A post office was opened in Brown's Grove (an extinct town) in 1877. It was moved to Burdett in 1887.
Burdett is at (38.193410, -99.526456). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
Burdett has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Burdett has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The 2010 census says that there were 247 people, 102 households, and 68 families living in Burdett.
Burdett is part of USD 496 Pawnee Heights. The Pawnee Heights High School mascot is Tigers.
Bison, Kansas
Bison is a city in Rush County, Kansas, United States. In 2010, 255 people lived there.
Bison was platted in 1888 by the railroad. It was named after the American bison, which once ate there.
Bison was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
The first post office in Bison was created in May 1888.
Bison is at (38.520718, -99.197528). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
Bison has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Bison has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The 2010 census says that there were 255 people, 104 households, and 72 families living in Bison.
Bison is part of USD 403 Otis-Bison. The Otis-Bison High School mascot is Cougars.
Burlingame, Kansas
Burlingame is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States. In 2010, 934 people lived there.
Burlingame was originally created as Council City and was an stop on the Santa Fe Trail. The Council City post office was opened on April 30, 1855. The city and post office name was changed from Council City to Burlingame on January 30, 1858. It was named after Anson Burlingame.
During the American Civil War the townspeople built a stone fort in the middle of the town. Burlingame's Fort was torn down after the war.
Burlingame is on U.S. Route 56, about south of Topeka. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
Burlingame has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Burlingame has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Burlingame is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The 2010 census says that there were 934 people, 404 households, and 250 families living in Burlingame.
Bazine, Kansas
Bazine is a city in Ness County, Kansas, United States. In 2010, 334 people lived there.
Bazine was a station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The community was named after the French general François Achille Bazaine.
The first post office in Bazine was created in 1874.
Bazine is at (38.445977, -99.692549). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
Bazine has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Bazine has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The 2010 census says that there were 334 people, 135 households, and 92 families living in Bazine.
Western Plains USD 106 serves Arnold, Bazine, Brownell, Ransom and Utica. The Western Plains High School mascot is Bobcats.
Bazine High School was closed because of school unification. The Bazine High School mascot was the Indians.
In 2004, Bazine High School was posted on eBay. The 78-year-old building was bought by a California businessman for $55,000.
Pehlwani
Pehlwani is a form of wrestling from the Indian subcontinent. It was developed in the Mughal Empire by combining native malla-yuddha with influences from Persian "varzesh-e bastani". The words "pehlwani" and "kushti" derive from the Persian terms "pahlavani" and "kosht" respectively. It is likely that the word derives from the Iranian word "Pehalavi" denoting to people of Iranian descent.
Nergis Mavalvala
Nergis Mavalvala (born 1968) is a Pakistani-American astrophysicist known for her role in the first observation of gravitational waves. She is the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she is also the Associate Head of the Department of Physics. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010.
Mavalvala is best known for her work on the detection of gravitational waves in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project.
Sexual consent
Sexual consent is consent to engage in sexual activity.
Sexual activity without consent is considered rape or other sexual assault. However, consent does not always mean the activity is legal.
Consent
Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions as used in such fields as the law, medicine, research, and sexual relationships.
Oona Chaplin
Oona Castilla Chaplin (born 4 June 1986) is a Spanish-British actress. Her best known roles are Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series "Game of Thrones", "The Crimson Field" and the series "Taboo".
She is the daughter of actress Geraldine Chaplin, the granddaughter of the English filmmaker and actor Charlie Chaplin, and the great-granddaughter of the American playwright Eugene O'Neill.
Katherine Maher
Katherine Roberts Maher (born April 18, 1983) is the chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Before this, she was their chief communications officer.
Maher grew up in Wilton, Connecticut.
She went to Wilton High School.
In 2003, Maher graduated from the Arabic Language Institute's Arabic Language Intensive Program of The American University in Cairo. Maher subsequently studied at the in Syria. During this period, she also spent time in Lebanon and Tunisia.
In 2005, Maher received a bachelor's degree from New York University in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
From 2007 to 2010, Maher worked at UNICEF as an innovation and communication officer.
She focused on the use of technology to improve people's lives. Maher worked on issues related to maternal health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and youth participation in technology.
One of her first projects at UNICEF involved testing MediaWiki extensions related to accessibility in Ethiopia.
From 2010 to 2011, Maher worked at the National Democratic Institute as an ICT Program Officer.
From 2011 to 2013, Maher worked as an ICT innovation specialist at the World Bank.
In 2012, Maher's Twitter feed on issues related to the Middle East was cited as being notable in its coverage of the Arab Spring.
From 2013 to 2014, Maher was advocacy director at the Washington, D.C.-based Access Now. As part of this work, she focused on the impact on people of laws about cyber security, morality, and defamation of the state that increase state censorship and reduce dissent. Access was a signatory of the Declaration of Internet Freedom.
From April 2014 to March 2016, Maher was chief communications officer of the Wikimedia Foundation. During this time, she gave an interview in "The Washington Post" on United States copyright law.
In March 2016, Maher became interim executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation following the resignation of then executive director, Lila Tretikov. Maher was appointed executive director in June 2016. The appointment was announced by Jimmy Wales on June 24, 2016 at Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy, effective June 23, 2016.
Maher states that she focuses on global digital inclusion as a way to improve and protect the rights of people to information through technology.
Maher is based in San Francisco, California. Besides English, she also speaks Arabic, French, and German.
William H. Brown III
William H. Brown III (born January 19, 1928) is an American lawyer.