Dumbo (or DUMBO, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.  It encompasses two sections:  one situated between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area.  The neighborhood is bounded by Brooklyn Bridge Park to the north, the Brooklyn Bridge to the west, Brooklyn Heights to the south, and Vinegar Hill to the east.  Dumbo has historically been known by several names, including Gairville, Rapailie, Olympia, and Walentasville.  The area was originally a ferry landing, characterized by 19th- and early 20th-century industrial and warehouse buildings, Belgian block streets, and its location on the East River by the imposing anchorage of the Manhattan Bridge.  A large number of the buildings in Dumbo were bought by developer David Walentas and his company Two Trees Management in the late 20th century, and remade into an upscale residential and commercial community—first becoming a haven for art galleries, and currently a center for technology startups.  Dumbo earned the nickname "the center of the Brooklyn Tech Triangle" thanks to its thriving community of tech startups.  This designation coincided with its rise to become Brooklyn's most affluent neighborhood and the fourth-wealthiest community in New York City.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbo,_Brooklyn 

Individual countries introduced mass vaccination programmes against measles at the national level from the 1960s on, and the first internationally focused measles immunization programmes took place in Africa from 1966.  WHO worked with the governments of over 20 newly independent and decolonizing countries in western and central Africa, alongside the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Centres for Disease Control (CDC), to administer vaccinations with the joint aim of controlling measles and eradicating smallpox.  Despite challenges such as the difficulty of maintaining the cold chain when transporting and storing the heat-sensitive vaccine, these campaigns provided evidence that vaccination was effective against measles, and by May 1967 The Gambia became the first country in the world in which transmission of the virus was interrupted.  An improved version of the measles vaccine was created in 1968 when Dr Maurice Hilleman, a pioneer in vaccine development, passed the virus through chick embryo cells 40 times to weaken it, producing a vaccine that did not cause such severe side effects.  This weaker version, known as the Edmonston-Enders strain, was developed into some of the strains still used in measles vaccines today.  In 1971 Hilleman combined the recently developed vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella into the MMR vaccine, administered as a single shot, with one booster dose following – and in 2005, the varicella vaccine was added, to make the combined MMRV vaccine.  In 1971 Hilleman combined the recently developed vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella into the MMR vaccine, administered as a single shot, with one booster dose following–and in 2005, the varicella vaccine was added, to make the combined MMRV vaccine.  Standalone measles vaccines remain available in many countries.  https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-measles-vaccination# 

Dukes used to refer to fists, as in "put up your dukes."  Fork was slang

for "hand" or "fist," and the phrase "dukes of York" was created as rhyming

slang for "fork."  So, instead of telling someone to "put up your forks," 

you might say "put up your dukes of York!"  Eventually, this was shortened

to "put up your dukes."  https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/put-up-your-dukes-meaning-origin#:~:text=Etymologists%20think%20this%20is%20probably,up%20your%20dukes%20of%20York!%22 The idiom "duke it out" originates from the concept of bare-knuckle boxing in the 19th century. The term "duke" is thought to be a reference to the Duke of Cumberland, a famous fighter in that era.  Over time, this phrase has evolved into a more general expression for any heated or intense confrontation that leads to a physical fight.  Thank you, reader.   

The Buss family is entering into an agreement to sell majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to
Mark Walter for a franchise valuation of approximately $10 billion, sources
told ESPN on June 16, 2025, the highest ever for a U.S. professional sports 

 franchise.  The Buss family will keep a minority share of

the team, just over 15%, for a period of time, a source said.  In addition, Jeanie Buss will remain the
Lakers' governor and continue to run the team for "at least a number of
years," sources with knowledge of the deal told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.  It was guaranteed as part of the agreement
that Buss would remain in charge for the foreseeable future, and Walter fully
endorsed this plan, according to sources.  Walter, the CEO and chairman of diversified holding company TWG Global,
has been a stakeholder in the Lakers since 2021, when he purchased Phil
Anschutz's share of 26%. That also was when Walter received a right of first
refusal on the majority share of the team. 
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45539931/buss-family-agrees-sell-lakers-mark-walter-sources-say   

Mark Richard Walter (born January 1, 1960) is an American businessman and the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, a privately held global financial services firm with more than $325 billion in Assets under management.  Outside investing, Walter is best known for his extensive investments in professional sports.  He is the primary owner and chairman of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, which have won two World Series under his leadership.  He is also the primary owner of auto racing organization Andretti Global, which operates the Cadillac Formula 1 team; the Women's National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Sparks; and the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).  In addition, he owns 12.7% of BlueCo, a holding company that controls Premier League club Chelsea and Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg.  He sits on the boards of his alma maters Creighton University and Northwestern University.  Mark Walter is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and graduated from Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School in 1978.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Walter 

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