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EuroBasket 2029 bidding process
The EuroBasket 2029 bidding process entails the bids for the EuroBasket 2029. The four eventual winners will be decided during the FIBA Europe Board on 23 May 2025 in Riga, Latvia. The winners were Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain, with the latter hosting the final phase.

Lithuanian Basketball Federation
The Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lithuanian: Lietuvos krepšinio federacija), also known as LKF, is a national governing body of basketball in Lithuania. It was founded in 1936, but due to Soviet occupation, the federation disappeared from FIBA. It was reinstated in 1991, following the Independence of Lithuania. In 2011, the famous basketball player, Arvydas Sabonis, was elected as the commissioner of the federation.
Sigrid Snoilsky
Sigrid Fredrika Juliana Snoilsky (1813–1856) was a Swedish painter and countess.

She was born Sigrid Fredrica Juliana Banér on 14 November 1813 in Östra Ryd parish, Östergötland, Sweden. Her parents were Margareta von Both and Johan Gustaf Banér, a lieutenant colonel. She married in 1840 to Nils Snoilsky, a Justice and Chamberlain Count. Together they had a son, Carl Johan Gustaf Snoilsky who went on to become a known poet.

Her work is included in various public museum collections including the Nationalmuseum in Sweden, amongst others.

Östergötland
Östergötland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈœ̂sːtɛrˌjøːtland] ⓘ; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, the Latinized version Ostrogothia is also used. The corresponding administrative county, Östergötland County, covers the entire province and parts of neighbouring provinces.
Lawrence Watson (politician)
Lawrence E. Watson (31 October 1917 – 22 December 1990) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Avonlea, Saskatchewan and became a farmer and farmer by career.

He was first elected at the Assiniboia riding in 
the 1963 general election after an unsuccessful attempt to win the riding in 1962. Watson was re-elected there in 1965 but defeated in 1968. He also contested an 8 November 1971 by-election at Assiniboia but again was unable to win back the seat in Parliament.

1968 Canadian federal election
The 1968 Canadian federal election was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 28th Parliament of Canada.

In April 1968, Prime Minister Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party resigned as party leader as a result of declining health and failing to win a majority government in two attempts. He was succeeded by his Minister of Justice and Attorney General Pierre Trudeau, who called an election immediately after becoming prime minister. Trudeau's charisma appealed to Canadian voters; his popularity became known as "Trudeaumania" and helped him win a comfortable majority. Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives lost seats whereas the New Democratic Party's support stayed the same.
Lauri Miranda Silva
Lauri Miranda Silva (Porto Velho, July 22, 1986) is a professor with a degree in History from the Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR) and a doctorate from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She is the first trans woman in Brazil to earn a doctorate in History, a fact that occurred in 2023 through the defense of her thesis "Subversive Voices and Transgressive Bodies: Memory of the (Re) Existence of LGBTQIA+ Movement Militants and Intersectional Womanhoods Against Oppression in Rondônia (1980 to 2022)" (Portuguese: Vozes subversivas e corpos transgressores: memoria da (re) existência de militantes do movimento LGBTQIA+ e de mulheridades contra a opressão interseccionais em Rondônia (1980 a 2022)), in which she addresses the LGBTQIA+ and women's movements in the state of Rondônia and their struggles against oppression, as well as her life trajectory as a trans woman.

Porto Velho
Porto Velho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoʁtu ˈvɛʎu], Old Port) is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is 460,434 people (as of the IBGE 2022 estimation). Located on the border of Rondônia and the state of Amazonas, the town is an important trading center for cassiterite, the mining of tin, which represents the most important economic activity in the region, as well as a transportation and communication center. It is on the eastern shore of the Madeira River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River. It is also Rondônia's largest city, and the largest state capital of Brazil by area.

The municipality occupies most of the border between Amazonas and Rondônia, and is both the westernmost and northernmost city in the state.
Alfred Parsons (artist)
Alfred William Parsons RA (2 December 1847 – 16 January 1920) was an English artist: illustrator, landscape painter and garden designer.

Alfred Parsons was well known for his English landscape paintings and fine botanical illustrations which brought him into contact with William Robinson, for whom he provided illustrations. He regularly exhibited his art work from 1868 to 1919.  He also artistically designed significant gardens mostly in England and some in Scotland and the United States. Parsons and his contemporaries believed that an artist could design better gardens. He won the Chantrey Bequest in 1887 and the published his book Notes From Japan in 1896. Parsons became President of the Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1905, and among many other works, he illustrated Ellen Willmott's The Genus Rosa. He was a keen gardener and for the last six years of his life took care of his roses at Luggershill, Broadway, Worcestershire, England.

Garden designer
A garden designer is someone who designs the plan and features of gardens, either as an amateur or professional. The compositional elements of garden design and landscape design are: terrain, water, planting, constructed elements and buildings, paving, site characteristics and genius loci, and the local climatic qualities.
Pasha Pashkov
Pavel "Pasha" Pashkov (born 28 May 1986) is a Russian and American professional dancer and choreographer. He began his career in dancesport and rose to prominence as a contestant on the second season of World of Dance with his wife, Daniella Karagach.

Pashkov continued his competitive dancing career by joining Dancing with the Stars as a pro in September 2019.

World of Dance (TV series)
World of Dance is an American reality competition television series executive produced by Jennifer Lopez. The first two seasons were hosted by Jenna Dewan. The third season saw a change in hosts, as Scott Evans hosted season three and four. The series features dance performers, including solo acts and larger groups, representing any style of dance, competing for a grand prize of $1 million. The contestants are scored by judges Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough.

The series was created in partnership with the World of Dance enterprise, which produces dance competitions and dance lifestyle events in more than 25 countries, spanning the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia. Videos captured from these events have driven more than 1 billion views online.

The series premiered on NBC on May 30, 2017. The fourth season premiered on May 26, 2020.

In March 2021, the series was canceled after four seasons.
Provençal quilts
The term Provençal quilting, also known as boutis, refers to the wholecloth quilts done using a stuffing technique traditionally made in the South of France from the 17th century onwards. Boutis is a Provençal word meaning 'stuffing', describing how two layers of fabric are quilted together with stuffing sandwiched between sections of the design, creating a raised effect. The three main forms of the Provençal quilt are matelassage, piqûre de Marseilles (also known as Marseilles work or piqué marseillais), and boutis. These terms, along with trapunto are often debated and confused, but they are all forms of stuffed quilting associated with the region.

Southern France
Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as le Midi, is a geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy. It includes southern Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the west, Occitania in the centre, the southern parts of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the northeast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the southeast, as well as the island of Corsica in the southeast. Southern France is generally considered part of southern Europe because of its association with the Mediterranean Sea.

The colloquial French name for the region, le Midi, is derived from an Old French compound composed of mi ("middle")  and di ("day"), meaning literally "midday". Thus, the term is comparable in both origin and meaning to Mezzogiorno, which indicates southern Italy, and Romanian Miazăzi which is a synonym for south.
Juan Ángel Esparza
Juan Ángel Esparza (born May 6, 1973, in Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor.

Esparza debuted as an actor in 1992 on the telenovela Las secretas intenciones and continued with others such as Rencor apasionado, Tres mujeres, Amigas y rivales, Las vías del amor and Cuidado con el ángel.

He has also participated in series such as Bienes raíces, Central de Abasto, Mujer, casos de la vida real and Tiempo final.

Amigas y rivales
Amigas y rivales (English: Friends and Rivals) is a Mexican juvenile telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2001. On Monday, February 26, 2001, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Amigas y rivales weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing Primer amor, a mil por hora. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, November 9, 2001 with El juego de la vida replacing it the following Monday.

It stars Michelle Vieth, Arath de la Torre, Angélica Vale, Johnny Lozada, Ludwika Paleta, Rodrigo Vidal, Adamari López and Gabriel Soto.
Martin Bier
Martin (Max) Bier (1 April 1854 – August 1934) was a German chess master.
He won at Wesselburen 1879, took 4th at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st DSB Congress, Berthold Englisch won), took 7th at Braunschweig 1880 (the 13th WDSB Kongress, Louis Paulsen won), tied for 13-14th at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd DSB-Congress, Szymon Winawer won), took 18th at Hamburg 1885 (the 4th DSB-Congress, Isidor Gunsberg won), took 7th at Hamburg 1905 (Paul Saladin Leonhardt won), and shared 4th at Hamburg 1913 (Paul Krüger won).

Berthold Englisch
Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851 in Hotzenplotz – 19 October 1897 in Vienna) was a chess master from Austria-Hungary.

Englisch was born in Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent.

He won the tournaments at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st DSB Congress), at Wiesbaden 1880 (ex-equo with Blackburne and A. Schwarz, ahead of Schallopp, Mason, Bird, Winawer, etc.) and at Vienna 1896 (Quadrangular).

He lost two matches against Vincenz Hruby in 1882 and to Emanuel Lasker in 1890, both scoring 1.5 : 3.5, and drew a match with Harry Nelson Pillsbury 2.5 : 2.5 (+0 –0 =5) in 1896, all in Vienna.
Eva Nordmark
Eva Nordmark (born 21 February 1971) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and union leader. She has served as Minister for Employment in the Löfven cabinet as well as the Andersson Cabinet since September 2019. Previously she was head of the union TCO from 2011 to 2019, and served as a member of Riksdag from 1995 to 1998.

She was born in Luleå and started her political career by joining the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League, SSU, in Norrbotten. At 20, she became a local councillor and was elected an MP at 24. After graduating, Eva Nordmark started working for the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, while becoming increasingly active at the then SKTF trade union, now called Vision. She made a name for herself as a rejuvenator of the union, partly by aiming for 30% of all elected representatives to be younger than 35.

Vision (trade union)
Vision (formerly SKTF and Sveriges Kommunaltjänstemannaförbund) is a trade union in Sweden, generally representing white-collar workers in municipalities, county councils and churches.

Vision has almost 200,000 members in a variety of professional groups, such as managers, social security officers, engineers, administrators, medical secretaries and dental practitioners.

Vision is a Fair Union and was the first trade union to use the concept (2007).

The organisation was founded in 1936 and is affiliated with the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees, and Public Services International.
Nail'd
Nail'd is an off-road arcade racing game developed by Techland for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Nail'd was released on 30 November 2010 in North America and later on in 2011 in the PAL region and Japan. The game focuses on ATV and dirtbike racing, with an emphasis on speed and verticality.

Nail'd is published by Deep Silver and Cyberfront and features a soundtrack including bands such as Rise Against, Slipknot and Queens of the Stone Age.

Techland
Techland S.A. is a Polish video game developer and publisher founded in 1991 by Paweł Marchewka. It developed Call of Juarez (2006) and its prequel Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (2009), as well as Dead Island (2011) and the Dying Light series. The company is headquartered in Wrocław in western Poland and has offices in Wrocław and Warsaw.
Legislatures of Kingdom of Nepal
Kingdom of Nepal (1768 - 2008), first time introduced legislature in 1948. Rana Prime Minister Padma Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana forms Constitution Reform Committee to draft first constitution of Nepal in 1947 and Government of Nepal Act, 1948 passed in 1948. However, Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana suspended the promulgation of the Constitution.

In 1950, Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana himself promulgates the Government of Nepal Act, 1948 which was suspended by him in 1948.

On January 15, 2007 a new legislature promulgated The interim constitution of Nepal, 2007 which declared Nepal a democratic country and abolished Kingdom.

Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Maharaja Sir Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: पद्म शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा; 5 December 1882 – Calcutta, India, 11 April 1961) was the hereditary prime minister of Nepal and Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski from 29 November 1945 to 30 April 1948 as the head of the Rana dynasty. He was one of the first prime ministers of Nepal in over a century to advocate for social development, and even proclaimed himself to be "A servant of the nation".
European route E45 in Sweden
European route E45 in Sweden, previously  Swedish national road 45, is a national road and the longest road in Sweden, with a length of 1,690 km (1,050 mi).

It is one of the longest national roads in Europe. It covers the stretch between Gothenburg and Karesuando via Trollhättan, Vänersborg, Mellerud, Åmål, Säffle, Grums, Sunne, Torsby, Stöllet, Malung, Mora, Sveg, Brunflo, Östersund, Strömsund, Dorotea, Vilhelmina, Storuman, Sorsele, Arvidsjaur, Jokkmokk, Gällivare, Svappavaara, and Vittangi.

It is also called Inlandsvägen (The Inland Road) as it traverses almost the entire length of Sweden. Most sections of the road pass through substantial and thinly populated wilderness areas in western Sweden. In many places the E45 road runs alongside the Inlandsbanan railway (The Inland Railway).

Strömsund
Strömsund (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstrœ̂mːsɵnd]; Southern Sami: Straejmie) is a locality and the seat of Strömsund Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,589 inhabitants in 2010.

The church  (Ströms kyrka) was inaugurated in 1847.The Grand Hotel dates to 1909. The Court House (Tingshuset) was inaugurated in 1911 and was designed by architect Frans Bertil Wallberg (1862–1935). Strömsund railway station was built in 1913. It is on a branch line from Ulriksfors at the Inland Line.  Strömsund Bridge (Strömsundsbron), a cable-stayed road bridge, bringing European route E45 over Ströms vattudal  in Strömsund,  opened in 1956. Strömsund's Municipal Building (Strömsunds kommunalhus) was designed by architect firm Klemming & Thelaus in 1958.

Strömsund is noted for being pictured in the 1974 Swedish movie Dunderklumpen! directed by Per Åhlin.

The following sports clubs are located in Strömsund:

IFK Strömsund

IBK Strömsund
Kuppe (Harz)
The Kuppe is a mountain in the Harz that lies north of Sankt Andreasberg in the district of Goslar in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is 729.1 metres high and is connected to the Jordanshöhe in the west.

Goslar (district)
Goslar (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔslaʁ]) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim, Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel, the city of Salzgitter, and by the states of Saxony-Anhalt (district of Harz) and Thuringia (Nordhausen).
Ayatollah (music producer)
Lamont Dorrell, known as Ayatollah,  is a hip hop record producer. He has mainly produced music for New York–based rappers, including Mos Def, Talib Kweli, R.A. the Rugged Man, Tragedy Khadafi, Wordsworth, Vast Aire, Afu-Ra, Guru, M.O.P., Inspectah Deck, Cormega, and Ghostface Killah.

Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli Greene (/tæˈlɪb kwɑːˈliː/; born October 3, 1975) is an American rapper. He is one half of the hip-hop duo Black Star, which he formed in 1997 with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def. Their 1998 single, "Definition", entered the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded their eponymous debut album (1998), which entered the Billboard 200. The duo then began pursuing solo careers, although one further Black Star album — No Fear of Time (2022) — has been released.

In 2011, Kweli founded his own record label, Javotti Media.
Tania Mathias
Tania Wyn Mathias (born 21 June 1964) is a British politician and ophthalmologist. She served as the Member of Parliament for Twickenham from May 2015 to June 2017.

In May 2024, Mathias was selected as the Conservative candidate for Maidenhead for the 2024 general election, following the retirement of the incumbent MP and former Prime Minister Theresa May. She was defeated by Josh Reynolds of the Liberal Democrats.

Joshua Reynolds (politician)
Joshua Peter Reynolds (born 13 January 1999) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 2024, winning the seat from the Conservative Party after former prime minister Theresa May stood down at the general election. Reynolds has been a member of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council since 2019.
2012 San Jose City Council election
The 2012 San Jose City Council election took place on June 5, 2012, to elect five of the ten seats of the San Jose City Council, with runoff elections taking place on November 6, 2012. Runoffs only occurred if no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the contest. Local elections in California are officially nonpartisan. Each councilmember is term-limited after two consecutive terms in office.

Nancy Pyle
Nancy Pyle (née Halloran; 1937 or 1938 – July 14, 2023) was an American educator and politician. A Democrat, she served on the San Jose City Council from 2005 to 2012. Pyle was previously a school teacher and president of her local community college district board.
Lethbridge County
Lethbridge County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is in Census Division No. 2 and part of the Lethbridge census agglomeration. It was known as the County of Lethbridge prior to December 4, 2013. Its name was changed in time for 2014 to coincide with its 50th anniversary.

Southern Alberta
Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.  In 2016, the region's population was approximately 291,112. The primary cities are Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. The region is known mostly for agricultural production, but other sectors, such as alternative energy, film production and tourism, are emerging.
German submarine U-2511
German submarine U-2511 was a Type XXI submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Elektroboot submarine was laid down on 7 July 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 2 September 1944, and commissioned on 29 September 1944 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Adalbert Schnee.

Kapitänleutnant
Kapitänleutnant, short: KptLt/in lists: KL, (English: captain lieutenant or lieutenant captain) is an officer grade of the captains' military hierarchy group (German: Hauptleute) of the modern German Bundeswehr. The rank is rated OF-2 in NATO, and equivalent to Hauptmann in the Heer and Luftwaffe. It is grade A11 or A12 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.

The rank first appeared in the German Empire and continued in use through the Weimar Republic and into the Third Reich.
Battonya gas field
The Battonya gas field is a natural gas field located in Battonya, Békés County. It was discovered in 1962 and developed by and MOL Group. It began production in 1965 and produces natural gas and condensates. The total proven reserves of the Battonya gas field are around 150 billion cubic feet (4.2 billion m³), and production is slated to be around 17.8 million cubic feet/day (0.5×105m³) in 2010.

Békés County
Békés (Hungarian: Békés vármegye, pronounced [ˈbeːkeːʃ], Romanian: Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or vármegye) in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital of Békés county is Békéscsaba. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.
KNBT
KNBT (92.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Americana music format. Licensed to New Braunfels, Texas, United States, the station serves the San Antonio area.  The station is the longtime home of the New Braunfels Unicorns high school football team. The station is currently owned by New Braunfels Communications, Inc.

The station is a pioneer in the genre of Americana music since adopting the format in the mid-1990s.

The station also hosts frequent live concerts in studio, as well as a weekly show "Roots & Branches of Americana" hosted by Ray Wylie Hubbard.

Americana music
Americana is a general term for country rock and rockabilly formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, with particular emphasis on music historically developed in the American South.
Déjà Voodoo (Gov't Mule album)
Déjà Voodoo is the sixth studio album by southern rock jam band Gov't Mule. The album was released on September 14, 2004, by ATO Records. It was the first Gov't Mule album to feature Andy Hess as a member, and the first studio album to feature Danny Louis as a member. It was also the first album that Gov't Mule did not play live before its release. The title is a reference to the band's belief that it rocks just like it used to before the death of former bassist Allen Woody.

Beginning in late 2005, the album was released to include the Mo' Voodoo EP.

Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals.
University of Medicine, Mandalay
The University of Medicine, Mandalay (Burmese: ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး), pronounced [sʰé tɛʔkəθò (máɰ̃dəlé)]; formerly Institute of Medicine, Mandalay), located in Mandalay is one of five medical universities in Myanmar. The university offers Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B., B.S.) degree and postgraduate degrees (diploma, master's and doctoral) in medical science.

The university is one of the most selective in the country, and accepts approximately 350 students annually based solely on their University Entrance Examination scores. The university is recognized by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

Southern tick-associated rash illness
Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is a  tick-borne disease resembling a mild form of Lyme disease, which occurs in southeastern and south-central United States. It is spread by bites from the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum. The actual cause is still unknown.