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West Virginia Route 218

West Virginia Route 218 (WV 218) is a north–south state highway located in Marion and Mononagalia counties in northern West Virginia, United States, that connects U.S. Route 19 (US 19) with the Pennsylvania state line.

Route description

WV 218 begins at a junction with US 19, in Marion County, just east of Worthington (north and east of the West Fork River). From its southern terminus it the route runs northerly along Helens Run for about 3.0 mi until it reaches Idamay. From that census-designated place, the route continues northerly for about 1.3 mi, until it reaches U.S. Route 250 (US 250 /  Husky Highway) in Farmington.

Within the town of Farmington, WV 218 runs easterly for a short 0.3 mi along the south bank of the Buffalo Creek and concurrent with US 250 before heading north. After crossing the creek, the route continues northerly along the Little Laurel Run through town and beyond, for about 1.6 mi. About 0.3 mi north of headwaters of the Little Laurel Run, WV 218 reaches the west bank of Dunkard Mill Run. After running a short distance along the west bank, the route crosses that stream just above its confluence with Little Dunkard Mill Run Heading north the route crosses Little Dunkard Mill Run and then continues northerly for about 4.0 mi along the streams east bank, past its headwaters, until it turns easterly and reaches Basnetteville. (From just south of Dunkard Mill Run to Basnettville, WV 281 is also known as Jamison Road.)

In Basnettville, WV 218 crosses the Paw Paw Creek and then turns briefly northwest for about 1.0 mi, along the northwest bank of the Paw Paw Creek, on its way to Fairview and is named Paw Paw Creek Road. Once it reaches Fairview, the route is signed as Main Street, until it crosses Bennefield Prong and turns north again. Continuing northerly, and signed as Jefferson Street (until it leaves Fairview), the route crossed back over Bennefield Prong and the runs along its east bank. North of Fairview the route is named Daybrook Road. It runs northerly and then northeasterly until it leaves Marion County and enters Monongalia County.

Continuing northeasterly along the east bank of Bennefield Prong (and still signed as Daybrook Road), WB 218 passes the stream's headwaters turn north once again to run northerly until it reaches the south bank of Dunkard Creek, Just east of Blacksville. (The route from Fairview to Blacksville is about 11.2 mi.) The route then turns west to run concurrently with West Virginia Route 7 (WV 7/Mason-Dixon Highway). A few blocks after entering Blacksville, the route turns north one more time, ending its concurrency with WV 7. Continuing northerly (and again named Daybrook Road), the route arrives at its northern terminus at the northern city limits of Blacksville within a few more blocks. The city limits are at the West Virginia-Pennsylvania state line (which is also the Mason-Dixon line). The road continues north as Pennsylvania Route 218 towards Spraggs and Waynesburg.

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West Virginia Route 214

West Virginia Route 214 is a north–south state highway located in the western portion of the U.S. state of West Virginia. Although the route maintains an east–west routing for most of its length, the route is signed as north–south. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 3 southeast of Griffithsville. The northern terminus is at an interchange with U.S. Route 119 south of South Charleston, where the roadway continues northward as West Virginia Route 601.

WV 214 was formerly part of WV 14 (as was WV 114). Although it parallels US 119, it was never part of that route (which followed present WV 94 until Corridor G was built).

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West Virginia Route 211

West Virginia Route 211 is a north–south state highway located in and near Mount Hope, West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 16 in western Mount Hope. The northern terminus is at WV 16 and West Virginia Route 61 on the northern edge of Mount Hope.

History
All of WV 211 was once part of U.S. Route 21 prior to construction of the Mount Hope bypass.

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WKIT

WKIT (100.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Brewer, Maine, serving the Bangor area of Central Maine. It airs a mainstream rock radio format, calling itself "The Rock of Bangor."

WKIT is part of the Zone Corporation, a Central Maine broadcasting group owned by authors Tabitha and Stephen King. It has studios and offices on Target Industrial Drive in Bangor. The transmitter is off Center Drive in Orrington.

WKIT is one of the few radio stations that still has a strong presence of live local announcers in the studio. However, on the weekends the station carries some syndicated programming. WKIT also streams its programming on the Internet via the official station website.

Notable on air personalities include the "Rock and Roll Morning Show" hosts Bobby Russell and Mark "The Shark" Young, midday host Don Cookson, afternoon host Scotty Moore and Simulcasting "Nights With Alice Cooper".

On Stephen King's official website, there is an advertisement for WKIT.

In King's novel 11/22/63, Jake saves most of the Dunning family and when he comes back to 2011 he looks up Ellen Dunning (who was 7 in 1958) and calls her, finding she's a "jock for WKIT in Bangor, you know, a disk jockey?".

WKIT's main competitors are Classic Rock 95.7 WWMJ in Ellsworth and Mainstream Rock WTOS-FM Skowhegan, which is simulcast on AM 910 and FM translator 105.3 in Bangor.

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West Virginia Route 210

West Virginia Route 210 is a north–south state highway located entirely within the city of Beckley, West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 19 (former U.S. Route 21) in southeastern Beckley. The northern terminus is at West Virginia Route 16 north of downtown.

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Air France and Lufthansa conflated
The Air France robbery and Lufthansa heist seem to have been conflated, mixing details of both into one crime at. I removed the $6 million figure from the first sentence, but the rest needs to be verified against our article and the source, and the Lufthansa heist section should be rewritten (there was one at one point). —[  Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 23:10, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Apparent Black Ancestry
Despite being referred to routinely as "half-Irish" and claiming that his father immigrated from Ireland at age 12, publicly available information strongly suggests that Henry Hill was not half Irish, and that his father was not an Irish immigrant. Rather, it seems plain that Henry Hill was multiracial

According to Hill's Findagrave page, he was the son of Henry J. Hill Sr. The names on the gravestone suggest that this is indeed our man. According to this gravestone, Henry J. Hill Sr. was the son of Moses Hill, born in 1873, died in 1930, and buried in Calvary Cemetery, and Marie Hill, the latter born in 1884 and died in 1969. According to New York City Municipal Deaths Records, this Moses Hill was Black. In addition, the 1920 U.S. Federal Census records describe Henry Hill Sr., as well as both Moses and Marie, as "mulatto". However, it appears (contrary to my earlier mistaken impression) that Findagrave.com is not a reliable source for Wikipedia editing, and, without the Findagrave data linking Henry Hill Jr. to Henry Hill Sr. and thence to Moses Hill, the claim of Black ancestry is a non-starter for editing purposes. I leave this information here on the off chance that others with access to more comprehensive data, or more reliable sources, will be able to use it to make progress in any further investigations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.201.106 (talk) 01:27, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

This bare-bones website documents the case in more detail: https://henryhillancestry.wordpress.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.201.106 (talk) 16:26, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

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West Virginia Route 180

West Virginia Route 180 is a north–south state highway located in northern West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 18 north of Middlebourne. The northern terminus is at West Virginia Route 2 southwest of New Martinsville.

History
WV 180 was formerly designated as Alternate WV 18.

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2005 University of Oklahoma bombing

The 2005 University of Oklahoma bombing occurred on October 1, 2005 at approximately 7:30 p.m. CDT, when a bomb went off near the George Lynn Cross Hall on Van Vleet Oval on the University of Oklahoma (OU) main campus. The blast took place less than 200 yards west of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where 84,501 spectators were attending a football game. The bomber, OU student Joel "Joe" Henry Hinrichs III, was killed in the explosion; no one else was killed.

After the incident, speculation began immediately about Hinrichs' motivation and the number of accomplices, if any. An off-duty police officer had noted Hinrichs talking with a local feed store owner about ammonium nitrate and had begun an investigation. There was innuendo regarding the Pakistani heritage of the bomber's roommate. Terrorism-related speculation was heightened after the explosive agent was found to be TATP, an explosive of similar manufacture, though separate makeup, to the compound used in the July 2005 London bombings, the attempted destruction of an airplane by a shoe bomber, and by Hamas in clandestine devices for use by suicide bombers. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local authorities concluded in 2006 that Hinrichs acted alone and had no assistance from other groups. They could not prove or disprove allegations that Hinrichs intended to enter the packed stadium and kill football fans along with himself.

Initial events
Shortly before halftime of the Saturday evening game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Kansas State Wildcats, spectators inside the stadium heard an explosion. The explosion was reported as being heard up to five miles away, but people on the east side of the stadium heard only a rumble like low-volume thunder. Some heard nothing. Spectators were not allowed to leave the stadium at half-time, which caused concern among fans who did hear the explosion. No stadium announcements were made until the third and fourth quarters of play, when bus drivers were asked to leave the stadium and meet at the northwest corner of the Asp Avenue Parking Facility. During the last six minutes of the game, an announcement was made over the public address system in the stadium and over local radio for attendees to exit through the south and east gates, and to avoid the area, known as the South Oval, west of the stadium. University officials had decided against giving any further explanations to game attendees because they "didn't want to start any kind of panic."

"'Everyone in my section heard it [the explosion]. We looked to the opposite side of the field though thinking it was thunder. Me and my family were gonna go to the university bookstore after the game but the direction we had to go was blocked by caution tape. We knew something was up and got out of there ASAP.' said a Sooner fan."

First reports said the explosive device was made using hydrogen peroxide, though as later noted this was only a component of the actual explosive compound used. The initial accounts also indicated a second bomb was found, but these accounts were false. The area was searched by bomb-sniffing dogs, and no more explosives were found. The remains of the backpack contained a circuit board, wires, and a battery; a small explosive was used to safely detonate it at about 9:00 p.m. Other items at the bomb site included a crescent wrench, a white sock with protruding wires, a screwdriver, unused wooden matches, and a chemistry book.

Following the bomb explosion, the entire South Oval was marked as off-limits with crime scene tape. Fans exited the stadium at the conclusion of the game without incident. The South Oval was open the next afternoon except for the immediate area of the explosion, so a broken glass door could be replaced and firefighters could finish spraying down the area with water to wash debris, chemicals and bodily fluids away from the sidewalk and a bus parked there before the preceding day's game. Classes resumed as normal on Monday.

Identity of the bomber
In a press conference the next day, OU president David Boren identified Hinrichs, a 21-year-old mechanical engineering student, as responsible for the detonation. Originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Hinrichs was a National Merit Scholar who graduated from Wasson High School in May 2002. His father, Joel Hinrichs Jr., described him as a "very private individual" who had gone through "several severe bouts of depression". Hinrichs' depression was noted as early as ten years old. His father believes that the "underlying cause was his inability to bond with other people. He couldn't make friendships," and also said that Hinrichs began counseling at the university's on-campus health center two years earlier. He did not know if his son was still seeing a counselor, and denied knowledge of the young man's suicidal ideations.

Hinrichs was a member of Triangle Fraternity, a social fraternity of engineering, science and architectural majors. Hinrichs' father said that his son had recently moved out of the Triangle fraternity house because "he didn't bond, didn't relate well to the other fraternity members." In the chapter meeting following the bombing the members of his fraternity were asked to direct all questions and comments to one member of their fraternity and not to discuss anything with the media; this was advised in hopes of limiting rumors and other theories.

Investigation
According to local media, Hinrichs inquired about purchasing a large quantity of ammonium nitrate, the chief ingredient in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, at a local feed store two days before the explosion. An off-duty Norman police officer was in the store and overheard the conversation between the feed store owner and Hinrichs. The officer followed Hinrichs out of the store, checked Hinrichs' license plate, and began an investigation when his shift started. That investigation was still in progress when the bomb went off. A computer check, however, showed no outstanding arrest warrants for Hinrichs and no criminal record.

After more investigation, the explosive was found not to be hydrogen peroxide, as first indicated. Instead, Hinrichs detonated triacetone triperoxide (TATP), an extremely unstable compound which can be made by mixing common household products like acetone, hydrogen peroxide and an acid catalyst. According to a Norman bomb squad agent, Hinrichs had between two and three pounds of TATP in a bag in his lap.

When investigators entered Hinrichs' apartment the morning after the explosion, they found more TATP and the necessary chemicals to make more of the substance. Since TATP becomes more unstable as time passes, the Norman Police and the FBI evacuated Hinrichs' building and the four apartment buildings that surrounded it as a precaution. A suicide note was displayed on Hinrichs' open laptop monitor. While detectives were unable to completely retrace Hinrichs' steps that day, they did find that Hinrichs typed "None of you are worth living with. You can all kiss my ass" at about 6:15 pm that evening, approximately 75 minutes before he died. The message was on the computer screen when agents entered Hinrichs' apartment.

Hinrichs told friends and fraternity brothers that he liked explosives, and frequently experimented with building and detonating bombs made in or of plastic soda bottles. Hinrichs kept detailed records of many experiments he performed, done mostly at Red Rock Canyon in Caddo County, in the weeks prior to his death. Along with the chemicals and the suicide note, they found used artillery shells, spent bullets, belts made of used brass shell casings, and military ammunition boxes. Other items taken in the search included a thermometer, a slow cooker, rolls of tape, mixing bowls, and plastic containers.

Hinrichs' roommate met Hinrichs when he placed an advertisement online for a roommate, and Hinrichs responded. The two did not socialize, and although Hinrichs showed the remains of detonated explosive devices to at least one fraternity brother, the roommate was unaware of Hinrichs' interest in explosives. There was speculation among some bloggers and pundits that Hinrichs was a Muslim. Ashraf Hussein, the president of OU's Muslim Student Association, said he had never seen Hinrichs at a mosque and that he did not believe Hinrichs was Muslim. As many as eight people, Hakim Mansouri (OU student), Djamal Rabli an OU physics researcher and others including OU Arabic language instructor Hossam Barakat, were detained by the Norman Police Department in the early morning hours of October 2 for questioning. They were again questioned the next day, after which they were cleared of suspicion.

Rumors also circulated that Hinrichs intended to detonate his homemade bomb inside the stadium; these included allegations that he tried to enter the stadium that evening but was denied entry after he refused to be searched. Hinrichs was not a student football season ticket holder; there was no evidence that Hinrichs tried to enter the stadium, and Hinrichs apparently neither bought nor tried to buy a game ticket. Agents scoured hundreds of hours of security camera tapes and found no images of Hinrichs, but, since not all entrances had cameras, they conceded they may never know if Hinrichs wanted to enter or tried to enter the stadium that night. Boren noted that Hinrichs waited until the game was underway and pre-game fans and students had cleared the South Oval; there would have been injuries or deaths to bystanders had Hinrichs detonated his device in the same area prior to or after the game.

Before the October 22, 2005 game, with the Baylor Bears, season ticket holders received a letter from Boren which outlined new stadium security procedures, including restrictions on bags and purses brought into the stadium, more security cameras, and hand searches of belongings. Readmission to the stadium after exiting during the game or at half-time was prohibited except for medical emergencies.

Conclusion and aftermath
In July 2006, the FBI formally declared that there was no evidence Hinrichs was a terrorist. Over 200 witnesses were interviewed about the event, and no indications were found that Hinrichs was an extremist, had extremist views, or was working with anyone else to make and explode the bomb. Agents with the Norman police and bomb squad said that Hinrichs likely "got cocky" with his explosives; a witness saw Hinrichs rummaging around his backpack shortly before it detonated.

In November 2006, Thomas Carlisle Hinrichs, Joel Hinrichs' brother, was arrested after he allegedly attacked his father and threatened to murder an FBI agent. He was found guilty of the crime in June and was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment in October 2007.

In August 2007, the university held an emergency drill to better prepare for future events during home football games. A gas line rupture inside Oklahoma Memorial Stadium was simulated. More than 500 students participated, along with responders from the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Norman Police Department and Fire Department, the University of Oklahoma Police Department, and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. It was the first university stadium emergency drill of its kind in the United States.

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West Virginia Route 161

West Virginia Route 161 is a north–south state highway located entirely within McDowell County, West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 16 in Bishop less than 900 ft from the Virginia state line. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 52 in Elkhorn.

At Bishop, WV 161 enters Virginia for approximately 500 ft. The state line follows Jacobs Fork and Horsepen Creek, which form a tight bend. There are no signs or visual indications of the state line. West Virginia maintains the road in Virginia.

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Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society

The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory (FML) of the Max Planck Society is a biological research institute located on the Society's campus in Tübingen, Germany, named after Friedrich Miescher, founded in 1969 to offer highly qualified junior scientists in biology an opportunity to establish independent research groups and pursue their own line of research within a five-year period. There are currently four research groups studying evolutionary genetics, systems biology of development, and the biochemistry of meiotic recombination.

Profile
The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory (FML) of the Max Planck Society is a biological research institute located on the Society's campus in Tübingen, Germany, named after Friedrich Miescher. It was founded in 1969 to offer highly qualified junior scientists in the area of biology an opportunity to establish independent research groups and pursue their own line of research within a five-year period. The FML was a bold experiment by the Max Planck Society, in response to the brain drain, to place more resources in the hands of junior scientists and make Germany a more attractive research destination.

Group Leaders
The group leaders are elected by a committee of scientists from diverse areas and institutions on the basis of a public tendering procedure. Since 2005 the FML has been represented by a managing director in order to relieve the group leaders of administrative burdens and to allow them even more time to focus on their research.

There is no specification as to which kind of biological research should be conducted at the FML, and the focus of research changes with the appointment of each new group leader. While at the FML, they can use modern, well-equipped laboratories and work in teams tailored to their ideas. Each group leader is free to allocate their resources as they choose, and in addition there is a central budget for the FML, managed jointly by the group leaders.


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West Virginia Route 152

West Virginia Route 152 is a north–south state highway extending from Crum to Huntington, West Virginia. The northern terminus of WV 152 is unusual in that it also serves as the southern terminus of West Virginia Route 527, which continues along the same street as it passes over Interstate 64 at exit 8 (both state routes are indicated on exit signage on the expressway). WV 527 continues along the former routing of U.S. Route 52 through downtown Huntington, West Virginia on its way toward Chesapeake, Ohio. The southern terminus of the route is at US 52 northeast of Crum.

Portions of the roadway south of Wayne run along an old Norfolk and Western Railroad bed. There is an abandoned depot at Dunlow. Under some of the highway bridges, you can find shared abutments with the old railroad crossing.

History
WV 152 was formerly part of U.S. Route 52. The current designation was created in 1979, when US 52 was rerouted a few miles to the west in order to facilitate the construction of a more modern highway along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy River. The West Virginia Department of Transportation redesignated the former segment of US 52 as WV 152 from its internal designation as route 1/52, as it formerly ran between County Route 1 and US 52.

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Ouémé Department

Ouémé is one of the twelve departments of Benin, containing the capital of the country Porto Novo, named for the Ouémé River. It is subdivided into nine communes, each centred at one of the principal towns: Adjarra, Adjohoun, Aguégués, Akpro-Missérété, Avrankou, Bonou, Dangbo, Porto-Novo and Sèmè-Kpodji. In 1999, the northern section of Ouémé was split off to form the department of Plateau.

, the total population of the department was 1,100,404, with 534,814 males and 565,590 females. The proportion of women was 51.40%. The total rural population was 37.20%, while the urban population was 62.80%. The total labor force in the department was 383,716, of which 49.50% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 43.80% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 81.70%.

Geography
Ouémé Department borders Zou Department to the north, Plateau Department to the northeast, Nigeria to the southeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, Littoral Department to the southwest, and Atlantique Department to the west. It is located in a coastal area that has interconnected lakes and lagoons and elongated coastlines with wide marshes. The southern regions of Benin receive two spells of rain from March to July and September to November, while the northern regions of the country receive one season of rainfall from May to September. The country receives an average annual rainfall of around 1200 mm, but Ouémé Department receives less rainfall. The department has mostly low-lying sandy coastal plains towards the Atlantic Ocean, marshes, lagoons and lakes, including part of Lake Nokoué in the southwest. The highest elevation in the department around the coastal plains is 20 m compared to the average 200 m above average mean sea level of the country.

Settlements
Porto Novo is the departmental capital (as well as the capital of Benin as a whole); other major settlements include Adjarra, Adjohoun, Affamè, Aguégués, Avrankou, Bonou, Ekpè and Sèmè-Kpodji.

Economy
Freshwater and seawater fishing is the major profession in the region. Petroleum was discovered in the 1960s in offshore areas, while titanium, low quality iron ore, ilmenite and chromite are the major minerals.

Demographics
According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of the department was 1,100,404, with 534,814 males and 565,590 females. The proportion of women was 51.40%. The total rural population was 37.20%, while the urban population was 62.80%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 24.80%. The foreign population was 17,065, representing 1.60% of the department's total population. The labour force participation rate among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 37.60%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 51.40%. The number of households in the department was 232,620 and the average household size was 4.7. The intercensal growth rate of the population was 3.70%.

Among women, the average age of first marriage was 21.7 and the average age at maternity was 28.7. The synthetic index of fertility of women was 4.6. The average number of families per house was 1.2 and the average number of persons per room was 2.1. The total labour force in the department was 383,716, of which 49.50% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 43.80% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 81.70%. The crude birth rate was 36.7, the general rate of fertility was 148.20 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.20.

The main ethnolinguistic groups in the department include the Ayizo, Ede, Fon, Gun, Phla (or 'Xwla'), Tofin and Yoruba.

Administrative divisions
In 1999, the department of Plateau was split off from Ouémé, reducing Ouémé's area to 1865 sqkm. Ouémé is subdivided into nine communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Adjarra, Adjohoun, Aguégués, Akpro-Missérété, Avrankou, Bonou, Dangbo, Porto-Novo and Sèmè-Kpodji.

Benin originally had six administrative regions (départements), which have now been bifurcated to make 12. Each of the deconcentrated administrative services (directions départementales) of the sectoral ministries takes care of two administrative regions. A law passed in 1999 transformed the sous-prefectures, the lowest level of territorial administration, into local governments. Municipalities and communal councils have elected representatives who manage the administration of the regions. The latest elections of the municipal and communal councils were held in June 2015.

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Zou Department

Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin, named for the Zou River which travels through the department before emptying into the Atlantic in the south of the country. The department of Zou was split in two in 1999, with the northern territory transferred to the newly created Collines Department. The capital of Zou is Abomey. Zou is subdivided into nine communes, each centred at one of the principal towns: Abomey, Agbangnizoun, Bohicon, Cové, Djidja, Ouinhi, Za-Kpota, Zangnanado and Zogbodomey.

, the total population of the department was 851,580, with 407,030 males and 444,550 females. The proportion of women was 52.20%. The total rural population was 67.00%, while the urban population was 33.00%. The total labour force in the department was 275,249, of which 50.10% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 60.70% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 72.90%.

Geography
Zou Department borders Collines Department to the north, Plateau Department to the east, Ouémé Department and Atlantique Department to the south, Kouffo Department to the south-west, and Togo to the west. The department is characterised by plateaus, ranging from 20 to 200 m above the mean sea level, which are split by valleys running from north to south, created by the Zou River and Kauoffo River. The southern regions of Benin receive two spells of rain from March to July and September to November, while the northern regions of the country receive one season of rainfall from May to September. The country receives an average annual rainfall of around 1200 mm.

Settlements
Abomey is the departmental capital; other major settlements include Bohicon, Cové, Za-Kpota and Zagnanado.

Demographics

According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of the department was 851,580, with 407,030 males and 444,550 females. The proportion of women was 52.20%. The total rural population was 67.00%, while the urban population was 33.00%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 23.90%. The foreign population was 4,615, representing 0.50% of the total population in the department. The labour force participation rate among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 37.30%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 49.60%. The number of households in the department was 178,698 and the average household size was 4.8. The intercensal growth rate of the population was 3.20%.

Among women, the average age at first marriage was 21 and the average age at maternity was 28.6. The synthetic index of fertility of women was 5.1. The average number of families in a house was 1.2 and the average number of persons per room was 1.9. The total labour force in the department was 275,249, of which 50.10% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 60.70% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 72.90%. The crude birth rate was 37.8, the general rate of fertility was 158.50 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.50.

The majority of the population are the Fon people, who comprise 91% of the population. Other groups include the Aja people make up 4%; Yoruba make up 3% of the population; Aguna, and Ede.

Administrative divisions
The department of Zou was split in 1999, with the northern territory moved to the newly created Collines Department. The capital of Zou is Abomey. It is subdivided into nine communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Abomey, Agbangnizoun, Bohicon, Cové, Djidja, Ouinhi, Za-Kpota, Zangnanado and Zogbodomey.

Benin originally had six administrative regions (départements), which have now been bifurcated to make 12. Each of the deconcentrated administrative services (directions départementales) of the sectoral ministries takes care of two administrative regions. A law passed in 1999 transformed the sous-prefectures, the lowest level of territorial administration, into local governments. Municipalities and communal councils have elected representatives who manage the administration of the regions. The latest elections of the municipal and communal councils were held in May 2020.

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Plateau Department

Plateau is one of the twelve departments of Benin. The department of Plateau was created in 1999 with an area of 2835 sqkm when it was split off from Ouémé Department. Plateau is subdivided into five communes, each centred at one of the principal towns: Adja-Ouèrè, Ifangni, Kétou, Pobè and Sakété.

, the total population of the department was 622,372, with 300,065 males and 322,307 females. The proportion of women was 51.80%. The total rural population was 54.80%, while the urban population was 45.20%. The total labour force in the department was 185,815, of which 43.10% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 65.50%.

Geography
Plateau Department border Collines Department to the north, Nigeria to the east, Ouémé Department to the southwest, and Zou Department to the west. It is characterised by plateaus ranging from 20 to 200 m above the mean sea level. The plateaus are split by valleys running from north to south, created by the Iguidi river. The river deposits of clay have rich iron ore deposits underneath; there is siliceous clay and forested area around the river basin. The southern regions of Benin receive two spells of rain from March to July and September to November, while the northern regions of the country receive one season of rainfall from May to September. The country receives an average annual rainfall of around 1200 mm.

Settlements
Sakété is the departmental capital; other major settlements include Idigny, Ifangni, Ita-Djèbou, Kétou and Pobè.

Demographics
According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of the department was 622,372, with 300,065 males and 322,307 females. The proportion of women was 51.80%. The total rural population was 54.80%, while the urban population was 45.20%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 24.30%. The foreign population was 2,605, representing 0.40% of the total population in the department. The labour force participation rate among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 31.70%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 42.50%. The number of households in the department was 110,532 and the average household size was 5.6. The intercensal growth rate of the population was 3.80%.

Among women, the average age of first marriage was 21.4 and the average age at maternity was 28.8. The synthetic index of fertility of women was 4.7. The average number of families in a house was 1.3 and the average number of persons per room was 1.7. The total labour force in the department was 185,815, of which 43.10% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 65.50% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 60.00%. The crude birth rate was 36.2, the general rate of fertility was 149.10 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.30.

The population is predominantly Yoruba of the following subgroups: the Nagot group at 45.7% and the Ohori (also known as the Holli) at 20.9%, for a total of 66.6% of the department's population. The Yoruba group is followed by the Fon group of the following subgroups: Ogu at 12.4% of the population, Fon at 8.2% of the population, and Torri at 6.5%.

Administrative divisions
The department of Plateau was created in 1999 when it was split off from Ouémé Department. It has an area of 2835 sqkm. Plateau is subdivided into five communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Adja-Ouèrè, Ifangni, Kétou, Pobè and Sakété.

Benin originally had six administrative regions (départements), which have now been bifurcated to make 12. Each of the deconcentrated administrative services (directions départementales) of the sectoral ministries takes care of two administrative regions. A law passed in 1999 transformed the sous-prefectures, the lowest level of territorial administration, into local governments. Municipalities and communal councils have elected representatives who manage the administration of the regions. The latest elections of the municipal and communal councils were held in June 2015.

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Mono Department

Mono is one of the twelve departments of Benin, with its capital at Lokossa. It is named for the Mono River which forms much of the border with Togo. The northern areas of the department were split off to create the newly formed Kouffo Department in 1999. Mono is subdivided into six communes, each centred at one of the principal towns, namely, Athiémè, Bopa, Comè, Grand-Popo, Houéyogbé and Lokossa. It has an area of 1396 sqkm.

, the total population of the department was 497,243, with 241,554 males and 255,689 females. The proportion of women was 51.40%. The total rural population was 50.30%, while the urban population was 49.70%. The total labour force in the department was 142,220, of which 48.60% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 48.70%.

Geography
Mono Department is located in the southwest of Benin and borders Kouffo Department to the north, Atlantique Department to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and Togo to the west. It is located in a coastal area that has interconnected lakes and lagoons and elongated coastlines with wide marshes. Lake Ahémé, Benin's second largest lake, lies on the border with the Atlantique Department; smaller lakes in the department include Lake Toho and Lake Togbadji. The southern regions of Benin receive two spells from March to July and September to November while the northern regions of the country receive one season of rainfall from May to September. The country receives an average annual rainfall of around 1200 mm, but Mono Department receives less rainfall. The department has mostly low-lying sandy coastal plains towards the Atlantic Ocean, marshes, lagoons and lakes. The highest elevation in the department around the coastal plains is 20 m compared to the average 200 m above average mean sea level of the country.

Settlements
Lokossa is the departmental capital; other major settlements include Athiémè, Bopa, Comè, Grand-Popo, Houéyogbé, Possotomè and Sè.

Economy
Freshwater and seawater fishing is the major profession in the region. Petroleum was discovered in the 1960s in offshore areas, while titanium, low quality iron ore, ilmenite and chromite are the major minerals.

Demographics
According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of Mono Department was 497,243, with 241,554 males and 255,689 females. The proportion of women was 51.40%. The total rural population was 50.30%, while the urban population was 49.70%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 23.70%. The foreign population in the department was 8,975, representing 1.80% of the total population. The labour force participation rate among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 39.70%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 57.00%. The number of households in the department was 105,986 and the average household size was 4.7. The intercensal growth rate of population was 2.90%.

Among women, the average age of first marriage was 21.6 and the average age at maternity was 28.6. The synthetic index of fertility of women was 4.8. The average number of families per house was 1.2 and the average number of persons per room was 1.8. The total labour force in the department was 142,220, of which 48.60% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 48.70% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 80.30%. The crude birth rate was 34.7, the general rate of fertility was 146.10 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.30.

The main ethnolinguistic groups in the department are the Aja, Fon, Gen, Phla (also known as Xwla), Saxwe, Phera (also known as Xwela), Kotafon] and Ayizo. Other groups include the Aguna.

Administrative divisions
Some territories of Mono were moved to the newly formed department of Kouffo in 1999. Mono is subdivided into six communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Athiémè, Bopa, Comè, Grand-Popo, Houéyogbé and Lokossa. It has an area of 1396 sqkm.

Benin originally had six administrative regions (départements), which have now been bifurcated to make 12. Each of the deconcentrated administrative services (directions départementales) of the sectoral ministries takes care of two administrative regions. A law passed in 1999 transformed the sous-prefectures, the lowest level of territorial administration, into local governments. Municipalities and communal councils have elected representatives who manage the administration of the regions. The latest elections of the municipal and communal councils were held in June 2015.

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Donga Department

Donga is one of the twelve departments of Benin; its capital is Djougou, the fourth largest city in the country. The department of Donga was created in 1999 when it was split off from Atakora Department. Donga is subdivided into five communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Bassila, Copargo, Djougou Rural, Djougou Urban and Ouaké.

, the total population of the department was 543,130, with 270,754 males and 272,376 females. The proportion of women was 50.10%. The total rural population was 57.90%, while the urban population was 42.10%. The total labour force in the department was 120,021, of which 24.20% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 72.50%.

Geography
Donga Department, with an area of 10691 sqkm, is located in north-central Benin, bordering Atakora Department to the north, Borgou Department to the east, Collines Department to the south, and Togo to the west. The northwest region of Benin consists mostly of forested mountains, from which two tributaries of the Niger River, the Mékrou River and the Pendjari River, originate. Mont Sokbaro, widely cited as the highest point of Benin, lies on the border of Donga Department with Togo. The northern regions of Benin receive one season of rainfall from May to September, while the southern regions receive two spells of rain from March to July and September to November. The country receives an average annual rainfall of around 1200 mm.

Settlements
Djougou is the departmental capital; other major settlements include Aledjo-Koura, Aworo, Bassila, Bodi, Copargo, Kolokondé, Ouaké, Patargo, Pélébina, Pénéssoulou and Prekete.

Demographics
According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of the department was 543,130, with 270,754 males and 272,376 females. The proportion of women was 50.10%. The total rural population was 57.90%, while the urban population was 42.10%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 23.30%. The foreign population was 7,760, representing 1.40% of the total population in the department. The labour force participation rate among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 30.70%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 50.50%. The number of households in the department was 66,433 and the average household size was 8.2. The intercensal growth rate of the population was 4.00%.

Among women, the average age at first marriage was 20.5 and the average age at maternity was 28. The synthetic index of fertility of women was 4.6. The average number of families in a house was 1.8 and the average number of persons per room was 1.8. The total labour force in the department was 120,021, of which 24.20% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 72.50% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 51.40%. The crude birth rate was 34.6, the general rate of fertility was 148.70 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.30.

The main ethnolinguistic groups in the department are the Dendi and Yoruba. Other groups include the Anii, Bariba, Ede, Foodo, Kabiye, Lama, Lukpa, Tammari (also known as the Betammaribe, or Somba), Miyobe and Yom.

Administrative divisions
The department of Donga was created in 1999 when it was split off from Atakora Department. Its capital is Djougou. Donga is subdivided into five communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Bassila, Copargo, Djougou Rural, Djougou Urban and Ouaké.

Benin originally had six administrative regions (départements), which have now been bifurcated to make 12. Each of the deconcentrated administrative services (directions départementales) of the sectoral ministries takes care of two administrative regions. A law passed in 1999 transformed the sous-prefectures, the lowest level of territorial administration, into local governments. Municipalities and communal councils have elected representatives who manage the administration of the regions. The latest elections of the municipal and communal councils were held in June 2015.

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Atlantique Department

Atlantique (, "Atlantic") is one of the twelve departments in Benin. The department is located in south-central Benin along the Atlantic coast, between Mono and Kouffo Department in the west, Zou in the north, and Ouémé in the east. The department of Atlantique was bifurcated in 1999 when some of its territories was transferred to the newly formed Littoral Department.

, the total population of the department was 1,398,229, with 686,747 males and 711,482 females. The proportion of women was 50.90%. The total rural population was 55.50%, while the urban population was 44.50%. The total labour force in the department was 433,515, of which 43.40% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 39.20% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 77.30%.

Geography
Atlantique Department border Zou Department to the north, Ouémé Department to the east, Littoral Department to the south-east, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and Kouffo Department and Mono Department to the west. The coastal areas have interconnected lakes and lagoons and elongated coastlines with wide marshes; part of Lake Nokoué lies within the department. The southern regions of Benin receive two seasons of rainfall from March to July and September to November, while the northern regions of the country receive one season of rainfall from May to September. The country receives an average annual rainfall of around 1200 mm, but Atlantique Department receives less rainfall. The department has mostly low-lying sandy coastal plains towards the Atlantic Ocean, marshes, lagoons and lakes. The highest elevation in the department around the coastal plains is 20 m, compared to the country's average of 200 m above mean sea level.

Settlements
Ouidah is the departmental capital; other major settlements include Abomey-Calavi, Allada, Ganvie, Godomey, Kpomassè, Sô-Ava, Toffo, Togoudo, Tokpa-Domè, Tori-Bossito and Zè.

Economy
Freshwater and seawater fishing is the major profession in the region. Petroleum was discovered in the 1960s in offshore areas, while titanium, low quality iron ore, ilmenite and chromite are the major minerals.

Demographics
According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of the department was 1,398,229, with 686,747 males and 711,482 females. The proportion of women was 50.90%.The total rural population was 55.50%, while the urban population was 44.50%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 24.80%.The foreign population was 16,517, representing 1.20% of the total population in the department. The labour force participation rate among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 37.30%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 55.30%. The number of households in the department was 298,769 and the average household size was 4.7. The intercensal growth rate of the population was 5.10%.

Among women, the average age at first marriage was 28.7 and the average age at maternity was 29. The synthetic index of the fertility of women was 4.4. The average number of families in a house was 1.2 and the average number of persons per room was 1.8. The total labour force in the department was 433,515, of which 43.40% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 39.20% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 77.30%. The crude birth rate was 35.1, the general rate of fertility was 141.50 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.20.

Ethnically, the Fon constitute a majority of the population at 61%, followed by the Yoruba at 10% and the Aja at 7%. Other ethnolinguistic groups in the department include the Ayizo and Tofin.

Administrative divisions
Atlantique is subdivided into eight communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Abomey-Calavi, Allada, Kpomassè, Ouidah, Sô-Ava, Toffo, Tori-Bossito and Zè. The department of Atlantique was bifurcated in 1999 when some of the Cotonou and the surrounding area were transferred to the newly formed Littoral Department.

Benin originally had six administrative regions (départements), which have now been bifurcated to make 12. Each of the deconcentrated administrative services (directions départementales) of the sectoral ministries takes care of two administrative regions. A law passed in 1999 transformed the sous-prefectures, the lowest level of territorial administration, into local governments. Municipalities and communal councils have elected representatives who manage the administration of the regions. The latest elections of the municipal and communal councils were held in June 2015.

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Kouffo Department

Kouffo or Couffo is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Kouffo borders the country of Togo and the departments of Mono, Zou and Atlantique. Since 2008, the department's capital has been Aplahoué. The department of Kouffo was created in 1999 when it was split off from Mono Department.

, the total population of the department was 745,328, with 348,574 males and 396,754 females. The proportion of women was 53.20%. The total rural population was 72.20%, while the urban population was 27.80%. The total labour force in the department was 208,974, of which 52.60% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 68.60%.

Geography
Kouffo Department border Zou Department to the north, Atlantique Department to the east, Mono Department to the south, and Togo to the west. The department is characterised by plateaus ranging from 20 to 200 m above the mean sea level, which are split by valleys running from north to south created by the Sahoua River and Couffo River. Couffo river plateaus contains quaternary, tertiary and cretaceous sediments formed with a crystalline basement complex. The layers of sediments have clay-like soil and accumulated iron oxide beneath them. The southern regions of Benin receive two seasons of rainfall from March to July and September to November, while the northern regions of the country receive one season of rainfall from May to September. The country receives an average annual rainfall of around 1200 mm.

Settlements
Aplahoué is the departmental capital; other major settlements include Djakotomey, Dogbo-Tota, Klouékanmè, Lalo and Toviklin.

Demographics
According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of the department was 745,328, with 348,574 males and 396,754 females. The proportion of women was 53.20%. The total rural population was 72.20%, while the urban population was 27.80%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 24.30%. The foreign population was 2,167, representing 0.30% of the total population in the department. The labour force participation rate among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 43.00%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 62.50%. The number of households in the department was 140,444 and the average household size was 5.3. The intercensal growth rate of the population was 3.20%.

Among women, the average age at first marriage was 21.4 and the average age at maternity was 29. The synthetic index of fertility of women was 5.4. The average number of families in a house was 1.3 and the average number of persons per room was 2.0. The total labour force in the department was 208,974, of which 52.60% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 68.60% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 60.20%. The crude birth rate was 40.1, the general rate of fertility was 165.30 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.70.

The main ethnolinguistic groups in the department are the Fon, Aja, Mina, Kotafon, Ayizo, and Saxwe.

Administrative divisions
The department of Kouffo was created in 1999 when it was split off from Mono Department. Its capital is Aplahoué. Kouffo is subdivided into six communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Aplahoué, Djakotomey, Klouékanmè, Lalo, Toviklin and Dogbo-Tota.

Benin originally had six administrative regions (départements), which have now been bifurcated to make 12. Each of the deconcentrated administrative services (directions départementales) of the sectoral ministries takes care of two administrative regions. A law passed in 1999 transformed the sous-prefectures, the lowest level of territorial administration, into local governments. Municipalities and communal councils have elected representatives who manage the administration of the regions. The latest elections of the municipal and communal councils were held in June 2015.

title: Kouffo Department


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West Virginia Route 150

West Virginia Route 150 is a 22.5 mi long north–south scenic state highway in the Marlinton and Gauley Ranger Districts of the Monongahela National Forest in southeast West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 39 and West Virginia Route 55 northwest of Mill Point. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 219 and WV 55 north of Edray, near Marlinton.

Route description
WV 150 is designated as the parkway portion of the Highland Scenic Highway. Dedicated in 1980, the road is specially designed to be a scenic byway with a meandering course along mountain ridges that reach an elevation of 4545 ft. Due to these geographical conditions, the road is not maintained in the winter months. (Access is not prevented during the winter, however.) Furthermore, commercial traffic is prohibited and the speed limit is 45 mph.

The parkway section provides several scenic overlooks of Cranberry Glades and the Cranberry Wilderness to the west and of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians to the east, from numerous points along the Allegheny Front. The overlook at Black Mountain also provides an educational boardwalk that explains the irresponsible timbering practices that led to a destructive forest fire that left the area barren for decades.

The parkway also provides access to recreational areas along the Williams River and to several different trails with varying degrees of difficulty. The road is not plowed during the winter and commonly sees significant snow accumulations at its high elevation. It is frequently used for snowmobiling and cross-country skiing in these conditions.

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Corsican Workers' Trade Union

Founded in the mid-1980s, the Corsican Workers’ Trade Union (STC, Syndicat des Travailleurs Corses), an offshoot of the island's nationalist movement, quickly became the island's most popular organization for workers on the island. Besides agitating for the economic agenda one would expect of a labour union the STC has an agenda pushing for greater cultural autonomy from France.

Strikes against SNCM
In late February 2004, the STC declared a campaign on the state owned maritime transport firm National Corsican Mediterranean Company (Société Nationale Corse Méditerranée, SNCM). STC demanded that the company, which provides a great deal of the sea borne transport to and from the island, hire more Corsicans as well as raise their wages. An initial compromise was reached at the time, but a court struck it down on grounds of discrimination.

STC renewed their effort September 3 of that year, much to the chagrin of the financially destitute company. The strike was brought to a close September 19 with SCNM agreeing to, "Rebalance the numbers of new crew members recruited in Corsica and in other regions, using equal competence criteria and within the normal parameters of the company’s recruitment" in addition to 'island resident' bonuses for Corsican employees. It is likely SCNM was motivated to compromise by competition from Corsica Ferries, a Swiss company that, nevertheless, is headquartered in Bastia and has "A management structure comprisedof [sic] young Corsicans". Although employing only 290 islanders, as opposed to SCNM's 816, Corsica Ferries had a bill of 50 million euros and was a likely contributor to SCNM's 11% decline in profits from Corsican services between 1996 and 2003 (72% to 61%).

The agreement served to highlight the tensions between STC and the mainland General Confederation of Labour (Confédération générale du travail, CGT). SNCM ships were blockaded for four days as a protest against what mainland unions feel is a political agenda, namely Corsican nationalism that threatens French principles of non-discrimination. The French government, however, ruled the compromise, "Does not infringe the principle of non-discrimination in employment" and the Corsican CGT branch joined local business and political leaders in what they saw as an important step against the disparity in Corsican employees in a business receiving substantial subsidies from the Corsican regional authority.

By 2005 SCNM was in even worse financial condition. When plans for a Butler Capital Partners of the firm were announced sometimes violent STC protests erupted in Bastia (there were protests in Marseille as well, but these were not affiliated with STC but the CGT). Commandos were brought in to recapture the Pasquale Paoli, an SCNM ship hijacked in Marseille by 30 STC members, when it attempted to enter the Bastia port. An investigation into "hijacking a ship" was launched, if found guilty the ring leaders may be faced with 30 years in prison. More demonstrators attempted to seal the port and stop two ships from leaving. They clashed violently with riot police for four hours injuring a photographer before the ships were free to leave.

Contrary to the earlier disagreement with SCNM, the STC and the CGT were united in their condemnation of the privatization plans; "The government bears the entire responsibility for the conflict... The workers are raising their heads and have decided to fight against the consequences of intensive liberalism" read the joint statement released by France's main trade unions who were joined by the French Socialist Party in their condemnation of the military response to the strikes.

title: Corsican Workers' Trade Union


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Borgou Department

Borgou is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Borgou borders the country of Nigeria and the departments of Alibori, Atakora, Collines and Donga. The capital of Borgou is Parakou. The department of Borgou was bifurcated in 1999, with its northern territory transferred to the newly created Alibori Department.

According to the 2013 census, the total population of the department was 1,214,249, with 607,013 males and 607,236 females. The proportion of women was 50.00%. The total rural population was 56.40%, while the urban population was 43.60%. The total labour force in the department was 271,652, of which 25.20% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 64.30%.

Geography
Borgou borders Alibori Department to the north, Nigeria to the east, Collines Department to the south, and Donga Department and Atakora Department to the west. Geographically, the department is part of the larger Borg(o)u region divided by the Benin–Nigeria border, with 130000 sqkm in Benin and 52000 sqkm in Nigeria. The northern regions of Benin, in general, receive one season of rainfall from May to September, compared to the southern regions which receive two spells of rain from March to July and September to November. The average temperature from April to June reaches 40 C, while the average temperature between November and March ranges between 12 and 25 C. The average elevation of the department is 200 m above the mean sea level.

Settlements
Parakou is the departmental capital; other major settlements include Bembèrèkè, Bori, Kalalè, N’Dali, Nikki, Sinendé and Tchaourou.

Demographics
According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of the department was 1,214,249, with 607,013 males and 607,236 females. The proportion of women was 50.00%. The total rural population was 56.40%, while the urban population was 43.60%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 22.30%. The foreign population was 22,665, representing 1.90% of the total population in the department. The labour force participation rate among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 30.20%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 47.00%. The number of households in the department was 158,099 and the average household size was 7.7. The intercensal growth rate of the population was 4.70%.

Among women, the average age at first marriage was 27.1. The synthetic index of fertility of women was 5.4. The average number of families in a house was 1.7 and the average number of persons per room was 1.8. The total labour force in the department was 271,652, of which 25.20% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 64.30% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 47.10%. The crude birth rate was 39.5, the general rate of fertility was 176.90 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.70.

The main ethnolinguistic groups in the department are the Fulani, Bariba, Yoruba and Dendi. Other groups include the Boko, Ede, Lukpa, Tammari (also known as the Betammaribe, or Somba) and Yom.

Administrative divisions
Borgou is subdivided into eight communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Bembèrèkè, Kalalé, N’Dali, Nikki, Parakou, Pèrèrè, Sinendé and Tchaourou. The department of Borgou was bifurcated in 1999, with its northern territory transferred to the newly created Alibori Department.

Benin originally had six administrative regions (départements), which have now been bifurcated to make 12. Each of the deconcentrated administrative services (directions départementales) of the sectoral ministries takes care of two administrative regions. A law passed in 1999 transformed the sous-prefectures, the lowest level of territorial administration, into local governments. Municipalities and communal councils have elected representatives who manage the administration of the regions. The latest elections of the municipal and communal councils were held in June 2015.

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West Virginia Route 131

West Virginia Route 131 is a north–south state highway located in northern West Virginia. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 19 in Shinnston. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 50 in Bridgeport.

The part of WV 131 running north–south from US 50 past I-79 is former WV 73, which continued to Morgantown and Bruceton Mills along the I-79 and I-68 corridors. The remainder of WV 131, along Saltwell Road, was County Route 13. The numerators of county routes spurring from WV 131 still reflect these former numbers.

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Craig Johnson (ice hockey, born 1972)

Craig Thomas Johnson (born March 18, 1972), is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 33rd overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play 557 games in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Internationally Johnson played for the American national team in several World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Playing career
Johnson made his NHL debut during the 1994–95 season with St. Louis. He scored the first goal at the Kiel Center when it opened in 1995. On February 27, 1996, Johnson was traded with Patrice Tardif, Roman Vopat, and two draft picks to the Los Angeles Kings for Wayne Gretzky. He remained a King for another seven seasons through the 2002–03 season. During his tenure with the Kings, he wore number 23, making him the penultimate player to wear the number until it was retired for Dustin Brown in 2023.

He signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for the 2003–04 season. He spent half a season with Anaheim until being claimed off waivers by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Two months later he was again claimed off waivers by the Washington Capitals, where he finished the season.

Johnson moved to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), signing with the Hamburg Freezers. After one season he signed with the DEG Metro Stars in Düsseldorf where he spent two seasons. In 2007, Johnson moved to Austria and signed with Red Bull Salzberg.

Johnson returned to the Orange County area and coached youth hockey at Santa Margarita Catholic High School and for the Anaheim Jr Ducks youth team. He was an assistant coach for the Ontario Reign in 2010–11 and joined the player development staff for the Los Angeles Kings in 2018. He returned to the Reign, now in the AHL, as assistant coach in 2020. He is working as co-head coach of the Reign with Chris Hajt.

Personal life
His son Ryan, a defenseman, was drafted in the first round by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2019 NHL Draft - he is currently a member of the Buffalo Sabres

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St Anne's Church, Soho

St Anne's Church serves in the Church of England the Soho section of London. It was consecrated on 21 March 1686 by Bishop Henry Compton as the parish church of the new civil and ecclesiastical parish of St Anne Within the Liberty of Westminster, created from part of the parish of St Martin in the Fields. The church is under the Deanery of Westminster (St Margaret) in the Diocese of London.

Parts of its churchyard around its west including tower are now the public park of St Anne's Gardens, accessed from the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Wardour Street. The church is accessed via a gate at that end of Dean Street.

The parish, having spawned two new churches dedicated to Saints Thomas and Peter, reconsolidated on St Anne's in 1945.

1677–1799
The parish was dedicated to Saint Anne because Compton had been tutor to Princess Anne before she became Queen. Construction commenced in 1677 on a plot in what was then the countryside of Soho Fields, with William Talman and/or Christopher Wren as architect(s). The church was designed as an 80 ft long and 64 ft wide basilican church, with a 70 ft high west end tower.

In 1699 a tuition-free parish school was founded for boys and in 1704 it started to admit girls. The church received an organ in 1699 from the Dowager-Queen's Chapel in St James's Palace and from 1700 the church's first organist was William Croft (composer of the "St Anne" tune to O God, Our Help in Ages Past). That organ (which was by Father Bernard Smith) was removed in 1798 and installed in St Michael Paternoster Royal. The church's tower was only completed in 1718, with the addition of a timber spire by local carpenter John Meard. Edmund Andros was buried in the church's churchyard in 1714 as was the actress Hester Davenport in 1717, while in 1724/5 the church saw the marriage of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, and in 1743 Prince William Henry (younger brother of George III) was baptised here. The actress and dancer Arabella Menage was baptised here in 1782.

1800–1939
The tower, however, became unstable by 1800 and, after 41 meetings of a "Tower Rebuilding Committee" came no closer to solving the problem, the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell was commissioned to design a replacement. The original tower was demolished (though the 1 ton clock bell, cast in 1691 and still in use, was retained) and the new tower's brickwork was completed by 1801, its bell chamber's Portland stonework by March 1803, and its copper cupola by May 1803. The new tower's ground floor room became the parish's vestry room, and later (in the 20th century) a robing room for the clergy, and in the 14 ft deep brick chamber beneath it are interred the ashes of the novelist Dorothy L Sayers, who was a longtime Churchwarden of the parish and member of the St Anne's Society. 19th-century burials in the churchyard included David Williams (1816) and William Hazlitt (1830). Also placed in the crypt was the body of Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford in 1804.

The church's choir and musical, famous since its consecration, continued with Sir Joseph Barnby (later Precentor of Eton), who served as its organist from 1871 to 1888 and introduced the first UK performance of Bach's "Saint John Passion", and with royal command performances (in 1886 for Queen Victoria at Windsor, singing Louis Spohr's "Last Judgement"; and later, at Buckingham Palace, for Queen Alexandra). The first religious service with music broadcast by radio came from this church in the 1920s.

1939–present
The whole church was left burned out on the night of 24 September 1940 during the Blitz, apart from the tower, which was left derelict. St Thomas's Regent Street (now demolished) and the adjoining St Anne's House in the "Upper Room" (now known as the "Allen Room") were used for worship from then on. Though Jacques Groag in 1945 proposed keeping the ruins as a war memorial, it was by 1949 assumed that the church would not be rebuilt, so in 1953 the remains of the east wall (the only significant parts left standing) were demolished, the site deconsecrated and prepared for sale, and the parish amalgamated with those of the churches of St Thomas's Church, Regent Street and St Peter's Church, Great Windmill Street (creating the Parish of St Anne with St Thomas and St Peter, centred on St Thomas's).

The tower was used as a chapel for a time in the 1950s, partly restored in 1979 by the Soho Society, and fully restored in the 1990–91 rebuilding of the whole church – the tower is now a Grade II* listed building. That reconstruction had been the result of London County Council's policy to keep Soho as a residential area, was facilitated by a new private act of parliament in 1965 allowing the site to be cleared and began in earnest with a foundation stone laid by Princess Anne on 12 March 1990. The new complex was completed in time for an opening and rededication on St Anne's Day, 26 July 1991. The new church and its associated complex is not per se a reconstruction of the old and can be varied from a large to a small space. It is set within a community centre and is a community focus such as for grief surrounding the 1999 Admiral Duncan pub bombing.

Despite the lack of a building at that time, from 1941 to 1958 the St Anne Society under Father Patrick McLaughlin encouraged links between the literary world and the Church of England, with members such as Fr Gilbert Shaw, J. C. Winnington-Ingram, Charles Williams, Agatha Christie, T. S. Eliot, Fr Max Petitpierre, Dom Gregory Dix, Arnold Bennett, C. S. Lewis and the churchwarden Rose Macaulay. Continuing the work of the church's 18th- and 19th-century philanthropic rectors, in the 20th and 21st centuries the "Vestry of St Anne's" (now called the Parochial Church Council) has been active in social work with London's poor and homeless (Kenneth Leech founded the charity Centrepoint in St Anne's House's basement in December 1969 whilst he was assistant priest at St Anne's and it remained based at the church until 2023). The Church is currently thriving as a church community and as venue for many local community and charitable events and meetings; it also houses the Soho Society, anti-homophobic bullying charity Diversity Role Models and since January 2024 its own community coffee shop Sacred Grounds. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the rebuilding of the church a redesigned entrance on Dean Street was unrevealed on 8 December 2016.

The new entrance by UAL London students Lina Viluma and Sherief al Rifa’i who were chosen, as a result of a competition to redesign the entrance of St Anne's. Winning the President's Award for alterations to a church building in the 2017 Church Architecture Awards, the judges said that "The design has a strong idea but has been carefully refined employing subtle geometries in the ceiling and joinery. These elements have been combined with a striking lighting scheme to make a dynamic and inviting entrance to the church."

Rectors of St Anne's Church, Soho

 * 1686–1704† John Hearne
 * 1704–1750† John Pelling
 * 1750–1766† Samuel Squire (as Dean of Bristol from 1760, Bishop of St David's from 1761)
 * 1766–1778 Richard Hind
 * 1778–1781† Robert Richardson
 * 1781–1806† Stephen Eaton (as Archdeacon of Middlesex)
 * 1806–1845† Roderick MacLeod
 * 1846–1891 Nugent Wade
 * 1891–1914 John Henry Cardwell
 * 1914–1929† George Clement Wilton
 * 1930–1933 Basil Bourchier (resigned after mountaineering accident or due to scandal )
 * 1953–1962 Patrick McLaughlin
 * 1963–1975 John Frear Hester
 * 1978–1984 Michael Barnabas St Leger Hurst-Bannister
 * 1985–1998 Frederick Crichton Stevens
 * 1998–2007 Clare Marguerite Herbert
 * 2007–2011 David Samuel Gilmore (sacked for unbecoming conduct)
 * 2011–2013 William Mungo Jacob
 * 2013– Richard Simon Fildes Buckley
 * 2013– Richard Simon Fildes Buckley

† Rector died in post

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West Virginia Route 129

West Virginia Route 129 is an east–west state highway located in central West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 39 in Drennen. The eastern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 41 in Mount Nebo.

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User:Zoe.r

I'm Zoë Kirk-Robinson, a writer, artist, videographer and politician. I'm originally from Durham but now live in Manchester. I have a degree in Physics, a degree in Law and a diploma in English Law. Most of my work is available freely online, either at my personal website or one of my webcomic sites: The Life of Nob T. Mouse (the first British web comic), All over the house and Ink Proof Cannon.

Contributions
I have contributed to the following articles in a manner that isn't limited to simple code/spelling/grammar corrections and other associated minor points:

 * The Ancestor Cell (Expanded the introduction, added plot details, story/continuity notes and some reference links);
 * Avril Lavigne (Corrected her place of birth, added info about early appearances as a vocalist on other artists' albums and added the name of her first manager to her bio);
 * Corbett vs Corbett (Created);
 * Drawing down the Moon (ritual) (Created as a stub and points to Wiccan ritual but needs far more work and reference to other practices).
 * Electronic Voice Phenomenon (Found and referenced research into EVPs; attempted to remove bias; and generally tried to improve the article - most of my attempts failed because a few people can't tell the difference between opinion and reality).
 * Life on Mars (TV series) (Created the Anachronisms section and made a few changes/corrections to other parts of the article).

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Sharbani Mukherjee

Sharbani Mukherjee (alternate name: Sharbani Mukherji) is an Indian actress working predominantly in Hindi films and in a few Malayalam language films to her credits.

Biography
She is the daughter of Rono Mukerji and thus part of the Mukherjee-Samarth family. Her paternal uncles were Deb Mukherjee, Joy Mukherjee and Shomu Mukherjee. Her paternal grandfather, Sashadhar Mukherjee, was a filmmaker. His wife Satirani Devi was the sister of Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar. Her paternal cousins are actresses Rani Mukerji, Kajol and Tanisha, director Ayan Mukerji and noted MIT algebraic geometer Davesh Maulik. Her brother Samrat Mukerji is also a Bollywood and Bengali actor.

Career
Sharbani made her debut with the hit film Border. She was featured opposite Samir Soni in the song "Ghar Aaja Sonia", sung by Shazia Mansoor. She has also acted in various ads. By 2008 she shifted her focus into Mollywood, her debut Malayalam film Raakilipattu was a mystery-thriller film directed by Priyadarshan and co-starring Jyothika, Tabu and Ishitta Arun. She played the lead role in the film Sufi Paranja Katha. It is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the Malayalam New Wave.

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Classifying space for U(n)

In mathematics, the classifying space for the unitary group U(n) is a space BU(n) together with a universal bundle EU(n) such that any hermitian bundle on a paracompact space X is the pull-back of EU(n) by a map X → BU(n) unique up to homotopy.

This space with its universal fibration may be constructed as either Both constructions are detailed here.
 * 1) the Grassmannian of n-planes in an infinite-dimensional complex Hilbert space; or,
 * 2) the direct limit, with the induced topology, of Grassmannians of n planes.

Construction as an infinite Grassmannian
The total space EU(n) of the universal bundle is given by

 * $$EU(n)=\left \{e_1,\ldots,e_n \ : \ (e_i,e_j)=\delta_{ij}, e_i\in H \right \}.$$

Here, H denotes an infinite-dimensional complex Hilbert space, the ei are vectors in H, and $$\delta_{ij}$$ is the Kronecker delta. The symbol $$(\cdot,\cdot)$$ is the inner product on H. Thus, we have that EU(n) is the space of orthonormal n-frames in H.

The group action of U(n) on this space is the natural one. The base space is then

 * $$BU(n)=EU(n)/U(n) $$

and is the set of Grassmannian n-dimensional subspaces (or n-planes) in H. That is,

 * $$BU(n) = \{ V \subset H \ : \ \dim V = n \}$$

so that V is an n-dimensional vector space.

Case of line bundles
For n = 1, one has EU(1) = S∞, which is known to be a contractible space. The base space is then BU(1) = CP∞, the infinite-dimensional complex projective space. Thus, the set of isomorphism classes of circle bundles over a manifold M are in one-to-one correspondence with the homotopy classes of maps from M to CP∞.

One also has the relation that

 * $$BU(1)= PU(H),$$

that is, BU(1) is the infinite-dimensional projective unitary group. See that article for additional discussion and properties.

For a torus T, which is abstractly isomorphic to U(1) × ... × U(1), but need not have a chosen identification, one writes BT.

The topological K-theory K0(BT) is given by numerical polynomials; more details below.

Construction as an inductive limit
Let Fn(Ck) be the space of orthonormal families of n vectors in Ck and let Gn(Ck) be the Grassmannian of n-dimensional subvector spaces of Ck. The total space of the universal bundle can be taken to be the direct limit of the Fn(Ck) as k → ∞, while the base space is the direct limit of the Gn(Ck) as k → ∞.

Validity of the construction
In this section, we will define the topology on EU(n) and prove that EU(n) is indeed contractible.

The group U(n) acts freely on Fn(Ck) and the quotient is the Grassmannian Gn(Ck). The map

 * $$\begin{align}

F_n(\mathbf{C}^k) & \longrightarrow \mathbf{S}^{2k-1} \\ (e_1,\ldots,e_n) & \longmapsto e_n \end{align}$$

is a fibre bundle of fibre Fn−1(Ck−1). Thus because $$\pi_p(\mathbf{S}^{2k-1})$$ is trivial and because of the long exact sequence of the fibration, we have

 * $$\pi_p(F_n(\mathbf{C}^k))=\pi_p(F_{n-1}(\mathbf{C}^{k-1}))$$

whenever $$p\leq 2k-2$$. By taking k big enough, precisely for $$k>\tfrac{1}{2}p+n-1$$, we can repeat the process and get

 * $$\pi_p(F_n(\mathbf{C}^k)) = \pi_p(F_{n-1}(\mathbf{C}^{k-1})) = \cdots = \pi_p(F_1(\mathbf{C}^{k+1-n})) = \pi_p(\mathbf{S}^{k-n}).$$

This last group is trivial for k > n + p. Let

 * $$EU(n)={\lim_{\to}}\;_{k\to\infty}F_n(\mathbf{C}^k)$$

be the direct limit of all the Fn(Ck) (with the induced topology). Let

 * $$G_n(\mathbf{C}^\infty)={\lim_\to}\;_{k\to\infty}G_n(\mathbf{C}^k)$$

be the direct limit of all the Gn(Ck) (with the induced topology).

"Lemma: The group $\pi_p(EU(n))$ is trivial for all p ≥ 1."

Proof: Let γ : Sp → EU(n), since Sp is compact, there exists k such that γ(Sp) is included in Fn(Ck). By taking k big enough, we see that γ is homotopic, with respect to the base point, to the constant map.$$\Box$$

In addition, U(n) acts freely on EU(n). The spaces Fn(Ck) and Gn(Ck) are CW-complexes. One can find a decomposition of these spaces into CW-complexes such that the decomposition of Fn(Ck), resp. Gn(Ck), is induced by restriction of the one for Fn(Ck+1), resp. Gn(Ck+1). Thus EU(n) (and also Gn(C∞)) is a CW-complex. By Whitehead Theorem and the above Lemma, EU(n) is contractible.

Cohomology of BU(n)
Proposition: The cohomology ring of $$\operatorname{BU}(n)$$ with coefficients in the ring $$\mathbb{Z}$$ of integers is generated by the Chern classes:

 * $$H^*(\operatorname{BU}(n);\mathbb{Z})

=\mathbb{Z}[c_1,\ldots,c_n].$$

Proof: Let us first consider the case n = 1. In this case, U(1) is the circle S1 and the universal bundle is S∞ → CP∞. It is well known that the cohomology of CPk is isomorphic to $$\mathbf{R}\lbrack c_1\rbrack/c_1^{k+1}$$, where c1 is the Euler class of the U(1)-bundle S2k+1 → CPk, and that the injections CPk → CPk+1, for k ∈ N*, are compatible with these presentations of the cohomology of the projective spaces. This proves the Proposition for n = 1.

There are homotopy fiber sequences

 * $$ \mathbb{S}^{2n-1} \to B U(n-1) \to B U(n) $$

Concretely, a point of the total space $$BU(n-1)$$ is given by a point of the base space $$BU(n)$$ classifying a complex vector space $$V$$, together with a unit vector $$u$$ in $$V$$; together they classify $$ u^\perp < V $$ while the splitting $$V = (\mathbb{C} u) \oplus u^\perp $$, trivialized by $$u$$, realizes the map $$ B U(n-1) \to B U(n) $$ representing direct sum with $$\mathbb{C}.$$

Applying the Gysin sequence, one has a long exact sequence

 * $$ H^p ( BU(n) ) \overset{\smile d_{2n} \eta}{\longrightarrow} H^{p+2n} ( BU(n) ) \overset{j^*}{\longrightarrow} H^{p+2n} (BU(n-1)) \overset{\partial}{\longrightarrow} H^{p+1}(BU(n)) \longrightarrow \cdots $$

where $$\eta$$ is the fundamental class of the fiber $$\mathbb{S}^{2n-1}$$. By properties of the Gysin Sequence, $$j^*$$ is a multiplicative homomorphism; by induction, $$H^*BU(n-1)$$ is generated by elements with $$ p < -1 $$, where $$\partial$$ must be zero, and hence where $$j^*$$ must be surjective. It follows that $$j^*$$ must always be surjective: by the universal property of polynomial rings, a choice of preimage for each generator induces a multiplicative splitting. Hence, by exactness, $$\smile d_{2n}\eta $$ must always be injective. We therefore have short exact sequences split by a ring homomorphism

 * $$ 0 \to H^p ( BU(n) ) \overset{\smile d_{2n} \eta}{\longrightarrow} H^{p+2n} ( BU(n) ) \overset{j^*}{\longrightarrow} H^{p+2n} (BU(n-1)) \to 0 $$

Thus we conclude $$H^*(BU(n)) = H^*(BU(n-1))[c_{2n}]$$ where $$c_{2n} = d_{2n} \eta$$. This completes the induction.

K-theory of BU(n)
Consider topological complex K-theory as the cohomology theory represented by the spectrum $$KU$$. In this case, $$KU^*(BU(n))\cong \mathbb{Z}[t,t^{-1}]c_1,...,c_n$$, and $$ KU_*(BU(n))$$ is the free $$\mathbb{Z}[t,t^{-1}]$$ module on $$\beta_0$$ and $$\beta_{i_1}\ldots\beta_{i_r}$$ for $$n\geq i_j > 0$$ and $$r\leq n$$. In this description, the product structure on $$ KU_*(BU(n)) $$ comes from the H-space structure of $$BU$$ given by Whitney sum of vector bundles. This product is called the Pontryagin product.

The topological K-theory is known explicitly in terms of numerical symmetric polynomials.

The K-theory reduces to computing K0, since K-theory is 2-periodic by the Bott periodicity theorem, and BU(n) is a limit of complex manifolds, so it has a CW-structure with only cells in even dimensions, so odd K-theory vanishes.

Thus $$K_*(X) = \pi_*(K) \otimes K_0(X)$$, where $$\pi_*(K)=\mathbf{Z}[t,t^{-1}]$$, where t is the Bott generator.

K0(BU(1)) is the ring of numerical polynomials in w, regarded as a subring of H∗(BU(1); Q) = Q[w], where w is element dual to tautological bundle.

For the n-torus, K0(BTn) is numerical polynomials in n variables. The map K0(BTn) → K0(BU(n)) is onto, via a splitting principle, as Tn is the maximal torus of U(n). The map is the symmetrization map

 * $$f(w_1,\dots,w_n) \mapsto \frac{1}{n!} \sum_{\sigma \in S_n} f(x_{\sigma(1)}, \dots, x_{\sigma(n)})$$

and the image can be identified as the symmetric polynomials satisfying the integrality condition that

 * $$ {n \choose n_1, n_2, \ldots, n_r}f(k_1,\dots,k_n) \in \mathbf{Z}$$

where

 * $$ {n \choose k_1, k_2, \ldots, k_m} = \frac{n!}{k_1!\, k_2! \cdots k_m!}$$

is the multinomial coefficient and $$k_1,\dots,k_n$$ contains r distinct integers, repeated $$n_1,\dots,n_r$$ times, respectively.

Infinite classifying space
The canonical inclusions $$\operatorname{U}(n)\hookrightarrow\operatorname{U}(n+1)$$ induce canonical inclusions $$\operatorname{BU}(n)\hookrightarrow\operatorname{BU}(n+1)$$ on their respective classifying spaces. Their respective colimits are denoted as:

 * $$\operatorname{U}
 * =\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\operatorname{U}(n);$$
 * $$\operatorname{BU}
 * =\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\operatorname{BU}(n).$$

$$\operatorname{BU}$$ is indeed the classifying space of $$\operatorname{U}$$.

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West Virginia Route 123

West Virginia Route 123 is an east–west state highway located in the Bluefield, West Virginia area. The western terminus of the route is at the Virginia state line northwest of Bluefield, where WV 123 continues west as secondary State Route 643. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 19 and U.S. Route 460 northeast of Bluefield.

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West Virginia Route 122

West Virginia Route 122 is an east–west state highway located in southern West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 12 in Forest Hill. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 219 north of Rock Camp.

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Martingrove Collegiate Institute

Martingrove Collegiate Institute is a semestered public secondary school in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1966 and is currently overseen by the Toronto District School Board.

Gifted Program
Martingrove is currently one of two TDSB designated high schools for the Gifted Program in Etobicoke (the other being Thistletown Collegiate Institute).

AP & Pre-AP Program
Martingrove offers the Advanced Placement Program and Pre-AP Program to its students. The Pre-AP Program begins in Grade 9 and continues through Grade 11, and is meant to teach students the necessary skills, knowledge, and foundations for success in preparation for entrance to the Advanced Placement Program in grade 12.

Reach for the Top
Martingrove has a history of participation in the high school quiz program Reach for the Top. They have won numerous local, regional and provincial tournaments, with appearances at both the provincial and national level finals. They have qualified for the national level finals for 6 years straight as of 2018.

Notable Victories:
 * 2013 - Ontario Provincial Champions
 * 2014 - Canadian National Champions
 * 2015 - Ontario Provincial Champions
 * 2016 - Ontario Provincial Champions

Model United Nations
Martingrove is host to one of the largest Model United Nations in Ontario, Martingrove Model United Nations, running the annual 2-day event since 1986. The event draws on hundreds of students across the Toronto District School Board, as well as notable guest speakers such as Bob Rae (former Ontario Premier), Allan Rock (former Justice Minister), Jean Chrétien (former Canadian Prime Minister), and Elizabeth Dowdeswell (current Lieutenant Governor of Ontario).

School Newspaper
Martingrove's student-run news magazine is called The Martingrove Beacon. It was created in 2002 and since then has won 15 Toronto Star high school newspaper awards. Previously (in the late 1980's and early 90's), the newspaper was called The Bear Facts, so named after the school's mascot.

Auditorium Facilities Crew
Martingrove’s Auditorium Facilities Crew (AFC) is a student-run organization that takes care of the school’s stage productions, assemblies, and shows, as well as third party permits. They have worked with groups like the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra, hosted a Toronto Mayoral Debate for the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election with John Campbell, and hosted speeches from notable Toronto figures such as Yvan Baker and Anthony Morgan.

Notable alumni

 * Tom Cochrane, Musician
 * Daniel DeSanto, Actor (Half Baked, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Mean Girls, Breakaway)
 * Bruce Driver, Former NHL Hockey Player and Stanley Cup champion (New Jersey Devils)
 * Kiefer Sutherland, Actor (24, The Lost Boys, A Time to Kill)
 * Denis McGrath, Screenwriter and producer.
 * Ravi Vakil, Professor of Mathematics, Stanford University.
 * Heather MacLean, an Olympic Swimmer on the Swim Relay Squad in London, 2012.
 * Nathan Cullen, Canadian Federal politician in the New Democratic Party
 * Basia Bulat, Musician
 * Brad Giffen, Former News Anchor/Reporter (ABC, CTV, CITY-TV / Host-Toronto Rocks)
 * Malcolm Subban, NHL goalie for the Buffalo Sabres.
 * Mark Ellis, co-creator, Executive Producer of Flashpoint and X-Company
 * Keith Pelley, sports executive, CEO of the PGA European Tour, former presidents of Rogers Media, Toronto Argonauts and TSN.
 * Frank Morrone, audio engineer, Canadian Screen Award winner for The Book of Negroes, Emmy award winner.
 * Matthew Wright, Basketball Player (Phoenix Fuel Masters, Philippines National Team)
 * Ed Iacobucci, Dean and Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
 * Claire Thompson, hockey player for the Canadian Women's National Hockey Team, Olympic Gold Medalist.

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Talk:John of Capistrano

Misc
His body lies in the Croatian town Ilok. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.131.66.214 (talk • contribs) 2 October 2005

Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Antonio, Texas is also named after him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.154.245.229 (talk • contribs) 14 November 2005

Question about dates
Is the the same John of Capostrano(1386 – 1456) who (according to the Book of Saints (ISBN ) was canonized in 1724 and whose feast is 23 October? I think that a little research may be in order.

—Ian Spackman 16:53, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Also, Wikipedia claims that John of Capistrano was born on "June 24, 1386", but all the sources tell me is that he was born in just the year 1385 or 1386, as it is said in this link. This doesn't seem to fit his date of birth! --Angeldeb82 (talk) 02:00, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Joseph N. Tylenda, Saints and Feasts of the Liturgical Year: "St. John was born at Capistrano, near Aquila, Italy, on June 24, 1386.".
 * And Wikipedia doesn't "claim" anything - it is the encyclopedia anyone can edit :-) Scolaire (talk) 07:44, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Thank you for clearing this up for me.--Angeldeb82 (talk) 18:31, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Curious English romance
I ran into a quaint Middle English metrical romance called "Capystranus", dated 1515, and probably printed by Wynkyn de Worde. The romance recounts how Sir John Capystranus, together with an unknown Richard Morpath (an English knight) and John Black (a former Turk, maybe John Hunyadi) strikes back at the Sultan at Constantinople. Despite the gross inconsistencies between history and fiction, the relationship is pretty clear.

The romance is written in a pretty terse rhyme, with the usual focus on religion and violence.

This might need some extensive research, for which I unfortunately do not have the time nor resources at the moment. Someone will have fun with it.

erikcats 20:30, 14 April 2008 (CET)

Move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was page moved. @harej 00:59, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Giovanni da Capistrano → John of Capistrano — per Naming conventions, article title should be in English Philly jawn (talk) 18:30, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Move, per nom. Scolaire (talk) 22:09, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose without solid proof that the name John of Capistrano is more used in reference and scholar books than his original birth name. To be consistent, then we have to translate someting loke 1000 or more articles that have Giovanni in their name. --Foroa (talk) 11:43, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak support - John wins 3:2 on Google, and suffers less when excluding Wikipedia mirrors. Not necessarily convincing enough to persuade me on WP:COMMONNAME, but enough to tip it slightly for WP:UE.  81.110.104.91 (talk) 15:38, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see more evidence of usage in some English language reliable sources before any move (there's more options too - St John Capistran, St John Capistrano, etc). John is not automatically English in the sense of "Use English", in the same way that La traviata wasn't written by Joe Green - so we need to determine how widespread the different forms are. Knepflerle (talk) 20:52, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The naming convention for saints is listed here, Naming_conventions_(Clergy), "Saints go by their most common English name, minus the "Saint", unless they are only recognisable by its inclusion."Philly jawn (talk) 20:57, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * ...and can we have some evidence of what the most common name in English is, please? Knepflerle (talk) 22:00, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Did you try Google? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.111.114.131 (talk) 22:34, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

 * On Google Books, John of Capistrano gets 1,500 hits in English while Giovanni da Capistrano gets about 650. Scolaire (talk) 20:41, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Support Here, on English wikipedia the name John seems to be better.--Nmate (talk) 12:53, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

War with Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta?
The page says Peruga went to war with Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta in 1416. According to his page, Sigismondo wasn't born until 1417, so this seems extremely unlikely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sourisvoleur (talk • contribs) 03:12, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Whitewash
Has anyone noticed that someone whitewashed this page to remove any mention of John’s persecution of the Jews??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:547:1000:3090:1574:609e:a7cf:afc7 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

 * It is a historical misconception that he persecuted Jews. He simply preached against them. 2600:4040:A194:7000:3428:D633:B4DC:D53D (talk) 23:55, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * What seems to be whitewashed seems to be the reason for the persecution being ritual murders. 105.12.7.16 (talk) 17:18, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * It is a historical fact that Capistrano was personally responsible for the torture and burning alive of over 60 Jewish people in Wroclaw. This is confirmed by the biography of his friars Nicolaus de Fara, Christopherus de Varese and Hieronymus de Utino, as well as the report of the Viennese eyewitness Oswald Reicholf. Even Johannes Hofer CSsr, quoted in the article, does not deny the pogrom - but even tries to defend it (vol. 2, p. 214). Capistrano is a mass murderer. Satorarepotenetopera (talk) 11:13, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

title: Talk:John of Capistrano