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Barack Obama's summer playlist
Barack Obama's summer playlist is an annual music playlist curated by former President of the United States Barack Obama. The president has shared a playlist, curated by himself, most summers since 2015. The lists consist of a mix of classic and contemporary songs spanning a variety of genres. The response to the playlists has been mostly positive, though with some noted detractors.

Playlist
A playlist is a list of video or audio files that can be played back on a media player, either sequentially or in a shuffled order. In its most general form, an audio playlist is simply a list of songs that can be played once or in a loop. The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of television broadcasting, radio broadcasting and personal computers.

A video playlist can also be a list of recorded titles on a digital video disk (DVD). On the internet, a playlist can be a list of chapters in a movie serial; for example, Flash Gordon in the Planet Mongo is available on YouTube as a playlist of thirteen consecutive video chapters.
History of Antigua and Barbuda
The history of Antigua and Barbuda covers the period from the arrival of the Archaic peoples thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Antigua and Barbuda were inhabited by three successive Amerindian societies. The island was claimed by England, who colonized the islands in 1632. Under English/British control, the islands witnessed an influx of both Britons and African slaves to the island. In 1981, the islands were granted independence as the modern state of Antigua and Barbuda.

Lester Bird
Sir Lester Bryant Bird KNH (21 February 1938 – 9 August 2021) was an Antiguan politician and athlete who served as the second prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) from 1971 to 1983, then became prime minister when his father, Sir Vere Bird, the previous prime minister, resigned.
Government of Peace and Unity
The Government of Peace and Unity (Arabic: حكومة السلام والوحدة, romanized: Ḥukūmat as-Salām wal-Waḥda) is a rival government and quasi-state established in April 2025 to administer areas of Sudan controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied groups during the Sudanese Civil War, in opposition to the internationally recognised government appointed by the Transitional Sovereignty Council. The Government of Peace and Unity is headed by the leader of RSF Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo known by the nom de guerre "Hemedti".

South Kordofan
South Kordofan (Arabic: جنوب كردفان Ǧanūb Kurdufān) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 158,355 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 2,107,623 people (2018 est). Kaduqli is the capital of the state. It is centered on the Nuba Mountains. At one time it was supposed that South Kordofan was the only state in (North) Sudan suitable for producing oil, but oil has also been discovered in neighboring White Nile State in larger quantities.

Under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, residents of South Kordofan were to hold popular consultations in 2011 to determine the constitutional future of the state. However, South Kordofan governor Ahmed Haroun suspended the process, and violence followed. Haroun had previously been charged with war crimes against civilians and crime against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity is the space-oriented segment of the Swiss technology group RUAG. At a total of thirteen sites in Switzerland (Bern, Zurich, Emmen and Nyon), Sweden (Gothenburg, Linköping), Finland (Tampere), USA (Titusville, Decatur), Austria (Vienna, Berndorf) and Portugal (Lisbon), Beyond Gravity employs around 1,265 people and posted sales of 339 million Swiss Francs in 2019. As a supplier of Arianespace, Beyond Gravity is also a shareholder, with 0.82% of capital in 2018.

Emmen, Switzerland
Emmen (German pronunciation: [ˈɛmən]) is a village and municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality Emmen consists of the village Emmen, the town Emmenbrücke, and several hamlets.
HMS Hecate
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hecate, after Hecate, a goddess in early Greek mythology:

HMS Hecate (1797) was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797 and sunk as a breakwater in 1809.

HMS Hecate (1809) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1809 and sold in 1817.

HMS Hecate (1839) was a 4-gun wooden Hydra-class paddle sloop launched in 1839, fitted out for survey work in 1860 and sold in 1865.

HMS Hecate (1871) was an iron screw Cyclops-class breastwork monitor launched in 1871 and sold in 1903.

HMS Hecate (A137) was a Hecla-class survey vessel launched in 1965. She was put up for disposal in 1991, and sailed to India to be broken up in 1994.

Cyclops-class monitor
The Cyclops-class monitor was a group of four ironclad breastwork monitors built for the Royal Navy during the 1870s. They were slightly modified versions of the Cerberus-class monitors. The ships were ordered to satisfy demands for local defence during the war scare of 1870, but the pace of construction slowed tremendously as the perceived threat of war declined. The Cyclops-class monitors spent most of their careers in reserve and were finally sold off in 1903.
Dave McCormick (American football)
David Oliver McCormick (July 10, 1943 – March 17, 1986) was an American professional football player who played tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played in the NFL for two seasons, one each with the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints, the latter of which he was a part of their inaugural season roster. He played in a total of 16 games: 14 with the 49ers and two with the Saints.

McCormick was born in Winnsboro, Louisiana, and attended Rayville High School in Rayville, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana State University, where he played college football for the LSU Tigers football team. In 1965, he was selected as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference player by the Associated Press and UPI.

LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football program, also known as the Fighting Tigers, represents Louisiana State University in college football. The Tigers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

LSU ranks 16th best in winning percentage in NCAA Division I FBS history and claims four national championships (1958, 2003, 2007, and 2019), 16 conference championships, and over 40 consensus All-Americans. Three players for the Tigers have won the Heisman Trophy: Billy Cannon (1959), Joe Burrow (2019), and Jayden Daniels (2023).

The team plays on the university's campus at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The program's current head coach is Lane Kiffin.
2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hosted the event, following the 1995 and 2011 editions.

The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, before the Danish Gymnastics Federation withdrew from hosting in July 2020. In November 2020, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique announced Kitakyushu as the replacement host city for the same dates.

Although the World Championships are traditionally not held in Olympic years, the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics caused the 2021 event to fall during the same year. The last time the Olympics and the World Championships were held in the same year was in 1996.

Jossimar Calvo
Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (born 22 July 1994) is a Colombian artistic gymnast, part of the national team. At the 2015 Pan American Games he won three individual gold medals, becoming in the first Colombian to do so. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was the first Colombian gymnast to qualify for an Olympic final, ranking tenth in the All-around event.
Don't Be Cruel (Bobby Brown song)
"Don't Be Cruel" is a song by American singer Bobby Brown. Taken from his second studio album of the same name, the song was written and produced by the songwriting and production duo Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Antonio "L.A." Reid, with additional writing by Daryl Simmons.

Daryl Simmons
Daryl L. Simmons is an American R&B record producer and songwriter. Best known for his production work with L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Simmons was credited on most albums by their label LaFace Records and several of Edmonds' solo albums. In 1977, he formed the R&B collective Manchild, which recorded two soul and funk albums and became known for their hit song, "Especially for You," released that same year by Chi Sound Records. Edmonds, Reggie Griffin, and Charles "Chuckie" Bush were among Manchild's revolving members.

He has written and composed songs such as "End Of The Road" (Boyz II Men), "Super Woman" (Karyn White), "Breathe Again" (Toni Braxton), "Why I Love You So Much" (Monica), "I'm Ready" (Tevin Campbell),  "Baby Baby Baby" (TLC), "My My My" (Johnny Gill), "We're Not Making Love No More" (Dru Hill) and "Queen of the Night" (Whitney Houston).
St. Mark the Evangelist Church (New York City)
St. Mark the Evangelist Church is a historic Black Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of New York, in the northern Harlem section of Manhattan. The address is 59-61 West 138th Street and 195 East Lenox Avenue.

The parish was established in 1907 and has been staffed by the Holy Ghost Fathers since 1912. It claims to be the "first Catholic church in Harlem to welcome people of African descent from the southern parts of the United States and from the Caribbean". The first pastor, Fr Charles J. Plunkett, had a brick church built in 1914 to designs by Nicholas Serracino for $12,000.

A former pastor, Fr Freddy A. Washington, was accused of child sex abuse in 2017, though the case was later dismissed.

Nicholas Serracino
Nicholas Serracino (1877–1934), AIA, was an American architect active in late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century New York City. He was principally noted for his designs of churches and parish schools for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

He designed St. Jean Baptiste Church and Rectory (1910), one of few Catholic churches in city with a dome and the only one besides St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York City) to have stained glass made in Chartres. This won a prize in an international competition. This was followed by the more modest brick temple-fronted Church of the Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus (New York City), built in 1915 for $35,000 and demolished in 2007. His office was located at 1170 Broadway.
Amores de fin de siglo
Amores de Fin de Siglo is a Venezuelan telenovela created by Leonardo Padrón for RCTV in 1995. The telenovela lasted 133 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.

The telenovela had an ensemble cast starring Maricarmen Regueiro, Flavio Caballero, Daniel Lugo, Ana Karina Manco, Ruddy Rodríguez, Franklin Virgüez and Gledys Ibarra.

RCTV International
RCTV International (formerly known as Coral Pictures or Coral International) is a subsidiary of Empresas 1BC. It was formed in Miami, Florida in 1982 as Coral Pictures to be the international distributor of RCTV's productions.

In 1986, the company had bought out the assets of Ziv International from Lorimar-Telepictures for an undisclosed price, in exchange, L-T received a minority 20% stake in the two Puerto Rico stations owned by RCTV.

RCTV moved to cable in 2007 after the Venezuelan government of Hugo Chavez refused to renew its terrestrial license. In 2010, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had taken six cable television channels off the air, including RCTV International, for breaking a law on transmitting government material. The government had urged cable services to drop channels ignoring the rules.
Horatio
Horatio is an English male given name, an Italianized form of the ancient Roman Latin nomen (name) Horatius, from the Roman gens (clan) Horatia. The modern Italian form is Orazio, the modern Spanish form Horacio. It appears to have been first used in England in 1565, in the Tudor era during which the Italian Renaissance movement had started to influence the English culture. The name Horace is another related name from the same Latin source.

Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend
Horatio Townshend, 1st Baron Townsend and 1st Viscount Townshend (/ˈtaʊnzənd/; 14 December 1630 – 10 December 1687), known as Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd baronet, of Raynham, from 1648 to 1661, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1660 and was raised to the peerage in 1661.
Osagyefo Kuntunkununku II
Nana Kuntunkununku II (born Alexander Kwadwo Fredua Agyeman  22 February 1942 – 17 March 1999) was a traditional ruler in Ghana and Paramount Chief of Akyem-Abuakwa in the Eastern Region. His official title was Okyenhene - King of Akyem.  He succeeded his uncle, Ofori Atta III, and ruled the Akyems for 23 years. He was succeeded by Amoatia Ofori Panin II. He was the seventh president of the National House of Chiefs and served from 1998 till his death in 1999.

Eastern Region (Ghana)
The Eastern Region is located in the eastern part of Ghana and is one of the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana. Eastern Region is bordered to the east by the Lake Volta, to the north by Bono East Region and Ashanti region, to the west by Ashanti Region, to the south by Central Region and Greater Accra Region. Akans are the dominant inhabitants and natives of Eastern Region, and Akan, Ewe, Krobo, Hausa and English are the main spoken languages. The capital town of Eastern Region is Koforidua. The Eastern Region is the location of the Akosombo Dam, and the economy of the Eastern Region is dominated by its high-capacity electricity generation. Eastern Region covers an area of 19,323 square kilometres, which is about 8.1% of Ghana's total landform.
Simris Runestones
The Simris Runestones are two 11th-century runestones located at the vicarage of Simris, near Simrishamn, in southeasternmost Scania, Sweden. They were rediscovered in a church wall in 1716 during a restoration of the church. Although the territory was Danish at the time, they were made in the Swedish style of Uppland. One of the stones is notable in being one of the earliest native Scandinavian documents that mention Sweden.

Runestone
A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition of erecting runestones as a memorial to dead men began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but the majority of the extant runestones date from the late Viking Age. While most of these are located in Scandinavia, particularly Sweden, there are also scattered runestones in locations that were visited by Norsemen. Runestones were usually brightly coloured when erected, though this is no longer evident as the colour has worn off.
Daisy (nickname)
Daisy is the nickname of the following people:

Daisy Ashford (1881–1972), English writer and author of The Young Visiters, when she was nine-years-old

Daisy Basham (1879–1963), New Zealand radio broadcaster

Daisy Dick (born 1972), Bronze medalist for Great Britain in team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Daisy Lang (born 1972), Bulgarian professional female boxer and former Super Bantamweight and Super Flyweight world champion

Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927), founder of Girl Scouts of the USA

Daisy Lumini (1936–1993), Italian composer, singer and stage actress

Daisy Makeig-Jones (1881–1945), English pottery designer for Wedgwood best known for her "Fairyland Lustre" series

Daisy Romualdez, Filipino actress

Daisy Sylvan (1874–????), Italian film studio owner, producer, director, and actress in the silent film era

Her Majesty Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), Monarch of The Kingdom of Denmark

Daisy Ashford
Margaret Mary Julia Devlin (née Ashford; 3 April 1881 – 15 January 1972), known as Daisy Ashford, was an English writer who is most famous for writing The Young Visiters, a novella concerning the upper class society of late 19th century England, when she was nine years old. The novella was published in 1919, preserving her juvenile spelling and punctuation.  She wrote the title as "Viseters" in her manuscript, but it was published as "Visiters".
Linda Jo Miller
Linda Jo Miller, credited as Linda Miller (リンダ・ミラー) and also known as Leslie Michaels (born December 26, 1947) is an American actress known for King Kong Escapes (1967), The Green Slime (1968) and the TV series Seven Faces of Man.

The Green Slime
The Green Slime (Japanese: ガンマー第3号 宇宙大作戦, Hepburn: Ganmā Daisan Gō: Uchū Daisakusen; lit. 'Gamma 3: The Great Space War') is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and produced by Walter Manley and Ivan Reiner. It was written by William Finger, Tom Rowe and Charles Sinclair from a story by Reiner. The film was shot in Japan with a Japanese director and film crew, but with the non-Japanese cast of Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel and Luciana Paluzzi.

After destroying a huge asteroid that was on a rapid collision course with Earth, a group of astronauts discover they have accidentally returned to their space station with an alien slime creature that feeds on radiation and can reproduce rapidly from its own blood.
Lonnie Dupre
Lonnie Dupre (born 17 April 1961) is an American Arctic explorer whose achievements include the first Pacific to Atlantic winter traversal of the Northwest Passage by dog sled in 1991 and the first and only human-powered circumnavigation of Greenland, by dog sled and kayak, in 2001. In 2006, he also successfully executed the first human-powered summer expedition to the North Pole by sled and canoe, and would later return to the pole as part of the unsupported human-powered 2009 Peary-Henson Centennial Expedition.

In January 2015, Dupre completed a solo climb of Denali after three previous attempts. Sixteen people had previously reached Denali's summit in winter, although six died on the descent and none made the climb during January.

In 2004, Dupre was honoured with the Rolex Award for Enterprise for bringing attention to the impacts of climate change on the Arctic through his expeditions, among other Northern issues.

Canoe
A canoe is a lightweight, narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.

In British English, the term canoe can also refer to a kayak, whereas canoes are then called Canadian or open canoes to distinguish them from kayaks. However, for official competition purposes, the American distinction between a kayak and a canoe is almost always adopted. At the Olympics, both conventions are used: under the umbrella terms Canoe Slalom and Canoe Sprint, there are separate events for canoes and kayaks.
Wat Chai Mongkhon
Wat Chai Mongkhon (Thai: วัดชัยมงคล, also spelled Chai Mongkol) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Chiang Mai in  northern Thailand. The temple is located by the Ping River, on Charoen Prathet Road in the old city center. It is believed to have been built during the reign of King Tilokaraj (1441–1487), and serves an old Mon community. Its architecture demonstrates Amarapura–Mandalay influence.

Ping River
The Ping River (Thai: แม่น้ำปิง, romanized: Maenam Ping, pronounced [mɛ̂ː.náːm pīŋ]; Northern Thai: ᨶᩣᩴ᩶ᩯᨾ᩵ᨻᩥᨦ᩠ᨣ᩺, pronounced [nâːm mɛ̂ː pīŋ]) along with the Nan River, is one of the two main tributaries of the Chao Phraya River. It originates at Doi Thuai in the Daen Lao Range, in Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province. After passing Chiang Mai, it flows through the provinces of Lamphun, Tak and Kamphaeng Phet. At the confluence with the Nan at Nakhon Sawan (also named Paknam Pho in Thai), it forms the Chao Phraya River.
Grady Hunt
Grady Hunt (May 16, 1921 – May 5, 2013) was an American costume designer. He was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards in the category Outstanding Costumes for his work on the television programs Columbo, The Snoop Sisters, The Quest, Quark, Beulah Land, Fantasy Island and the television film Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women. In 2007, he received the Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award. Hunt died in May 2013 in Hollywood, California, at the age of 91.

Quark (TV series)
Quark is a 1977 American science fiction sitcom starring Richard Benjamin. Broadcast on Friday nights at 8:00–8:30 p.m. on NBC, the pilot aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart.
Green Lakes Mountain
Green Lakes Mountain (10,240 feet (3,120 m) is located in the Teton Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is on the border of Grand Teton National Park and the Jedediah Smith Wilderness of Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Green Lakes Mountain is at the head of Moran Canyon and 1 mile (1.6 km) SSW of Dry Ridge Mountain.

Caribou–Targhee National Forest
Caribou–Targhee National Forest is located in the states of Idaho and Wyoming, with a small section in Utah in the United States. The forest is broken into several separate sections and extends over 2.63 million acres (10,600 km2). To the east the forest borders Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and Bridger–Teton National Forest. Most of the forest is a part of the 20-million-acre (81,000 km2) Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Waltraud Strotzer
Waltraud Strotzer (née Pöhland, born 16 September 1952 in Wünschendorf/Elster) is a German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.

As a teenager she won the silver medal at the 1968 European Junior Championships and the gold medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships. She also competed at the European Championships in 1966, 1969 and 1971 without reaching the final.

In domestic competitions, she represented the sports club SC Motor Jena. She became East German indoor champion in 1970 and 1971. In 1975 she became 1500 metres champion.

1966 European Athletics Championships
The 8th European Athletics Championships were held from 30 August to 4 September 1966 in the Nép Stadium in Budapest, Hungary. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.

A new IAAF ruling was applied for the first time making gender verification for female events mandatory.  As a consequence, all women competitors were forced to have a sex check.  Several of the greatest women athletes missed this year's championships, among them world record holders Iolanda Balaș (high jump) from Romania, as well as Tamara Press (shot put) and Tatyana Shchelkanova (long jump), both from the Soviet Union.
Carolynn
Carolynn is a given name that is an alternate spelling of Carol, a derivative of Caroline and a variation of Carolyn. Notable people known by this name include the following:

Carolynn Marie Hill, known as Lynn Hill (born 1961), American rock climber

Carolynn Jackson, co-founder of Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods

Carolynn Reid-Wallace (born 1942), American academic administrator

Carolynn Sells (born 1973), British motorcycle racer,

Mary Carolynn Tucker, full name of Mary Tucker (born 2001), American sports shooter

Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods
Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods, is a Texas family-owned liquor store chain, with headquarters in Midtown, Houston.

Vicki Vaughn of the San Antonio Express-News said that Spec's is "known for its sprawling stores". It is the largest vendor of liquor in Greater Houston. Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle said that Spec's was "Houston’s 800-pound wine gorilla." As of 2010 Spec's is the fifth largest retailer of wine in the United States.