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Histogram equalization
Histogram equalization is a method in image processing of contrast adjustment using the image's histogram.

Histogram equalization is a specific case of the more general class of histogram remapping methods. These methods seek to adjust the image to make it easier to analyze or improve visual quality (e.g., retinex).

Color constancy
Color constancy is an example of subjective constancy and a feature of the human color perception system which ensures that the perceived color of objects remains relatively constant under varying illumination conditions. A green apple for instance looks green to us at midday, when the main illumination is white sunlight, and also at sunset, when the main illumination is red. This helps us identify objects.
Apertura 2017 Liga MX final phase
The Apertura 2017 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 22 November to 10 December 2017. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2017 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.

UTC−06:00
UTC−06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −06:00. 
In North America, it is observed in the Central Time Zone during standard time, and in the Mountain Time Zone during the other eight months (see daylight saving time). Several Latin American countries and a few other places use it year-round.
Vizianagaram Junction railway station
Vizianagaram railway station (station code:VZM) is an Indian railway station located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh; it serves Vizianagaram city in Vizianagaram district. It is one of the important railway stations on Howrah–Chennai main line, serving as the point where links from Raipur and Jharsuguda via Titlagarh connect to the main line. It is administered under South Coast Railway zone.

South Eastern Railway zone
The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It comprises Adra railway division, Chakradharpur railway division, Kharagpur railway division and Ranchi railway division.
Frisco Five
The Frisco Five, also known as #Frisco5, are a group of protesters who went on hunger strike on April 21, 2016 in San Francisco, California in front of the San Francisco Police Department Mission Station to demonstrate against episodes of police brutality, use-of-force violations, and racial bias. Specifically the deaths of Alex Nieto on March 21, 2014, Mario Woods on December 2, 2015, Amilcar Perez Lopez on February 26, 2015, and Luis Gongora on April 7, 2016.

Hunger strike
A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance where participants fast as an act of political protest, usually with the objective of achieving a specific goal, such as a policy change. Hunger strikers that do not take fluids are named dry hunger strikers.

In cases where an entity (usually the state) has or is able to obtain custody of the hunger striker (such as a prisoner), the hunger strike is often terminated by the custodial entity through the use of force-feeding.
Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area
The Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area (often abbreviated Ashley Karst NRGA) is a National Recreation Area in the eastern Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah, United States. Created by Congress in 2019 and administered by the United States Forest Service as part of the Ashley National Forest, the designation aims to conserve the area’s karst aquifer and headwater streams, as well as geological, recreational, ecological scenic, and cultural resources. 
It is approximately 173,475 acres (702.03 km2) in size just northwest of Vernal, Utah.

Vernal, Utah
Vernal is the county seat of and the largest city in Uintah County, Utah, approximately 175 miles (280 km) east of Salt Lake City and 20 miles (32 km) west of the Colorado border. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 10,079. The population has since grown to 10,432 as of the 2022 population estimate.

Vernal is home to the Vernal Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the nine statewide regional campuses of Utah State University. The city serves as a gateway to the nearby Dinosaur National Monument, Flaming Gorge, and the Uinta Mountain Range.
Adolfo Quimbamba
Adolfo Graciano Quimbamba (born 26 December 1982) is a retired Angolan basketball player. At 197 cm (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) in height and 104 kg (229 pounds) in weight, he played as a small forward.

Quimbamba represented the Angolan senior team for the first time at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009. He saw action in five games off the bench for the Angolans, who won their seventh consecutive FIBA Africa Championship and qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He last played for ASA at the Angolan major basketball league BAI Basket in 2013.

AfroBasket 2009
AfroBasket 2009 was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship.  The tournament was hosted by Libya after Nigeria, the original host, withdrew from hosting after not conforming to FIBA Africa guidelines.

Angola won its sixth consecutive African championship and tenth overall by beating Côte d'Ivoire 82-72 in the championship game. Tunisia won the bronze medal game over Cameroon to earn its first-ever FIBA World Championship berth.  Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, and Tunisia move on to represent Africa at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.  Angola's Joaquim Gomes claimed the tournament's Most Valuable Player award for the second consecutive Afrobasket tournament.
Steve Thompson (footballer, born 1963)
Steven John Thompson (born 12 January 1963) is an English football manager and former player and former manager of Dorchester Town. He played for England at semi-professional level and also played for the RAF and Combined Services sides.

Saltash United F.C.
Saltash United Football Club is an English football club based in Saltash, Cornwall. They currently play in the Western League Premier Division.

Since its formation in 1946, the club has won three Western Football League Premier Division titles, one Western Football League Division One title, and two South Western League titles.

The club crest adopts the heraldic seal used by the town of Saltash for many centuries. The shield is placed between two ostrich feathers and ensigned by a crown, which are taken from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall.
Kaputol ng Isang Awit
Kaputol ng Isang Awit (transl. fragment of one song / international title: Unsung Melody) is a 2008 Philippine television drama romance musical series broadcast by GMA Network. Based on a 1991 Philippine film of the same title, the series is the seventh instalment of Sine Novela. Directed by Mike Tuviera, it stars Glaiza de Castro and Lovi Poe. It premiered on March 3, 2008 on the network's Dramarama sa Hapon line up. The series concluded on June 13, 2008 with a total of 73 episodes.

Philippine television drama
Philippine television drama, also known as teleserye is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. Teleserye is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for "telebisyón" (television), and "serye" (series).

Teleseryes share characteristics with and have roots similar to soap operas and telenovelas. They have evolved into a genre with unique characteristics, however, and often reflect Filipino social reality. Teleseryes are aired in the afternoon and prime time, five days a week. Their audience crosses age and gender lines, and they have the highest advertising rates in the Philippine television industry. Series last from three months to a year or longer, depending on ratings.

Philippine TV dramas also include serials and anthologies, usually shown weekly. These dramas have a finite number of episodes and usually last one season, again depending on ratings.
1998 Samoa National League
The 1998 Samoa National League, or also known as the Upolo First Division, was the 10th edition of the Samoa National League, the top league of the Football Federation Samoa. Vaivase-tai won their fifth title, their first since the 1983 championship.

Football Federation Samoa
Football Federation Samoa is a member of the Oceania Football Confederation and is the national governing body for association football in Samoa. It was founded in 1968 and became a FIFA member in 1986. The Samoa national football team is a regular entrant into OFC competitions, including FIFA World Cup qualifying.
Mathieu Ostiguy
Mathieu Ostiguy (born January 27, 1997) is a former Canadian pair skater. He won the 2019 Canadian junior nationals with partner Chloe Choinard. With partner Justine Brasseur, he placed fourth at the 2016 Youth Olympics in Hamar and seventh at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen.

Brasseur/Ostiguy began skating together in May 2014. They were coached by Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum, and Julie Marcotte. Their partnership ended after the 2016–2017 season. In spring 2017, Ostiguy teamed up with Chloe Choinard. He and Choinhard broke up in Summer 2019, and on February 18, 2020, Ostiguy retired.

2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from 14–20 March 2016 in Debrecen, Hungary. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař and Daniel Samohin became the first World Junior champions in figure skating from the Czech Republic and Israel, respectively. Japan's Marin Honda won the ladies' title and Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter took the ice dancing event.
Cazac, Haute-Garonne
Cazac (French pronunciation: [kazak]; Occitan: Casac) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Historically and culturally, the commune lies within the Comminges region, corresponding to the former County of Comminges, a district of the province of Gascony located in what are now the departments of Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, and Ariège. Exposed to a modified oceanic climate, it is drained by the Touch River, the Peyréga stream, and several other small waterways. The commune's natural heritage consists of two protected natural areas of ecological, faunal, and floral interest.

Cazac is a rural commune with a population of 78 in 2022. It is part of the Toulouse metropolitan area. Its inhabitants are called Cazacois or Cazacoises.

Touch (river)
The Touch (French pronunciation: [tuʃ]; Occitan: Toish) is a 74.5 km (46.3 mi) long river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the département of Haute-Garonne, near Lilhac.

It flows through the following départements and towns:

Haute-Garonne: Bérat, Lherm, Plaisance-du-Touch, Tournefeuille, Blagnac, Toulouse.

It flows into the river Garonne at Toulouse.
Museum of Popular Arts of Paraíba
The Museum of Popular Arts of Paraíba (MAPP) (Portuguese: Museu de Arte Popular da Paraíba), also known as "Three Pandeiros Museum", due to its circular shape, is based in the city of Campina Grande, state of Paraíba, Brazil. It was designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer, being his last project, and is part of the State University of Paraíba. It was inaugurated December 13, 2012, but officially opened to public visitation in 2014.

Campina Grande
Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called agreste. It is considered one of the main industrial, technological and educational centers in the northeastern region of Brazil. Settled in the 17th century, the city was officially established in 1864.  Campina Grande also has a large cultural agenda, including the world's largest Saint John's Festival (called O Maior São João do Mundo), which takes place during the entire month of June.
A Time Remembered
A Time Remembered is an album by double bassist Art Davis. His third and final release as a leader, it was recorded on January 14 and 15, 1995, at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles, California, and was issued later that year on CD and vinyl by Jazz Planet, an imprint of Classic Records, as the label's inaugural release. On the album, Davis is joined by saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, pianist Herbie Hancock, and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith.

Acoustic Sounds, Inc.
Acoustic Sounds, Inc. is a mail-order business specializing in the sale of audiophile vinyl LPs, SACDs, Reel-To-Reel album reissues (Analogue Productions Ultra Tape), DVD-Audios, high-quality CDs and high-end stereo equipment. Located in Salina, Kansas, United States. The business is owned and operated by Chad Kassem and as of 2016 employed 98 people.
Atwima-Nwabiagya North (Ghana parliament constituency)
The Atwima-Nwabiagya North is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Frank Yeboah is the member of parliament for the constituency. Atwima-Nwabiagya North is located in the Atwima Nwabiagya District  of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The constituency and Atwima-Nwabiagya South are sister constituencies born out of the Atwima-Nwabiagya constituency in 2012.

Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District
Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Atwima District. Later, part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 12 November 2003 (effectively 17 February 2004) to create Atwima Mponua District; thus the remaining part was renamed to become Atwima Nwabiagya District. However on 15 March 2018, the northern part of the district was later split off to create Atwima Nwabiagya North District; while the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on the same year to become Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District. The municipality is located in the western part of Ashanti Region and has Nkawie as its capital town.
Chill Out (John Lee Hooker album)
Chill Out is a 1995 album by John Lee Hooker featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Charles Brown, and Booker T. Jones. It was produced by Roy Rogers, Santana and Hooker himself, and executive produced by Mike Kappus. Tracks 1 to 11 were recorded and mixed at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco and The Plant, Sausalito, California. The album reached No.3 in the US Blues chart and was awarded a W. C. Handy Award for  Traditional Blues Album of the Year. Chester D. Thompson who plays keyboards is not to be mistaken with Chester Cortez Thompson who played drums with Phil Collins, Genesis and Weather Report.

Charles Brown (musician)
Tony Russell "Charles" Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999) was an American singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced nightclub style influenced West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. Between 1949 and 1952, Brown had seven Top 10 hits in the U.S. Billboard R&B chart. His best-selling recordings included "Driftin' Blues" and "Merry Christmas Baby".
2007 US Open – Mixed doubles
Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan were the defending champions, but Navratilova retired from the sport at the end of 2006. Bryan partnered Tatiana Golovin, and lost in the second round to Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi.

Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi won the title, defeating Meghann Shaughnessy and Leander Paes in the final 6–4, 7–6(8–6). This was Azarenka's first Grand Slam title; she would later win two Grand Slam singles titles and reach No. 1 in the world.

Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League. In December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed as India's next non-playing Davis Cup captain and took over the reins from Anand Amritraj in February 2017.
Eadaoin Ní Challarain
Eadaoin Ní Challarain (born 19 September 1975 in Spiddal) is an Irish slalom canoer who competed in two Olympic Games. She finished 18th in the K-1 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years later in Athens she finished in 11th place in the same event. She also competed in Freestyle Kayaking.

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1
These are the results of the women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course.  The venue for the 2000 Olympic competition was at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium.
Virginia State Route 156
State Route 156 (SR 156) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 57.38 miles (92.34 km) from U.S. Route 301 (US 301) and SR 35 in Templeton north to US 360 Business in Mechanicsville. SR 156 follows a circuitous route through the eastern part of the Richmond–Petersburg metropolitan area. South of the James River, the state highway connects Templeton in Prince George County with Hopewell, which is directly served by SR 156 Business. SR 156 crosses the James River on the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge and briefly passes through Charles City County. For most of its length in Henrico and Hanover, the state highway is a rural road that provides access to several units of Richmond National Battlefield Park. However, SR 156 provides access to Richmond International Airport, Interstate 64 (I-64), and I-295 as it passes through the Richmond suburbs of Sandston and Highland Springs as a major highway.

Mechanicsville, Virginia
Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. The population was 39,482 during the 2020 census, up from 36,348 in the 2010 census.
Clube Atlético Tricordiano
Clube Atlético Tricordiano, or simply Tricordiano, is a currently inactive Brazilian football team from Três Corações, Minas Gerais, founded on May 13, 2008.

In 2016, they competed in the Campeonato Mineiro — Módulo I, however, in 2017 they were relegated to Modulo II.

Três Corações
Três Corações (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈtɾe(j)s koɾaˈsõjs]) is a municipality in the south of Minas Gerais state in Brazil. As of 2020, the city population was estimated at 80,032, making it one of the largest cities in the south of Minas Gerais. The city is geographically located close to the circumcenter of the three largest metropolitan areas in Brazil (Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo), thus making it a strategic hub for commerce. Três Corações is internationally famous for being the birthplace of football legend Pelé.
Will Mahony
Francis William Mahony (11 March 1905 – 1 April 1989), professionally known as Will Mahony, was an Australian illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist and printmaker.  He was the son of the Australian artist Frank P. Mahony.

During the 1920s Mahony mainly worked as a commercial artist and printmaker in Sydney.  From the early 1930s he began to produce political cartoons for various left-wing publications.  For over seven years from March 1933 Mahony's cartoons were a regular feature in The Labor Daily (later renamed the Daily News), the newspaper reflecting the views and policies of the Australian Labor Party.  In June 1940 the newspaper was acquired by the Daily Telegraph, with most of the staff including Mahony being retained.  In November 1944 Mahony was dismissed from the staff of the Daily Telegraph for refusing to put his name to a cartoon critical of trade unions.

In the post-war years Mahony worked as an artist drawing comic strips and book illustrations.

Caricature
A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, and can serve a political purpose, be drawn solely for entertainment, or for a combination of both. Caricatures of politicians are commonly used in newspapers and news magazines as political cartoons, while caricatures of movie stars are often found in entertainment magazines. In literature, a caricature is a distorted representation of a person in a way that exaggerates some characteristics and oversimplifies others.
Muhammad Islahuddin Abas
Muhammad Islahuddin bin Abas is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Mersing since November 2022. He took over the seat from Abdul Latiff Ahmad, the incumbent who previously held it for five terms. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN), and is currently its Johor state Information Chief.

Malaysian United Indigenous Party
The Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Malay: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia; abbrev: BERSATU or PPBM) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia (Malay: Persatuan Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia) and founded by members of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) rebel group Gabungan Ketua Cawangan Malaysia. It is a major component of the Perikatan Nasional coalition.

Full membership in the party is limited only for Bumiputeras (indigenous communities of Malaysia). Non-Bumiputeras are permitted to join the party as associate members who are not eligible to vote and contest party elections.
Harry O. Downey
Harry Orliff Downey (May 9, 1897 – April 17, 1974) was a fox rancher and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Albert in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1931 to 1952 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Curryville, New Brunswick, the son of Oscar E. Downey and Rose E. Matthews. Downey was speaker for the provincial assembly from 1944 to 1952.

Curryville, New Brunswick
Curryville is a Canadian community near the eastern edge of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. Situated along the Albert Mines Road and its intersections with Chemical Road and Grub Road, the village is bordered by Demoiselle Creek in the north and Cape Station in the south. Population is approximately 110 of 798 residents in Hopewell Parish. Prominent buildings include the former Curryville United Church and a former community hall, now a ceramic arts studio. Other features include various abandoned pits and quarries (gravel and sandstone) and remnants of the now dismantled Albert Railway (1877 to 1955).
Galium intermedium
Galium intermedium is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Central and eastern Europe (Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, France, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Belarus, the Baltic States, Ukraine, western Russia and the former Yugoslavia). It is also reportedly naturalized in Santa Clara County, California.

Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae (/ruːbiˈeɪsiːˌiː, -siˌaɪ/) is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 14,200 species in about 615 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family by number of species. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include  Coffea, the source of coffee; Cinchona, the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine; ornamental cultivars (e.g., Gardenia, Ixora, Pentas); and historically some dye plants (e.g., Rubia).