.A. is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Patrick Creadon. The film focuses on the shape and impact of the United States national debt. The film features Robert Bixby, director of the Concord Coalition, and David Walker, the former U.S. Comptroller General, as they travel around the United States on a tour to let communities know of the potential dangers of the national debt. The tour was carried out through the Concord Coalition, and was known as the "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour."

The film competed in the Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It began its nationwide showing at the Holland Performing Arts Center in Omaha, Nebraska on 21 August 2008, with a live discussion among Warren Buffett, Pete Peterson, David Walker, William Niskanen, and Bill Novelli following the screening. The film was broadcast on CNN on January 10, 2009.

Bill Novelli
William D. Novelli (born May 21, 1941) is an American executive, public relations professional, author and educator. He was born in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. He is currently Distinguished Professor of the Practice at the McDonough School of Business of Georgetown University in  Washington, D.C., where he teaches in the MBA program and founded the Georgetown Business for Impact center. He is also the co-chair of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), an organization he co-founded in 2009 to improve advanced illness and end-of-life care in the U.S. He earlier co-founded Porter-Novelli, today a global public relations firm.  Prior to joining the faculty at Georgetown in 2009, Novelli was the CEO of AARP (from 2001 to 2009).
  He has been influential in American politics, especially in issues related to health and health care.
Robar RC-50
The Robar RC-50 is a bolt-action anti-materiel rifle chambered in .50 BMG (12.7×99 mm NATO) manufactured by Robar Companies, Inc. The RC-50 is found in two variants—the original RC-50 (RC-50 Standard) and the side-folding buttstock RC-50F.

Stock (firearms)
A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing mechanism are attached.  The stock also provides a means for the shooter to firmly brace the gun and easily aim with stability by being held against the user's shoulder when shooting the gun, and helps to counter muzzle rise by transmitting recoil straight into the shooter's body.

The tiller of a crossbow is functionally the equivalent of the stock on a gun.
Stygiellidae
Stygiellidae is a family of free-living marine flagellates belonging to the order Jakobida, a deep-branching lineage within the eukaryotic supergroup Discoba. They are unicellular organisms that commonly inhabit anoxic, sulfide-rich and ammonium-rich marine habitats worldwide.

Metamonad
The metamonads are a large group of flagellate amitochondriate microscopic eukaryotes. They include the retortamonads, diplomonads, parabasalids, oxymonads, and a range of more poorly studied taxa, most of which are free-living flagellates.  All metamonads are anaerobic (many being aerotolerant anaerobes), and most members of the four groups listed above are symbiotes or parasites of animals, as is the case with Giardia lamblia which causes diarrhea in mammals.
Dear Miss Phoebe
Dear Miss Phoebe is a musical with a book by Christopher Hassall and music by Harry Parr-Davies. It is based on the play Quality Street by J.M. Barrie.

It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham before transferring to the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End, where it ran for 283 performances between 13 October 1950 and 16 June 1951. The original London cast included Carol Raye, Peter Graves, Olga Lindo,  Moya Nugent, Gretchen Franklin and Noel Dyson. The song "I Leave My Heart in an English Garden" from it is particularly well-known.

Olga Lindo
Olga Lindo (13 July 1899 – 7 May 1968) was an English actress. She was the daughter of Frank Lindo, a well-known actor, manager and author. She made her stage debut at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 26 December 1913. She later joined her father's touring company in a range of roles. For Basil Dean she appeared in R.U.R in 1923, and in 1925 she gave what The Times described as a formidable performance as Sadie Thompson in Maugham's Rain at the Garrick Theatre. She toured in South Africa in 1930 and 1934 in a variety of parts. Her repertoire ranged from the classics to farce. In 1935 she played Abigail Hill in Norman Ginsbury's historical work Viceroy Sarah. She also acted in films.
Independent English Wine Awards
The Independent English Wine Awards (IEWA) is an annual wine competition that looks for the best wine in England.

The Independent English Whisky Awards are based in Bristol, England.

The Judging panel consists of 24 judges and is chaired by Master of Wine Liam Steevenson. The panel blind taste each wine and decide on the winners, awarding gold, silver and bronze medals where appropriate.

Master of Wine
Master of Wine (MW) is a qualification (not an academic degree) issued by The Institute of Masters of Wine in the United Kingdom. The MW qualification is generally regarded in the wine industry as one of the highest standards of professional knowledge.

The Institute was founded in 1955, and the MW examinations were first arranged in 1953 by the Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Wine and Spirits Association.
Courts of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries
The courts of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries, commonly known as the stannary courts, were English courts in Cornwall and Devon that enforced the stannary law between the High Middle Ages and their abolition by the Stannaries Court (Abolition) Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 45). From 1201, tin miners in Devon and Cornwall were exempt from the jurisdiction of all English courts other than that of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries. The jurisdiction of the Cornwall stannary institutions covered the whole of the duchy, while the stannary courts of Devon had a reputation for harsh justice, and once jailed a Westminster MP (Richard Strode).

According to Thomas Pitt, judgements from the court could be appealed to the Vice-Warden of the Stanneries, then to the Warden, then finally to the Prince in Council.

Richard Strode (fl. 1512)
Richard Strode (floruit 1512) was in 1512 a Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, Devon and was also involved in the tin mining industry. He is best known for having instigated Strode's case, one of the earliest and most important English legal cases dealing with parliamentary privilege.
Polali Jayarama Bhat
Polali Jayarama Bhat (14 November 1951 – 9 August 2023) was an Indian banker who was the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Karnataka Bank, a major Indian commercial bank in the private sector.

Karnataka Bank
Karnataka Bank Limited is an Indian private sector bank based in Mangalore. It is an 'A' Class Scheduled Commercial Bank with a network of 957 branches, 1188 ATMs & Cash recyclers and 588 e-lobbies/mini e-lobbies across 22 states and 2 union territories. It has 8,652 employees and over 11 million customers throughout the country. Its shares are listed on the NSE and BSE. The tagline of the bank is "Your Family Bank Across India."

Karnataka Bank Limited has adopted core banking, internet banking and has established its "MoneyPlant" (1187 ATMs & Cash recyclers and 586 e-lobbies/mini e-lobbies) ATM system across the country.