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Cuisine of Pondicherry
The cuisine of the Indian union territory of Pondicherry consists of a mixture of Tamil and French influence,  given the history of the area as a former French outpost in India until the late 20th Century. Common foods include baguettes and croissants with coffee for breakfast, ratatouille, coq au vin, bouillabaisse, which all show their French heritage or South Indian meals such as masala dosa, sambar or idli.

Baguette
A baguette (/bæˈɡɛt/; French: [baɡɛt] ⓘ) is a long, thin type of bread of French origin that is commonly made from basic lean dough. The dough of the tradition baguette, unlike the shape, is defined by French law. It is distinguishable by its length and crisp crust.

A baguette has a diameter of about 5 to 6 cm (2–2+1⁄2 in) and a usual length of about 65 cm (26 in), but can be up to 1 m (39 in) long.

In November 2018, documentation surrounding the "craftsmanship and culture" of making this bread was added to the French Ministry of Culture's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. In 2022, the artisanal know-how and culture of baguette bread was inscribed to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
Adam Eckersley (musician)
Adam Eckersley is a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Grafton, Australia. He is the former vocalist and lead guitarist of award-winning blues band Bluezone, which have since disbanded. He has also been recently been signed to Universal Music Australia, Eckersley is married to fellow musician, Australian country music singer–songwriter Brooke McClymont, of The McClymonts.

Universal Music Australia
Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd. (UMA) is the largest Australian music corporation. It is a division of the Universal Music Group. Universal Music Australia's corporate headquarters are located in Sydney, Australia.
Spitfire Kings
The Spitfire Kings is a Royal Canadian Air Force musical group which was formerly a small ensemble of the Royal Canadian Air Force Band. While being part of the regular band as well as being an independent organization, it was based out of CFB Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Manitoba and reports to 17 Wing. The 6-piece rock band has a diverse repertoire that includes classic rock, blues and R&B.

CFB Winnipeg
Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg (CFB Winnipeg; IATA: YWG, ICAO: CYWG) is a Royal Canadian Air Force base located within the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Co-located at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, CFB Winnipeg is home to many flight operations support divisions, as well as several training schools. Its primary RCAF lodger unit is 17 Wing, commonly referred to as 17 Wing Winnipeg.

One of the facilities at CFB Winnipeg is the Billy Bishop Building which houses the headquarters of 1 Canadian Air Division (1 CAD) as well as the headquarters of Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region.
Janis Morweiser
Janis Morweiser (born 1991) is a retired German Nordic combined skier.

He competed at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Junior World Championships. His best event was 2010 by far, as he won individual silver and bronze medals and a team gold medal.

He made his Continental Cup debut in January 2009 in Eisenerz, and won his first race in March 2012 in Kuopio. He picked up two more race victories before his last Continental Cup outing in February 2014.

He made his World Cup debut in January 2010 in Chaux-Neuve. He collected his first World Cup points two years later in the same location, finishing 27th and 15th. In 2013 he started breaking the top 10, finishing 8th in Klingenthal and 4th in Almaty. His last World Cup outing was an 18th place in January 2014 in Chaykovsky.

He represented the sports club SC 1906 Oberstdorf.

2011 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
The 2011 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships were held in Otepää, Estonia from 26 January to 31 January 2011. It was the 34th Junior World Championships and the 6th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.
Herscovici
Herscovici (Romanian: Herșcovici) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Andrée Geulen-Herscovici (1921–2022), Belgian teacher and resistance fighter

Henry Herscovici (1927–1922), Israeli sports shooter

Paul Păun (born Zaharia Herșcovici; 1915–1994), Romanian-Israeli poet and visual artist

Andrée Geulen
Andrée Geulen-Herscovici (6 September 1921 – 31 May 2022) was a Belgian teacher and member of the resistance during the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. After becoming aware of the persecution of Belgian Jews through her employment, she became involved in the Committee for the Defence of Jews (Comité de Défense des Juifs, or CDJ; Joods Verdedigingscomité, JVC) in 1943 and actively assisted with the organisation and protection of "hidden children" amid the Holocaust in Belgium. In the aftermath of the war, she was recognised as Righteous among the Nations by the Israeli institute Yad Vashem and received several other honours in Belgium and Israel.
Szilvia Ruff
Szilvia Ruff (born 19 February 1976) is a Hungarian former football striker. She played for László Korház SC, Renova FC and 1.FC Femina in the Hungarian Championship. She was the championship's top scorer in 1996 and 1998 with 27 and 30 goals respectively.

She was a member of the Hungarian national team for twelve years.

Női NB I
The Női NB I (Hungarian: Női Nemzeti Bajnokság, for "Women's National Championship"), also known as the Simple by DTP Női Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-level women's football league in Hungary. Organized by the Hungarian Football Federation, it features twelve teams. The champion qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Chanie
Chanie [ˈxaɲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nurzec-Stacja, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.

According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 818 people, among whom 2 were Roman Catholic, 726 Orthodox, and 7 Mosaic. At the same time, 4 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 77 Belarusian. There were 17 residential buildings in the village.

Siemiatycze County
Siemiatycze County (Polish: powiat siemiatycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Siemiatycze, which lies 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Drohiczyn, lying 15 km (9 mi) west of Siemiatycze.

The county covers an area of 1,459.58 square kilometres (563.5 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 44,366, out of which the population of Siemiatycze is 14,418, that of Drohiczyn is 1,970, and the rural population is 27,978.
Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)
Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation) is the sixth studio album  by American rock band Counting Crows, released on April 10, 2012, on Cooking Vinyl. The album is composed of cover songs, with vocalist Adam Duritz stating, "Sometimes it's great to play someone else's music and try to make it your own. Sometimes it's great just because it's fun."

Produced by both the band and Shawn Dealy, the album includes compositions from the 1960s through to the 2010s, and features songs written by the band's early contemporaries Tender Mercies and Sordid Humor, both of which included members of Counting Crows before the formation of the band.

Brian Deck
Brian Deck is an American music producer and member of the band Red Red Meat. He co-founded Idful Music Corporation in 1988. Since becoming a full-time producer, Deck has worked with bands and artists including Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Califone, All Smiles, Fruit Bats, Gomez, The Grates, Holopaw, Baby & Hide, David Singer and David Berkeley. Brian currently works at Narwhal Studios (formerly Engine Studios) in Chicago.
Kaskasatjåkka
Kaskasatjåkka is a mountain in Sweden with an elevation of 2,071 metres (6,795 ft) above mean sea level (AMSL). Its peak is located about three kilometres (1.9 miles) north of the mountain huts and research station in the Tarfala Valley.

Tarfala Valley
Tarfala Valley (Swedish: Tarfaladalen or Tarfalavagge, Northern Sami: Darfalvággi) is a valley in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. Several glaciers flow into the valley and glaciological research has been conducted since 1946 at the Tarfala scientific station.
Luz Clarita
Luz Clarita (Spanish pronunciation: [lus klaˈɾita]) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa. The series is a remake of Andrea Celeste and Chispita. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on 30 September 1996 and ended on 21 February 1997.

The series stars Verónica Merchant, César Évora, and Daniela Luján, co-stars Ximena Sariñana, Aitor Iturrioz, and Paty Díaz, with Frances Ondiviela, Sussan Taunton, and Lili Garza as the villains.

Paty Díaz
Paty Díaz (born Patricia Díaz, March 17, 1974, in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model. She is known for her portrayal of Lalita in the telenovela, La usurpadora (1998).
Cole Williams
Cole Williams is an American film and TV actor. He has films including North Country, and Harry + Max (playing a gay teen idol).  He also had a recurring role as Anthony W. on 8 Simple Rules.

Williams was born in Los Angeles County, California, the son of singer-songwriter Paul Williams and Kate (née Clinton) Williams, and brother to Sarah Caitlin Rose Williams.

Teen idol
A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan base. Teen idols are generally young but are not necessarily teenagers themselves. An idol's popularity may be limited to teens, or may extend to all age groups.
Sardargarh Bantva
Sardargardh Bantva was a princely state of India. Founded in 1733 by Khan Shri Sherzamankhanji Babi, the youngest son of Nawab Saheb Salabat Muhammadkhan Babi of Junagadh State, on the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, India, they had an area of approximately 186 km2, and contained 13 mostly Muslim villages. It was a non-salute state.

Upon the independence and partition of British India in August 1947, the princely states (which were not British) had the choice of joining either India or Pakistan or remaining independent. The decision in September 1947 of the ruling prince of Junagadh, Muhammad Mahabat Khan III, to accede his dominions as princely states of Pakistan led to a crisis, as most of his subjects were Hindus. In February 1948 came the Annexation of Junagadh, Bantva Manavadar, and Sardargadh Bantva by India, following a referendum. The last local ruler was Khan Shri Hussain Yavarkhanji Babi.

Muhammad Mahabat Khan III
Sir Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III Rasul Khanji, GCIE, KCSI (2 August 1898 – 17 November 1959) was the last ruling Nawab of Junagadh of the princely state of Junagadh in India from 1911 to 1948. He was the father of Muhammad Dilawar Khanji – former Governor of Sindh and his claimed successor. Famed for his extravagant lifestyle and his love of dogs, his decision to accede Junagadh to the Dominion of Pakistan following India's Independence led to the Indian Army taking military action. He is credited with pioneering a conservation effort in the Nawab of Junagarh's private hunting grounds, in what is now the Gir National Park, that saved India's last few lions from almost certain extinction.
El Djouf
El Djouf (Arabic: الجوف) is a desert, an arid natural region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers northeastern Mauritania and part of northwestern Mali. El Djouf is a part of the Sahara Desert in the north. El Djouf is 320 meters (1,050 feet) above sea level.

A meteorite of a rare type of carbonaceous chondrite was found in El Djouf in October 1989.

Carbonaceous chondrite
Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites. They include some of the most primitive known meteorites. The C chondrites represent only a small proportion (4.6%) of meteorite falls.

Some famous carbonaceous chondrites are: Allende, Murchison, Orgueil, Ivuna, Murray, Tagish Lake, Sutter's Mill, and Winchcombe.
Yann Le Pennec
Yann Le Pennec (born 27 November 1974 in Paimpol) is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2006.

He won two medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 1999. He also has two silvers and two bronzes from the same event from the European Championships.

Le Pennec finished fifth in the C2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

His partner in the boat throughout his C2 career was Philippe Quémerais.

1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation at the Segre Olympic Park. It was the 26th edition. A record eleven nations won medals at these championships.
Rambi Ara
Rambi Ara is a river and tributary to the River Jhelum located in Shopian District in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

It joins the Veshaw River near Sangam in Anantnag District before the confluence finally meets the Jhelum. The Rambi Ara originates in the Pir Panjal Range and has two major tributaries. The Rambi Ara is known for fluctuating water levels and is often affected by flash floods.

Shopian district
Shopian district (Urdu pronunciation: [ʃoːpɪjɑ̃ː]), known as Shupyan (Kashmiri pronunciation: [ʃupʲjan]) in Kashmiri, is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is a hill district with its administrative headquarters in Shopian town. As it is situated on the historical road commonly known as Mughal Road, most of its area is occupied by forests. Shopian district comes under the Pir Panjal Range which makes it very cold in winter. After partition of India, it was a tehsil of Pulwama district. In March, 2007, the district status was granted by the Government of India. The economy of the district depends on agriculture, particularly apple growing.

Shopian district is called "the apple bowl of Kashmir".
Ilikok Island
Ilikok Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Labrador Sea, off southeastern Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. Muingmak Island is in the immediate vicinity.

Ilikok Island is 29 km2 (11 sq mi) in size.

Cumberland Peninsula
Cumberland Peninsula is a peninsula in the southeastern part of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is located between 64°56' and 67°57' north latitude, and 61°56' to 68° west longitude. The Arctic Circle crosses the peninsula, with the Labrador Sea to the southeast, and the Davis Strait to the east, which lies between the peninsula and Greenland. The Cumberland Sound lies to the southwest, separating the Cumberland Peninsula from the Hall Peninsula, which is also part of Baffin Island.

The Cumberland Peninsula is part of the Arctic Tundra biome—the world's coldest and driest biome—as is the rest of Baffin Island. The terrain is mountainous, and Mt. Odin, near the Arctic Circle, rises 7,044 ft (2,147 m).

The peninsula is home to Pangnirtung, which lies on the southwest coast, and the Auyuittuq National Park.
2013–14 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team
The 2013–14 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by seventeenth year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 23–10 overall, 13–5 in Pac-12 play for a tie for a second-place finish. They lost in the quarterfinals in the 2014 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to USC. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Vanderbilt in the first round before falling to Notre Dame in the second round.

2014 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament
The 2014 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the 2014 edition of the Pac-12 Conference's championship tournament. It was held at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington from March 6–9, 2014. USC defeated Oregon State 71-62 to win their first Pac-12 Tournament in school history.
Mansfield Point
Mansfield Point (60°39′S 45°44′W﻿ / ﻿60.650°S 45.733°W﻿ / -60.650; -45.733) is a point marking the east side of the entrance to Norway Bight on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. It was surveyed by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1933 and by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948–49. The feature was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Arthur W. Mansfield of the FIDS, a meteorologist at Grytviken, South Georgia, in 1951, and leader, meteorologist and biologist at Signy Island in 1952.

Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918. They were intended to provide the scientific background to stock management of the commercial Antarctic whale fishery.

Discovery Investigations contributed greatly to knowledge of the whales, the krill they fed on and their habitat's oceanography, while charting the local topography, including Atherton Peak. They continued until 1951, with the final report published in 1980.

Collected specimens are in the Discovery Collections.
Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 17 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Susan Habermas of US.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

1991 Pan American Games
The 1991 Pan American Games, officially known as the XI Pan American Games (Spanish: XI Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Havana 1991 (Spanish: La Habana 1991), were held in Havana, Cuba from 2 to 18 August 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, a multi-use stadium in Havana that holds 50,000 people.
Thailand at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Thailand competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Cross-country skiers Mark Chanloung and Karen Chanloung were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. The Chanloung's were also the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
The 2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony took place on 22 February 2026. It started at 20:30 CET (19:30 UTC) and concluded at 23:00. It was held at the Verona Arena in Verona, Italy.

As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combine the protocol-related and cultural segments. It is the first Olympics Games closing ceremony under the IOC presidency of Kirsty Coventry.

The city of Verona was chosen to host the ceremony, even though no events were scheduled to take place there: the intention was for this ceremony to be held in a setting reminiscent of the ancient Olympic Games. The ancient Roman amphitheater, that regularly hosts a famous open-air opera festival as well as other cultural events, will also host the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics on 6 March. The Teatro Filarmonico, an opera theatre in Verona, served as a secondary venue.
Mle'a
Mle'a (Hebrew: מְלֵאָה,  lit. whole yield) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 363.

Gilboa Regional Council
Gilboa Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית הגלבוע, Mo'atza Azorit (ha)Gilbo'a) is a regional council in northern Israel, located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007.  The size of the area is about 250,000 acres.

It is bordered on the north and west by the Jezreel Valley and the Jezreel Valley Regional Council; on the east by the Beit She'an Valley and the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council, and on the south by the West Bank's Samarian mountains.
Red Buttes Wilderness
The Red Buttes Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Klamath and Rogue River national forests in the U.S. states of Oregon and California. It comprises 19,940 acres (8,070 ha), approximately 16,190 acres (6,550 ha) of which is located in California, and 3,750 acres (1,520 ha) in Oregon.  It was established by the California Wilderness Act of 1984 and the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984.

California Wilderness Act of 1984
The California Wilderness Act of 1984 is a federal law (Public Law 98-425), passed by the United States Congress on September 28, 1984, that authorized the addition of over 3 million acres (12,000 km2)  within the state of California to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Conservation activist George Whitmore later credited the Act with establishing "the longest stretch of de facto wilderness in the lower 48 states." The California Wilderness Act was one of a number of federal Wildnerness Acts signed in 1984 which established and expanded wilderness areas in different states, including the Washington, Oregon and Vermont Wilderness Acts.
Donal Barrington
Donal Patrick Michael Barrington (28 February 1928 – 3 January 2018) was an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1996 to 2000, a Judge of the European Court of Justice from 1989 to 1996 and a Judge of the High Court from 1979 to 1989.

He was known to be an advocate for progressive policies, he was also the first President of the Irish Human Rights Commission.

As a barrister, he was a key advocate for social change. He successfully represented May McGee, in the landmark 1973 case over the ban on importing contraceptives in Ireland, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the ban infringed on married couples' right to privacy. He was appointed a High Court judge in 1979 and subsequently a judge of the Court of First Instance of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in 1989.

General Court (European Union)
The General Court, informally known as the European General Court (abbr.  EGC), is a constituent court of the Court of Justice of the European Union. It hears actions taken against the institutions of the European Union by individuals and member states, although certain matters are reserved for the European Court of Justice. Decisions of the General Court can be appealed to the Court of Justice, but only on a point of law. Prior to the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009, it was known as the Court of First Instance.
Chere Burger
Chere Burger (born 11 June 1982) is a South African dressage rider. She competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy where she finished 20th with the South African team in the team competition and 82nd in the individual dressage competition.

2014 FEI World Equestrian Games
The 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games were held in the region of Normandy, France. It was the seventh edition of the Games, which are held every four years and run by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). For team events in the dressage, eventing, and show jumping disciplines, these Games were the first qualifying event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.