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Error code:   DatasetGenerationError
Exception:    CastError
Message:      Couldn't cast
id: string
bytes: int64
title: string
text: string
date: string
categories: list<element: string>
  child 0, element: string
entities: list<element: string>
  child 0, element: string
__index_level_0__: int64
-- schema metadata --
pandas: '{"index_columns": ["__index_level_0__"], "column_indexes": [{"na' + 1114
to
{'id': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'bytes': Value(dtype='int64', id=None), 'title': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'text': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'date': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'categories': Sequence(feature=Value(dtype='string', id=None), length=-1, id=None), 'entities': Sequence(feature=Value(dtype='string', id=None), length=-1, id=None)}
because column names don't match
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1385, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
                  fill_builder_info(builder, hf_endpoint=hf_endpoint, hf_token=hf_token, validate=validate)
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 576, in fill_builder_info
                  ) = retry_validate_get_features_num_examples_size_and_compression_ratio(
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 495, in retry_validate_get_features_num_examples_size_and_compression_ratio
                  validate(pf)
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 533, in validate
                  raise TooBigRowGroupsError(
              worker.job_runners.config.parquet_and_info.TooBigRowGroupsError: Parquet file has too big row groups. First row group has 1425161543 which exceeds the limit of 300000000
              
              During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
              
              Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1855, in _prepare_split_single
                  for _, table in generator:
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 690, in wrapped
                  for item in generator(*args, **kwargs):
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/parquet/parquet.py", line 106, in _generate_tables
                  yield f"{file_idx}_{batch_idx}", self._cast_table(pa_table)
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/parquet/parquet.py", line 73, in _cast_table
                  pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self.info.features.arrow_schema)
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2293, in table_cast
                  return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2241, in cast_table_to_schema
                  raise CastError(
              datasets.table.CastError: Couldn't cast
              id: string
              bytes: int64
              title: string
              text: string
              date: string
              categories: list<element: string>
                child 0, element: string
              entities: list<element: string>
                child 0, element: string
              __index_level_0__: int64
              -- schema metadata --
              pandas: '{"index_columns": ["__index_level_0__"], "column_indexes": [{"na' + 1114
              to
              {'id': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'bytes': Value(dtype='int64', id=None), 'title': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'text': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'date': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'categories': Sequence(feature=Value(dtype='string', id=None), length=-1, id=None), 'entities': Sequence(feature=Value(dtype='string', id=None), length=-1, id=None)}
              because column names don't match
              
              The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
              
              Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1408, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
                  parquet_operations, partial, estimated_dataset_info = stream_convert_to_parquet(
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 992, in stream_convert_to_parquet
                  builder._prepare_split(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1742, in _prepare_split
                  for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1898, in _prepare_split_single
                  raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
              datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationError: An error occurred while generating the dataset

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74279013	6,370	Bouna Medoune Seye	Bouna Medoune Seye (also Bouna Médoune Sèye, 19 October 1956 – 27 December 2017) was a Senegalese painter, photographer, costume designer and filmmaker. Born in Dakar, Senegal, he studied in Marseilles, France, and photographed the tramps on the streets of Dakar for five years. He then started out in cinema as an art director and later film director. Filmography Sèye was involved in a number of films including: 1994 Bandit Cinéma, short drama, 24 minutes, director and screen writer 1994 Flora Gomes: A Mascara (Le Masque), set photographer 1995 Saï Saï By – dans les Tapas de Dakar, 13 minutes, director 1995 Les pieds dans les rues de Dakar, director 1995 Gahité Fofana: Témèdi, art director 1996 Rouge feu, director 1997 Moussa Sene Absa: Tableau Ferraille, production designer 1998 Zone Rap, documentary, 52 minutes, director 2007 Léandre-Alain Baker: Ramata, costume designer Exhibitions Paintings Source: 1993 Peinture Racine, Chambre Blanche Gallery, Quebec, Canada 2000 Heart Gallery, Paris 2002 Dakar Biennale 2005 Exhibition "This is happening", together with Pascal Nampémanla Traoré (Côte d'Ivoire), Dakar, Senegal Photography Source: 1992 co-organiser, Mois de la Photo(graphie) de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal 1992 Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris 1994 Les Trottoirs de Dakar, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, and at Black Movie International Independent Film Festival Geneva 1997 Suites Africaines, Cordeliers Convent, Paris 1997 Les Trottoirs de Dakar, Evocos, Lisbon 1998 La cour de Joe, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris, France 1998 with other photographers: L'Afrique par elle-même, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo 1999 with other photographers: L'Afrique par elle-même, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town 2001 African Photography Encounters, Bamako 2002 NRW Forum, Düsseldorf Publication 51 photographs.	2023-12-20	[ "1956 births", "2017 deaths", "Senegalese film directors", "Senegalese screenwriters", "Senegalese film producers", "People from Dakar" ]	[ "costume designer", "art director", "Flora Gomes", "Gahité Fofana", "Moussa Sene Absa", "Léandre-Alain Baker", "Dakar Biennale", "Côte d'Ivoire", "Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève", "Cordeliers Convent", "Maison européenne de la photographie", "Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo", "Smithsonian Institution", "Iziko South African National Gallery", "Cape Town", "African Photography Encounters", "Bamako", "NRW Forum", "Cinema of Senegal" ]
74279158	3,298	Anders Mellgren	Anders Mellgren (born 22 June 1991) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. Career Mellgren started racing in the British leagues during the 2010 Premier League speedway season, when riding for the Newport Wasps. With Newport, he won the 2011 Premier League Knock-Out Cup during the 2011 season. Mellgren won the silver medal at the 2012 Swedish Junior Speedway Championship. In 2012, he joined the Rye House Rockets and spent four seasons with them before signing for Berwick Bandits mid-way through the 2015 season. He reached the final of both the 2017 Team Long Track World Championship and the 2018 Team Long Track World Championship.	2024-09-07	[ "Living people", "1991 births", "Swedish speedway riders", "Newport Wasps riders", "Expatriate speedway riders in Wales", "Rye House Rockets riders", "Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England" ]	[ "motorcycle speedway", "2010 Premier League speedway season", "Newport Wasps", "2011 Premier League Knock-Out Cup", "Swedish Junior Speedway Championship", "Rye House Rockets", "Berwick Bandits", "2017 Team Long Track World Championship", "2018 Team Long Track World Championship" ]
74279221	3,333	Dilsinho	Dilson Scher Neto (born 26 June 1992), best known as Dilsinho, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, Dilsinho started his professional career in 2009, as a member of the band Para de Kaô. In 2013, following the disbandment of the group, he started his solo career, and in 2014 he released his debut album, the eponymous Dilsinho. In 2019, Dilsinho's song "Péssimo Negócio" was the most played song on Brazilian radio stations and it was certified triple diamond, while his live album Terra do Nunca also received a diamond certification. The same year, he was awarded best singer at the Multishow Brazilian Music Awards. Discography Studio albums Dilsinho (2014) O Cara Certo (2016) Quarto e Sala (2019) Garrafas e Bocas (2021) Juntos (with Sorriso Maroto) (2022) Live albums #SML Fora da Curva (2017) Terra do Nunca (2019) Open House (2020) Juntos - Ao Vivo no Rio de Janeiro (with Sorriso Maroto) (2022) Diferentão (2023)	2024-11-17	[ "1992 births", "Living people", "Singers from Rio de Janeiro (city)", "21st-century Brazilian singer-songwriters", "Pagode musicians", "Multishow Brazilian Music Award winners" ]	[ "Rio de Janeiro", "diamond", "Multishow Brazilian Music Award", "Sorriso Maroto", "Sorriso Maroto" ]
74279227	10,574	Grande Écurie	The Grande Écurie (, ) is a building located in Versailles (Yvelines), on the Place d'Armes, opposite the Palace, between the avenues of Saint-Cloud and Paris. Together with the Petite Écurie (literal French for "The Small Stable"), it formed the Royal Stables (an institution that employed around a thousand peopleSquires, pages, footmen, coachmen, grooms, blacksmiths, cartwrights, saddlers, doctors, surgeons, chaplains, musicians, etc under Louis XIV), and was built under the direction of architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart and completed in 1682. Equipped with a riding hall, it housed the king's hunting and war horses. History The Grande Écurie replaced the King's stable, which then became the Queen's stable. Identical to the Petite Écurie, from which it is separated by the Avenue de Paris, under the Old Regime, the Great Stable was under the orders of the Grand Squire of France and housed the school for the King's Pages. Between 1680 and 1830, the Grande Écurie was also home to the École de Versailles (literal French for "the Versailles School"), the cradle of French learned horsemanship. Between 1793 and 1794, the emblem on the pediment was removed. From 1854, the stables were occupied by the army. By decree of 20 August 1913, the facades overlooking the main courtyard and the avenues of Paris and Saint-Cloud, the facades of the two pavilions, and the gates bordering the Place d'Armes were classified as historic monuments. For the first time, the Palace of Versailles organized an international show jumping competition from 5 to 7 May 2017 in the courtyard of the Grande Écurie. Establishments housed at the Grande Écurie Galerie des Carrosses (Gallery of Coaches): In 1978, the museum was transferred from the Petit Trianon to the Grande Écurie. It was closed for expansion in 2006 and reopened in 2016. Equestrian Academy: in 2002, the Palace of Versailles returned these premises to their original function by choosing Bartabas, horseman and founder of the Zingaro equestrian show. The architect Patrick Bouchain was commissioned to refurbish the rectangular riding arena, where the Académie Équestre Nationale du Domaine de Versailles was inaugurated in 2003. Versailles municipal archives. From 1957 to 2003: Department archives of Yvelines. From 2024, a campus for arts and crafts will be created here in partnership with ENSAD. Architecture The buildings are arranged around five courtyards: The main courtyard, bordered by a semi-circular colonnade and two symmetrical wings. The two middle courtyards framed at the rear. The two small side courtyards known as the "manure courtyards". Behind the main gate, there was a rectangular riding arena, which is now home to the Académie Équestre Nationale du Domaine de Versailles. The galleries are single in the Great Stable, while the Small Stable has double galleries separated by colonnades. The ceilings of the galleries are vaulted. The visible walls of the Palace are made of stone, while the less visible walls are made of red brick with stone facing. The building has rectangular windows on the first floor and dormer windows in the attic. Sculptures can be seen on the pediment, tympanum, and jambs of the main gate. Side entrances look out onto Avenue de Saint-Cloud and Avenue de Paris. In 2016, to mark the reopening of the Gallery of Coaches, the "King's Stable" sign was installed on the gate. Gallery The Grande Écurie in Culture La Mission, volume 7 of the comic book series L'Épervier by Patrice Pellerin published by Soleil, 2009	2024-12-05	[ "Buildings and structures in Versailles", "Buildings and structures completed in 1682" ]	[ "Versailles (Yvelines)", "Place d'Armes", "Palace", "Saint-Cloud", "Paris", "Petite Écurie", "Louis XIV", "Jules Hardouin-Mansart", "1682", "riding hall", "Petite Écurie", "Old Regime", "Grand Squire of France", "Pages", "1680", "1830", "École de Versailles", "horsemanship", "historic monuments", "Galerie des Carrosses", "Petit Trianon", "Equestrian Academy", "Bartabas", "Patrick Bouchain", "ENSAD", "colonnade", "symmetrical", "vaulted.", "dormer windows", "attic", "pediment", "tympanum", "jamb", "Avenue de Saint-Cloud", "Avenue de Paris.", "Patrice Pellerin", "Soleil" ]
74279448	2,202	Veaceslav Madan	Veaceslav Madan (born 27 November 1948) is a Moldovan actor, film director, politician and diplomat. He served as the Minister of Culture in the Vasile Tarlev Cabinet.	2024-12-22	[ "21st-century Moldovan politicians", "1948 births", "Living people", "Culture ministers of Moldova", "Ambassadors of Moldova to Bulgaria", "Ambassadors of Moldova to Albania", "Ambassadors of Moldova to North Macedonia", "People from Strășeni District" ]	[]
74279643	7,076	Andrew Houck	Andrew A. Houck (born June 20, 1979) is an American physicist, quantum information scientist, and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Princeton University. He is director of the Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage, a national research center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, as well as co-director of the Princeton Quantum Initiative. His research focuses on superconducting electronic circuits to process and store information for quantum computing and to simulate and study many-body physics. He is a pioneer of superconducting qubits. Early life and education Andrew Houck grew up in Colts Neck, New Jersey, the son of David and Dennie Houck. He studied electrical engineering at Princeton, where he was valedictorian of the Class of 2000. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2005. Research As a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University, in Robert Schoelkopf's lab, Houck was part of the team that originally developed the transmon — a superconducting qubit that is insensitive to charge noise — now the basic unit of hardware for many of today's most mature quantum technologies. He later redesigned the transmon using tantalum, leading to a major improvement in this class of devices. In 2019, Houck led a group that developed a microchip to simulate particle interactions in a hyperbolic plane, useful in investigating quantum phenomena. He has called quantum computing an "enabling technology" to solve problems in national security, health and climate change.	2025-03-18	[ "American quantum information scientists", "1979 births", "Living people", "Princeton University alumni", "Princeton University faculty", "Harvard University alumni", "Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers", "Fellows of the American Physical Society" ]	[ "quantum information", "Princeton University", "U.S. Department of Energy", "superconducting", "quantum computing", "many-body physics", "qubits", "New Jersey", "Harvard University", "Yale University", "Robert Schoelkopf", "transmon", "charge", "tantalum" ]
74279663	95,207	Culture of Apulia	The culture of Apulia (), the region that constitutes the extreme southeast of the Italian peninsula, has had, since ancient times, mixed influences from the West and the East, due to its strategic position near the transition zone between these two cultural regions. Its location, on the west coast of the Adriatic and Ionian seas, the natural southern border between Western Europe and the Balkans and Greece, made it a bridge to the East since antiquity, and in the Middle Ages, it was a cultural frontier between the Roman-Germanic West and the Greek-Byzantine East. Museums Jatta National Archaeological Museum Housed in the Jatta Palace in Ruvo di Puglia, it is the only example in Italy of a 19th-century private collection that has remained unchanged since the original museum design. The pieces preserved in the museum are from the collection gathered by the judge and archaeologist Giovanni Jatta (1767–1844) and his brother Giulio in the first half of the 19th century, being expanded by his nephew of the same name and acquired by the Italian state in 1991. A significant part of the collection consists of ceramics, mostly vases, from Magna Graecia, collected mainly in the Ruvo region, but also in those of Canosa and Taranto. Some pieces were collected in Greece. National Archaeological Museum of Taranto (MArTA) Considered one of Italy's most important archaeological museums, it was founded in 1887 on the initiative of the Salento archaeologist Luigi Volta, who gathered the first collection and whose goal was to create a museum of Magna Graecia. It has been housed in the former Convent of San Pasquale Baylon of the Alcantarine Friars (built in the second half of the 18th century) since its foundation, which has been modified several times since 1901. During the last restoration, which took place between 2000 and 2007, the museum operated in the Pantaleo Palace. The museum exhibits mainly archaeological pieces that document the history of the Taranto region (part of Magna Graecia) and also of other regions of Apulia, from the Paleolithic, late antiquity and early Middle Ages, the first traces of settlement in the 5th millennium B.C. and the first contacts of the Iapygians with the Aegean world in the Bronze Age, the various stages of Spartan colonization on the coast of the Gulf of Taranto, and the Roman period. The museum illustrates the ways of life, religion, funeral rituals and economy of the Greek cities of ancient Apulia, as well as their relations with Hellenistic and native culture, doing the same for Roman cities. An important part of the collection is dedicated to the processing of precious metals, namely gold, one of the most developed activities in Magna Graecia between the 4th and 1st centuries B.C. One of the most remarkable sets in the museum is the so-called "Golds of Taranto", a collection of gold jewelry pieces. Giuseppe Fiorelli Museum of Urban Archaeology The Museo di Archeologia Urbana Giuseppe Fiorelli is housed in the De Nicastri-Cavalli Palace in Lucera, it was founded in 1905 and is considered the first "civic" (municipal) museum north of Bari. The archaeological collection includes precious artifacts ranging from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages and Roman times (most notably the mosaic in Piazza Nocelli). It also displays pieces of furniture from the De Nicastri family and a gallery of paintings by the Lucerino painter Giuseppe Ar (1898–1956). Francesco Ribezzo Provincial Archaeological Museum (MAPRI) The Museo Archeologico Provinciale Francesco Ribezzo was founded in 1884 and is named after the local archaeologist and glottologist of the same name (1875–1952). It is located in the Piazza Duomo of Brindisi. The prehistoric sections include finds from all over the province, namely inscriptions in Latin, Hebrew, and Greek, coins from the classical, medieval, and modern eras, Roman statues found in the historic center of Brindisi, Apulian, Attican and Messapian vases (trozzelle). There are also two bronze sculptures from Punta del Serrone, with restored statues of the Roman consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus and Roman citizens wearing togas, busts, female figures, and other bronze pieces found in the underwater excavations carried out in 1992. Provincial Museum of Sigismondo Castromediano The Museo Sigismondo Castromediano, in Lecce, was founded in 1868 by the Duke of Cavallino Sigismondo Castromediano, an Italian archaeologist, literate, and patriot. It is the oldest museum in Apulia. Initially housed in a former convent of the Celestines, it was acquired by the provincial administration in 1967 and it was moved to the building of the former Argento College in 1979. The museum has five sections: the didactic section, which shows all the sites of art-historical relevance; the antiques sections, with Attican vases with black and red figures and Italic vases from the 6th and 5th centuries B.C, and other archaeological finds, such as bronze statues, coins, and tombstones with Messapian inscriptions; the topography section, with ancient maps of Salento; the Pinacotheca, with paintings from the 14th to 18th centuries from the Venetian and Neapolitan schools, as well as some Romanesque and Renaissance sculptures; and the Sala mostre ("exhibition hall"), with works by artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. The same building houses the provincial library and a large study room. Archaeological Civic Museum Founded in 1934 in Canosa di Puglia, the Museo Civico Archeologico di Palazzo Iliceto was housed in the 18th-century Casieri Palace until 2005. It currently occupies the Iliceto Palace, from the same century. The museum has a collection of about 2,000 archaeological finds collected in excavations carried out in Canosa di Puglia and in tombs from the 5th to 3rd centuries B.C. Among them are inscriptions, sculptures, bas-reliefs, marbles, coins, jewelry, vases and other ceramics dating back around 1,500 years (from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D.), and some prehistoric pieces. Among others, there are Daunian, Roman, Paleochristian and Byzantine relics. Diocesan Museum of Trani The Museo Diocesano di Trani is owned by the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie. It was founded in 1975 on the initiative of Archbishop Giuseppe Carata to properly accommodate the tombstones, sculptures, and other stone pieces that resulted from demolitions carried out in the cathedral and other churches in the city of Trani. Over the years its collection has been expanded with other works and finds of high artistic and historical value. The museum has several sections spread around the Addazi Palace and the Lodispoto Palace. The headquarters is in the latter, where the highlights are a collection of tombstones from the 6th to the 18th centuries; the Chapter Treasury, which includes liturgical objects; an exhibition of the construction works of the local archbishops between the 14th century and the present; and an archaeological section that includes finds from the 6th millennium B.C. The Addazi Palace houses the art gallery, where paintings from the Trani Cathedral are on display. Diocesan Museum of Taranto The MuDi - Museo Diocesano di arte sacra di Taranto was opened in 2011 by Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa and is housed in the former archdiocesan seminary of Taranto, a 16th-century old town building. It has more than 300 works of heritage from a period ranging from the 17th to the 20th century on display, including religious furniture, relics, paintings, and sculptures of great cultural value, mainly from churches no longer open to worship. Highlights are the "Treasure of Catald," which includes the gold cross found on the saint's chest during work on the 11th-century cathedral, ancient reliquaries with the tongue of Saint Cataldo, and the blood of Saint Vitus. In the painting collection, highlights include Corrado Giaquinto's The Dream of Saint. Joseph, an Ecce Homo by Paolo de Matteis, and several contemporary religious paintings donated by Archbishop Benigno Papa. One of the museum's unique pieces is a Brazilian topaz from King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, with a carved figure of Jesus, noted as the world's greatest jewel. Museum of the High Tavoliere (San Severo) The Museum of the High Tavoliere (Museo dell'alto Tavoliere) in city of San Severo has a large collection of archeological finds from the surrounding countryside, dating from to the Paleolithic to Medieval times. Its collection includes Grecian-style pottery and artefacts and it hosts one of the most important collection of the Daunians. It also hosts a small art gallery. The collection is maintained in a former Franciscan monastery. Diocesan Museum of Lucera Opened in 1999, the Museo Diocesano di Lucera is housed in the Episcopal Palace of Lucera. In addition to the collection of paintings of the bishops of Lucera-Troia, it has on display several pieces from different eras, most of them from Lucero churches that have been deactivated. Highlights include a red jade ciborium from the 13th century, a diptych of the Sulmona school in gilded silver leaf from the 14th century, a linen coat with embroidery, the stole and hat of Augustine Kažotić (14th century), the wool cape of Franciscan saint Francis Fasani (17th–18th centuries), a chancel cabinet (private altar) with a gilded wooden altarpiece (18th or 19th century) and several reliquaries. Aurelio Marena Diocesan Museum Also known as Monsignor Aurelio Marena Museum and Monsignor Aurelio Marena Pinacotheca Museum ("Museo Pinacoteca Monsignor Aurelio Marena"), it opened in 1969. It is the museum of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto, which brings together the artistic heritage of the Bitonto Cathedral. The museum has two major sections: a Pinacotheca and a Romanesque lapidarium. The first operates in the seminary building, built in the first half of the 18th century, and the second on the first floor of the episcopal palace. The painting collection includes a Virgin with Child by Anthony van Dyck, an Adoration of the Shepherds by Marco Pino from 1576, a Resurrection of Lazarus by Francesco de Mura from the 1730s, and a fragment of a wooden icon with the Hodegetria Virgin, a Byzantine work from the 12th century. There is also a section dedicated to the 17th-century Bitontine school of painting. The rest of the exhibition includes frescoes, sculptures, religious furniture and objects, Sèvres vases, and decorative elements taken from the cathedral, namely the iconostasis and the ciborium, from the period between the 12th and 20th centuries. Corrado Giaquinto Pinacotheca Also known as the Provincial Pinacotheca of Bari and the Metropolitan Pinacotheca of Bari, it was founded in 1928 and was initially housed in the local government palace, having been moved in 1936 to the Provincial Palace on Bari's monumental waterfront. The pinacotheca has collections of the Apulian and Neapolitan schools of painting from the late Middle Ages, the Venetian school from the 15th and 16th centuries, by Corrado Giaquinto (1703–1765), Neapolitan and Southern Italian paintings from the 19th century, as well as more recent artworks. The Venetian painting section features works by Bartolomeo Vivarini (1430–1491), Giovanni Bellini (1433–1516), Paris Bordon (1500–1571), Tintoretto (1519–1594), and Palma il Giovane (1548–1628). Other famous painters with works in the museum are Luca Giordano (1634–1705), Francesco De Mura (1696–1782), Giuseppe De Nittis (1846–1884), Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931), Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978) and Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964). There are also medieval Apulian maiolicas, Neapolitan nativity scenes, and antique pieces of clothing. Giuseppe De Nittis Pinacotheca The Pinacoteca Giuseppe De Nittis, in Barletta, houses the largest collection of the famous local Impressionist painter Giuseppe De Nittis (1846–1884), consisting of 146 paintings and 65 drawings, which were donated to the city in 1914 by his widow. Initially housed in a former Dominican convent, it was moved to the Barletta Castle and finally to the Della Marra Palace, a 16th-century baroque building, where the museum has been operating since 2007. National Gallery of Apulia ("Girolamo and Rosaria Devanna" Gallery) The National Gallery of Apulia is the first such national gallery in the region and one of the most prestigious. It was opened in 2009 and operates in the Sylos-Calò Palace, a Renaissance building from the first half of the 16th century. The collection was assembled by the brothers Girolamo and Rosaria Devanna, who donated a large part of their artistic collections to the state in 2004. It consists of 229 paintings and 108 drawings by important artists, mostly Italian, dating between the 16th and early 20th centuries. Treasure of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre Located in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre ("Basilica del Santo Sepolcro") in Barletta, one of the most important churches in Barletta, likely built in the 11th century, this museum has on display several religious gold pieces, some from Palestine, dating back to the first decades of the 13th century. Among them is a double patriarchal cross containing a piece of the True Cross, which according to tradition is said to have been taken to Barletta in 1291 by the patriarch of Jerusalem after the Muslim takeover of Acre. Civic Museum of Paleontology and Man (MUPAU) The Museo Civico della Paleontologia e dell'Uomo, opened in 2002, is housed in the Maiorano Palace in Lizzano, a manor building from the mid-19th century. It has an important collection of fossils dating back 600 million years, found in the region and around the world. Besides the paleontology section, it has a large archaeology section, with pieces ranging from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. Traditional tools for work and domestic use are also on display. Other sections are devoted to cultures of Africa and Oceania and contemporary art. Theater Alongside a fairly solid vernacular tradition, rooted above all in Bari and its province, in recent years numerous experimental plays have emerged, with new ideas circulating and new performers, which attract the interest of national theater companies and are appreciated outside the region. The only Apulian public institution dedicated specifically to the management, coordination, and financing of theatrical activities is the Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, active since the 2000s and responsible for most of the funding to the sector. Bari's Teatro Petruzzelli is the fourth largest theater in Italy and is sometimes touted as the largest private theater in Europe. It opened in 1903 and reopened in 2009 after being restored following a fire in 1991. Bari's Teatro Piccinni opened in 1854 and closed temporarily in 2009 for restoration, and is scheduled to reopen in 2019. Teatro Team is another theater in Bari, founded in the late 1990s. The Teatro Margherita, in the same city, was opened in 1914 and closed in 1980. It has the peculiarity of being built on stilts, which allegedly makes it the only theater in the world built over the sea. In 2009, this theater began to be restored, initially with the intention to be used again as a theater, but now being home to a museum. The Teatro Umberto Giordano in Foggia was opened in 1828 and restored in 2014. In Bitonto one finds the Teatro Traetta, which opened in 1938 and reopened in 2005 after being closed for almost fifty years. The Teatro Curci in Barletta was opened in 1872. The Teatro Verdi in San Severo opened in 1937 and replaced one of the oldest theaters in southern Italy, the Teatro Real Borbone, which opened in 1919 and closed in 1927. The Teatro Politeama Greco in Lecce was the second major theater in southern Italy after the famous Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. It opened with a performance of the opera Aida. Literature The 3rd century B.C. Tarantine Livius Andronicus is considered the founder of Roman epic poetry. He translated the Odyssey into Latin and introduced several other Greek literary genres to Rome. He also wrote a play which is considered the first literary work written in Latin (before him Latin works were oral) and was premiered in Rome in 240 B.C. Another Apulian artist of the same century, Ennius was a poet and dramatist who is also considered one of the fathers of Roman literature.Smith (1852), p. 359. "Rudiae is celebrated as the birthplace of Ennius." He was born in Rudiae, an originally Messapian town situated very close to what is today Lecce. He wrote an important epic poem for Latin culture (the Annales) and other works of various genres. Pacuvius (220-130 B.C.) was another important playwright and poet. Likely born in Brindisi, in a Greek-Oscan cultural area, he was the nephew of Ennius. Pacuvius moved to Rome, where he became a painter and poet. During the 18th century, the Apulian intellectuals, unlike those of Naples and Milan, did not initially adhere to Enlightenment principles. An impetus in this direction was however given by Ferrante de Gemmis, a noble literate and philosopher (1732–1803), who collected the teachings of Antonio Genovesi and founded the Enlightenment Academy in Terlizzi, his hometown, ca. 1760. When the bourgeoisie became self-aware in the 19th century, an active scientific, legal, economic, and administrative culture developed. At the same time, as a consequence of the annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the Kingdom of Italy (1861), the phenomenon of brigandage spread, which gave rise to the main theme of the so-called southern literature. This cultural trend has magazines such as Valdemaro Vecchi's Rassegna Pugliese, which would be the starting point for the development of the publishing house Laterza. The 20th century was marked by profound Southern reflections and anti-fascist sentiments. One of the examples of this is Tommaso Fiore, a Meridionalist and socialist, who fought for autonomy, for Meridionalist federalism, for the living conditions of the populations, especially of the peasants, and who was the guide of a group of young intellectuals. One of the great exponents of Apulian culture in the 20th century was Carmelo Bene, actor, playwright, and filmmaker. More recently, former judge and senator Gianrico Carofiglio has been successful with his novels that have Bari as their setting. As a judge, Carofiglio got popular due to anti-Mafia cases. Music As in most of southern Italy, Apulia's musical tradition is closely tied to traditional dances. A folk dance of particular anthropological interest is the pizzica (or taranto), present mainly in Salento and Taranto, which is danced in pairs. It was once danced not only on festive occasions but also during rituals to cure tarantate (tarantism), a convulsive hysterical phenomenon that was attributed to tarantula bites.Toschi, Paolo (1950). Proceedings of the Congress Held in Venice September 7th to 11th, 1949: "A Question about the Tarantella", Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Vol. 2. (1950), p. 19. Translated by N. F. The studies carried out by the ethnologist Ernesto de Martino and collected in his 1959 work La terra del rimorso focused on the phenomenon of tarantism and showed its links to hysteria, epilepsy, and depression. Although tarantism may be considered extinct, the music that accompanied it in recent years has been the subject of a rediscovery that has crossed regional boundaries and culminates annually in the busy Notte della Taranta ("Nights of the Taranta") festival, held each year in Grecìa Salentina. A famous Apulian musician was Matteo Salvatore (1925–2005), a composer and singer of folk and traditional music who was a performer of traditional Gargano songs. Another notable musician in the folk area is Eugenio Bennato, a singer-songwriter who despite being a native of Naples, is one of the main driving forces of Taranta Power, a movement that aims to promote and spread Taranto and traditional Apulian music, which has been done through shows, publications, support for groups, the organization of events, and the creation of schools and workshops. Another world-renowned singer-songwriter and composer with connections to Apulia was Lucio Dalla, who lived there for some time, mainly in Manfredonia and the Tremiti Islands (1943–2012). Cuisine Apulian cuisine is diverse, both in recipes and in the numerous ingredients, which vary according to the seasons. Many vegetables are used, such as cime di rape (Brassica rapa sylvestris) (rapini), cabbage, cardoon, artichoke, chicory, bell pepper, eggplant, beans, lentils, chickpeas, fava beans (the one from Carpino being famous), onions (the one from Acquaviva delle Fonti being famous), as well as all seafood, especially from the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. The latter has a particular characteristic, resulting from the water of the Piccolo Sea and the freshwater springs (locally called citri) that flow into it and soften the salinity without affecting the taste of the fish. One of the best-known typical dishes is orecchiette al ragù di carne (ear-shaped pasta with meat stew), but also well-known are orecchiette con le cime di rape (pasta with rapini), cicoria con la purea di fave (chicory with fava beans purée) and others more linked to the sea, as cavatelli con le cozze (cavatelli with mussels) risotto ai frutti di mare (reafood risotto), polpo alla griglia (octopus on the grill), riso al forno alla barese (rice in the oven Bari style), also called riso, patate e cozze (rice, potatoes and mussels). Among the typical Salento dishes there are municeddhi (snails), involtini (lamb giblet rolls), which have various names and are also present in the province of Foggia where they are called torcinelli, ciceri e tria and pezzetti di cavallo (horse meat with sauce). As for meats, those of the Itria valley are particularly famous, especially those of Cisternino, Crispiano, and Martina Franca, where there is the only norcineria (a place dedicated solely to the slaughter and processing of pigs) in Apulia, where the typical capocollo is produced.Gillian Riley. "Capocollo." The Oxford Companion to Italian Food. Oxford University Press, 2007. p. 100. Besides this sausage, the zampina of Sammichele di Bari, and the prosciutto di Faeto, a ham from the municipality of Faeto, in the Daunos hills, are also worth mentioning. Among the products with Apulia-protected designation of origin are: Fruits - orange from Gargano, lemon femminiello from Gargano and clementine from the Gulf of Taranto Olives - bella''' from Daunia and bella from Cerignola Olive oils - Dauno, Terra di Bari, Collina di Brindisi, Terre Tarentine and Terra d'Otranto Cheeses - caciocavallo silano (cow's milk) and canestrato pugliese (merino sheep's milk) Others - Altamura bread There are also numerous Apulian wines with protected designations of origin (DOC, DOCG, and IGT). Traditions and folklore La Fòcara A festival in Novoli commemorating the local patron saint, Anthony the Great, which has its high point on January 16 and 17, although it runs from January 7 to 18. The main attraction is a bonfire made up of thousands of bundles of vine branches that are stacked to form a huge cylinder, which is illuminated by a profusion of fireworks on the night of the 16th to the 17th. On the so-called "Days of Fire" there are numerous pyrotechnic shows and contests. In the more genuinely religious aspect, another important event is a procession and the blessing of animals - according to tradition, Saint Anthony, the "Saint of the Fire", was a pig keeper and protects domestic animals. The festivity has been held at least since 1664, the year it was made official by Bishop Luigi Pappacoda. Tavole di San Giuseppe thumb\|250x250px\|Tavola di San Giuseppe in San Marzano di San Giuseppe This is an ancient tradition celebrated in Cocumola (Minervino di Lecce), San Marzano di San Giuseppe, Uggiano la Chiesa, Giurdignano and Lizzano, on March 18 and 19, in which large tables are prepared with typical dishes in honor of Saint Joseph. During the visit to the taula one can taste the lu cranu stumpatu and the pasta culli ciciri or the vermiceddhri, i.e. wheat and pasta with chickpeas. Fiera di San Giorgio Celebrated during the 4th week of April at the Saint George's Fair in Gravina, it is the oldest regional fair in Italy, attested to in a 1294 document issued by King Charles II of Naples ordering its restoration. Dedicated mainly to agriculture, crafts, gastronomy, and wine, one of the attractions is the reenactment of the first editions of the fair in the Middle Ages. Holy Week in Molfetta Lenten celebrations in Molfetta begin with the procession of the Cross on Ash Wednesday, the day after Carnival. The other highlights are the procession of the Virgin Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows) on the afternoon of Good Friday. On Friday night into Saturday, at 03:00 in the morning, the procession of the Five Mysteries leaves Saint Stephen's Church. On Holy Saturday, the Pietá procession leaves from the Church of Purgatory (Santa Maria Consolatrice degli Afflitti). Holy Week in Taranto During Holy Week, several rituals are performed, including day and night processions with hooded men, namely that of the Madonna Addolorata and the "Mysteries". The celebrations, noted by some as among the oldest in Italy, date back to at least 1703, when a local nobleman, Don Diego Calò, commissioned images of the Addolorata and of the Dead Jesus in Naples that are still used in the processions today. The celebrations are organized by Taranto's more than 20 confraternities, some of them founded in the 16th century. Holy Week in Francavilla Fontana thumb\|253x253px\|Pappamusci in the Holy Week at Francavilla Fontana The Holy Week rites of this town in the province of Brindisi are among the most famous in Apulia. Throughout the night of Holy Thursday and into the early evening of Good Friday, the faithful and the Pappamusci go on a pilgrimage from church to church, where they pause in prayer before the tombs where the Dead Christ lies. The Pappamusci are members of a local brotherhood and wear a white tunic with a cord tied around their waist, a symbol of sacrifice, and a brown scapular on their chest, a sign of belonging to the brotherhood and a privilege of its members. Another local peculiarity is the Crociferi, penitents wearing a tunic and barefoot hooded men who carry a heavy wooden cross on their shoulders. In the procession of the Mysteries, held on Friday evening, the confraternities bring papier-mâché sculptures depicting the last moments of Jesus' life. As in other celebrations of Holy Week in Apulia, the similarities with those practiced in Spain are explained by the fact that their origin dates back to the period when southern Italy was ruled by Spanish monarchs. Processione delle Fracchie The Good Friday night procession in the town of Lamis, in the Gargano countryside, follows wagons with large lit torches (the fracchie), which according to tradition illuminate Our Lady of Sorrows in her search for the dead Jesus. The torches are made from bundles of tree trunks, conical in shape and open lengthwise, which become authentic walking bonfires. The tradition dates back to the 16th or 17th century. Processione della desolata thumb\|Procession of the desolate in Canosa di Puglia The procession takes place in Canosa di Puglia on Holy Saturday morning and is known for the participation of hundreds of women dressed in black from head to toe, barefoot, with their faces covered and, being a funeral procession, they sing the Stabat Mater. The procession is also accompanied by girls dressed as angels who carry in their hands objects from the Passion of Jesus, such as nails, whips, and the crown of thorns. The atmosphere is intense and emotional, evocative of the grief of Mary desolated by the death of her son Jesus. A statue of the Virgin Mary with tears in her eyes is dressed in black and holds a white handkerchief in one hand and a crown of thorns and a cross in the other. She is paraded and accompanied by an angel dressed in white, and behind follows the sepulcher of Jesus with a stripped cross, symbolizing the burial of the latter. La 'Nzegna thumb\|La 'Nzegna in Carovigno The 'Nzegna is an ancient religious rite celebrated on Easter Monday, Tuesday and Saturday after Easter (March or April), consisting of a game of waving a pair of multicolored flags (the battitura della Nzegna), which are twirled around the neck, legs, and belly and thrown into the air to the sound of music by flute, drum, drums, cymbals. These spectacles are preceded by processions. The festival has been celebrated in honor of Maria Santissima di Belvedere (Our Lady of the Meadow), the patron saint of Carovigno, since the early 12th century. Palio di Taranto (Taranto Prize) Also known as Torneo dei Rioni ("Tournament of Neighborhoods"), it is a rowing competition with traditional wooden boats, initially done by the ten neighborhoods of Taranto, but since 1999 the local police and military forces have also participated. The competition has two phases, the first held on the city's patron saint's day, Saint Cataldo, on May 10, and the second in June or July. The boats go around the island where the historic part of Taranto is located. Festa del Soccorso thumb\|Image of Beata Vergine Maria del Soccorso from the procession in her honor in San Severo It is a festivity commemorating the patron saints of the city of San Severo. The main patron saint is the Beata Vergine Maria del Soccorso (lit.: Our Lady of Help), whose center of worship was transferred from Palermo to San Severo in 1514 by the Augustinians. The other patron saints are Severinus of Noricum and Severus of Naples. It takes place between the eve of the third Sunday in May and the following Monday. The highlight of the festivity are two processions in which numerous images of saints are carried on shoulders, adorned with the jewels that are usually kept in the treasury of the diocese. During the processions, fireworks prepared by more than twenty neighborhoods are set off. When the fireworks are set off the corsa dei fujenti is held, where young people participate and run next to the fireworks as they explode, in a scenario reminiscent of war, with explosions everywhere and intense smoke. In the 2018 festival, the fires caused serious injury. During the festival, there are decorative night illuminations in the most important streets and a light structure about fifteen meters high is set up in Piazza Incoronazione. Processione del Cavallo Parato This is a procession that takes place on the festivity of Corpus Christi, in which the local archbishop rides on a white steed, carrying an ostensory, out of the cathedral and through the city. The archbishop goes under a baldachin with six stems, which are carried by members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. On the way, the crowd throws flowers. As the procession passes the harbor area, all the docked ships turn on their sirens and the archbishop stops in front of the Monument to the Sailor of Italy to bless the waters and then stops in Victory Square to bless the city. The procession, reportedly taking place since 1254, evokes the tradition that during the Seventh Crusade, the King of France Saint Louis was taken prisoner by Saladin at Damietta in Egypt in 1249. The Muslim sovereign agreed to free the Christian king in exchange for a large ransom. Saint Louis was freed, leaving the Blessed Sacrament (bread from the Last Supper) as a pledge, and went to Brindisi, where the Holy Emperor Frederick II gave him the ransom money. The French king returned to Egypt to pay the ransom, which Saladin, impressed by the Christian king's loyalty and faith, refused to accept and returned the bread. On his way back from the Holy Land, Saint Louis was surprised by a storm and went to the beach at Torre Cavallo, near the port of Brindisi. Concerned about saving the Blessed Sacrament, Saint Louis asked for help from the Archbishop of Brindisi, who went to fetch him on a white horse, escorted by the brotherhoods and faithful of Brindisi. Upon arrival in the city, the king and the archbishop were cheered by the population. The tradition has many anachronisms and inconsistencies to have any historical foundation.Some of the incongruities of the story of St. Louis in Brindisi: at the Siege of Damietta the Crusaders were victorious. Louis IX was captured at the Battle of Fariskur in 1250 by the Ayyubid Sultan Turanshah or his then Mamluk general Baybars, Saladin died in 1193, 20 years before St. Louis was born, and Frederick II was on good terms with the Ayyubids to the extent that he warned them of the Christian military campaign. Its first written record dates from the early 17th century and was made by the Salentine physician and literate Girolamo Marciano. La Scamiciata It is a procession that stages the victory over the Turks on June 2, 1678, the day when, after years or centuries of Ottoman invasions, the inhabitants of Fasano defeated the Turks in a pitched battle on the city walls. The procession is headed by flag-bearers and is accompanied by trumpet music and drums, with the participants dressed in period costumes. There are groups representing the noble families of the time, each preceded by the flag with the emblem of the respective family. Some parade on horseback. In the end, there are civil, religious, and military authorities, also wearing period costumes, in antique horse-drawn carriages. There are armed men and halberdiers. At the end, there are songs and dances, and a young man representing General Sindaco of the town offers the keys of the town to the image of Madonna di Pozzo Faceto, the local patron saint. According to tradition, the rebellion that expelled the Turks was organized during the festivity, under the pretext of organizing a "popular tournament". The name of the festivity - La Scamiciata - can be translated as "The pinafore" but can also mean "The Rebellious". Torneo dei Rioni and Corteo Storico thumb\|2006 Palio dei Rioni in Oria This is a festival in Oria in which participants wear medieval costumes. The highlights are a medieval procession on horseback and a tournament of traditional games of dexterity and skill in which teams from the city's neighborhoods compete. The winning district receives a palio (embroidered banner). The festival has been held since 1967, and more than a thousand people participate in the parade, including nobles, ladies, soldiers, knights, jesters, flag bearers, and other characters. It is inspired by the ceremonies organized in 1225 by Frederick II to honor the arrival of his wife Isabella II of Jerusalem, whom he had married by proxy, and his father-in-law John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem. To prepare for the event and the beginning of the construction of the castle that stands today in the upper part of the city, Frederick settled in Oria with his court and ordered a tournament to be held between the four quarters of the city. The medieval parade of Oria is one of the most important and historically faithful medieval reenactments in Italy, having inspired most of the medieval festivals that appeared afterward. Pizzica Scherma de Torrepaduli Also known as Danza delle Spade ("Sword Dance"), it is the highlight of the festivities of Saint Roch (Italian: San Rocco), the patron saint of Torrepaduli, a town in the commune of Ruffano. It is a dance that takes place on the night of August 15–16, in which pairs of men (or sometimes trios) simulate fencing duels or knife fights using their hands and arms, in a choreography rich in secret symbolisms that are only fully known by the practitioners. The performance takes place in the repetitive rhythm of tambourines played by musicians who gather in circles. The pizzica is a traditional Salentine dance and scherma means "master of arms" or "fencer". La Sagra de la Pittula The pittula is a typical Christmas sweet, with similarities to the Portuguese filhoses, made with yeast semolina dough that is fried in extra virgin olive oil. They usually have a rounded shape and contain cauliflower, peppers, turnips, codfish, black olives, anchovies, tomatoes, and tuna. The traditional ones have no filling and are sprinkled with honey and sugared anesini. It is a symbol of luck and birth. In Surano there is a party (sagra) of pitulla on December 23, where one can also enjoy another local specialty, the pucce (singular: puccia), a type of bread. Another attraction of the festivity is the focareddha, a Christmas bonfire five meters high that according to tradition is intended to warm the baby Jesus. Ride of the Devotees Also called Cavalcata di Sant'Oronzo, it is the highlight of the Sant'Oronzo patron saint's festivities in Ostuni and consists of a parade of festively caged horses and riders in red uniforms with embroidery and sequins, reminiscencing of bullfighting costumes. The parade has been held since 1657 and has had its present form since 1803. Triumphal car of Sant'Oronzo It is an evening procession in Turi that celebrates the martyrdom of Sant'Oronzo. It departs from the church built over the cave where according to legend the saint preached. The image of the saint is carried in a triumphal car pulled by six mules and 14.8 meters high, made of oak wood, and finely decorated by local cabinetmakers. The procession is preceded by a historical procession and flag-wavers. thumb\|Procession of the Madonna del Pozzo in Capurso Festa della Madonna del Pozzo This festivity celebrates the miraculous discovery of a fresco of Madonna del Pozzo, the patron saint of Capurso, on August 30, 1705. The highlights are two processions, a daytime one with large candles, lasting about eight hours, and a nighttime one with a triumphal chariot, pulled by pilgrims from the town of Bisceglie. Festa dei santi Medici The highlight of this festival dedicated to the martyrs Saints Cosmas and Damian is a procession (known as the Intorciata) that runs through much of the historic center of Bitonto. The event probably has medieval origins, dating back to the 13th or 14th century, when the saints' relics (arms) arrived in Bitonto, although the first written mention of the presence of the relics in the city dates back to 1572. The festivity is attended not only by local faithful but also by those from other parts of Apulia and the neighboring regions, gathering more than 100,000 people, many of whom arrive in the town on foot (pilgrims). The procession lasts the entire day and begins with the departure of the images from the church, applauded by the crowd, and the release of balloons and pigeons. Some people make the procession walking backward, looking at the images of the saints. Others walk barefoot, carrying lit candles two meters high and 50 cm in diameter. There is a man who sings verses throughout the procession, accompanied by various groups. In the evening, the Nottata is celebrated, when the relics are displayed and there is a mass celebrated by the archbishop. During the festivity there is also a traditional fair: typical foods on this occasion are fecàzze (focaccia) and jàcce (celery). The saints' day, September 26, is also celebrated with hymns, songs, prayers and novenas. The main celebration in Bitonto was moved to mid/late October in 1733 to allow, among other things, the rural populations to complete all the activities connected with the wine cycle. Monuments and tourist attractions Nature thumb\|Bay delle Zagare, in the Gargano National Park In Apulia, there are 2 national parks, 3 marine protected areas, 11 regional parks,17 state nature reserves and 7 regional nature reserves. In addition, 75 sites of community importance and 16 special protection areas have been proposed under the Natura 2000 project. The National Park of Gargano was created in 1991 and has 1,211.2 km. The Alta Murgia National Park was created in 2006, has 680.8 km and its headquarters is in Gravina in Puglia. Marine protected areas are Torre Guaceto (commune of Carovigno, province of Brindisi), the Tremiti Islands (north of Cape Gargano), and Porto Cesareo (province of Lecce). Despite the presence of different biotopes, such as wetlands (mainly on the Adriatic side), caves (such as the Castellana caves), gorges, woods, etc., protected areas do not exceed 7% of the total area of the region. The wooded area occupies 7.5% of the territory, the lowest percentage in Italy. Archeology thumb\|Aerial view of the ruins of Gnatia Despite the great dispersion and destruction suffered by the archaeological heritage, which mainly affects Salento, in Apulia there are numerous archeological and paleontological sites, some with international importance, such as the quarry in Altamura discovered in 1999 that has about 30,000 dinosaur footprints, dating from 70 to 80 million years ago. It was also in Altamura that the so-called Man of Altamura, an archaic specimen of Homo neanderthalensis, was found. Other archaeological sites scattered throughout the region attest to human presence since the Stone Age. Among the largest are the ancient cities of Gnatia and Cannae, but there are also other settlements, various necropolises, dolmens, menhirs, Roman roads (such as the Appian Way and the Trajan Way), etc. Religious architecture The Apulian Romanesque, which reached its maximum splendor between the eleventh century and the first half of the thirteenth century, was the most immediate antecedent of the art that developed at the court of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, which, through the movement of artists such as Nicola Pisano of Apulia, led to the artistic renewal that then spread to Tuscany and thence to all Italy. Among the first and most representative Romanesque buildings is the Basilica of Saint Nicholas (Basilica di San Nicola) in Bari, begun in 1087 and completed at the end of the 12th century. Other characteristic examples of Apulian Romanesque are the cathedrals of Trani, Troia, Ruvo di Puglia, Altamura, Bitonto, and the Basilica of Siponto in Manfredonia. Another building of notable historical importance is the mother church of Santa Maria della Porta in Palo del Colle, built in the 12th century and remodeled according to Renaissance canons in 1500, which has a bell tower about 50 meters high. In addition to the Romanesque monuments, there are also notable Gothic buildings: the Anjou Cathedral in Lucera, the Sanctuary of Saint Francis Antonio Fasani (Basilica Santuario di San Francesco Antonio Fasanni) in the same city, the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi) in Bitonto, the Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Galatina, and the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Barletta (Basilica del Santo Sepolcro). Between the end of the 16th century, at the time of the Counter-Reformation, and the first half of the 18th century, the Baroque of Lecce was widespread. This artistic current spread throughout Salento, favored not only by the historical context, but also by the quality of the local stone used, pietra leccese, a soft and compact limestone with warm golden tones, suitable to be worked with a chisel. The Baroque of Lecce is characterized by its very exuberant decorations on the coverings of the buildings. Initially, this style was only used in religious and noble buildings, such as the Basilica of Santa Croce, in Lecce, the Palace of the Celestines (Palazzo dei Celestini), also in Lecce, and the Basilica of Santa Agata (Basilica Cattedrale di Sant'Agata) in Gallipoli. Later, Baroque exuberances, floral motifs, figures, mythological animals, friezes, and coats of arms also came into use in private architecture. Baroque architecture is luxuriant in Lecce and all the communes of its province, especially in Grecìa Salentina and the centers of Salento, such as Gallipoli, Maglie, Nardò, Galatina, and Martina Franca. There is another notable example of contemporary religious architecture in Apulia: the Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo, designed by Renzo Piano and completed in 2004. Military architecture In Apulia, there are examples of various types of military architecture, such as anti-Saracen coastal towers, World War II bunkers, castles, and fortified towns (such as Acaya in the commune of Vernole). During the Late Middle Ages, several castles were built in Apulia, especially during the reign of Frederick II in the first half of the 13th century, who created a network of royal castles, of which the best known is Castel del Monte, listed as a World Heritage Site since 1996. Castel del Monte is characterized by its unusual octagonal plan. More than a fortress itself, it is a rural palace, rich in symbolism, which is the source of many miraculous speculations. Other military constructions built or enlarged during the reign of Frederick II are the castles of Lucera, Bari, Trani, Barletta, Taranto, Oria, Brindisi, Lecce, Otranto, Gallipoli, and Manfredonia. Typical architecture There is a type of construction that is one of the symbols of Apulia: the trulli (singular: trullo), dwellings made of "dry stone" (without the use of any kind of mortar) with conical roofs covered with chiancarelle (limestone slabs). The conical dome is formed by stones in concentric circles, whose diameter decreases from bottom to top; the cone is closed by a stone of spherical shape, decorated with a pinnacle. The area with the highest concentration of trulli is the Itria Valley, namely Alberobello, in whose center there are only houses of this type, Ceglie Messapica, Cisternino, Locorotondo, and Martina Franca. Historical documents attest to the existence of trulli as the only type of housing unit in the area since the 16th century. The trulli of Alberobello was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996 due to representing an ancient building technique that has remained intact and perfectly functional. In other parts of the region - and in particular in Salento - there are other "dry stone" buildings, called pajare (singular: pajara, pajaru, pagghiaru, truddrhu, pajarha or pahiaru), which, unlike the trulli'', have the shape of a truncated cone, have no windows and are not plastered. These types of buildings may date back to the Bronze Age.	2024-12-20	[ "Culture of Apulia", "Museums in Italy by region", "Religion in Italy by region" ]	[ "Italian peninsula", "Adriatic", "Ionian", "Balkans", "Roman-Germanic", "Ruvo di Puglia", "Magna Graecia", "Canosa", "Taranto", "Salento", "museum of Magna Graecia", "Alcantarine Friars", "Paleolithic", "Middle Ages", "Iapygians", "the Aegean world", "Bronze Age", "Spartan colonization", "Gulf of Taranto", "Roman period", "Lucera", "Bari", "glottologist", "Brindisi", "Latin", "Hebrew", "Greek", "Attica", "Messapian", "Roman consul", "Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus", "Lecce", "Cavallino", "Celestines", "Pinacotheca", "Venetian", "Renaissance", "Canosa di Puglia", "Daunian", "Paleochristian", "Byzantine", "Trani", "Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie", "Chapter", "Trani Cathedral", "Catald", "Saint Vitus", "Corrado Giaquinto", "Paolo de Matteis", "King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies", "San Severo", "Daunians", "ciborium", "diptych", "Sulmona", "Augustine Kažotić", "Franciscan", "Francis Fasani", "Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto", "Bitonto Cathedral", "lapidarium", "Anthony van Dyck", "Marco Pino", "Francesco de Mura", "Hodegetria", "Sèvres vases", "ciborium", "Corrado Giaquinto", "Bartolomeo Vivarini", "Giovanni Bellini", "Paris Bordon", "Tintoretto", "Palma il Giovane", "Luca Giordano", "Francesco De Mura", "Giuseppe De Nittis", "Giovanni Boldini", "Giorgio de Chirico", "Giorgio Morandi", "maiolica", "Barletta", "Giuseppe De Nittis", "Dominican", "Barletta Castle", "Renaissance", "Barletta", "Palestine", "patriarchal cross", "True Cross", "Acre", "Lizzano", "Neolithic", "Middle Ages", "Africa", "Oceania", "Bari", "Teatro Petruzzelli", "Teatro Piccinni", "Teatro Margherita", "Foggia", "Bitonto", "San Severo", "Lecce", "Teatro di San Carlo", "Naples", "Livius Andronicus", "epic poetry", "Latin", "Ennius", "epic poem", "Pacuvius", "Oscan", "Naples", "Milan", "Ferrante de Gemmis", "Antonio Genovesi", "Terlizzi", "Kingdom of the Two Sicilies", "Kingdom of Italy", "brigandage", "Tommaso Fiore", "Meridionalist", "Carmelo Bene", "Gianrico Carofiglio", "Salento", "Taranto", "tarantism", "Ernesto de Martino", "Grecìa Salentina", "Gargano", "Eugenio Bennato", "Naples", "Lucio Dalla", "Manfredonia", "Tremiti Islands", "cardoon", "Carpino", "Acquaviva delle Fonti", "Adriatic Sea", "Gulf of Taranto", "Foggia", "Itria valley", "Cisternino", "Crispiano", "Martina Franca", "Faeto", "Gargano", "papier-mâché", "Homo neanderthalensis", "trullo", "Bronze Age" ]
74279701	9,376	NGC 7720	NGC 7720 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located at a distance of about 380 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7720 is about 180,000 light years across. NGC 7720 is the main galaxy of Abell 2634 galaxy cluster and is a radio galaxy. It was discovered by William Herschel on September 10, 1784. Characteristics NGC 7720 is made of a galaxy pair that is separated by 12 arcseconds. The south galaxy is the one associated with the radio source. In the centre of the galaxy lies a dust disk is visible nearly face on. The dust mass of NGC 7720 is estimated to be between to . There is also ionized Hα+[N II] gas emission from the disk. NGC 7720A features too a dusty disk. Radio jet NGC 7720 is a Fanaroff-Riley type I radio galaxy, and is also categorised as a wide angle tail (WAT) radio galaxy. It has two asymmetrical radio jets that emerge from the bright radio core. The core didn't exhibit variability when observed by the Very Large Array (VLA). In parsec scales, the jet is one sided features relativistic motion, about 0.6 times the speed of light, and has a northwest direction. The northwest jet is the main one and forms a distorted plume about 5 arcminutes long, with a hotspot about 30 arcseconds from the core. The southeastern jet has a bright spot about 30 arcseconds from the core and then fans to a distorted plume that extends for 5 arcminutes. In large scales the jets appear bend, maybe due to ram pressure as the galaxy moves through the intracluster medium. X-ray emission has been detected by the radio jet, indicating the contribution of synchroton mechanism to the creation of the jet. The radio plumes are regions with decreased X-ray emission. The most accepted theory for the energy source of active galactic nuclei is the presence of an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole. The mass of the black hole in the centre of NGC 7720 is estimated to be (1.9 billion) based on stellar velocity dispersion or (1.81 billion) based on mass of the bulge. Nearby galaxies NGC 7720 is the dominant galaxy in Abell 2634 galaxy cluster. It is classified as a poor galaxy cluster and has a total X-ray luminosity of erg/s, which is considered low in relation to other similar clusters. X-ray bolometric luminosity has a central peak which corresponds to NGC 7720, while excess emission is to the southwest, perpendicularly to the radio jets. About 118 galaxies lie within half degree from the centre of the cluster and are considered to be members of the cluster. Abell 2634 forms a pair with galaxy cluster Abell 2666, which is located 3 degrees to the east, but has lower redshift. Both clusters lie behind the Perseus–Pisces Supercluster. Abell 2622 lies behind Abell 2634, at about double the redshift.	2024-07-17	[ "Elliptical galaxies", "Peculiar galaxies", "Radio galaxies", "Pegasus (constellation)", "NGC objects", "UGC objects", "3C objects", "4C objects", "Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects", "Discoveries by William Herschel", "Astronomical objects discovered in 1784" ]	[ "elliptical galaxy", "Pegasus", "light year", "main galaxy", "galaxy cluster", "radio galaxy", "William Herschel", "Fanaroff-Riley type I", "radio galaxy", "radio jets", "speed of light", "ram pressure", "intracluster medium", "synchroton mechanism", "active galactic nuclei", "accretion disk", "supermassive black hole", "velocity dispersion", "galaxy cluster", "redshift", "Perseus–Pisces Supercluster", "NGC 383" ]
74279786	4,624	John Noel (mayor)	John Noel (June 18, 1762 – November 1, 1817) was an American politician who served as mayor of Savannah, Georgia, from 1796 to 1797 and from 1804 to 1807. Biography Noel was born on June 18, 1762, in New York City, the son of Experience (née Young) and Garrat Noel (died 1776). His father was a bookseller who had emigrated from England. He was raised in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. In 1777, he graduated from Princeton University, and was licensed as an attorney in 1783. In 1788, he moved to Georgia, where he worked as a judge in Augusta, the county seat of Richmond County, before moving to Savannah in the 1790s. He was elected to a one-year term as mayor of Savannah in 1796 and then served on the city council (1798–1799 and 1801–1802). He was once again elected as mayor in 1804 and served three consecutive terms (July 9, 1804 to September 14, 1807). In 1805, he was credited by the governor John Milledge for successfully preventing an outbreak of smallpox. Noel was an investor in the Georgia Company, which was part of the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795. Personal life In 1784, Noel married Sarah Cuttler Dennis. Death He died in Savannah on November 1, 1817. He was interred in the city's Laurel Grove Cemetery; his widow survived him by nineteen years and was buried beside him.	2025-01-17	[ "1762 births", "1817 deaths", "Mayors of Savannah, Georgia", "Politicians from Savannah, Georgia", "Burials at Laurel Grove Cemetery", "American people of English descent" ]	[ "mayor of Savannah", "Georgia", "New York City", "Elizabethtown, New Jersey", "Princeton University", "Georgia", "Augusta", "Richmond County", "Savannah", "mayor of Savannah", "John Milledge", "smallpox", "Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795", "Laurel Grove Cemetery" ]
74279836	16,547	2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge	The 2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge (), named Antonio Puerta XII in honour of the former Sevilla player who died in 2007, was the inaugural edition of the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge, a football match organised by UEFA and CONMEBOL between the reigning champions of the UEFA Europa League and Copa Sudamericana. UEFA was in charge of the main organization of the first edition. The UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge was officially launched on 7 July 2023 as part of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding. The single match was played on 19 July 2023 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain, between Spanish club Sevilla, the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League winners and Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle, the 2022 Copa Sudamericana winners. Background The match was announced by UEFA and CONMEBOL as a pilot edition. This was the first meeting between a Spanish and an Ecuadorian club representing UEFA and CONMEBOL, respectively. The match was, at the same time, the twelfth edition of the Antonio Puerta Trophy, an annual football match hosted by Sevilla dedicated to its former player Antonio Puerta, who died in 2007 at the age of 22 following a cardiac arrest, during the inaugural match of the 2007–08 La Liga season between Sevilla and Getafe. The official nature of the match was initially not entirely clear; UEFA considered it as a friendly due to the unlimited substitutions agreed by both clubs. However, on 10 June 2024, UEFA considered the tournament as official. Sevilla won the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League on 31 May 2023, defeating Italian side Roma 4–1 penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the final, making it a record of seven UEFA Cup/Europa League titles for the Sevillians. For its part, Independiente del Valle won their second Copa Sudamericana title by beating Brazilian side São Paulo 2–0 in the final of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana held on 1 October 2022. In the run-up to the match, Sevilla were in pre-season preparations ahead of their 2023–24 campaign, while Independiente del Valle were in the middle of their 2023 season, having won the first stage of the 2023 Ecuadorian Serie A and looking ahead to their round of 16 tie against Colombia's Deportivo Pereira in the 2023 Copa Libertadores. Teams Pre-match Officials The refereeing team for this edition was appointed by UEFA. Squads Sevilla named a 30-man squad for a training camp to be held from 9 to 19 July 2023, including the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge match. Independiente del Valle traveled with 23 players to its mid-season tour in Spain, which, in addition to the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge match, included meetings with Orlando Pirates and Getafe. Players Kendry Páez, Patrick Mercado and Yaimar Medina were expected to join the team after their participation in the U-20 Copa Libertadores, but ultimately did not do so by decision of their team. Match Details \|valign="top"\| \|valign="top" width="50%"\| \|}	2025-03-22	[ "2023–24 in European football", "2023 in South American football", "International club association football competitions hosted by Spain", "Association football matches in Spain", "2023 in association football", "July 2023 sports events in Spain", "Football competitions in Seville", "Sevilla FC matches", "Independiente del Valle matches", "2023–24 in Spanish football", "2023 in Ecuadorian football", "UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge" ]	[ "UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge", "football", "UEFA", "CONMEBOL", "UEFA Europa League", "Copa Sudamericana", "UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding", "Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium", "Seville", "Spanish", "Sevilla", "2022–23 UEFA Europa League", "Ecuadorian", "Independiente del Valle", "2022 Copa Sudamericana", "Antonio Puerta Trophy", "Sevilla", "Antonio Puerta", "2007–08 La Liga", "Getafe", "2022–23 UEFA Europa League", "Roma", "final", "Copa Sudamericana", "São Paulo", "final", "2022 Copa Sudamericana", "2023–24 campaign", "2023 Ecuadorian Serie A", "round of 16", "Deportivo Pereira", "2023 Copa Libertadores", "Orlando Pirates", "Getafe", "Kendry Páez", "Patrick Mercado", "Yaimar Medina", "U-20 Copa Libertadores" ]
74279857	13,312	Kolai (film)	Kolai () is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film directed by Balaji K. Kumar. The film stars Vijay Antony, Ritika Singh, and Meenakshi Chaudhary (in her Tamil debut). The film's music is composed by Girishh G. The film was released on 21 July 2023. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb. Plot A singer and model Leila was murdered in her own apartment.The rest is a classic whodunit with potential suspects the boyfriend Sathish, modelling friend Arjun, a bombay Marketing Agent Aditya Kaushik and a thief Babloo. Cast Production Production for the film began in 2018 and entered post-production in October 2021. The film is based on true incident of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters that happened in New York in 1923 and according to the director is a palimpsest of the film Another Life (2001). Soundtrack The music was composed by Girishh G., collaborating with the director for the second time after Vidiyum Munn. The song "Paartha Nyabagam Illayo" was remixed and included in the film. Reception Janani K of India Today rated with 1.5/5 stars and wrote that "In an attempt to give the murder mystery a stylised treatment, the story of 'Kolai' is compromised. Hence, there is no desired impact while watching the film". Kirubhakar Purushothaman of Indian Express rated the film with 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Kolai ends up being a plastic film that is shallow and uninteresting." A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Despite all the quirky cinematic techniques on show, Balaji Kumar's film, starring Vijay Antony and Ritika Singh, only comes across as a staple whodunit with no attempt to subvert anything". The Times of India rated the film 3/5 stars and stated as "An interesting yet slow-paced murder mystery thriller".	2025-03-19	[ "2023 films", "Indian crime thriller films", "2020s Tamil-language films" ]	[ "psychological thriller", "Balaji K. Kumar", "Vijay Antony", "Ritika Singh", "Meenakshi Chaudhary", "Girishh G.", "box office bomb", "Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters", "Girishh G.", "Paartha Nyabagam Illayo" ]
74279889	10,935	Manuela Castañeira	Manuela Jimena Castañeira (born 22 November 1984) is an Argentine sociologist, feminist activist and politician. She is the leader of the Trotskyist Movimiento al Socialismo () and was the party's presidential candidate in the 2015, 2019, and 2023 general elections. In all occasions, she did not receive enough votes in the PASO primaries to make it past the threshold to participate in the general election. Early life and education Manuela Jimena Castañeira was born on 22 November 1984 in Paraná, Entre Ríos. She studied sociology at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Social Sciences. She also works at a non-teaching position at the National University of General San Martín (UNSAM). Political career Castañeira became politically active after moving to Buenos Aires from Entre Ríos to study sociology at UBA. As a member of the Movimiento al Socialismo, she became interested in feminism and actively participated in the campaign to legalize abortion in Argentina, becoming a leading voice in Las Rojas (), the feminist wing of the Nuevo MAS. Despite their shared Trotskyist orientation, the Nuevo MAS did not join the Workers' Party, the Socialist Workers' Party or Socialist Left in forming the Workers' Left Front in 2011. She first ran for President of Argentina in the 2015 primary elections; her ticket alongside Jorge Ayala received 0.46% of the votes, under the 1.5% required to cross the threshold of the primaries and participate in the general election. In the 2017 midterm elections she ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires Province as part of the "Izquierda al Frente" list, formed by the Nuevo MAS alongside the Socialist Workers' Movement (MST), but the list received a little over 1% of the primary votes and did not participate in the general election. Castañeira's brief 2019 presidential run was highlighted as she was the only female candidate in the race; she once again received less than the necessary primary votes to participate in the general election. She had another unsuccessful run for Congress in 2021. She ran once again for president in 2023. Electoral history Executive Legislative	2024-10-29	[ "1984 births", "Living people", "Argentine feminists", "Argentine sociologists", "People from Paraná, Entre Ríos", "University of Buenos Aires alumni", "21st-century Argentine women politicians", "21st-century Argentine politicians", "Argentine women sociologists" ]	[ "Trotskyist", "Movimiento al Socialismo", "2015", "2019", "2023 general elections", "PASO primaries", "Paraná, Entre Ríos", "sociology", "University of Buenos Aires", "Faculty of Social Sciences", "National University of General San Martín", "Buenos Aires", "Movimiento al Socialismo", "legalize abortion", "Trotskyist", "Workers' Party", "Socialist Workers' Party", "Socialist Left", "Workers' Left Front", "President of Argentina", "2015 primary elections", "2017 midterm elections", "Argentine Chamber of Deputies", "Buenos Aires Province", "Socialist Workers' Movement", "2019 presidential run", "2021", "2023" ]
74279907	3,972	Flying V Fire	The Flying V Fire is an active wildfire near Globe, Arizona. Ignited in the early afternoon at about 2:15 PM on July 5, 2023, the cause of the fire is still under investigation. , the fire had burned and was 52% contained. History The fire began near U.S. Route 60 at mile marker 300. , it had burned and was 52% contained. The Flying V fire is one of six fires that sparked along the highway on July 5, but the other five fires have been contained and only burned less than half an acre. On July 8, the efforts to mitigate the fire by building containment lines achieved considerable success. On July 10, 5% of the fire has been contained, and a plan to conditionally reopen U.S. Route 60 had been drawn up. Cause The BIA Forestry & Wildland Fire Management stated on their Facebook page that the fire is likely to be human-caused. Impact The fire caused U.S. Route 60 to be closed in both directions from mileposts 256 to 311, north of Globe, Arizona. As of July 7, no evacuations had been ordered, and no structures and communities had been threatened.	2025-02-01	[ "2023 Arizona wildfires", "July 2023 in the United States", "Wildfires in Arizona", "History of Gila County, Arizona", "Globe, Arizona" ]	[ "wildfire", "Globe", "Arizona", "U.S. Route 60", "U.S. Route 60", "Globe, Arizona" ]
74279969	6,056	Buster Bee	Buster Bee is an album by saxophonists Oliver Lake and Julius Hemphill. Featuring three compositions by each musician, it was recorded at Eastern Sound in Toronto, on March 1, 1978, and was released on vinyl by Sackville Records later that year. In 2001, it was reissued on CD in limited quantities as part of the Sackville Collection series. Reception Robert Palmer of The New York Times noted that the album "is steeped in the two altoists' rhythm-and-blues roots and should delight anyone who has enjoyed the World Saxophone Quartet in concert." A writer for Billboard remarked: "Lake and Hemphill require intense concentration, but to the patient, open-minded listener, their efforts can be rewarding." The Globe and Mail opined that "some of the music, especially the tune 'Buster Bee', is bebop 30 years later, after Ornette Coleman and after Anthony Braxton... It often swings—even though no one's counting time—and it's supremely lyrical." In a review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick stated that the album "allows [the musicians] an unusual intimacy that fosters some lovely playing and interaction," and wrote: "All of the tracks are composed (though allowing for substantial improvisation) and are a pleasingly varied bunch... Both players are near the top of their game, with subtle liquid phrasing giving way to impassioned cries on a moment's notice. Recommended." The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "nicely intimate," and commented: "It feels a little like eavesdropping on a private conversation, but a nice historical glimpse none the less." Author Gary Giddins stated that, although "solo and duo wind recitals were commonplace" at the time of the recording, Buster Bee is "one of the best," showing Hemphill's "strong yet uncompromising individual link to Charlie Parker." Track listing "Buster Bee" (Julius Hemphill) – 10:15 "Vator" (Oliver Lake) – 5:48 "Fertility" (Julius Hemphill) – 6:55 "'S'" (Julius Hemphill) – 8:08 "A Stand" (Oliver Lake) – 4:23 "Flesh Turns Chi" (Oliver Lake) – 9:49 Personnel Oliver Lake – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, percussion Julius Hemphill – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute	2024-02-05	[ "1978 albums", "Oliver Lake albums", "Julius Hemphill albums", "Sackville Records albums" ]	[ "Oliver Lake", "Julius Hemphill", "Sackville Records", "Robert Palmer", "AllMusic", "Gary Giddins", "Oliver Lake", "Julius Hemphill" ]
74279984	5,378	Tim Fuller (racing driver)	Timothy 'Tim' Fuller (born October 27, 1967) is an American Dirt Modified and Late Model racing driver. Fuller has 285 feature events wins from 45 tracks in 14 states, two Canadian provinces and Australia. Racing career Tim Fuller began racing in 1988 in the pure stock class at the Can-Am Speedway NY. Since progressing to the Modified division, he has competed and been victorious at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including Brewerton Speedway, Fonda Speedway, Frogtown Speedway, Utica-Rome Speedway and Weedsport Speedway in New York; Brockville Speedway and Cornwall Motor Speedway in Ontario; Hagerstown Speedway MD; Bridgeport Speedway NJ; Lernerville Speedway PA; and Volusia Speedway Park FL. Fuller won the Super Dirt Week main event in 2004 at the Syracuse Mile, and won the companion 358 modified title twice, first in 2005 at Syracuse, and then in 2016 at the Oswego Speedway. He claimed the Mr. DIRT overall Modified crown in 2005. In 2007 Fuller turned his attention to the Late Model cars claiming the World of Outlaw Rookie of the Year, and winning at least 19 class events over the succeeding years. Tim Fuller was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2023.	2024-12-03	[ "Living people", "1967 births", "Sportspeople from Watertown, New York", "Racing drivers from New York (state)", "Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame" ]	[ " Dirt Modified", "Late Model", "Can-Am Speedway", "Brewerton Speedway", "Fonda Speedway", "Frogtown Speedway", "Utica-Rome Speedway", "Weedsport Speedway", "Brockville Speedway", "Cornwall Motor Speedway", "Hagerstown Speedway", "Bridgeport Speedway", "Lernerville Speedway", "Volusia Speedway Park", "Super Dirt Week", "Syracuse Mile", "Oswego Speedway", "Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame" ]
74280024	7,502	Uncle (2000 film)	Uncle is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Rajasekhar and starring Tarun, Pallavi (in her debut) and AVS, who debuted as a producer with this film. The film released two months after Nuvve Kavali (2000) and was a box office failure. Cast Production The film was produced by AVS. As of October 2000, the film was still under production. The film was shot at the Public Gardens in Hyderabad and takes place in a college campus. Soundtrack The music was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. The audio launch was attended by seven music composers Mani Sharma, Raju, Shashi Preetam, R. P. Patnaik, Veenapani, Chakri and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. Reception A critic from Zamin Ryot praised the work of the cast and the crew and wrote that "the result of Rajaskhar's first attempt as a director is appreciable". A critic from Sify wrote that "In his two decade long experience AVS should have observed that Telugu film audience have seldom patronized tragedies, but anyhow he should be lauded for making a risky attempt. We need more of such good filmmakers to break a new path in routine commercial firmament". Andhra Today wrote "The all-pervasive AVS steals the show entirely from Tarun, disappointing the audience's great expectations of him in his second movie. As a story writer he fails in providing an engaging story and churns out a drag. As a producer too, much cost cutting has been done". Box office The film was a box office failure and AVS lost . AVS attributed to the film's failure to Tarun's lack of image and felt that this film could not support the image that was created by the release of Nuvve Kavali. The film was reportedly negatively received by Tarun's parents while Chiranjeevi clapped for the film. Awards Nandi Special Jury Award - AVS(in Telugu)	2025-03-14	[ "2000s Telugu-language films", "Indian drama films" ]	[ "Rajasekhar", "Tarun", "AVS", "AVS", "Public Gardens", "Hyderabad", "Vandemataram Srinivas", "Mani Sharma", "R. P. Patnaik", "S. P. Balasubrahmanyam", "Chiranjeevi", "Nandi Special Jury Award", "AVS" ]
74280036	13,039	Pavel Povinec	Pavel P. Povinec (born 1942) is Professor of Physics at Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia). Head of the Centre for Nuclear and Accelerator Technologies (CENTA) Education and career He was educated at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Comenius University in Bratislava, where in 1965 he obtained a master degree in physics (specialization Nuclear physics), a PhD in 1974 for development of gas proportional counters, and in 1984 he became full Professor of Physics. In 1980 he became Vice-Dean at the newly established Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Comenius University, where in 1981 he became Head of the Department of Nuclear Physics. In 1993 he moved to International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Marine Environment Laboratories in Monaco, where he became Head of Radiometrics Laboratory In 2005, after retiring from IAEA, he returned to his home, Comenius University, to continue his research on investigations of rare nuclear processes and environmental radioactivity. After successful applications for EU Structural funds, he established in 2013 the CENTA with a tandem accelerator of ions and ion beam analysis (IBA) lines, which was fully equipped in 2022 with accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) line. P. Povinec is distinguished for his contributions to the development of ultrasensitive techniques for radioactivity research (gas proportional counters, low-level gamma spectrometry, mass spectrometry), with applications in nuclear physics (rare nuclear processes and decays), in astrophysics (search for dark matter particles, radioactivity of meteorites), environmental physics (radioactivity of the atmosphere, impacts of nuclear power plants on the environment (including Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents), climate change studies), isotope oceanography (isotope tracing of processes in the marine environment, assessment of impacts of radioactive dumping sites and nuclear bomb test sites on the marine environment), and radiocarbon dating (archeological objects, food products, etc.). He was leading more than 20 international projects (IAEA, EC, STA Japan, FAO, UNESCO), and he has also been responsible for Slovak participation in international experiments (SuperNEMO, LEGEND, and CRESST). According to SCOPUS he published about 400 papers with more than 10,000 citations (Hirsch index h = 50). He was a member of the EU, IAEA, Japan, and South Korea panels on the assessment of the Fukushima accident. He has also been active in the organization of international conferences, and recently he established a new series of conferences on environmental radioactivity (ENVIRA). He participated in an organization of about 50 international conferences, and delivered about 40 invited lectures. He has been a member of editorial boards of several scientific journals (Scientific Reports/Nature, Radiocarbon, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, etc.). As an editor and co-editor he prepared more than 20 special issues of international journals. Selected awards and honors 2022: Slovak Academy of Sciences Dionyz Ilkovič Award 2022: Honorary Member of the Slovak Physical Society 2021: Elected Member of the Learned Society of Slovakia 2018: State Award of Slovakia - “Pribina Cross 1st Class” 2018: Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts 2017: Hevesy Medal Award 2017: Scientist of the Year of Slovakia 2014: PROSE Award of American Science Publishers for the best book in Environmental Sciences (PP Povinec, K Hirose, M Aoyama: Fukushima Accident: Radioactivity Impact on the Environment, Elsevier, New York, 2013) 2005: Nobel Peace Prize (Member of the IAEA team), Oslo 2004: IAEA Award, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna Selected recent books and book chapters Povinec PP, Hirose K, Aoyama M, Tateda T. 2021. Fukushima Accident: 10 Years After (560p, Elsevier, New York). Povinec, PP, Hirose K, Aoyama M. 2013. Fukushima Accident: Radioactivity Impact on the Environment (382p, Elsevier, New York). Povinec PP, Eriksson M, Scholten J, Betti M. 2020. Marine Radioactivity Analysis. In: Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis, Ed. M.F. L’Annunziata, Academic Press, New York, Vol. 2, p. 316- 392. Povinec PP, Hirose K. 2020. Radionuclides as Tracers of Ocean Currents. In: Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Ed. R.A. Meyers, Springer Nature, New York, p. 1-37, 2020. Hong GH, Povinec PP. 2021. The Oceans – Formation and Global Climate Change. Encyclopedia on Nuclear Energy, Elsevier, New York, p. 485–504. Hong GH, Povinec PP. 2021. The Oceans - Implications of Manmade Radiation. Encyclopedia on Nuclear Energy, Elsevier, New York, p. 505-519. Selected 10 papers in journals (covering different fields) Povinec PP. 2018. New ultra-sensitive radioanalytical technologies for new science (Hevesy lecture). J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 316, 893–931. Povinec PP et al. 2015. A new IBA-AMS laboratory at the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia). Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 342, 321–326. Arnold R,... Povinec PP et al. NEMO-3 Collaboration. 2019. Detailed studies of 100Mo two-neutrino double beta decay in NEMO-3. Eur. Phys. J. C (2019) 79:440 Abgrall N,... Povinec PP et al. LEGEND Collaboration. 2017. The large enriched germanium experiment for neutrinoless double beta decay (LEGEND). AIP Conf. Proc. 1894, 020027. Mancuso M,... Povinec, P.P. et al. CRESST Collaboration. (2020). Searches for light dark matter with the CRESST-III experiment. J. Low Temp. Phys. 199, 510–518 King AJ,... Povinec PP et al. 2022. The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system. Science Advances 8 (46), eabq3925. Povinec PP et al. 2015. Radiocarbon in the atmosphere of the Žlkovce monitoring station of the Bohunice NPP: 25 years of continuous monthly measurements. Radiocarbon 57, 355–362. Povinec PP et al. 2013. Dispersion of Fukushima radionuclides in the global atmosphere and the ocean. Appl. Rad. Isotop. 81, 383-392 Povinec PP et al. 2013. Cesium, iodine and tritium in NW Pacific waters – a comparison of the Fukushima impact with global fallout. Biogeosciences 10, 5481-5496 Povinec PP et al. 2021. Radiocarbon dating of st. George's rotunda in Nitrianska Blatnica (Slovakia): International consortium results. 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74280070	27,432	71st San Sebastián International Film Festival	The 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival ran 22–30 September 2023 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 30 September 2023, with The Rye Horn winning the Golden Shell, being the first film directed by a female Spanish director to win said award. Background In May 2023, actor Javier Bardem was announced as a recipient of a Donostia Award as well as the main feature of the 71st edition's official poster. An early subset of the official selection film slate was announced on 7 July 2023. New official selection titles were announced on 14 July 2023. In August 2023, The Boy and the Heron was announced as the out-of-competition opening film. Later that month, Spanish director Víctor Erice was announced to be the recipient of a Donostia Award. The entire official selection line-up was announced on 25 August. On 8 September, it was announced that Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki would receive a Donostia Award, presented to him virtually, while the award for Bardem would be postponed to next year's festival due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which forbids the US-unionised actor to attend to the media or to record thank-you videos. Juries Main Competition Claire Denis, French filmmaker – Jury president Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress Cristina Gallego, Colombian producer, writer and director Brigitte Lacombe, French photographer Robert Lantos, Hungarian-Canadian producer Vicky Luengo, Spanish actress Christian Petzold, German director Kutxabank-New Directors Award Emily Morgan, British producer – Jury president Christian Jeune, French director of the Film Department and Deputy of the General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Ricardo Aldarondo, Spanish journalist and film critic Juanita Onzaga, Colombian director and artist Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Norwegian-Guatemalan producer Latin Horizons David Hurst, French producer – Jury president Manuela Martelli, Chilean director, screenwriter and actress , Spanish journalist, critic and researcher Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award Fiorella Moretti, Mexican producer and president of Luxbox – Jury president Cecilia Barrionuevo, Argentine film curator Irizar Award , Spanish actor – Jury president Mikele Landa, Spanish director Kristina Zorita, Spanish journalist, screenwriter and director Sections Official selection The lineup of the official selection includes: In competition Highlighted title indicates award winner. Out of Competition New Directors The New Directors slate includes: Highlighted title indicates award winner. Latin Horizons (Horizontes Latinos) The Latin Horizons slate includes the following films: Highlighted title indicates award winner. Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Highlighted title indicates award winner. Perlak The 'Perlak' lineup includes: Surprise film The following film was programmed as a surprise: Awards Main Competition Golden Shell: The Rye Horn by Jaione Camborda Special Jury Prize: Kalak by Isabella Eklöf Silver Shell for Best Director: Tzu-Hui Peng & Ping-Wen Wang for A Journey in Spring Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance: Marcelo Subiotto for Puan & Tatsuya Fuji for Great Absence Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance: Hovik Keuchkerian for Un amor Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: María Alché & Benjamín Naishtat for Puan Jury Prize Best Cinematography: Nadim Carlsen for Kalak Other official awards Kutxabank-New Directors Award: Bahadur The Brave by Diva Shah Horizontes Award: The Castle by Martín Benchimol Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award: The Human Surge 3 by Eduardo Williams Special Mention: The Trial by Ulises de la Orden Nest Award: Amma Ki Katha by Nehal Vyas Special Mention: Entre les autres by Marie Falys Culinary Zinema Award: The Pot-au-Feu by Trần Anh Hùng Eusko Label Award: Latxa by Mikel Urretabizkaia Eusko Label Second Prize: Soroborda by Paolo Tizón Irizar Basque Film Award: Sultana's Dream by Isabel Herguera San Sebastian Audience Award: Society of the Snow by J. A. Bayona San Sebastian Audience Award for Best European Film: I'm Captain by Matteo Garrone TCM Youth Award: The Blue Star by Javier Macipe Industry awards WIP LATAM Industry Award: Most People Die on Sundays by Iair Said EGEDA PLATINO Industria Award for the Best WIP LATAM: Most People Die on Sundays by Iair Said WIP Europa Industry Award: Mannequins by Michael Fetter Nathansky WIP Europa Award: Mannequins by Michael Fetter Nathansky XII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award: These Were All Fields by Daniela Abad Lombana DALE! Award: Little War by Barbara Sarasola-Day Artekino International Prize: The Days Off by Lucila Mariani ELAMEDIA - Euskadi Post-Production Award: After the Night, the Night by Naomi Pacifique Other awards RTVE-Another Look Award: The Royal Green by Kitty Green Special Mention: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt by Raven Jackson Spanish Cooperation Award: The Blue Star by Javier Macipe Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award: Les Indésirables by Ladj Ly Dunia Ayaso Award: Creatura by Elena Martín Gimeno Special Mention: While You're Still You by Claudia Pinto Emperador Parallel awards FIPRESCI Award: Fingernails by Christos Nikou Feroz Zinemaldia Award: Un amor by Isabel Coixet Euskal Gidoigileen Elkartea Award: Sultana's Dream by Isabel Herguera Sebastiane Award: 20,000 Species of Bees by Estibaliz Urresola Special Mention: Gabi: Between Ages 8 and 13 by Engeli Broberg Lurra - Greenpeace Award: Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi SIGNIS Award: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt by Raven Jackson Ateneo Guipuzcoano Award: Great Absence by Kei Chika-Ura Donostia awards Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievements: Javier Bardem, Victor Erice and Hayao Miyazaki. Zinemira Award: Paco Sagarzazu	2025-03-10	[ "September 2023 in Spain", "San Sebastián International Film Festival", "2020s in the Basque Country (autonomous community)", "2023 film festivals", "2023 festivals in Europe" ]	[ "San Sebastián", "Golden Shell", "Javier Bardem", "Donostia Award", "Víctor Erice", "Hayao Miyazaki", "Donostia Award", "2023 SAG-AFTRA strike", "Claire Denis", "Fan Bingbing", "Cristina Gallego", "Brigitte Lacombe", "Robert Lantos", "Vicky Luengo", "Christian Petzold", "Cannes Film Festival", "Manuela Martelli", "Golden Shell", "Jaione Camborda", "Isabella Eklöf", "Silver Shell for Best Director", "Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance", "Marcelo Subiotto", "Tatsuya Fuji", "Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance", "Hovik Keuchkerian", "Benjamín Naishtat", "Eduardo Williams", "Trần Anh Hùng", "Isabel Herguera", "J. A. 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74280085	21,979	Asanté Technologies	Asanté Technologies, Inc., was an American computer networking equipment manufacturer active between 1988 and 2005. Founded in Sunnyvale, California, the company was for a time the market leader in networking products for Apple's line of Macintosh computers, providing hubs, switches, routers, and other equipment. The company also dabbled in the PC-compatible and enterprise networking markets. Following a period of declining market share and stagnation between 1998 and 2005, the company was acquired by rival TechnoConcepts in 2005. History Foundation (1988–1991) Asanté Technologies, Inc., was incorporated in 1988 from a small warehouse in Sunnyvale, California. The co-founders, Jeff Lin and Wilson Wong, had immigrated to California from Taiwan and Hong Kong in the 1960s, both graduating with electrical engineering degrees in the early 1970s. The two met in Mountain View, California, in 1983 at a Chinese-language Christian church and soon after found themselves working at the same computer networking equipment vendor in the city. Both shared a dream of starting their own networking companies and decided to quit their jobs to found Asanté. The name for the company derives from the French toast Santé (health), prefixed with an "A" to make the name appear higher in catalog listings for networking equipment manufacturers. Lin and Wong set out the company to offer user-friendly products but had to first find a niche within the crowded market consumer networking peripherals. The two identified a gap in the market by honing in on Apple's line of Macintosh computers, which had lacked a robust range of Ethernet-based products that the IBM PC and compatibles were enjoying. With Ethernet connections, Mac-based local area networks (LANs) of the day could potentially reach bit rates than could be achieved with Apple's own LocalTalk. Rather than try to compete in the intensely crowded IBM PC compatible arena, the co-founders aimed for Asanté to be the market leader for Ethernet equipment for the Mac segment. Asanté commenced operations as a contract manufacturer before marketing their own products. Shortly after its incorporation, the company found its first customer, who requested a rush delivery of an Ethernet networking product for final release before Christmas 1988. The company were able to deliver 2,000 units before the deadline; the success of the operation instilled confidence in the founders to carry on with their plans to formally launch the company. In April 1989, Asanté debuted their first commercial products, a series of Ethernet expansion boards for the Macintosh II. The company generated $94,000 in net revenues by the end of 1989. In 1990, during which the company employed only 11 people, Asanté released their first Ethernet hubs. During this early period, Asanté primarily targeted the educational sector, with universities accounting for 85 percent of their sales. Market leadership in the Macintosh segment (1991–1995) By 1991, Asanté had established itself as the leading global manufacturer of Mac networking adapters, holding a market share of 35 percent, with Apple themselves trailing behind at 24 percent. The company was helped along by offshore investments totaling roughly $2.4 million between 1991 and 1994, including $440,000 from Orient Semiconductor, the Taiwanese original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that Asanté had hired to manufacture their products. Apple posed a challenge to Asanté's success when it introduced the high-end Quadra line of Macs, which came with Ethernet cards preinstalled, in October 1991. This significantly reduced demand for aftermarket Ethernet products among professional Mac buyers, who warmly received the Quadra line, compelling Asanté to diversify in order to keep their status as market leader. Late in the year, the company assembled a team of engineers to design and market Ethernet products for IBM PCs and compatibles to help secure the company's income. These PC-based Ethernet adapters debuted in 1992, Asanté meanwhile maintaining its Mac business as its primary concern. With the help of Ronald Volkmar, vice president of sales, between 1992 and 1994 the company maintained a roadmap of new products for the computer networking segment, including hubs, network management software, and Ethernet cards for the PC. These enhancements made Asanté one of the industry's most comprehensive providers of Ethernet adapter cards for both Macs and PCs. As a result of its growth, the company relocated from Sunnyvale to a much larger facility in San Jose, California in 1992. By the end of that year, the company's sales were $47.5 million, up 500 times from their 1989 revenues. Their market share in the Mac networking segment increased in turn to 46 percent that year. In June 1993, Asanté brought in Ralph Dormitzer, a veteran executive of the Digital Equipment Corporation, to serve as president and CEO. Wong subsequently stepped down as CEO while remaining on the board of directors. Dormitzer's primary objective was to propel sales to over $100 million. Under new management, in December 1993, Asanté filed its initial public offering. By the end of the year, they had reported sales of $67.2 million and a net income of $2.1 million for the fiscal year. During this time, Asanté maintained its leadership position in the Mac Ethernet networking market and became the first company to offer support for newer Mac lineups that lacked native Ethernet support. This included the development of the smallest SCSI Ethernet adapter specifically designed for Apple's PowerBooks. Asanté likewise expanded its presence in the PC market and began setting its sights on entering the realm of enterprise networking systems, which involved networks with thousands of nodes or workstations. This put Asanté in direct competition with major players like Cisco Systems, SynOptics, and IBM. The company unveiled a 72-port smart network switch, which had the capability to monitor networks. Asanté's workforce meanwhile continued to grow, the company employing 133 workers by November 1993. In March of 1994, Asanté introduced NetStacker, a network switch with a stackable chassis allowing for easier expansion and integration of networking equipment. Simultaneously, Asanté entered the market for remote LAN access with the launch of the NetConnect-Remote Access Server. Sales for 1994 continued to increase, with a 16-percent increase to $79.9 million and a surplus of $1 million. The company's payroll totaled 175 people by late 1994. Asanté faced a lawsuit filed by SynOptics in February 1994, the latter alleging that former employees of theirs had incorporated SynOptics' software code into Asanté products, thus violating federal securities laws. To resolve the lawsuit, Asanté settled with SynOptics for $2.6 million. A significant portion of this settlement ($520,000) was covered by the company's insurance, reducing the impact of the settlement on Asanté's revenues. During this lawsuit, Dormitzer resigned as CEO and president in July 1994, with Lin named as his direct replacement. Setbacks and decline (1995–2005) In spite of its previous successes, Asanté experienced a decline in market share in 1995, as a result of increased competition. This led to a 24-percent drop in sales, down to $60.9 million, the company netting a loss that year of $3.7 million. The intensified competition stemmed from Apple's decision to incorporate Ethernet connections directly into the system boards of more of their Macs and PowerBooks. To address this challenge, Asanté streamlined its manufacturing operations, lowered prices on certain products to remain competitive in the market, and began offering lifetime warranties on its hubs and adapter cards, the latter helping to reassure customers and enhance the company's reputation. In order to rejuvenate its product lineup, Asanté introduced several new offerings in mid-1995. This included the AsantéFAST 100 Hub, which was the industry's first stackable managed hub for Fast Ethernet. Additionally, Asanté released the Ready Switch, marking the company's entry into the market of Fast Ethernet switches. Asanté showed signs of recovery in 1996, achieving a 10-percent increase in its performance. This growth was primarily attributed to a surge in shipments of Fast Ethernet, new switched products, stackable hubs, and unmanaged hubs. The company also made efforts to expand its sales to OEMs and actively pursued contracts with larger OEMs. To help fortify its operations, Asanté shuffled its management team, appointing a new chief financial officer, a VP of sales, and a VP of engineering. The company continued its progress in new product development and expanding into different market segments. This included entering the switched Ethernet market by introducing workgroup and segmentation switches. Additionally, Asanté provided networking solutions tailored to the publishing and prepress industries. The company released IntraSpection in 1996, a network management software suite that operated on an intranet-based system for Windows NT servers, as free shareware distributed from their website in October 1996. IntraSpection stood out as the industry's first software system designed for intranet-based network management. With IntraSpection, network managers could conduct device queries, triggering Simple Network Management Protocol–based polling of their networks. Additionally, the program allowed managers to access graphical maps that automatically updated, providing a visual representation of network changes as they occurred. Despite recording strong sales of $67 million in 1996, Asanté faced challenges as its operating expenses grew at a faster rate than its revenue. As a result, the year concluded with a loss of $457,000, albeit with a 10-percent increase in revenues. Following the setback experienced in 1995, Asanté managed to regain its revenue position from the time of its IPO in 1993. The proportion of sales between the United States and overseas markets remained steady, with U.S. sales accounting for 23 percent of total sales in 1996 (compared to 28 percent in 1995 and 22 percent in 1994). In late 1996, Asanté expanded its international presence by establishing new sales offices in Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. With a net income of $448,000 on revenues of $21.2 million by the second quarter of 1997, Asanté had improved from the same period last year, where they had lost $520,000 on revenues of $14.8 million. Sales data for the first half of fiscal 1997 were also up 24 percent from the same period last year. A new range of switches and Web browser–based network management tools were credited with this improvement. Although the company finished the year strong in 1997, with employment peaking at 190 workers, Asanté's market share in Ethernet products declined rapidly between 1998 and 1999. Despite generating $45.51 million in sales during that period, this represented 45.4-percent decline in sales year-to-year. . In late 1998, Wong rejoined Asanté's management team, and in 1999 company attempted to find another niche in the Mac marketplace. Asanté pivoted to offering products that allowed legacy Apple products equipped with LocalTalk connectors (such as older PowerBooks and the Newton line of PDAs) to communicate with modern Ethernet networks. One such product, the AsantéTalk, was a miniature router containing one 10BASE-T Ethernet jack and a LocalTalk port. AsantéTalk was unveiled in May 1999. Although stagnating heavily, Asanté managed to survive a few years into the next millennium. Wong re-assumed his position as CEO of Asanté in January 2002, replacing Lin. In March 2005, rival networking equipment manufacturer TechnoConcepts of San Jose announced that they would acquire Asanté in whole for $5 million in a stock swap. 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74280088	5,020	Trematospondylus	Trematospondylus ("hole spinner"Sachs, S., Abel, P. und Madzia, D. (2023) A ‘long-forgotten’ plesiosaur provides evidence of large-bodied rhomaleosaurids in the Middle Jurassic of Germany, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(5). doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2205456.) is a dubious genus of plesiosaurs from the Middle Jurassic of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The only named species is Trematospondylus macrocephalus. It is one of the earliest scientifically described plesiosaurs and historically has been the first plesiosaur named from Germany. Preserved remains include seven vertebrae. Research history T. macrocephalus was first named by Quenstedt in 1858, who found the fossils in the layers of the Dentalienton Formation at Lochen mountain massif in the Zollernalbkreis of Baden-Württemberg.Quenstedt, F. A. (1858). Der Jura. Laupp’schen Buchhandlung. p. 466–467. . Its species name likely derives from the Macrocephalus oolite that had been deposited directly above the fossils and is named after the ammonite Macrocephalites macrocephalus. The genus name refers to a small opening at the articulation surface of the vertebrae. Initially, Quenstedt was uncertain about the interrelationships of Trematospondylus and compared it to fishes, dinosaurs and cetiosaurs (the latter had been considered to represent marine reptiles back then Owen, R. (1842). Report on British fossil reptiles, Part II. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11, 60–204. ). In 1861, he called it a plesiosaur and suggested affinities with Thaumatosaurus.Quenstedt, F. A. (1861). Epochen der Natur. Laupp’schen Buchhandlung. Trematospondylus had been mentioned in a few additional works Quenstedt, F. A. (1865). Handbuch der Petrefaktenkunde. Laupp’schen Buchhandlung.Quenstedt, F. A. (1885). Handbuch der Petrefaktenkunde. Dritte und vermehrte Ausgabe. Laupp’schen Buchhandlung.Engel, T. (1883). Geognostischer Wegweiser durch Württemberg. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung. but disappeared from the scientific literature until it got redescribed by Sven Sachs and colleagues in 2023. The latter consider Trematospondylus macrocephalus a nomen dubium but also suggest affinities with rhomaleosaurids. Description T. macrocephalus is known by seven large vertebrae, among them two caudals and a possible sacral vertebra. The other bones might represent caudals as well. They likely belonged to a mature individual that was similar to Rhomaleosaurus in size. Phylogeny Sachs et al. (2023) performed several phylogenetic analyses that nested Trematospondylus within Rhomaleosauridae.	2025-03-30	[ "Sauropterygian genera", "Middle Jurassic plesiosaurs of Europe", "Fossil taxa described in 1858", "Rhomaleosauridae" ]	[ "dubious", "genus", "plesiosaur", "Middle Jurassic", "Baden-Württemberg", "species", "vertebrae", "Quenstedt", "Dentalienton Formation", "Lochen", "Zollernalbkreis", "Baden-Württemberg", "oolite", "ammonite", "fishes", "dinosaurs", "cetiosaurs", "Sven Sachs", "2023", "nomen dubium", "rhomaleosaurids", "caudals", "sacral vertebra", "mature", "phylogenetic analyses", "Rhomaleosauridae" ]
74280151	4,957	Sarde After Dinner	Sarde After Dinner () was a Lebanese podcast hosted by Médéa Azouri and Mouin Jaber. History Sarde, as the show is also known, was started in the aftermath of the 17 October Revolution as a way to discuss the issues plaguing Lebanon and the country's failing government. In January 2025, Azouri announced in an interview that Sarde had ceased, with each host "going their own way." Hosts Azouri is French-Lebanese journalist who has written for L’Orient-Le Jour and Noun Magazine. In addition to co-hosting Sarde, Jaber also worked as digital producer for MBC Podcasts. He is the son of well known Lebanese journalist and media consultant Ali Jaber. Format The show typically features Médéa and Mouin interviewing prominent cultural, social, and political figures primarily from Lebanon, but also the wider Arab world. Production Episodes were primarily recorded in Azouri's Beirut apartment. They were also filmed and posted on YouTube. Notable episodes In a September 2022 episode, Hamed Sinno, the lead singer of Mashrou' Leila, broke the news that the group had disbanded. Notable guests Mia Khalifa Hamed Sinno Bassem Youssef Nadine Labaki Bassel Khaiat Georges Khabbaz	2025-02-25	[ "Audio podcasts", "Video podcasts", "Mass media in Lebanon" ]	[ "Lebanese", "17 October Revolution", "L’Orient-Le Jour", "Ali Jaber", "YouTube", "Hamed Sinno", "Mashrou' Leila", "Mia Khalifa", "Hamed Sinno", "Bassem Youssef", "Nadine Labaki", "Bassel Khaiat", "Georges Khabbaz" ]
74280236	7,296	Das Kleine Blatt	Das Kleine Blatt (German: The Little Paper) was an Austrian newspaper which was published in Vienna. The paper was affiliated with the Social Democratic Workers' Party, known as the Social Democratic Party. It was started in 1927 and published until 1971 with some interruptions. History and profile The first issue of Das Kleine Blatt appeared on 1 March 1927. It was started as a daily newspaper with a small format which was kept until 1944. The paper was inspired from the British penny press. Julius Braunthal was its founding editor-in-chief. Johann Hirsch and Karl Ausch were its editors. It was published by Vorwarts, a publishing company of the Social Democratic Workers' Party. Many inexperienced journalists were employed at Das Kleine Blatt, including Karl Hans Sailer, Marianne Pollak, Jakob Meth, Ludwig Wagner and Walter Süss. The goal of the paper was to make an indirect propaganda for social democracy with entertaining contributions. Das Kleine Blatt was not a theoretical publication like Arbeiter-Zeitung, another newspaper of the Social Democratic Workers' Party. However, it was an ardent critic of the Nazis claiming that the Nazi Party was the biggest enemy of the Austrian working class. In the first issue Das Kleine Blatt did not feature an editorial, but an illustration on its cover page. Ladislaus Kmoch's comic character Tobias Seicherl was published daily in the paper from 1930 becoming Austria's first daily comic strip. In the early period Das Kleine Blatt had a sports supplement. From March 1933 Das Kleine Blatt and other Austrian publications were subject to state censorship. On 12 February 1934 the paper was banned, and Julius Braunthal left the paper. However, two weeks later it was revived as a state-backed newspaper for workers. In March 1938 the newspaper began to support the National Socialists. During this period it featured antisemitic cartoons. On 31 August 1944 the paper was merged with another publication and was renamed as Kleine Wiener Kriegszeitung. It appeared under this title until 6 April 1945. After two-year hiatus it was restarted with its original title on 14 June 1947 as the weekly newspaper of the Social Democratic Party. Das Kleine Blatt ceased publication on 26 June 1971. Circulation and readership In the first year Das Kleine Blatt sold nearly 136,000 copies. Its circulation was 200,000 copies in 1934. In a study carried out in the 1930s it was found that of 1,320 Viennese female factory workers 48,2% read Das Kleine Blatt. Its readership rate was much higher than those of other Social Democratic Workers' Party publications Die Unzufriedene and Arbeiter-Zeitung of which readership rates were 21,4% and 28,8%, respectively.	2024-01-23	[ "1927 establishments in Austria", "1971 disestablishments in Austria", "Defunct newspapers published in Austria", "Defunct weekly newspapers", "Daily newspapers published in Austria", "German-language newspapers published in Austria", "Newspapers established in 1927", "Publications disestablished in 1971", "Socialist newspapers", "Social Democratic Party of Austria", "Weekly newspapers published in Austria", "Newspapers published in Vienna", "Fascist newspapers and magazines", "Propaganda newspapers and magazines", "Banned newspapers", "Censorship in Austria" ]	[ "Social Democratic Workers' Party", "penny press", "Julius Braunthal", "social democracy", "Tobias Seicherl", "National Socialists", "antisemitic" ]
74280252	6,742	1995–96 Austin Peay Governors basketball team	The 1995–96 Austin Peay Governors basketball team represented Austin Peay State University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by 6th year head coach Dave Loos, played their home games at the Dunn Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 19–11, 10–6 in OVC play. They won the OVC tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 14 seed in the Southeast region, they lost to No. 3 seed Georgia Tech in the first round. Roster Schedule and results \|- !colspan=9 style=\| Regular season \|- !colspan=9 style=\|Ohio Valley Conference tournament \|- !colspan=9 style=\|NCAA tournament	2025-04-10	[ "Austin Peay Governors men's basketball seasons", "1995–96 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season", "1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament participants", "1995 in sports in Tennessee", "1996 in sports in Tennessee" ]	[ "Austin Peay State University", "1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season", "Dave Loos", "Dunn Center", "Ohio Valley Conference", "OVC tournament", "NCAA tournament", "Georgia Tech", "<span style={{NCAA color cell\|Austin Peay Governors}}>Ohio Valley Conference tournament</span>", "<span style={{NCAA color cell\|Austin Peay Governors}}>NCAA tournament</span>" ]
74280292	6,024	2023 Pakistan floods	The 2023 Pakistan floods occurred from March to July of 2023, caused by monsoon rains which returned to Pakistan after nine months after the 2022 Pakistan floods. Floods worsened at the end of June due to upcoming monsoon rains. At least 159 people were killed, including many children. Background Many major floods have occurred in Pakistan. Flooding in 2020 killed 410 people and caused US$1.5 billion worth of damage, with 187 deaths occurring in Karachi in 2021 and 1,739 killed across the country in 2022. Impact As of July, at least 159 people had been killed, including 96 who died in July alone. There were also 264 injuries, including 151 who were hurt in July. Balochistan Flooding on 17 March killed ten people in Balochistan, including eight in Awaran District. On 30 April, flooding affected several houses, left four dead and four others injured. Flooding in July killed six in the province. In Pakistan, poor governance has exacerbated the issue of flooding, primarily impacting the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. This calamity has claimed the lives of over 1,100 individuals and left 33 million others grappling with its devastating consequences. Additionally, nearly 750,000 people find themselves deprived of secure and suitable housing, access to education, and essential healthcare facilities. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province killed 11 people from 24 March to 3 April, with 17 more deaths, including eight from a landslide, and nine injuries occurring in the rest of April. From June 10 to 11, over 20 people were killed and 100 others were injured due to flooding, including 15 in Bannu District. At least 20 more deaths occurred the following month, including eight children who were killed by a landslide in Shangla District on July 6. Punjab On July 5, at least 19 deaths occurred in Lahore due to electrocution or collapsing roofs. Flooding from 6-9 July killed 52 others across Punjab.	2025-02-01	[ "2023 floods in Asia", "2023 disasters in Pakistan", "2023 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa", "2023 in Punjab, Pakistan", "2023 in Balochistan, Pakistan", "June 2023 in Pakistan", "July 2023 in Pakistan", "Floods in Pakistan", "Climate change in Pakistan", "Disasters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa", "Disasters in Balochistan, Pakistan", "Disasters in Punjab, Pakistan" ]	[ "monsoon", "Pakistan", "2022 Pakistan floods", "major floods have occurred in Pakistan", "Flooding in 2020", "Karachi", "2021", "2022", "Balochistan", "Awaran District", "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa", "eight from a landslide", "Bannu District", "Shangla District", "Lahore", "List of floods in Pakistan", "2023 South Asian floods" ]
74280359	7,376	Jere Kallinen	Jere Kallinen (born 10 January 2002) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki. Club career AC Oulu Born in Oulu and raised in Ritaharju, Kallinen spent all his youth years with Oulun Luistinseura (OLS), before signing his first professional contract with Ykkönen side AC Oulu on 21 December 2019, at the age of 17.17-VUOTIAALLE JERE KALLISELLE PELAAJASOPIMUS, AC Oulu, 21 December 2019 He made his professional debut with the club on 27 June 2020, in a 2–0 home win against Gnistan. Kallinen contributed in 10 matches and helped AC Oulu to win the promotion to Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2020 season.OULU VS. GNISTAN 2 - 0, int.soccerway.com He scored his first goal for his club in Veikkausliiga on 9 May 2021, in a 3–1 away defeat against IFK Mariehamn.MARIEHAMN VS. OULU 3 - 1, int.soccerway.com On 28 October 2021, his contract was extended until the end of 2024.HUIPPULUPAUS JERE KALLISELLE PITKÄ JATKOSOPIMUS, AC Oulu, 28 October 2021 In May 2022, in a Veikkausliiga match against HIFK, Kallinen suffered a surgery-requiring knee injury from a late tackle by Mosawer Ahadi, and was ruled out for few months. After the 2024 season, Kallinen announced he would leave Oulu. During five seasons, he made 114 appearances for the club in all competitions combined.Jere Kallinen lähtee AC Oulusta kärkitason joukkueeseen – "Isommassa seurassa on vielä enemmän kilpailua", Kaleva, 24 October 2024 HJK On 25 November 2024, HJK Helsinki announced the signing of Kallinen on a two-year deal with a one-year option.Jere Kallinen vaihtaa Oulun Klubiin, hjk.fi, 25 November 2024 International career Kallinen has represented Finland at under-21 youth national team level. Career statistics Honours AC Oulu Ykkönen: 2020 Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2023	2025-03-31	[ "2002 births", "Living people", "Footballers from Oulu", "Finnish men's footballers", "21st-century Finnish sportsmen", "Men's association football midfielders", "Oulun Luistinseura players", "AC Oulu players", "Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players", "Kakkonen players", "Ykkönen players", "Veikkausliiga players", "Finland men's under-21 international footballers", "Finland men's youth international footballers" ]	[ "Finnish", "defensive midfielder", "Veikkausliiga", "HJK Helsinki", "Oulu", "Ritaharju", "Oulun Luistinseura", "Ykkönen", "AC Oulu", "Gnistan", "Veikkausliiga", "2020 season", "IFK Mariehamn", "Veikkausliiga", "HIFK", "Mosawer Ahadi", "HJK Helsinki", "Finland", "Ykkönen", "2020", "Finnish League Cup" ]
74280397	3,532	Birmingham School of Art building	The Birmingham School of Art building was designed for the school of art by architect John Henry Chamberlain from January 1882 until October 1883, and was built from May 31 1884 until its opening in September 1885. Funding The building cost £21,254, and was sponsored by donations from the Tangye brothers (£10,937) and Louisa Ryland (£10,000). The site was given from the Newhall estate by William Barwick Cregoe Colmore. Architecture It is a red-brick Victorian Gothic structure, completed after its architect J. H. Chamberlain's death by his partner William Martin and his son Frederick Martin, and widely considered as Chamberlain's masterpiece. Its Venetian style and naturalistic decoration are heavily influenced by John Ruskin's Stones of Venice. A continuous plinth band of Doultons tilework containing lozenges lilies and sunflowers on blue backgrounds runs around the building. The original iron railings were made by Hart & Co.. History The foundation stone was laid on 31 May 1884 and the building was opened in September 1885. An extension from the north end, running east along Cornwall Street was added by Martin & Chamberlain in 1892–93. In 1992, the cleaning of the exterior was completed after two years and the refurbishment and renovation of the interior began in 1993, ending in 1996. The work was undertaken by Associated Architects following completion of the Birmingham School of Jewellery also for Birmingham City University.	2024-08-16	[ "Birmingham City University", "Grade I listed buildings in Birmingham", "Grade I listed buildings in the West Midlands (county)", "Grade I listed educational buildings", "Birmingham School of Art" ]	[ "the school of art", "John Henry Chamberlain", "Tangye brothers", "Louisa Ryland", "Victorian Gothic", "J. H. Chamberlain", "William Martin", "Venetian", "John Ruskin", "Martin & Chamberlain", "Associated Architects", "Birmingham School of Jewellery" ]
74280410	3,356	Mount Rainier, Bay of Tacoma – Puget Sound	Mount Rainier, Bay of Tacoma – Puget Sound is an 1875 painting by Sanford Robinson Gifford. The artwork is part of the collection of the Seattle Art Museum.	2025-03-14	[ "1875 paintings", "Mount Rainier", "Collection of the Seattle Art Museum", "Water in art" ]	[ "Sanford Robinson Gifford", "Seattle Art Museum" ]
74280421	7,259	Olympic F.C. (Scotland)	Olympic Football Club, occasionally called Paisley Olympic, was a Scottish football team located in the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire. History The club was founded in 1880, holding its first meeting in October. It first played competitive football in 1882–83, losing in a replay to Pollok in the first round of the Renfrewshire Cup, and joined the Scottish Football Association in 1883, by which time the town already had senior clubs in the shape of Abercorn, Paisley Athletic, and St Mirren. By 1884, the Olympic could boast of 70 members, less than half the size of the Athletic, a third of the size of Abercorn, and less than a quarter of the size of the Saints. It was however comparatively successful on a local level, reaching the semi-final of the Renfrewshire Cup in 1883–84 and 1884–85. In the latter year, the club surprised Abercorn with a 2–1 win in a quarter-final replay, the Abbies protesting in vain about crowd encroachment; in the semi-final, Olympic drew 2–2 with Port Glasgow Athletic, but lost 5–0 in the replay in a game which was tighter than the score suggested, Olympic not taking any of numerous chances in the first half, and still being in the game at 2–0 when reduced to 10 men through injury. The club's success, despite its size, was attributed to a tactical shift, having adopted the 2–3–5 system with Spruill at centre-midfield, instead of the 2–2–6 used by its opponents. Olympic first entered the Scottish Cup in 1883–84, reaching the third round on its debut, with wins at Yoker and Clippens. The run came to an end with a 5–0 home defeat to Ayrshire side Mauchline. The club was unlucky in its second entry in 1884–85, being drawn away at the much bigger Arthurlie, but only lost 2–0, and suffered from "some very hard lines". The club's end seems to have come out of the blue. As late as June 1885 it was beating Abercorn in a friendly and was drawn to play at Arthurlie in the first round of the 1885–86 Scottish Cup. However the club "collapsed" at the end of August, its players finding berths with St Mirren and (in the case of Gorman and Heiton) Abercorn. The club was effectively replaced by the Dykebar club, which played its first match at Thistle Park in October 1885, and who took on centre-midfielder Robert Spruill from the Olympic. Colours The club's colours were ½" crimson and white hooped jerseys and hose, and blue knickers.The commercially-available blue was navy serge. Ground The club played at Thistle Park, Greenhill, Paisley, a 5-minute walk from the railway station. The ground was the ground of the Paisley Thistle cricket club, and formerly the ground of St Mirren.	2024-09-04	[ "Defunct football clubs in Scotland", "Football in Renfrewshire", "Association football clubs established in 1880", "Association football clubs disestablished in 1886", "1880 establishments in Scotland", "1886 disestablishments in Scotland", "Sport in Paisley, Renfrewshire" ]	[ "football", "Paisley", "Renfrewshire", "Pollok", "Renfrewshire Cup", "Scottish Football Association", "Abercorn", "Paisley Athletic", "St Mirren", "Port Glasgow Athletic", "Scottish Cup", "1883–84", "Yoker", "Clippens", "Ayrshire", "Mauchline", "1884–85", "Arthurlie", "Arthurlie", "1885–86 Scottish Cup", "Dykebar", "cricket" ]
74280502	6,647	American Security Project	The American Security Project (ASP) is a Washington D.C.–based think tank focusing on issues concerning U.S. national security, including maritime security, climate security, energy security, US-Russia relations, US-China relations, public diplomacy, among others. It was founded in 2006 by John Kerry and Chuck Hagel. Leadership Jim Ludes served as ASP's Executive Director from July 2006 to August 2011. Stephen A Cheney was appointed as ASP's CEO in August 2011. Activities ASP publishes research reports/briefs and guest posts, hosts events such as seminar discussions with subject matter experts, and produces a podcast titled "Flashpoint." Publications Reports Perspective – Innovating Out of the Climate Crisis: Reflections and Recommendations for the Clean Energy Transition Briefs Briefing Note – Florida’s Wildfire Management Briefing Note – Innovating Out of the Climate Crisis: Hard to Abate Sectors Briefing Note – The Military Recruiting Crisis: Obesity’s Impact on the Shortfall Funding ASP has received grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Board of directors As of July 2023, ASP's board of directors include: Gary Hart (Chairman Emeritus), Christine Todd Whitman (chairperson), Norman R. Seip (President), Matthew Bergman, Jeffrey Bleich, Alejandro Brito, Donald Beyer, Lee Cullum, Stephen A Cheney, Daniel W. Christman, Robert B. Crowe, Nelson W. Cunningham, William J. Fallon, Scott D. Gilbert, Lee Gunn, Chuck Hagel, Claudia Kennedy, Lester L. Lyles, Dennis Mehiel, Ed Reilly, David Wade, Matthew Wallin, and Dante Disparte.	2025-02-07	[ "Think tanks based in the United States", "Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States" ]	[ "Washington D.C.", "think tank", "U.S. national security", "maritime security", "climate security", "energy security", "US-Russia relations", "US-China relations", "public diplomacy", "John Kerry", "Chuck Hagel", "Stephen A Cheney", "Carnegie Corporation of New York", "Gary Hart", "Christine Todd Whitman", "Jeffrey Bleich", "Donald Beyer", "Stephen A Cheney", "Daniel W. Christman", "Nelson W. Cunningham", "William J. Fallon", "Lee Gunn", "Chuck Hagel" ]
74280544	13,124	Church of St Fimbarrus, Fowey	The Church of St Fimbarrus is an Anglican parish church in Fowey, Cornwall, England. Also known as Fowey Parish Church, it is in the Church of England's Diocese of Truro. The church is a grade I listed building and dates from the 14th century. History The church is dedicated to Saint Finbarr and is listed Grade I. It was built in the early 14th century and rededicated in 1336, replacing a previous Norman church. The church was damaged by the French in 1457, and repaired in 1460 by the Earl of Warwick, when the clerestory and the north and south aisles were rebuilt. There is a nave and two aisles with a clerestory, and the aisles are unusually wide; the aisles and the clerestory may be additions of the 15th century. The tower, of the 16th century, is of four stages and has buttresses and bands of ornament. There is an exceptionally fine 15th-century carved wagon roof. The south porch has open arches to the west and east and an eight-ribbed vaulted roof. The font is Norman, of Catacleuze stone, and similar to those of Ladock, Feock and St Mewan. The hexagonal pulpit was made in 1601. The monuments include two brasses of the mid 15th century and those of John Rashleigh, 1582, and Alice Rashleigh, 1602. The most interesting are two later Rashleigh monuments: John Rashleigh, c. 1610, and another of 1683.Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. rev. Enid Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 70 The church was used as a town hall for a period up to 1684. In 1899, Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, married Elspeth Thompson at the church. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) is buried in the churchyard. Present day Fowey Parish Church is an evangelical Anglican church. It had passed a resolution to reject the leadership of women in church. In 2019, its vicar and half the congregation left to form an explicitly conservative evangelical church in the town outside of the Church of England but under the auspices of GAFCON. In May 2023, the chair of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) stepped down, along with two other members; they had supported the resolution against a female vicar. In July 2023, with a new PCC elected, the council voted unanimously to rescind the resolution and to open the job opening to both men and women. It had been one of 150 parishes in the Church of England that rejected the leadership of women in church (including as vicars or bishops). In March 2024, the church welcomed a woman, the Reverend Carol Edleston, as "Priest for Fowey". Organ A new organ was obtained in 1855 which included provision for German Pedals. This was replaced by a new organ installed in 1877 built by Grover and Grover of London. The pipe organ has been renovated and rebuilt on several occasions. In 1892 Hele and Co of Plymouth undertook some work on the 2 manual instrument which was followed by an enlargement in 1905 by Wadsworth to 3 manuals.Subsequent work has been undertaken by Hele & Co in 1948 and 1972, and Lance Foy in 2001 and 2006 which has created an instrument with 3 manuals and pedal with 33 speaking stops. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register Organists William Betty 1854 - 1866 (formerly organist at Holy Trinity Church, St Austell) George Henry Bate 1866 - 1891 Stribley Lacey 1891 - 1895 Charles Edward Juleff 1895 - 1897 (formerly organist at St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Exeter, and St Petroc's Church, Bodmin, afterwards organist of St John the Evangelist, Taunton) Thomas J. Baker 1898 - 1901 (formerly organist of St Nicolas Church, Guildford) William Benjamin Seller Hawkins 1901 - 1913 Miss E. Broad 1914 R. Lacey 1915 - 1920 Charles K. Jago 1920 - 1956 Norman Williams 1957 - 1973 Bells The church contains a ring of 8 bells with the tenor weight of 876kg. Gallery	2025-04-02	[ "14th-century church buildings in England", "Conservative evangelical Anglican churches in England", "Grade I listed churches in Cornwall", "Church of England church buildings in Cornwall" ]	[ "Anglican", "Fowey", "Church of England", "Diocese of Truro", "grade I listed building", "Saint Finbarr", "Earl of Warwick", "Catacleuze", "Kenneth Grahame", "Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch", "evangelical Anglican", "conservative evangelical", "GAFCON", "Parochial Church Council", "rejected the leadership of women in church", "National Pipe Organ Register", "Holy Trinity Church, St Austell", "St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Exeter", "St Petroc's Church, Bodmin", "St John the Evangelist, Taunton", "St Nicolas Church, Guildford" ]
74280550	8,396	1995–96 Portland Pilots men's basketball team	The 1995–96 Portland Pilots men's basketball team represented the University of Portland during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pilots, led by tenth-year head coach Eric Reveno, played their home games at the Chiles Center and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 19–11, 7–7 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They won the WCC tournamentby defeating Gonzaga in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament the program's first appearance since 1959. Playing as No. 14 seed in the Midwest region, the Pilots were beaten by No. 3 seed Villanova, 92–58, in the opening round. To date, this is the most recent appearance in the NCAA tournament for the Portland men's basketball team. Roster Source: Schedule and results \|- !colspan=9 style=\| Non-conference regular season \|- !colspan=9 style=\| WCC regular season \|- !colspan=9 style=\| WCC tournament \|- !colspan=9 style=\| NCAA tournament Source:	2023-08-19	[ "1995–96 West Coast Conference men's basketball season", "Portland Pilots men's basketball seasons", "1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament participants", "1995 in Portland, Oregon", "1996 in Portland, Oregon", "1995 in sports in Oregon", "1996 in sports in Oregon" ]	[ "University of Portland", "1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season", "Eric Reveno", "Chiles Center", "West Coast Conference", "WCC tournament", "Gonzaga", "NCAA tournament", "<span style={{NCAA color cell\|Portland Pilots}}>WCC tournament</span>", "<span style={{NCAA color cell\|Portland Pilots}}>NCAA tournament</span>" ]
74280595	10,841	2023 Grand Prix of Spain	The 2023 Grand Prix of Spain is a wrestling event held in Madrid, Spain between 7 and 9 July 2023. Event videos The event will air on the Scorizer Youtube channel. Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 251 wrestlers from 29 countries: (1) (1) (7) (47) (Host) (11) (3) (17) (20) (4) (20) (3) (1) (2) (1) (1) (2) (2) (2) (2) (3) (4) (6) (13) (35) (32) (3) (2) (1) (5)	2023-09-18	[ "2023 in sport wrestling", "International wrestling competitions hosted by Spain", "Sport in Madrid", "Wrestling in Spain", "2023 in Spanish sport" ]	[ "wrestling", "Madrid", "Spain" ]
74280625	21,736	Sherwood, Mills & Smith	Sherwood, Mills & Smith, known after 1968 as the SMS Partnership and as SMS Architects, was an American architecture firm active in Stamford and New Canaan, Connecticut from 1946 to 2000. Initially the partnership of architects Thorne Sherwood , Willis N. Mills and Lester W. Smith , the firm grew into one of the most influential in the region. History Sherwood, Mills & Smith was founded in 1946 in Stamford as the partnership of three architects, Thorne Sherwood (1910–1994), Willis N. Mills (1907–1995) and Lester W. Smith (1909–1993). Thorne Sherwood was born December 3, 1910, in Montclair, New Jersey. He was educated at Williams College and Columbia University, graduating from the latter in 1936 with a BArch. He worked for Schultze & Weaver, van der Gracht & Kilham, Harrison & Fouilhoux and Raymond Loewy before 1942. During World War II he served in the naval reserve and was discharged in 1946."Sherwood, Thorne" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 503. Willis Nathaniel Mills was born January 5, 1907, in Menominee, Michigan. His father, also Willis Nathaniel, was a lawyer who was a Michigan State Senator from 1905 to 1907."Necrology" in Hamilton Literary Magazine (February, 1919): 34. He was educated at the Kent School, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, graduating from the latter in 1934. He worked for Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and William Lescaze before opening his own office in 1937. He served in the marine corps reserve during World War II and was discharged in 1946."Mills, Willis Nathaniel" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 383. Lester Wickham Smith was born May 21, 1909, in Brooklyn. He was educated at Princeton University, earning an AB in 1930 and an MFA in 1933. He worked for van der Gracht & Kilham, Wallace K. Harrison and Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith before 1940. During World War II he served in the army air force and was discharged in 1946."Smith, Lester Wickham" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 518. The partners chose to locate in Stamford, forty miles from New York City, because it offered many of the advantages and resources of the city without its drawbacks, including competition from other architects. This choice proved advantageous, and the firm expanded quickly over the next ten years."The Architect and His Community: Sherwood, Mills & Smith: Stamford, Connecticut" in Progressive Architecture 38, no. 3 (March, 1957): 107–123. In 1959, to manage this expansion, Sherwood, Mills & Smith added four new partners, Thomas A. Norton (1922–2016), Carrell S. McNulty Jr. (born 1924), Gray Taylor (1916–1985) and A. Raymond von Brock (1922–2006)."new partners, associates" in Progressive Architecture 40, no. 3 (March, 1959): 54. Thomas Akin Norton was born August 4, 1922, in Great Neck, New York. He served in the air force during World War II and was educated at Columbia University, earning a BA in 1946 and a BArch in 1949. He worked for O'Connor & Kilham and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill before joining Sherwood, Mills & Smith in 1953."Norton, Thomas Akin" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 518. Carrell Stewart McNulty Jr. was born December 4, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey. He was educated at Emory University, the University of North Carolina and Columbia University, graduating from the latter in 1950 with a BArch. He joined Sherwood, Mills & Smith immediately after leaving school."McNulty, Carrell Stewart Jr." in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 454. Gray Taylor was born April 15, 1916, in New York City. He attended Harvard College and Columbia University, graduating from the latter in 1947 with a BArch. His education was interrupted by World War II, and he served in the corps of engineers from 1941 to 1945. He worked for Ketchum, Giná & Sharp and William F. Schorn before joining Sherwood, Mills & Smith in 1954."Taylor, Gray" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 694–695."Taylor, Gray" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 905. A. Raymond von Brock was born March 18, 1922, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was educated at the Pratt Institute, graduating in 1946 with a BArch. He worked for Ryder, Struppmann & Neumann before joining Sherwood, Mills & Smith in 1952."von Brock, A. Raymond" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 729. The firm's leadership was again changed in 1963 when Norton left to enter private practice,"Norton, Thomas Akin" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 672. and in 1967 Mills' son, Willis N. Mills Jr. (1933–2020), joined as partner. Willis Nathaniel Mills Jr. was born September 25, 1933, in New York City. He was educated at Princeton University, earning an AB in 1955 and an MFA in 1958. He worked for Pedersen & Tilney and Earl P. Carlin in New Haven before joining his father's firm in 1963."Mills, Willis Nathaniel Jr." in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 627. In 1962 he was also the architect of a house in Van Hornesville, New York for James H. Case, a relative of his wife, and his then wife, Laura Rockefeller Chasin. This house, completed in 1963, is now NRHP-listed. In 1968 the firm was renamed the SMS Partnership."Real Estate Notes" in New York Times, August 1, 1968, 50. The economic decline of the late 1960s led the firm to downsize. Thorne Sherwood retired in 1969,"Sherwood, Thorne" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 832. and in 1970 the firm was incorporated as SMS Architects. Mills and Smith retired in 1970 and 1971, respectively, and in 1972 the firm moved from downtown Stamford to suburban New Canaan.Bess Balchen, "A Firm That Gained Strength Through Transition" in AIA Journal 58, no. 5 (November, 1972): 27–34 McNulty and von Brock retired in 1973 and 1982, followed shortly thereafter by Taylor."McNulty, Carrell Stewart Jr." in Who's Who in America 2010 (New Providence: Marquis Who's Who): 3143."Von Brock, A. Raymond" in Who Was Who in America (New Providence: Marquis Who's Who, 2007): 249. Willis N. Mills Jr. led the firm in the 1980s and 1990s in association with several new principals, including Ellen Glenn Golden, Andrew J. Santella, Robert C. Steinmetz, Leonard M. Sussman and Lee A. Wright."SMS Architects PC" in ProFile: The Sourcebook of U. S. Architectural Design Firms (Atlanta: Construction Market Data, 1996): 365. In 1998 the firm was acquired by Perkins Eastman of New York City and moved its offices back to Stamford."Perkins Eastman extends its reach" in Contemporary Long Term Care 21, no. 4 (April, 1998): 107. In 2000 SMS Architects was fully merged with Perkins Eastman, which still maintains a Stamford office. Legacy Sherwood, Mills & Smith developed the largest architectural practice in the suburban regions of the New York metropolitan area and was the undisputed architectural leader in Stamford and Fairfield County. Their works were built throughout the New York area and the Mid-Atlantic states. They were known for the high quality of design of their works, and by the 1970s had won more design awards than any other architecture firm in Connecticut.Estelle F. Feinstein and Joyce S. Pendery, "SMS Architects" in Stamford: An Illustrated History (Stamford: Stamford Historical Society, 1984) The partners of Sherwood, Mills & Smith and SMS were widely respected by their peers. Both of the Mills, McNulty, Sherwood, Smith, Taylor and von Brock were all elected Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and they and other principals served in leadership roles in the Connecticut chapter and on national AIA committees.The American Institute of Architects College of Fellows History & Directory (Washington: American Institute of Architects, 2019) In recent years several of their works, particularly in New Canaan, have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Architectural works 1949 – Durisol House, 43 Marshall Ridge Rd, New Canaan, Connecticut NRHP-listed. 1950 – South School, 8 Farm Rd, New Canaan, Connecticut 1953 – Refectory, Kent School, Kent, Connecticut 1954 – Christopher H. Knoll house, Turtle Back Rd, New Canaan, Connecticut Demolished. 1954 – Newfield Elementary School, 345 Pepper Ridge Rd, Stamford, Connecticut 1954 – North Street School, 381 North St, Greenwich, Connecticut 1954 – Schools, Port Chester, New York Unlocated. 1955 – Gymnasium, Kent School, Kent, Connecticut 1955 – Ramapo High School, 331 George St, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey"Sherwood, Thorne" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 639. 1955 – Sharon Center School, 80 Hilltop Rd, Sharon, Connecticut 1955 – Veterans Park Elementary School, 8 Governor St, Ridgefield, Connecticut 1956 – Nathan Hale Elementary School, 277 Atkins St Ext, Meriden, Connecticut 1956 – Willis N. Mills house, 1380 Ponus Ridge Rd, New Canaan, Connecticut"Mills, Willis Nathaniel" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 627. NRHP-listed. 1957 – Osborn School, 10 Osborn Rd, Rye, New York"Smith, Lester Wickham" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 655. 1957 – Winsted Health Center, 115 Spencer St, Winsted, Connecticut 1958 – First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bedford St, Stamford, Connecticut NRHP-listed. 1958 – Master plan, Kent School, Kent, Connecticut"Mills, Willis Nathaniel" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 486. 1958 – Dorr-Oliver headquarters, 77 Havemeyer Ln, Stamford, Connecticut Demolished. 1958 – Anya Seton house, 43 Binney Ln, Old Greenwich, Connecticut Demolished. 1959 – Barden Corporation plant, 200 Park Ave, Danbury, Connecticut 1959 – Lee F. Jackson School, 2 Saratoga Rd, White Plains, New York 1959 – Mutual Insurance Company of Hartford building, 95 Woodland St, Hartford, Connecticut 1959 – Rehabilitation Center for the Physically Handicapped, 26 Palmers Hill Rd, Stamford, Connecticut Demolished. 1959 – Ridge Elementary School, 325 W Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, New Jersey 1959 – Staples High School, 70 North Ave, Westport, Connecticut 1959 – Stony Point Center, 17 Cricketown Rd, Stony Point, New York"McNulty, Carrell Stewart Jr." in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 583. 1959 – William B. Ward Elementary School, 311 Broadfield Rd, New Rochelle, New York 1960 – Naugatuck High School, 543 Rubber Ave, Naugatuck, Connecticut 1960 – Parkway School, 141 Lower Cross Rd, Greenwich, Connecticut 1961 – Bedwell Elementary School, 141 Seney Dr, Bernardsville, New Jersey 1961 – First College, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 1961 – Huntington High School, 188 Oakwood Rd, Huntington, New York 1961 – Kakiat Junior High School (former), 465 Viola Rd, Spring Valley, New York 1961 – Master plan and buildings, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich Academy 1961 – Master plan and Hillside House, Briarcliff College, Briarcliff Manor, New York 1961 – Mount Vernon High School, 100 California Rd, Mount Vernon, New York"Smith, Lester Wickham" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 853. 1961 – Pascack Valley High School, 200 Piermont Ave, Hillsdale, New Jersey 1961 – Prince Engineering Lab, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 1961 – St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 111 Oenoke Ridge Rd, New Canaan, Connecticut NRHP-listed. 1964 – Burndy Library, Richards Ave, Norwalk, Connecticut"Precast Vaults Support a Pour" in Progressive Architecture 45, no. 9 (September, 1964): 163–165. Demolished. 1964 – Towers Hall, Wagner College, Staten IslandNorval White, Elliot Willensky and Fran Leadon, AIA Guide to New York City (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010): 925. 1965 – Barus and Holley Building, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 1965 – Helen Keller Middle School, 360 Sport Hill Rd, Easton, Connecticut 1966 – Hurlbutt Elementary School, 9 School Rd, Weston, Connecticut 1968 – Harborview Hall, Wagner College, Staten Island 1968 – Lime Kiln Elementary School, 35 Lime Kiln Rd, Suffern, New York 1969 – Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, New York 1970 – Nathan L. Whetten Graduate Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut"University of Connecticut: An enclave for graduate students" in College Management 4, no. 4 (April, 1969): 60–61. 1971 – St. Matthew's Episcopal Church–Wilton Presbyterian Church, 36 and 48 New Canaan Rd, Wilton, ConnecticutMiriam F. Stimpson, A Field Guide to Landmarks of Modern Architecture in the United States (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice–Hall, 1985) 1972 – United States Tennis Association headquarters, 70 W Red Oak Ln, White Plains, New York 1973 – AT&T long lines building, 522 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, ConnecticutMichael Knight, "Influence is a Many-Splintered Thing," New York times, March 20, 1977, CN1 and CN6-7. 1973 – Olmsted Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New YorkKaren Van Lengen and Lisa Reilly, Vassar College (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004) 1975 – F. N. Manross Memorial Library, 260 Central St, Bristol, ConnecticutNolan Lushington and James M. Kusack, The Design and Evaluation of Public Library Buildings (Hamden: Library Professional Publications, 1991) 1977 – Nyala Farms, 60 Nyala Farms Rd, Westport, Connecticut 1983 – Round Hill Community Church, 395 Round Hill Rd, Greenwich, Connecticut"The 1985 New England Regional Council/AIA Architectural Design Awards" in BSA Chapterletter 71, no. 10 (November, 1985): 5. 1988 – Metro Center, 1 Station Pl, Stamford, Connecticut	2024-08-27	[ "Architecture firms based in Connecticut", "Design companies established in 1946", "Design companies disestablished in 2000" ]	[ "architecture firm", "Stamford", "New Canaan, Connecticut", "Montclair, New Jersey", "Williams College", "Columbia University", "BArch", "Schultze & Weaver", "Raymond Loewy", "World War II", "Menominee, Michigan", "Willis Nathaniel", "Michigan State Senator", "Kent School", "University of Pennsylvania", "Columbia University", "Shreve, Lamb & Harmon", "William Lescaze", "World War II", "Brooklyn", "Princeton University", "Wallace K. 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74280637	3,889	Mitchell's Point Looking Down the Columbia	Mitchell's Point Looking Down the Columbia is an 1887 painting by Grafton Tyler Brown. The artwork was part of an auction in 2020. It is part of the collection of the Seattle Art Museum.	2025-03-14	[ "1887 paintings", "Collection of the Seattle Art Museum" ]	[ "Grafton Tyler Brown", "Seattle Art Museum" ]
74280666	13,048	Gay men's flags	Various pride flags have been used to symbolize gay men. Rainbow flags have been used since 1978 to represent both gay men and, subsequently, the LGBTQ community as a whole. Since the 2010s, various designs have been proposed to specifically represent the gay male community. Rainbow flags The original gay pride flags were flown in celebration of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978. According to a profile published in the Bay Area Reporter in 1985, Gilbert Baker "chose the rainbow motif because of its associations with the hippie movement of the 1960s, but notes that use of the design dates back to ancient Egypt". In modern times, the Rainbow flag is used to represent all LGBTQ+ identities Flags of the 2010s The first known flag design made specifically for gay men was published online on October 9, 2018, on VK, a Russian website. It was designed by Valentin Belyaev in the mid-2010s or earlier to combat gayphobia, and it was based on the lesbian flag. It symbolizes the attraction of men to each other and the diversity of the gay community itself. It is sometimes known as the Uranian flag. The first gay man flag design to be published online was designed by Mod Hermy of the Pride-Flags account on DeviantArt. It was first posted on Tumblr on August 24, 2016, and was based on the pink lesbian flag. In March 2017, Gilbert Baker created a nine-stripe version of his original 1977 flag, featuring lavender, pink, turquoise, and indigo stripes alongside red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. According to Baker, the lavender stripe symbolizes diversity. Another flag design for gay men, featuring green, teal, white, blue, and purple stripes, was designed by Tumblr user gayflagblog, a disabled trans man. Two versions, with seven and five stripes respectively, were released on July 10, 2019. The colors from turquoise to green represent community, healing and joy; the white stripe in the middle is an iteration of Monica Helms' trans flag design and includes people who are transgender, intersex, gender non-conforming, or non-binary; and the colors blue through purple represent pure love, strength, and diversity. This design is sometimes known as the Vincian flag. Subcultures A flag for the bear subculture exists.	2025-04-15	[ "Flags introduced in 2016", "Flags introduced in 2018", "Flags introduced in 2019", "Gay culture", "LGBTQ flags", "LGBTQ-related controversies in art", "Sexuality flags", "Male homosexuality", "LGBTQ symbols" ]	[ "pride flag", "gay men", "LGBTQ community", "San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade", "Gilbert Baker", "Rainbow flag", "VK", "gayphobia", "lesbian flag", "Uranian", "DeviantArt", "Tumblr", "diversity", "disabled", "trans man", "iteration", "Monica Helms", "trans flag", "transgender", "intersex", "gender non-conforming", "non-binary", "Vincian", "bear subculture", "LGBTQ symbols" ]
74280667	8,037	See You (Big Country song)	"See You" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, released in October 1999 as a double A-side single with "Perfect World". It was the second single to be released from their eighth studio album Driving to Damascus and reached number 77 in the UK Singles Chart. "See You" was written by Stuart Adamson and "Perfect World" was written by Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler and Bruce Watson. Both tracks were produced by Rafe McKenna and Big Country. Background In 2006, bassist Tony Butler described "See You" as a "beautiful track" and added, "I thought Stuart's vocal on this song was so in tune with the sentiment, it totally works for me." Speaking of "Perfect World", the song which "See You" was paired with as a double A-side single, Butler recalled how the band had tried to adopt a contemporary edge to their sound: "[It] was a quest to add something different to the Big Country sound. We had by this time, a very strong musical identity, but there was always an ambition to move forward, but not lose the essence of what we were about. I think this was Rafe McKenna's finest moment; introducing the loops and other noises. It added a contemporary drive to the track that made it very cool." Release "See You" was issued with "Perfect World" as a double A-side single in the UK on 25 October 1999. Two editions of the single were issued on CD. CD1 contained the additional, exclusive track "This Blood's for You" and a pair of postcards of the band photographed in Nashville. CD2 contained an additional track, "Camp Smedley's Theme", which was also exclusive to the release, and two postcards of the band photographed in Kosovo. The single was also issued on 7-inch vinyl in a generic white sleeve. CD2's front cover is a photograph taken during the band's visit to Kosovo. It shows a Kosovan orphan playing guitarist Bruce Watson's mandolin, with a ruined building, a result of the Kosovo War, in the background. "See You" received airplay on BBC Radio 2. It was on the station's 'C-List' for the week commencing 18 October. Music videos No music video was made for "See You", but two music videos were shot for "Perfect World" to promote the double A-side single. The first video was shot at Stockley Park and is interspersed with footage of the band performing at their 1999 fan club convention in Egham. The second video features footage filmed during the band's time in Kosovo, as well as clips from the fan club convention shoot. Critical reception In a 2011 review of Driving to Damascus, Tim Jones of Record Collector called "See You" "amiable US rock radio fodder". Nick James of God Is in the TV, in a review of the album's 2023 deluxe edition release, described "Perfect World" as being a "track of particular note" and commented that it features the "prowess of Brzezicki's sticks, just over four minutes of pure magic, played at a frantic pace". Track listing 7-inch single "See You" – 3:50 "Perfect World" – 4:02 CD single (#1) "See You" – 3:50 "Perfect World" – 4:02 "This Blood's for You" – 3:43 CD single (#2) "See You" – 3:50 "Perfect World" – 4:02 "Camp Smedley's Theme" – 3:56 Personnel Big Country Stuart Adamson – vocals, guitar Bruce Watson – guitar, backing vocals Tony Butler – bass, backing vocals Mark Brzezicki – drums, backing vocals Additional musicians Sally Herbert – string arrangement ("See You") Electrastrings (Sally Herbert, Jules Singleton, Anne Stephenson, Ginni Ball, Claire Orsler, Dinah Beamish) – string section ("See You") Production Rafe McKenna – production ("See You", "Perfect World" and "This Blood's for You"), recording and mixing ("See You" and "Perfect World") Big Country – production (all tracks) Tim Young – mastering ("See You", "Perfect World") Other Jim Herrington – photography Jp3 for Playground Art – design and art direction Charts	2025-02-27	[ "1999 songs", "1999 singles", "Big Country songs", "Songs written by Stuart Adamson", "Track Records singles" ]	[ "Big Country", "double A-side", "UK Singles Chart", "Stuart Adamson", "Mark Brzezicki", "Tony Butler", "Bruce Watson", "Kosovo", "Kosovo War", "BBC Radio 2", "Stockley Park", "Egham", "Stuart Adamson", "Bruce Watson", "Tony Butler", "Mark Brzezicki" ]
74280678	15,931	1920–21 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season	The 1920–21 Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program. Season Due to on-campus improvements, particularly on the stretch of land where the team's rink had been the previous year, The school made plans to build a new rink on the nearby river delta. Quite literally, the biggest change that resulted from this was the larger skating surface that would result. The new rink would measure 180' by 90' and, though it was still smaller than a standard rink size, it was more than double the area that the Hyde Hall Rink had provided. The team put together a schedule of 8 games, however, warm weather caused the match on January 6 to be cancelled. The weather did not cool off over the next week so the team's first official contest against Tufts had to be played on the Portland Country Club Rink. The rainy conditions led to a 0–0 final score as both squads could hardly move the puck from puddle to puddle in only 30 minutes of game time. Conditions were better for the next game but the result was worse. In spite of the addition of Stonemetz and Palmer to the lineup, the later of which scored the first goal of the season for Bowdoin, the Polar Bears lost 1–4. The team's first game on the Delta Rink ended without a single Bowdoin goal and they lost to rival Bates 0–4. During the exam break, Portland C.C. came to the Delta for a rematch but the time off didn't appear to help Bowdoin as they allowed 8 goals to their opponents. Morrell's move to wing helped spark the offense but caused the defense to turn into a sieve. Warm weather forced the cancellation of several more games and Bowdoin wasn't able to get back on the ice until the 19th. This time, however, they were able to skate away in triumph after defeating the Association of St. Dominiques. The next two games came in short order and, with Morrell back on defense, the team was unable to score. Bowdoin managed just one goal in the two games and ended the season on a sour note. Roster Standings Schedule and results \|- !colspan=12 style=";" \| Regular Season \|- † Bates records have the score of the game as 1–2 in their favor. Scoring statistics Note: The scorer of the second goal in the game on January 24 was not recorded.	2025-02-20	[ "Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey seasons", "1920–21 in United States collegiate ice hockey by team", "1921 in sports in Maine", "1920 in sports in Maine" ]	[ "Tufts", "Bates" ]
74280693	4,408	Clayton Cowgill	Clayton Augustus Cowgill (c. 1829 – February 2, 1901) was an American surgeon who served as Florida Comptroller from January 15, 1873 to January 12, 1877. Florida's governor appointed him to the Board of Canvassers to resolve the disputed November 1876 election. He was a Republican who served in Republican governor Ossian B. Hart's cabinet. Cowgill was a surgeon from Dover, Delaware, and The Morning News noted that he was "possessed of superior mental faculties, highly cultivated, he applied himself assiduously to the study of his profession and his remarkable skill in the treatment of diseases, his devotion to his patients and agreeable personality, was rewarded by a large and lucrative practice." He also spent one year, 1853, as a clerk for the Delaware House of Representatives, having "remarkable alertness and ability" in the role. He served as a surgeon for the Union Army in New Bern, North Carolina, during the American Civil War. He moved to Florida at the end of the war. Appointed to the three member Board of Canvassers determining disputed election results from November 1876, he and fellow Republican Samuel B. McLin determined Republican victories for president and governor. The Florida Supreme Court heard a case on the election. Republican Rutherford B. Hayes took office as president while Democrat George Franklin Drew became governor in Florida. The Florida Archives have a bond on which the governor and cabinet members signatures appear. Cowgill died on February 2, 1901, in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 72.	2024-10-31	[ "1800s births", "1901 deaths", "American surgeons", "People from Dover, Delaware", "Clerks", "Union army surgeons", "Florida comptrollers" ]	[ "Florida Comptroller", "Ossian B. Hart", "Dover, Delaware", "clerk", "Delaware House of Representatives", "Union Army", "New Bern, North Carolina", "American Civil War", "Samuel B. McLin", "Florida Supreme Court", "Rutherford B. Hayes", "George Franklin Drew", "Florida Archives", "West Philadelphia", "Pennsylvania" ]
74280697	3,278	Milegast	Milegast (8th/9th century) was a prince of the Confederation of the Veleti, ruling in 823. He was the eldest son, and successor, of Liub. In 823, he was deposed in an uprising, and replaced with his younger brother, Cealadragus. History Milegast, born at the end of 8th century, or in the beginning of the 9th century, was the eldest son of Liub, a ruler of the Confederation of the Veleti, located in Western Pomerania, in Central Europe. He had a younger brother, Cealadragus.Christian Hanewinkel: Die politische Bedeutung der Elbslawen im Hinblick auf die Herrschaftsveränderungen im ostfränkischen Reich und in Sachsen von 887–936. Politische Skizzen zu den östlichen Nachbarn im 9. und 10. Jahrhundert. Münster, 2004, p. 64f. (in German) His father died in 823, in the battle fought against the tribe of Obotrites.Kazimierz Wachowski, Gerard Labuda: Słowiańszczyzna zachodnia. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciól Nauk, 2000, p. 67. . (in Polish)Paval Urban: Staražytnyja lićviny: mova, pachodžańnie, etničnaja prynaliežnaść. Miensk, 2001. p. 47. (in Belarusian) After his death, Milegast succeeded to the throne, becoming the ruler of the Confederation of the Veleti. He had ruled against the tribal customs and attempted to strengthen his ruling power and weaken the power of the tribal meetings. This led to an uprising in 823, in the result of which, he was deposed, and replaced by his brother, Cealadragus. In the same year, in the meeting in Frankfurt, Emperor Louis the Pious, ruler of the Carolingian Empire, had validated Cealadragus's claim to the throne, ending the dispute between brothers.Słownik starożytności słowiańskich, vol. 3, part 1, Wrocław, 1967. (in Polish)Jerzy Strzelczyk, Po tamtej stronie Odry. Dzieje i upadek Słowian połabskich. Warsaw: Ksia̜żka i wiedza, 1968, p. 58. (in Polish)	2024-10-23	[ "9th-century monarchs in Europe", "9th-century Slavs", "Princes of the Veleti", "Year of birth unknown", "Year of death unknown", "Dethroned monarchs" ]	[ "Confederation of the Veleti", "Liub", "Cealadragus", "Liub", "Confederation of the Veleti", "Western Pomerania", "Central Europe", "Cealadragus", "Obotrites", "Frankfurt", "Louis the Pious", "Carolingian Empire" ]
74280703	9,825	Jared Marks	Jared Marks (born May 28, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series. Racing career From 2009 to 2010, Marks competed in various racing series' like the CRA Super Series, the ASA Late Model Series, and the CRA JEGS All-Star Tour. In 2011, after previously participated in the preseason teat at Daytona International Speedway, Marks would make his ARCA Racing Series debut at the age of sixteen at Toledo Speedway driving the No. 8 Dodge for his fathers own team, Tony Marks Racing, as a teammate to Maryeve Dufault. After starting 31st and last due to qualifying being rained out, he would go on to finish on the lead lap in thirteenth. In his next start at Winchester Speedway, he would qualify in ninth place but would finish in twelfth. He would then finish eleventh in his next start at Iowa Speedway, before finishing 30th at Lucas Oil Raceway due to bing involved in a crash with Tim George Jr. and Joey Coulter. He would make two starts in the No. 12, filling in for Dufault, where he would finish twelfth at Madison International Speedway, and fourth at the Salem Speedway before returning to the No. 8 for the season finale at Toledo, where he would finish in tenth position. In 2012, Marks would attempt to run the full schedule (withdrawing for the events at Daytona and Talladega Superspeedway due to age restrictions), getting five top-tens in seven starts with a best finish of seventh at Pocono Raceway, and would continue to run until after the Winchester race, where he would skip the following race at New Jersey Motorsports Park before running the next three races at Iowa, Chicagoland Speedway, and Indianapolis. After that, Marks would not make another start until Salem in September, where he would finish twelfth. He would then run the final race of the season at Kansas Speedway, where he would finish eleventh on his way to finish sixteenth in the final points standings. After not racing in the series in 2013, Marks would return to Daytona with Tony Marks Racing in the No. 12 Chevrolet with sponsorship from the University of Northwestern Ohio, where he would finish multiple laps down in 27th place. He has not competed in the series since then. Motorsports results ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)	2025-03-10	[ "Living people", "1994 births", "Racing drivers from Ohio", "NASCAR drivers", "ARCA Menards Series drivers", "People from Napoleon, Ohio" ]	[ "stock car racing", "ARCA Racing Series", "CRA Super Series", "CRA JEGS All-Star Tour", "Daytona International Speedway", "ARCA Racing Series", "Toledo Speedway", "Dodge", "Tony Marks Racing", "Maryeve Dufault", "Winchester Speedway", "Iowa Speedway", "Lucas Oil Raceway", "Tim George Jr.", "Joey Coulter", "Madison International Speedway", "Salem Speedway", "Talladega Superspeedway", "Pocono Raceway", "New Jersey Motorsports Park", "Chicagoland Speedway", "Kansas Speedway", "Tony Marks Racing", "Chevrolet", "University of Northwestern Ohio", "key" ]
74280706	8,375	Epidemiology of gonorrhoea	Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that, in 2016, the global incidence rate was 20 per 1000 women and 26 per 1000 men, totaling 86.9 million new gonococcal infections among people between 15 and 49 years old. Canada As of 2018, gonorrhoea was the second most commonly reported STI in Canada. Its incidence rate has been rising since 1997. Incidence rate among men was consistently higher than that among women (70.2 per 100,000 versus 40.6 per 100,000 in 2015). It was also increasing faster among men than women (85.2% versus 39.5% in 2010–2015). People between 15 and 29 years old had the highest rate. Geographically, the highest gonorrhoea rates in 2015 were found in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon. Nordic countries In Nordic countries, gonorrhoea affects mainly young people below the age of 30. Infections are more common in men than in women. Nearly half of the reported cases of gonorrhoea are attributed to men who have sex with men (MSM). Greenlandic women have the highest incidence rate. In contrast to the other Nordic countries, in Greenland, the numbers of cases among women and among men are almost equally high. Incidence rates are significantly lower in the other Nordic countries. However, cases are rising in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The Faroe Islands has relatively few cases. United Kingdom In England, there were 82,592 diagnoses of gonorrhoea in 2022, an increase of 50.3% compared to 2021 (54,961). The number of gonorrhoea diagnoses in 2022 was the largest annual number reported since records began. Diagnoses were increasing in people of all ages in England, but the rise was highest among young people aged 15 to 24 years. This trend was also detected in Scotland. United States Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2020 published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that, in 2020, a total of 677,769 cases of gonorrhea were reported to the CDC, a 45 percent increase from 2016,making it the second most common notifiable sexually transmitted infection in the United States for that year. Rates of reported gonorrhea have increased 111% since the historic low in 2009. During 2019–2020, the overall rate of reported gonorrhea increased 5.7%; rates increased among both males and females and in three regions of the United States (Midwest, Northeast, and South); rates of reported gonorrhea increased in 36 states and two US territories. Since 2013, rates have been higher among men compared to women, likely reflecting cases identified in both men who have sex with men (MSM) and men who have sex with women only. Although there are limited data available on sexual behaviors of persons reported with gonorrhea at the national level, enhanced data from jurisdictions participating in a sentinel surveillance system, the STD Surveillance Network (SSuN), suggest that about a third of gonorrhea cases occurred among MSM in 2020. During 2019–2020, rates increased among both men and women, but increases were greater among women (15%) compared to men (6.6%) which may reflect differences in diagnosing and reporting of cases among MSM in 2020. As extragenital infections are often asymptomatic and are likely identified by screening, diagnoses among MSM may have been reduced in 2020 due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on screening coverage. Gonorrhoea can quickly develop resistance to antibiotics used to treat infection, and in 2020, about half of all infections were estimated to be resistant to at least one antibiotic. Since 2010, almost all circulating strains in the United States, based on gonococcal isolates collected through sentinel surveillance in the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), remain susceptible to ceftriaxone, the primary treatment for gonorrhea; only 0.1% of isolates displayed elevated ceftriaxone minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) in 2020. In 2020, 5.8% of isolates had elevated azithromycin MICs; the proportion was higher among MSM compared to men who have sex with women only (9.2% vs 4.3%).	2024-11-07	[ "Gonorrhea", "Epidemiology" ]	[ "Gonorrhoea", "sexually transmitted infection", "World Health Organization", "incidence rate", "Canada", "Northwest Territories", "Nunavut", "Yukon", "Nordic countries", "men who have sex with men", "Greenland", "Denmark", "Iceland", "Norway", "Sweden", "Faroe Islands", "England", "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", "COVID-19 pandemic", "antibiotics", "ceftriaxone", "azithromycin" ]
74280820	6,350	Global Oreo Vault	The Global Oreo Vault was a 2020 publicity stunt by Nabisco in which the Oreo cookie recipe was stored in a concrete bunker nearby to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. History In October 2020, Nabisco announced on social media that it had created a small concrete bunker in Svalbard, Norway, to preserve the Oreo recipe in the event that the 2018 VP1 asteroid impacted the Earth on November 2 or 3, 2020. However, astronomers noted that the asteroid was extremely unlikely to impact the earth. The image of the vault was based on the real life Svalbard Global Seed Vault, and its supposed coordinates (78°08'58.1"N, 16°01'59.7"E; satellite imagery from early 2021 shows no evidence of ground disturbance at the site - an actual structure is highly unlikely) were placed near the seed vault. The vault supposedly contained Oreos wrapped in Mylar, powdered milk and the recipe for Oreo cookies. The campaign was inspired by a tweet posted on October 3, 2020. The company uploaded a series of scripted parody videos about the vault to YouTube, and released social media content which built up to a mockumentary about the vault's creation. The stunt was created by the Oreo marketing team and advertising agencies 360i and The Community. Awards The campaign was nominated for and received several awards for advertisements and online content. It was nominated for a 2020 Clio Award, and 2021 Webby Award, and won a 2021 Muse Award, Shorty Award, and Cresta Award. The campaign also won Adweek's Reader's Choice bracket for marketing events of the year.	2024-11-20	[ "Advertising campaigns", "Oreo", "Nabisco", "Publicity stunts", "Works about food and drink" ]	[ "publicity stunt", "Nabisco", "Oreo", "Svalbard Global Seed Vault", "Nabisco", "Svalbard", "2018 VP1", "Svalbard Global Seed Vault", "Mylar", "YouTube", "mockumentary", "360i", "Clio Award", "Webby Award", "Muse Award", "Shorty Award", "Cresta Award", "Adweek" ]
74280826	5,145	Pat Delany (basketball)	Pat Delany is an American professional basketball coach who is the lead assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Delany had served as the head coach of the Toronto Raptors at the 2023 NBA Summer League. Delany has worked in various coaching positions in the NBA. He has also worked for the Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat and Washington Wizards. Playing career Raised in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, Delany played prep basketball at Christian Brothers Academy. Standing at 6-2 and weighing 185 pounds, Delany played for the Saint Anselm Hawks men's basketball team in NCAA Division II. Over his college career, Delany played 118 games, starting in 58 of them. He averaged 3.7 points per game and had a shooting percentage of 41.5%. Delany also recorded 731 assists. Coaching career Delany began his coaching career in the NBA in 2001–2002 as a Video Intern with the Boston Celtics. He then moved on to the Miami Heat, where he worked as a Video Intern from 2002 to 2003 before being promoted to Video Coordinator from 2003 to 2007 and eventually advancing to the role of Advance Scout from 2007 to 2013. In 2013–2014, Delany was promoted to the role of Head Coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce. In his inaugural season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, Pat Delany led the team to a 31–19 record, earning them home court advantage in the first round of the postseason and bringing them to the semi-finals. He then joined the Charlotte Hornets as an Assistant Coach, serving from 2014 to April 2018. Delany's coaching career continued with the Orlando Magic, where he continued the role of Assistant Coach from June 2018 to 2021. Following his tenure with the Magic, he joined the Washington Wizards as the lead Assistant Coach in August 2021. In 2023, he was hired as an assistant coach as a part of new head coach Darko Rajaković coaching staff with the Toronto Raptors. In October 2023, Rajaković announced that Delany will serve as the lead assistant coach, and he will also be in change of the defence. It was announced on July 4, 2023, that Delany would serve as the Raptors head coach at the NBA Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas.	2025-04-16	[ "Living people", "American men's basketball coaches", "Basketball players from Monmouth County, New Jersey", "Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey) alumni", "Orlando Magic assistant coaches", "People from Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey", "Saint Anselm Hawks men's basketball players", "Toronto Raptors assistant coaches", "Washington Wizards assistant coaches", "Year of birth missing (living people)" ]	[ "Toronto Raptors", "National Basketball Association", "2023 NBA Summer League", "Orlando Magic", "Charlotte Hornets", "Miami Heat", "Washington Wizards", "Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey", "Christian Brothers Academy", "Saint Anselm Hawks men's basketball", "NCAA Division II", "Boston Celtics", "Miami Heat", "Sioux Falls Skyforce", "Sioux Falls Skyforce", "Charlotte Hornets", "Orlando Magic", "Darko Rajaković", "Toronto Raptors" ]
74280886	8,781	Gladys Ingle	Gladys Ingle (March 28, 1899 – October 27, 1981) was an American pilot, a wing walker and a member of the aerial stunt team the 13 Black Cats. Ingle was the fourth licensed woman pilot from the United States. She began performing jumps from balloons for the C.P.O. Aerial Circus in 1921. By 1922, she had begun doing stunts involving airplanes. Through her performances in the 1920s and 1930s, she became world-renowned for her aerobatics and wing walking. Early life On March 28, 1899, Gladys Ingle was born in Walla Walla, Washington. She had two brothers and one sister. In 1929, she said as a child growing up in Oregon she walked on fences and created stilts so tall that she had to mount them from the roof of her home. She then began racing motorcycles, before moving to Southern California. Career Ingle was the fourth woman to earn a pilot license. In 1921, she and her sister Ann both performed as members of the C.P.O. Aerial Circus, parachuting out of balloons. In 1922, she performed her first stunt involving an airplane when she and her sister performed an airplane parachute race jumping from separate planes. Gladys Ingle became the only female member of the 13 Black Cats. She performed in aerial stunts during the 1920s and 1930s. She was renowned for her stunts and wing walking. Some of her stunts included moving from plane to plane in mid-air, and flying on the wing of a plane while it passed under a bridge. One of Ingle's stunts involved replacing a wheel in mid-air. A wheel would conveniently fall off an airplane. Ingle would strap a spare wheel on her back and rendezvous with the "stricken" plane. In mid-air, she would climb to the top of the upper wing of the second plane and transfer to the bottom wing of the plane in distress. She would then climb down to the landing gear and install the wheel. This was filmed on at least one occasion. In another stunt, she would shoot arrows at targets while wing walking. When asked if she ever got scared, she said, "Nothing to it at all, nothing to it." She claimed to have been involved in several forced landings and plane crashes. One of her most daring stunts was to stand on the wing of an aircraft while it "looped the loop". In 1928, The San Bernardino County Sun reported that Ingle doubled for movie stars and appeared in films. In her career, she successfully transferred from the wing of one aircraft to the wing of another in mid-air more than 300 times. Personal life and legacy Ingle made her home in Southern California. In 1981, she moved to Arroyo Grande, California, to live with her daughter Bonnie. She died at her daughter's home on October 27, 1981. Pictures and films of Gladys Ingle exist in aviation museums and at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum.	2024-05-06	[ "1899 births", "1981 deaths", "American aviators", "American skydivers", "American stunt performers", "American women aviators", "Stunt pilots", "Wing walkers", "Women stunt performers" ]	[ "wing walker", "13 Black Cats", "aerobatics", "Walla Walla, Washington", "Oregon", "stilts", "Southern California", "stunts", "wing walking", "Southern California", "Arroyo Grande, California", "Smithsonian Air & Space Museum" ]
74280899	2,806	Chatham-Kent Barnstormers	The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers are an independent minor league baseball team based in Chatham, Ontario, playing in the Intercounty Baseball League (IBL). The team was founded in 2024 and play their home games at the 1,600 seat Fergie Jenkins Field. The team played its first game in franchise history on May 18, 2024, a 5-3 win over the Kitchener Panthers. History On November 23, 2022, the Intercounty Baseball League announced that it had approved an expansion application for Chatham Ontario for admittance into the league starting with the 2024 IBL season. The team's name was initially unveiled as the "Chatham-Kent Blackbirds" on January 27, 2023, but was dropped only three days later after team officials learned the term held historical derogatory use. The team later stated that they would change the name to “better reflect the diverse cultural history of the community.” On July 6, 2023, the new team name was officially unveiled as the "Chatham-Kent Barnstormers" (a reference to barnstorming).	2025-02-25	[ "Chatham-Kent", "Intercounty Baseball League", "Baseball teams in Ontario" ]	[ "independent", "minor league", "baseball", "Chatham", "Ontario", "Intercounty Baseball League", "Kitchener Panthers", "historical derogatory use", "barnstorming" ]
74280900	3,542	Walker Martin	Walker Jace Martin (born February 20, 2004) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the San Francisco Giants organization. Amateur career Martin grew up in Eaton, Colorado and attended Eaton High School. He was named the Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year after batting .633 with 75 RBIs and also led all high school players in the nation with 20 home runs. Martin was also the starting quarterback for Eaton's football team and passed for 2,076 yards and 34 touchdowns as the Reds won the state championship. He committed to play college baseball at Arkansas prior to signing with the Giants. Professional career Walker was selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 52nd overall pick in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team on July 17, 2023, and received an over-slot signing bonus of $2.9975 million.	2025-03-17	[ "Baseball players from Colorado", "Baseball shortstops", "Living people", "2004 births", "21st-century American sportsmen" ]	[ "professional baseball", "shortstop", "San Francisco Giants", "Eaton, Colorado", "Eaton High School", "college baseball", "Arkansas", "San Francisco Giants", "2023 Major League Baseball draft" ]

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