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Wahome Mutahi
Wahome Mutahi (24 October 1954 – 22 July 2003) was a humourist from Kenya. He was popularly known as Whispers after the name of the column he wrote for The Daily Nation from 1982 to 2003, offering a satirical view of the trials and tribulations of Kenyan life.

Humorist
A humorist is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking. A raconteur is one who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.

Henri Bergson writes that a humorist's work grows from viewing the morals of society.

The term comedian is generally applied to one who is performing to an audience for laughter.
Minami-Centrair
Minami-Centrair (南セントレア市, Minami-sentorea-shi) was the name of the city that would have been established  through a merger between the towns of Minamichita and Mihama, both located in Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, which failed in 2005.

The proposed name was highly controversial among local residents, and was the main reason why the merger failed. Despite the name, the Chubu Centrair International Airport is not located in either of the towns, but is located in the city Tokoname north of the two cities.

Minamichita
Minamichita (南知多町, Minamichita-chō) is a town in Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the town had an estimated population of 17,393 in 7338 households, and a population density of 453 persons per km2. The total area of the town was 38.37 square kilometres (14.81 sq mi).
Zolochiv urban hromada
Zolochiv urban territorial hromada (Ukrainian: Золочівська міська територіальна громада, romanized: Zolochivska miska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Zolochiv.

Zolochiv urban hromada has a total area of 630.7 square kilometres (243.5 mi2). Its total population is 48,822 (2022 estimate).

The hromada was established in 2020, as part of administrative reforms in Ukraine.

Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast (Ukrainian: Львівська область, romanized: Lvivska oblast, IPA: [ˈlʲwiu̯sʲkɐ ˈɔblɐsʲtʲ]), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (Ukrainian: Львівщина, IPA: [ˈlʲwiu̯ʃtʃɪnɐ]), is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is 2,478,133 (2022 estimate).
Markus Fothen
Markus Fothen (born 9 September 1981 in Kaarst) is a retired German road racing cyclist, who rode as a professional between 2004 and 2013.

In 2003 Fothen won the under-23 World Championship time trial in Hamilton, Canada. He completed the 30.8 km course in 38:35.29, beating his nearest rival by nearly 20 seconds.

During 2006 Tour de France, Fothen held the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification for 13 stages, losing it to Damiano Cunego on the 17th stage.  He finished the Tour 38 seconds behind Cunego.

Kaarst
Kaarst (German pronunciation: [ˈkaːɐ̯st] ⓘ; Limburgish: Kaasj) is a town in Germany. It lies in the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is 5 km west of Neuss and 12 km east of Mönchengladbach.
Avner Mandelman
Avner Mandelman is an Israeli-Canadian businessman and writer. His debut novel The Debba, published in 2010, won the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

A former hedge fund manager in Toronto, Ontario, Mandelman has also published two short story collections and the investment guide The Sleuth Investor. His short story collection Talking to the Enemy won the first Sophie Brody Award for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature from the American Library Association in 2006. Talking to the Enemy, containing stories featured in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize Stories, was recognized as a Best Book of 2005 by Kirkus Reviews and won the J. I. Segal Award for Fiction in 2000.

Sophie Brody Award
The Sophie Brody Award (Sophie Brody Meda) is an annual award of the American Library Association, administered by the Reference and User Services Association RUSA.   It is given for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature, for works published the previous year, in the US.  It was established in 2006.

The award is named after Sophie Brody and was established by her husband, Arthur Brody, and the Brodart Foundation.
Ladhe Wala Waraich
Ladhe Wala Waraich (Punjabi and Urdu: لدھونوالہ وڑائچ), is a city of Gujranwala District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is part of Gujranwala Saddar Tehsil. Ladhe Wala Waraich lies to the west of Gujranwala and is part of the larger metropolitan area.

Gujranwala District
Gujranwala District is a district within the Gujranwala Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It is bordered by the districts of Wazirabad, Sialkot, Hafizabad and Sheikhupura. Gujranwala district has 5 National Assembly and 12 Punjab Assembly constituencies.
Tony Fletcher (politician)
Anthony William Fletcher (27 October 1934 – 27 August 2020) was an Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1981 to 2005, representing first Russell and then Murchison.

Fletcher, who was born in Hobart, first entered the Council in 1981; although an Independent, he served as Leader of the Liberal Government in the Legislative Council from 1986–89 (during Robin Gray's premiership) and from 1996–98 (Tony Rundle's premiership). In 1999, the seat of Russell was replaced with Murchison, which Fletcher won. He retired from the Legislative Council in 2005.

The ashes of beloved Smithton Magpies CHFA legend Tony Fletcher were scattered in the railway end pack pocket of the Smithton football ground on April 10, 2022 as part of a Magpies’ reunion following a request from his family.
Mr Fletcher guided the club to nine premierships in the competition as playing coach between 1958 and 1968.

Robin Gray (Australian politician)
Robin Trevor Gray AO (born 1 March 1940) is an Australian former politician who was Premier of Tasmania from 1982 to 1989. A Liberal, he was elected Liberal state leader in 1981 and in 1982 defeated the Labor government of Harry Holgate on a policy of "state development," particularly the building of the Franklin Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Franklin River.  He was only the second non-Labor premier to hold the post in 48 years, and the first in 51 years to govern in majority.
1990 Trofeo Ilva-Coppa Mantegazza – Doubles
Sabrina Goleš and Mercedes Paz were the defending champions, but both players chose to compete at Hamburg during the same week, with different partners.

Elena Brioukhovets and Eugenia Maniokova won the title by defeating Silvia Farina and Rita Grande 7–6(7–4), 6–1 in the final.

Rita Grande
Rita Grande  (born 23 March 1975) is a former tennis player from Italy.

During her career, Grande won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 5 November 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 24. On 28 May 2001, she peaked at No. 26 in the doubles rankings.

She played the round of 16 in singles at least once in each of the Grand Slam championships, including twice consecutively at the Australian Open, in 2001 and 2002.

Following a bad elbow injury that kept her away from competition for about ten months, Rita Grande retired from professional sport in October 2005.
Hossein Malek-Afzali
Hossein Malek-Afzali (Persian: حسین ملک‌افضلی; born 1939) is an Iranian scientist, physician, and an associate of World Health Organization.

He is currently professor at the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University. He also acted as deputy health minister of Iran.

Malek-Afzali is the author of more than 80 articles in international journals and several books in English and Persian.

In 2007, Malek-Afzali was awarded the United Nations Population Award. He has helped design strategies to improve health procedures, particularly adolescent health, reproductive health and family planning. In the field of reproductive health, he has engaged policymakers and religious leaders in the planning and implementation of reproductive health programmes in Iran.

United Nations Population Award
The United Nations Population Award is an international award presented annually by the United Nations Population Fund to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to population and reproductive health issues. Recipients of the award receive a medal, a diploma, and a monetary prize.
2025 Wakhan National T20 Cup
The 2025 Wakhan National T20 Cup, also known as X-Bull Wakhan National T20 Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the National T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket competition played in Afghanistan. The tournament took place from 28 June to 7 July 2025. Four regional teams competing in a double round-robin league, with the matches being held at Kunduz Cricket Ground in Kunduz.

Kunduz Cricket Ground
Kunduz Cricket Ground (Pashto: د کندز کرکټ میدان), is a cricket stadium in Kunduz, Afghanistan. It is owned and operated by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB).

The ground held its first List A match in the 2024 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament when Maiwand Champions played Pamir Legends.
Bijayapur-1 Hydropower Station
Bijayapur-1 Hydropower Station (Nepali: बिजयपुर-१ जलविद्युत आयोजना) is a run-of-river hydro-electric plant located in  Kaski District of Nepal. The flow from Bijayapur River is used to generate 4.5 MW electricity. The plant is owned and developed by Bhagawati Hydropower Development Company, an IPP of Nepal. The plant started generating electricity from 2069-05-05 BS. The generation licence will expire in 2101-12-21 BS, after which the plant will be handed over to the government. The power station is connected to the national grid and the electricity is sold to Nepal Electricity Authority.

Independent Power Producers Association
The Independent Power Producers Association, Nepal (IPPAN; स्वतन्त्र उर्जा उत्पादकहरुको संस्था, नेपाल) is an association of private developers and owners of power production companies in Nepal. It is a non-profit, non-government, autonomous organization and was established in 2001. Its main objective is to link the private sector and government organizations involved in hydropower generation. IPPAN is primarily a membership organization. The General Assembly comprises both institutional and individual members. The General Assembly elects the Board of Directors, which then formulates the plans and policies of the organization. As of 2020, there are 580 private hydropower projects that are in operation or under construction with a total capacity to generate 21,000 MW. The private sector has invested about NPR 600 billion in these projects.
Luis Díaz (volleyball)
Luis Augusto Díaz Mayorca (born August 20, 1983) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the final his team defeated Cuba 3–0 (25–23, 25–18, 25–20).

He won with his team the gold medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.

He was born in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela.

2003 Pan American Games
The 2003 Pan American Games, officially the XIV Pan American Games (Spanish: XIV Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Santo Domingo 2003, were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003.  The successful bid for the Games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America.

All 42 PASO countries and over 5,223 athletes pre-registered for participation in the XIV Pan American Games. An additional 2,425 trainers and delegates attended. The United States pre-registered the most athletes (713) and Saint Lucia entered the least (6).  The host country entered 562 athletes.
Gzhel (rural locality)
Gzhel (Russian: Гжель) is the name of several rural localities in Russia:

Gzhel (selo), Moscow Oblast, a selo in Gzhelskoye Rural Settlement of Ramensky District in Moscow Oblast; 55°36′N 38°24′E﻿ / ﻿55.600°N 38.400°E﻿ / 55.600; 38.400

Gzhel (settlement), Moscow Oblast, a settlement in Gzhelskoye Rural Settlement of Ramensky District in Moscow Oblast; 55°37′N 38°26′E﻿ / ﻿55.617°N 38.433°E﻿ / 55.617; 38.433

Gzhel, Smolensk Oblast, a village in Bogdanovshchinskoye Rural Settlement of Safonovsky District in Smolensk Oblast

Safonovsky District
Safonovsky District (Russian: Сафо́новский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,258.46 square kilometers (872.00 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Safonovo. Population: 61,572 (2010 Census);  65,251 (2002 Census); 17,115 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Safonovo accounts for 74.9% of the district's total population.
Varadarāja
Varadarāja was a 17th-century Hindu Sanskrit grammarian. He compiled an abridgement of the work of his master, the  Siddhānta Kaumudī of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, in three versions,  referred to as madhya "middle", laghu "short" and sāra "substance, quintessence" versions of the Siddhāntakaumudī, the latter reducing the number of rules to 723 (out of the full 3,959 of Pāṇini). These are comparatively accessible introductions to the very technical grammar of Pāṇini himself, and the 1849 translation by Ballantyne was important to the understanding of native Indian grammatical tradition in Western scholarship (Pāṇini's grammar was first translated by Otto von Böhtlingk in 1887).

Otto von Böhtlingk
Otto von Böhtlingk (Russian: Оттон Николаевич Бётлингк, romanized: Otton Nikolayevich Byotlingk; 30 May [O.S. 11 June] 1815 – 19 March [O.S. 1 April] 1904) was a Russian-German Indologist and Sanskrit scholar. His magnum opus was a Sanskrit-German dictionary.
David Weatherley (rugby union)
David Julian Weatherley (born 9 May 1972) is a Welsh former rugby union international.

Weatherley was born in Swansea and attended Gowerton Comprehensive School.

A utility back, Weatherley started his career at Swansea RFC as a scrum-half but made the most impression after a switch to fullback. It was as a fullback that he won a place on the Wales squad for the 1998 tour of Africa. He earned his first Test cap against Zimbabwe in Harare, only to injure his knee after 30 minutes and be substituted off. The injury ended his tour and he didn't feature again for Wales. He left Swansea for Ebbw Vale RFC in 2001.

Ebbw Vale RFC
Ebbw Vale Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Glyn Ebwy) is a Welsh Rugby Union Club based in the town of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales.

The club play in the Super Rygbi Cymru and act as a feeder club for the Dragons regional team.
Bermuda national under-19 cricket team
The Bermuda Under-19 cricket team represents Bermuda in Under-19 international cricket competitions. It has qualified for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup on one occasion, in 2008.

Bermuda took part in the 2009 ICC Americas Under-19 Championship, finishing 3rd and so just missing out on the chance to progress to the World Cup Qualifier. They won three matches losing only to Canada and the United States.

Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup
The ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth Cricket World Cup, it was not staged again until 1998. Since then, the World Cup has been held as a biennial event, organised by the ICC. The first edition of the tournament had only eight participants, but every subsequent edition has included sixteen teams. Among the full members, India have won the World Cup on a record six occasions, while Australia have won four times, Pakistan twice, and Bangladesh, England, South Africa and the West Indies once each. New Zealand and Sri Lanka have reached tournament finals without winning. India are the current champions, having defeated England by 100 runs in the final of the 2026 World Cup
Montchanin coal mine
The Montchanin coal mines were collieries that operated between 1820 and 1913 in the commune of Montchanin and several neighboring communes in Saône-et-Loire, central-eastern France.

Two concessions (Montchanin and Longpendu) were granted, before being merged in 1866 and acquired by Schneider et Cie in 1869. Mining at Montchanin enjoyed two periods of prosperity (1849-1864 and 1875-1885), before declining and collapsing at the beginning of the 20th century. The total production of the deposit, which belongs to the Blanzy coalfield, amounts to 7 million tons.

At the beginning of the 21st century, several remnants remain, including slag heaps, partially open shafts, ventilation shafts, and ruins of mining buildings.

Le Creusot
Le Creusot (pronounced [lə kʁøzo]) is a commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire department, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerly a mining town, its economy is now dominated by metallurgical companies such as ArcelorMittal, Schneider Electric, and Alstom.

Since the 1990s, the town has been developing its tourism credentials. Its main attraction is the Parc des Combes. The Creusot steam hammer is exposed as a tourist attraction in a square at the entrance to the town from the south.

Le Creusot is also the second educational centre of the Bourgogne (after Dijon), with its IUT and the Condorcet university centre.
Yordan Bozov
Yordan Bozov (Bulgarian: Йордан Бозов, born 25 January 1979) is a former Bulgarian professional basketball player, who last played for Rilski Sportist. Bozov has represented the national team of his country.

BC Rilski Sportist
BC Rilski Sportist (Bulgarian: БК "Рилски Спортист") is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Samokov. The team is part of NBL, FIBA Europe Cup, and BIBL. They play their home matches at the Arena Samokov, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.
Live in Warsaw (IAMX album)
Live in Warsaw is the first live album by IAMX, released on 14 November 2008 through record company 61seconds. The album was originally only to be released in Poland (under exclusive license to Vision Film), however it was made available worldwide by an online retailer. The album is now out of print. It was available as a digital download. On 26 June 2020 the digital download version was re-released .

The performance was recorded on 29 July 2007 at the Agnieszka Osiecka Music Studio of Polish Radio, in front of a live audience for Polskie Radio Program III. The album was mixed in Berlin at IAMX2 studios.

Lyrics on Tracks 6, 9 and 10 co-written/written by Ian Pickering.

Lyrics on Track 9 co-written by Liam Howe.

Polskie Radio Program III
Polskie Radio Program III (Polish Radio Three), known also as Radiowa Trójka or shortly Trójka is a radio channel broadcast by the Polish public broadcaster, Polskie Radio. It is a music station playing a wide variety of music from rock, alternative, jazz and others. It is broadcast on FM, via satellite and online. The studios are located at Myśliwiecka Street 3/5/7 in Warsaw.
Olivia Carlsson
Olivia Carlsson (born 2 March 1995) is a Swedish ice hockey player captain of MoDo Hockey Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She has been a member of the Swedish national ice hockey team since 2012.

Carlsson represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics and in the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019.

2015 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 16th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was played in Malmö, Sweden, from 28 March to 4 April 2015. Venues included the Malmö Isstadion, and Rosengårds Ishall.

The United States securing their second consecutive and sixth title overall, after defeated Canada in the gold medal game 7–5. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Russia 4–1.
Bérengère Dautun
Bérengère Dautun (born 10 May 1939), whose first name is sometimes written Bérangère whose real name is Bérengère Marie Gaubens-Cabrol, is a French actress, resident of the Comédie-Française in 1964, then member of the society from 1972 to 1997. She is the wife of the surgeon Christian Cabrol since 1998.

Edmond Rostand
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (UK: /ˈrɒstɒ̃/, US: /rɔːˈstɒ̃, ˈrɒstænd/, French: [ɛdmɔ̃ ʁɔstɑ̃]; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century. Another of Rostand's works, Les Romanesques (1894), was adapted to the 1960 musical comedy The Fantasticks.
2015 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles
Raluca Olaru and Anna Tatishvili were the defending champions, but lost to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the first round.
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears won the title, defeating Hlaváčková and Hradecká in the final, 6–3, 7–5.

Raquel Atawo
Raquel Atawo (née Kops-Jones; born December 8, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player, who is currently the head women's tennis coach for the Washington State Cougars.

She is primarily a doubles specialist, winning 18 WTA doubles titles, including two Premier-5 titles at the 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open and the 2014 Cincinnati Masters, and reaching the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside her regular partner, fellow American Abigail Spears.

Before serving as the head coach at Washington State, Atawo was an assistant women's tennis coach for Auburn University and a volunteer coach for University of California women's tennis.
Periscope antenna
In telecommunications, a periscope antenna is an antenna configuration in which the transmitting antenna is oriented to produce a vertical radiation pattern, and a flat or off-axis parabolic reflector, mounted above the transmitting antenna, is used to direct the beam in a horizontal path toward the receiving antenna.

A periscope antenna facilitates increased terrain clearance without long transmission lines, while permitting the active equipment to be located at or near ground level for ease of maintenance.

Course (navigation)
In navigation, the course of a watercraft or aircraft is the cardinal direction in which the craft is to be steered. The course is to be distinguished from the heading, which is the direction where the watercraft's bow or the aircraft's nose is pointed.
The path that a vessel follows is called a track or, in the case of aircraft, ground track (also known as course made good or course over the ground). The intended track is a route.
Entoloma medianox
Entoloma medianox is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Entolomataceae. It is known from western North America, where it was previously referred to the European species Entoloma bloxamii or E. madidum. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has, however, shown that Entoloma medianox is distinct.

Agaric
An agaric (/ˈæɡərɪk, əˈɡærɪk/) is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. It is a type of mushroom (or toadstool), the diverse group of agarics being lumped together as gilled mushrooms. "Agaric" can also refer more generally to any basidiomycete species characterized by an agaric-type fruiting body.