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905811 | Ohio Republican Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio%20Republican%20Party | Ohio Republican Party
legislature considered redrawing their districts. Critics allege the motivation was to aid in Republican victories. When Democrat Brown threatened to run for governor in 2002, if he lost his seat through redistricting, the legislature scrapped redistricting plans. Republican Governor Taft won re-election. Taft was challenged by Cuyahoga County commissioner Tim Hagan. Both Brown and Strickland held onto their congressional seats.
By 2004, Republicans held all six statewide executive offices (governor/lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, and treasurer), a two-thirds majority in the state senate and house, a 5-2 majority on the Supreme Court, both seats in the US | 18,500 |
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Senate, and 12 of Ohio's 18 seats in the US House of Representatives. In 2006, Democrats began to retake some statewide offices. These include all of the executive offices except State Auditor (including the governorship going to Ted Strickland over Republican challenger J. Kenneth Blackwell) and one of the seats in the US Senate (Sherrod Brown defeating incumbent Mike DeWine).
Ohio Republicans still held ten seats in the US House of Representatives, one seat in the U.S. Senate, and a majority in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly. Between the election of Robert Cupp in 2007, the death of Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, and the appointment of Democrat Eric Brown in 2010, Republicans had controlled | 18,501 |
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all seven seats on the Ohio Supreme Court previously.
In 2008, Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama defeated Republican Candidate John McCain in Ohio.
In 2010, Republicans regained all of the statewide elected executive offices, including the governorship with the election of John Kasich, and regained the majority in the state House of Representatives and retaining the state Senate. Republicans also retained their seat in the U.S. Senate with the election of Rob Portman and retained a majority of the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition, 8th District Representative John Boehner was elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, making him third | 18,502 |
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in line of succession (and the highest ranking Republican) to the Presidency of the United States.
In November 2011, Gov. John Kasich's law that limits public worker's union bargain abilities was voted down by the people of Ohio. This was a major blow to the platform that Gov. Kasich ran on in 2010.
# Taft family political power.
The Taft Family has been one of the most powerful political families in US History. Robert Taft, Sr. was the first Taft to come to America, around the 1670s. The Ohio section of Taft's are descendants of Robert, Sr.
The start of the five generations of Taft's in politics was with Alphonso Taft. He was the founder of the Ohio political dynasty that is associated | 18,503 |
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with the Republican Party. Alphonso was in President Ulysses S. Grant's Cabinet, first as Attorney General then as Secretary of War. He was later appointed US Ambassador to the Austria-Hungary Empire.
Three of Alphonso's sons entered into politics also, former US Representative of Ohio's 1st District Charles Phelps Taft, former US President and Chief Justice of the United States William Howard Taft, and former Republican Party Delegate Henry Waters Taft.
Both of William H. Taft's sons entered into politics. Robert A. Taft was a former US Senator and his other son Charles Phelps Taft II was former Mayor of Cincinnati. Both men were seen as great politicians.
The next generation of Taft politicians | 18,504 |
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came from two of Robert's children. Robert Taft, Jr. served in both houses of the US Congress. His brother William Howard Taft III was Ambassador to Ireland.
The current generation of Tafts in politics are former Ohio Governor Bob Taft, son of Robert Taft Jr. William Howard Taft IV, son of William H. Taft III, has been an Ambassador to NATO and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense.
# Controversies.
In 2005, the Republican fundraiser and coin dealer Thomas Noe ran a rare coin fund that the State of Ohio had invested $50 million in. Soon valuable coins came up missing and an investigation discovered Noe had taken around $13 million from the fund. He was convicted in 2006 and was sentenced | 18,505 |
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to 18 years in state prison.
Noe was a top fundraiser for the George W. Bush campaign in Ohio in 2004, and the chairman for his campaign in Northwest Ohio. He was later convicted of making illegal contributions to the Bush campaign.
Noe had ties to then Governor Bob Taft. It was discovered through this scandal that the Governor and some of his top aides took improper gifts from Noe and other lobbyist. In 2005, Gov. Taft was charged with four misdemeanors related to these gifts.
This scandal had a negative effect on the Ohio Republican Party, who lost many seats in congress after 2006 and the Governorship went to Ted Strickland. In 2008, Barack Obama won Ohio's 20 electoral college votes on | 18,506 |
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his way to the presidency.
# Elected Officials.
## Members of Congress.
### US Senate.
- Rob Portman
### US House of Representatives.
- Steve Chabot, 1st District
- Brad Wenstrup, 2nd District
- Jim Jordan, 4th District
- Bob Latta, 5th District
- Bill Johnson, 6th District
- Bob Gibbs, 7th District
- Warren Davidson, 8th District
- Mike Turner, 10th District
- Troy Balderson, 12th District
- David Joyce, 14th District
- Steve Stivers, 15th District
- Anthony Gonzalez, 16th District
## Statewide offices.
- Governor: Mike DeWine
- Lieutenant Governor: Jon Husted
- Attorney General: Dave Yost
- Secretary of State: Frank LaRose
- State Treasurer: Robert Sprague
- State Auditor: | 18,507 |
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Keith Faber
## State legislative leaders.
### Ohio Senate.
- President of the Senate: Larry Obhof
- President pro tempore of the Senate: Bob Peterson
- Floor Leader: Randy Gardner
- Whip: Matt Huffman
### Ohio House of Representatives.
- Speaker of the House: Cliff Rosenberger
- Speaker pro tempore: Ron Amstutz
- Majority Floor Leader: Barbara Sears
- Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Jim Buchy
- Majority Whip: Mike Dovilla
- Assistant Majority Whip: Dorothy Pelanda
## State Supreme Court.
- Chief Justice: Maureen O'Connor
- Associate Justices:
## Party leadership.
- Chairman - Jane Timken
- Vice Chairman - Bryan C. Williams
# Notable Ohio Republicans.
- Salmon P. Chase: | 18,508 |
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US Senator, Governor of Ohio, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Justice of the United States
- Charles William Foster, Jr.: US representative, Governor of Ohio, United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Rutherford B. Hayes: US representative, Governor of Ohio, President of the United States
- William McKinley: US Representative, Governor of Ohio, President of the United States
- William Dennison: Governor of Ohio, United States Postmaster General
- David Tod: Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to Brazil
- Jacob Dolson Cox: Governor of Ohio, United States Secretary of the Interior
- John W. Bricker: Ohio Attorney General, Governor of Ohio, US Senator, Republican nominee for Vice | 18,509 |
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President of the United States
- Edward F. Noyes: Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to France
- Thomas L. Young: Governor of Ohio, US Representative
- Joseph B. Foraker: Governor of Ohio, US Senator
- George K. Nash: Ohio Attorney General, Governor of Ohio
- Frank B. Willis: Governor of Ohio, US Representative, US Senator
- C. William O'Neill: Ohio Attorney General, Governor of Ohio, Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
- James A. Rhodes: mayor of Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Auditor, Governor of Ohio, candidate for Republican nomination for President of the United States (1964, 1968), candidate for Republican nomination to the US Senate
- Warren G. Harding: US senator, Lieutenant Governor of | 18,510 |
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Ohio, President of the United States
- Benjamin F. Wade: US Senator, a Radical Republican, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate
- James A. Garfield: US Representative, President of the United States
- James Rudolph Garfield: United States Secretary of the Interior
- Ulysses S. Grant: commander of Union forces in the Civil War; President of the United States
- Benjamin Harrison: US Senator, President of the United States
- William H. Taft I: United States Secretary of War, President of the United States, Chief Justice of the United States
- William B. Saxbe: US Senator, US Attorney General, Ambassador to India
- John Sherman: US representative, United States Secretary of | 18,511 |
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the Treasury, US Senator, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, United States Secretary of State, author of the Sherman Antitrust Act
- Robert A. Taft I: Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, US Senator, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, candidate for Republican nomination for President of the United States (1940, 1948, 1952)
- Harold H. Burton: Ohio State Representative, mayor of Cleveland, US Senator, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Simeon D. Fess: US Representative, US Senator
- Nicholas Longworth: Speaker of the US House of Representatives
- Potter Stewart: Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Kingsley A. Taft: | 18,512 |
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US Senator, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
- Bob Taft: Governor of Ohio
- George Voinovich: US Senator, Governor of Ohio, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Mayor of Cleveland
# Party symbols.
Ohio Republicans use the same symbols used by the national Republican Party, such as the elephant. The Ohio Republican Party logo features a white elephant silhouette over the shape of Ohio in red, with blue outlining its northern border.
# See also.
- Political party strength in Ohio
- Politics of Ohio
- List of United States Representatives from Ohio
# Further reading.
- Joseph P. Smith, "History Of The Republican Party In Ohio: And Memoirs of Its Representative Supporters, In Two Imperial | 18,513 |
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ephant. The Ohio Republican Party logo features a white elephant silhouette over the shape of Ohio in red, with blue outlining its northern border.
# See also.
- Political party strength in Ohio
- Politics of Ohio
- List of United States Representatives from Ohio
# Further reading.
- Joseph P. Smith, "History Of The Republican Party In Ohio: And Memoirs of Its Representative Supporters, In Two Imperial Quarto Volumes." Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1898. Vol. I | Vol. II
# External links.
- Ohio Republican Party
- Ohio College Republican Federation
- Butler County Republican Party in Butler County, Ohio
- Ohio Federation of Republican Women
- Jo Ann Davidson Leadership Institute | 18,514 |
905832 | Adamawa State | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adamawa%20State | Adamawa State
Adamawa State
Adamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola. In 1991, when Taraba State was carved out from Gongola State, the geographical entity Gongola State was renamed Adamawa State, with four administrative divisions: Adamawa, Michika, Ganye, Mubi and Numan. It is the home of the American University of Nigeria in Yola and Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola. It is one of the thirty-six states that constitute the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
On May 14, 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Adamawa State, along with neighboring Borno State and Yobe State, due to the activities of Boko Haram.
# Geography.
Adamawa is one of the | 18,515 |
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largest states of Nigeria and occupies about 36,917 square kilometres. It is bordered by the states of Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west and Taraba to the southwest. Its eastern border forms the national eastern border with Cameroon.
Topographically, it is a mountainous land crossed by the large river valleys – Benue, Gongola and Yedsarem. The valleys of the Mount Cameroon, Mandara Mountains and Adamawa Plateau form part of the landscape.
# Economy.
The major occupation of the people is farming as reflected in their two notable vegetational zones, the Sub-Sudan and Northern Guinea Savannah zones. Their cash crops are cotton and groundnuts while food crops include maize, yam, cassava, | 18,516 |
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guinea corn, millet and rice.
The village communities living on the banks of the rivers engage in fishing while the Fulanis are cattle rearers. The state has a network of roads linking all parts of the country.
The development of many communities in the state can be traced to the colonial era when the Germans ruled a swath of territory known as the Northern and Southern Kameruns from Dikwa in the North to Victoria (Limbe) on the Atlantic coast in the 19th century. These were, however, handed over as United Nations Trust Territories to the British at the end of the World War I with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. After a series of referendums, the Northern Kameruns joined Nigeria to | 18,517 |
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form the then Sardauna Province, and the Southern Kameruns formed a Confederation with French speaking Cameroon.
Adamawa State is home to the headquarters of two indigenous churches, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN Church) with its headquarters in Mubi in the northern zone of the state, and the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN Church) with headquarters in Numan in the southern zone of the state. The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN church) was founded in Garkida Gombi Local Government of the state in March 1923 by American missionaries. The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN Church) was founded in Numan by Dutch missionaries in 1913.
# History.
Before it | 18,518 |
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became a state in Nigeria, Adamawa was a subordinate kingdom of the Sultanate of Sokoto which also included much of northern Cameroon. The rulers bear the title of emir ("" in the local language, Fulfulde).
The name "Adamawa" came from the founder of the kingdom, Modibo Adama, a regional leader of the Fulani Jihad organized by Usman dan Fodio of Sokoto in 1804. Modibo Adama came from the region of Gurin (now just a small village) and in 1806, received a green flag for leading the jihad in his native country. In the following years, Adama conquered many lands and tribes. In 1838, he moved his capital to Ribadu, and in 1839, to Joboliwo. In 1841, he founded Yola, where he died in 1848. After | 18,519 |
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the European colonization (first by Germany and then by Britain), the rulers remained as emirs and the line of succession has continued to the present day.
## Emirs of Adamawa.
Emirs of Adamawa have included:
- Modibbo Adama ben Hassan, 1809–1848
- Lawalu ben Adama, 1848–1872 (son of the previous)
- Sanda ben Adama, 1872–1890 (brother of the previous)
- Zubayru ben Adama, 1890–1901 (brother of the previous)
- Bobbo Ahmadu ben Adama, 1901–1909 (brother of the previous)
- Iya ben Sanda, 1909–1910 (son of Sanda ben Adama)
- Muhammadu Abba, 1910–1924 (son of Bobbo Ahmadu ben Adama)
- Muhammadu Bello ben Ahmadu ben Hamidu ben Adamu, 1924–1928
- Mustafa ben Muhammadu Abba, 1928–1946 (son | 18,520 |
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of Muhammadu Abba)
- Ahmadu ben Muhammadu Bello, 1946–1953
- Aliyu Mustafa, 1953–2010
- Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa, 2011–present
## Impact of Islamist insurgency.
Adamawa State has been impacted by the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria. As of November 30, 2014, the state has become home to camps housing an estimated 35,000 internally displaced persons fleeing violence from Boko Haram in locations such as Mubi, Madagali, Askira Uba, Bama and Gwoza in the states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe. In 2014, an estimate placed the number of internally displaced persons around Yola at 400,000.
Organizations serving the community include the Adamawa Peace Initiative (API)- a group of business, religious, | 18,521 |
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and community leaders- and the Adamawa Muslim Council. The United States Agency for International Development has pledged to provide continuing humanitarian assistance.
A measles outbreak was reported in the camps in January 2015.
# Sites of interest.
- Mubi
- Nuhu Auwalu Wakili's Palace
- Sukur World Heritage Site
- Lamido's Palace
- American University of Nigeria
- Kamale Mountain Peak in Michika
- Three Sisters Rock in Song
- The confluence of Rivers Benue and Gongola in Numan Uba under Mubi (Valanyi)
# Local Government Areas.
Adamawa State consists of twenty-one Local Government Areas (LGAs):
- Demsa
- Fufore
- Ganye
- Girei
- Gombi
- Guyuk
- Hong
- Jada
- Lamurde
- | 18,522 |
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- Girei
- Gombi
- Guyuk
- Hong
- Jada
- Lamurde
- Madagali
- Maiha
- Mayo-Belwa
- Michika
- Mubi North
- Mubi South
- Numan
- Shelleng
- Song
- Toungo
- Yola North (State capital)
- Yola South
# Notable people.
- Atiku Abubakar
- Prof. Iya Abubakar
- Prof. Jibril Aminu
- Alex Badeh
- Ahmed Hassan Barata
- Mohammed Bello
- Aisha Buhari
- Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
- Binta Masi Garba
- Boni Haruna
- Bindo Jibrilla
- Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta
- Ibrahim Lamorde
- Babachir David Lawal
- Buba Marwa
- Abubakar Saleh Michika
- Boss Mustapha
- Murtala Nyako
- Nuhu Ribadu
- Bamanga Tukur
# External links.
- Adamawa.com - Articles, photographs, and art from Adamawa State | 18,523 |
905841 | Hugh Blumenfeld | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Blumenfeld | Hugh Blumenfeld
Hugh Blumenfeld
Hugh Blumenfeld (born October 11, 1958) is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, graduated with degrees in Biology and Humanities from M.I.T. in 1980, and got a Masters in English Literature from the University of Chicago in 1981. He was active in the Greenwich Village music scene in the 1980s, attending the Cornelia Street Songwriters Exchange and performing at Folk City and Speak Easy while working on a PhD in Poetics from New York University. He also helped to edit the "Fast Folk Musical Magazine" (now part of the Smithsonian-Folkways collection) and recorded songs for a dozen issues. After earning | 18,524 |
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his PhD in 1991, he worked as an English professor until 1994, when he began writing and performing full-time. Over the next 10 years he toured mainly in the Northeast and Midwest, with several short tours in Europe and one in Israel. In 1999 he was appointed Connecticut State Troubadour.
In the fall of 2003, after many forays into the realm of music and healing, he enrolled in medical school at the University of Connecticut and became an MD. He currently practices family medicine in Hartford, Connecticut, and continues to perform as part of a folk quintet, The Faithful Sky with long-time collaborators including Jim Mercik.
# Recordings.
Blumenfeld's first album, "The Strong In Spirit", was | 18,525 |
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self-released as an LP in late 1987. It featured performances by Lucy Kaplansky, Marshal Rosenberg, Kenny Kosek and Mark Dann, and was produced by David Seitz. It includes "Brothers" and "Let Me Fall In Love Before the Spring Comes," which was later included in On A Winter's Night, a popular compilation edited by Christine Lavin. His second collection of songs, "Barehanded", was recorded in 1990 and originally released on cassette for limited distribution. In 1993, this album became the first release of the New York-based independent label Prime-CD, which re-released "The Strong In Spirit" on CD the following year.
In 1996, Blumenfeld released "Mozart's Money", an album that helped him gain | 18,526 |
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a national audience through reviews and indie radio airplay. The album combined high energy folk-rock and jazz-tinged tracks with more lyrical, strictly acoustic pieces. Lucy Kaplansky and Mark Dann feature prominently and are joined by Michael Visceglia (of Suzanne Vega's band), Mindy Jostyn and Madwoman in the Attic. Its hidden track, "When Hiroshima Comes to Disneyland" was penned during a recording session, the first in a string of sharp political satires. "Rocket Science", the last of his Prime-CD recordings, came out in 1998 and includes "Longhaired Radical Socialist Jew." In 2000, he recorded "Big Red" in Switzerland for the Brambus record label during one of his tours with percussionist | 18,527 |
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Shane Shannahan, who later toured and recorded with Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. On the CD, recorded live in the studio in just two days, they are joined by popular Swiss country music singer Doris Ackermann. Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde is an expanding collection of satirical songs that includes live recordings, basement tapes and previously released CD tracks.
# Discography.
- "The Strong in Spirit" (1988)
- "Barehanded" (1993)
- "Mozart's Money" (1996)
- "Rocket Science" (1998)
- "Big Red" (2000)
- "Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde" (1998, 2004)
Compilations:
- On A Winter's Night (Rounder)
- Big League Babe: Tribute to Christine Lavin, Vol. 2 (Prime-CD).
- Postcrypt (Prime-CD)
- The Folk Next | 18,528 |
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er Doris Ackermann. Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde is an expanding collection of satirical songs that includes live recordings, basement tapes and previously released CD tracks.
# Discography.
- "The Strong in Spirit" (1988)
- "Barehanded" (1993)
- "Mozart's Money" (1996)
- "Rocket Science" (1998)
- "Big Red" (2000)
- "Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde" (1998, 2004)
Compilations:
- On A Winter's Night (Rounder)
- Big League Babe: Tribute to Christine Lavin, Vol. 2 (Prime-CD).
- Postcrypt (Prime-CD)
- The Folk Next Door (WWUH-FM)
- Fast Folk Musical Magazine
- Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Community of Songwriters (Smithsonian-Folkways, 2002)
# External links.
- Hugh Blumenfeld's official web site | 18,529 |
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Abia State
Abia is a state in the south eastern part of Nigeria. The capital is Umuahia and the major commercial city is Aba, which was formerly a British colonial government outpost in the region, it's also one of the most populated area in Nigeria. Abia state was created in 1991 from part of Imo State. It is one of the constituent states of the Niger Delta region. It's also the 5th most industrialized state in the country, and has the 4th highest index of human development in the country, with numerous economic activities and fast growing populations as recorded by the United nations early 2018.
The state also houses the biggest cattle market In Nigeria sited at the Enugu-ph highway in Umu | 18,530 |
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Nneochi L.G.A
# Geography.
Abia State, which occupies about 6,320 square kilometres, is bounded on the north and northeast by the states of Anambra, Enugu, and Ebonyi. To the west of Abia is Imo State, to the east and southeast are Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State respectively and to the south is Rivers State. The southern part of the State lies within the riverine part of Nigeria, it is a low-lying tropical rainforest with some oil-palm brush, the southern portion gets heavy rainfall of about per year and is especially intense between the months of April through October. The rest of the State is moderately high plain and wooded savanna. The most important rivers in Abia State are the | 18,531 |
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Imo and Aba Rivers which flow into the Atlantic Ocean through Akwa Ibom State.
# Infrastructure and economy.
Crude oil and gas production is a prominent activity, as it contributes over 39% of the State's GDP. However, the indigenous oil companies- through the Marginal Fields Programme (MFP)- have not found it easy to attract the requisite funding and infrastructural capacity to explore some of the marginal oil fields which are about 50 in the State.
The manufacturing sector only accounts for 2% of the GDP. The industrial centre of the state is in Aba, with textile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, soap, plastics, cement, footwear, and cosmetics. In addition to the above, Abia State Government | 18,532 |
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has just built a 9,000 capacity multipurpose International Conference Centre in Umuahia. This edifice of international standard was built by Governor T.A Orji to enhance tourism as well as boost the state economy through hosting of major International and Local events.
Representing 27% of the GDP, agriculture- which employs 70% of the state workforce- is the second economic sector of Abia. With its adequate seasonal rainfall, Abia has much arable land that produces yams, maize, potatoes, rice, cashews, plantains, taro, and cassava. Oil palm is the most important cash crop.
## Oil and gas exploration.
There are over 100 oil wells and 3 installed flow stations in Abia State. There is also an | 18,533 |
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associated gas plant, Abia/NNPC gas plant. As of 2012, boundary Commission said it returned 42 oil wells from neighbouring Rivers State to Abia. This would have meant Abia being fourth largest oil producing state in the country. Oil giant, Shell, holds most of the licenses for the wells in the State and has concentrated on the estimated 50 wells that are considered high-yield.
The State produced 36,000 barrels of crude oil per day; "Imoturu produces 23,000 barrels per day and Isimili flow station produces over 8,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Then four oil wells in Izaku go to Obigo flow station. About 30 oil wells from my village go to Umuri and about eight oil wells from Umurie go to Afam", | 18,534 |
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lamented Samuel Okezie Nwogu, Chairman of Abia State Oil Producing Development Area Commission (ASOPADEC).
However, the State has complained of poor funding from its oil revenue federal allocation. Our people are really suffering, and there are lots of projects we can still execute to alleviate their sufferings.
# University and colleges.
There are four universities in the state: the federal-owned Michael Okpara University of Agriculture at Umudike, the state-owned Abia State University in Uturu, and the Gregory University Uturu and Rhema University in Aba, both privately owned. There are two tertiary hospitals, the Federal Medical Center in Umuahia and the Abia State University Teaching | 18,535 |
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Hospital in Aba, which serve as referral hospitals in the State. The Abia State Polytechnic is also in the city of Aba. There are two major power plants in Abia, The Alaoji Power plant and the Geometric Power plant.
Abia is one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria and has been a "haven" for foreign investors. The state's population has grown rapidly since its creation.
# Travel.
The nearest airport to Abia is Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport (Owerri Airport), an hour drive to Umuahia and Aba; and Port Harcourt International Airport, 2 hours. Akwa Ibom Airport (Akwa Ibom State) can also serve would-be visitors. The distance between Uyo (Akwa Ibom) and Umuahia (Abia) is: .
The rail transport is | 18,536 |
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also another means of travel, very effective but currently on revitalisation. Aba is connected to Port Harcourt by rail. The coastal parts of the State are equally accessible with boats and canoes.
# History and population.
Abia State is one of the thirty-six (36) States in seventeen (17) Local government areas (LGAs) that constitute the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Abia was carved out of the former Imo State in 1991. The name "Abia" is an abbreviation of four of Abia state's densely populated regions Aba, Bende, Isuikwuato, and Afikpo.
Abia is mainly peopled by the Igbo ethnic group. The Igbo people, who are one of the indigenous peoples of Southeastern part of Nigeria, make up 95% of the | 18,537 |
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population. Their traditional language, Igbo is in widespread use. English is also widely spoken, and serves as the official language in governance and business. Abia's over 2.4 million people are mainly Christians.
# Politics.
The State Government is led by a democratically-elected executive Governor who works closely with members of the state's House of Assembly. The capital city is Umuahia. There are Seventeen (17) local government areas (LGAs).
In 1999, Nigeria became a democracy and Orji Uzor Kalu contested on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and won the Governorship election in Abia State. Consequently, he was sworn-in on 29 May 1999. In 2003, when it was time for | 18,538 |
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fresh elections, Kalu re-contested on the platform of the PDP and got a second mandate to govern (The Constitution of Nigeria limits Governors to two terms in office).
Theodore Orji (PPA) defeated Onyema Ugochukwu (PDP) in the 2007 general elections to become Abia's next Governor. In 2011, Theodore Orji decamped from PPA to the PDP and was re-elected for another four-year tenure.
On 11 April 2015, Okezie Ikpeazu was voted as the ninth Governor of Abia State under the platform of the People's Democratic Party. He was also declared the winner of the 2019 gubernatorial election after polling total number of 261,127 votes to defeat Uche Ogah of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Alex Otti | 18,539 |
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of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.and sworn in as Governor for a second term on May 29, 2019
# Local Government Areas.
Abia State consists of seventeen (17) Local Government Areas. They are:
- Aba North
- Aba South
- Arochukwu
- Bende
- Ikwuano
- Isiala Ngwa North
- Isiala Ngwa South
- Isuikwuato
- Obi Ngwa
- Ohafia
- Osisioma Ngwa
- Ugwunagbo
- Ukwa East
- Ukwa West
- Umuahia North
- Umuahia South
- Umu Nneochi
# Notable people.
- Arunma Oteh
- Chinyere Almona
- Jaja Wachuku
- Orji Uzor Kalu
- Nwankwo Kanu
- Okechukwu Enelamah - Medical Doctor, Chartered Accountant, Certified Financial Analyst and former Minister for Trade and Investment (2015–2019)
- John | 18,540 |
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Godson - Polish Lawmaker and Philanthropist
- Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani - Award-winning novelist and essayist.
- OC Ukeje - Lagos based Award-winning Nollywood Actor
- Michael Okpara - Premier of Nigeria's Eastern Region from 1959-1966
- Nnamdi Ezeigbo - Founder/CEO SLOT company.
- Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi - Nigeria's Military Officer and Former Head of State.
- Uzodinma Iweala - US based Medical Doctor and acclaimed author of the bestselling book Beasts of No Nation.
- Nnamdi Kanu - Founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group.
- Samuel Chukwueze - Nigeria National Team Football Player.
- Chinedu Ikedieze - Nollywood Actor
- Mazi Alvan Ikoku, OBE educationist (1900–1971)
- | 18,541 |
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- Nnamdi Kanu - Founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group.
- Samuel Chukwueze - Nigeria National Team Football Player.
- Chinedu Ikedieze - Nollywood Actor
- Mazi Alvan Ikoku, OBE educationist (1900–1971)
- Eni Njoku, First black Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos and University of Nigeria Nsukka. The pioneer professor of botany in Nigeria.
- Uche Jombo, Award winning nollywood actress
- Ruggedman, Afro-Rap Artiste
- J. Martins, Afro-pop Artiste
- Ike Nwachukwu, Military Officer, former governor of old Imo state, Diplomat and former Senator.
# External links.
- ABIA State of Nigeria – A Profile
- Abia State Background Information
- Abia Union USA | 18,542 |
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Austric languages
Austric is a proposed language family that includes the Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Madagascar, as well as the Austroasiatic languages spoken in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. A genetic relationship between these language families is seen as plausible but remains a hypothesis.
Additionally, the Kra–Dai languages, Hmong–Mien languages, and Japonic languages are included by some linguists.
Related proposals include Sino-Austronesian (Laurent Sagart) and Austro-Tai (Paul K. Benedict).
# History.
The Austric superfamily was first proposed by the German missionary Wilhelm Schmidt in 1906. He showed phonological, | 18,543 |
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morphological, and lexical evidence to support the existence of an Austric phylum consisting of Austroasiatic and Austronesian (in particular, Malayo-Polynesian). In 1942, Paul K. Benedict provisionally accepted the Austric hypothesis and extended it to include the Kra–Dai (Thai–Kadai) languages as an immediate sister branch to Austronesian, and further speculated on the possibility to include the Hmong–Mien (Miao–Yao) languages as well. However, he later abandoned and vocally rejected the Austric proposal in favor of an extended version of the Austro-Tai hypothesis.
Despite the tenuous lexical evidence, the relationship of Austronesian with Austroasiatic still has proponents to this day, mostly | 18,544 |
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on morphological grounds. Some believe that recently discovered morphological similarities between Nicobarese and Austronesian constitute solid proof of a genetic relationship. Other researchers are still searching for the missing lexical link between Austronesian and Austroasiatic or Kra–Dai. Reid (2005) summarizes the present state of the Austric hypothesis.
A 2015 analysis using the Automated Similarity Judgment Program (ASJP) did not support the Austric hypothesis. In this analysis, the supposed "core" components of Austric were assigned to two separate, unrelated clades: Austro-Tai and Austroasiatic-Japonic. Note however that ASJP is not widely accepted among historical linguists as an | 18,545 |
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adequate method to establish or evaluate relationships between language families.
# Classification schemes.
The following classification scheme, is the most commonly accepted one. Hmong–Mien languages are occasionally included, but are often rejected from the Austric superfamily.
Sergei Starostin, however, splits Austric into two main branches. The Austric branch would be considered to be most closely related to his Dené–Caucasian, forming a Dene-Daic super-family:
# See also.
- Classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages
- Classification of the Japonic languages
- Haplogroup O-M175 (Languages families and genes)
- Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
# Further reading.
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Benedict, Paul K. 1976. Austro-Thai and Austroasiatic. In: Philip N. Jenner, Laurence C. Thompson, and Stanley Starosta, eds., Austroasiatic Studies, Part I, pp. 1–36. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.
- Blazhek, Vaclav. 2000. Comments on Hayes "The Austric Denti-alveolar Sibilants". Mother Tongue V:15-17.
- Blevins, Juliette (2007). "A Long Lost Sister of Proto-Austronesian? Proto-Ongan, Mother of Jarawa and Onge of the Andaman Islands". Oceanic Linguistics 46 (1): 154–198.
- Blust, Robert. 1996. Beyond the Austronesian homeland: The Austric hypothesis and its implications for archaeology. In: Prehistoric Settlement of the Pacific, ed. by Ward H.Goodenough, DIANE Publishing Co, Collingdale | 18,547 |
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PA, 1996, pp. 117–137. (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 86.5. (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society).
- Blust, Robert. 2000. Comments on Hayes, "The Austric Denti-alveolar Sibilants". Mother Tongue V:19-21.
- Diffloth, Gerard F. 1989. What Happened to Austric? Mon–Khmer Studies XVI-XVII:1-9.
- Diffloth, Gerard. 1994. The lexical evidence for Austric so far. Oceanic Linguistics 33(2):309-321.
- Fleming, Hal. 2000. LaVaughn Hayes and Robert Blust Discuss Austric. Mother Tongue V:29-32.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 1992. On the Track of Austric, Part I: Introduction. Mon–Khmer Studies XXI:143-77.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 1997. On the Track of Austric, Part II: Consonant Mutation | 18,548 |
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in Early Austroasiatic. Mon–Khmer Studies XXVII:13-41.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 1999. On the Track of Austric, Part III: Basic Vocabulary Correspondence. Mon–Khmer Studies XXIX:1-34.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 2000. The Austric Denti-alveolar Sibilants. Mother Tongue V:1-12.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 2000. Response to Blazhek's Comments. Mother Tongue V:33-4.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 2000. Response to Blust's Comments. Mother Tongue V:35-7.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 2000. Response to Fleming's Comments. Mother Tongue V:39-40.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 2001. On the Origin of Affricates in Austric. Mother Tongue VI:95-117.
- Hayes, La Vaughn H. 2001. Response to Sidwell. Mother Tongue VI:123-7.
- Larish, Michael | 18,549 |
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D. 2006. Possible Proto-Asian Archaic Residue and the Statigraphy of Diffusional Cumulation in Austro-Asian Languages. Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17–20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.
- Reid, Lawrence A. 1994. Morphological evidence for Austric. Oceanic Linguistics 33(2):323-344.
- Reid, Lawrence A. 1996. The current state of linguistic research on the relatedness of the language families of East and Southeast Asia. In: Ian C. Glover and Peter Bellwood, editorial co-ordinators, Indo-Pacific Prehistory: The Chiang Mai Papers, Volume 2, pp . 87-91. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 15. Canberra: | 18,550 |
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Australian National University.
- Reid, Lawrence A. 1999. New linguistic evidence for the Austric hypothesis. In Selected Papers from the Eighth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, ed. by Elizabeth Zeitoun and Paul Jen-kuei Li, pp. 5–30. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
- Reid, Lawrence A. 2005. The current status of Austric: A review and evaluation of the lexical and morphosyntactic evidence. In The peopling of East Asia: putting together archaeology, linguistics and genetics, ed. by Laurent Sagart, Roger Blench and Alicia Sanchez-Mazas. London: Routledge Curzon.
- Schmidt, Wilhelm. 1906. Die Mon–Khmer-Völker, ein Bindeglied zwischen Völkern Zentralasiens und Austronesiens [The | 18,551 |
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Mon–Khmer Peoples, a Link between the Peoples of Central Asia and Austronesia]. Archiv für Anthropologie, Braunschweig, new series, 5:59-109.
- Schmidt, Wilhelm. 1930. Die Beziehungen der austrischen Sprachen zum Japanischen [The Connections of the Austric Languages to Japanese]. Wien Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte und Linguistik 1:239-51.
- Shorto, H. L. 1976. In Defense of Austric. Computational Analyses of Asian and African Languages 6:95-104.
- Sidwell, Paul. 2001. Comments on La Vaughn H. Hayes' "On the Origin of Affricates in Austric". Mother Tongue VI:119-121.
- Van Driem, George. 2000. Four Austric Theories. Mother Tongue V:23-27.
# External links.
- Phonologies of selected Austronesian | 18,552 |
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c. Computational Analyses of Asian and African Languages 6:95-104.
- Sidwell, Paul. 2001. Comments on La Vaughn H. Hayes' "On the Origin of Affricates in Austric". Mother Tongue VI:119-121.
- Van Driem, George. 2000. Four Austric Theories. Mother Tongue V:23-27.
# External links.
- Phonologies of selected Austronesian and Austroasiatic languages
- Glossary of purported lexical links among Austronesian and Austroasiatic languages
- Papers on the Austric hypothesis
- Word lists
- Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: Austronesian, Tai–Kadai, Hmong–Mien, Austro-Asiatic word lists
- Comparative Tai–Kadai and Hmong–Mien Swadesh vocabulary lists (from Wiktionary's Swadesh-list appendix) | 18,553 |
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Carly Patterson
Carly Patterson Caldwell (born February 4, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter and former artistic gymnast. She was the all-around champion at the 2004 Olympics, the first all-around champion for the United States at a non-boycotted Olympics, and is a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
# Gymnastics.
Patterson began gymnastics after attending a cousin's birthday party at a Baton Rouge gymnastics club (Elite Gymnastics) in 1994. She was coached there by former Israeli Olympian Yohanan Moyal. She started competing internationally in 2000, when she was 12 years old.
## 2000–2003.
In 2000, Patterson participated in the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium and won the silver | 18,554 |
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medal in the all-around and the bronze on balance beam. The next year, at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, she was ranked second in the all-around before the final rotation but missed three landings on the floor exercise and finished seventh.
Patterson became the U.S. junior national all-around champion in 2002. She then began her senior career by winning the 2003 American Cup, where she was the youngest competitor, having just turned 15. However, she was forced to sit out the 2003 U.S. National Championships, which would have been her first Nationals as a senior, because of a broken elbow.
Although she could not compete in Nationals, Patterson successfully petitioned to the | 18,555 |
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2003 World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, California. There, she earned the all-around silver medal, becoming the first American woman to medal in a World Championships all-around since Shannon Miller in 1994. She also helped the United States earn the team gold medal, a first for the American women.
## 2004.
Patterson again won the all-around at the American Cup in 2004, a performance she dedicated to her coach Evgeny Marchenko's mother, who had died just days before the competition. Later that year, she became co-national champion with Courtney Kupets. She also won the floor exercise at the National Championships and placed second on balance beam.
At the Olympic Trials, Patterson | 18,556 |
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fell off the balance beam on both days of competition, dropping her to third place. However, her performances at a subsequent national training camp were strong enough for her to make the Olympic team.
### Olympic Games.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Patterson finished first overall in the preliminary round and qualified for the all-around and balance beam finals. The United States, including Patterson, struggled in the team final: She under-rotated her vault, stubbed the low bar with her foot on the uneven bars, and had several wobbles on balance beam and a lunge forward on her dismount. She later admitted to being distracted after a rushed start on vault, with her coach saying, "The | 18,557 |
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beginning of the competition was stressful. It set the tone." The U.S. women, the reigning world champions, settled for silver.
In the individual all-around, Patterson narrowly defeated three-time world all-around champion Svetlana Khorkina of Russia. After scoring lower than usual on the vault (9.375), Patterson was stronger on her last three events, scoring 9.575 on the uneven bars, 9.725 on the balance beam, and 9.712 on the floor exercise. She became only the second American woman to win an Olympic all-around gold medal, and the first to do so in a non-boycotted Olympic Games. (Mary Lou Retton won the title at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. But because those Games were boycotted | 18,558 |
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by the Soviet Union, Retton did not face the Soviet gymnasts who consistently dominated the sport during that period, accounting for six of the seven Olympic all-around champions before 1984 and nine of the ten previous world all-around champions.)
On August 23, Patterson competed in the balance beam event final, where she received a score of 9.775 and won the silver medal behind Cătălina Ponor of Romania.
## Post-Olympics.
Soon after the Olympics, Patterson was diagnosed with several bulging discs in her lower back that had gone unnoticed. She announced her intention to take time off from the sport to rehabilitate her back, but she officially retired in 2006 without ever participating in | 18,559 |
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another major competition. She recalled the decision in a 2009 interview, saying, "I started having some back issues, and honestly, my doctor was like, 'Carly, you really need to stop if you want to be able to walk when you get older.' ... So I retired and moved on to singing."
She continues to stay occupied with event appearances, gymnastics-related and otherwise. She is focused on expanding her career as motivational speaker sharing her story with all age groups and corporate audiences. She also has a number of high-profile corporate sponsorships; she appeared in a Mobile ESPN commercial aired during Super Bowl XL in 2006. She also finished her authorized biography, which was released in | 18,560 |
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April 2006.
In December 2011, she was featured on the TV show Hollywood at Home.
Patterson teamed up with the Taylor's Gift Foundation as spokesperson for their 2012 organ donation challenge.
# Music.
Patterson first expressed interest in becoming a professional singer in a March 2005 interview. On August 21, 2005, she gave an interview on Fox Sports Net's Sports Sunday in which she gave more details on her future career. She sang a small segment of "Damaged" and said that she went to New York City to record the demo. On December 18, 2005, she announced that she signed a demo contract for four songs with Papa Joe's Records, owned by Joe Simpson, father of Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. She | 18,561 |
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worked with singer and writer Chris Megert. They wrote and produced songs titled "Time to Wake Up" and "Lost in Me".
## "Celebrity Duets".
On August 29, 2006, she started her appearance on the show "Celebrity Duets". The program was a reality competition show executive produced by Simon Cowell. Celebrities not known for singing were teamed up with professional singers; one of the eight celebrities was voted off each week. The show aired every Thursday on Fox with a results show each Friday, from September 7, 2006, to October 13, 2006.
On September 15, 2006, during the results show, Patterson was eliminated from the competition (singing with Jesse McCartney). Patterson said that she would | 18,562 |
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continue to sing. She also encouraged the audience to continue voting for the remaining celebrities because each vote raised money for charity.
## Recording.
On February 4, 2008, Patterson signed a recording contract with MusicMind Records, a Chicago-based label. Her single "Temporary Life (Ordinary Girl)" was released on iTunes on March 25, 2008. Her debut album "Back to the Beginning" was scheduled for release August 5, 2008. However, the CD was not released until more than a year later, on August 25, 2009, and in the interim, Patterson released another single, "Time to Wake Up," on iTunes on February 19, 2009.
On September 10, 2008, a remixed version of Patterson's "Temporary Life (Ordinary | 18,563 |
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Girl)" was played on the "Bobby Bones Show". The mixed version featured the new artist Captain Caucasian, a pseudonym for Bobby Bones.
Patterson's song "Here I Am" was featured on the second season of the ABC Family series "Make It or Break It", which focused on the lives of teen gymnasts striving to make it to the Olympic Games.
# Personal life.
Patterson made a cameo appearance at the end of the 2006 film "Stick It", starring Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, and Vanessa Lengies.
On January 21, 2012, Patterson became engaged to strategy consultant Mark Caldwell. They married on November 3, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. Carly received her bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's University in 2014.
In | 18,564 |
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April 2017, Patterson and her husband Mark announced that she is expecting their first child together having previously experienced a miscarriage the previous year. On October 10, 2017 People Magazine's website announced about the birth of her first child. Carly and Mark's son, Graham Mitchell Caldwell, was born at 12:39 p.m., weighing 9 lbs., 9 oz., and measuring 20¼ inches long. In August 2018, the couple announced that Patterson is expecting their second child, due February 2019. On February 12, Patterson gave birth to a daughter, Emmaline Rae.
# Honors and awards.
Patterson was chosen for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2009.
# See also.
- Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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first child together having previously experienced a miscarriage the previous year. On October 10, 2017 People Magazine's website announced about the birth of her first child. Carly and Mark's son, Graham Mitchell Caldwell, was born at 12:39 p.m., weighing 9 lbs., 9 oz., and measuring 20¼ inches long. In August 2018, the couple announced that Patterson is expecting their second child, due February 2019. On February 12, Patterson gave birth to a daughter, Emmaline Rae.
# Honors and awards.
Patterson was chosen for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2009.
# See also.
- Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics
# External links.
- Official webpage | 18,566 |
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LRB
LRB may refer to:
- Love Runs Blind, a Bangladeshi rock band
- "Lego Rock Band", a game in the "Rock Band" video game series
- Light Reaction Battalion, the Philippine Army counter-terrorist unit modeled after the U.S. Army Delta Force and British SAS
- Liquid rocket booster
- Little Red Book, quotations from Chairman Mao
- Little River Band, an Australian music act
- "London Review of Books", a British journal of literary and intellectual essays
# See also.
- L:RB, stock symbol for the consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser | 18,567 |
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Russian Guards
Guards () or Guards units (, "gvardeyskiye chasti") were elite military units of Imperial Russia prior to 1917-18. The designation of Guards was subsequently adopted as a distinction for various units and formations of the Soviet Union and the modern Russian Federation. The tradition goes back to a chieftain's "druzhina" of medieval Kievan Rus' and the Marksman Troops (Стрелецкое Войско), the Muscovite harquebusiers formed by Ivan the Terrible by 1550. The exact meaning of the term "Guards" varied over time.
# Imperial Russian Guard.
In the Russian Empire, Imperial Russian Guard units (also "lifguard" or "life-guard", ), derived from German "Leibgarde" (en: lifeguard or life-guard), | 18,568 |
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were intended to ensure the security of the sovereign, initially, that of Peter the Great in the 1690s. These were based on the Prussian Royal Life Guards. During the 19th century the Imperial Russian Guard regiments were not exclusively composed of Russian troops, but also included Lithuanian, Finnish and Ukrainian units.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Imperial Guards consisted of 13 infantry, 4 rifles and 14 cavalry regiments, artillery, engineers and transport, making up a separate entity within the army of three divisions. During the Brusilov Offensive the 1st and 2nd Guards' numbers were supplemented with line army corp and from September 1916 were known as the 'Special Army'.
In | 18,569 |
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February–March 1917 the defection of reserve battalions of the Imperial Guard based in St.Petersburg was a major factor in the overthrow of the Tsarist government. The service units of the Guard at the front disintegrated along with the remainder of the Imperial Army, until it was formally replaced by the new Red Army on 28 January 1918.
# Russian Revolution.
The Red Guards () were armed groups of workers formed during the Russian Revolution of 1917, although the designation and concept dates back to Moscow during the Revolution of 1905. In 1917 the volunteers of the Red Guard and their elected leaders formed the main strike force of the Bolsheviks. These workers' militias were created in | 18,570 |
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March 1917 in by Factory and Plant Committees and by Bolshevik party cells, with the initial purpose of defending the industrial enterprises and districts where they were recruited. In October 1917 the Red Guards of Petrograd played a leading role in the capture of the Winter Palace and the overthrow of the Provisional Government. When the Soviet Red Army was formed in 1918, the Red Guards became the Army Reserve and the basis for the formation of regular military detachments.
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the Red Army during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.
# Soviet Guards.
The Guards units () were again awarded to units and formations that distinguished themselves during the Second World War by the order of People's Commissar for Defence of USSR No.303 on the 18 September 1941, and were considered to have elite status. However, the Guards badge was not introduced until 21 May 1943.
Zhukov states "the first period of the war gave birth to the Soviet Guards. For mass heroism and success in the battles of 1941-1942 the Guards title was awarded to 789 groups, formations, separate units, and fighting ships of the Soviet Armed Forces."
There were total 11 Guard Armies and 6 Guard Tank | 18,572 |
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nits, and fighting ships of the Soviet Armed Forces."
There were total 11 Guard Armies and 6 Guard Tank Armies:
- 1st Guards Army
- 2nd Guards Army
- 3rd Guards Army
- 4th Guards Army
- 5th Guards Army
- 6th Guards Army
- 7th Guards Army
- 8th Guards Army
- 9th Guards Army
- 10th Guards Army
- 11th Guards Army
- 1st Guards Tank Army
- 2nd Guards Tank Army
- 3rd Guards Tank Army
- 4th Guards Tank Army
- 5th Guards Tank Army
- 6th Guards Tank Army
# Russian Federation Guards.
The Guards distinction was retained as designations of units and formations in the armed forces of the former Soviet Union: Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.
# See also.
- List of guards units of Ukraine | 18,573 |
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Methone (moon)
Methone is a very small natural satellite of Saturn orbiting between the orbits of Mimas and Enceladus. It was discovered in 2004, and in 2012 was imaged more closely by the "Cassini" orbiter probe.
# History.
Methone was first seen by the Cassini Imaging Team and given the temporary designation '. Methone is also named ' (32). The "Cassini" spacecraft has made two visits to Methone and its closest approach was made on May 20, 2012 with a minimum distance of from it.
The name Methone was approved by the IAU Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature on January 21, 2005. It was ratified at the IAU General Assembly in 2006. Methone (Greek "Μεθώνη") was one of the Alkyonides, | 18,574 |
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the seven beautiful daughters of the Giant Alkyoneus.
# Orbit.
Methone's orbit is visibly affected by a perturbing 14:15 mean-longitude resonance with the much larger Mimas. This causes its osculating orbital elements to vary with an amplitude of about in semi-major axis, and 5° in longitude of its periapsis on a timescale of about 450 days. Its eccentricity also varies on different timescales between 0.0011 and 0.0037, and its inclination between about 0.003° and 0.020°.
# Physical characteristics.
In May 2012, the "Cassini" spacecraft obtained its first close-up photographs of Methone, revealing an egg-shaped moonlet with a remarkably smooth surface, with no visible craters. The moons | 18,575 |
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Pallene and Aegaeon are thought to be similarly smooth. Methone has two different sharply defined albedo regions, one distinctly (~13%) darker centered on Methone's leading point. Its brighter area has an albedo of ~0.70. UV and IR spectra gave no indication of a color difference between the two regions, suggesting that a physical rather than compositional difference may be responsible. Increased exposure to electrons from Saturn's magnetosphere has been proposed to be responsible for thermal anomalies on the leading hemispheres of Mimas and Tethys, and a similar irradiation anisotropy might be behind Methone's albedo pattern.
Methone's mean radius is .
Assuming that Methone is in hydrostatic | 18,576 |
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equilibrium, i.e. that its elongated shape simply reflects the balance between the tidal force exerted by Saturn and Methone's gravity, its density can be estimated: , among the lowest density values obtained or inferred for a Solar System body. This indicates that Methone is composed of icy fluff, material that might be mobile enough to explain the lack of craters.
# Relationship with Saturn's rings.
Material blasted off Methone by micrometeoroid impacts is believed to the source of the Methone Ring Arc, a faint partial ring around Saturn co-orbital with Methone that was discovered in September 2006.
# External links.
- Methone Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- IAU Working Group | 18,577 |
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hape simply reflects the balance between the tidal force exerted by Saturn and Methone's gravity, its density can be estimated: , among the lowest density values obtained or inferred for a Solar System body. This indicates that Methone is composed of icy fluff, material that might be mobile enough to explain the lack of craters.
# Relationship with Saturn's rings.
Material blasted off Methone by micrometeoroid impacts is believed to the source of the Methone Ring Arc, a faint partial ring around Saturn co-orbital with Methone that was discovered in September 2006.
# External links.
- Methone Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature | 18,578 |
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Seoul station
Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongui–Jungang Line, Line 1, AREX & Line 4.
# Services.
The station is the primary terminus for the KTX and express services to Busan. The station is also served by about a dozen trains per day on the Honam Line and its express Gwangju station and Mokpo. The station used to be the terminus for all long-distance trains on the Gyeongbu Line, Honam Line, Jeolla Line, and Janghang Lines, but in early 2004, the terminus for most Honam Line, Jeolla Line, and Janghang Line trains was moved to Yongsan.
AREX express trains provide service to Incheon International Airport Terminal | 18,579 |
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2 station. Service began December 29, 2010.
Seoul Subway serves the station with Line 1 and Line 4, and an hourly train on the Gyeongui–Jungang Line.
Around 2015, a large bus transfer center was built in front of the station's main entrance. It has about nine platforms that services different bus routes in Seoul. It is separated from the main roads with a barrier around the platforms. Yet having a rather complicated structure with many bus platforms, the transfer center is built in a simple manner as it is not a separate terminal building.
# Station layout.
## AREX.
- Platform numbers are not assigned; instead, platforms are classified as "express" or "local"
# History.
The former Seoul | 18,580 |
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station, Namdaemun station, started operating in a 33 m (10 pyeong) wooden building in July 1900 with the extension of the Gyeongin Line north of the Han River. The Gyeongbu Line opened in 1905, and the Gyeongui Line opened in 1921 – both lines connecting to the station. The construction of the current "Old Seoul Station" began on June 1, 1922, and was finished on September 30, 1925. In 1923, the station reverted to the name "Gyeongseong Station," when the name of the city of Seoul changed from Hanseong to Gyeongseong ("Keijo" in Japanese).
The station was renamed "Seoul Station" on November 1, 1947. The station was expanded throughout the post-Korean War era; the Southern Annex of Seoul station | 18,581 |
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was completed on December 30, 1957, and the Western Annex was completed on February 14, 1969. In 1975, the Korea National Railroad's office moved from Seoul Station to the new West Annex Office. A raised walkway connecting the Seoul Station and the West Annex was completed on 1977, and Korea's first privately funded station was erected in 1988 in time for the Seoul Olympics. In 2004, a new terminal adjacent to the existing one was completed to coincide with the introduction of KTX high-speed rail service.
# Old Seoul station.
The Old Seoul station (, literally meaning "Old Seoul station building"; ), originally named Keijo (Gyeongseong) station and designed by Tsukamoto Yasushi of Tokyo Imperial | 18,582 |
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University, was finished on November 1925. This red brick building, designed in an eclectic style, features a Byzantine-style central dome and a centralized and symmetrical layout. The floor of the Central Hall on the ground floor was covered with granite and the walls were covered with man-made stone. The wooden floor inside the building's VIP Lounge was covered with birch wood and a western style restaurant was located on the 2nd floor.
On September 25, 1981, the old station was designated as Historic Site 284. A restoration project of the old station began on September 2007 to "transform the former Seoul Station, which had lost its functionality as a train station since the opening of the | 18,583 |
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new KTX Station, into a premier national multidisciplinary cultural facility." On the same year, the management was transferred from the Cultural Heritage Administration to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. After the design for former Seoul Station's remodeling was developed in 2009, the remodeling construction began.
On August 9, 2011, the station was reopened as a culture complex with its original exterior, after a two-year restoration project by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the state-run Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF). On April 2, 2012, "Culture Seoul Station 284" was officially launched "as a space for diverse artistic and cultural creation and exchange." | 18,584 |
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The official name, which combines the station's historic, spatial, and urban symbolisms, was selected through a national open call. By combining the notion of a cultural space with the old Seoul Station's historic site number 284, the name aims to embody the concepts of preserving its appearance and value as a historic site while simultaneously cultivating the meaning of the station as a place of various cultural intersections. The restored station is a 9,202m building with two stories above ground and one story below ground level. The former station, before the renovation, has the main lobby, a waiting room, and a VIP room on the first floor, and a barber shop and restaurants on the second | 18,585 |
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floor. Post-renovation, the first floor contains a venue for performances, exhibitions and events, and a multipurpose hall on the floor above.
# General information.
- Korail Seoul station
- Opening date : July 8, 1900
- Operator : Korail
- Address : 43–205, Dongja-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (1 Namdaemunno)
- Platforms : 14 + 1 Gyeongui Line platform
- Seoul Metro Line 1 Seoul station
- Opening date : August 15, 1974
- Operator : Seoul Metro
- Address : Bongnaedong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Platforms : 1, island
- Seoul Metro Line 4 Seoul station
- Opening date : October 18, 1985
- Operator : Seoul Metro
- Address : Dongja-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
- Platforms : 1, island
- AREX Seoul | 18,586 |
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Gyeongui Line platform
- Seoul Metro Line 1 Seoul station
- Opening date : August 15, 1974
- Operator : Seoul Metro
- Address : Bongnaedong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Platforms : 1, island
- Seoul Metro Line 4 Seoul station
- Opening date : October 18, 1985
- Operator : Seoul Metro
- Address : Dongja-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
- Platforms : 1, island
- AREX Seoul station
- Opening date : December 29, 2010
- Operator : Korail Airport Co.
- Platforms: 2, island
# See also.
- Transportation in South Korea
# External links.
- Station information from Korail
- Seoul Station introduction (KTX Cyber Station)
- Seoul Station introduction (Incheon International Airport Railroad Homepage) | 18,587 |
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Pallene (moon)
Pallene ( ; ) is a very small natural satellite of Saturn. It is one of three small moons known as the Alkyonides that lie between the orbits of the larger Mimas and Enceladus. It is also designated as (33).
# Discovery.
Pallene was discovered by the Cassini Imaging Team in 2004, during the Cassini–Huygens mission. It was given the temporary designation . In 2005, the name Pallene was provisionally approved by the IAU Division III Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, and was ratified at the IAU General Assembly in 2006. The name refers to Pallene, one of the Alkyonides, the seven beautiful daughters of the giant Alkyoneus.
After the discovery in 2004, it was realized | 18,588 |
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that Pallene had been first photographed on August 23, 1981, by the space probe '. It had appeared in a single photograph and had been provisionally named and estimated to orbit 200,000 km from Saturn. Because it had not been visible in other images, it had not been possible to compute its orbit at the time, but recent comparisons have shown it to match Pallene's orbit.
# Orbital characteristics.
Pallene is visibly affected by a perturbing mean-longitude resonance with the much larger Enceladus, although this effect is not as large as Mimas's perturbations on Methone. The perturbations cause Pallene's osculating orbital elements to vary with an amplitude of about 4 km in semi-major axis, and | 18,589 |
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0.02° in longitude (corresponding to about 75 km). Eccentricity also changes on various timescales between 0.002 and 0.006, and inclination between about 0.178° and 0.184°.
# Ring.
In 2006, images taken in forward-scattered light by the "Cassini" spacecraft enabled the Cassini Imaging Team to discover a faint dust ring around Saturn that shares Pallene's orbit, now named the Pallene Ring. The ring has a radial extent of about 2,500 km. Its source is particles blasted off Pallene's surface by meteoroid impacts, which then form a diffuse ring around its orbital path.
# Exploration.
The "Cassini" spacecraft, which studied Saturn and its moons until September, 2017, performed a fly-by of Pallene | 18,590 |
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in forward-scattered light by the "Cassini" spacecraft enabled the Cassini Imaging Team to discover a faint dust ring around Saturn that shares Pallene's orbit, now named the Pallene Ring. The ring has a radial extent of about 2,500 km. Its source is particles blasted off Pallene's surface by meteoroid impacts, which then form a diffuse ring around its orbital path.
# Exploration.
The "Cassini" spacecraft, which studied Saturn and its moons until September, 2017, performed a fly-by of Pallene on 16 October 2010, and 14 September 2011 at a distance of 36,000 kilometers (22,000 miles) and 44,000 kilometers respectively.
# External links.
- Pallene Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration | 18,591 |
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Cross River State
Cross River is a state in South South Nigeria, bordering Cameroon to the east. Its capital is Calabar, and its name is derived from the Cross River (Oyono), which passes through the state. English, French, Bekwarra, Ejagham and Efik are major languages of this state.
# Geography.
Cross River State derives its name from the Cross River which passes through the state. It is a coastal state located in the Niger Delta region, and occupies 20,156 square kilometers. It shares boundaries with Benue State to the north, Ebonyi and Abia States to the west, to the east by Cameroon Republic and to the south by Akwa-Ibom and the Atlantic Ocean.
# History.
The South-South State was created | 18,592 |
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on 27 May 1967 from the former Eastern Region, Nigeria by the General Yakubu Gowon regime. Its name was changed to Cross River State in the 1976 state creation exercise by the then General Murtala Mohammed regime from South Eastern State. The present day Akwa Ibom State was excised from it in the state creation exercise of September 1987 by the then regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Its capital is Calabar. Its major towns are Akamkpa, Biase, Calabar South, Ikom, Igede, Obubra, Odukpani, Ogoja, Bekwarra, Ugep, Obudu, Obanliku, Akpabuyo, Ofutop, Iso-bendghe, Danare, Boki, Yala, Bendeghe Ekiem, Etomi, Ukpe and Ukelle.
The state has been previously governed by many governors and administrators | 18,593 |
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including Udoakaha J. Esuene, Paul Omu, Tunde Elegbede, Clement Isong, Donald Etiebet, Daniel Archibong, Ibim Princewill, Ernest Atta, Clement Ebri, Ibrahim Kefas, Gregory Agboneni, Umar Faoruk Ahmed, Christopher Osondu, Donald Duke, Liyel Imoke and Benedict Ayade. The Current Governor is Benedict Ayade, who was sworn into office on 29 May 2015.
# Demographics.
The State is composed of several ethnic groups, which include the Efik, the Ejagham, Yakurr, Bette, Yala, Igede, Ukelle and the Bekwarra. There are four major languages spoken in the state: French, Efik, Bekwarra, and Ejagham. The Efik language is widely spoken in the southern part of Cross River State, especially in Calabar Municipality, | 18,594 |
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Calabar South, Akpabuyo, Bakassi and Odukpani Local Government Areas. The Ejagham language is the most widely spoken language in Cross River State; from Calabar Municipality, Akamkpa, Ikom, Obubura, Ogoja, Obudu, and Etung local government councils, to the south west province of Cameroon.
The Efik-speaking people live mainly in the Southern senatorial districts of Cross River, or as it is commonly referred to, the Greater Calabar district, which includes Calabar Municipality, Calabar South, Bakassi, Biase, Akpabuyo, Odukpani, and Akamkpa LGAs. There is also the Qua community in Calabar, which speaks Ejagham. The main Ejagham group occupies mostly the Greater Calabar areas of Calabar Municipality, | 18,595 |
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Odukpani, Biase and Akampkpa sections of Cross River State.
There are also the Yakurr/Agoi/Bahumono ethnic groups in Yakurr and Abi LGA, while the Mbembe are predominantly found in Obubra LGA. Further up the core northern part of the state are several sub-dialectical groups, among which are Etung, Olulumo, Ofutop, Nkim/Nkum, Abanajum, Nseke and Boki in both Ikom, Etung and Boki LGAs. Also, the Yala/Yache, Igede, Ukelle, Ekajuk, Mbube, Bette, Bekwarra and Utugwanga people are found in Ogoja, Yala, Obudu and Obanliku and Bekwarra LGA's. The Yala are a subgroup of the Idoma nation, part of the Yala LGA's subgroups are the Igede speaking people believed to have migrated from the Oju part of Benue | 18,596 |
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State, who migrated from Ora, in Edo North.
In Cross River North, Bekwarra is the most widely spoken language. It is understood by other tribes in the district. This language along with Efik and Ejagham is used for news broadcast in the state owned radio and TV stations.
Cross River State epitomises the nation's linguistic and cultural plurality and it is important to note that, in spite of the diversity of dialects, all the indigenous languages in the state have common linguistic roots as Niger–Congo languages.
Finally, the State boasts of being the venue of the largest carnival in Africa.
# Health Sector Development.
Cross River healthcare delivery system is skewed in favour of the urban | 18,597 |
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settlements.
# Local Government Areas.
Cross River State consists of eighteen (18) Local Government Areas. They are:
- Abi
- Akamkpa
- Akpabuyo
- Bekwarra
- Bakassi
- Biase
- Boki
- Calabar Municipal
- Calabar South
- Etung
- Ikom
- Obanliku
- Obubra
- Obudu
- Odukpani
- Ogoja
- Yakuur
- Yala
# Festivals.
Festivals held in Cross River state includes:
- The Cross River State Christmas Festival – 1 December to 31 December annually
- The Cross River State Carnival Float – 26 and 27 December yearly
- The Yakurr Leboku Yam festival – 28 August annually
- The Calabar Boat Regata
- Anong Bahumono Festival which is held in Anong Village, during which different cultural dances | 18,598 |
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are showcased, including Ikpobin (acclaimed to be the most entertaining dance in the state), Ekoi, Obam, Emukei and Eta
- Bekwarra, Obudu, Obanliku New yam festival which is held every 1st Saturday of September every year.
# Tourism.
From the soaring plateaus of the mountain tops of Obanliku to the Rain forests of Afi, from the Waterfalls of Agbokim and Kwa to the spiralling ox-bow Calabar River which provides sights and images of the Tinapa Business Resort, Calabar Marina, Calabar Residency Museum and the Calabar Slave Park along its course, there is always a thrilling adventure awaiting the eco-tourist visiting Cross River State.
Other tourist attractions are the Ikom Monoliths (a series | 18,599 |
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