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1996 North Hertfordshire District Council election
The 1996 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 1996 at the same time as other local elections across England. There were 18 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Hitchin Oughton ward.

The council had previously been under no overall control, being led by a Labour minority administration with some support from the Liberal Democrats. Labour gained five extra seats at the election, giving them a majority on the council for the first time in its history. The Labour leader, David Kearns, was given the title leader of the council after the election, confirming the position he had de facto held since May 1995 by virtue of being chairman of the policy and resources committee.

1996 United Kingdom local elections
The 1996 United Kingdom local elections were held on 2 May 1996. They were the last local elections until 2010 to show a decline in the number of Conservative councillors and an increase in the number of Labour councillors.

The main opposition Labour Party gained 468 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 10,929. Their share of the vote was projected to be 43%, 4% down on the 1995 local elections.

The governing Conservative Party lost 607 seats and were left with 4,276 councillors - still in third place behind the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives' projected share of the vote was 29%, a 4% increase since the previous local elections in 1995.

The Liberal Democrats gained 136 seats and had 5,078 councillors after the elections.
World Gone Sour
World Gone Sour is a 3D side-scrolling platform game which promotes Sour Patch Kids, a type of sour gummy candy. It was developed by Canadian studio Playbrains and published by Capcom and released on December 20, 2011 for Windows. A PlayStation Network version was released on April 10, 2012, with an Xbox Live Arcade version released a day later.

The game was delisted from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in August 2015.

Capcom
Capcom Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社カプコン, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Kapukon) is a Japanese video game company. It has created a number of critically acclaimed and multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, Mega Man, Devil May Cry,  Dead Rising, Ace Attorney, Dragon's Dogma, and Marvel vs. Capcom. Established in 1979, it has become an international enterprise with subsidiaries in East Asia (Hong Kong), Europe (London, England), and North America (San Francisco, California).
Girolamo di Bernardino
Girolamo di Bernardino or Girolamo da Bernardino, also known as Girolamo da Udine, (active around 1506) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. A painter of the Venetian school and a pupil of Pellegrino da San Daniele, he is known primarily for a small picture of The Coronation of the Virgin, painted for San Francesco in Udine.

He decorated the churches at Lestizza and Carmona (now in Slovenia) with frescoes in 1511 and 1518.

Lestizza
Lestizza (Friulian: Listize, locally Listisse) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Udine.

Lestizza borders the following municipalities: Basiliano, Bertiolo, Codroipo, Mortegliano, Pozzuolo del Friuli, Talmassons.
Mancosu
Mancosu is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Marcello Mancosu (born 1992), Italian footballer

Marco Mancosu (born 1988), Italian footballer

Matteo Mancosu (born 1984), Italian footballer, brother of Marco and Marcello

Matteo Mancosu
Matteo Mancosu (born 22 December 1984) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A right-footed player, although he was usually deployed in the centre as a main striker, he was also capable of playing as a winger on either flank.
Wushu at the 2016 South Asian Games
Wushu at the 2016 South Asian Games were held in Guwahati, India from 10 to 15 February 2016.

In men's Sanshou, India grabbed three gold with Uchit Sharma (52 kg), Ravi Panchal (56 kg), Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh (60 kg) emerging winners in their respective weight categories.

Pakistan's Ali Haider and Maaz Khan won a gold medal defeating Shekib Haidari of Afghanistan and Mukesh Choudhary (Wushu) of India in the 65 kg and 70 kg categories.

In the women's Sanshou event, Y. Sanathoi Devi (52 kg), Anupama Devi (60 kg), Puja Kadian (70 kg) emerged victorious grabbing all gold medals

Pakistan won two gold, two silver and six bronze medals while Nepal secured one gold, 10 silver and a bronze medal.

Maaz Khan
Maaz Khan was (born 10 August 1990) in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a Three time Pakistani South Asian Games gold medallist in wushu. And National wushu Kung fu Team Captain, he is an employee of Karachi Port Trust, Sports Department.
VPB-84
VPB-84 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 84 (VP-84) on 1 October 1941, redesignated as Patrol Bombing Squadron 84 (VPB-84) on 1 October 1944 and disestablished on 28 June 1945. The squadron flew the PBY-5A Catalina throughout its operational history.

Naval Station Norfolk
Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point.  It is the world's largest naval station, with the largest concentration of U.S. Navy forces through 75 ships alongside 14 piers and with 134 aircraft and 11 aircraft hangars at the adjacently operated Chambers Field. Port Services controls more than 3,100 ships' movements annually as they arrive and depart their berths.

Air Operations conducts over 100,000 flight operations each year, an average of 275 flights per day or one every six minutes. Over 150,000 passengers and 264,000 tons of mail and cargo depart annually on Air Mobility Command (AMC) aircraft and other AMC-chartered flights from the airfield's AMC Terminal.
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Panevėžys
The St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (Lithuanian: Šv. apaštalų Petro ir Povilo bažnyčia) is a Roman Catholic church in Panevėžys, Lithuania. The current Neo-Renaissance brick church was built between 1877 – 1885, however the parish dates to 1507 when the first church in Panevėžys was built on the right bank of Nevėžis and a filial church of the Panevėžys Old Town was established, belonging to the  Parish of Ramygala. It has an authentic organ constructed by Juozapas Radavičius which dates to 1887. The church was renewed in 2018 and a new altar, made of Greek marble and gilded wood carvings, was added and consecrated.

Nevėžis
The Nevėžis (/nɪˈvɛʒɪs, nɛ-/; Lithuanian: [nʲɛˈvʲěːʑɪs] ⓘ) is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. The 209 km (130 mi) long Nevėžis flows entirely within Lithuania. Among the rivers that flow exclusively within Lithuania's borders, the Nevėžis is the second longest, after the Šventoji. Its source is in the Anykščiai District Municipality. The river first flows in a northwesterly direction, but at Panevėžys it turns southwest, and passing Kėdainiai, flows into the Neman just west of Kaunas near Raudondvaris.
Yasmin Parsons
Yasmin Parsons (born 13 July 1993) is an English netball player who plays for England and for the Surrey Storm in the positions of centre or wing attack. She was appointed as the captain of the national team for the 2019 Netball Europe Open Championships which was held in September 2019 in Belfast where England were crowned as the winners.

England national netball team
The England national netball team, also known as the Vitality Roses, represent England Netball in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Netball Quad Series, the Taini Jamison Trophy, the Fast5 Netball World Series and the European Netball Championship. They have also competed at the World Games. England made their Test debut in 1949. Their best result in a major tournament is a gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. As of 1 June 2025, England are ranked fourth in the World Netball Rankings.
NUTS statistical regions of the Czech Republic
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of the Czech Republic for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for the Czech Republic is CZ and a hierarchy of three levels is established by Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In the Czech Republic, the LAU 1 is  districts and the LAU 2 is municipalities.

European Structural and Investment Funds
The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds, ESIFs) are financial tools governed by a common rulebook, set up to implement the regional policy of the European Union, as well as the structural policy pillars of the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy. They aim to reduce regional disparities in income, wealth and opportunities. Europe's poorer regions receive most of the support, but all European regions are eligible for funding under the policy's various funds and programmes. The current framework is set for a period of seven years, from 2021 to 2027.
Wolf Girl (band)
Wolf Girl was a four-piece indie pop band from London, England. The band consisted of Healey Becks, Christabel Williams, Chris Wood and Carl Farrugia.

After releasing EP Mama's Boy on Soft Power Records in 2014, the band released their debut album We Tried with Odd Box Records in 2016. They played Indietracks Festival in 2014 and 2018 and the prestigious Sŵn Festival in Cardiff at the end of 2016. Second album Every Now & Then was released on Everything Sucks Music in October 2018. They disbanded in 2019 for unspecified reasons. Healey Becks now plays in Fightmilk.

Musically, they have been compared to The Flatmates, C86, Scarlet's Well, Sarah Records, Veronica Falls, Weezer, and Diet Cig.

Sarah Records
Sarah Records was a British independent record label active in Bristol between 1987 and 1995, best known for its recordings of indie pop, which it released mostly on 7" singles. On reaching the catalogue number SARAH 100, the label celebrated its 100th release by throwing a party and shutting itself down. In March 2015, NME declared Sarah to be the second greatest indie label of all time, behind only 4AD.
Operation Cornflakes
Operation Cornflakes was a morale operation by the Office of Strategic Services during World War II that aimed to trick Deutsche Reichspost into inadvertently delivering anti-Nazi propaganda to German citizens through mail.

The operation involved special planes that were instructed to airdrop bags of false, but properly addressed, mail in the vicinity of bombed mail trains. When recovering the mail during clean-up of the wreck, the postal service would hopefully confuse the false mail for genuine mailbags and deliver it to the various addresses.

Airdrop
An airdrop is a type of airlift in which items including weapons, equipment, humanitarian aid or leaflets are delivered by military or civilian aircraft without their landing. Developed during World War II to resupply otherwise inaccessible troops, themselves often airborne forces, airdrops can also refer to the airborne assault itself.
Gaius Julius Marcus
Gaius Iulius Marcus is the name of one of the early governors of Britannia Inferior, c. 213 -214.

His name is recorded on a milestone on the Military Way at Hadrian's Wall although it has been partially erased, suggesting that he had brought disfavour on himself sometime later. He also undertook building work at the forts of Old Carlisle and Netherby.

Iulius Marcus' troops sided with Caracalla in the dispute over the throne that followed the death of Septimius Severus and erected their own dedications to their chosen candidate. The damnatio memoriae that their governor suffered may have been connected with this.

Castra Exploratorum
Castra Exploratorum (Latin for "Fortress of the Scouts") was a Roman fort and associated substantial civil settlement now in the grounds of Netherby Hall, Cumbria. It was first built by Agricola during his conquest of the north in around 80 AD.
Rolling Mill Historic District
Rolling Mill Historic District is a national historic district located at Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland.  It is a 38-acre (15 ha) primarily residential historic district located on the east side of the city of Cumberland.  It contains a strong, locally distinctive concentration of wood and brick residences built between the early 1870s and the late 1940s. It also includes a modest commercial area.  The district has a total of 173 properties, including the previously listed Francis Haley House.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Allegany County, Maryland
Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,106. Its county seat is Cumberland. The name Allegany may come from a local Lenape word, welhik hane or oolikhanna, which means 'best flowing river of the hills' or 'beautiful stream'. A number of counties and a river in the Appalachian region of the U.S. are named Allegany, Allegheny, or Alleghany. Allegany County is part of the Western Maryland region of the state, and is part of the Cumberland metropolitan area.
LP Duo
LP Duo is a piano and electronic duo whose members are pianists, composers, and innovators Sonja Lončar and Andrija Pavlović based between Amsterdam and Belgrade.
Formed as a traditional chamber ensemble performing classical music, the duo is now active in the fields of electronic, avant-garde, film, television, theater and popular music, both as performers and composers. More recently, LP Duo has been particularly involved with Quantum Music, an experimental genre that seeks to explore the connections between quantum physics and music.

Avant-garde music
Avant-garde music is music that is considered to be at the forefront of innovation in its field, with the term avant-garde implying a critique of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of the status quo in favor of unique or original elements, and the idea of deliberately challenging or alienating audiences. Avant-garde music may be distinguished from experimental music by the way it adopts an extreme position within a certain tradition, whereas experimental music lies outside tradition.
Electoral district of Melton
The electoral district of Melton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. 
It contains the towns of Brookfield, Cobblebank, Exford, Harkness, Hopetoun Park, Kurunjang,  Melton, Melton South, Melton West, Merrimu, Strathtulloh, Thornhill Park, Toolern Vale, Weir Views, as well as parts of Eynesbury, Grangefields,  Mount Cottrell and Parwan.

Grangefields
Grangefields is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km (19 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melton local government area. Grangefields recorded a population of 132 at the 2021 census.

The suburb was gazetted by the Office of Geographic Names on 9 February 2017, following a proposal for eleven new suburbs by the City of Melton. The new name is expected to officially come into effect in mid-2017.

Prior to the suburb's creation, the area was part of Rockbank.
Villa Saletta
Villa Saletta is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Palaia, province of Pisa.

Villa Saletta is about 40 km from Pisa and 5 km from Palaia. The village was first recorded in 980 and flourished during the 15th century.

Province of Pisa
The province of Pisa (Italian: provincia di Pisa) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa. With an area of 2,448 square kilometres (945 mi2) and a total population of 421,642 (As of 2014), it is the second most populous and fifth largest province of Tuscany. It is subdivided into 37 comuni (sg.: comune).

With a history that dates to the Etruscans and Phoenicians, the province achieved considerable power and influence in the Mediterranean in the 12th and 13th centuries. Pisa, the provincial capital, is known for its Leaning Tower, and other historic landmarks that attract tourists.
1998 NHK Trophy
The 1998 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 1998–99 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. It was held at the Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo on December 2–6. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1998–99 Grand Prix Final.

Makomanai Ice Arena
Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena (真駒内セキスイハイム
アイスアリーナ) is an indoor ice skating arena in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Japan. It was built in December, 1970, holds 11,500 people (10,024 seats, fixed plus temporary, and 1,476 standing places), and has an area of 10,133 m2 in total.

The figure skating and some of the ice hockey games and the closing ceremonies from the 1972 Winter Olympics  were held at this arena.
2018 Hobart International – Doubles
Raluca Olaru and Olga Savchuk were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Veronika Kudermetova and Aryna Sabalenka.

Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs won the title, defeating Lyudmyla Kichenok and Makoto Ninomiya in the final, 6–2, 6–2.

Demi Schuurs
Demi Schuurs (pronounced [ˈdeːmi sxyrs]; born 1 August 1993) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 512.

She has won twenty-one doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal is a true crime non-fiction novel by John Preston. It was first published on 5 May 2016 by Viking Press and by Other Press in the United States. The novel details the 1970s Thorpe affair in Britain, in which former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was tried and acquitted of conspiring to murder his alleged former lover, Norman Scott.

Non-fiction novel
The non-fiction novel is a literary genre that, broadly speaking, depicts non-fictional elements, such as real historical figures and actual events, and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction. Sometimes they incorporate fictitious conversations. The non-fiction novel is an otherwise loosely defined and flexible genre. The genre is sometimes referred to using the slang term "faction", a portmanteau of the words fact and fiction. When written about non-fictional elements of the author's own life, the form is known as autofiction.
Guyam Island
Guyam Island is a tear-drop shaped island in the Philippine Sea situated 780 kilometres (480 mi) southeast of Manila in the province of Surigao del Norte.  It is around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south-southeast of General Luna municipality. It is a popular stop for tourists doing island-hopping trips.

General Luna, Surigao del Norte
General Luna, officially the Municipality of General Luna (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan General Luna; Tagalog: Bayan ng Heneral Luna), is a municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,853 people.

Formerly known as Cabuntog, it is home to annual international and national surfing competitions because of the Cloud 9 waves. As a result, the town has the reputation as the "Surfing Capital of the Philippines."
Tony Klinger
Tony Klinger (born 29 January 1950) is a British filmmaker, author and media executive. He began his career as an assistant director on the TV series The Avengers in the 1960s, later directing several rockumentaries and continuing to work across various media roles.

Klinger is the son of film producer Michael Klinger, with whom he worked on the 1971 crime thriller Get Carter, starring Michael Caine.

Media proprietor
A media proprietor, also called a media executive, media mogul, media tycoon, or press baron is an entrepreneur who controls any means of public or commercial mass media, through the personal ownership or holding of a dominant position within a media conglomerate or enterprise. Those with significant control of a large media-based forum may also be called a business magnate. Since the advent of social media, influencers and entertainers who have garnered large followings on platforms have also been considered media proprietors.
Parikh
Parikh  is a name found among Hindus, Jains and Memon from India. It means assayer in the Gujarati language and has its roots in the Sanskrit word for examiner. Both the Oswal and Porwal communities of India, Canada and United States have clans called Parekh.

People bearing the name, who may or may not be affiliated with the above communities, include:

Shrenu Parikh, Indian television actress

Narhari Parikh, Indian freedom fighter and social reformer

Rahul Parikh, American pediatrician

Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh, Gujarati writer, poet, and Indologist

Rohit Jivanlal Parikh, Indian-American mathematician and logician

Himanshu Parikh, Indian architect

Jayant Parikh, Indian painter, printmaker, and muralist

Vasant Parikh, Indian politician and social worker

Deepak Parikh, CEO of Clariant Chemicals India

Tej Parikh, former Chief Economist, Institute of Directors

Narhari Parikh
Narhari Dwarkadas Parikh was a writer, independence activist and social reformer from Gujarat, India. Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, he was associated with Gandhian institutes throughout his life. He wrote biographies, edited works by associates and translated some works. His writing also reflected Gandhian influence.
Cyril Parfitt
Cyril Harry Parfitt (6 February 1914 – 30 October 2011) was a British artist. He was based on the Isle of Thanet in Kent and works using mixed materials and techniques. His notable works include the hand-rendered pencil drawing 'The New Arrivals' which was hung in the Royal Academy.

Terrain cartography
Terrain cartography or relief mapping is the depiction of the shape of the surface of the Earth on a map, using one or more of several techniques that have been developed. Terrain or relief is an essential aspect of physical geography, and as such its portrayal presents a central problem in cartographic design, and more recently geographic information systems and geovisualization.
George Frazier (baseball manager)
George Kasson Frazier (January 7, 1861 – February 5, 1913) was a 19th-century professional baseball executive. He was the owner and manager of the Syracuse Stars of the American Association, considered a major league, during the 1890 season.

He managed the Stars to a record of 51–65. The team also went 4–7 in 11 games managed by Wallace Fessenden in mid-season. The Stars finished in seventh place, and folded at the conclusion of the season.

He was married to Mary Yale, daughter of Colonel John Wesley Yale, member of the Yale family.

American Association (1882–1891)
The American Association of Base Ball Clubs (AA) was a professional baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from 1882 to 1891. Together with the National League (NL), founded in 1876, the AA participated in an early version of the World Series seven times versus the champion of the NL in an interleague championship playoff tournament. At the end of its run, several AA franchises joined the NL. After 1891, the NL existed alone, with each season's champions being awarded the Temple Cup (1894–1897).

During its existence, the AA was often simply referred to as "the Association" in the media, in contrast to the NL, which was sometimes called "the League". It was also sometimes called the "Beer and Whiskey League".