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Marc Megna
Marc Megna (born July 30, 1976) is an American former professional football linebacker and defensive end in the National Football League (NFL),  NFL Europe League and Canadian Football League (CFL). In his seven-year pro career he played for the New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL, the Barcelona Dragons and Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe, and the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL. Megna played college football at Richmond.

Richmond Spiders football
The Richmond Spiders are a college football team representing the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond was the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision champion for the 2008 season. Richmond competes as an associate member of the Patriot League that competes in the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga head coach Russ Huesman was named head coach of the Spiders, on December 14, 2016, replacing Danny Rocco who had departed to become head coach at the University of Delaware a day earlier.

In 2008, No. 7 Richmond beat Eastern Kentucky, Appalachian State, and Northern Iowa to advance to the NCAA Division I Football Championship against Montana. In the FCS National Championship Game on December 19, 2008, they defeated Montana 24–7 to win the first team NCAA national title for the University of Richmond in any sport.
Josien Ten Thije-Voortman
Josien Ten Thije-Voortman (born  24 December 1969 Haaksbergen) is a Dutch Paralympic sitting volleyball player. She is part of the Netherlands women's national sitting volleyball team.

She competed at the  2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics finishing third, and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, finishing 4th, after losing from Ukraine in the bronze medal match.

Sitting volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Sitting volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from 21 to 27 September. Two team events were held, one for men and one for women. The sport is performed sitting down, on a smaller court with a lower net.

This was the first Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000.

The tournament brought Bosnia and Herzegovina their first ever Paralympic gold medal. Their team consisted of players injured in the War of 1992-95.
2023 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2023.

Animal track
An animal track is an imprint left behind in soil, snow, or mud, or on some other ground surface, by an animal walking across it. Animal tracks are used by hunters in tracking their prey and by naturalists to identify animals living in a given area.
1997 CBA All-Star Game
The 1997 Continental Basketball Association All-Star Game was the 35th All-Star Game organised by the Continental Basketball Association since its inception in 1949. It was held at the Yakima SunDome in Yakima, Washington on January 22, 1997, in front of 4,043 spectators. The American Conference defeated the National Conference 107-98.

Dexter Boney was named the MVP. Thirty NBA scouts attended the match.

It was coach  Eric Musselman's fifth and final appearance in the All-Star Game, while 3-time NBA champion Stacey King and one-time Jack Haley (both with Chicago Bulls), made their first.

It was the last edition before a 3-year hiatus, with event returning in 2000.

Yakima, Washington
Yakima (/ˈjækɪmɑː/ or /ˈjækɪmə/) is a city in and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. The unincorporated suburban areas of West Valley and Terrace Heights are considered a part of greater Yakima.

Yakima is about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of Mount Rainier in Washington. It is situated in the Yakima Valley, a productive agricultural region noted for apple, wine, and hop production. As of 2011, the Yakima Valley produces 77% of all hops grown in the United States. The name Yakima originates from the Yakama Nation Native American tribe, whose reservation is located south of the city.
Lander Valley High School
Lander Valley High School (LVHS) is the primary high school located in Lander, Wyoming at 305 Baldwin Creek Rd, Lander, Wyoming 82520. The school is part of the Fremont County District #1. The school district serves Lander and outlying communities including Hudson, Jeffrey City, Atlantic City, and the surrounding area, which also includes Wind River Indian Reservation. The school is accredited by the Wyoming Department of Education and AdvancED (North Central).

Jeffrey City, Wyoming
Jeffrey City is a former uranium mining boomtown located in Fremont County, in the central part of the U.S. state of Wyoming. The town is known in Wyoming and the American West as symbol of a boomtown that went "bust" very quickly, as the mine was shut down in 1982 and over 95% of the inhabitants left the town within three years. The population was 58 at the 2010 census, far lower than its onetime population of several thousand people. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Jeffrey City as a census-designated place (CDP).
Heffington
Heffington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Don Heffington (1950–2021), American drummer, percussionist, and songwriter

Ryan Heffington (born 1973), American dancer and choreographer

Benjamin Heffington (born 2001) USMCR Combat Engineer.

Don Heffington
Don Heffington (December 20, 1950 – March 24, 2021) was an American drummer, percussionist, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the Los Angeles alternative country band Lone Justice, which he performed with from 1982 to 1985. Heffington was also a member of the bluegrass band Watkins Family Hour, recorded three solo albums, and was a session and touring musician for various artists, including Lowell George, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Victoria Williams, the Wallflowers, the Jayhawks, and Joanna Newsom.
Distemper (paint)
Distemper is a decorative paint and a historical medium for painting pictures, and contrasted with tempera. The binder may be glues of vegetable or animal origin (excluding egg). Soft distemper is not abrasion resistant and may include binders such as chalk, ground pigments, and animal glue. Hard distemper is stronger and wear-resistant and can include casein or linseed oil as binders.

Binder (material)
A binder or binding agent is any material or substance that holds or draws other materials together to form a cohesive whole mechanically, chemically, by adhesion or cohesion.

More narrowly, binders are liquid or dough-like substances that harden by a chemical or physical process and bind fibres, filler powder and other particles added into it. Examples include glue, adhesive and thickening.

Examples of mechanical binders are bond stones in masonry and tie beams in timber framing.
Badminton at the 1994 Asian Games – Women's doubles
The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima took place from 12 October to 15 October at Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium.

The South Korea duo of Shim Eun-jung and Jang Hye-ock won the gold in this tournament. Another Korean team of Chung So-young and Gil Young-ah finished second they lost the final 2–0, Chinese team of Ge Fei and Gu Jun and Japanese team of Tomomi Matsuo and Kyoko Sasage shared the bronze medal.

Tomomi Matsuo
Tomomi Matsuo (born 15 August 1968) is a Japanese badminton player. She competed in women's doubles with teammate Kyoko Sasage at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in women's doubles with teammate Masako Sakamoto at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Fouad Fajari
Fouad Fajari (born 18 April 1989, in Rabat) is a Moroccan Greco-Roman wrestler. He is multiple medalist at the African Championships in the 55 kg category. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games won bronze medal. He competed in the -55kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he was defeated in the 1/8 finals by Håkan Nyblom from Denmark. In 2021, he competed at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He did not qualify at this tournament and he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the last wrestling qualification tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The event was held from 6 to 9 May 2021, in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Alipio Ponce
Alipio Ponce Vásquez (August 15, 1906 – September 11, 1941) was a Peruvian police officer who fought and died during the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.

The son of a farmer, Ponce Vásquez was born in San Lorenzo district, Jauja Province. He joined the Civil Guard in 1924, was promoted to Corporal in 1927 and to Second Sergeant in 1930. In 1935, he was admitted as an under officer - pupil at the old Civil Guard Officers Academy, which he left in 1937 with the grade of Ensign. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1941.

During the 1941 war, policemen of the Civil Guard were sent to the northern frontier. Ponce Vásquez  took part in a successful attack at Quebrada Seca (July 23) and led two victorious attacks at Carcabón (July 25) and Huabillos (July 26). He was killed during an ambush in Porotillo, Ecuador.

He was posthumously promoted to Captain on September 23, 1941, was declared a Civil Guard hero on August 29, 1978 and a National Hero on April 24, 1987.

Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
The Second Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, usually called simply the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, and known locally as the War of '41 (Spanish: Guerra del 41), was a South American border war fought between 5–31 July 1941. It was the first of three military conflicts between Ecuador and Peru during the 20th century.

During the war, Peru occupied the western Ecuadorian province of El Oro and parts of the Andean province of Loja. Although the war took place during World War II, it is unrelated to that conflict, as neither country was supported by either the Allies or the Axis.

A ceasefire agreement between the two countries came into effect on 31 July 1941. Both countries signed the Rio Protocol on 29 January 1942, and Peruvian forces subsequently withdrew. Enmity over the territorial dispute continued after 1942, and the border disputes were not entirely resolved until the Cenepa War of 1995 and the signing of the Brasilia Presidential Act agreement in October 1998.
Altnasheen
Altnasheen meaning either Alt na Sián, The Gorge of the Fairy Mounds or Alt na Sithin meaning the Height of the Fairies, is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw.

Templeport
Templeport (Irish: Teampall an Phoirt) is a civil parish in the barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The chief towns in the parish are Bawnboy and Ballymagauran. The large Roman Catholic parish of Templeport containing 42,172 statute acres was split up in the 18th & 19th centuries into three new parishes, Templeport, Corlough and Glangevlin.
José Duarte (footballer)
José Duarte (born July 6, 1980) is a Brazilian football striker who currently plays for Shenyang Shenbei in the China League One.

He previously played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Anapolina, Club Brugge, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Hapoel Nazareth Illit, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical  and Chongqing Lifan.

José transferred to Tianjin Runyulong in March 2011.

Associação Atlética Anapolina
Associação Atlética Anapolina, or Anapolina as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Anápolis in Goiás, founded on January 1, 1948.

Anapolina greatest rival is Anápolis.

Home stadium is the Jonas Duarte stadium, capacity 19,000. They play in red shirts, shorts and socks.
Executive Office appointments of the first Trump administration
The core White House staff appointments, and most Executive Office of the President officials generally, are not required to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, with a handful of exceptions (e.g., the director of the Office of Management and Budget, the chair and members of the Council of Economic Advisers, and the United States trade representative). There are about 4,000 positions in the Executive Office of the President.

Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is a United States agency within the Executive Office of the President established in 1946, which advises the president of the United States on economic policy. The CEA provides much of the empirical research for the White House and prepares the publicly-available annual Economic Report of the President. The council is made up of its chairperson and generally two to three additional member economists. Its chairperson requires appointment and Senate confirmation, and its other members are appointed by the president.
Lesser Kurils Zakaznik
Lesser Kurils Zakaznik (Russian: Малые Курилы) is a federal-level Zakaznik or "State Nature Preserve" in the disputed Lesser Kuril Chain, administered by Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, but also formally part of Nemuro Subprefecture, Japan. The preserve was established in 1983, in accordance with the Japan-Soviet Joint Communiqué of 10 October 1973. The protected area of 678.92 square kilometres (262.13 sq mi) includes a marine area of 409 square kilometres (158 sq mi).

Nemuro Subprefecture
Nemuro (Japanese: 根室振興局, Hepburn: Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Japan claims the southern parts of the disputed
Kuril Islands (known as the Northern Territories in Japan) as part of this subprefecture.

As of March 2009, the subprefecture has an estimated population of 84,035, and an area of 3406.23 km².

Nakashibetsu Airport, the easternmost airport in Japan, is located in the town of Nakashibetsu, Shibetsu District.
Vibhu Puri
Vibhu Virendra Puri (born 28 January 1980) is an Indian director, screenwriter and songwriter. After graduating from FTII, he started assisting Sanjay Leela Bhansali and co-wrote two of his films; Saawariya (2007) and Guzaarish (2010). He has directed and written dialogues for the popular web series Heeramandi and Taj: Reign of Revenge. He made his feature film directorial debut with Hawaizaada (2015). Apart from films, he has directed many television commercials. His latest feature Gustaakh Ishq featuring Naseeruddin shah, Vijay Verma, Fatima Sana Sheikh and Sharib Hashmi released on 28th of November, 2025.

Taj: Divided by Blood
Taj: Divided by Blood is an Indian period drama streaming television series produced by Contiloe Pictures for ZEE5. The series stars Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Rahul Bose, Aditi Rao Hydari, Zarina Wahab, Sandhya Mridul, Aashim Gulati and Taaha Shah in primary roles. It is produced by Abhimanyu Singh, Roopali Singh and William Borthwick. 
The first season premiered on ZEE5 on 3 March 2023. The second season, titled Taj: Reign of Revenge, premiered on 12 May 2023.
Phon Tiou mine
Phon Tiou mine is a large mine in the southern part of Laos in Khammouane Province. Phon Tiou is one of the largest tin reserves in Laos, having estimated reserves of 10 million tonnes of ore grading 0.24% tin.

Khammouane province
Khammouane province (Khammouan) (Lao: ຄໍາມ່ວນ, pronounced [kʰám mūan]) is a province in southern Laos. Its capital is Thakhek. Khammouane province covers an area of 16,315 square kilometres (6,299 sq mi), most of which is forested mountainous terrain. The forests of the Nakai-Nam Theun National Park contains streams that feed Mekong tributaries and form the catchment area for Nam Theun 2, the largest hydropower project in Laos. The Xe Bang Fai River, Nam Hinboun River, and the Nam Theun are some of the rivers of the province.

Part of the aborted Thakhek-Tan Ap railway would have crossed the province to connect with the North-South Railway at Tân Ấp Railway Station, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam through Mụ Giạ Pass. Khammouane's human development index is 0.602 which is less than the Laos average of 0.620.
Calle Själin
Calle Själin (born 2 September 1999) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Själin was selected in the fifth round, 145th overall, of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.

2017 NHL entry draft
The 2017 NHL entry draft was the 55th entry draft for the National Hockey League. It was held on June 23–24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The first three selections were Nico Hischier by the New Jersey Devils, Nolan Patrick by the Philadelphia Flyers, and Miro Heiskanen by the Dallas Stars.

As of 2025 there are 61 active NHL players from this draft.
Nastia Gorshkova
Nastia (or Nastya) Gorshkova (Russian: Настя Горшкова; born 13 April 1986 in Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia) is a Russian fashion model. Her runway debut was held at the Lanvin spring/summer 2004 fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  The last time appeared on the runway for the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture fall/winter 2007-08 fashion show.

Nastya has been on the covers of Flair, Glamour (Germany), The Sunday Telegraph Magazin and Vogue Russia.

Glamour (magazine)
Glamour is a multinational online women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications and based in New York City. It was originally called Glamour of Hollywood. From 1939 to 2019, Glamour was a print magazine. Due to decreasing numbers of subscribers, Glamour's last print edition was in January 2019.
Finn Amundsen
Finn Amundsen (29 May 1897 – 18 May 1958) was a Norwegian sports journalist, radio reporter, non-fiction writer and translator. He was born in Kristiania. He was journalist and later editor of the sports magazine Idrætsliv, until 1932, and from then sports editor of the newspaper Morgenbladet. He became legendary as radio sports reporter, in particular on skating. He was also active for SFK Lyn and refereed the 1938 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

Morgenbladet
Morgenbladet is Norway's oldest daily newspaper, covering politics, culture and science, now a weekly news magazine primarily directed at well-educated readers. The magazine is notable for its opinion section featuring contributions exclusively from Norwegian academics and other intellectuals.
Macklin Fleming
Macklin Fleming (September 6, 1911 – May 27, 2010) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice on the California Court of Appeal, covering the  Second Appellate District, Division 2, from 1964 until his retirement in 1981. He previously served as a judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court from 1959 to 1964.

Los Angeles County Superior Court
The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, informally known as the Los Angeles County Superior Court, is the California Superior Court with jurisdiction over Los Angeles County. It is the largest single unified trial court in the United States.

The Superior Court operates 36 courthouses throughout the county. Currently, the Presiding Judge is Sergio C. Tapia II and David W. Slayton is the Executive Officer/Clerk of Court. They, together with 583 judicial officers and 4,800 employees, operate the nearly 600 courtrooms throughout the county, with an annual budget of over $1 billion.
Sokullu
Sokullu is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sokullu Mehmed Paşa, (1506 – October 11, 1579) an Ottoman grand vizier of the 16th century

Sokullu Ferhad Paşa, (died 1586) was an Ottoman general and statesman from Bosnia, who was the first beylerbey of Bosnia

Sokulluzade Hasan Paşa, (? - 1602) was an Ottoman officer and the son of Sokollu Mehmet Pasha

Sokulluzade Lala Mehmed Paşa, ( ? - June 21, 1606) a Bosnian Ottoman statesman, who may have been a cousin of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha

Ömer Can Sokullu, (August 14, 1988 - ) a Turkish football midfielder

Sanjak of Bosnia
The Sanjak of Bosnia (Turkish: Bosna Sancak; Serbo-Croatian: Bosanski sandžak / Босански санџак) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire. It was established in 1463, after the lands conquered from the Kingdom of Bosnia were transformed into a sanjak. Its first sanjakbey was Isa Bey Ishaković.

Between 1463 and 1580, it was part of the Rumelia Eyalet. Due to its strategic position on the border, it functioned as a krajište (frontier province), serving as a military base for Ottoman raids into Hungary and Croatia.

After the Bosnia Eyalet was established in 1580, the Sanjak of Bosnia became its central and main province. Between 1864 and the Austro-Hungarian occupation in 1878, it was part of the Bosnia Vilayet. Although the Bosnia Vilayet formally remained part of the Ottoman Empire until 1908, the Sanjak of Bosnia de facto ceased to exist in 1878.
2024 Stockholm Open
The 2024 Stockholm Open (also known as the BNP Paribas Nordic Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 55th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2024 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden from 14 to 20 October 2024.

Dominic Stricker
Dominic Stephan Stricker (Swiss Standard German: [ˈʃtrɪkər]; born 16 August 2002) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 88 achieved on 2 October 2023 and a best doubles ranking of No. 161 reached on 27 June 2022.

Stricker has won two ATP Tour titles in doubles. He represents Switzerland at the Davis Cup.
Emma Hult
Emma Ulla Elisabet Hult (born 1988) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Green Party, she represented Jönköping County between September 2014 and September 2022.

Hult was educated in Trelleborg. She studied engineering at Jönköping University and architecture at Deakin University. She was a building permit administrator from 2011 to 2012 and a development engineer from 2012 to 2014.

Jönköping University
Jönköping University (JU), formerly Högskolan i Jönköping, is a private Swedish university college located in Jönköping, Sweden. The college has approximately 805 employees and 14,718 students.

Jönköping University is a young professional-oriented college characterized by a high degree of internationalization and extensive collaboration with surrounding society and business. JU was established in 1977 as Högskolan i Jönköping and offers today 80 programs and specializations at undergraduate and  graduate level. Focus areas within research are entrepreneurship, technical expertise spanning small, medium-sized to large companies, health care, social work, education and communication. The institution prepares students for working in an international context.

Jönköping University is ranked 168th in the 2024 Young University Rankings by Times Higher Education. In THE's World University Rankings 2024, it is ranked 601-800 globally, and 11th in Sweden.