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Björt Ólafsdóttir
Björt Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who represented Bright Future in the Althing 2013-17 and is its current chairperson. She served as the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland from January to November 2017.

Bright Future was formed to contest the 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, which is when Björt entered the Althing as one of the new party's six MPs. She was elected chairperson of her party on 25 November 2017, after the previous chair Óttarr Proppé resigned following the results of the 2017 election, in which Bright Future lost every seat it held.

In March 2015 she joined the protest #FreeTheNipple on Twitter, which was directed against censorship on women's bodies and sexism. She joined the protest by posting a picture of her naked left breast.

Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources (Iceland)
The Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources (Icelandic: Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðherra) is the head of the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources. The current Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources is Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson.
Frederick McDowall
Frederick Henry McDowall OBE (1 September 1900 – 27 December 1974) was a New Zealand dairy scientist and administrator. He was born in Waianiwa, Southland, New Zealand on 1 September 1900.

In the 1960 New Year Honours, McDowall was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

His son Bob McDowall became an ichthyologist.

1960 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1960 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 29 December 1959 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1960.

At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 5 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.

The winning margin was (in metric terms) 8 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's high jump was won by more than 5 cm at these games.

Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in the Moore Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is used for Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, as well as, Australian rules football and occasionally for rugby league, rugby union and association football. It is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team, the Sydney Sixers of the Big Bash League and the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League. It is owned and operated by Venues NSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales who also hold responsibility for Stadium Australia and the Sydney Football Stadium.
Lubieszyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Lubieszyn [luˈbjɛʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liniewo, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Kościerzyna County
Kościerzyna County (Kashubian: Kòscérsczi kréz, Polish: powiat kościerski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kościerzyna, which lies 51 kilometres (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. Its borders equal approximately the borders of the old Marquessate of Berent in the German Empire.

The county covers an area of 1,165.85 square kilometres (450.1 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 72,589, out of which the population of Kościerzyna is 23,776, and the rural population is 48,813.

Kościerzyna County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kościerzyna County is bordered by Kartuzy County to the north, Gdańsk County and Starogard County to the east, Chojnice County to the south, and Bytów County to the west.
The Stepmother (1663 play)
The Stepmother or The Step-Mother is a 1663 tragicomedy by the English writer Robert Stapylton. It was first staged by the Duke's Company, premiering at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre.

The original cast included Samuel Sandford as Sylvanus, Thomas Betterton as Filamor, John Young as Adolph, Cave Underhill as Tetrick, Joseph Price as Fromund, William Smith as Crispus, Matthew Medbourne as Capito, Mary Betterton as Caesarina, Moll Davis as Violinda and Jane Long as Brianella.

Mary Saunderson
Mary Saunderson (1637–1712), later known as Mary Saunderson Betterton after her marriage to Thomas Betterton, was an actress and singer in England during the 1660s and 1690s. She is considered one of the first English actresses.
Cuddy Buddy
"Cuddy Buddy" (also called "Cutty Buddy") is the second single from Mike Jones' second album The Voice. The single version features Trey Songz, Lil Wayne and Twista. The album version features T-Pain instead of Songz. It was produced by Bigg D and Jim Jonsin. The song samples Keith Sweat's "How Deep is Your Love".

It was released to radio stations on May 19, 2008.

Twista
Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (also known as Tung Twista), is an American rapper. He is best known for his chopper style of rapping and for once holding the title of fastest English-speaking rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds.

In 1997, after appearing on Do or Die's hit single "Po Pimp", produced by the Legendary Traxster, Twista signed with Big Beat and Atlantic Records, where he released his third album Adrenaline Rush and formed the group Speedknot Mobstaz, in 1998. His 2004 album Kamikaze topped the U.S. Billboard 200, after the success of the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Slow Jamz" (with Kanye West and Jamie Foxx).
2003 Norfolk County municipal election
The second municipal election in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada took place in November 2003.

While it would fail to dismantle the tobacco status quo of the municipality; the election would weaken it significantly through the influence of the local anti-tobacco youth. Incumbent mayor Rita Kalmbach defeated 21-year-old political neophyte Brian Decker by 12,143 votes to 5,158, securing her seventh term. Around the time of the election, many other municipalities were voluntarily banning smoking in public places. Meanwhile, the town councillor seats remained exactly the same as in 2000. The election occurred with little notice or fanfare.

Three years later, Dennis Travale would become mayor and bring Norfolk County out of its economic stagnancy before the recent Canadian economic meltdown would bring it the local economy back into a state of malaise.

Status quo
Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. In the sociological sense, the status quo refers to the current state of social structure or values. With regard to policy debate, it means how conditions are contrasted with a possible change. For example: "The countries are now trying to maintain the status quo with regard to their nuclear arsenals." To maintain the status quo is to keep things the way they presently are.

The related phrase status quo ante, literally 'the status before', refers to the state of affairs that existed previously.
Przemysław Frankowski
Przemysław Adam Frankowski (born 12 April 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a wing-back for  Ligue 1 club Rennes, on loan from Süper Lig club Galatasaray, and the Poland national team.

Turkish Cup
The Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) is an annual football cup competition in Turkey, organised by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a period of sponsorship by Fortis, the competition was temporarily known as the Fortis Turkish Cup (Turkish: Fortis Türkiye Kupası). It is currently sponsored by the state-owned bank Ziraat Bankası and officially called the Ziraat Turkish Cup (Turkish: Ziraat Türkiye Kupası).

The tournament has been held under various formats, including a traditional knockout competition and group stages on an experimental basis. An expanded format was introduced for the 2012–13 season, with a record 156 teams participating. The structure included a round-robin group stage following five knockout rounds, with group winners and runners-up advancing to the semi-finals and final. The current holders of the cup are Galatasaray S.K..
Dusty Noble
Dusty Noble (born 30 April 1984) is a former South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is Wing. He represented the Cheetahs in Super Rugby and Griquas in the Currie Cup. He has previously played for the Sharks and the Golden Lions.

He left Griquas after the 2013 and joined Durban-based club side College Rovers before the 2014 SARU Community Cup.

Currie Cup
The Currie Cup (Afrikaans: Curriebeker) is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. The Currie Cup dates back to 1891.
James Madison University
James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1908, the institution was renamed in 1938 in honor of the fourth president of the United States, James Madison. It has since expanded from its origins as a normal school and teacher's college into a comprehensive university. It is situated in the Shenandoah Valley, just west of Massanutten Mountain.

Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley (/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊə/) is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia in the United States. The Valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (excluding Massanutten Mountain), to the north by the Potomac River, to the south by the James River, and to the Southwest by the New River Valley. The cultural region covers a larger area that includes all of the Valley plus the Virginia Highlands to the west and the Roanoke Valley to the south. It is physiographically located within the Ridge and Valley Province and is a portion of the Great Appalachian Valley.
Beg (surname)
Beg is a title and honorific derived from the Turkish title "bey". Names of many people traditionally include this honorific, such as Ulugh Beg. In modern times it also serves as a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arif Beg (1935–2016), Indian politician

Azad Beg (born 1952), Turkish politician

Farhat N. Beg, American physicist

Manzoor Alam Beg (1931–1998), Bangladeshi photographer

M. A. B. Beg (1934–1990), Pakistani theoretical physicist

Mirza Afzal Beg

Mirza Aslam Beg (born 1931), Pakistani general

Mirza Hameedullah Beg

Mirza Mehboob Beg (born 1949), Indian politician

Mohammad Saleem Beg, Indian art conservator, historian and columnist

Muazzam Beg (born 1978), Indian Bollywood film writer and director

Zahid Beg, Indian politician

Zahid Beg
Zahid Beg is an Indian politician who served as a Member of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bhadohi from 2012 to 2017 and re-elected in 2022. His father Late Yusuf Beg was elected as a Member of parliament to Lok Sabha from the Mirzapur and was Indian labour leader who served as the Vice President of Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat.
Barachel of Ammon
Barachel (Ammonite 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤀𐤋, representing בָּרַכְאֵל‎ Bāraḵʾēl: "blessed by El") was a king of Ammon in the 670s BCE. He is known from a small (15.9x16.9 mm) black clay bulla bearing his seal impression. A groove and several dots around the impression demonstrate that the seal likely took the form of a metal ring. Fingerprints found around the edge of the bulla may belong to Barachel himself.

His name, which invokes the name of the god El (as do the names of his fellow Ammonite kings Pado'el and Hissalel) suggests that El was worshipped in Ammon alongside Milcom and other deities. The seal is aniconic, unusual for a device of its type, some scholars  have speculated that this may be due to the influence of Israelite iconoclasm (though others  dispute this, maintaining that an image may well have appeared on the reverse of the seal and/or that rejection of images is not entirely evident from contemporary excavations in Israel itself.

Milcom
Milcom or Milkom (Ammonite: 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤌 *Mīlkām; Hebrew: מִלְכֹּם Mīlkōm) was the name of either the national god, or a popular god, of the Ammonites. He is attested in the Hebrew Bible and in archaeological finds from the former territory of Ammon. His connections to other deities with similar names attested in the Bible and archaeologically are debated, as well as his relationship to the Canaanite supreme deity El, or the putative deity Moloch.
Beauty in Chains
Beauty in Chains is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson based on the novel Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós. The film stars Ella Hall and Emory Johnson. The photoplay was released on March 11, 1918, by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company.

Emory Johnson
Alfred Emory Johnson (March 16, 1894 – April 18, 1960) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. As a teenager, he started acting in silent films. Early in his career, Carl Laemmle chose Emory to become a Universal Studio leading man. He also became part of one of the early Hollywood celebrity marriages when he wed Ella Hall.

In 1922, Emory acted and directed his first feature film – In the Name of The Law. He would continue to direct more feature films until the decade's end. By the early 1930s, his Hollywood career had faded, and Johnson became a portrait photographer. In 1960, he died from burns sustained in a fire.
Collahuasi mine
The Collahuasi or Ujina mine is a large copper mine located at 4,200 m (13,800 ft) altitude in the north of Chile in the Tarapaca Region. Collahuasi represents one of the largest copper reserves in Chile and in the world having estimated reserves of 3.93 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.66% copper. It lies about 15 km east of the copper mine of Quebrada Blanca.

The mine produced 560,000 tonnes of copper in 2018, making it one of the world's largest copper mines.

The ore concentrate produced in Collahuasi mine contain about 41% chalcopyrite, 18% chalcocite, 16% pyrite and 4% pyrrhotite.

In the 2020s the mine has faced difficulties relating to water scarcity and decreasing ore grades.

An early period of mining in Collahuasi occurred from about 1905 until 1930.

Pyrrhotite
Pyrrhotite (pyrrhos in Greek meaning "flame-coloured") is an iron sulfide mineral with the formula Fe(1−x)S (x = 0 to 0.125).  It is an iron-deficient nonstoichiometric variant of FeS, the mineral known as troilite.
Pyrrhotite is also called magnetic pyrite, because the color is similar to pyrite and it is weakly magnetic. The magnetism decreases as the iron content increases, and troilite is non-magnetic. Pyrrhotite is generally tabular and brassy/bronze in color with a metallic luster. The mineral occurs with mafic igneous rocks like norites, and may form from pyrite during metamorphic processes. Pyrrhotite is associated and mined with other sulfide minerals like pentlandite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and magnetite, and has been found globally.
Mamidipudi Anandam
Mamidipudi Anandam was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament  representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as member of the Indian National Congress.

Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as unicameral.
Edison Reynoso
Edison Reynoso (born November 10, 1975, in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball pitcher who played professionally from 1999 to 2004. Reynoso played in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the Central League in 1999 and 2000. He signed with the New York Yankees in 2001, and played in there minor league system in 2001 and 2003. In 2004, Reynoso played for both the Newark Bears and the North Shore Spirit.

Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
San Fernando de Monte Cristi, also known as Montecristi, is the capital town of Monte Cristi Province in the Dominican Republic. It is located in the northwest region of the country in a coastal area above the border with Haiti.

The town was at the forefront in many of the advances including the first aqueduct, first railroad and telephone in the island. In 1895, it was the site of the signing of the Manifesto of Montecristi by Máximo Gómez and José Martí, at the Gómez home on Mella St. They sailed from "La Granja" beach, also in Montecristi, to Cuba to fight for its independence.
Filmworks IV: S&M + More
Filmworks IV: S/M + More features film scores by John Zorn. The album was released in Japan on Eva Records in 1996 and on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 1997.  It features the music that Zorn wrote and recorded for Maria Beatty's The Elegant Spanking, Beatty and M.M. Serra's A Lot of Fun for the Evil One, "Credits Included" written for the film of the same name directed by Jalal Toufic and "Maogai", written for a piano scene in a film by Hiroki Ryuichi.

Maria Beatty
Maria Beatty is a Venezuelan filmmaker who directs, acts, and produces. Her films are often made in black and white and cover various aspects of female sexuality, including BDSM and fetishism. She was inspired by expressionist German cinema, French surrealism, and American film noir.

She sometimes stars in her own films, such as The Elegant Spanking (1995) and The Black Glove (1997). In 2007, she won the FICEB Tacón De Aguja Best Director Award for Silken Sleeves.

Annie Sprinkle’s 1992 production The Sluts and Goddesses Video Workshop – Or How To Be A Sex Goddess in 101 Easy Steps was co-produced and co-directed with Beatty. It featured music by composer Pauline Oliveros.
Thuarea
Thuarea is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species:

Thuarea involuta (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Sm. - Madagascar, China, Japan (incl Bonin, Volcano, Ryukyu Is), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar, Laccadive), Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Queensland, Northern Territory, Melanesia, Micronesia, Hawaii.

Thuarea perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar

Papuasia
Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia.

It comprises the following geographic and political entities:

Aru Islands (Indonesia; treated as part of Western New Guinea in the Scheme)

New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Western New Guinea (Indonesia)

Solomon Islands (archipelago)
Bougainville
Solomon Islands (excluding the Santa Cruz Islands)
Tórshavn Cathedral
Tórshavn Cathedral (Faroese: Havnar Kirkja, or Dómkirkjan) is the second oldest received church of the Faroe Islands, on Tinganes in the old town of Tórshavn. Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788. The cathedral lies in the north of the peninsula of Tinganes and is one of the main attractions of the town. Like most churches of the country it belongs to the Evangelical-Lutheran national Church of the Faroe Islands. Since 1990, it has been the seat of the Bishop of the Faroes and is therefore known as a cathedral.

Church of the Faroe Islands
The Church of the Faroe Islands (Faroese: Fólkakirkjan, lit. 'people's church'; Danish: Færøernes folkekirke), also known as the Faroese People's Church, is the established church and the largest religious organization in the Faroe Islands. It is an Evangelical Lutheran church, continuing the Lutheran tradition established during the Protestant Reformation. The church is one of the smallest state churches in the world. Prior to becoming independent on 29 July 2007, it was a diocese of the Church of Denmark, also a Lutheran church. As of 2024, 76.6% of Faroe Islanders belonged to the state church.

Other churches in the Faroe Islands include the Plymouth Brethren and the Roman Catholic Church.
Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City
Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City (入江泰吉記念奈良市写真美術館, Irie Taikichi Kinen Nara-shi Shashin Bijutsukan) opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992. Located near Shin-Yakushi-ji and designed by Kishō Kurokawa, the Museum was formerly known as the Nara City Museum of Photography (奈良市写真美術館). The collection includes the complete oeuvre of Irie Taikichi (1905 – 1992), some 80,000 works; a set of 1,025 Meiji and Taishō glass plates by Kudō Risaburō (工藤利三郎) (1848 – 1929) that are a Registered Tangible Cultural Property; and photographs by Tsuda Yoho (津田洋甫) (1923 – 2014).

Photographic plate
Photographic plates preceded film as the primary medium for capturing images in photography. These plates, made of metal or glass and coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, were integral to early photographic processes such as heliography, daguerreotypes, and photogravure. Glass plates, thinner than standard window glass, became widely used in the late 19th century for their clarity and reliability. Although largely replaced by film during the 20th century, plates continued to be used for specialised scientific and medical purposes until the late 20th century.
2023–24 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's basketball team
The 2023–24 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's basketball team represented California State University, Bakersfield during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by 13th-year head coach Greg McCall, played their home games at the Icardo Center in Bakersfield, California as members of the Big West Conference.

They finished the season 8–21, 5–15 in Big West play, to finish in tenth place. Since only the top eight teams in the conference participate, the Roadrunners failed to qualify for the Big West tournament.

2024 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
The 2024 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It will be held March 13–16, 2024, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.
Rhys Davies (canoeist)
Rhys Davies is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2008 to 2015 in the C2 class with Matthew Lister.

He won two bronze medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2011 and 2013.

2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place from 11 to 15 September 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre. It was the 35th edition. Prague was the host city for the second time after hosting the event previously in 2006.

The city was awarded the event at an ICF Board of Directors meeting in Budapest, Hungary on 10 April 2010.