title: Golam Kabir (academic)

abstract: Golam Kabir is a Bangladeshi academic and a former vice-chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University. He is a former dean of Life and Earth Science Faculty at the University of Rajshahi.

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# Golam Kabir (academic)

**Golam Kabir** is a Bangladeshi academic and a former vice-chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University. He is a former dean of Life and Earth Science Faculty at the University of Rajshahi.

## Early life

Kabir did his bachelor's degree and masters at the University of Rajshahi. He did his PhD at the Banaras Hindu University.

## Career

Kabir, dean of Life and Earth Science Faculty at the University of Rajshahi, was tasked to investigate violence between Bangladesh Chhatra League and Islami Chhatra Shibir that led to several injuries and death of one Bangladesh Chhatra League activist on campus in February 2010.

On 1 September 2022, Kabir was appointed the vice-chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University. He replaced Subrata Kumar Aditya, trasurer of the university, who had been serving as temporary vice-chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University following the retirement of Rafique Ullah Khan. Since his appointment Kabir has been trying to establish facilities as the current ones are inadequate for the student body for years after the university was established.

## InfoBox

| Golam Kabir | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Vice-chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University | |
| **In office**<br>2022  14 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Rafique Ullah Khan |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladehsi |
| Alma mater |  |
|  | |


title: Omar Al-Shaheen

abstract: Omar Al-Shaheen is a professional pool player from Kuwait. Al-Shaheen reached his highest ranking on the World Pool-Billiard Association rankings in 2022, reaching 4th in the world. In 2018, he won 45th Annual Texas Open 9-Ball Championship. At the 2021 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Al-Shaheen reached the final before losing to Albin Ouschan 9-13.

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# Omar Al-Shaheen

**Omar Al-Shaheen** (Arabic: عمر الشاهين) (born 3 September 1992) is a professional pool player from Kuwait. Al-Shaheen reached his highest ranking on the World Pool-Billiard Association rankings in 2022, reaching 4th in the world. In 2018, he won 45th Annual Texas Open 9-Ball Championship. At the 2021 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Al-Shaheen reached the final before losing to Albin Ouschan 9-13.

## Titles

* 2019 Big Tyme Classic Open 9-Ball
* 2018 Texas Open 9-Ball Championship

## InfoBox

Omar Al-Shaheen
| Born | (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 |
| --- | --- |
| Sport country | Kuwait |
| Best finish | Runner-up 2021 WPA World Nine-ball Championship |


title: Germán Cardona

abstract: Germán Cardona Gutiérrez is a Colombian politician who served as the ninth Minister of Transport of Colombia in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón from 2010 to 2012. A civil engineer and businessman, he was twice elected Mayor of Manizales, once appointed Governor of the Department of Caldas and served as chairman of the Once Caldas in 2005.

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# Germán Cardona

**Germán Cardona Gutiérrez** (born 28 December 1956) is a Colombian politician who served as the ninth Minister of Transport of Colombia in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón from 2010 to 2012. A civil engineer and businessman, he was twice elected Mayor of Manizales, once appointed Governor of the Department of Caldas and served as chairman of the Once Caldas in 2005.

## InfoBox

| Germán Cardona | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
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| 9th Minister of Transport of Colombia | |
| **In office**
7 August 2010 (2010-08-07)  28 May 2012 (2012-05-28) | |
| President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Preceded by | Andrés Uriel Gallego |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen |
| Mayor of Manizales | |
| **In office**
1 January 2000 (2000-01-01)  1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Enrique Rojas Quiceno |
| Succeeded by | Néstor Eugenio Ramírez Cardona |
| **In office**
June 1992  December 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Victoria Eugenia Osorio |
| Succeeded by | Mauricio Arias Arango |
| Governor of Caldas | |
| **In office**
September 1989  August 1990 | |
| President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Preceded by | Victoria Eugenia Osorio |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Germán Cardona Gutiérrez
(1956-12-28) 28 December 1956
Manizales, Caldas, Colombia |
| Political party | Party of the U |
| Other political
affiliations | Liberal |
| Spouse | Angela María Acebedo  (m. 1982) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | National University of Colombia (BEng, 1978) |
| Profession | Civil Engineer |
|  | |


title: Roknolmolk

abstract: Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi, known as Roknolmolk, (1839–1914) was a poet and viceroy of Isfahan during the Qajar period. He was also the secretary of the governor of Fars Province. Roknolmolk is also the founder of the mosque named after him and Mohammad Jafar Abadei Tekyeh, both sites located in Isfahan.

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# Roknolmolk

**Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi**, known as **Roknolmolk**, (1839–1914) was a poet and viceroy of Isfahan during the Qajar period. He was also the secretary of the governor of Fars Province. Roknolmolk is also the founder of the mosque named after him and Mohammad Jafar Abadei Tekyeh, both sites located in Isfahan.

## Biography

Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi was born in 1839, to a family who descended from one of Shah Ismail Safavi's commanders. In 1886, he became the secretary to Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, who was governor of Isfahan and Fars. During his time as a secretary, he established a factory, which was a printing press, where copies of the Qur'an were printed alongside some other books such as Ibn al-Qayyim's Za'd al-Ma'ad. He also founded a mosque which was named after him and a tekyeh for a Shi'ite cleric, Mohammed Ja'far Abadei.

Roknolmolk died in Isfahan during the year 1914. He is buried alongside his wife at the mosque he founded, located near the cemetery of Takht-e Foulad.

## InfoBox

| Mirza Soleyman Khan Shirazi | |
| --- | --- |
| A late 19th century portrait of Roknolmolk | |
| Roknolmolk (Support of the Sovereignty) | |
| Born | 1839 |
| Died | 1914 |
| Major shrine | Buried in his tomb at the Roknolmolk Mosque, Isfahan, Iran |
| Attributes | Viceroy of Isfahan under the Qajar government, secretary of the governor of Fars |
| Major works | Roknolmolk Mosque and Mohammad Jafar Abadei Tekyeh |


title: Kalbaoruc Dizə

abstract: Kalbaoruc Dizə is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 16 km in the north-east from the district center, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with grain-growing, poultry and animal husbandry. There is a medical center in the village. It has a population of 501.

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# Kalbaoruc Dizə

**Kalbaoruc Dizə** (until 2003, **Oruc Dizə**, **Oruj Diza**, and **Orudzhdiza**) is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 16 km in the north-east from the district center, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with grain-growing, poultry and animal husbandry. There is a medical center in the village. It has a population of 501.

## Etymology

Its previous name was **Kalbaoruc Dizə** (Kalbaoruj Diza). The name was made up from the components of *Kalbaoruj* (Karbalayi Oruj has been the name of person which was distorted during the pronunciation) and *diza* (the old term of Iranian origin, means as "village", "castle", "fortified") means "a village belonging to Karbalayi Oruj". Later the word of *Kalba* (Karbalayi) was dropped from the name. Since 2003, the name of the village again was officially registered as Kalbaoruc Dizə.

## InfoBox

| Kalbaoruc Dizə | |
| --- | --- |
| Municipality | |
| Kalbaoruc Dizə | |
| Coordinates: 39°17′40″N 45°28′16″E / 39.29444°N 45.47111°E / 39.29444; 45.47111 | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| District | Babek |
| Population (2005) | |
| Total | 501 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |


title: NGC 7721

abstract: NGC 7721 is a spiral galaxy located around 79 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. NGC 7721 was discovered on September 10, 1785, by the astronomer William Herschel, and its diameter is 70,000 light-years across. NGC 7721 is not known to have much star formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus. A supernova was observed in NGC 7721 in 2007, named 2007le.

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# NGC 7721

**NGC 7721** is a spiral galaxy located around 79 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. NGC 7721 was discovered on September 10, 1785, by the astronomer William Herschel, and its diameter is 70,000 light-years across. NGC 7721 is not known to have much star formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus. A supernova was observed in NGC 7721 in 2007, named 2007le.

* Media related to NGC 7721 at Wikimedia Commons

## InfoBox

| NGC 7721 | |
| --- | --- |
| A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 7721 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Right ascension | 23h 38m 48.65s |
| Declination | −06° 31 04.30 |
| Redshift | 0.006728 ± 2.00e-6 |
| Distance | 79 Mly (24.47 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.6 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(s)c |
| Size | 70,000 ly |
| Apparent size (V) | Unknown |
| Notable features | N/A |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 72001, AGC 630233, IRAS 23362-0647, LEDA 72001 | |


title: Mauritz Rosenberg

abstract: Mauritz Rosenberg (1879–1941) was a Finnish politician who served as vice president and finance minister of the Terijoki government during the Finnish Democratic Republic.

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# Mauritz Rosenberg

**Mauritz Rosenberg** (1879–1941) was a Finnish politician who served as vice president and finance minister of the Terijoki government during the Finnish Democratic Republic.

## Biography

Rosenberg was born in Turku in 1879. He worked as a locomotive driver and newspaper editor. Rosenberg was a member of the Finnish Communist Party. He was arrested and detained until 1934. Following his release he settled in the Soviet Union.

In the period between 1 December 1939 and 12 March 1940 Rosenberg served as vice president and finance minister in the cabinet, known as Terijoki government, led by Otto Wille Kuusinen. Rosenberg died in 1941.

His son, Gösta Rosenberg, was a member of the Parliament for the Communist Party between 1945 and 1966.


title: Halifax Curling Club

abstract: Halifax Curling Club established in 1824 is one of the oldest active curling clubs in Canada. It houses four sheets of dedicated ice and is located at 948 South Bland Street in Halifax's south end. In 1874, they were the first club to build an indoor facility in Nova Scotia. The facility was located on Tower Road but was later sold in 1892. A new facility was built on South Bland Street in 1899. This new facility was home to the first official game between Scotland and Canada; Scotland would take the victory 84–78. The club was rebuilt in 1974 due to fire damage. In 1928, Halifax Curling Club was the first facility in Nova Scotia to have artificial ice. In February 2015, the club suffered a roof collapse following an ice storm. The club reopened January 30 the following year.

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# Halifax Curling Club

**Halifax Curling Club** established in 1824 is one of the oldest active curling clubs in Canada. It houses four sheets of dedicated ice and is located at 948 South Bland Street in Halifax's south end. In 1874, they were the first club to build an indoor facility in Nova Scotia. The facility was located on Tower Road but was later sold in 1892. A new facility was built on South Bland Street in 1899. This new facility was home to the first official game between Scotland and Canada; Scotland would take the victory 84–78. The club was rebuilt in 1974 due to fire damage. In 1928, Halifax Curling Club was the first facility in Nova Scotia to have artificial ice.

In February 2015, the club suffered a roof collapse following an ice storm. The club reopened January 30 the following year.

## National Champions

## InfoBox

| Halifax Curling Club | |
| --- | --- |
| Location | 948 South Bland Street, Halifax |
| Information | |
| Established | 1824 |
| Club type | Dedicated |
| Curling Canada region | Nova Scotia Curling Association |
| Sheets of ice | 4 |
| Rock colours | Red and Yellow |
| Website | halifaxcurl.com |


abstract: Philadelphia Silver and Copper Mining Company was a 19th-century mining corporation chartered in Pennsylvania, April 8, 1864.

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# Philadelphia Silver and Copper Mining Company

**Philadelphia Silver and Copper Mining Company** was a 19th-century mining corporation chartered in Pennsylvania, April 8, 1864.

## Background

The company owned mining properties along the Colorado River in the Lower Colorado River Valley, in California and Arizona Territory in the 1860s. The company involved eastern financiers including Thomas Tilden, Adolph Hugel, John Potter, William Reich, Alphonso F. Tilden, and Robert Smith.

Its managing director was Alphonso F. Tilden, based in San Francisco.

The company mining properties were silver mines in El Dorado Canyon in the Colorado Mining District of what was then Arizona Territory and after 1869 Lincoln County, Nevada; and copper mine in the Freeman Mining District in San Bernardino County, California across the river from Aubrey Landing.


title: Nash Racela

abstract: Raoul Cesar "Nash" Escueta Racela is a Filipino professional basketball coach. Nash Racela was a graduate of De La Salle University before taking on a career as a coach. He also coached the Philippine squad that participated at the 2016 SEABA Cup.

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# Nash Racela

**Raoul Cesar "Nash" Escueta Racela** (born November 30, 1971) is a Filipino professional basketball coach.

Nash Racela was a graduate of De La Salle University before taking on a career as a coach. He also coached the Philippine squad that participated at the 2016 SEABA Cup.

## Coaching career

### Batangas Blades

Racela started his career as assistant coach of Batangas Blades (Later renamed as LBC-Batangas Blades for sponsorship reasons), when Binky Favis was coaching the team. When Racela took over, with Eddie Laure as its star player. Racela won his MBA Coach of the Year in 2001.

### San Beda

He served as head coach of San Beda Red Lions after replacing Jonathan Reyes, but fired and replaced by Koy Banal in 2005.

### Assistant coach

Racela became an assistant coach of the Coca-Cola Tigers on its inaugural season, until 2006 (that time coached by Favis), when national team head coach Chot Reyes, assistant coaches Biboy Ravanes, and Aboy Castro joined San Miguel Beermen. He and Castro also joined Talk 'N Text when Reyes hired by that team, served for the team for almost a decade and won championships.

### FEU

He was hired by the FEU Tamaraws in 2013, and led the team into multiple final four appearances, a finals runner-up in 2014, and a championship in 2015.

### TNT KaTropa

After coaching FEU, he later coached TNT KaTropa, led them to a finals appearance, but dismissed before the next season's Governors' Cup.

### Blackwater

He later coached Blackwater Elite, but fired after two seasons due to team's dismal performance.

### Adamson

He is now coaching the Adamson Soaring Falcons.

## Coaching record

### Collegiate record

| Season | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | Finish | GP | PW | PL | PCT | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | SBC | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Semifinals |
| 2005 | SBC | 7 | 1 | 6 | .143 | T-7th |  |  |  |  | (fired) |
| 2013 | FEU | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Semifinals |
| 2014 | FEU | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Runner-up |
| 2015 | FEU | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | **Champion** |
| 2016 | FEU | 14 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Semifinals |
| 2021 | AdU | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5th |  |  |  |  | Eliminated |
| 2022 | AdU | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Semifinals |
| 2023 | AdU | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5th | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4th-seed playoff |
| Totals | | 119 | 68 | 51 | .571 |  | 20 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 1 championship |

### Professional record

| Season | Team | Conference | Elimination round | | | | | Playoffs | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | GP | W | L | PCT | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | Results |
| 2016–17 | TNT | Philippine | 11 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4th | 9 | 5 | 4 | .555 | Semifinals |
| | | Commissioner's | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4th | 13 | 7 | 6 | .692 | Runner-up |
| | | Governors' | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Semifinals |
| 2017–18 | TNT | Philippine | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 8th | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Semifinals |
| | | Commissioner's | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Semifinals |
| | | Governors' | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 |  |  |  |  |  | (fired) |
| Totals | | | 60 | 36 | 24 | .600 |  | 32 | 15 | 17 | .469 | 0 championships |

## Personal life

Racela is the younger brother of Olsen Racela, who is a former professional basketball player and took over Nash's position as the head coach of the FEU Tamaraws until 2023. He is a cousin of collegiate basketball coach Yuri Escueta.

## InfoBox

Nash Racela
| Adamson Soaring Falcons | |
| --- | --- |
| Position | Head coach |
| League | UAAP |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1971-11-30) November 30, 1971 |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Career information | |
| College | De La Salle |
| Coaching career | 1998–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1998–2002 | Batangas Blades |
| 2002–2003 | Batangas Blades |
| 2003–2006 | Coca Cola Tigers (assistant) |
| 2004–2005 | San Beda |
| 2006–2008 | San Miguel Beermen (assistant) |
| 2008–2013; 2014–2016 | TNT KaTropa (assistant) |
| 2010–2018 | Philippines (assistant) |
| 2012–2013 | Fruitas Shakers |
| 2012–2016 | FEU |
| 2013–2014 | Meralco Bolts (assistant) |
| 2016–2018 | TNT KaTropa |
| 2016 | Philippines |
| 2018–2019 | FEU (assistant) |
| 2019–2021 | Blackwater Elite / Blackwater Bossing |
| 2021–present | Adamson |
|  | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| **As head coach** **As assistant coach** | |
|  | |
| Medals      Men's basketball  Assistant coach for  Philippines  FIBA Asia Championship  2013 Manila  team | |


title: Monticello, Ohio

abstract: Monticello is an unincorporated community in Van Wert County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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# Monticello, Ohio

**Monticello** is an unincorporated community in Van Wert County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

## History

Monticello had its start when the railroad was extended to that point. The community has the name of Monticello, the Virginia estate of Thomas Jefferson. A post office was established at Monticello in 1879, and remained in operation until 1909.

## InfoBox

| Monticello | |
| --- | --- |
| MonticelloLocation of Monticello within OhioMonticelloMonticello (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′51″N 84°25′32″W / 40.69750°N 84.42556°W / 40.69750; -84.42556 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Van Wert |


title: Ina-Kamisato Station

abstract: Ina-Kamisato Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company.

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# Ina-Kamisato Station

**Ina-Kamisato Station** (伊那上郷駅, *Ina-Kamisato-eki*) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

## Lines

Ina-Kamisato Station is served by the Iida Line and is 131.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

## Station layout

The station consists of a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a platform built on top of the platform. The station is unattended.

## Adjacent stations

| « | | Service | » | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Iida Line | | | | |
| Rapid *Misuzu*: Does not stop at this station | | | | |
| Sakuramachi |  | Local |  | Motozenkōji |

## History

The station opened in October 1923 as the **Kamisato Stop** (上郷停留場, *Kamisato Teiryujo*) on the Ina Electric Railway. It became **Kamisato Station** (上郷駅) on 16 January 1935, and was renamed Ina-Kamisato in January 1936. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 698 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Kuroda Puppet Theatre
* Iida High School

Media related to Ina-Kamisato Station at Wikimedia Commons

## InfoBox

| Ina-Kamisato Station
伊那上郷駅 | |
| --- | --- |
| Ina-Kamisato Station June 2008 | |
| General information | |
| Location | 276 Kamisato-Kuroda, Iida-shi, Nagano-ken 395-0004
Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°31′10″N 137°50′21″E / 35.5195°N 137.8392°E / 35.5195; 137.8392 |
| Elevation | 500.0 meters |
| Operated by | JR Central |
| Line(s) | Iida Line |
| Distance | 131.1 km from Toyohashi |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| History | |
| Opened | 16 December 1935 |
| Previous names | Kamisato Station (until 1936) |
| Passengers | |
|  | |
| FY2015 | 698 (daily) |
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|  | |
|  | |
| Location  Ina-Kamisato StationLocation within Nagano PrefectureIna-Kamisato StationIna-Kamisato Station (Japan) | |


title: Germán Busch Province

abstract: Germán Busch is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Most of the surface is covered by the Pantanal, the largest wetland area in the world.

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# Germán Busch Province

**Germán Busch**

|  | |
| --- | --- |
| *Laguna Cáceres from Puerto Suárez* | |
| Location in Bolivia | |
|  | |
| General Data | |
| Capital | Puerto Suárez |
| Area | 24,903 km2 |
| Population | 43,935 *(2024)* |
| Density | 1.8 inhabitants/km2 *(2024)* |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.SC.GB |
| Santa Cruz Department | |
|  | |

**Germán Busch** is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Most of the surface is covered by the Pantanal, the largest wetland area in the world.

## History

The province was founded on 30 November 1984 by rearranging the provinces of Ángel Sandoval and Chiquitos. It is named after Germán Busch, a former Bolivian military officer and president of Bolivia who is regarded as a war hero for his role in the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay.

## Subdivision

The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.

| Section | Municipality | Seat |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1st | Puerto Suárez Municipality | Puerto Suárez |
| 2nd | Puerto Quijarro Municipality | Puerto Quijarro |
| 3rd | El Carmen Rivero Tórrez Municipality | El Carmen Rivero Tórrez (Carmen) |
|

## Places of interest

19°00′S 58°10′W / 19.000°S 58.167°W / -19.000; -58.167


title: Roger Dimmock

abstract: Rear Admiral Roger Charles Dimmock, was a Royal Navy officer who served as Naval Secretary from 1985 to 1987.

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# Roger Dimmock

Rear Admiral **Roger Charles Dimmock**, CB (27 May 1935 – 6 May 2014) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Naval Secretary from 1985 to 1987.

Educated at Price's School, Dimmock joined the Royal Navy in 1953 and specialised in naval aviation. He commanded the frigates HMS *Berwick* and HMS *Naiad*. He was appointed Chief Staff Officer to the Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships in 1978 and given command of HMS *Seahawk* in 1980 before taking command of the aircraft carrier HMS *Hermes* in 1982. He went on to be Director of Naval Air Warfare at the Ministry of Defence in 1983, Director of Naval Staff Duties from January to February 1985, then promoted to rear admiral on 5 February 1985, before appointment to Naval Secretary that year, and in 1987 to Flag Officer Naval Air Command. He retired in 1989.

## Family and later life

In 1958 Dimmock married Lesley Patricia Reid; they had three daughters.

Dimmock laid the wreath at the Remembrance Day Service at Fareham in November 2005. He died on 6 May 2014.

## InfoBox

| Roger Dimmock | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1935-05-27)27 May 1935
Fareham, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 6 May 2014(2014-05-06) (aged 78) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1953–1989 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands | Naval Air Command
HMS *Hermes*
RNAS Culdrose
HMS *Seahawk*
HMS *Naiad*
HMS *Berwick* |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
| Spouse(s) | Lesley Reid (m. 1958) |


title: R. J. Callander

abstract: Robert John Callander was the 15th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue in Ceylon. He was appointed on 3 January 1866, succeeding Richard Pennefather, and held the office until 10 March 1870, when he was succeeded by John Douglas.

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# R. J. Callander

**Robert John Callander** was the 15th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue in Ceylon.

He was appointed on 3 January 1866, succeeding Richard Pennefather, and held the office until 10 March 1870, when he was succeeded by John Douglas.

## InfoBox

| Robert John Callander | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| 15th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue | |
| **In office**<br>3 January 1866  10 March 1870 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Pennefather |
| Succeeded by | John Douglas |
|  | |
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title: NIRVANAnet

abstract: NIRVANAnet was a dial-up BBS network, started in 1989 in the San Francisco Bay Area, by Joe Russack, and Jeff Hunter, when they linked their existing systems using FidoNet protocol. Later, they were joined by Ratsnatcher. NIRVANAnet was unique among BBS networks at the time because member BBS systems agreed to allow anyone to connect, and access everything on the systems, instantly and anonymously. They also traded thousands of text files between the systems covering every subject imaginable. &TOTSE continued as a website until January 17, 2009, when it was closed by Jeff Hunter. It later expanded to include other eclectic BBSs that valued liberty and privacy, including realitycheckBBS, The New Dork Sublime, My Dog Bit Jesus, Lies Unlimited, Sea of Noise, El Observador, The Salted Slug, The Lair, Burn This Flag, The Stage, Tomorrows Order of Magnitude, Tower of Destiny, and others. The initial NIRVANAnet core consisted of Jeff/Taipan, Joe Russack/Dr. Strangelove, Poindexter Fortran, and Dittany of Crete. Just Say Yes was one of the first nodes to close, in 1992, when Dr. Strangelove returned to school. &TOTSE closed its node function around 1998; several online "attempts to recreate an online database" were claimed to be impostors by original founding members, who are named on the trademark application. &TOTSE was—if functioning—a members-only BBS by 2000. Both node and voice functions were discontinued or changed before 1999. realitycheckBBS is still operated by Poindexter Fortran.

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# NIRVANAnet

**NIRVANAnet** was a dial-up BBS network, started in 1989 in the San Francisco Bay Area, by Joe Russack (also known as Dr. Strangelove, the sysop of Just Say Yes, an early two node BBS), and Jeff Hunter (also known as Taipan Enigma, sysop of the & the Temple of the Screaming Electron), when they linked their existing systems using FidoNet protocol. Later, they were joined by Ratsnatcher (sysop of the East Bay based Rat Head Systems). NIRVANAnet was unique among BBS networks at the time because member BBS systems agreed to allow anyone to connect, and access everything on the systems, instantly and anonymously. They also traded thousands of text files between the systems covering every subject imaginable. &TOTSE continued as a website until January 17, 2009, when it was closed by Jeff Hunter.

It later expanded to include other eclectic BBSs that valued liberty and privacy, including realitycheckBBS (Poindexter Fortran), The New Dork Sublime (Count Zero Interrupt), My Dog Bit Jesus (Berkeley-Oakland, Dittany of Crete/Susan), Lies Unlimited (South San Francisco, later Salt Lake City, Mick Freen), Sea of Noise, El Observador, The Salted Slug (Santa Cruz, also Dr. Strangelove), The Lair (Boise, Idaho), Burn This Flag (San Jose, run by Zardoz), The Stage, Tomorrows Order of Magnitude (Mountain View/Palo Alto, finger\_man), Tower of Destiny (Central New Hampshire), and others.

The initial NIRVANAnet core consisted of Jeff/Taipan, Joe Russack/Dr. Strangelove, Poindexter Fortran, and Dittany of Crete. Just Say Yes was one of the first nodes to close, in 1992, when Dr. Strangelove returned to school. &TOTSE closed its node function around 1998; several online "attempts to recreate an online database" were claimed to be impostors by original founding members, who are named on the trademark application (now expired). &TOTSE was—if functioning—a members-only BBS by 2000. Both node and voice functions were discontinued or changed before 1999.

realitycheckBBS is still operated by Poindexter Fortran.

* Adler, Dick (September 10, 1993). "Don't Throw out the Computer With the Crime". *Chicago Tribune*.
* Example text file promo cited in *The Anarchist Cookbook*

## InfoBox

NIRVANAnet
| Type of site | BBS network |
| --- | --- |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Dissolved | January 17, 2009 |
| Revenue | Donations and graphical advertisements (AdBrite) |
| URL | N/A |
| Commercial | Donations accepted |
| Launched | 1989 (dial up BBS)
1997 (UBB)
2007 (vBulletin) |
| Current status | Closed |


title: Thomas Starr King

abstract: Thomas Starr King, often known as Starr King, was an American Universalist and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War, and Freemason. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. He is sometimes referred to as "the orator who saved the nation".

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# Thomas Starr King

**Thomas Starr King** (December 17, 1824  March 4, 1864), often known as **Starr King**, was an American Universalist and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War, and Freemason. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. He is sometimes referred to as "the orator who saved the nation".

## Early life

He was born on December 17, 1824, in New York City to Rev. Thomas Farrington King, a Universalist minister, and Susan Starr King. The sole support of his family at 15, he was forced to leave school. Inspired by men like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Ward Beecher, King embarked on a program of self-study for the ministry. At the age of 20 he took over his father's former pulpit at the Charlestown Universalist Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

## Career

In 1849, he was appointed pastor of the Hollis Street Church in Boston, where he became one of the most famous preachers in New England and a noted speaker on the lyceum circuit through New England and as far as Chicago. He was ranked as one of the four greatest lyceum speakers, along with Wendell Phillips, Edwin Hubbell Chapin, and Henry Ward Beecher; for some reason, a celebrated fifth speaker, Ralph Waldo Emerson, was not included in this tally. His lyceum lectures for general audiences included "Substance and Show", "Sights and Insights", "The Ideal and the Real", "Existence and Life", and a number of talks on Plato and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. As Edward Everett Hale recounts:

> King said that a popular lyceum lecture was made of five parts of sense and five of nonsense. "There are only five men in America," said he, "who know how to mix them—and I think I am one of the five." Other people thought so too, and did not detect the nonsense. His carefully wrought lectures are worth anybody's study today. He is the author of another lyceum chestnut. Some one asked him what his honorarium was for each lecture. "F.A.M.E.," said he—"Fifty And My Expenses."

During those years, Starr King vacationed in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and in 1859 published a book about the area entitled *The White Hills; their Legends, Landscapes, & Poetry*. In 1860 he accepted a call from the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, California. In July of that year, he visited Yosemite and was moved spiritually by its splendor. Upon returning to San Francisco, he began preaching a series of sermons on Yosemite, published letters about it in the *Boston Evening Transcript*, and aligned himself with fellow abolitionist and landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, to have Yosemite set aside as a reserve. Yosemite would become a California State Park and eventually a national park. Starr King joined the Freemasons and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Oriental Lodge No. 144 in San Francisco, now Phoenix Lodge No. 144, and served as grand orator of the Grand Lodge of California in 1863.

During the Civil War, Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. At the urging of Jessie Benton Frémont, Starr King teamed up with writer Bret Harte, and Starr King read Harte's patriotic poems at pro-Union speeches. Starr King also read original verses by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James Russell Lowell which captured the imagination of the Californians. In a letter by Starr King wrote to James T. Fields, the editor of the *Atlantic Monthly*, "The state must be Northernized thoroughly, by schools, Atlantic Monthlies, lectures, N.E. preachers." On George Washington's birthday in 1861, King spoke for two hours to over a thousand people about how they should remember Washington by preserving the Union:

> "I pitched into Secession, Concession and Calhoun, right and left, and made the Southerners applaud. I pledged California to a Northern Republic and to a flag that should have no treacherous threads of cotton in its warp, and the audience came down in thunder. At the close it was announced that I would repeat it the next night, and they gave me three rounds of cheers." ... King covered his pulpit with an American flag and ended all his sermons with "God bless the president of the United States and all who serve with him the cause of a common country."

Starr King's younger brother, Edward Starr King, served as captain of the clipper ship *Syren*. Capt. Starr King arrived in San Francisco aboard *Syren* just two days after his elder brother's stirring 1861 speech about Washington and the Union, remarking, "Starr has the brains of the family, and I the brawn."

In addition, Starr King organized the Pacific Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission, which raised money and medical materials for wounded soldiers and was the predecessor to the American Red Cross. A fiery orator, he raised more than $1.5 million for the Sanitary Commission headquarters in New York City, one-fifth of the total contributions from all the states in the Union.

## Death

The relentless lecture circuit exhausted him, and he died in San Francisco on March 4, 1864, of diphtheria and pneumonia. His dying words were said to be "Beautiful boy", referring to his young son. Over twenty thousand people attended his funeral and several of his friends including Charles Stoddard, Bret Harte and Ina Coolbrith published tributes. King was first interred on the 100 block of Geary Street and is now interred at First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco at Starr King Way and Franklin Street between O'Farrell Street and Geary Street in San Francisco. In the 1940s, most of San Francisco's dead were disinterred and moved to new resting places outside city limits; the grave of Starr King was one of the very few allowed to remain undisturbed.

## Honors

### Landmarks

### Schools

* In 1941, the Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry (Unitarian Universalist), in Berkeley, California, was renamed the Starr King School for the Ministry in his honor
* Starr King K–8 School in Carmichael, California
* Starr King Elementary School in Long Beach, California
* Thomas Starr King Middle School in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles
* Starr King Elementary School in San Francisco
* The Starr King Parent-Child Workshop, founded in 1949 in Santa Barbara, California, is an active cooperative nursery school and parent-education resource

### Churches

* Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church in Hayward, California
* Starr King Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (SKUUF) in New Hampshire

### Streets

* Starr King Way in San Francisco
* Starr King Circle in Palo Alto, California
* Starr King Court Charlestown Massachusetts

### Parks

### Buildings

* Starr King Lodge A.F. & A.M., a Masonic lodge founded in 1864 in Salem, Massachusetts

### Statuary and monuments

### Statue in California State Capitol

As part of honors originally paid to Rev. King, he was judged worthy of representing California in the National Statuary Hall Collection displayed in the United States Capitol. In 1913, King was voted one of California's two greatest heroes and funds were appropriated for a statue. In 1931, California officially donated a bronze statue of King to be mounted in Statuary Hall.

On August 31, 2006, however, the California Legislature approved a joint resolution to replace Thomas Starr King's statue in Statuary Hall with a statue of Ronald Reagan. The resolution was authored by Republican State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth, who stated the reason for the resolution as, "To be honest with you, I wasn't sure who Thomas Starr King was, and I think there's probably a lot of Californians like me." He also went on to observe that King was not a native of the state though, of course, neither was Reagan (nor was Junípero Serra, the other statue representing California in Statuary Hall).

As a result of this resolution, King's statue was removed from Statuary Hall, and the statue of Ronald Reagan was placed in Statuary Hall on June 10, 2009. In November 2009, Starr King's statue was reinstalled within the Civil War Memorial Grove in Capitol Park, which surrounds the California State Capitol in Sacramento. It was formally dedicated in a ceremony held on December 8, 2009.

## Works

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| Thomas Starr King | |
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| Born | (1824-12-17)December 17, 1824
New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 1864(1864-03-04) (aged 39)
San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Minister, orator |
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