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Norwegian General Post Directorate
The Norwegian General Post Directorate (Norwegian: Generalpostdireksjonen) was a Norwegian government agency responsible for postal affairs. It was established in 1857 under the Norwegian Ministry of the Interior, itself non-existent today, and dissolved already in 1860 when its tasks were transferred to the Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs.

Its director from 1857 to 1860 was Niels Mathias Rye.

Mail
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is usually in the form of an adhesive postage stamp, but a postage meter is also used for bulk mailing.

Postal authorities often have functions aside from transporting letters. In some countries, a postal, telegraph and telephone (PTT) service oversees the postal system, in addition to telephone and telegraph systems. Some countries' postal systems allow for savings accounts and handle applications for passports.

The Universal Postal Union (UPU), established in 1874, includes 192 member countries and sets the rules for international mail exchanges as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations.
1948 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The men's road race at the 1948 UCI Road World Championships was the 15th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 22 August 1948 in Valkenburg, the Netherlands. The race was won by Briek Schotte of Belgium.

The race was strongly influenced by rivalry between Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali, among the favourite athletes participating. The two only focused on controlling each other, not pursuing the victory. They were later heavy criticised in Italy for this. The Italian Cycling Federation even suspended them from competitive activity for two months but was cancelled after a month. So Coppi was able to win the Giro di Lombardia in October 1948.

Gino Bartali
Gino Bartali, OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒiːno ˈbartali]; 18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and (in Italy) Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice, in 1936 and 1937, and the Tour de France in 1938. After the war, he added one more victory in each event: the Giro d'Italia in 1946 and the Tour de France in 1948. His second and last Tour de France victory in 1948 gave him the largest gap between victories in the race.

In September 2013, 13 years after his death, Bartali was recognised as a "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem for his efforts to aid Jews during World War II.
Niagara Falls Marriott on the Falls
Niagara Falls Marriott on the Falls is a 335 feet (102 m) tall hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

The hotel opened in 1993 as 20-story the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel. The hotel was expanded in 2000, adding floors 22–31. The hotel left Sheraton for Marriott in 2011 and became the Marriott Gateway on the Falls. It was renamed Niagara Falls Marriott on the Falls in 2017. There are two rooms on the 32nd floor which are only used when the hotel has no rooms (or by request).  Being one of the tallest structures in the city, it can be seen throughout the general tourist area.

The hotel was host to the first webcam overlooking Niagara Falls. Installed in 1998 at the former top floor prior to the expansion in 2000. In 2012 the webcam was replaced as part of the $15 million renovation of the structure initiated in 2011.

This is one of the original Fallsview hotels.

Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario, Canada, adjacent to, and named after, Niagara Falls. As of the 2021 census, the city had a population of 94,415. The city is located on the Niagara Peninsula along the western bank of the Niagara River, which forms part of the Canada–United States border, with the other side being the twin city of Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls is  within the Regional Municipality of Niagara and a part of the St. Catharines - Niagara Census Metropolitan Area (CMA).

Tourism is a major part of the city's economy: its skyline consists of multiple high-rise hotels and observation towers that overlook the waterfalls and adjacent parkland. Souvenir shops, arcades, museums, amusement rides, indoor water parks, casinos, theatres and a convention centre are located nearby in the city's large tourist area. Other parts of the city include historic sites from the War of 1812, parks, golf courses, commercial spaces, and residential neighbourhoods.
Abbot's Meads
Abbot's Meads is a suburb of Chester in Cheshire, England.  Abbot's Meads is north-west of Chester city centre. The Countess of Chester Hospital is nearby. The population as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Chester.

Countess of Chester Hospital
The Countess of Chester Hospital is the main NHS hospital for the English city of Chester and the surrounding area. It currently has 625 beds, general medical departments and a 24-hour accident and emergency unit. It is managed by the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, one of the first Foundation Trusts in the UK, formed in 2004. Cardiac rehabilitation services at the hospital are provided by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

The hospital was the venue for the crimes of Lucy Letby, a nurse convicted of killing seven babies between June 2015 and June 2016.
Olenivka, Podilsk Raion, Odesa Oblast
Olenivka (Ukrainian: Оленівка; Romanian: Urâta) is a village in Podilsk Raion, Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine, located at 47° 57' 16"n, 29° 30' 45"e, near the Dniester River border with Moldova. Olenivka belongs to Balta urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi) from Chișinău.

Until 18 July 2020, Shkarbynka belonged to Balta Municipality. The municipality as an administrative unit was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Balta Municipality was merged into Podilsk Raion.

Dniester
The Dniester (/ˈniːstər/ NEE-stər) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again.
LOS40 Music Awards 2018
The LOS40 Music Awards 2018 was the thirteenth edition of the LOS40 Music Awards, the annual awards organized by Spanish radio station Los 40. It was held on November 2, 2018 in the WiZink Center in Madrid, Spain.

Leiva (singer)
José Miguel Conejo Torres (born in Madrid, 30 April 1980), better known by his artistic name Leiva, is a Spanish singer, musician and songwriter. Between 2001 and 2010 he led with Ruben Pozo the Spanish rock band Pereza, with which he recorded 6 albums. After the dissolution of the band, he started a solo career with 3 charting solo albums: Diciembre in 2012, Pólvora in 2014 and Monstruos in 2016.
San Dionigi, Vigevano
45°19′06.5″N 8°51′30.6″E﻿ / ﻿45.318472°N 8.858500°E﻿ / 45.318472; 8.858500

The church of San Dionigi is a religious building located in Vigevano, in province of Pavia and diocese of Vigevano, deconsecrated and since 2009 used as an auditorium.

Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.  Auditoriums can be found in entertainment venues, community halls, and theaters, and may be used for rehearsal, presentation, performing arts productions, public speeches or as a learning space.
Owari Kokubun-ji
The Owari Kokubun-ji (尾張国分寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Yawase neighborhood of the city of Inazawa, Aichi, Japan. The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai. It is the modern successor of one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of imperial rule over the provinces. The foundation stones of the original temple was designated as a National Historic Site by the Japanese government in 2012.

Japanese Zen
See also Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan

Japanese Zen refers to the Japanese forms of Zen Buddhism, an originally Chinese Mahāyāna school of Buddhism that strongly emphasizes dhyāna, the meditative training of awareness and equanimity. This practice, according to Zen proponents, gives insight into one's true nature, or the emptiness of inherent existence, which opens the way to a liberated way of living.
919th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
The 919th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Spokane Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at Saskatoon Mountain Air Station, Alberta, Canada. It was inactivated on 1 April 1963.

The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America.

Lineage

Activated as 919th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 16 April 1952

Discontinued 1 April 1963

Assignments

Western Air Defense Force, 16 April 1952

25th Air Division, 16 February 1953 – 1 April 1963

Stations

Geiger Field, Washington, 16 April 1952

Saskatoon Mountain AS, Alberta, 1 June 1953 – 1 April 1963

25th Air Division
The 25th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force intermediate echelon command and control organization.  It was last assigned to First Air Force, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC).   It was inactivated on 30 September 1990 at McChord Air Force Base, Washington.
Ladislav Rygl Sr.
Ladislav Rygl Sr. (16 July 1947 – 30 November 2024) was a Czechoslovak Nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a gold medal in the individual event at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry. He also competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Rygl died on 30 November 2024, at the age of 77. His son, Ladislav Jr., competed in Nordic combined from 1995 to 2006.

Nordic combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup has been held since 1983. Many Nordic combined competitions use the Gundersen method, where placement in the ski jumping segment results in time (dis)advantages added to the contestant's total in the cross-country skiing segment (e.g. the ski jumping winner starts the cross-country skiing race at 00:00:00 while the one with the lowest jumping score starts with the longest time penalty).
Aksarsoy
The Aksarsoy is a river in the northeast area of Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It originates in the Pskem Range of the Tianshan Mountains and flows into the river Pskem, at the bridge over the Pskem near the water level of Lake Charvak.

The river Aksarsoy has recently become a popular tourist destination.

Tashkent Region
Tashkent Region (Uzbek: Toshkent viloyati, Тошкент вилояти; Russian: Ташкентская область) is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien Shan Mountains. It borders Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Sirdaryo Region and Namangan Region, as well as the city of Tashkent which is a region in its own right, forming an enclave entirely encircled by the territory of Tashkent Region. It covers an area of 15,250 km². The population is estimated 2,975,900 (2021). Its capital is the city of Nurafshon. Other cities are Angren, Olmaliq, Ohangaron, Bekabad, Chirchiq, Gʻazalkent, Keles, Parkent, Yangiabad, and Yangiyoʻl.
Brian Comer
Brian Keith Comer (born December 26, 1985) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on September 3, 2019. He represents the electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia caucus.

On August 31, 2021, Comer was made Minister of Communications Nova Scotia, as well as Minister responsible for Youth and Mental Health and Addictions.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Comer worked as mental health and addictions nurse at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.

Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, more commonly known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been historically associated with the Red Tory faction of Canadian conservatism. The party is currently led by Pictou East MLA Tim Houston. The party won a majority government in the 2021 provincial election. He called a snap election in 2024, increasing his party's majority mandate. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia and the Conservative Party of Canada are two separate entities.
Haworthia arachnoidea
Haworthia arachnoidea, locally known as "papierrosie" (paper-rose) or "spinnekopnes" (spider-nest), is the type species of the genus Haworthia, in the family Asphodelaceae, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

Asphodelaceae
Asphodelaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, but the circumscription has varied widely. In its current circumscription in the APG IV system, it includes about 40 genera and 900 known species. The type genus is Asphodelus.

The family has a wide, but scattered, distribution throughout the tropics and temperate zones; for example, Xanthorrhoea is endemic to Australia, while the Aloes are unique to Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Many of the family's genera are cultivated as ornamentals, with some being highly collectible and sought-after, such as Haworthia and Gasteria, as well as their intergeneric hybrids with Aloe (x Gasteraloe, x Gastorthia, x Haworthaloe, etc.), while a few are grown commercially for cut flowers. Two species of Aloe, A. vera and A. maculata, are grown for their leaf sap, which contains digestive enzymes, and has medicinal and cosmetic applications.
Barry W. Lynn
Barry W. Lynn (born 1948) is an American activist who was the executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State from 1992 to November 2017, when he retired. He was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ and a prominent leader of the religious left in the United States. Lynn was formerly a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He has been known as a strong advocate of separation of church and state.

Christian left
The Christian left is a range of Christian political and social movements that largely embrace social justice principles and uphold a social doctrine or social gospel based on their interpretation of the teachings of Christianity. Given the inherent diversity in international political thought, the term Christian left can have different meanings and applications in different countries. While there is much overlap, the Christian left is distinct from liberal Christianity, meaning not all Christian leftists are liberal Christians and vice versa.

In the United States, the Christian left usually aligns with modern liberalism and progressivism, using the social gospel to achieve better social and economic equality. Christian anarchism, Christian communism, and Christian socialism are subsets of the socialist Christian left. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of the Communist Manifesto, both had Christian upbringings; however, neither were devout Christians.
Alexander Hamilton (artist)
Alexander Hamilton (Scottish, born 1950) is an artist, publisher and series editor for Studies in Photography books (Art and Visual Culture), distributed by Edinburgh University Press. He is the chair of the Scottish Society for the History of Photography. As an artist, his chosen medium is cyanotype. He has exhibited widely within the UK, Europe and the US, and his work is held at the National Science and Media Museum. A monograph of his life and work, In Search of the Blue Flower: Alexander Hamilton and the Art of Cyanotype, will be published in 2022.

Cyanotype
The cyanotype (from Ancient Greek: κυάνεος, kyáneos 'dark blue' and τύπος, týpos 'mark, impression, type') is a slow-reacting,  photographic printing formulation sensitive to a limited near-ultraviolet and blue light spectrum, the range of 300 nm to 400 nm, known as UVA radiation. It produces a monochrome, blue-coloured print on a range of supports, and is often used for art and reprography in the form of blueprints. For any purpose, the process usually uses two chemicals – ferric ammonium citrate or ferric ammonium oxalate, and potassium ferricyanide, and only water to develop and fix. Announced in 1842, it is still in use.
Authenticity and Development Front
The Authenticity and Development Front (Arabic: جبهة الأصالة والتنمية, romanized: Jabhat al-'asalah wa'l-tanmiyah) was an alliance of rebel groups that was active during the Syrian Civil War. The alliance was considered to be moderate by Charles Lister (from Middle East Institute) and the BBC.

Middle East Institute
The Middle East Institute (MEI) is a non-profit, mainly UAE/Saudi funded, non-partisan think tank and cultural center in Washington, D.C., founded in 1946. It seeks to "increase knowledge of the Middle East among the United States citizens and promote a better understanding between the people of these two areas."
Teeters
Teeters is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

John Teeters (born 1993), American sprinter

Matt Teeters (born 1983), American politician

Nancy Teeters (1930–2014), American economist

Nancy Teeters
Nancy Hays Teeters (July 29, 1930 – November 17, 2014) was an American economist and corporate executive who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1978 to 1984. A member of the Democratic Party, Teeters was the first woman to sit on the Board. She was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to fill out the remainder of the term of Arthur F. Burns, a former chairman of the Fed. Teeters was known for her public statements in which she dissented from the mainstream opinion of the Board and Chairman Paul Volcker.
Reynold Weidenaar
Reynold Henry Weidenaar (1915-1985) was an artist from Grand Rapids, Michigan, recognized nationally as well as locally for his technical virtuosity as a draftsman and printmaker. He embraced the subject matter and realism of American Regionalist art, though his depictions of the American Scene reflect a uniquely personal, often satirical perspective. Weidenaar is especially known for his mezzotint prints, particularly those of architectural subjects, such as the construction of the Mackinac Bridge.

National Academy of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Frederick Styles Agate, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition." Membership is limited to 450 American artists and architects, who are elected by their peers on the basis of recognized excellence.
Nidker
Nidker (or Nidgar) was the bishop of Augsburg from 816 until his death around 830.

Nidker succeeded Hanto as bishop in 816. On 31 August 822, he was a member of a Missus dominicus court held in Allershausen. At the same court, he was sued by Bishop Hitto of Freising over possession of the church at Kienberg. The case was decided in favour of Freising.

Nidker died around 830 and was buried in the church of Saints Ulrich and Afra. He was succeeded by Udalmann. He came to be recognised as a saint. In 1064, when the church was demolished and rebuilt, the bones of Nidker were found along with those of Saint Digna of Augsburg and two earlier bishops, Adalbero and Wicterp. After 1494, Nidker is depicted alongside Digna, Adalbero, Wicterp and Bishop Tosso on many of the Ulrich crosses that were purchased by pilgrims at the church.

Digna and Emerita
Saints Digna and Emerita (died 259 AD) are venerated as saints by the Catholic Church.  They were Roman maidens seized and put to the torture as Christians in the persecution of Valerian (A.D. 254-A.D. 259) at Rome.

In the catacombs of the Commodilla there was the grave of an Emerita. Around 757 it was discovered under Pope Paul I, who had the relics transferred to the church of San Marcello al Corso, in Rome. On the basis of a misunderstood inscription, the bones were considered for the two martyrs and around the middle of the 9th martyrs. a legend formed of two martyrs similar to the story of Saint Afra.

It is recorded that on April 5, 838, a monk named Felix appeared at Fulda with the remains of Saints Cornelius, Callistus, Agapitus, Georgius, Vincentius, Maximus, Cecilia, Eugenia, Digna, Emerita, and Columbana.

Their feast day is celebrated on September 22.
Elizabeth Schultz Rigg
Elizabeth (Schultz) Rigg (1921–2001) was a singer and pianist who was a direct descent of Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Rigg worked as a Cabaret actress. Adopting the stage name of Suzanne Gilbert, she performed at the American Theatre Wing, the Biltmore Hotel, and the Stage Door Canteen in New York City. Performing in the Fred Astaire ballroom dance competitions, Rigg won multiple first place awards. She also starred in the play Toys in the Attic, performed at the Hudson Guild in Manhattan in 1972.

Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) is a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York, United States. Founded as a women's college in 1926, Sarah Lawrence College has been coeducational since 1968. The college's campus in Yonkers maintains a Bronxville mailing address and sits roughly 20 miles from New York City. In athletics, the Sarah Lawrence Gryphons compete in the Skyline Conference of the NCAA Division III.
Lechenaultia linarioides
Lechenaultia linarioides, commonly named yellow leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas in the west of Western Australia. It is a sprawling subshrub with many tangled branches, narrow, crowded, rather fleshy leaves, and yellow and deep pink to purplish red flowers.

Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asterales. It contains about 404 species in twelve genera. The family is distributed mostly in Australia, except for the genus Scaevola, which is pantropical. Its species are found across most of Australia, being especially common in arid and semi-arid climates.