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Tujia people
The Tujia (Northern Tujia: Bifjixkhar / Bifzixkar, IPA: /bi˧˥ dʑi˥ kʰa˨˩/ /pi˧˥ tsi˥ kʰa˨˩/, Southern Tujia: Mongrzzir, /mõ˨˩ dzi˨˩/; Chinese: 土家族; pinyin: Tǔjiāzú) are an ethnic group and, with a total population of over 9 million, the seventh-largest officially recognized ethnic minority in the People's Republic of China. They live in the Wuling Mountains, straddling the common borders of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou Provinces and Chongqing Municipality.

The endonym Bizika means "native dwellers". In Chinese, Tujia literally means "local families", in contrast to the Hakka (客家; Kèjiā), whose name literally means "guest families" and implies migration.

Direct-controlled municipality
A direct-controlled municipality is the highest level classification for cities used by unitary states, with status equal to that of the provinces in the respective countries. A direct-controlled municipality is similar to, but not the same as, a federal district, a common designation in various countries for a municipality that is not part of any state, and which usually hosts some governmental functions. Usually direct-controlled municipality are under central government control with limited power. In some cases, a similar term in federal states is the federal city.

Many countries have adopted this system with some variations. Geographically and culturally, many of the municipalities are enclaves in the middle of provinces. Some occur in strategic positions in between provinces.
My Favorite Highway
My Favorite Highway was an American pop rock band, originally formed in 2004 by cousins Dave Cook and Will Cook in the city of Fairfax, Virginia. While still unsigned the band recorded and released two EPs and one full-length album, selling over 100,000 digital singles independently before signing a major label record deal with Virgin Records in 2008. In 2009, Virgin Records re-released the band's record, "How To Call A Bluff", with the addition of two new songs, "Go" and Dreamer". Their song, "Say So", received moderate radio airplay throughout the U.S. during 2009. Many of the band's songs have appeared on popular TV shows such as MTV's The Hills, Laguna Beach, The City and The CW's Fly Girls and 90210. They played at The Bamboozle in 2009 and 2010 and have toured with artists such as The Cab, Hellogoodbye, Fun, Forever The Sickest Kids, The Rocket Summer, and Kelly Clarkson, among others. My Favorite Highway disbanded in September 2010.

Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (or simply Laguna Beach) is an American reality television series that originally aired on MTV from September 28, 2004, until November 15, 2006. The series aired for three seasons and was primarily focused on the personal lives of several students attending Laguna Beach High School. Its premise was originated with Liz Gateley, while Tony DiSanto served as the executive producer.

The series was originally led by seniors Lauren Conrad, Lo Bosworth, Stephen Colletti, Morgan Olsen, Trey Phillips, Christina Schuller, and juniors Kristin Cavallari and Talan Torriero. The second season saw the additions of  Jason Wahler, Taylor Cole, Alex Murrel and Jessica Smith. Upon its conclusion, all cast members departed from the series and were replaced by a group of current students. The third season was led by Cameron Brinkman, Tessa Keller, Breanna Conrad, Lexie Contursi, Raquel Donatelli, Cami Edwards, Kelan Hurley, Chase Johnson, and Kyndra Mayo.
David B. Richman
David B. Richman is an American arachnologist and curator of the Arthropod Museum at New Mexico State University. Richman has described many species of spiders in North America and elsewhere.

Richman was born in New York State in 1942 and received his degrees at Arizona Western College (A.A. 1968), the University of Arizona (B.S. 1970, M.S. 1973) and the University of Florida (Ph.D 1977).

Arizona Western College
Arizona Western College (AWC) is a public community college in Yuma, Arizona. It offers associate degrees, occupational certificates, and transfer degrees. AWC also offers classes in Dateland, Parker, San Luis, Somerton, and Wellton.
Wariyapola Electoral District
Wariyapola electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Wariyapola in Kurunegala District, North Western Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Wariyapola electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Elections in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. Sri Lanka has a multi-party system, with two dominant political parties. All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
Ann Davies (actress)
Ann Cuerton Briers (25 November 1934 – 26 April 2022), better known by her stage name Ann Davies, was an English actress. Davies was the wife of actor Richard Briers until his death in February 2013, and the mother of actress Lucy Briers and Kate Briers. She acted with her husband in the films Peter's Friends (1992), In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) and Run for Your Wife (2012).

One of her earliest television appearances was as the character Jenny in the BBC series Doctor Who in the story entitled The Dalek Invasion of Earth. In 2003, Davies appeared in an episode of the series Doctors as the character Annette Ludlow.

Davies also appeared alongside her husband in the radio adaptation of the TV series Brothers in Law as well as in two episodes of the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles.

Davies died aged 87, on 26 April 2022.

Peter's Friends
Peter's Friends is a 1992 British comedy film directed and produced by Kenneth Branagh, and written by Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman.

The film follows six friends (played by Stephen Fry, Branagh, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton and Emma Thompson), members of an acting troupe who graduated from Cambridge University in 1982 and went their separate ways. Ten years later, Peter inherits a large estate from his father and invites the group to spend the New Year's holiday with him.
Oeneis tanana
Oeneis tanana is a species of butterfly, a member of the Satyrinae. It occurs in Alaska, and is believed to be the only endemic species of butterfly in the state. It is speculated to be a hybrid species of Oeneis bore and O. chryxus. The species is threatened due to habitat loss.

Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies. The true number of the Satyrinae species is estimated to exceed 2,400.
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring is a 2003 real-time strategy game (RTS) developed by Liquid Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Games. Set in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional Middle-earth, it expands upon the events of the War of the Ring as told in his fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings.

War of the Ring is unrelated to the films by Peter Jackson. The game is licensed by Tolkien Enterprises.

Middle-earth Enterprises
Middle-earth Enterprises, formerly known as Tolkien Enterprises, is a subdivision of the Embracer Freemode division of Embracer Group and formerly a trade name for a division of The Saul Zaentz Company. The subdivision owns the worldwide exclusive rights to certain elements of J. R. R. Tolkien's two most famous literary works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These elements include the names of characters contained within as well as the names of places, objects and events within them, and certain short phrases and sayings from the works.

In 2022, Embracer Group purchased Middle-earth Enterprises from The Saul Zaentz Company.
Jordan vs. Bird: One on One
Jordan vs. Bird: One on One is a basketball video game developed by Electronic Arts as the sequel to One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird from 1983. Jordan vs. Bird was initially published in 1988 for the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS, then versions were released for the Game Boy, Genesis, and Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES port was done by Rare and published by the Milton Bradley Company. There is also a handheld electronic game from Tiger Electronics.

Tiger Electronics
Tiger Electronics Ltd. (also known as Tiger and Tiger Toys) is an American toy manufacturer best known for its handheld electronic games, the Furby, the Talkboy, Giga Pets, the 2-XL robot, and audio games such as Brain Warp and the Brain Shift. When it was an independent company, Tiger Electronics Inc., its headquarters were in Vernon Hills, Illinois. It has been a subsidiary of Hasbro since 1998.
1984 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
The 1984 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–4 at the Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

Hosts UAB upset Old Dominion in the championship game, 62–60, to win their third overall, as well as third consecutive, Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Blazers, in turn, received an automatic bid for the 1984 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Sun Belt member VCU, who received an at-large bid.

Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball
The Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team represents Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States in NCAA Division I men's competition. The school's team currently competes in the Sun Belt Conference.

They were the Division II national champions in 1975, champions of the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament in 2009, and champions of the inaugural Vegas 16 in 2016. The team last played in the Division I NCAA tournament in 2019. The Monarchs are currently coached by Mike Jones.
Drive, She Said (band)
Drive, She Said was an American rock band consisting of Al Fritsch and Mark Mangold. The band formed in 1986. They were signed by CBS Records in 1988 and their debut self-titled album, released in 1989, included guest appearances by Aldo Nova, Fiona Flanagan, and Bob Kulick.

Some songs by Drive, She Said, appeared in the 2003 American short film Advantage Hart.

On October 10, 2017, Fritsch died.

Aldo Nova
Aldo Caporuscio (born November 13, 1956), known by the stage name Aldo Nova, is a Canadian hard rock musician and music producer. He is a guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. He gained recognition with his 1982 debut album Aldo Nova, which peaked at Billboard's number 8 position, and its accompanying single, "Fantasy", which reached number 23 on the US  Billboard Hot 100 and boosted sales for its parent album. In 1997, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as co-producer of Celine Dion's 1996 album Falling into You. He co-wrote four songs on the  2000 album Uno by La Ley, which won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.
2007 Amstel Gold Race
The 2007 Amstel Gold Race cycling race took place on Sunday April 22. It was the 42nd edition of the annual road race in the Dutch province of Limburg.

Stefan Schumacher attacked just before final climb, and others could not catch him. Gerolsteiner got 1-2 after Davide Rebellin won the sprint for 2nd place. Rebellin took the lead of the season-long 2007 UCI ProTour series following his second place.

Davide Rebellin
Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1992 and 2022 for twelve different teams, taking more than sixty professional wins. He was considered one of the finest classics specialists of his generation with more than fifty top ten finishes in UCI Road World Cup and UCI ProTour classics.

Rebellin was best known in the cycling world for his 2004 season, when he won a then unprecedented treble with wins in Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also won stage races such as Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico, and a stage in the Giro d'Italia. Rebellin served a two-year suspension for testing positive for Mircera at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Mehmet Harmancı
Mehmet Harmancı, (born 1977) is the current mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality, the local government of the Turkish Cypriot capital North Nicosia. He was born in Nicosia.

He studied international relations in the Eastern Mediterranean University and completed his master's degree on the EU in John Moores University in Liverpool. He began his political life in the youth wing of the Communal Liberation Party and after its merger with the BDH, continued in the Communal Democracy Party. He worked as a director in a tourism agency between 2005 and 2008. From June till September 2013, he served as the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture in a transition cabinet headed by Sibel Siber. In the local elections of 2014, he got 38.6% of the votes and was elected the mayor of North Nicosia.

Peace and Democracy Movement
The Peace and Democracy Movement (Turkish: Barış ve Demokrasi Hareketi) was a social democratic political party in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. In the legislative elections for the House of Representatives of Northern Cyprus on 20 January 2005 the party won 5.8% of the popular vote and 1 out of the 50 seats in the assembly.

The last leader of BDH was Mustafa Akıncı, a deputy in TRNC Assembly of the Republic. In May 2007, it merged with the Communal Liberation Party to form the Communal Democracy Party.
2019 Joe McDonagh Cup
The 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup was the second staging of the Joe McDonagh Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2018. The fixtures were announced on 11 October 2018. The competition began on 11 May 2019 and ended on 30 June 2019.

On 30 June 2019, Laois won the Joe McDonagh Cup following a 3-26 to 1-21 defeat of Westmeath in the final at Croke Park. This was their first ever Joe McDonagh Cup title.

Offaly were relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup after losing all of their group stage games.

Westmeath's Killian Doyle was the competition's top scorer with 3-61.

Laois's Paddy Purcell was Player of the Year. For the first time in 2019, Joe McDonagh Cup competitors were eligible for All Stars and two received nominations. This was discontinued from 2020 onwards.

Offaly county hurling team
The Offaly county hurling team represents Offaly in hurling and is governed by Offaly GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team plays in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, part of the top tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. At senior level, the county have won four All-Ireland championships, nine Leinster championships and one National Hurling League title.

Offaly's home grounds are Glenisk O'Connor Park, Tullamore and Grant Heating St Brendan's Park, Birr. The team's manager is Johnny Kelly.

The team last won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 1995, the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1998 and the National Hurling League in 1991.
Graf Ignatievo
Graf Ignatievo (Bulgarian: Граф Игнатиево, Turkish: Çulluk) is a village in Maritsa Municipality, southern Bulgaria. As of 2024 it has 1,852 inhabitants. The village is named after a Russian diplomat Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev, who played an important role as an ambassador of Russia in Istanbul for the conclusion of the Treaty of San Stefano that called for the creation of Greater Bulgaria. There is the major military Graf Ignatievo Air Base of great importance used by the Bulgarian Air Force and the US.

Bulgarian–American Joint Military Facilities
Bulgarian–American Joint Military Facilities were established by a Defence Cooperation Agreement signed by the United States and Bulgaria in April 2006. Under the agreement, U.S. forces will train at these bases, which remain under Bulgarian command and the Bulgarian flag.
Embassy of the Philippines, Bucharest
The Embassy of the Philippines in Bucharest is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to Romania. It is located on the 24th floor of the Floreasca SkyTower in the neighborhood of Floreasca, part of Sector 2 in northern Bucharest.

Although the current embassy dates from 2024, the Philippines also maintained a previous resident embassy in Romania between 1975 and 2012.

Floreasca
44°27′59″N 26°06′08″E﻿ / ﻿44.46639°N 26.10222°E﻿ / 44.46639; 26.10222

Floreasca (Romanian pronunciation: [floˈre̯aska]) is a district in Bucharest, Romania, in Sector 2. Its name comes from Lake Floreasca, which is situated in the north of the neighborhood. The Floreasca Hospital is also situated in the neighborhood, in its southern part. Floreasca is considered an upper class area.

The neighborhood was built on a former landfill site. It is mainly composed of small apartment blocks of 3-4 floors, and has many green areas. Its population density is lower than other parts of Bucharest. In 2008, work at the Floreasca City Center started in the area, which was completed in 2013.
In recent years, the desire of developers to increasingly build in the neighborhood has led to conflicts with the residents.
Zamušani
Zamušani (pronounced [ˈzaːmuʃani], in older sources also Samožani, German: Samuschen) is a settlement in the Municipality of Gorišnica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

There is a T-shaped Neo-Gothic chapel-shrine in the settlement. It was built in 1929.

The railway line from Pragersko to Čakovec runs through the settlement.

Municipality of Gorišnica
The Municipality of Gorišnica (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾiːʃnitsa], Slovene: Občina Gorišnica) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Gorišnica. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. It borders Croatia.
Patricia Jackson
Patricia "Pat" Jackson (born March 17, 1958) is a former American sprinter.

In 1979 she won at the Pan American Games in San Juan bronze in the 400 metres and gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay. At the 1979 IAAF World Cup she placed seventh in the 400 metres and third in the 4 × 400 metres relay.

Jackson competed in the AIAW for the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers track and field team. She ran the 3rd leg on the winning 4 × 110 yards relay at the 1977 AIAW Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

1977 AIAW Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1977 AIAW Outdoor Track And Field Championships were the 9th annual Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate track and field events in the United States. They were contested May 19−21, 1977 in Los Angeles, California by host University of California, Los Angeles. There were not separate AIAW Division I, II, and III championships for outdoor track and field until 1981.

The University of California, Los Angeles won the team title over California State University at Northridge. Runner Julie Brown scored 28 points for Cal State Northridge individually, in addition to running two relays for them. However, sprinter Evelyn Ashford was credited for UCLA's win. 3,256 spectators attended the final day of competition, and 149 schools participated.
Sir Henry Marsh, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Marsh, 1st Baronet (1790 – 1 December 1860) was an Irish physician and surgeon.
He was born in Loughrea, County Galway in Ireland.  He was one of the medical doctors associated with Basedow's syndrome, which is also known as Marsh's disease and currently as Graves' disease.

Loughrea
Loughrea (/lɒxˈreɪ/ lokh-RAY; Irish: Baile Locha Riach, meaning 'town of the grey/speckled lake'), is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains and Lough Rea, the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the urban skyline. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

The town increased in population in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Although Loughrea serves as a commuter town for the city of Galway, it remains an independent market town. Loughrea is the fourth most populous settlement in County Galway, with a population of 6,322 as of 2022.
Tony Humphries (musician)
Tony Humphries (born November 3, 1957) is an American electronic musician and DJ. He was one of the earliest proponents of house music and has been instrumental in spreading the genre on both sides of the Atlantic.

Humphries' work encompasses studio production and remixes, radio slots on WRKS 98.7 Kiss FM and Hot 97, and DJ residencies at clubs including Club Zanzibar (Newark, New Jersey) and Ministry of Sound in London, UK.

Azuli Records
Azuli Records was a British independent record label, focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, England in 1991 but went into liquidation in April 2009. Some of its back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. The label was re-launched by Piccioni and administered by Defected Records. In 2012, the label was sold to Defected Records.

Releases included the Choice series.
Tulsa Youth Symphony
The Tulsa Youth Symphony Orchestra (TYS) is an Oklahoma nonprofit arts organization founded in 1963 to provide advanced orchestral training and performance experience for young musicians in Northeastern Oklahoma. As of 2016, more than 200 students, ages 8 to 18, participate in the program’s two orchestras. The orchestra is composed of students from northeast Oklahoma communities and schools including Tulsa, Bartlesville, Owasso, Sapulpa, Sand Springs, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Coweta, Grove, Oologah, Jenks, and Holland Hall, as well as home schooled children.

Grove, Oklahoma
Grove is a city in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Grove had a population of 6,956. Grove is surrounded by Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees, a professional bass fishing tournament lake and recreational hotspot during the travel season of Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Foreign hostages in Afghanistan
Kidnapping and hostage taking has become a common occurrence in Afghanistan following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Kidnappers include Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters and common criminal elements.

The following is a list of known foreign hostages in Afghanistan.

Maidan Wardak Province
Maidan Wardak, (Pashto; Dari: میدان وردک) simply Wardak or Wardag (Pashto; Dari: وردگ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central region of Afghanistan. It is divided into eight districts and has a population of approximately 500,000. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar, while the most populous district in the province is Sayed Abad District. Wardak is known for one of its famous high peak mountain known as (Shah Foladi). In 2021, the Taliban gained control of the province during the 2021 Taliban offensive. Wardak is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in central Afghanistan. Its capital is the closest provincial city to Kabul.