Foundation. In 1777, the Grand Orient de France recognised the antiquity of the Lodge of Perfect Equality, said to have been formed in 1688.This, if it actually existed at that time, was a military lodge attached to the Earl of Granard's Royal Irish Regiment, formed by Charles II of England in Saint-Germain in 1661, just before his return to England. . The regiment remained loyal to the ...

In video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards. American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (pictured) are freed via a prisoner exchange.; In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group are arrested in connection with a coup d'état plot.; Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council, …

The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is the regulating body for male Iowa high school interscholastic athletics and is a full member of the National Federation of State High School Associations.Its female counterpart, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, (IGHSAU) is an associate member.Iowa is the only state that maintains separate governing bodies for …

The Grand Orient of Russia's Peoples (Russian: Великий восток народов России) (GOoRP) was an illegal Co-Freemasonry political organisation which existed in Russia from 1912 until 1917. The organisation was highly political in nature and though it included people from several different parties, the most prominent belonged to the Constitutional Democratic Party.

Interstate 80 (I-80) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.In Iowa, the highway travels west to east through the center of the state.It enters the state at the Missouri River in Council Bluffs and heads east through the southern Iowa drift plain.In the Des Moines metropolitan area, I-80 meets up …

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States.As of 2010, there are 947 incorporated cities in the U.S. state of Iowa.. Iowa is divided into 99 counties and has 947 cities.Every incorporated place in Iowa is called a "city", regardless of population. Incorporated cities can choose one of six forms of municipal government that differ primarily on how the legislative and …

A Masonic lodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry.It is also commonly used as a term for a building in which such a unit meets. Every new lodge must be warranted or chartered by a Grand Lodge, but is subject to its direction only in enforcing the published constitution of the jurisdiction.

Constituent degrees. Within the York Rite, a Royal Arch Chapter works the following degrees: . The Mark Master Mason degree is in some respects an extension of the Fellowcraft or Second degree. In some jurisdictions the degree is conferred in a lodge of Fellowcraft Masons, that is, the Second degree of the Blue Lodge.; The Past Master (Virtual) degree is conferred because of …

Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid to dark brown complexion.Not all people considered "black" have dark skin; in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification in the Western world, the term "black" is used to describe persons who are perceived as dark …

This is a list of school districts in Iowa, sorted by Area Education Agencies (AEA). Districts are listed by their official names, though several schools use "Schools" in their name or website rather than "Community School District". ... Orient-Macksburg Community School District (also extends into Madison County) Adams County. Corning ...